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A Los Angeles jury has found AEG Live concert promoters not guilty of negligence in hiring the doctor who killed him. The Jackson family had been seeking $290m (£180m) for emotional losses, plus an unspecified amount for economic losses.

The verdict was read out by the court clerk:

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Bruce Springsteen, U2, Elvis Costello, Mumford & Sons, Green Day, Kid Rock, and Ed Sheeran are among the 50 acts to contribute musical performances to ONE’s ‘agit8’ campaign.

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The limited-edition Johnny Cash Forever stamp debuted today as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s Music Icon Series.

Cash’s son, John Carter Cash, says:

“It is an amazing blessing that my father Johnny Cash be honored with the issue of this stamp. Dad was a hard-working man; a man of dignity. As much as anything else, he was a proud American, always supporting his family, fans and country. I can think of no better way to pay due respect to his legacy than through the release of this stamp.”

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Listeners of BBC Radio 2 have voted Bucks Fizz’s “Making Your Mind Up” as their all-time favourite UK Eurovision song. Listeners voted from the full list of UK entries spanning 57 years.

Bucks Fizz won the contest in 1981 and subsequently topped the charts with the winning song. They would follow this up with a number of other big hits, including “The Land of Make Believe,” “My Camera Never Lies” and “If You Can’t Stand the Heat”.

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David Bowie uploaded a number of vintage videos on Vimeo to coincide with the release of his critically acclaimed new album “The Next Day”.

Here’s a selection…

Space Oddity

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