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Lady Gaga Is Like a Mother to The Darkness
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Alternative, Pop, Rock,
The Darkness think Lady Gaga is like a mom to them. The British rockers - who are supporting the "Bad Romance" singer on her European tour - have revealed she is great to work with and admit she reminds them of their mothers as she is the "life and soul of any party."
Frontman Justin Hawkins - whose brother Dan is also in the band said, "She has a similar energy to a Russian lady called Agatha who makes my stage clothes. But she's also got something that really reminds me of our mother. Some of her energy. You know what I mean?"
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Bruce Willis to Sue Apple?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gossip, Industry News, Rumors, iTunes,
The 57-year-old actor wants to leave to his huge digital music collection to his daughters - Rumer, 24, Scout, 20, and 18-year-old Tallulah, whom he has with ex-wife Demi Moore - after he dies but iTunes customers are only allowed to "borrow" tracks rather than own them outright.
Digital campaigners Open Rights Group are backing Bruce in his challenge. "You can't resell downloads to friends - and are not allowed to leave them in your will. It's great that Bruce Willis is challenging it," said Jim Killock, of Open Rights Group.
Bruce - who also has five-month-old daughter Mabel with wife Emma Heming - has spent thousands on his music collection, which reportedly includes songs by The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, and downloaded his tunes onto "many, many iPods." The Sixth Sense actor is thought to be thinking of asking his legal team to suggest to Apple that family trusts could be the "holders" of his downloaded music.
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Usher Opens iTunes Festival
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Concerts / Tours, Performances, Alternative, Dance, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock, iTunes,
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The "Yeah!" hitmaker got the party started on the opening night of the month-long free festival at the city's Roundhouse venue with a hit packed set and his trademark super-smooth dance moves. The muscular singer may have slipped up as he performed "You Make Me Wanna," but after a cheeky suggestion from his backing dancers, did 40 push-ups for the crowd to make up for it.
The singer's set featured hits including "Burn," "OMG," "Climax," "Scream" and his collaboration with David Guetta, "Without You."
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Muse’s UFO Ambition
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The "Survival" band are known for their inventive stage production and light shows, but while they have created many visual spectacles, there is one idea they have yet to realize. "One day I'm going to get a huge zeppelin shaped like a UFO to come and land in a stadium. I've been trying for years, but no one will let us do it," singer Matt Bellamy said.
Matt is also frequently found dressed in sparkling suits, and showcasing his guitar skills with the swagger of a seasoned rock star live, but admits this wasn't always the case: "I'd been quite an introverted person in the early years of the band. I was actually having a lot of trouble coming out of myself. Over the course of the first three albums I gradually opened up, and something came out of me, a strange level of confidence that I didn't know was there. In live performance there was just a desire to smash this shy person."
One Direction to Host MTV VMA Special
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Performances, Alternative, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
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One Direction will host MTV VMA special My First Time on Tuesday, ahead of their debut performance at the awards.
The "What Makes You Beautiful" hitmakers will share their thoughts on the annual Video Music Awards' most memorable performances in the half-hour show, discussing Chris Brown's rendition of "Billie Jean" and the infamous performance of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The show will also feature segments with artists including Pink, Green Day and Taylor Swift who will take a trip down memory lane by watching their first VMA performances, sharing never-before-heard info about that night and offering advice to One Direction.
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Backstreet Boys Are Back For First Time Since 2006
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Performances, Reunions, Pop,
Backstreet Boys have reunited as a five-piece for the first time since 2006. The pop group - which is made up of Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, A.J. McLean and Kevin Richardson - took to the stage for Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series in New York's Central Park earlier yesterday.
The boy band performed '90s classics "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "I Want it That Way" and Kevin - who rejoined the group three months ago after quitting in 2006 - admitted he was delighted to be back performing with his fellow boy band members.
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Beyonce’s ‘Adult’ Album
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Collaborations, Gossip, Pop, R&B / Soul,
The producer and his DJ partner Switch worked on two tracks on the album, first single "Run the World (Girls)" and "End of Time," and although he was initially confused by why it was such an "adult" album, he grew to love it. "When it first came out, I wished I had worked on more of the record, but after a year passed I became a huge fan. We knew the two records that we did, but when it came out it had all those ballads, and then I realized, it made a lot more sense when I found out she was pregnant. In the studio I didn't know really where she was with her attitude but it's a very adult record. She's made a lot of dance and club records, but this whole album is a very adult record, and in retrospect I really appreciate it a lot, more than I did when I first heard it," he said.
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Rolling Stones to Release New Film ‘Crossfire Hurricane’
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Upcoming Releases, Rock,
The "Paint it Black" group's incredible adventures from key periods in their career will be shown in the movie right from the early 1960s when they were blues-obsessed teenagers to the release of 1972's seminal Exile On Main Street and up to the present day.
Band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood will provide commentaries throughout the film - which will receive a theatrical release in selected cinemas around the UK in October - as will former Stones Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman, who was in the band from 1962 to 1993.
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Nicki Minaj Cancels UK Shows Over Vocal Cord Damage
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Performances, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop,
In a statement, Minaj's representative said that she had "regretfully cancelled" her scheduled apperances at the V Festival this weekend "due to strained vocal cords." Additoinally, the representative revealed that, "Despite doctor's orders, she performed on a bruised vocal chord in (New York City) on August 14. As a result, the chord has gotten worse."
There's no word yet as to when she is expected to recover.
Meanwhile, the folks pulling the strings at American Idol are keen to bring Minaj on board their judging table; however, her new endorsement deal with Pepsi isn't going over well with Coke, who are major sponsors of the reality competition.
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Gavin Rossdale: Nobody Cared About His Solo Album
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Gavin Rossdale says "nobody cared" about his solo career.
The Bush frontman formed new band Institute after the group originally split in 2002, and after that failed made a solo album, 2008's Wanderlust, but now admits it was a mistake.
"There were no fireworks. It was almost like the air being sucked out of a building. There was a side-project [Institute], and then a solo career, by default - that was almost a douche-bag route; who cares about singers making solo records? I needed to be in Bush again," Gavin told Classic Rock magazine, referring to Bush's break-up.
Bush had big hits with their albums Sixteen Stone, Razorblade Suitcase and The Science of Things, but split after guitarist Nigel Pulsford left and sales declined.
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