Music Newsletters: 'NSync Reunion Plans; John Mayer Backstage at 'Letterman'

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013



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Justin Timberlake performs in Los Angeles.

Report: Justin Timberlake, 'NSync to Reunite at VMAs

Justin Timberlake could reunite with 'NSync Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards, according to reports. The superstar boy band last performed on TV doing a Bee Gees medley at the 2003 Grammy Awards. Timberlake will receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard award. Read More »

Mazzy Star's 17-Year Silence: 'Music Is Its Own Language'

Mazzy Star's new album, Seasons of Your Day, is the group's first in 17 years. They make music mostly for themselves, say David Roback and Hope Sandoval. "We never stopped writing or recording," Roback says. "We just stopped performing and releasing things." Read More »

Johnny Depp a Surprise Guest at Johnny Ramone Tribute

Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sunday for the annual tribute to Johnny Ramone. Depp reunited with John Waters, Traci Lords and the cast of Cry-Baby, one of the late Ramone's favorite movies. Read More »

Stop-and-Frisk: Does Bloomberg Really Care About Kids' Safety?

This month a judge declared New York City's "stop-and-frisk" police practice unconstitutional. Mayor Bloomberg's response was quick: "I worry for my kids and I worry for your kids," he said. But more than a fifth of those stopped in 2011 were, in fact, children. Read More »

Lou Barlow performs onstage with Sebadoh at the ATP curated by Jeff Mangum in Minehead, United Kingdom on March 11th, 2012.

Sebadoh's Reunion Album 'As Fresh as Anything We've Done'

On Saturday test pressings of Sebadoh's Defend Yourself - the band's first album in 14 years - blasted from speakers at 11 record stores around the country. The pioneering lo-fi band hasn't changed, says Lou Barlow: "It's as fresh as anything we've done." Read More »