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"When they don't take all the red M+Ms out of the bowls backstage." Singer/songwriter JACK JOHNSON on what upsets him before playing a show.....

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Mariah Carey has topped the US album chart with the best first-week sales of her remarkable career. Carey's new album E=MC2 sold 463,000....

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Surf-rocker JACK JOHNSON will have mixed emotions when he headlines the Coachella Festival in California on Friday night (25Apr08) because his friend....

Read news story: JOHNSON HITS COACHELLA WITH A HEAVY HEART AS PAL DIES IN HOSPITAL




To mark Earth Day (22Apr08), Billboard magazine editors have crowned surf-rocker JACK JOHNSON the most environmentally-sound person in music.
In....

Read news story: JOHNSON NAMED EARTH DAYS TOP GREEN ROCKER




A magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook the site of the Coachella Festival on Thursday night (17Apr08) - a week before the likes of PRINCE, JACK JOHNSON,....

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JACK JOHNSON wrote and recorded a heartbreaking song about a dying polar bear cub for the ARCTIC TALE nature documentary, but the tune was cut from....

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JANET JACKSON has claimed her first U.S. number one album since 2001 after toppling another famous J.J. - JACK JOHNSON. Jackson ended the....

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Jack Johnson has held on to the number one spot in the US album chart for the third week in a row. Sleep Through The Static, the Hawaiian....

Read news story: JACK JOHNSON TOPS US ALBUM CHART FOR THIRD WEEK RUNNING




Cult folk star JACK JOHNSON has scored a third week at the top of the U.S. albums chart. His album, Sleep Through The Static, sold just 105,000....

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Surfing singer/songwriter JACK JOHNSON refuses to tour for more than a month at a time - because he struggles to sleep when he's not in his own bed....

Read news story: JOHNSON CONQUERS TOUR ANXIETY BY HITTING THE WAVES AT HOME




JACK JOHNSON's hit new album SLEEP BETWEEN THE STATIC is dedicated to his wife's cousin DANNY RILEY, who died from a brain tumour in October (07). ....

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Rock pals EDDIE VEDDER and JACK JOHNSON survived an "ill-fated canoe trip" convinced the other would make sure they wouldn't die. Pearl Jam singer....

Read news story: VEDDER CLINGS ONTO JOHNSON AFTER BOAT DISASTER




Flo Rida has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth consecutive week. The rapper's hit Low remained on top after a week when there was....

Read news story: FLO RIDA TOPS US BILLBOARD CHART FOR NINTH WEEK




JACK JOHNSON has scored a second week at the top of the U.S. albums chart - just managing to steal the number one spot from a surging AMY WINEHOUSE. ....

Read news story: JOHNSON STAYS ON TOP AS GRAMMY STARS SURGE




Surfer-turned-rocker JACK JOHNSON has swept aside AMY WINEHOUSE at the top of the European albums chart. Johnson's Sleep Through The Static is the....

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Welsh singer Duffy has recorded her first ever number one single with Mercy. Based on download sales alone, Mercy went straight in at the....

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Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson has marked the biggest digital sales week in US history after the release of his fourth album Sleep....

Read news story: JACK JOHNSON COMPLETES BIGGEST DIGITAL SALES WEEK EVER




Surfer-turned-rocker JACK JOHNSON has scored a Trans-Atlantic double after debuting his latest release at the top of the U.S. album charts. ....

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Singer/songwriter JACK JOHNSON has debuted atop the U.K. album chart with his new LP SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC. The Hawaiian star's fifth studio disc....

Read news story: JOHNSON DEBUTS AT NUMBER ONE ON UK ALBUM CHART




Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson's new album Sleep Through The Static has entered the UK album charts at number one. The eco-friendly....

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Surfer-turned-rocker JACK JOHNSON has denied reports he's planning to take his green ideas into politics - because he doesn't want to become the next....

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"I never listened to THE BEACH BOYS." Surf rocker JACK JOHNSON wasn't inspired by the SURFIN' U.S.A.....

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Singer-songwriter JACK JOHNSON is so worried about how famous he's becoming he even dreams about strangers staring at him. The Better Together star....

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Hawaiian rocker JACK JOHNSON could feel himself drifting towards death after a freak surfing accident in 1992. Johnson was a 17-year-old....

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RADIOHEAD and JACK JOHNSON are among the frontrunners to headline the first Coachella music festival on America's east coast. Festival bosses have....

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EDDIE VEDDER, SONIC YOUTH, JACK JOHNSON and WILLIE NELSON are among the stars who have contributed covers of BOB DYLAN songs for a new movie centred....

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Surfer-rocker JACK JOHNSON has turned his new Los Angeles recording studio into a state-of-the art environmentally friendly place by using natural....

Read news story: JOHNSON GOES GREEN WITH NEW ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY STUDIO




Hawaiian singer JACK JOHNSON has laughed off claims a teenage surfing accident made him turn to music, insisting he had musical talent years before....

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THE SIXTH SENSE star TONI COLLETTE's band THE FINISH will be among the groups performing alongside JACK JOHNSON and CROWDED HOUSE at Australia's Live....

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LATEST: Reformed rockers CROWDED HOUSE have bumped JACK JOHNSON from the headlining spot at Sydney. Australia's Live Earth concert after confirming....

Read news story: CROWDED HOUSE BUMP JOHNSON TO HEADLINE LIVE EARTH IN SYDNEY











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