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Chickenfoot are heading out on the road this May and June for a North American tour.

The Different Devil Tour 2012 is set to kick off with a two night stand on May 4th and 5th in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and will hit major cities across North America before concluding on June 10th at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

While the tour is named after their latest single, the tour is support of the band's latest album "Chickenfoot III."

May 04 Harrah's Hotel & Casino (Lake Tahoe, NV)
May 05 Harrah's Hotel & Casino (Lake Tahoe, NV)
May 09 The Fillmore Aud. (Denver, CO)
May 11 The Brick (Minneapolis, MN)
May 12 Chicago Theater (Chicago, IL)
May 14 The Fillmore (Detroit, MI)
May 16 Orpheum Theater (Boston, MA)
May 18 House of Blues (Atlantic City, NJ)
May 19 Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, CT)
May 21 Beacon Theater (New York, NY)
May 23 Fox Theater (St. Louis, MO)
May 25 Winstar Casino (Thackerville, OK)
May 27 Rocklahoma (Pryor, OK)
May 29 Bayou Music Center (Houston, TX)
May 31 Anselmo Valencia Amphetheater (Tucson, AZ)
Jun 01 The Joint (Las Vegas, NV)
Jun 03 Schnitzer Hall (Portland, OR)
Jun 05 Queen Elizabeth Theater (Vancouver, BC)
Jun 06 WaMu Theater (Seattle, WA)
Jun 10 Greek Theater (Los Angeles, CA) 

A new collection of demos by the late Joey Ramone will be  released later this year. The collection was written for the Ramones and also for his solo project.

"Ya Know?" will feature 17 tracks, including "Rock & Roll Is the Answer", "New York City" and "Waiting for That Railroad".

It drops May 17^th.

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A crazy brawl was caught on tape inside a casino in Michigan where a group of women went at it inside a buffet.

And, it was all posted on YouTube.

At one point, women were standing on table tops and jumping over chairs.

Security guards moved in and broke up the fight. No word on if anyone was arrested.

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It's in the jeans...  a pair with a a keyboard, mouse and speakers built-in. 

The jeans are called Beauty and the Geek.... and have a fully functional keyboard, mouse and speakers built into the upper leg of the fabric.

The jeans are of a modern style and have a back pocket that has been specially designed to cover the mouse, which uses an elastic wire to stay attached.

They stay connected to the laptop via wireless technology in a USB device and are expected to retail at around $330 if they ever make it onto the market.

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Motorhead warned their fans against buying a $600 box set because they're against the cost.

The 15-disc collection comes in a fake skull with red light-up eyes. It features eight early albums, as well as singles, posters and a photo book.

The group's fans got upset over the high price and Motorhead told them they don't endorse the set. They claim it's being put out by a company which owns the rights to the band's early recordings.

A statement from the band said: "Motorhead have no control over what's done with these early songs, and don't want fans to think that the band is involved in putting out such a costly box set."

Bassist Lemmy said: "Unfortunately greed once again rears its yapping head. I would advise against it even for the most rabid completists!"

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Nevada is the first state to have self-driving car road rules.

More car manufacturers are working to develop technology that could let someone type in a destination and let the car drive there automatically. Some prototypes have already logged over 160,000 miles in test runs.

The technology is still years away, but lawmakers in Nevada couldn't wait. The regulations have been finalized and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles will have to come up with licensing procedures for companies that want to test their vehicles in the state.

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Whitney Houston's "home going" ceremony is being turned into a money maker for her Estate. Her family signed a deal to sell the video of her funeral.

Associated Press provided a live pool feed of the funeral to media outlets around the world but everyone had to pull the footage 24 hours later. Now, the family has "agreed to license footage to several media outlets."

The family is charging "customary fees to help maximize the estate for the benefit of Bobbi Kristina."

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(According to gossip columnist Janet Charlton)...

'American Idol" judge Steven Tyler gets his rockstar look by shopping in women's stores!

The Aerosmith singer and his fiance Erin Brady shop together, but Steven likes his privacy. He has his people call ahead to upscale women's stores and ask if Steven and Erin can have private time to shop in the store alone for HOURS. Sometimes they're still in a boutique at midnight, trying on and piling clothes on the counter.

Steven loves women's scarves, fancy shirts, extravagant jackets, jewelry. He always spends a lot of money on himself and Erin, so the stores are more than happy to give him private shopping time.

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• Do you feel anxious if your cell phone isn't nearby?
• Does just the thought of losing your phone make your heart pound?
• Do you keep an extra phone on hand, just in case your primary phone breaks?
• Do you sometimes take it to bed with you?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you may be a nomophobe.

Nomophobia is the fear of being without your cell phone, and it's a phobia that's on the rise.

An online survey found that 66% of the 1,000 people surveyed say they fear losing or being without their phone. 70% of women fear losing their phones, compared with 61% of men.

18 to 24-year-olds tend to be the most nomophobic (77%).

