Watch Metallica Perform “Creeping Death" from First Day of Orion Music + More Festival

Warner Brothers RecordsMetallica wants to give you another taste of their performances from last month’s Orion Music + More annual music, arts and lifestyle festival. After posting video recaps of both days of the event, Metallica has now posted a six-minute video of their performance of “Creeping Death” on the first night of the festival, which took place on Saturday, June 23 in Atlantic City, NJ.

In addition to “Creeping Death,” Metallica played the rest of their 1984 album Ride the Lightning in its entirety that night, while the band performed Metallica, aka the Black Album, in its entirety the following night.

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Courtney Love Sued by Ex-Assistant Who Claims She's Owed Money

Alo Ceballos/FilmMagicMore legal woes for Courtney Love. TMZ.com reports a former assistant of hers is suing the Hole frontwoman, claiming Love owes her unpaid wages.

In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, Jessica LaBrie alleges she was asked by Love to commit "fraudulent, unlawful, and unethical acts" such as hiring a hacker and forging legal documents. The defendant, who seeks unspecified damages, says part of her salary was withheld from her because she refused to engage in such acts.

TMZ notes that LaBrie is currently shopping a tell-all book about Love.

Just last month, Love was sued by her former lawyers for allegedly failing to pay her legal fees.

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Lawsuit Against Journey Guitarist Again Dismissed

Neal Schon & Michaele Salahi -- PRNewsFoto/LLEWMORC Media & Production AgencyFor the second time in four months, a 50-million-dollar lawsuit against Journey guitarist Neal Schon stemming from his relationship with The Real Housewives of D.C. star Michaele Salahi [mih-KEL sah-LAH-hee] has been dismissed.

According to the Northern Virginia Daily, Warren County Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp ruled Monday that Tareq Salahi's claims should be addressed in his divorce proceedings, rather than in a lawsuit. Tareq Salahi is Michaele's estranged husband.  The same judge previously dismissed the complaint in April, after which Salahi amended the suit. 

Salahi plans to appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court.

Salahi has claimed, among other things, that Schon emailed him a picture of his privates and called him to say, "I'm f**king your wife." Salahi also claimed that Michaele's affair with Schon cost him well-paying TV opportunities.

Before their marriage fell apart, the Salahis were best known for crashing a White House state dinner in 2009. Tareq filed for divorce last year, not long after his wife left him for Schon.

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Demi Lovato Scolds "X Factor" Rappers for "Bath Salts" Reference

ABC/Donna SvennevikA pair of rappers got booted off the X Factor audition stage in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Tuesday for including references to the drug known as bath salts, reports TMZ.com.

According to witnesses, judge Demi Lovato, who has in the past admitted to drug and alcohol use and has spent time in rehab, admonished the contestants for using the line, “I’m high on bath salts,” saying, “It’s really inappropriate to rap about drugs in front of kids.” The duo was reportedly booed off the stage.

Bath salts, which have been in the news a lot lately, is an addictive synthetic powder that has the same effects as cocaine and crystal meth. President Obama signed new legislation on Monday banning bath salts and other similar synthetic drugs.

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Chris Brown's Community Service Hours Under Scrutiny

RCA RecordsA judge is calling for an audit of Chris Brown's community service work after concerns were raised about exactly how many hours Chris has completed as part of his sentence in a felony assault case, according to E! Online.

A prosecutor says the records aren't clear regarding how many hours Chris has completed.  Though the courts allowed Brown to perform six months' worth of work in his home state of Virginia, a judge says that Los Angeles officials should review the records.

Chris, who pleaded guilty in a 2009 attack on his then-girlfriend Rihanna, remains on probation and is due in court for a hearing on August 21.

There was no mention at Tuesday's progress hearing of Chris' alleged involvement in a bottle-throwing brawl with Drake last month at a New York City club.  The fight is said to have been sparked by comments about Rihanna.

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Carly Rae Jepsen to Adam Levine: Call Me, Maybe?

Kevin Mazur/WireImage via ABCEarlier this year, Jennifer Love Hewitt made headlines when she publicly stated on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she had a crush on Maroon 5's Adam Levine.  Now, Carly Rae Jepsen has indicated that she's got her eye on Adam, too -- by inviting him via Twitter to call her, maybe. 

