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Papoose Set On ‘Proving’ He’s King Of New York

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‘A lot of my haters reached out who disagree,’ Pap tells Mixtape Daily of staking claim to five-borough rap crown. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Ade Mangum Papoose Photo: MTV News Main Pick Headliner : Papoose Representing : Brooklyn, New York Mixtape : King of New York Real Spit : The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z and … Papoose ? At one time or another Biggie, Nastradamus and Hov have all been considered crown-holders in New York’s raps king debates, and now Papoose is declaring that his reign over the five boroughs officially begins with his new mixtape King of New York. “The reason I chose that title is because I am the king of New York,” the Brooklyn MC said with confidence to Mixtape Daily. “It feels good to be the king of New York so I just wanted to celebrate myself being the king of New York, so I figured I’d make it a self-titled mixtape.” On the tape, Papoose tackles Jay-Z and Kayne’s “Otis” beat as well as French Montana’s “Shot Caller” — with zero subtlety. Each time out, Pap lyrically pounds his chest in an attempt to back his grand proclamation. On “Name Calling,” the “Law Library” lyricist works vocals from his incarcerated wife Remy Ma onto the track. If Pap is king, then Remy rightfully sits on the throne beside him. Over the slow, prodding thump, Rem spits, “Back on the scene, crispy with cream/ I’m not the empress or princess, I’m the queen.” Her husband remixes the bars to suit his ends and brags, “Back on the scene, True Religion jeans/ I’m not the prince or the servant, I’m the king.” Since announcing the tape’s title, Papoose has met some vocal opposition from rap fans, but it hasn’t deterred him in the least. He intends to prove his claim, he told Mixtape Daily. “I’m From NY” is the rapper’s take on Meek Mill’s “Ima Boss,” and on “Conan,” Pap takes aim at the competition over a triumphant beat. “This CD is a celebration of my royalty,” he said. “I’m just feeling so good.” Apparently. Joints to Check For

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Robert Pattinson Has ‘An Edge’ In ‘Cosmopolis’

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‘He did some really excellent work that I think he should be very proud of,’ co-star Kevin Durand tells MTV News. By Kara Warner Robert Pattinson and Sarah Gadon in “Cosmopolis” Photo: Caitlin Cronenberg’s Twitter Although most of Robert Pattinson’s fans are totally focused on November 18 — a.k.a. the release date for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” — the heartthrob has another equally buzzworthy film headed into theaters in 2012: the dark, postmodern drama “Cosmopolis.” The film, adapted by screenwriter and director David Cronenberg from Don DeLillo’s novel, revolves around a day in the life of hotheaded asset manager Eric Packer (Pattinson) with most of the plot’s action taking place in a limo. MTV News caught up with “Cosmopolis” co-star Kevin Durand at the premiere of “Real Steel” over the weekend, and he had nothing but rave reviews for both the film and its leading man. “It’s awesome. We’re just in postproduction right now. It’s incredibly exciting,” Durand said. “Robert is a very gracious, kind fella, and we had a great time [filming]. We had a really great time.” When asked what new sides of Pattinson’s acting abilities we’ll see in the film, Durand said we’ll see an edgier, more adult version of the “Twilight” star. “He’s got an edge to him in this film,” Durand said. “He did some really excellent work that I think he should be very proud of.” The “Real Steel” and “I Am Number Four” actor went on to say that given the subject matter and action in the plot, the film will have a more adult rating and that fans should be very excited to see it. “[It takes place] in present day, but it’s its own time and place,” he explained. “Mr. Cronenberg has such an amazing voice. I myself am just as excited, probably more excited, than anyone else to see it, just to see what he’s done with it.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Cosmopolis.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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Rihanna Says She’s No Role Model

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‘I just want to make music,’ singer tells British Vogue. By James Montgomery Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue Photo: Vogue Rihanna channels Marilyn Monroe on the cover of the new British Vogue, but inside the issue, she’s talking about playing a different role: the badass mistress on display in hits like “S&M.” Because no matter what folks may think, Rihanna says that all her vamping — which apparently got so hot and heavy in her upcoming “We Found Love” video that it angered a farmer who owned the land the clip was being shot on — is just an act she puts on for her fans. “That’s not me. That’s a part I play. You know, like it’s a piece of art, with all these toys and textures to play with,” she tells the magazine. “See, people … they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me, and [being a role model] became more of my job than I wanted it to be. But no, I just want to make music. That’s it.” Rihanna added that, despite a past that included a father who reportedly struggled with substance abuse and an assault at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown , she feels stronger now than ever and doesn’t feel that her experiences make her any different from the millions of others who have dealt with broken homes and domestic abuse. “I saw too much. I was way too mature for my age,” she says. “Look, God doesn’t give any more than you can handle. I had to get through a lot of ups and downs — big downs — and a lot of trial and error to get where I am now.” Related Videos Rihanna’s ‘S&M’: A Closer Look Related Artists Rihanna

