Lady Gaga loudly contested Arizona's controversial new immigration law SB 1070 during her Monster Ball tour stop in Phoenix Saturday night. With "Stop SB 1070" written prominently on her left forearm, Gaga told the approving crowd, "Tonight, I want you to reject any person or any thing or any law …

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Fresh off a performance with Furthur at Connecticut's Gathering of the Vibes festival, Phil Lesh rocked Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Saturday night. The former Grateful Dead bassist unveiled a new band at the surprise performance that featured his two sons and jammed with Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, as well as …

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Bruce Springsteen shocked fans with a surprise appearance during Alejandro Escovedo's Saturday night performance at Asbury Park, New Jersey's Stone Pony. Springsteen joined Escovedo on "Always a Friend," a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Beast of Burden" and "Faith," a track from Escovedo's new studio album Street Songs of Love …

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She's fallen afoul of everyone from the United Stated immigration department to skeptical reporters, but near the end of her set at New York's HARD Fest on Governor's Island Saturday night, M.I.A. was shut down by Mother Nature. Two long, sharp flashes of lightning brought to a close a set …

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