Monthly Archives: April 2009

No Doubt Reunites For ‘Today’ Show

Fans weigh in on the band’s comeback performance at Rockefeller Center.

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Usher Raymond the fourth has been many things. Multi-platinum recording artist, Grammy winner, actor, amazing dancer and now, a giant outdoor billboard in Atlanta.
As part of the Boys & Girls club’s “Be Great” campaign, the people of A-Town were greeted on Thursday with a shiny new outdoor display featuring a young Usher and the phrase [...] Continue reading →

There was a time when being animated into “The Simpsons” was the cultural badge of honor celebrities aspired to. Although I still tune into Springfield’s first family every week, let’s face it, it ain’t what it used to be. These days visiting the Griffins of Quahog, Rhode Island is where it’s at.
So it should come [...] Continue reading →

The-Dream takes the epic battle of Love Vs. Money out on the road, Stellastarr* announce their first jaunt in three years and Fleetwood Mac extend their Unleashed Tour. Full dates for all three treks, after the jump.
The-Dream
May 13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Aronoff Center
May 14 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
May 15 – Chicago, IL [...] Continue reading →

Seattle is famous for Starbucks, the Space Needle, and, of course, grunge, the early-Nineties movement responsible for producing rock icons like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. For his new book, Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music (released earlier this month on ECW Press), author Greg Prato interviewed more than 130 of [...] Continue reading →

For the past five years, the music industry has been sorely missing something. That something is No Doubt.
After taking some time apart — to have babies, start families, launch a solo career and just spread their wings outside of the band they have all been in for 23 whole years — the group that captured [...] Continue reading →

By Sohyung Kang
The biggest news to come out of last night’s episode of “American Idol” was not that Matt Giraud was eliminated (for the third time this season — yawn and farewell), but that Adam Lambert shockingly landed in the bottom three. While I’m sure many Lambert fans are busy wailing in agony and disbelief [...] Continue reading →

By Kathleen Newman-Bremang
If you’ve tuned into CNN or any other major media outlet in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about Somali pirates. Well, Somali-born rapper K’Naan thinks the coverage of piracy has been a little one-sided.
When the MC sat down with MTV News this week to discuss his [...] Continue reading →

This afternoon I got an e-mail from a colleague alerting me to the fact that the term Joonas.net seemed to be a hot Internet search term, and being that the Jonas Brothers have a very similar name we initially thought this must be a new fansite dedicated to Nick, Joe and Kevin.
When I went there, [...] Continue reading →

Yesterday, Rolling Stone brought you part one of Norwegian rocker Ida Maria’s exclusive acoustic set (”Keep Me Warm” and “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked”). Maria also broke out a version of “Drive Away My Heart” from her debut Fortress Round My Heart, and gave us a special treat: “This song, I’ve [...] Continue reading →

By Melanie Wolfson
It’s no secret that going to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is an all-day event. It begins in the parking lot midday with beers, subs, footballs and stereos blasting songs by the Boss. People reminisce about decades of shows past and their expectations for the night ahead — and yesterday’s [...] Continue reading →

It was bad enough on Wednesday when TMZ tried to convince us that someone had snapped a picture of a very lively looking Tupac Shakur — who was gunned down in Las Vegas in September 1996. Granted, the unidentified dude hanging out and looking very mellow after downing a few hand grenades at a bar [...] Continue reading →

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Beyoncé became the victim of yet another prank — her second in a week — when an Austrian radio station sent a Sasha Fierce doppelganger to a Vienna museum to pose as Mrs. Jay-Z. When photos of the faux-Beyoncé at the Albertina art museum began circulating online yesterday, it appeared that the singer sent [...] Continue reading →

By Matt Wenzel
Matt Giraud finally had to face his fate last night on “American Idol.” Check out our recap of the show, and see how fans of Kris Allen and Adam Lambert reacted to the front-runners’ appearance in the bottom three.
Check out our analysis of the trailer for Eminem’s rather bloody upcoming “3 A.M.” [...] Continue reading →

