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    The band people love to hate

    Their debut album sold more than 10 million copies, but they can't get a good review. Why does pop-rock band Maroon 5 inspire such opprobrium?


    By Angus Batey
    It is possible to pinpoint the moment where everything hits Adam Levine. During one of their best-known songs, She Will Be Loved, the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in Maroon 5 allows his emotions to the surface. Performing in front of a sell-out crowd at the Staples Center in the band's home city of Los Angeles, Maroon 5 pause the song. A close-up of Levine's face flashes on to the screens that flank the stage: is that a tear in what many suppose to be his gimlet eye?

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    Linkin Park rises to the occasion

    Ian Bartholomew, Noah Buchan and Susanne DeVore
    They came, nearly 40,000 people saw them, and they rocked.

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    PLANET POP

    While difficult to upstage nearly nude supermodels strutting down a catwalk, the Spice Girls stole a share of the spotlight on Thursday as they kicked off a reunion tour with a warm-up at the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

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