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Donny and Marie Osmond to Resume Vegas Show
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours,
Las Vegas performers Donny and Marie Osmond have elected to resume their show less than two weeks after a family tragedy.
On Friday, February 26, Marie’s 18-year old son jumped to his death from his apartment building in Los Angeles. Michael Blosil, one of Marie’s eight children, cited depression as his reason in a suicide note.
Since that time, the entertainers’ program at the Flamingo hotel has been on hold. But the popular show will start again on Tuesday, one day after Brian is laid to rest in Utah.
To help make up for the missed performances, the brother-sister team has added five more dates between April 13-17.
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Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij on His Gay Anthem
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Alternative,
Vampire Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij said he hopes “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” will be a huge hit with the gay community one day.
“With that song I was having fun, but at the same time it was honest - those lyrics are meaningful to me, they come from my heart,” the keyboardist, who publicly revealed his sexuality, said about the track he wrote last year for his side project, Discovery. “I was disappointed when it didn’t become a gay anthem, but, you know, it’s not too late.”
Speaking about his main band’s new record, Contra, the 26-year-old talked about how the group worked to develop a postmodern feel for some of the tracks.
“We wanted something very different from the first record,” Rostam said about Vampire’s CD to Out magazine. “You hear ‘80s harmonies on Contra, and for me that was the challenge: to make it not just sound like the ‘80s but feel like the ‘80s too. Because of the way it’s presented, with the sampler and choir, the song ‘I Think Ur a Contra’ sounds new but also nostalgic.”
Vampire Weekend is scheduled to make their second appearance on Saturday Night Live on March 6.
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Allison Iraheta Returns to American Idol
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Performances, Pop,
American Idol followers - the time has finally come. The time when contestants from previous seasons come back to remind us about what we may have already forgotten.
Later this week, Allison Iraheta - arguably one of the more memorable singers from recent years - will get her chance to sing for us once again. Season 8’s fourth place-finisher will perform “Scars,” a song off her debut album Just Like You. That CD - released December 1 - also includes a song (“No One Else”) co-written by Pink, Greg Wells and Idol‘s Kara DioGuardi.
Kris Allen, last year’s champ, will also be a part of Thursday’s results show. Allen will be sharing footage from his recent trip to Haiti in addition to singing for the audience.
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Mix Tape: American Idol Stars to Bare All, Kenny Rogers Taping Special
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Release Dates, Upcoming Releases, Country, Pop, Rock,
-Hole’s new album, Nobody’s Daughter, will finally come out on April 27 after five years in production. Maybe this will keep Courtney Love out of Frances Bean’s trust fund?
-American Idol‘s Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo are both expected to go nude during their stint in Hair. Their Broadway run begins March 9.
-Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, died over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. The group’s most famous tune, “My Sharona,” was one of George W. Bush’s iPod songs.
-Kenny Rogers will celebrate half a century in the music business with a televised special. Kenny Rogers - The First 50 Years will be taped April 10 at the MGM Grand At Foxwoods in Connecticut. A broadcast date has not yet been announced.
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Quote of the Day: Roger Daltry Rates The Who’s Super Bowl Number
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Performances, Videos, Rock,
“I thought it went OK. I understand. It’s a TV show. Cameras were everywhere. I was so blinded that I couldn’t see… And I really wished the crowd would have gotten into singing the songs with us more. That’s how it is in Europe for our soccer matches. I wanted more banter.”
-The Who‘s Roger Daltry offering his opinion of his band’s performance at yesterday’s Super Bowl.
(Make sure to check out our other notable quotes.)
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Has Fall Out Boy Fallen Apart?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Rumors, Alternative,
Based on individual comments made over the past 24 hours, it appears Fall Out Boy may be over…for good.
Late last year, the “Dance, Dance” singers opted to take a hiatus from performing through at least 2010. Now it’s unclear whether the band members will ever reunite again.
During a recent interview with Spin magazine, lead singer Patrick Stump declared: “I’m not in in Fall Out Boy right now… Whether we play again or not, I don’t know.” His comments were then followed up by statements from the other FOB musicians.
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Mark Ronson Planning Originals for The Business
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Upcoming Releases,
Mark Ronson banned all cover songs on his new album The Business.
The music producer - whose 2007 album Version featured successful covers of songs by Kaiser Chiefs and Coldplay, among others - said this time around he had got artists to collaborate with him on original songs, which had been a fun and “interesting” process.
“There’s no covers, and no horns. It’s written with some of the people that actually wrote the songs I covered on the last album and that I didn’t actually even know at the time,” the 34-year-old told NME.com. “It’s quite interesting to write songs from scratch with those people, like Dave McCabe of The Zutons who wrote ‘Valerie’, and Nick Hodgson, of Kaiser Chiefs.”
Mark also revealed he had collaborated with Santigold, Scissor Sisters, Cathy Dennis, rapper Pill and Mike Snow for his forthcoming album, The Business.
Speaking on when it was likely to be released, he said: “Probably May, June depends how quick I can get it done.”
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Steven Tyler: Home Depot’s Latest Act
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Rock,
Steven Tyler recently shocked hardware store staff and shoppers by serenading them with two of Aerosmith’s biggest hits.
The rock star launched into a cappella versions of “Dude Looks Like a Lady” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” over the loudspeaker system at a Californian Home Depot store this weekend.
“Steven also swallowed a few mouthfuls of gas from a helium machine, for blowing up balloons, and kept singing in a high pitched Bee Gees style. He was very relaxed though, and happily signed autographs for anyone who asked,” a source told TMZ.
The troubled star is currently on hiatus from Aerosmith after a rocky few months with the group. He entered rehab last month to seek treatment for an addiction to painkillers, which comes from years of orthopedic injuries. The other members of the group have said they are looking for a replacement, but have no idea if it will be on a permanent basis or not.
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Linkin Park Aiming to Create a New Sound
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Rock,
Linkin Park’s new album has been a “challenge.”
Singer Mike Shinoda - who spoke about his band’s much-anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Minutes to Midnight - said the album was taking so long because they were trying out a different style of music.
“We make records as a challenge to ourselves. And the challenge this time is: ‘Nobody else is making a record that sounds like this, only we can do it,’” Mike explained MTV.com. “It’s been going great, I feel like it’s an entirely different process and an entirely different style of music than anything we’ve done before. It’s hard to place. People keep asking me, ‘What does it sound like?’ and it’s hard to describe. When people hear it, they’re going to have a tough time saying that it falls into a category.”
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We Are the World - Part Two
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Reunions, Upcoming Releases,
First, they sang for Africa. Now, they’ll be singing for Haiti.
To help celebrate the classic “We Are the World” recording, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie will be uniting artists once again to sing for a good cause. Artists in the Los Angeles area for the Jan. 31 Grammys will be asked to participate in this musical event taking place on February 1.
When the original song - co-written by Richie and Michael Jackson - was first released, proceeds generated by the single went toward the relief effort in Africa. Although a 25th anniversary-celebration had already been in the works prior to the earthquake in Haiti, the devastation in that country changed the scope of the plans.
It’s not yet known who will be involved in the new session, though artists including Usher, Natalie Cole, and John Legend have already been given invites.
“We Are the World” was recorded on January 28, 1985.
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