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It isn’t often we get out and away from our computers (keeping you guys happy), but this weekend was an exception.  We had the pleasure of getting to see a kick ass 80s band perform, The Spazmatics.

Let’s face it, we all love the 80s — ok well at least a lot of the music!  If you have never heard of these guys I’m tellin’ ya they are worth checking out.  Hop on over to their MySpace page and tell ‘em NewsToob sent ya!

There’s another video after the jump so take a look!

Confirming his standing as a groundbreaking producer and an artist whose appeal transcends the hip-hop genre, Chicago native Kanye West led the pack yesterday with eight nods when the nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards were announced in Hollywood.

Just hours after Kanye West was officially crowned the victor in his much-hyped sales battle with 50 Cent, he turned up at GQ’s 50th anniversary party as the featured performer. But it was really more like a celebration for Kanye, whose “Graduation” widely outsold 50 Cent’s “Curtis” in first week sales. According to Nielsen SoundScan the score was 957,000 copies for Kanye compared to only to 691,000 copies for Fiddy.

“To be a champion, you’ve got to take out a champion,” Kanye declared last night, as an all-star crowd including Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Diddy cheered him on. Moments later, he called for his “theme music,” then broke into a performance of “Good Life.”

50 Cent, who is in a much-hyped battle of album sales with Kanye West, has just canceled several performances in Europe. MTV News said the 31-year-old rapper canceled performances at the MOBO Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards, both in London on Wednesday, and a performance for MTV in Germany on Friday. No details were posted on the rapper’s Web site, and Polydor Records, 50 Cent’s record label in Britain, wasn’t immediately available for comment.

MTV said the rapper canceled the appearances due to changes in his schedule. What gives Fiddy? Are you keeping your word with Kanye?

Early sales figures show that Kanye West is winning the battle against 50 Cent. Yep, according to Nielsen Soundscan, Kanye’s new album Graduation has moved 431,000 copies on its day of release in the US, compared to only 310,000 copies of 50 Cent’s Curtis. Fiddy if going to have to eat his words!