It all started a few days ago when Adam tweeted about Carly Rae's hit "Call Me Maybe," joking, "Why does she want him to call her Maybe? Carly is a lovely name."  A delighted Carly retweeted Adam's joke, but then rapper Mac Miller, who knows Adam because he appeared on the remix of "Moves Like Jagger," got into the act. 

Mac sent a tweet to Adam pretending that the singer didn't understand the song, in which he wrote, "She's saying maybe call her. Like its up to you if you wanna make the call."

Carly retweeted Mac's comment too, and then addressed Adam directly, writing, "Dear @adamlevine  Make the call ;) tee-hee."  So far, Adam hasn't responded. 

By this time, you might think that Carly Rae would be sick of "Call Me Maybe," considering all the viral videos and the number of times she's had to sing the thing over the past year.  But Carly told ABC's Nightline recently that it hasn't gotten old for her.

"Not yet at least," says the Canadian singer.  "I mean, I don't know if it would.  I'm really enjoying myself.  It's kinda of been a song that's taken me on this crazy adventure, so it's totally special to me."

Carly thinks that one reason why "Call Me Maybe" is so popular is because the song came so easily for her and her co-writers.  "Someone once told me that the good songs kinda write themselves and you don't have anything to do with it," she explains.  "And I think that's how we feel about this one.  It was just sort of like we were there, but it kinda just happened!"

Carly adds, "It was one of those really joyful processes when you don't think, 'Is this gonna work?  Is this gonna be good? Are people gonna like it?' We just did what we wanted to do."

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New Freddie Mercury Documentary, "The Great Pretender," Arriving on DVD, Blu-ray in Septmeber

Eagle Rock EntertainmentA new documentary about late Queen singer Freddie Mercury titled The Great Pretender will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 25. 

The video, put together by the production team responsible for Queen's recent Days of Our Lives doc, contains rare footage including early interviews with Mercury, TV performances, concert clips and video-shoot outtakes.  The flick also features new conversations with Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor, band manager Jim Beach and opera singer Montserrat Caballé, who collaborated with Mercury on his 1987 side project, Barcelona.

Among the intriguing segments featured in The Great Pretender are footage of Mercury and Rod Stewart recording a demo version of their unreleased 1984 track "Another Piece of My Heart" and a clip of Freddie and Michael Jackson singing their unreleased collaborative tune "There Must Be More to Life than This."

Prior to the release of the DVD and Blu-ray, The Great Pretender will be given a premiere screening on September 6 at the British Academy of Film and Television Association.

In conjunction with the video, a special edition of Barcelona will be issued featuring a version of the album re-recorded with an 80-piece orchestra.  In addition, a companion Great Pretender book will be published in September.

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Kenny Chesney Connects with His Father Through Baseball

ShorefireBaseball has always played a huge role in Kenny Chesney's life since his father was the baseball coach at the local high school.  Kenny has since become friends with many ballplayers, and he sat down for an interview that appears in this year's MLB All-Star Game program.  In that article, Kenny revealed that he took his father to a Yankees-Red Sox game the last year the original Yankee Stadium was still standing.

"There I was with my father in the Yankees' dugout, this very historic place where a lot of my dad's heroes sat and played," Kenny says.  "It was a great father-son moment for us."

Kenny's love affair with sports continues as he presents a trophy on the 2012 Espys, airing Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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Alicia Keys Honoring Oprah Winfrey at This Year's Black Ball Charity Event

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images via ABCAlicia Keys will welcome Oprah Winfrey as her guest of honor when the singer hosts her annual Black Ball charity event, benefiting her Keep a Child Alive Foundation.  The special gala will take place on November 1, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

"We are privileged and thrilled to be honoring the great Oprah Winfrey," Alicia says in a statement.  "She's a personal inspiration to me because her philanthropic work truly comes from the heart, she exceeds expectations and helps millions."