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Michael Jackson Immortal Album Due November 21

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LP will feature Jackson songs and mash-ups from Cirque du Soleil show of same name. By Gil Kaufman Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour Photo: Sunshine Sachs/ Cirque du Soleil The second posthumous Michael Jackson album is slated to hit stores on November 21. But unlike last year’s Michael, which featured unreleased tracks from the late pop icon, Immortal will serve as the soundtrack to the just-launched Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The album, sorry, “musical tapestry,” is entitled Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, and it will feature reworked versions of some of Jackson’s most beloved hits, mash-ups and never-before-released outtakes of the late King of Pop’s tunes. Among the latter is an alternate take on the Jackson 5 staple “ABC” and a choir-assisted rendition of “They Don’t Care About Us.” The visually stunning show — in the tradition of previous Cirque musicals featuring the music of Elvis and the Beatles — kicked off in Montreal on Sunday and is slated to travel throughout North America and the rest of the world. It will hit 60 North American cities before wrapping up in June in Chicago and taking up a residency at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Cirque writer/director Jamie King recently told Billboard that the idea was to be as inventive as possible with the MJ arrangements, treating them like Cirque did the “Love” soundtrack to the Beatles show, in which the Fab Four’s tunes were reshaped in previously unheard ways to create a seamless mixtape of trippy sounds. “Definitely all the hits that the fans want to hear are there,” King said. ” ‘Beat It,’ ‘Thriller,’ ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ ‘ — the big, iconic songs are there, with some other songs mixed and matched throughout. There’s some younger Michael in there as well, ‘Ben,’ the Motown stuff. … It’s a mixed bag of tricks in terms of songs. It’s a music-driven show, so we’re making sure the music is the narrative that drives us and takes us on the journey.” The collection will come in several versions , including a deluxe $50 set that features the CD, a T-shirt and show program. It will feature more than 40 of Jackson’s greatest hits. In a statement, Kevin Antunes, musical designer of the Cirque du Soleil show, added, “Michael’s legacy as the greatest entertainer of our lifetime is inspiring beyond words. It was clear from the start that Michael’s voice and overall musical essence was the sole/soul source of creative energy driving the project. From the studio to the stage, there’s an undeniable integrity and resolute truth in Michael’s vocal performances that are highlighted in the Immortal arrangements. It was built with love and respect for Michael’s music, his family and his millions of fans around the world.” Among the songs included on the deluxe version are: “Working Day and Night,” “Ben,” “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground),” “Beat It/ Jam/ State of Shock,” “Remember the Time/ Bad,” “Man in the Mirror,” “Can You Feel It/ Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough/ Billie Jean/ Black or White,” “Human Nature/ Speechless,” “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “I’ll Be There,” “Gone Too Soon” and “Is It Scary/ Thriller/ Ghost/ Somebody’s Watching Me/ Threatened.” In other MJ news, in the midst of the manslaughter trial of former Jackson physician Conrad Murray , the Michael Forever tribute concert is slated to take place in Cardiff, Wales, on October 8. The show, hosted by Jamie Foxx , will feature performances from the Black Eyed Peas , , Ne-Yo, Cee Lo Green , Jennifer Hudson , Leona Lewis, Craig David, Pixie Lott, Alexandra Burke, Alien Ant Farm, Motown legend Smokey Robinson and the first live performance by Jackson sibling LaToya in more than 20 years. Related Videos Cirque Du Soleil’s Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour Related Artists Michael Jackson

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Drake Takes Center Field In ‘Headlines’ Video

