This morning on Good Morning America, when asked what words of advice he has for Madonna when she performs at the most viewed television event of the year, he answered sarcastically with “Make sure you lip-sync real good.”

Ever since winning an award for Best Live Act from England’s Q music magazine  in 2004, Sir Elton has been critical of the singer not singing live at her concerts.

Madonna shouldn’t take this jab too personally since Elton feels there have never been “a decent” half-time show performance.  ‘You have to play live, but I don’t think you can,’ he said. ‘In all fairness to everyone who’s done one before, you may be able to sing live, but it’s really hard to play live.’

In addition to Madonna, Elton John will also be making an appearance during the Big Game, but in the form of  a Pepsi commercial, along side X Factor winner Melanie Amaro.

His letter was posted on My-generation.org.uk/Troggs:

“As you all know I was taken ill whilst doing a gig in Germany in December. During my stay in hospital tests showed that in fact I have lung cancer. I am receiving chemotherapy treatment and at the moment not feeling too bad.

However I’ve had to call time on The Troggs and retire. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the cards and calls and for your love, loyalty and support over the years.

A big thank you to Jackie for running the fan club and keeping you all up to speed, and a huge and special thank you to Chris, Pete and Dave.

I shall miss you all.”

Spinner reports fans are welcome to send cards to Presley via the Troggs’ fan-club secretary Jacqueline Ryan at 56 Waite Davies Rd., London SE12 OND.

Within days of Bloody Sunday, Paul McCartney wrote “Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” which would become a significant hit in the UK despite being banned by the BBC.

McCartney’s old mate John Lennon wrote “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” As their history would indicate, Lennon’s take on the event was more strident and direct than McCartney’s.

Lennon had become active in Irish politics even before Bloody Sunday, and just a week after the shootings, he publicly indicated his support for the Irish marchers during a rally in New York City. He also sang a second song inspired by the events of a week before, “Luck of the Irish.” Here’s a live TV performance.

In 1983, U2 would record the most famous of the songs inspired by Bloody Sunday. Their “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is different from Lennon’s. Here’s a live performance from Rattle and Hum, recorded on the day of another famous event in the history of the Troubles, the Enniskillen bombing of 1987, with a modified lyric mentioning that event.

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Starr’s anticipated 17th studio album, simply titled Ringo 2012, continues to follow along his good-natured outlook for making positive changes in the world, and he has some very special famous friends to help him spread those “peace and love” vibes in 2012!

“This is an anthem of peace and love,” Ringo tells USA Today. The album, Ringo 2012, is produced by the former Beatles drummer himself and contains special guest appearances from The Eagles‘ Joe Walsh, Benmont Tench from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart among many others.

The album includes two cover songs of “Think It Over” (originally by Buddy Holly and The Crickets) and “Rock Island Line” (Lead Belly), as well as two new reworkings of his own songs “Wings” and “Step Lightly.”

Ringo 2012 is out everywhere on Tuesday, Jan. 31 and will be available on CD, vinyl and digital. To listen to a preview of the full album before you buy, head over to NME.com for a complete stream of the album.

Ringo 2012 Track Listing:

1. “Anthem” (Richard Starkey/Glen Ballard)
2. “Wings” (Richard Starkey/Vince Poncia)
3. “Think It Over” (Buddy Holly/Norman Perry)
4. “Samba” (Richard Starkey/Van Dyke Parks)
5. “Rock Island Line” (Arrangement by Richard Starkey)
6. “Step Lightly” (Richard Starkey)
7. “Wonderful” (Richard Starkey/Gary Nicholson)
8. “In Liverpool” (Richard Starkey/Dave Stewart)
9. “Slow Down” (Richard Starkey/Joe Walsh)

[Source: Ringo official]

Patrice is a native Angeleno, attending Locke High School and  earning a degree in music at USC (Fight on!).

Not only is she a classically trained pianist, she son a competition at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival, which earned her a recording contract.

When we play “Forget Me Nots” between two and three we’ll take caller # 15 at 1-800-232-KRTH (5784) to win a pair of tickets to see Pacific Symphony’s “Valentine’s Day” with Roberta Flack at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.

Know today’s song and listen for a chance to win tickets to Pacific Symphony’s “Valentine’s Day” with Roberta Flack at the Segerstrom Center!

“Forget Me Nots” by Patrice Rushen

Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, President Barack Obama and Rev. Al Sharpton were just a few of the many to pay their final respects to Etta James during her memorial on Saturday. See photos from inside the beautiful memorial in honor of Etta James.

Want to be K-EARTH 101′s Office of the Day? It’s as easy as just signing up, so make sure you sign your office up to be the K-EARTH 101 Morning Show’s office of the day! To see other Office of the Day winning offices, click here.

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Check out Matthew Broderick playing himself like his famous character as he skips a day off work to have an adventure-filled day around SoCal and see if you can spot all the references!

Titled “Matthew’s Day Off,” this big game ad from Honda has dozens of references to the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, some obvious and some very subtle according to the video’s description.

The video description reads, “We cast Matthew Broderick as himself, skipping out on a day of acting work and living it up in his all-new CR-V. Relive movie history with Honda’s fresh twist and wonderful homage to this ’80s classic.”

The ad is set to debut during the Big Game this Sunday. Watch the full version before it airs!

[Source: HP]