Oprah has improved the lives of young people through the establishment of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation, which raised millions for the creation of the Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.  Opened in 2007, the Academy now serves grades seven through 12.  Oprah, through her Oprah's Angel Network, has also established 60 schools in 13 countries, funded scholarships, supported women's shelters and overseen the establishment of youth centers and homes.

This year's Black Ball will focus on Modern Africa, with a special emphasis on the empowerment of women.  Money raised by the special event will help children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.  Past Black Ball honorees included George Harrison, Bill Clinton and Bono.

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Spike Lee Interviews Kanye West, Mariah Carey for Michael Jackson Documentary

Epic/Legacy RecordingsKanye West, Mariah Carey and Cee Lo Green are just a handful of the more than 40 people who've been interviewed by Spike Lee for a Michael Jackson documentary that focuses on the late King of Pop's Bad album.  The in-depth film project, which is now in the post-production phase, comes as Michael fans celebrate the 25th anniversary of Bad, and the record-breaking world tour of the same name.

"I'm more than just a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and having the chance to actually know him and work with him, I deeply care about his legacy," Spike says in a statement about the documentary.  In addition to chatting with those influenced by Michael, the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker spoke with a host of Michael's confidants and collaborators. 

They shared their stories of what went on behind the scenes of Michael's landmark project, and Spike says that allowed him to "uncover just what made this such a huge, important coming of age in [Michael's] career and unearth compelling stories surrounding the making of the album... the short films and the tour that may have never seen the light of day."  

Made in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, Spike's film is just one of several projects created to celebrate the Bad album legacy.  On September 18, Michael fans can expect the release of BAD 25, a deluxe package featuring three CDs, two booklets and a DVD chronicling a Bad tour concert at Wembley Stadium on July 16, 1988, which was attended by Princess Diana, Prince Charles and 72,000 fans.

A Bad 25 two-disc standard set, featuring the original album and a disk of demos and new remixes, will also be released.  More details and more projects will be announced soon.

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Nashville Notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockBrantley Gilbert will launch his Hell on Wheels tour Thursday, September 27 in Lafayette, IN with special guests Uncle Kracker, Greg Bates and Brian Davis joining him on select dates.  It's Brantley's first headlining trek.

Josh Turner performs on ABC's Good Morning America Wednesday.

Zac Brown Band performs on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday.

Jana Kramer performs on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno Wednesday.

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Dierks Bentley Wants the Tape Deck Put Back in His Old Truck

Captiol NashvilleLike all music fans of a certain age, Dierks Bentley grew up listening to his favorite albums on cassette tapes.  Since Dierks is also a guy who likes to hold on to old things like his 1994 Chevy Silverado forever, it's no surprise he's still a big fan of cassette tapes.  In fact, Dierks is thinking about having a tape player put back in his old truck.

Dierks recently got a CD player put in his truck.  Describing his trip to the stereo shop, Dierks explains, "I said, 'What kind should I get?'  They go, 'Well, George Jones got this one.'  I was like, 'Well, I'll get that one.'  It's just a disc player, and I'm like, 'I miss the tape deck.'"

Dierks actually has a few mixtapes he made himself still laying around his house.  One of them is arranged with music to play before 5 p.m. on one side and music for after 5 p.m. on the other.  The nighttime music includes classic country songs by the likes of George Jones, Faron Young and Moe Bandy.

Says Dierks, "You don't want to listen to that stuff during the daytime.  It's just too lonesome.  So, that's probably one of my favorite mixtapes, but I can't play it right now."

Unfortunately, Dierks' latest album, Home, is not available on cassette, but you can get it on CD or online.  The latest single from that project, "5-1-50," is headed for the top of the country chart in the coming weeks.

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Chicago & The Doobie Brothers Kick Off Joint Summer Tour Wednesday

Facebook.com/Chicago.OfficialChicago and The Doobie Brothers kick off a joint tour Wednesday night in Tucson, Arizona; the two bands will be on the road together through September.  This particular tour will be a bit more collaborative than a regular double bill, however, because both acts are actually planning to perform together on stage simultaneously.

"The Doobies will play a set, Chicago will play a set and then both bands will come onstage and play a third set together," Chicago singer and keyboardist Robert Lamm tells ABC News Radio. 