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Drizzy puts Toronto hometown on full display in latest Take Care clip. By Rob Markman Drake (file) Photo: Getty Images All Drake cares about is money and the city that he’s from, and in his “Headlines” video Drake puts both on full display. Standing center field in Toronto’s Rogers Centre, Drizzy adjusts his black Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap as the stadium’s scoreboard is lit up with the title of his October 24 album, Take Care. The Young Money soldier released the clip on Sunday through his October’s Very Own blog , three weeks before his sophomore LP is set to drop. Directed by OVO crew members Lamar Taylor and Hyghly Alleyne, “Headlines” doesn’t necessarily follow a narrative but instead places Drake in a few different scenes, performing his rhymes for the camera and contemplating his comeback. “I might be too strung out on compliments, overdosed on confidence,” the MC spits as he emerges from a blockade of his stoic-looking crew embers. From there, we see Drake rapping in front of a rundown building with the letters “OVOXO” sprayed in graffiti on the wall, and then spitting his verse in a high-rise elevator. Interestingly enough, no other members of the Young Money team appear in the video; no cameos from Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj or Cash Money’s Birdman. It is a family affair, however. By the start of the second verse, Drake sits at the head of a dining table, puffing on a cigar with an assortment of wine bottles scattered about. Members of his team sit with him in a “Sopranos”-style, La Cosa Nostra scene. It isn’t the over-the-top video Kanye West directed for Drizzy’s “Best I Ever Had” . Instead “Headlines,” like the previously released “Marvins Room” video (also from Take Care ), is set in Canada and gives a more intimate look into who the superstar rapper really is. As the clip comes to a close, Drake is once again standing center field in Roger’s Centre as the stadium’s dome opens to reveal Toronto’s skyline. Who says you can’t go back home? Drake ~ Headlines (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo . What do you think of Drake’s new video? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists Drake

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‘Arrested Development’ Movie Confirmed

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‘It’s true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie,’ series star Jason Bateman tweeted over the weekend. By Gil Kaufman The “Arrested Development” cast Photo: FOX The “Arrested Development” movie is finally happening. No, seriously. After years of rumors, denials, hedging, backtracking and wishful thinking, series co-creator and executive producer Mitchell Hurwitz confirmed over the weekend that not only are the seriously, hilariously, unapologetically dysfunctional Bluth clan headed to the multiplex, but they will get tuned up for their movie debut by making a short trip back to TV. Speaking on Sunday at the New Yorker Festival , Hurwitz broke the news, with “Development” actor Jason Bateman confirming it a few hours later on his Twitter feed. “It’s true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early ’13. VERY excited!” According to The New York Times , when asked by moderator Nancy Franklin to give an update on the long-rumored film, Hurwitz confessed, “We’re 80 percent of the way to an answer.” He explained that director/producer Ron Howard, who also narrated the show, “had been talking about this for ages and trying to get this going. … We don’t completely own the property, there are business people involved and studios and that kind of thing. Just creatively, I have been working on the screenplay for a long time and found that as time went by, there was so much more to the story. In fact, where everyone’s been for five years became a big part of the story. So in working on the screenplay, I found even if I just gave five minutes per character to that back story, we were halfway through the movie before the characters got together.” Hurwitz was speaking on a panel that gathered the beloved cult show’s cast together for a “Bluth Family Reunion.” He said that the plan is to do a limited-run (9 or 10 episodes) of the series on TV and then segue into the movie in order to get the hype machine cranked up again, with each episode focusing on one character’s backstory to bring us back to the present. Among the castmembers on hand were Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, David Cross , Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor and Alia Shawkat, as well as call-in guest Howard . Given the show’s sly, twisty inside-joke humor and legendarily wacky tangents, there was, of course, some skepticism about whether Hurwitz’s announcement was possibly part of some cosmic joke. But he later confirmed that he was halfway done with a screenplay, though he did not make any announcement about which studio or network would be handling the re-boot. Hurwitz also cleared up a long-running misconception about why the movie has not come to pass: the alleged reluctance of “Scott Pilgrim” actor Cera, who was allegedly refusing to play ball. The show’s creator explained that the rumor that Cera was stonewalling the project was an inside joke gone wrong. “I kind of was perpetuating a little thing, like, wouldn’t it be funny if Michael Cera was the holdout,” he said. “Let’s put that out there. And Michael had that Andy Kaufman thing. And then it really turned ugly, quickly. So I really just have to say, for those of you that have been following this saga, Michael’s always been great.”

