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• Watch Lady Gaga, Beyoncé’s “Telephone”
• Abba Won’t Reunite for Hall of Fame
• Phil Spector Appeals Murder Conviction
• Rank the Best Long Music Videos Ever
• American Idol Names Top 12
• Weekend Rock List: Songs About Sleep
• Man Arrested for Threatening Elton John
• News Ticker: The Clash, Metallica
• Conan O’Brien Announces Bonnaroo, Tour
• Pearl Jam Plot May Tour Dates
• Corgan on Mayer’s Career-Destruction
• Idol to Tackle Rolling Stones Songs
• Pink Floyd Halt Single-Song Downloads
• Strokes Confirm Lollapalooza Slot
• Actor Corey Haim Dead at 38
• Kate Nash Talks My Best Friend Is You
• OK Go Split With EMI, Form New Label
• Faith No More Announce East Coast Show
• U2’s Spider-Man Loses Evan Rachel Wood
• Watch Exclusive New Runaways Clip
• Beastie Boys Delay Hot Sauce to Late 2010
• Exclusive Premiere: Yeasayer’s “O.N.E.”
• MGMT Unveil New Song “Flash Delirium”
• Win a Trip to See STP at SXSW!
• T.I. Announces Return With “I’m Back”
• Foo Fighters Team With Vig For Heavy Disc
• Win the White Stripes’ Box Set

Scroll down for full news stories, commentary and much more in Rock Daily.

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• After two delays, Lil Wayne finally made our recent cover line Lil Wayne Goes to Jail come true this week. We focused on Weezy’s better days by looking back at his career in photos.

• Faith No More announced they’re bringing their reunion show to the East Coast with a show in Brooklyn, New York. Plus Pearl Jam confirmed they’ll hit the road for the full month of May and Conan O’Brien unleashed tour dates and joined the Bonnaroo lineup.
• Lady Gaga and Beyoncé unveiled their new video for “Telephone,” Yeasayer debuted their “O.N.E.” video and we premiered another clip from The Runaways.
• Foo Fighters let us know they’ll be hitting the studio with Butch Vig to record their “heaviest album yet” and Kate Nash previewed her upcoming disc My Best Friend Is You.

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The worst day of the year is upon us: Daylight Savings. This Sunday we’ll lose an hour and feel like crap all week thanks to our sleep deficit. But instead of dwelling on those lost 60 minutes (we hardly knew ya!), we’re going to focus our energy on coming up with the best songs about sleep. And we need your help! What are your favorite drowsy ditties? Your insomnia sing-alongs? Your overtired odes? Check out some of our favorites below and add your suggestions in the comments:

• The Beatles – “I’m So Tired”
• The Wu-Tang Clan – “I Can’t Go to Sleep”
• The Romantics – “Talking in Your Sleep”
• John Lennon – “How Do You Sleep”
• The Postal Service – “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”

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In yet another example of the current economy??™s impact on the sports ticketing industry, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) announced sharp earnings decreases for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year.

The racing track giant, which owns nine tracks and hosts 12 of NASCAR??™s 36 yearly events, reported income for the quarter at $90.5 million, while the same quarter in 2008 brought in $130.6 million.  Full Story...

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Green Day’s American Idiot begins previews on Broadway in two weeks and we’re stoked (obviously) but that’s not the only musical we’ve got our eyes on this spring. Next month the Berkeley Repertory Theater will premiere Girlfriend, a new show built around the perfect pop confections of Matthew Sweet’s 1991 album — a.k.a. the best power-pop album of all time. (Seriously. It’s amazing. We wouldn’t joke about power-pop.)

The musical is actually a boy-meets-boy love story, so we’re curious how they’ll spin the title song. The album’s other star single, “I’ve Been Waiting,” on the other hand, bypasses personal pronouns entirely, so no rewriting there. Check out the videos for these two “rock and roll valentines” and lap up the chiming guitars, layered harmonies and wickedly infectious melodies. For all you manga fans out there, “Girlfriend” features animated clips from the movie Space Adventure Cobra, and “I’ve Been Waiting” uses clips of Lum Invader, a character from the series Urusei Yatsura. Plus, check out Sweet and Susanna Hoff’s Live at Rolling Stone set.

