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Trevin sweated, Nicholas rocked back and forth, and Melanie and Amanda embraced in the dramatic moments before Carson Daly announced which singers would be "saved by America" during last night's "The Voice." Unfortunately, those moments took up just a few minutes of the show, and the rest of the hour was packed with filler -- bland updates from the tweet room, boring group performances,...

The already-huge “12-12-12 (A Concert for Sandy Relief)” benefit at Madison Square Garden has added a few more names: Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Bon Jovi.

They join a star-studded lineup that includes Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Kanye West and Bon Jovi’s leader and namesake, Jon.

The Dec. 12 event — a fundraiser for the Robin Hood Relief Fund,...

They wanna rock – and help with superstorm Sandy relief efforts. Twisted Sister will play The Emporium in Patchogue on Dec. 16 to support Long Islanders hit by the storm. “We are excited to be able to show our love to the people of Long Island who have been impacted by this storm and bring them a rock show for the ages,” guitarist JJ French said in a statement. The Emporium is donating $10,000 to...

"The Voice" can cram a lot into two hours, and that's not counting the 36 minutes of commercials. In addition to the finalist showcases, last night's "Top 8 Perform Live" episode had 50 Cent doing his new single "My Life" (featuring judge Adam Levine), two group sing-alongs (Journey? Seriously?) and Christina Aguilera in leopard-print arm-warmers, silver rings, giant...

Carrie Underwood blows into Nassau Coliseum Friday and Prudential Center Saturday. Intro brings you the week’s hottest videos and shows every Monday. To catch up on all the Intros and watch classic Long Island music scene videos, check out Newsday Music’s YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/newsdaymusic.

THE LIST

CARRIE UNDERWOOD, “Blown Away.” At Nassau Coliseum Friday...

Two down ... eight remain. Last night on “The Voice” live results show, Bryan Keith and Sylvia Yacoub were sent packing. Poor Sylvia, who did a very shaky version of Alicia Key’s “Girl on Fire,” even suffered one last indignity near the end when they were down to the final three performers with only one save left. When host Carson Daly called her name to ask one of his boneheaded questions, Sylvia...

“Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements” is bookended, appropriately enough, by a fan’s recollections playing from an answering machine. It was “Answering Machine,” one of the band’s most evocative songs from 1984’s “Let It Be,” that helped, for better or worse, push the Minneapolis quartet to the major leagues and to its demise. “Color Me Obsessed,” which is new to DVD today, traverses...

This week on “The Voice,” there were several stellar performances from the singers, with a few of them taking riskier chances with song choices – all with varying degrees of success. Baldwin’s Melanie Martinez took a chance with her cover of the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” By tweaking the arrangement, she found a way to make the song uniquely her own. “That was uber-cool. That’s one of the...

Full circle moments, especially in the music industry, are few and far between.   

But Taking Back Sunday built one last night at the Best Buy Theater in spectacular fashion, even as it raised money for those in Long Beach struggling to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

The Rockville Centre-based band celebrated the 10th anniversary of its breakthrough album “Tell All Your Friends”...

Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Kanye West, and Jon Bon Jovi have signed on to the “12-12-12 (A Concert for Sandy Relief)” benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.   

The Who, Roger Waters and Alicia Keys will also perform at the Dec. 12 fundraiser for the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which will aid victims of Hurricane Sandy. More performers are...