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‘It’s true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie,’ series star Jason Bateman tweeted over the weekend. By Gil Kaufman The “Arrested Development” cast Photo: FOX The “Arrested Development” movie is finally happening. No, seriously. After years of rumors, denials, hedging, backtracking and wishful thinking, series co-creator and executive producer Mitchell Hurwitz confirmed over the weekend that not only are the seriously, hilariously, unapologetically dysfunctional Bluth clan headed to the multiplex, but they will get tuned up for their movie debut by making a short trip back to TV. Speaking on Sunday at the New Yorker Festival , Hurwitz broke the news, with “Development” actor Jason Bateman confirming it a few hours later on his Twitter feed. “It’s true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early ’13. VERY excited!” According to The New York Times , when asked by moderator Nancy Franklin to give an update on the long-rumored film, Hurwitz confessed, “We’re 80 percent of the way to an answer.” He explained that director/producer Ron Howard, who also narrated the show, “had been talking about this for ages and trying to get this going. … We don’t completely own the property, there are business people involved and studios and that kind of thing. Just creatively, I have been working on the screenplay for a long time and found that as time went by, there was so much more to the story. In fact, where everyone’s been for five years became a big part of the story. So in working on the screenplay, I found even if I just gave five minutes per character to that back story, we were halfway through the movie before the characters got together.” Hurwitz was speaking on a panel that gathered the beloved cult show’s cast together for a “Bluth Family Reunion.” He said that the plan is to do a limited-run (9 or 10 episodes) of the series on TV and then segue into the movie in order to get the hype machine cranked up again, with each episode focusing on one character’s backstory to bring us back to the present. Among the castmembers on hand were Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, David Cross , Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor and Alia Shawkat, as well as call-in guest Howard . Given the show’s sly, twisty inside-joke humor and legendarily wacky tangents, there was, of course, some skepticism about whether Hurwitz’s announcement was possibly part of some cosmic joke. But he later confirmed that he was halfway done with a screenplay, though he did not make any announcement about which studio or network would be handling the re-boot. Hurwitz also cleared up a long-running misconception about why the movie has not come to pass: the alleged reluctance of “Scott Pilgrim” actor Cera, who was allegedly refusing to play ball. The show’s creator explained that the rumor that Cera was stonewalling the project was an inside joke gone wrong. “I kind of was perpetuating a little thing, like, wouldn’t it be funny if Michael Cera was the holdout,” he said. “Let’s put that out there. And Michael had that Andy Kaufman thing. And then it really turned ugly, quickly. So I really just have to say, for those of you that have been following this saga, Michael’s always been great.”

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Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen Help Sting Celebrate His 60th

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Former Police-man’s star-studded birthday show also featured Billy Joel, will.i.am and Mary J. Blige. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga performs with others at Sting’s 60th birthday concert Photo: Getty Images Most people turn 60 with a quiet party among friends or maybe a surprise bash put together on the DL by their spouses that features a hilarious slideshow or funny video. Not Sting . The former Police frontman and solo star plugged in and played with everyone from Lady Gaga to Mary J. Blige and Bruce Springsteen in celebration of his 60th birthday on Saturday night at the Beacon Theater in New York. The event, a charity fundraiser for the anti-poverty group the Robin Hood Foundation , included Gaga on piano banging out a jazzy cover of the Police’s “King of Pain,” giving the sedate ballad the same kind of electric energy she brings to her own key-thumper “You and I,” according to Rolling Stone . She traded lines with Sting on a stage packed with up to 20 musicians, including a string section and backup singers, who helped the eternally youthful singer work his way though his 30-plus-year catalog of hits. Among the other highlights: Stevie Wonder doing a duet with Sting on “Fragile,” will.i.am throwing a freestyle rap and bits of the BEP’s “I Gotta Feelin’ ” into the Police’s “Walking on the Moon,” Billy Joel marking a rare return to the stage for renditions of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” Rufus Wainwright singing “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” and Sting teaming up with his son Joe for a moving rendition of the tune Sting wrote about his own relationship with his pops, “Why Should I Cry For You?” One of the highlights of the evening was the mini-set with Springsteen, who waltzed out with his guitar to sing the sedate death-row ballad “I Hung My Head,” which featured a raucous guitar solo. He also performed a solo version of “Fields of Gold” on 12-string guitar and harmonica, with one verse sung a cappella. Sting came out to sing “Can’t Stand Losing You” with the Boss, with the two men leaning in to each other and howling the lyrics into the same microphone. The night ended with the party’s guests trading lines on “Every Breath You Take,” with Gaga nodding to her piano icon, Joel, while singing the line “Can’t you see/ You’re the one for me.” Sting closed out the show with a solo acoustic version of “Message in a Bottle,” which was followed by wife Trudie Styler surprising him with a dozen bagpipers and a confetti drop that got the one-named rock icon misty. “Thank you a million times,” he told the crowd as he and the missus danced together onstage. Related Artists Lady Gaga Sting