According to allaboutcounseling.com, nomophobes can be treated by exposure therapy.

But if it's really bad, you might consider medication.

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Did Van Halen really have a demand on their concert rider in the early 80s that said concert promoters had to pick through all the M&Ms in their dressing rooms and remove all the brown ones?

Yes. And no.

Lead singer David Lee Roth explains that at the time when the demand was made to concert promoters Van Halen was one of the biggest acts in the country and had one of the most sophisticated stage setups to work with and the M&M's clause was worked into their contract for safety reasons.

The band and their management wanted to make sure that those in charge at each venue and the crews brought in to build their sets actually read through the tour rider - which gave all the specifications on what was needed to ensure everyone's safety.

Roth explains that a lot of the arenas at the time had been decades old and not up to code to handle their "super forward-thinking, gigantor, epic-sized Van Halen production."

Diamond Dave also explains that the stories of him trashing a dressing room and doing nearly a half-million dollars worth of damage after finding brown M&Ms were blown greatly out of proportion.

Check out the video of Dave explaining below!

Brown M&Ms from Van Halen on Vimeo.

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Bright Moments (Kelly Pratt, multi-instrumentalist for Beirut, Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem)     "Natives" 
Buckethead     "Electric Sea" 
The Chieftains,     "Voice of Ages [CD/DVD]" (Irish band celebrating its 50th anniversary; guests: Bon Iver, The Decemberists, The Low Anthem, Civil Wars, Pistol Annies, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers)
Chelsea Crowell (daughter of Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell)     "Crystal City" 
Field Music     "Plumb"  
fun. (New York indie-pop band)     "Some Nights" 
Galactic     "Carnivale Electricos" (guests: Cyril and Ivan Neville, Mystikal, Mannie Fresh, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Moyseis Marques)
Angelique Kidjo     "Spirit Rising" (live album, featuring Josh Groban, Dianne Reeves, Ezra Koenig and Branford Marsalis)
Lambchop     "Mr. M"  
The Menzingers, (punk-rock group from Scranton, Pa.)     "On the Impossible Past" 
My Best Fiend (Brooklyn quintet)     "In Ghostlike Fading"  
Sinéad O'Connor     "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?"  
Perfume Genius (Seattle singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas)     "Put Your Back N 2 It"  
Fionn Regan     "100 Acres of Sycamore"
Gemma Rey     "Gemma Ray Sings Sparks with Sparks"
Josh Ritter     "Bringing in the Darlings" (six-song EP)
Sleigh Bells     "Reign of Terror"
Tindersticks     "The Something Rain"  
Tyga (rapper is Travie McCoy's cousin)     "Careless World: Rise of the Last King" (guests: Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brow, Robin Thicke, Nas)
Various artists     "Act of Valor [Film soundtrack]" (movie starring real-life Navy SEALs opens Feb. 24; first single: Keith Urban's "For You")
Various artists     "Radio Rebel" (Disney Channel original movie premieres Feb. 17, featuring Disney Channel star Debby Ryan, pop singer Kari Kimmel)
Jim White     "Where It Hits You"  

ALSO:

Blood, Sweat & Tears featuring David Clayton-Thomas     "Blood, Sweat & Tears in Concert" (1976 album; remastered)  
Eric Burdon     "At His Best" (18 tracks)      
André Cymone (former Prince bassist)     "André Cymone (Expanded Edition)" (1982 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), "Survivin' in the 80's (Expanded Edition)" (1983 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) 
Phil Everly     "Star Spangled Springer" (unreleased 1973 album)  
Gilbert O'Sullivan     "Back to Front" (1972 album, featuring "Clair" and "Out of the Question"; remastered, with three bonus tracks, including "Alone Again [Naturally]")
Diana Ross     "Diana Ross: Special Edition" (1976 album; remastered, with a second CD of 15 single-only mixes, non-LP singles, the promo single "Coming Home" and new alternate mixes)
Simple Minds     "X5 [Box set]" (six-CD collection contains the band's first five albums, plus bonus B-sides, alternative and live tracks)
Various artists     "The Art of the 12", Volume Two" (two-CD, 27-song collection of rare and unheard remixes from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, OMD, Paul McCartney, Scritti Politti, Art of Noise)
Various artists     "Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties, Vol. 2: 1961" (3 CDs, 86 songs)      
Various artists     "Glam Rock Anthology" (three CDs, 42 songs, feat. T. Rex, Sweet, Mick Ronson, Alice Cooper, Roxy Music, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Ian Hunter, Iggy Pop, Suzi Quatro)
 
MUSIC ON DVD:

Carpenters     "In Performance 1972: The Broadcast Archives [DVD]"  
Carole King     "In Performance 1971 [DVD]"      
Lady Gaga     "The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden [Blu-ray]"  
Santana     "Live at Montreux 2011 [DVD]" (two discs; Blu-ray)      
Scorpions     "Get Your Sting & Blackout Live in 3D [Blu-ray]"