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Mayer Hawthorne Wants to Replace Nickelback in the Lions' Halftime Show

In light of the petition that was going around the web about removing Nickelback from the Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving Day halftime show, Mayer Hawthorne has now offered to replace the band that is often considered "the worst band in the world."  read more

Detroit Trying to Oust Nickelback From Lions' Halftime Show

How far would you be willing to go to show Nickelback that you hate them? For Detroit, a city responsible for musical gems like Motown, the MC5 and the White Stripes, that answer is “pretty far.” At the time of this publication, nearly 30,000 people have banded together to sign a petition to replace the arena rockers at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving halftime show. What’s the reason? Well, first of all, people outside of Detroit will actually watch the Lions’ halftime show this year. For the first time in a long, long time, the Lions are a winning team, so...  read more

George Rountree, The Four Tops’ Musical Director: 1950-2011

The Detroit Free Press reported today that George Rountree, the musical director behind the Motown legends the Four Tops has died at 61 in Las Vegas.   read more

Eminem Composes Letter to Detroit in Video Form

First, Eminem was involved in the Chrysler Super Bowl ad that garnered well-deserved praise for its homage to Detroit. Now, the rap star has penned an open letter dedicated to the city....  read more

Robocop Statue Update: It's Happening

Last week, a tweet intended in jest to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing sparked an internet campaign to bring a Robocop statue to Detroit. Last we heard, fans had rallied behind the idea, setting up a Kickstarter page for the project, pledging to raise $50,000 to fund the statue....  read more

Detroit Artists Work to Fund RoboCop Statue

What started off as a simple joke has now become a movement to erect a statue of RoboCop in Detroit....  read more

Removal of Banksy Mural Sparks Graffiti Ownership Debate

British street art icon Banksy is hardly a stranger to controversy, but now a Detroit art gallery may be under fire for hiding one of his murals....  read more

G. Love's tour diary - Detroit Soul

We are on the second week of our six-week tear here. Last night found us in Detroit. I was chilling eating my dinner before the show, and what was on TV but 8 Mile. I had to watch it because Eminem is from Detroit, and, in all honestly, the freestyle is inspiration, plus the whole movie is dope. 8 Mile put me in a Detroit state of mind. There was a hell of a lot of good music that came out and is coming out of Detroit. John Lee Hooker, Stevie Wonder and Motown, right? Recently, other peeps like Em,...  read more

Jack White pens poem for Detroit

Over-achieving Shaun Brumber gets some warm words from his literary hero at the end of 2002 college-admissions flick Orange County: "Every good writer has a conflicted relationship with the place he grew up," the good writer moralizes. Examples? "Joyce, Faulkner, Tolstoy."...  read more