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Former Police-man’s star-studded birthday show also featured Billy Joel, will.i.am and Mary J. Blige. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga performs with others at Sting’s 60th birthday concert Photo: Getty Images Most people turn 60 with a quiet party among friends or maybe a surprise bash put together on the DL by their spouses that features a hilarious slideshow or funny video. Not Sting . The former Police frontman and solo star plugged in and played with everyone from Lady Gaga to Mary J. Blige and Bruce Springsteen in celebration of his 60th birthday on Saturday night at the Beacon Theater in New York. The event, a charity fundraiser for the anti-poverty group the Robin Hood Foundation , included Gaga on piano banging out a jazzy cover of the Police’s “King of Pain,” giving the sedate ballad the same kind of electric energy she brings to her own key-thumper “You and I,” according to Rolling Stone . She traded lines with Sting on a stage packed with up to 20 musicians, including a string section and backup singers, who helped the eternally youthful singer work his way though his 30-plus-year catalog of hits. Among the other highlights: Stevie Wonder doing a duet with Sting on “Fragile,” will.i.am throwing a freestyle rap and bits of the BEP’s “I Gotta Feelin’ ” into the Police’s “Walking on the Moon,” Billy Joel marking a rare return to the stage for renditions of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” Rufus Wainwright singing “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” and Sting teaming up with his son Joe for a moving rendition of the tune Sting wrote about his own relationship with his pops, “Why Should I Cry For You?” One of the highlights of the evening was the mini-set with Springsteen, who waltzed out with his guitar to sing the sedate death-row ballad “I Hung My Head,” which featured a raucous guitar solo. He also performed a solo version of “Fields of Gold” on 12-string guitar and harmonica, with one verse sung a cappella. Sting came out to sing “Can’t Stand Losing You” with the Boss, with the two men leaning in to each other and howling the lyrics into the same microphone. The night ended with the party’s guests trading lines on “Every Breath You Take,” with Gaga nodding to her piano icon, Joel, while singing the line “Can’t you see/ You’re the one for me.” Sting closed out the show with a solo acoustic version of “Message in a Bottle,” which was followed by wife Trudie Styler surprising him with a dozen bagpipers and a confetti drop that got the one-named rock icon misty. “Thank you a million times,” he told the crowd as he and the missus danced together onstage. Related Artists Lady Gaga Sting

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Former Police-man’s star-studded birthday show also featured Billy Joel, will.i.am and Mary J. Blige. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga performs with others at Sting’s 60th birthday concert Photo: Getty Images Most people turn 60 with a quiet party among friends or maybe a surprise bash put together on the DL by their spouses that features a hilarious slideshow or funny video. Not Sting . The former Police frontman and solo star plugged in and played with everyone from Lady Gaga to Mary J. Blige and Bruce Springsteen in celebration of his 60th birthday on Saturday night at the Beacon Theater in New York. The event, a charity fundraiser for the anti-poverty group the Robin Hood Foundation , included Gaga on piano banging out a jazzy cover of the Police’s “King of Pain,” giving the sedate ballad the same kind of electric energy she brings to her own key-thumper “You and I,” according to Rolling Stone . She traded lines with Sting on a stage packed with up to 20 musicians, including a string section and backup singers, who helped the eternally youthful singer work his way though his 30-plus-year catalog of hits. Among the other highlights: Stevie Wonder doing a duet with Sting on “Fragile,” will.i.am throwing a freestyle rap and bits of the BEP’s “I Gotta Feelin’ ” into the Police’s “Walking on the Moon,” Billy Joel marking a rare return to the stage for renditions of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” Rufus Wainwright singing “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” and Sting teaming up with his son Joe for a moving rendition of the tune Sting wrote about his own relationship with his pops, “Why Should I Cry For You?” One of the highlights of the evening was the mini-set with Springsteen, who waltzed out with his guitar to sing the sedate death-row ballad “I Hung My Head,” which featured a raucous guitar solo. He also performed a solo version of “Fields of Gold” on 12-string guitar and harmonica, with one verse sung a cappella. Sting came out to sing “Can’t Stand Losing You” with the Boss, with the two men leaning in to each other and howling the lyrics into the same microphone. The night ended with the party’s guests trading lines on “Every Breath You Take,” with Gaga nodding to her piano icon, Joel, while singing the line “Can’t you see/ You’re the one for me.” Sting closed out the show with a solo acoustic version of “Message in a Bottle,” which was followed by wife Trudie Styler surprising him with a dozen bagpipers and a confetti drop that got the one-named rock icon misty. “Thank you a million times,” he told the crowd as he and the missus danced together onstage. Related Artists Lady Gaga Sting

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