Channing Tatum and Zooey Deschanel make their SNL hosting debut next month

New York, NY - January 11, 2012 - Channing Tatum makes his debut as host on February 4. Tatum can next be seen alongside Jonah Hill in the feature film "21 Jumpstreet" due out March 16. His past film credits include "Coach Carter," "Step Up," "Stop-Loss," and "Dear John."
The Grammy-nominated band Bon Iver will make their SNL debut alongside Tatum. The group released their second album, "Bon Iver," in June 2011 to critical praise garnering attention for many of their singles including "Holocene," which received two Grammy nominations and "Calgary."
Zooey Deschanel will make her debut SNL appearance as host on February 11. Deschanel stars in the hit sitcom "New Girl," for which she recently earned Golden Globe nominations for both Best Actress and Best Television Comedy. Deschanel has starred in several films including "500 Days Of Summer," "Yes Man," and "Elf;" and along with her many film and television credits, boasts an impressive musical career as one half of the critically acclaimed band, She&Him. Deschanel was nominated for a Grammy Award for her original song "So Long," written and performed for the feature film "Winnie The Pooh."
The "swag pop" music duo, Karmin, will make their first musical guest appearance on February 11. Best known for their covers of Billboard chart toppers, Karmin are releasing their debut album with their own original songs including "Crash Your Party" and "Broken Hearted."
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Red Hot Chili Peppers reschedule tour dates due to injury

Red Hot Chili Peppers rescheduled their entire upcoming U.S. tour due to lead singer Anthony Kiedis' recent foot injuries. The sold-out Dallas date at American Airlines Center, originally scheduled for March 9, will now be on Oct. 2.
According to his publicist, "Kiedis recently underwent surgery to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a detached flexor tendon in his foot and is expected to make a full recovery."
All tickets for the postponed dates will be honored at the rescheduled dates. The Peppers' tour supports their latest album, I'm With You, the first with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.

Nickelback launches tour, plays Dallas in early June

We love to hate them, but they are huge. Yes, I'm talking about Canada's Nickelback, a favorite whipping band in the popular music pantheon.
Chad Kroeger and his band mates will embark on a 39-city trek that brings them to American Airlines Center June 1. Special guests on all tour stops are Bush, Seether and My Darkest Days. Nickelback will support its latest CD, Here and Now, and will of course be playing material from the 2005 8-million-selling disc All the Right Reasons.
Tickets for the June 1 Dallas gig go on sale Jan. 21 at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.
Photo: Chad Kroeger performs during haltime of the CFL 99th Grey Cup November 27, 2011 at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images).

Passionate 'Zelda' fans help make symphony performance special

The man I was looking at certainly looked like he belonged at a symphony performance. He was sharply dressed, with well-kept hair and a clean-shaven face. He was talking to a couple of other well-clothed people as they take their seats, chatting about classical music.
In a clichéd movie scene, he would have pulled a stopwatch out of his jacket pocket at this moment. Instead, he pulls out a Nintendo 3DS to see how many people he has StreetPassed with over the past few minutes.
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses performance last night by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra was filled with one of the most amazingly diverse crowds I've ever seen, which played a big part in making it special. The show itself is interesting in that in combined video games - a medium not always thought of as being related to "high art" - and classical music. Milling around the Meyerson Symphony Center before the show you never knew whether you were going to see men and women in suits and dresses, younger gamers in Zelda-themed t-shirts or devoted fans dressed from head to toe in costumes inspired by the series.

Chiddy Bang Get Stoned With Keith Richards in the Studio

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While recording their first official album, 'Breakfast,' rap duo Chiddy Bang got to do something that's probably on thousands of bucket lists: Get stoned with Keith Richards.

At the time, the group's MC Chiddy was unaware that the man he shared his stash with was a rock legend. "Before anyone told me that was Keith Richards, I didn't even know," he revealed in a recent interview with our hip-hop sister site The Boombox. "I was walking down the hallway smelling like reefer and he was like, 'Hey!'"

That random encounter led to a daily ritual among the Rolling Stones guitarist, Chiddy and his partner, producer Xaphoon Jones, during the two weeks they shared the studio. "Everyday he would peek his little British head in the door and he'd [Chiddy] be like, 'Wanna smoke something?'" Jones remembered.

U2 Reveal Work on Three New Albums, Doubt R.E.M. Break-Up Permanent

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With the band finally off the road following 360, their record-breaking moneymaker of a world tour, U2 have shed some light on their current studio work, including that they are working on three separate albums.

"We're working on three albums at the moment and we haven't decided what order we're going to put them out but 'The Songs of Ascent' have the kind of beautiful intimacy that we're speaking of now," Bono said in an exclusive interview to members of the band fan club on U2.com and revealed on fan site U2 Hellas. "They fit into this moment, the mode of some of these artists that I was hanging out with on Christmas Eve."

Bono is referring to busking in and around Dublin on Dec. 24 with fellow musicians -- including the Swell Season's Glen Hansard -- for two homeless charities: the Peter McVerry Trust and Simon Community. The singers played 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' and 'Silent Night.'

Lisa Loeb Pregnant With Second Child

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Lisa Loeb and husband Roey Hershkovitz have announced that they have a second child on the way. According to People Magazine, the famously bespectacled singer will deliver her new baby this coming June.

"I grew up with a big family, so I'm excited for Lyla to have a sibling!" the 43-year-old tells People. The past few years have seen the actress/vocalist get married in 2009, debut her signature line of eyewear and release her first children's book. Despite her hectic schedule, Loeb says that she always puts her family first. "It's a little bit of a challenge to try to balance my work with my family, but my family comes first."

Loeb is currently on tour for her most recent project, 'Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs,' a children's book full of choreography, recipes, music and more.