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Earlier this week, PepsiCo released details about its Pepsi ad to air during Super Bowl XLVI, which will be broadcast on NBC. Today, the ad was released - check it out below!

PepsiCo today released details about its iconic Pepsi ad to air during Super Bowl XLVI, which will be broadcast on NBC. Pepsi also announced digital partnerships that will enhance fans' Super Bowl experience on-line.

The Afro-Semitic Experience will play in NYC on 01/07/2012 at The Hilton New York, Regent Parlor, located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 54th St.

If Fela Kuti was a rabbi, his music might've sounded something like The Afro-Semitic Experience . This band combines African and African-American influenced jazz, soul, funk and samba with traditional Jewish cantorial singing.

The Afro-Semitic Experience will play in NYC on 01/07/2012 at The Hilton New York, Regent Parlor, located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 54th St.

The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's selections are: Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, the Memphis Horns, Diana Ross and Gil Scott-Heron as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Dave Bartholomew, Steve Jobs and Rudy Van Gelder as Trustees Award honorees; and Celemony and Roger Nichols as Technical GRAMMY Award® honorees. The special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY® Week on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 54th Annual GRAMMYAwards telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization's social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/thegrammys, a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/thegrammys.

Sunday, January 29 at 2:00pm at the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Philharmonic will present violinist Deborah Buck-concertmaster of the Brooklyn Phil since 2007-in recital with pianist Molly Morkoski.

The Recording Academy announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's selections are: Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, the Memphis Horns, Diana Ross and Gil Scott-Heron as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Dave Bartholomew, Steve Jobs and Rudy Van Gelder as Trustees Award honorees; and Celemony and Roger Nichols as Technical GRAMMY Award honorees.

If Fela Kuti was a rabbi, his music might've sounded something like The Afro-Semitic Experience . This band combines African and African-American influenced jazz, soul, funk and samba with traditional Jewish cantorial singing.

The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) and MasterCard Worldwide (www.facebook.com/mastercard) will host the fourth installment of GRAMMY Artists Revealed™ presented by MasterCard®, featuring two-time GRAMMY® winner Darius Rucker on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. The event is part of a series created by The Recording Academy in partnership with MasterCard Worldwide celebrating musical excellence and diversity throughout the year. GRAMMY Artists Revealed provides music fans with a unique opportunity to see artists perform in an intimate storytelling format, highlighting their musical journey in an up-close-and-personal way.

The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) and MasterCard Worldwide (www.facebook.com/mastercard) will host the fourth installment of GRAMMY Artists Revealed™ presented by MasterCard®, featuring two-time GRAMMY® winner Darius Rucker on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. The event is part of a series created by The Recording Academy in partnership with MasterCard Worldwide celebrating musical excellence and diversity throughout the year. GRAMMY Artists Revealed provides music fans with a unique opportunity to see artists perform in an intimate storytelling format, highlighting their musical journey in an up-close-and-personal way.

Joe's Pub has announced its upcoming events.

Joe's Pub has announced its upcoming events.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simon Cowell has decided against a Lady Gaga and Madonna Themed episode for next week's THE X FACTOR show.

JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater, reopened October 4th, 2011 from a top to bottom renovation, debuted in October 1998 and quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists. Check out the full November schedule below!

For over half a century, Etta James has all but defined the role of the quintessential rhythm & blues vocalist.

For over half a century, Etta James has all but defined the role of the quintessential rhythm & blues vocalist.

Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that Joe's Pub at The Public Theater has been approved for a grant to support New York Voices at Joe's Pub, a series celebrating New York City's diversity in performance and culture, presenting collaborations between artists from sound and stage.

The 41st edition of one of the longest-running, free, outdoor festivals in the U.S.-Lincoln Center Out of Doors-presents its final week of performances from August 10 through 14. Events follow in chronological order.

For this project, music icons and pop culture visionaries JAY-Z and Kanye West have joined their extraordinary talents to form the group ‘THE THRONE' and confirm the most anticipated album and touring event of the year, WATCH THE THRONE.