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![Britney Spears, left, joins Madonna for a guest appearance during one of Madonna's Los Angeles tour dates in 2008.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Britney-Madonna-e1698674783644-900x422.jpg)
Madonna and Britney Spears: It’s them against the world
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – While Britney Spears was trying to get over her very public breakup with fellow pop star Justin Timberlake, Madonna came to visit her. “She walked into the… Read More
![The late drummer Taylor Hawkins, performing with Foo Fighters in Malibu, California in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/gettyimages-1076719208-77a56af66098dcac69dc5aa30a6923e4800c999a-scaled-e1648662657137-900x422.jpg)
Foo Fighters cancel all tour dates after drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The multi-platinum rock band Foo Fighters has canceled all of its upcoming tour dates after the death of its drummer, Taylor Hawkins. “It is with great… Read More
![Actress Dawn Wells at Universal Studios Hollywood in Calif. in Sept. 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/gettyimages-1178243630-1-eb5c1d3e0facf61c0baf5d41cfae5f178e853e21-scaled-e1609362740197-900x422.jpg)
Mary Ann From ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dawn Wells, Has Died Of The Coronavirus
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The actress and producer was 82 years old. Her publicist announced that she died Wednesday of complications related to COVID-19.
![Bill Withers, performing on television in London in 1972.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gettyimages-110263256-e4507902905f016047b92d632dd802d3d454b4cb-scaled-e1585943628791-900x422.jpg)
Bill Withers, Singer-Songwriter Of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ Has Died At Age 81
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The soulful artist behind a number of 1970s hits died Monday of heart disease. He created all of his hits in a 14-year recording career before walking away from the music business.
![In this Dec. 24, 2016 file photo, Eddie Money performs the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Oakland Raiders and the Indianapolis Colts in Oakland, Calif.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_19256610946260-e1568403946452-900x422.jpg)
Eddie Money, Archetype Of Rock Radio, Dies At Age 70
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The singer, whose singles “Take Me Home Tonight” and “Two Tickets to Paradise” helped define a certain 1980s pop sound, died Friday of esophageal cancer.
![Box-office giant Ticketmaster may have benefitted from looking the other way on ticket scalping-related violations of its own terms of service, a Canadian report revealed on Sep. 19.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gettyimages-83851492-faac2d4f4fd37e99e661e23ecb4524243dc61ae5-e1537460014331-900x422.jpg)
Ticketmaster Has Its Own Secret ‘Scalping Program,’ Canadian Journalists Report
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The CBC and the Toronto Star has reported that live-event box office behemoth Ticketmaster recruits professional “scalpers” into a program through which it could benefit by double-dipping on fees.