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Previous My GRAMMY Moment musicians include Justin Timberlake and Foo Fighters. [1]

CBS.com and The Recording Academy announced today the launch of the third installment of MY GRAMMY MOMENT with current GRAMMY nominee and performer Katy Perry. [2]

From today through February 6, music fans can upload a 30- to 60-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of Perry’s current Grammy-nominated song “I Kissed A Girl” to www.cbs.com/Grammys. [3]

From today through Feb. 6, music fans can upload a 30- to 60-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of Perry’s current GRAMMY-nominated song “I Kissed A Girl” to www.cbs.com/grammys. [1]

From today through Feb. 6, music fans can upload a 30- to 60-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of Perry’s current GRAMMY-nominated song “I Kissed A Girl” to www.cbs.com/grammys. [4]

This year, music fans can upload a 30- to 60-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of Perry’s current GRAMMY-nominated song, “I Kissed A Girl,” at www.CBS.com/grammys. [2]

From today through Feb. 6, music fans can upload a 30- to 60-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of Perry’s current GRAMMY-nominated song “I Kissed A Girl” to www.cbs.com/grammys. [...] “I am very excited to be a first-time GRAMMY nominee and new Recording Academy member this year, and even more thrilled to perform on music’s biggest stage in February,” said Katy. [...] The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8 from 8′11:30 p.m. [5]

Voting among the Top 10 will continue until February 6, when the Top 3 fan videos will be determined and highlighted, among additional popular video submissions, during Perry’s Grammy performance on February 8. [3]

The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8 from 8″11:30 p.m. [1]

“We are very excited that this year’s installment of My Grammy Moment allows numerous online fans to be an integral part of a performance. [3]

- Voting among the Top 10 will continue until Feb. 6, when the Top 3 fan videos will be determined and highlighted, among additional popular video submissions, during Perry’s GRAMMY performance on Feb. 8. [1]

“We are very excited that this year’s installment of My GRAMMY Moment allows numerous online fans to be an integral part of a performance. [4]

The 51st ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be broadcast live from Staples Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 8 (8:00-11:30 PM ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. [2]

Sources:
[1] My GRAMMY? Moment 2009 Launches with Current GRAMMY Nominee …
[2] Breaking News - CBS.COM LAUNCHES MY GRAMMY(R) MOMENT 2009 …
[3] My Grammy? Moment 2009 Launches With Current Grammy Nominee …
[4] Fans share a Grammy moment with Katy Perry
[5] Katy Perry at The Grammys

In 2002 he put together the first Zac Brown Band, looking for players with a high level of musicianship who wanted to be equal partners in a band with a communal vibe. [1]

Zac Brown Band performing in 2008. [2]

A network for fans of the Zac Brown Band! [3]

Zac Brown is a country singer, songwriter, and bandleader, one of the brightest stars in a generation of performers set on changing the paradigm of the country music business. [1]

Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia. [2]

The band is up for THREE awards including Best New Artist, Best Country Group/Duo and Best Country Album. [3]

Connect, socialize and share in Canada’s biggest online country community for fans and artists. [...] While one wall of the band’s rehearsal space sports a whiteboard chock full of upcoming coast-to-coast tour dates, the other is graffitied with hundreds of song titles–sharing space on a wall that also includes a Bob Marley banner and a framed portrait of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. [4]

While one wall sports a whiteboard chock full of upcoming coast-to-coast tour dates, the other is graffitied with hundreds of song titles’sharing space on a wall that also includes a Bob Marley banner and a framed portrait of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. [5]

The Zac Brown Band released its first album, Far from Einstyne, in 2004, followed by Home Grown a year later. [2]

With his winning combination of country, bluegrass, reggae, and Caribbean music, he appeals to country fans and jam band hippies, and could well cross over to lovers of world music and pop. [...] The album came out first on Southern Ground and was picked up by Live Nation, the giant concert promoter, for their new record label in 2007. [1]

The lineup consists of Zac Brown, (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, vocals), Coy Bowles (guitar, organ), Chris Fryar (drums) and Clay Cook (guitar, organ, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals). [...] In July 2009, a third single, “Toes “, was released and this became their second Number One hit in late October 2009. [2]

His brother Wynn played bluegrass guitar and banjo, his mother liked old pop singers like Sinatra, and his dad played folk guitar and led the family in campfire singalongs. [1]

Sources:
[1] Zac Brown Band: Information from Answers.com
[2] Zac Brown Band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] The Zac Brown Band Community - A network for fans of the Zac …
[4] CMT.ca : CMT Artist Profiles : Zac Brown Band
[5] Zac Brown Band on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s …

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards / 2009 Grammys will take place on February 8, 2009 (this Sunday) and will be broadcast on live CBS in the United States at 8PM EST and on ITV2 on Monday at 9PM in the United Kingdom. [1]

The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards was held on Sunday February 8, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and was broadcast live on the CBS Network between 8pm-11:30 p.m. [2]

The 2009 Grammys / 2009 Grammy Awards are the last for the season for the recording industry just as the 2009 Oscars are the last for film (it will be handed out next week). [3]

Watch 2009 Grammy Awards Replay from the internet. [2]

To be eligible for an award a recording must have been commercially released between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008. [...] Lil Wayne topped the nominations with eight, Coldplay garnered seven, and Ne-Yo, Kanye West and Jay-Z each earned six nominations. [1]

So if you want to Watch 2009 Grammy Awards Replay, then you’ve come to the right place. [2]

Watch the 2009 Grammys live online / 2009 Grammy Awards online and find out who in the recording industry will receive its most coveted prize. [3]

