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VIDEO: Crowd Angered by Canceled Drake Concert
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Performances, Videos, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Note to promoters everywhere: Never underestimate the size of a free concert—especially when it involves a former Degrassi star. In particular, a Degrassi star now known as Drake.
On Tuesday, an event promoted by Paper magazine was called off by police before it even started. The reason? Too many people and not enough security. Although organizers predicted approximately 10,000 to watch Drake - and Hanson - perform, the crowd was more than twice that size. It was estimated that nearly 25,000 showed up at Pier 17 on Manhattan’s South Street Seaport.
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Can You Guess, Guess, Guess Michael Jackson’s Biggest Hit?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Music Videos, The Charts, Videos, Pop,
“Thriller” may have been the Michael Jackson video most fans wanted to watch, but it surprisingly wasn’t the song most people wanted to play, play, play.
According to Billboard, it was a tune that Jackson did with Paul McCartney that ranks as the late singer’s best hit. “Say, Say, Say” topped a list of 50 tracks followed by “Billie Jean” and “I’ll Be There.”
The list, which was compiled to help commemorate the upcoming anniversary of Michael’s death (June 25), took a number of factors into consideration to determine a track’s performance in the Hot 100. (You can read the full explanation behind the inverse point system here.) Although “Billie Jean” spent more weeks at #1, the Jackson/McCartney collaboration lasted longer on the charts.
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VIDEO: Slash Attacked by Fan, Keeps on Playing
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Performances, Videos,
What’s better than hearing Slash play his guitar solo on “Sweet Child O’ Mine”? Watching him continue to play it after being rushed by a fan.
On June 10, the former Guns N’ Roses musician was in the middle of a performance in Milan, Italy when he was (rudely) greeted by a surprise guest. (Cue the video to the 1:15 mark.) The good news? The shirtless jerk got a bigger piece of the floor than he did of Slash. The bad news? The rocker eventually had to have his broken Les Paul guitar replaced.
After the show, Slash addressed the incident on his own Facebook page. “Rowdy crowd for sure. But amazing! The guy who nailed me didn’t take me down but he busted my poor gtr. Ah well, it was a kick ass rock show in the 1st order!”
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Mix Tape: The Go-Go’s a No-Go, Matthew Morrison Going Solo
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Rumors, Upcoming Releases, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
-A planned farewell tour for The Go-Go’s has been canceled. Guitarist Jane Wiedlin will need ACL replacement surgery after falling during a hike.
-Could Whitney Houston be pregnant? New pictures like these ones aren’t stopping the rumors.
-Glee‘s Matthew Morrison will be doing more than maintaining his hot abs this summer. He’ll also be recording on his first solo CD.
-Still own a record player? Well, you can soon add something to your vinyl collection. A recent jam session between Conan O’Brien and Jack White is going to be made available on that format.
-American Idol‘s Jason Castro is returning to TV. He’ll make a musical appearance in an upcoming episode of The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Mix Tape: Chris Brown Denied Visa, Ace Frehley Writes Memoir
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, R&B / Soul, Rock,
-Chris Brown was denied access into Britain as a result of his Rihanna assault case. His tour will be indefinitely postponed until he can clear his name
get a visa.
-Nassar Adhoot has been denied access to guitarist Joe Walsh. The Eagles musician was granted a restraining order after his neighbor threatened to kill him.
-Ace Frehley is putting down the guitar and picking up a pen. The former KISS player is authoring No Regrets, a memoir about a “life of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll.”
-Ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable was found dead in his home yesterday morning. It’s believed the 40-year-old may have possibly died after a drinking binge.
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American Idol 9: Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox Signed to Album Deals
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Videos,
American Idol’s Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, the winner and runner-up of Season 9 respectively, have both signed record deals with 19 Recordings. Lee has signed with 19 and RCA Records; Bowersox with 19 and Jive Records.
According to reports, Bowersox was in good spirits following the Wednesday Idol finale, despite the fact that she broke up with her boyfriend the day before. She told reporters she has “no complaints” with the course of the competition, even though she didn’t win. “Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy,” she said of Lee’s big win.
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Willie Nelson Says Goodbye to the Braid
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Country,
This could be the biggest separation in country music since Brooks parted ways with Dunn.
Over the weekend, musician Willie Nelson did what the hadn’t done in over thirty years - perform without his signature braid. The “Always On My Mind” singer sported the new look - as seen in this AP photo - during a gig in Maui.
Although no explanation was given for the change, Nelson’s rep said the snip happened within the past few weeks.
Maybe Nelson could donate the braid to BP Global should the company move on to Plan Z?
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Bret Michaels Surprises Fans - and Doctors - with Idol Performance
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Performances, Videos, Rock,
If you were shocked to see Bret Michaels back up and performing on the American Idol finale, you weren’t the only one. According to the Poison frontman, his physicians were also kept out of the loop.
“The doctors, I didn’t tell them I was going to do this,” Michaels admitted to Us Weekly. “I never told them I was coming here. They’re going to find out in a few minutes!”
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Mix Tape: Behind the Music Special for DMX, Biopic for N.W.A.
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Industry News, Performances, Alternative, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop,
-Glastonbury may be down a U2 performance, but its picked up some Gorillaz. The music festival has recruited the group to help fill the hole left behind due to Bono’s emergency surgery.
-YouTube star Greyson Chance didn’t sign with Interscope Records after all. He’ll now be working with eleveneleven, a record label American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres created just to sign him.
-Behind the Music will return to VH1 next month. A DMX special will kick it off on June 7. A Christina Aguilera hour will follow on June 13.
-World Trade Center‘s Andrea Berloff is in the middle of penning Straight Outta Compton, a biopic about rap group N.W.A. Ice Cube is one of the project’s producers.
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U2 Officially Delays Concert Tour
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Rock,
Concert promoter Live Nation is having a very bad week.
First, Christina Aguilera announces she’ll be postponing her tour until sometime 2011. Now, U2 is delaying their gigs as well.
The official announcement comes just days after learning that Bono had emergency surgery on his back in Munich, Germany. Although it had already been announced that the band’s stop in Salt Lake City would be rescheduled, the remaining cities in the group’s North American leg will now have to wait as well.
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