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For The Record: Quick News On My Chemical Romance, Muse, Beyonce ...

 05-02-2007

Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson and Jay-Z — plus almost everyone associated in any way with Fall Out Boy — descended upon New York's East Village on Monday night to celebrate the opening of Angels & Kings, the new bar co-owned by Wentz and members of Gym Class Heroes, the Academy Is ... and Cobra Starship (FOB's labelmates Panic! at the Disco wanted to invest too, according to their management, but they weren't old enough to legally own part of a bar). Pete, Ashlee and Jay held court at a corner table, while GCH's Travis McCoy spun a hip-hop-heavy set and TAI frontman William Beckett chatted up Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta at the bar. A good time was had by all ... save the residents of the apartments above A&K, who showered the paparazzi assembled outside with buckets of water — and "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, who attempted to parallel-park his SUV out front only to get blinded by a flashbulb, give the offending paparazzo the finger and drive away. Good times, indeed. (See Jay-Z and Ashlee at the Angels & Kings opening, and find out why other musicians are in on the venture, right here.) ...

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Rihanna Loses Good Girl Image, Thanks To Jay-Z, Justin, Timbaland ...

 05-02-2007

Rihanna was shocked by Jay's cameo — in the video and in the song. "They just said, 'We have a surprise for you,' " remembered Rihanna, who wears nothing but silver paint in one part of the video. "I couldn't imagine it would be Jay-Z getting on the song. They played it for me, and I got goose bumps everywhere. I still can't believe that I'm shooting a video with Jay-Z and I have a song with Jay on it. It takes everything to another level for me in my career as far as experience goes."

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These are the things I'd do

 05-01-2007

(For websites listed below, MS=www.myspace.com. These are bands we especially dig, not full listings. For those, please click on Concerts and Clubs. WEDNESDAY PLAN A: Nas @ 4th & B. One of the true heirs to Biggie's crown of East Coast hip-hop, Nas has never quite hit the ultimate high of his debut, Illmatic. He's cocky, self-righteous and soap-boxy, but he has a right to be. One of the best lyricists and vocalists in hip-hop. (And c'mon, Jay-Z, swing down south and do the kissed-and-made-up cameo). www.defjam.com. PLAN B: Tool @ Cox Arena. Plan A for rock fans. Their mythology firmly established, hard-rock's moody, prog-loving weirdos put on a lights-and-video extravaganza every show. Maynard James Keenan likes it in the shadows. Sunglasses acceptable. MS/tool. PLAN C: Sloan, The 88 @ House of Blues. One of Canada's most frustrating acts (brilliant at times, bad at others) plays with always-entertaining Kinks-like band, The 88. MS/sloan, MS/the88. BACKUP PLAN: Elf Power, Birds of Avalon @ The Casbah (MS/elfpowerband, MS/birdsofavalon). THURSDAY PLAN A: Erin McKeown @ The Casbah. McKeown's a real talent—a Virginia musician who studied ethnomusicology, which would make David Byrne proud. You can hear it in the multi-instrumentalist's music—old-timey, swinging folk that's - more available

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