Noting that this will be the third time the two veteran acts have hit the road together, Lamm says, "It's just a ball for me to sing their songs and it's just a wonderful event for fans of music, 'cause you know every single song."

Lamm isn't kidding: between them, The Doobies and Chicago have racked up more than 50 Top 40 singles, including #1 hits like "Black Water" and "If You Leave Me Now."

Lamm says the bands' shared history means they have similar fan bases as well, and that makes for a great tour.  "We toured with The Doobies in the '70s when they first emerged," he remembers.  "They were on the bill with us, with Steely Dan and we did a baseball stadium tour, I think in 1974.  So, we have this great history with the Doobies, and the audience for both Chicago and the Doobies just remains large, and they still love the music."  

In addition to Chicago and The Doobies interacting with each other on stage during the tour, fans can also get into the act.  For the third straight year, Chicago will invite one lucky fan on stage each night to sing “If You Leave Me Now." 

This once-in-a lifetime opportunity is part of a joint promotion with the American Cancer Society to raise money to fight breast cancer.  Fans in each city Chicago plans to visit can bid on a meet-and-greet package that includes two premium tickets and a shot at singing on stage with the band.  More details at ChicagoTheBand.com.

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Green Day to Release Two Documentaries That Focus on “Lifestyles of Rock and Roll”

Marina ChavezGreen Day plans to release two documentaries in the next few months.  According to Billboard.com, the first film will give you an inside look at how they created their upcoming trilogy of albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!, while the second documentary focuses on the band’s early years. 

Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says that filmmakers Tim Lynch and Tim Wheeler have been documenting the band over the last year and a half as they rehearsed, performed in clubs and recorded their forthcoming album trilogy.

"It's not going to be the sitting down, head shot of me going, 'We started out blah blah blah'," explains Armstrong. "We wanted to get into lifestyles of rock 'n' roll and playing rock n roll and letting the story kind of tell itself rather than create revisionist [history]." 

The singer hopes that the documentary about the making of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! will be finished in time to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place January 17-27, 2013.

You’ll get your first taste of the trilogy when “Oh Love,” the first single from ¡Uno!, hits radio and arrives in stores on July 16.  The track will also be streaming on Green Day's website starting at 9 a.m. ET.  ¡Uno! is set for release on September 25, while the other albums ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! are slated for release on November 13, 2012 and January 15, 2013, respectively.

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John Legend Remixes "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"

Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images via ABCJohn Legend has retooled his Think Like a Man soundtrack single "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)," replacing a rap from Ludacris with bars from his G.O.O.D. music label mate Pusha T.  John and Pusha's work together doesn't stop with the remix though.  They apparently have more in store, with John tweeting, "Can't wait for you to hear what else @PUSHA_T and I did together for his album."

John's upcoming solo album, Love in the Future, is due out later this year.

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Bob Weir Among Stars Set to Perform at Event Marking Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday

Gene Anthony/Dead.netLate Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia would have turned 70 on August 1, and his longtime band mate Bob Weir will be among the many musicians taking part in a special concert event to commemorate the occasion. 

Jambands.com reports that the show, dubbed Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday, will be held August 3 at Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, California.  The concert also will include performances from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Phish bass player Mike Gordon, RatDog/Furthur keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Chris Robinson Brotherhood guitarist Neal Casal, among others.  More guest stars also are expected to be added to the lineup.

In addition, the event will feature exclusive interviews with Carlos Santana and other musical contemporaries of Garcia.  Also, a tribute David Crosby wrote expressly for the show titled "'Cause I'm Missing Him Tonight," will be read.  Actor Luke Wilson will host the concert, which will be streamed live at TRI Studios website, TRIStudios.com.

Garcia of a heart attack died in 1995 at the age of 53.

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"Sesame Street's" Cookie Monster Creates His Own Version of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"

Facebook.com/SesameStreetSesame Street resident Cookie Monster is the latest star to get into the "Call Me Maybe" viral video act.  He's redone Carly Rae Jepsen's hit as "Share It Maybe." 

