Quick spins: Ellie Goulding cancels, Billy Joel, Bieber, Springsteen, more

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March 31, 2011 at 8:56PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ellie Goulding Ellie Goulding's show tonight at the Fine Line has been canceled due to illness. Refunds are available at place of purchase. Billy Joel's memoir, "The Book of Joel," scheduled to be published in June by Harper Collins, has been canceled. He told the Associated Press: "It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I'm not all that interested in talking about the past, and that the best expression of my life and its ups and downs has been and remains my music." Chris Brown's "F.A.M.E." is No. 1 on Billboard, with 270,000 copies sold. It is his first No. 1 album....Justin Bieber is in talks to co-star in a comedy film with Ashton Kutcher called "What Would Kenny Do?"... Bruce Springsteen wrote a letter to the editor of his hometown Asbury Park Press about an article about proposed budget and tax cuts by the governor of New Jersey. "Every Mother Counts" will be a benefit for maternal health relief, with songs by Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, the Dixie Chicks, Gwyneth Paltrow and Patti Scialfa. It will be availalbe at Starbucks starting April 12.

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