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Musicheads: Musicast (11/1/2011)

Posted at 3:06 PM on October 28, 2011 by Alex Wright
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In the music news for 11/1/11:

Bridge School Benefit Turns 25

For 25 years now Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit has been raising funds to help teach students with learning and communication disabilities. In a two-night concert last week at San Francisco's Shoreline Amphitheatre, Neil Young and his wife Pegi were joined by artists such as Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, Beck, Foo Fighters, Tony Bennett, Norah Jones, Mumford & Sons and Devendra Banhart to play to over 45,000 fans.

Trailer for the show:

Little Boi is On the Way

It has been reported that Big Boi is working on a follow-up to 2010's Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. In a Twitter post on Wednesday night he announced that his new album, appropriately titled Daddy Fat Saxxx: Soul Funk Crusader, will include at least two collaborations with the Swedish indie-pop group Little Dragon. He and Yukimi Nagano are currently working diligently at Stankonia Studios to ensure a timely release.

Little Dragon performing "Little Man" live:

Morrissey is Suing NME

British singer-songwriter and former Smiths frontman Morrissey has been given the go-ahead by England's High Court to sue NME for libel. Morrissey first made his threat of the suit back in 2007 after the magazine published an interview that he claims made him sound like a racist. He was quoted saying, "the gates of England are flooded [...] Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears." He says that his words were taken out of context. The lawsuit is hanging on the horizon for now.

The Smiths, "This Charming Man":

Amy Winehouse Died of Alcohol Poisoning

After several months of speculation and false reports, alcohol poisoning is officially the cause of Amy Winehouse's death. The coroners report that she had five times the legal driving limit in her body when she died; however drugs did not in any way contribute to her passing. The coroner has ruled the verdict "death by misadventure."

Also, Island Records has announced that Lioness: Hidden Treasures, Amy's third album, will be posthumously compiled and released on December 5th of this year. Her close friends Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi decided to pull the album together after listening to the incomplete cuts following her death. The two stated that the album is "a collection of songs that deserved to be heard, a collection of songs that were a fitting testament to Amy the artist and, as importantly, Amy their friend."

"Tears Dry on Their Own" by Amy Winehouse:

New Queen Album Under Way

Queen guitarist Brian May has announced that a new Queen LP is to be released in the future. He says that the album will include unreleased material recorded by Freddie Mercury before he passed away in 1991. On top of the new record, May says that he would like to use the material for a follow-up production to We Will Rock You, Queen's rock opera. He and drummer Roger Taylor are working to pull the album together.

"Don't Stop Me Now" official video:

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