Today In Music News: Trent Reznor Gives Good Presents, Mellencamp And King Get Musical, And What Acts Have "Jumped The Shark?"

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 28, 2009...Trent Reznor has released his concert video Another Version of The Truth: The Gift as a free download. Oh, and he promises new NIN material in the new year. John Mellencamp and Stephen King's all-star musical Ghost Brothers of...

By Lance Lester

December 29, 2009

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Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 28, 2009...

Trent Reznor has released his concert video Another Version of The Truth: The Gift as a free download. Oh, and he promises new NIN material in the new year.
John Mellencamp and Stephen King's all-star musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will kick off in Atlanta next September.
So what acts "jumped the shark" in the 2000s? Not included on that list: The term "jump the shark."

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