John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead, Alison Krauss, Jazmine Sullivan are all five-time nominees this year, and The Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, Jennifer Hudson, Adele, Danger Mouse, Metallica and T.I. each received four 2009 Grammy nominations. [...] To watch the 2009 Grammys live / 2009 Grammy Awards live and find out if you’re favorite is among the winners, just tune in to CBS for the live broadcast or your local cable channel. [...] After the nominees are announced on December 4, 2008 final voting ballots will be sent to the academy members. [...] Members are allowed to vote in the General field and up to nine other fields on their final voting ballots. [1]

Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson on X Factor. [3]

Sources:
[1] 2009 Grammys live online/51st Grammy Awards online results …
[2] Watch 2009 Grammy Awards Replay
[3] 2009 Grammys live online/51st Grammy Awards online results

It’s a follow-up to David Bowie’s 1969 song “Space Oddity,” and continues the story of Major Tom, an astronaut who cuts off communication with Earth and floats into space. [1]

Major Tom is a fictional astronaut created by David Bowie, appearing in his songs “Space Oddity “, “Ashes to Ashes ” and “Hallo Spaceboy “. [2]

As for the song, I love both the David Bowie version (titled “Space Oddity” as mentioned below) and the Peter Shilling version. [3]

Due to some similarities in Elton John ’s “Rocket Man”, some presume this song might also be an allusion to Major Tom. [2]

“Major Tom (Coming Home)” (also known as “Major Tom” (V?llig losgel?st) in Germany), is a song by singer Peter Schilling from his album Error in the System. [4]

E.L.O. was a little like that especially with their sci-fi concept album “Time” among others, and with there flying saucer-like symbol on several album covers like “Out Of The Blue”, etc. [1]

The song was recorded in both German and English, with the latter released in international markets. [4]

There are multiple cover versions of the David Bowie songs mentioning Major Tom as well as Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom (Coming Home) “: In 1999 the band Helloween released a cover of “Space Oddity” on their album Metal Jukebox. [2]

In Europe, the first 1982 12″ release featured the original German version, ‘Major Tom (Vollig Losgelost)’. [1]

In “Space Oddity “, on the 1969 album also titled Space Oddity, Major Tom’s departure from Earth is successful and everything goes according to plan, but he then loses contact with Ground Control. [...] Other major artists who have featured Bowie’s character include Peter Schilling in his “Major Tom (Coming Home) “; “I’m A Soldier ” by Stef?n; “Mrs. Major Tom” by K.I.A.; “Rocket” by Def Leppard; and “Rain or Shine ” by Five Star; among others. [2]

I always thought sci-fi in rock was a cool idea. [1]

Also in 1983, Schilling’s song was recorded by Plastic Bertrand, but with slightly altered lyrics, in which Major Tom prefers to stay away from Earth and its selfishness and danger of nuclear war. [2]

With unofficial character relation of “Major Tom “, the theme of David Bowie ’s 1969 album Space Oddity, the song is about the character being caught in an accident in space. [4]

Shilling’s German version is identical to his English version except that it’s in German, so no huge bonus. [3]

Sources:
[1] Major Tom (I’m Coming Home) by Peter Schilling Songfacts
[2] Major Tom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] DAVID BOWIE - MAJOR TOM LYRICS
[4] Major Tom (Coming Home) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A new musical production adapted from “American Idiot,” the best-selling album by the punk band Green Day, is scheduled to make its debut in September at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in California. [1]

American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. [2]

Green Day won two Grammys for its multi-platinum album American Idiot, which sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. [3]

Good news Green Day fans: Not only are the boys finishing up their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, for release on May 15, but they’re also prepping another major project: a theatrical production based on their 2004 concept album American Idiot! [4]

There probably hasn’t been a true rock opera produced for the stage since “The Who’s Tommy” — “Rent” and “Spring Awakening ” come from more pop traditions in our book and basically amount to musical theater scores with electric guitar on top — but Green Day’s “American Idiot,” which just had its world premiere at Berkeley Rep, definitely qualifies. [5]

Tony award-winning director Michael Mayer will helm the musical version of the acclaimed album, set to open at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September, the New York Times reports. [6]

The American Idiot musical will premiere September 4th at California’s Berkeley Repertory Theatre and run through October 11th. [7]

A stage adaptation of the 2004 Green Day album American Idiot will premiere this autumn in California, it has been announced. [6]

Producers of the show — playing at Berkeley Repertory through Sunday — have put out a casting notice in New York, and promoters said that “American Idiot” is indeed coming to Broadway, according to Playbill. [8]

Rock music has been an inspiration for Broadway-style musicals recently: U2 are working on music for a Spider-Man stage play, and Michael Jackson’s Thriller will hit Broadway as a full-on musical. [...] I’m not too hot on the idea of a Green Day musical, but a movie in the vein of Tommy (despite Quadrophenia being the better album) would be a treat. [7]

Admittance is only guaranteed with tickets purchased through Berkeley Rep. Tickets purchased through brokers or other third party sales could be fraudulent. [3]

It always seemed inevitable that the Green Day musical “American Idiot” would end up on Broadway. [8]

The musical is a collaboration between Green Day ‘ the Bay Area rock trio consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool ‘ and Michael Mayer, the Tony Award -winning director of “Spring Awakening.” [...] The band Green Day: from left, Tre Cool, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt. [1]

Sources:
[1] New York Times: Punk CD Is Going Theatrical
[2] American Idiot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] American Idiot - Berkeley Repertory Theatre
[4] Green Day Ready ‘American Idiot’ Musical
[5] SFist Reviews: Green Day’s "American Idiot" Musical …
[6] Green Day - Musical Version Of American Idiot Confirmed …
[7] Green Day’s “American Idiot” Musical To Debut September 09 …
[8] Green Day musical ‘American Idiot’ appears to be heading to …