If It’s August, It Must Be Time For People To Get All Hot And Bothered Over iTunes-Related Rumors [Truthmongerer]

Mary told us about:
Like the Timex Social Club, I spend a lot of time lamenting the rumors thhttp://blogs.gawker.com/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=400701&blog_id=33&saved_added=1at surround me every day. How do they…

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Is Jermaine Dupri Being Shown The Door At Island Def Jam? [Rumors]

Adrian sends us:
SOHH is floating the rumor that Jermaine Dupri will be removed from his position as head of the urban department at Island Def Jam, thanks in large part to a recent string of high-profile flops that…

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Is Chinese Democracy going to be a Best Buy … [Rumors]

Came across this today:
Is Chinese Democracy going to be a Best Buy exclusive? And is Interscope/Geffen/A&M really banking on that long-delayed album and Dr. Dre’s Detox and a new collection from Eminem saving its…

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Gabe Saporta: Not Dead [Truthmongerer]

This is an interesting post:
Just in case you were wondering why on earth “gabe saporta dead” was rising up the Google Trends ranks yesterday, apparently some lunatic out there Photoshopped an MTVNews.com page and a death…

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Bruce Springsteen May Be The Boss Of Super Bowl XLIII [Rumors]

Found this:
Page Six is helpfully passing along the rumor that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next February, a story that was supposedly confirmed by an…

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Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell doesn’t … [Rumors]

James wrote to us about:
Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell doesn’t know anything about any appearances by Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama at this weekend’s installment of the festival, but he does know that…

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Is San Diego’s House Of Blues Headed For The Chopping Block? [Rumors]

Thanks Frank, for pointing out:
The concert-business woes in the San Diego market have been chronicled here in some detail, even though the closest member of the Idolator writing staff is a few hundred miles away. So it’s not all…

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“Guitar Hero World Tour” Brings Together The Plastic Instrument-Players Of The Universe [Rumors]

Thanks David, for pointing out:
Another day, another list of rumored songs for one of those games where you pick up a plastic guitar and try to be more proficient at recreating yesteryear’s hits than the guys in Rush. This time,…

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Congolese Musical Legend Said To Be In Brussels Hospital [Rumors]

Heather emailed us this:
Though they haven’t been widespread, there was rumor over the last week as to the condition of Tabu Ley Rochereau, the Congolese singer and band leader who is one of the absolute great pop talents of…

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Are rehearsals for Madonna’s tour not going … [Rumors]

Kent emailed us this:
Are rehearsals for Madonna’s tour not going so well? One British paper that likes to put topless girls on its inside pages seems to think so, claiming that it’s hearing stories of fired dancers and…

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