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Lea Michele: The New Voice of Dorothy Gale

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Upcoming Releases, Videos, Pop, Soundtracks,

Lea Michele shed her squeaky-clean image to participate in a controversial photo shoot last week, but now she’ll be gaining major points with parents again.

The Glee diva is starring in the title role in Dorothy of Oz, a new animated flick featuring plenty of songs for Lea to belt.

Watch the video above to hear the singer’s comments on how she plans to tackle the iconic role. (Entertainment Weekly also has video of Lea in the studio.)

Read More | Entertainment Weekly

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Mix Tape: Billy Joel Tunes Hit Rock Band, T.I. Hit with Lawsuit

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Performances, Release Dates, Upcoming Releases, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, Rock,

Billy Joel-Plan on purchasing Rock Band 3? Then you'll have the ability to download a number of Billy Joel's hits. This is the first time the singer is allowing his music to be used in a video game.

-"The Time," the first single from The Black Eyed Peas' upcoming album, can be heard online courtesy of will.i.am. The Beginning will be released on November 30.

-Country Strong's Gwyneth Paltrow will be performing the title song from her upcoming movie at the Country Music Awards. Vince Gill will join her for the November 10 gig.

-T.I.'s problems keep mounting. The rapper is being sued by a concert promoter for failing to show up at a "Welcome Back Party" that was thrown in his honor after his last jail release.

-Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett has revealed she has breast cancer. The 51-year-old, best known for the song "I Touch Myself," was already battling multiple sclerosis at the time of her diagnosis.

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See Trailer for Justin Bieber’s New Concert Film

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Concerts / Tours, Upcoming Releases, Videos, Pop,

I hope you never swore off concert films after watching Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, because there's one more your kids might force you to watch.

Early next year, a biopic/documentary about singer Justin Bieber will have you shelling out big dollars once again for a 3-D musical event.

Know someone who would like to watch the "the inspiring true story of an ordinary kid you discovered"? Then be sure to set aside February 11 for Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.

Read More | MTV

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Sneak Listen: Mariah Carey’s New Holiday Album

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Upcoming Releases, Pop, New Releases,


Listen to the clip above to hear a small sampling of tunes from Mariah Carey’s new holiday album.

Four original songs, a smattering of holiday classics and an "extra festive" version of “All I Want For Christmas is You” will be included on the album.

Carey’s Merry Christmas II You will be available in stores November 2.

Read More | Perez Hilton

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Diddy says singing on Last Train to Paris was difficult

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Hip-Hop & Rap, R&B / Soul,

admitted singing on his new album was “nerve wracking”. The hitmaker - best known as a rapper and businessman - said his move to showcasing his vocal prowess on new album ‘Last Train To Paris’, released by his new group Dirty Money, was particularly daunting. He told NME: “There’s definitely nerves. It’s nerve wracking because there’s more singing for me, and being on tour with bandmates. You have a new concept, and it took people a while to buy into it. But as we’ve started performing they’ve started buying into the concept. And now people have expectations.”

Diddy - who is joined in the group by singers Kaleena Harper and Dawn Richard - added returning to the music industry after a four year break, some people have forgotten how strong a back catalogue he has. He said: “I think a lot of times people forget how many hits I’ve had. I take pride in having hit records that still play in clubs now. I take people on a musical journey, and when we bring that up to date, it just gets more intense.”

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Cardboard instrument makes Ting Tings reconsider experimental music

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases,

The Ting Tings were turned off experimental music after they saw a guy playing a cardboard instrument. The ‘Hands’ group made their second album in Berlin, and although they originally considered taking their music in an experimental direction, were quickly put off by some of the city’s more avant garde performers. Singer Katie White said: “There was all the experimental stuff, like a guy with an instrument made out of cardboard. It had the opposite effect on us: it just made us want to go and write some proper, catchy songs.”