In the video, posted on Mashable.com, the perpetually hungry Cookie Monster is seen working in an office -- who even knew Cookie had a job? -- trying to get his furry hands on cookies and dancing with a flash mob of his office mates. 

The furry blue guy sings in Cookie-speak, saying, "Hey, me just met you, and this is crazy, but you got cookie, so share it maybe."  Other lyrics include, "Me going off my rocker/please be me Betty Crocker" and "Me start to really freak out/please someone call the Girl Scouts."  Spoiler alert: Cookie does get the goods by the end of the video.

While Cookie might not have much of a voice, he does give it his all.  But Cookie's not the only Sesame Street character to do a pop song parody.  Back in January, Elmo debuted his video parody of LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It," called "I'm Elmo and I Know It."

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Bono Takes Daughter to Las Vegas for Her 21st Birthday, Records Lady Gaga Song for Her

Franck Prevel/Getty ImagesNeed proof that Bono is the coolest dad in the world?  The U2 frontman took his daughter Eve Hewson to Las Vegas to celebrate her 21st birthday, and went all-out to mark the occasion.  He even recorded a Lady Gaga song for her.

The New York Post reports that Bono, his wife Ali and their daughter, plus family and friends, were partying at the Vegas club 1Oak on Saturday night when Bono handed the DJ a CD to play.  It was a recording he and Ali had made for Eve, featuring themselves singing Lady Gaga's hit duet with Beyonce, "Telephone."  He also had two magnums of Dom Perignon champagne sent to their table, and arranged for an LED light show.

Before they went clubbing, Bono treated Eve and their party to dinner at the Vegas restaurant Tao and, according to the Las Vegas Sun, they also took in a performance of the Cirque du Soleil show The Beatles' LOVE.  Backstage, Bono jokingly asked when Cirque du Soleil would create a show based on U2's music.

Eve Hewson is an up-and-coming actress who appeared in a 2011 movie called This Must Be the Place, alongside Sean Penn, and also starred in a 2010 video for pop group The Script's hit "For the First Time."

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Stevie Wonder Headlining This Year's Hoodie Awards

Facebook.com/StevieWonderStevie Wonder will headline the 2012 Ford Hoodie Awards, hosted by Steve Harvey next month in Las Vegas.  This marks the 10th anniversary of the awards show, which gives people across the nation a chance to honor their local leaders, educators, churches and local businesses.  The August 4 awards show at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino arena will also include performances from Kirk Franklin, Stephanie Mills, Donnie McClurkin and New Edition.

The awards ceremony is part of a four-day celebration hosted by Harvey that also will include a pre-event luncheon and the Ford VIP After-Party on August 4, as well as the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation Charity Golf Tournament and the Hoodie Awards Beach Party on the following day.

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Taylor Swift's Make-Up Fail: Using a Sharpie as Eyeliner

Big Machine RecordsTaylor Swift always looks camera-ready, but that doesn't mean she doesn't make the occasional makeup misstep. 

In an interview with Refinery29.com to promote her latest Cover Girl campaign, she was asked to name the "craziest beauty trick" she's ever tried.  Her answer?  "I once used a Sharpie as eyeliner in an airplane bathroom because I didn't have any with me," she reveals.  "I don't recommend it."

A better experience, Taylor says, comes when she sticks to the looks that she knows work for her.  "I love red lips and a cat-eye," she says.  "That's been my go-to for a few years now."  As for her trademark blonde tresses, Taylor says, "I decide based on what I'm doing on any given day...My go-to easy hairstyle at the moment is a ponytail with some kind of headband or scarf."

As for her overall look, Taylor describes it as "classic, feminine, and retro," and says her style icons are "Ethel and Jackie Kennedy back in the '50s and '60s."  Speaking about those women -- who were married to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, respectively -- Taylor says, "Something about that elegance is really lovely and makes me want to dress more like they did.  I'd never thought about wearing pearl earrings or head scarves before [being inspired by] them."

Taylor's obsession with the Kennedy family was on display over the Fourth of July weekend, when she was spotted sailing with the family at Hyannis Port in Cape Cod, MA.

You can watch a behind-the-scenes video of Taylor on the set of her Cover Girl shoot at Refinery29.com.

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