Quick spins: Bruno Mars coming in May, Bieber, Dylan, more

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February 17, 2011 at 12:00AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Bruno Mars: From the Grammys to Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul Associated Press photo Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae will visit Roy Wilkins Auditorium on May 25 on their Hooligans in Wondaland Tour. Tickets, priced at $35, will go on sale Feb. 26. Meanwhile, Mars pleaded guilty Wednesday in Las Vegas to cocaine possession and received a fine, community service and probation. Justin Bieber is on the cover of the new Rolling Stone, talking about sex, abortion and health care. "Canada's the best country in the world," he says. "We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here [in the U.S.], your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills." Sorry, Elvis, the music biz isn't the same. The "Glee" cast just broke Presley's record for most songs placed on Billboard's Hot 100, with 113. That's amazingly quick since "Glee" first landed on the chart in June 2009. Elvis had 108 entries between 1958 (when the chart started) and 2003. It's time for another early Dylan concert album. "Bob Dylan in Concert Brandeis University 1963" will be issued April 12. The concert took place two weeks before "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" was released. Lenny Kravitz's "Black and White America" will feature Trombone Shorty. No release date is set but Kravitz will perform the single, "Come On Get It," at Sunday's NBA All-Star Game.

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