The band - which is completed by multi instrumentalist Jules De Martino - also admit their wanderlust had got the better of them by the time they finished a two year tour of the world, and they were burned out. This led them to write the chorus line in their new single, ‘Hands’: “put your hands up if you’re working too hard,” but Katie added they chose that line as it seemed to also reflect the attitude of people around them. She explained: “We were feeling pretty sorry for ourselves. While we’d been away, everybody we know had been feeling the same thing. I’d be like, How’s my uncle? Oh, he’s not well, he’s got something wrong with him, but he’s still working till ten every night, because his company’s nearly gone bust. Everyone seemed to have gone into meltdown, or lost their jobs.”

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Rihanna and Katy Perry to work on collaboration?

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Collaborations, Rumors, Upcoming Releases, Pop, R&B / Soul,

wants to duet with . ‘Rude Boy’ singer Rihanna has forged a close friendship with Katy, and even organised her bachelorette party in Las Vegas last month, and now wants to work professionally with her too. Rihanna told Entertainment Today: “We want to get in the studio and hopefully make something for an album, who knows - or maybe for her re-release. We want to do something together for sure. In this industry you don’t meet a lot of people that are genuine, but Katy is such a free spirit, she has no edit button. We just clicked. We have similar personalities and a similar sense of humour and from there she just seemed like a really down to earth person.”

Rihanna’s comments come only days after she described Katy’s music as “generic” when promoting her latest album, ‘Loud’. She said: “Every song was tailored to me. I wanted songs that were all Rihanna, songs that nobody else could do. I didn’t want the generic pop record that Ke$ha or Lady Gaga or Katy Perry would do.” Rihanna’s ‘Loud’ is scheduled for release on November 12.

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Kanye’s all-star album line-up for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Collaborations, Upcoming Releases, Hip-Hop & Rap,

M.I.A, La Roux and Alicia Keys, among others, are set to appear on Kanye West’s new album. The ‘Runaway’ rapper announced his fifth album will be called ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ earlier this week, and while Kanye has previously confirmed certain stars will appear - including Jay-Z, RZA and Beyonce Knowles - it seems his guest list is much longer than previously thought. As well as those previously mentioned, Kanye said he’s also been in the studio with Kid Cudi, Mos Def and Santigold and that indie musician Justin Vernon is “all over” the album.

One track which has already been leaked, ‘Lost In The World’, features Justin’s vocals. Kanye’s celebrity album cast could be part of his striving to fill the gap left by ‘King Of Pop’ Michael Jackson’s sudden death last year, a role he sees himself in line to fulfill. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “With the passing of Michael Jackson, I feel a responsibility to bring things to our generation that can inspire and bring real culture to pop culture. I don’t sleep anymore thinking how we are going to fill this gap, and create something to inspire on the level he did.”

Although Kanye has mentioned a large number of people involved with ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, he lines are blurred between which artists will appear on the commercially released album and who will appear in his G.O.O.D Fridays series, which has so far seen mainly extended and remixed versions of tracks from the albums featuring a number of rappers and producers. ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ will be released on November 22.

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Raise Your Glass to Pink’s New Tune

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Pop,


Listen to video above to hear ’s “Raise Your Glass,” which is featured on her new Greatest Hits compilation.

The album is titled Greatest Hits…So Far! and will be available for purchase on November 16.

Read More | Perez Hilton

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LISTEN: Mariah Carey’s Newest Christmas Song

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Release Dates, Upcoming Releases, Pop,


Could this be the tune that finally tops a holiday song – released 16 years ago?

Later this fall, will follow up Merry Christmas, her album from 1994, with a festive sequel.

Although “Oh Santa!,” the first track from Merry Christmas II You, won’t likely reach classic status like the single “All I Want For Christmas Is You” did, it’s still pretty fun to listen to.

At the very least, the tune is definitely worthy of a Gap commercial.

The new holiday album will hit stores on November 2.

Read More | The Huffington Post

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