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(This story was updated on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 4:40pm EST to add a comment from StubHub)

With the introduction of the Ticket Act of 2010, two bills are currently in the House Energy and Commerce Committee that aim to regulate the ticketing industry and protect consumers. Yet, the bills take different approaches, and it appears that the two lead sponsors of the two bills may not have consulted with each other before the second bill was initiated.  Full Story...

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The debate over a planned outdoor concert venue in Vernon, CT, ended decisively on March 11 when town commissions voted against the proposal. TicketNetwork had sought special permits to open a 1,390-capacity, seasonal venue on commercially zoned land owned by the ticket software company.

A motion to deny Application PZC-2009-26 came less than an hour into the Thursday meeting and passed, 6-1. Earlier in the night's deliberation, the commission ruled that the venue would not be a proper use of the land, with a majority vote of 5-2.  Full Story...

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Lady Gaga upped the ante for supersized music videos last night with her Tarantino homage “Telephone,” which co-stars Beyoncé in a homoerotic rampage of capitalistic ultra-violence. Gaga’s been down this road before — “Paparazzi” was an eight-minute cinematic epic — but Michael Jackson truly pioneered the long music video with “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Ghosts,” “Black or White” and “Smooth Criminal.” Rolling Stone’s readers and editors compiled a list of the 50 Best Songs Over Seven Minutes Long a few years ago, but haven’t tracked down the best lengthy music videos yet. The Grammys honor Best Long Form Music Video, but the category really is meant for filmed shorts. So let’s start the nominating right here — check out clips by Metallica, Guns n’ Roses, Aphex Twin, Snoop Dogg, MC Hammer (yes, really) and the Black Eyed Peas’ recent entry to the field after the jump.

Metallica – “One” (length: 7:42)

Guns n’ Roses – “November Rain” (length: 9:08)

Guns n’ Roses – “Estranged” (length: 9:51)

Aphex Twin – “Window Licker” (length: 10:34)

Snoop Dogg – “Murder Was the Case” (length: 9:34)

MC Hammer – “Here Comes The Hammer” (length: 8:40)

Black Eyed Peas – “Imma Be Rocking That Body” (length: 10:21)

Michael Jackson – “Bad” (length: 8:55)

Michael Jackson – “Black or White” (length: 11)

Tickets for upcoming concerts from Sting, as well as tickets for upcoming shows from the cast of Fox's hit new television show Glee, are on sale throughout the weekend ending March 15 as compiled by TicketNews.

Kicking off this weekend's onsales are tickets to see rocker Sting on his upcoming North American tour. Among the markets with tickets on sale Monday are Portland and Las Vegas. Also with tickets on sale this weekend are country stars Brooks & Dunn. Embarking on their final tour, the duo has tickets on sale Saturday morning for their upcoming shows in Omaha and Chicago. Another country star among the weekend onsales is Tim McGraw. The singer has tickets on sale Saturday for his upcoming tour stops in Lake Tahoe and Little Rock.   Full Story...

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Broadway welcomed "Next Fall," a play by Geoffrey Nauffts, on its March 11 opening night at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Sheryl Kaller resumes her role as director of the split drama-comedy, which earned rave reviews during an Off Broadway run in 2009.

Switching between flash-backs and present-day scenes, the play tracks the five-year relationship of 45-year-old atheist Adam (Patrick Breen) and his 30-year-old boyfriend Luke (Patrick Heusinger), a conservative Christian. As the play opens, Luke is in a coma as a result of an accident, and Adam is left in the waiting room with Luke's equally conservative parents, Arlene (Connie Ray) and Butch (Cotter Smith), who are in-the-dark about their son's sexuality.  Full Story...

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