“American Idol” used to be so squeaky-clean with the guest appearances from middle-of-the-road acts like Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart, Tony Bennett, Martina McBride, Barry Gibb and Dolly Parton.
While their songs are fun for the whole family, the show dodged a bullet on Wednesday night when this week’s mentor, Jamie Foxx, had to perform a foreshortened [...] Continue reading →

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With No Doubt set to reunite with a pair of concerts this weekend, Gwen Stefani and bassist Tony Kanal sat down with MTV to discuss the often-overlooked subplot of their first tour in five years: To work on a new album, penciled in for a 2010 release. “We’re calling it ‘the [...] Continue reading →

As you probably know by now, earlier this week, Paramore invited MTV News into the studio, where they’re working with producer Rob Cavallo on their third album, tentatively due in September.
Now, while we’re not allowed to write about everything we saw (and heard) just yet, we’d be remiss if we didn’t share one bit of [...] Continue reading →

Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet to find the ones you need to hear now.
The Band: Finale
The Buzz: Detroit rapper tells his life story against a backdrop of hazy R&B and scuffed-up soul.
Listen If: You’re just as exhausted with Flo Rida as we are.
Key Track: “A Pipe [...] Continue reading →

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“Fix My Hat,” another track from Lil Wayne’s Rebirth, has hit the Web. Described as “an homage to vintage Beastie Boys” in our Spring Music Preview, the 808-soaked song is devoid of the nu-metal guitars and Auto-Tune we’ve come to expect from Rebirth’s previous singles “Prom Queen” and “Hot Revolver.” In fact, “Fix [...] Continue reading →

Heidi and Spencer are back from their Mexico trip, having arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
“I’m so sad to leave Mexico!” Heidi Tweeted on Wednesday. “Driving to the airport. I’m ready for a honeymoon!!! Done with my music video, best one yet! Get ready. I’m ready to get out of the pig [flu] country though. [...] Continue reading →

After just two days on sale, Rolling Stone cover artist Bob Dylan’s latest album Together Through Life is already on pace to top next week’s sales charts, Billboard reports. Together Through Life will likely finish the week with sales upward of 100,000, but will be hard-pressed to match the 192,000 copies Modern Times sold in [...] Continue reading →

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In a new NME interview, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers complained that American audiences haven’t embraced the band like Europeans have. “[In America], people are still so obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, those sorts of bands, that nobody else is allowed [to grow],” Flowers reportedly said. “It’s not just us; there are a lot [...] Continue reading →

What’s a potential pandemic without a catchy anthem? M.I.A. did wonders for Bird Flu with her clacking anthem named after the 2004 global scare (Sample lyrics: “Bird flu gonna get you made it in my stable/from the crap you drop on my crop when they pay you”). When she posted the tune on YouTube in [...] Continue reading →

Eminem took to his Twitter this morning to introduce fans to the bloody new trailer for his new Relapse single, “3 a.m.” The song is a gruesome serial killer tale, and the video trailer is a mini horror movie; the full clip, which was directed by Syndrome, will debut on HBO’s sister movie channel Cinemax [...] Continue reading →

No matter how many octaves Adam Lambert can screech, there’s only one contestant this season that I call my “American Idol,” and, ironically enough, her initials are A.I.: Allison Iraheta!
The newly 17-year-old singer had me from her first crazy interview, in which she acted like she’d stumbled off the set of “Intervention.” She solidified that [...] Continue reading →

Adam Lambert made his first-ever appearance in the bottom three on last night’s American Idol results show, but ultimately once-saved Matt Giraud was pushed out the door as the Season Eight field narrowed to four. The episode began with a bright note — a Ford commercial featuring the Apples in Stereo’s perky “Energy” (last week [...] Continue reading →

Wolverine Takes A Stab At ