News Roundup: Jon Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson

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Photo by David Bergman / Bon Jovi
Photo by David Bergman/Bon Jovi

This week in music…

* Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi surprised bride Branka Delic by walking her down the aisle before her wedding to Gonzalo Cladera at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, NV on October 12, 2013. The Australian bride started on online petition asking him walk her down the aisle at the same chapel where he was married to his wife in 1989. [Daily Telegraph]

* Taylor Swift opened the new Taylor Swift Education Center at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TN last Saturday, Oct 12, 2013. The $4 million center was donated by Swift as part of the recent expansion project. It boasts classrooms for upcoming music education opportunities, and an interactive instrument room. [Billboard]

* Justin Timberlake is on course to become the album artist of 2013 as new record, The 20/20 Experience, 2 of 2, debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 350,000 units sold in the first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [Billboard]

* Mike Powell of Rolling Stone is not too impressed with Amos Lee’s new album, Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song. [Rolling Stone]

* If you regularly buy digital music, you may want to consider Amazon instead of iTunes. According to American online deals monitor DealNews, Amazon is cheaper 84% of the time. [CMU]

* Rolling Stone hit the road with Jack Johnson and documents the experience in a beautiful photo gallery. [Rolling Stone]

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Liv is a career coach for creatives, and the people who work with them.
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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