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PINK DOES NOT SEE LADY GAGA AS A COPYCAT UNDATED (AP) If you saw Lady
Gaga swinging around on wires at the Super Bowl halftime show and kept
thinking, "Pink did that first," Pink is shutting you down right now.
Pink writes on Instagram, "Let's squash this before it even has a
chance to be a thing. She writes that Lady Gaga's voice was "powerful
and beautiful," her choreography "stellar" and she sang about "love and
inclusiveness. Pink says who cares if she was the one who flew first,
because she wasn't -- the members of Cirque du Soleil (SIRK doo
soh-LAY') and the cast of "Peter Pan" have been doing it for years.
LADY GAGA SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE LEADS TO JUMP IN SALES NEW YORK (AP)
Lady Gaga sold more digital downloads on Sunday than she did in the
whole week before that. Nielsen Music reports Lady Gaga sold 150,000
digital albums and songs in the U.S. on Sunday, when she performed the
halftime show at the Super Bowl. Of the 125,000 song downloads she had
that day, the single "Million Reasons" sold 45,000 copies alone. Music
streaming video service Vevo reports Lady Gaga's videos have gotten
more than 4.7 million views, a 71 percent increase over the average
views in the 28 days before that. Three Vevo videos of her Super Bowl
performance have been seen more than 2 million times. GRAMMYS FIRM UP
TRIBUTES FOR SUNDAY'S SHOW LOS ANGELES (AP) John Legend and Broadway
star Cynthia Erivo will sing the Beach Boys song "God Only Knows" at
the Grammys in memory of the musicians who died in the past year.
Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich says none of the Beach Boys died in the
past year, but he felt the song resonates in the context of loss. Demi
Lovato, Andra Day and Tori Kelly will join Little Big Town for a
performance honoring The Bee Gees and the 40th anniversary of "Saturday
Night Fever. Katy Perry, Kelsea Ballerini and Lukas Graham also have
been added to the lineup of performers for Sunday's show. Other acts
include Adele, Chance The Rapper, Gary Clark Junior, Metallica, Alicia
Keys, Bruno Mars, Maren Morris, Sturgill (STUR'-jil) Simpson, Maren
Morris, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban. KANYE WEST GETS RID OF TRUMP
TWEETS UNDATED (AP) Kanye West's representatives have not responded to
questions as to why West deleted the tweets he sent after he met with
President Donald Trump on December 13. West had tweeted he and Trump
talked about a number of issues, including bullying, teachers and
violence in Chicago. West even tweeted a copy of Time magazine with
Trump on the cover that Trump autographed for him. KEANE'S TOM CHAPLIN
OPENS UP ABOUT ADDICTION ON "THE WAVE CHICAGO (AP) You'd think that the
worst place for a musician with addiction problems would be on tour.
That's not the case for singer Tom Chaplin of Keane. Chaplin says the
danger time for him was when he was home alone and dealing with
writer's block. He says when he's on the road, he will stay
professional so he can put on a good show. Chaplin tells the story of
his addiction and recovery with his solo record, "The Wave," but he
says it's not depressing. He says it starts in a dark place and comes
to the light, like some kind of tale out of Hollywood. SOUND:
007-a-13-(Tom Chaplin, singer for Keane, in AP interview)-"is my
story"-Keane singer Tom Chaplin says "The Wave" is about his addiction
and recovery, but it's not a bummer of an album. (8 Feb 2017) < <
