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Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Danny Wood, Jonathan Knight and Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block. (Photo by Angela Weiss/WireImage)

Last week, Twitter was alight with rumours that the New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men were heading out on tour together after a Live Nation promo was leaked online.

On Jan. 22, NKOTB member Donnie Wahlberg formally announced on “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” that he and his bandmates Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Jordan and Jonathan Knight would indeed be hitting the road in 2013 on “The Package Tour.”

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“We’ll have plenty of surprises,” he said. “With all those egos in one building at the same time! You know there’s going to be a lot of crazy and fun stuff going on. We’re gonna pull out a lot of surprises every night. We’re going to try and pull in as many special guests as we can, and do as many fun things as we can.”

Along with this new tour comes a new album for the ‘80s boy band called “10” to be released on April 2 with its first single “Remix (I Like The)” debuting on “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” on Jan. 25.

Canadian fans wanting to see NKOTB,

Lupe Fiasco at the Hollywood Palladium on October 17, 2012. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Quite the fiasco indeed.

The only thing missing was a giant vaudeville hook to collect rapper Lupe Fiasco after he was asked to leave and then forcefully removed by security from a stage in Washington during an Obama inaugural celebration event on Jan. 20.

According to CBS News, the 30-year-old artist was performing his song “Words I Never Said" at The Hamilton and rapped during the track, “Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist/ Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say sh-t. That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either."

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Foreign Policy staff writer Josh Rogin tweeted his account of the event, writing, “Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set.”

He also tweeted, “So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn't vote for Obama and eventually was told to move on to the next song…Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of

Ke$ha (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)

After the tragic school shooting that took place in Newtown, Conn., at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, certain songs such as Ke$ha’s “Die Young” and Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” have been dropped from radio airplay.

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According to Billboard, adult pop radio station WDAQ-FM in Danbury, Conn., which is roughly 11 miles from the elementary school where 20 children and six adults were killed last week, have removed certain tracks from rotation out of respect during this devastating time.

Program director and morning host Rich Minor explained the removal of Ke$ha’s “Die Young,” saying, “We've been playing it before Friday but not since and I think we're now done with it. Even though it's a fun pop/dance record about seizing the moment, all people are going to hear right now is those two words in the title."

Billboard also notes that in a tweet posted on Dec. 18 that has since been removed, Ke$ha wrote, "i understand.

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During her "Stronger" tour stop last week in Las Vegas, Nevada, the original "American Idol" and "Duets" judge Kelly Clarkson treated her fans to a new cover of one of her favourite songs" by Britney Spears, "Everytime."

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"This is my favourite part of the show because we do a fan request every show and someone in this audience gets to pick what I'm singing tonight," Clarkson says in the clip prefacing her performance of the Spears track.

She also said, "We've done everything from Katy Perry to Foo Fighters to Coldplay, we do everything. I love music and I was actually so excited that somebody requested this song [that] I asked my musical director, Jason, to find a harpist because I think that it would [sound and] look awesome."

"This song is one of my favourite songs," the 30-year-old says just before launching into the 2004 "In The Zone" album tune. "I do it a little differently than her and I actually was telling one of

Bono replaces Paul McCartney as the world's richest musician. (Photo by D Dipasupil/WireImage)

It's a "Beautiful Day" today if your name is Bono!

U2 has always been one of the top grossing bands in the world making millions on tour and through album sales. However, today the Irish band's frontman is set to become the richest musician in the whole world.

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According to CityNews, Bono's private equity company, Elevation Partners, purchased a 2.3-per-cent investment in Facebook in 2009 worth $90 million. Today, based on the multi-faceted social networking website's US$38 share price put on its IPO, that stake is now worth $2.5 billion.

In short, thanks to Facebook, today by 4 p.m. EST Bono will earn $1.5 billion pushing him to surpass the previous richest rock star's net worth of $1 billion set by Beatles icon, Paul McCartney.

However, don't expect the Irish singer to keep all of the cash to himself.

In February, NME.com reported that, "Part of the money, when released, is expected to go to some of Bono's charity

"American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez revealed on Monday's "The Ellen DeGeneres" show that as her second season on the show comes to an end, she is having doubts that she will return for a third time.

At approximately 2:30 minutes into the clip, Lopez admits that she likes being on "Idol" but wants to branch out into other things, saying, "I really do enjoy it...now this is my second year…I don't know if I can go for a third year. I miss doing other things. It really does lock you down."

Tom Gabel of Against Me! (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Tom Gabel, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Florida punk rock band Against Me!, has announced that he has "privately dealt with gender dysphoria for years" and plans on making the transition to "begin living a woman."