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Gainesville, Fla., Names Plaza After Bo Diddley

Officials in Gainesville have renamed the city’s downtown plaza after rock ‘n’ roll legend and former Florida resident Bo Diddley.
Diddley died in June 2008. Officials honored him Friday by unveiling a mural and renaming the downtown space the Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Diddley lived in Archer, a few miles southwest of Gainesville, and played at [...]

A Royal Read: Tina Turner Takes Aretha Franklin To Task Over “Queen” Controversy

After an eight-year retirement, Tina Turner kicked off her “Tina Turner Live” tour at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. on Oct. 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Performing for the first time in almost a decade isn’t the only thing the ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’ singer is doing.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The 68-year-old singer also broke her silence [...]

Steven Tyler: Dude Looks Like a Liar

People were scratching their heads last month when Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler said he checked into rehab to recover from foot surgery.
Now, the 60-year-old rocker reveals that he was actually fighting a dependency on pain pills and sleep medication prescribed post-surgery.
“To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be [...]