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Blink-182 — Travis Barker Needs Time to ‘Mourn’

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: DJ AM Blink-182 just announced they’re rescheduling two concerts — they canceled last night’s show — because Travis Barker needs time to “mourn” DJ AM’s death.The following statement was posted on blink-182’s website: “After much thought and … Permalink

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Wale Talks About Following DJ AM, Travis Barker As VMA House Band

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘AM was one of the greatest DJs I’ve ever seen play,’ Wale says of late DJ. By Steven Roberts, with reporting by Tim Kash Wale in Times Square in New York City on Monday Photo: Ben Hockin/ MTV News In the wake of the untimely passing of DJ AM on Friday, musicians, DJs, friends and fans alike have been paying tribute to his memory — and his formidable skills behind the turntables, which earned him and Travis Barker the spot as the house band at the 2008 Video Music Awards. This year, the house band will be Wale and his band UCB (which stands for the Uncalled 4 Band), and the Washington, D.C.-reared MC had great things to say about DJ AM, and the legacy he hopes to live up to at the awards, which take place at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on September 13.

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DJ AM ‘Left A Really Wonderful Legacy,’ Katy Perry Says

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘He was such a wonderful person, full of life,’ Perry says of DJ, who died Friday. By Jocelyn Vena Katy Perry Photo: Amy Graves/ Getty Images It was just under a year ago that Katy Perry took the stage at MTV’s 2008 Video Music Awards alongside Travis Barker and the late DJ AM , where they put a unique spin on Madonna’s classic “Like A Virgin.” As the music world was still mourning the loss of the DJ, who was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday, Perry spoke to E! News before her gig at the Palladium in Los Angeles about him. “I think that he left a really wonderful legacy,” she said.

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Source: DJ AM Death a Result of Accidental Overdose, Not Suicide

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The death of DJ AM was the result of an accidental drug overdose and not a suicide, according to law enforcement sources, and it stems from a tragic source. A recovering addict, the 36-year-old celebrity DJ developed a dependency to Xanax and other benzodiazepines (drugs used to treat anxiety) as a result of the plane crash he and Travis Barker famously (and miraculously) survived a year ago

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Katy Perry on DJ AM: "Such a Wonderful Person"

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Katy Perry performed “Like a Virgin” with DJ AM and Travis Barker at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards. I caught up with Katy on Saturday night at the Palladium in…

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The New York Times Magazine’s "$400,000" Hurricane Katrina Story: Expensive, Brilliant

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The NYT Magazine ‘s epic story covering a hospital during and after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans dropped today. It’s estimated to have cost around $400,000

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DJ AM: The Aftermath, Tributes, and Legacy

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

DJ AM – nee Adam Goldstein – was the Kevin Bacon of LA’s music-celebrity scene, except he was connected to everyone by two degrees. His death gets more tragic as it unfolds. The outpouring for him out there’s large.

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Travis Barker — The Show Must Go On

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: DJ AM He said it wouldn’t be easy — but Travis Barker took the stage last night just one day after the passing of his good friend DJ AM. Barker performed at the Comcast Theater in Hartford, CT.

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Blink-182 Hold Moment Of Silence For DJ AM During Concert

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘He was an innovator and a genius … and a very dear friend,’ Mark Hoppus says in Connecticut. By Eric Ditzian Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker (file) Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage Following the sudden passing of DJ AM on Friday , Travis Barker and band Blink-182 took the stage as planned on Saturday night for a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, and paid tribute to their fallen friend.

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Travis Barker Twitters Props, Grief For DJ AM

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

After forming a lasting, near-tragic bond over their improbably survival of a plane crash that claimed the lives of four people last September, Blink 182’s Travis Barker can’t believe his close friend DJ AM is gone just one year later. While he is normally known for his bitter online rants about his former wife Shanna Moakler, Barker’s most recent Tweets were heartfelt and sad ..

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