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Briefly: Prince, Rust Epique, Todd Rundgren, Juvenile

Prince , who on Monday (3/15) will officially join the ranks of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will follow the induction ceremony with a concert at a New York City nightclub.

According to a press release, Prince will hit the stage at midnight at Club Black on West 56th Street. Tickets, which cost $77, are currently available to members of Prince's NPGMusicClub, and hit the box office for the general public on Saturday (3/12) at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.

The setlist for the show will include songs housed on his forthcoming album "Musicology," which is due in stores later this month. Prince supports the album with a U.S. arena tour that launches on March 29.


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Ex- Crazy Town guitarist Rust Epique died on Monday (3/8) in his Las Vegas of an apparent heart attack, according to Rolling Stone. Epique--who, according to Rolling Stone, "was no stranger to the rock & roll lifestyle, and actually left his post as guitarist for platinum selling rap-metal band Crazy Town because he was allegedly too crazy for his ex-bandmates"--had recently completed work on the debut album from his new group, Pre)thing, which he fronted.

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Todd Rundgren on April 6 will release his first album of all-new material in nearly a decade. Titled "Liars," the set is "an orchestral, complex, and cleverly witty collection of songs all built around an ambitious central concept that weaves seamlessly throughout the album," according to a press release.


"Most of my recent albums have been either collections from recent and old recordings," Rundgren said in a statement. "'Liars' is an album of all brand new material that I've been thinking about for about 10 years," says Rundgren. "When I started writing material for this record, I didn't have a whole concept yet, but the first song I did was 'The Wondering.' It was my reaction to the 2000 presidential election, and the completely surreal nature of it. It really made me see that we go through life thinking certain things are true, and then reality is thrust upon you and you realize you've been living a lie, a complete lie. That you don't seem to be able to count on anything anymore."

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Juvenile 's latest CD, "Juve the Great," is now gold certified, according to Universal/Motown Records, signifying U.S. shipment of 500,000 copies. The set features the hit single "In My Life" and follow-up cut "Bounce Back," the music-video for which recently began airing on MTV, MTV2 and BET.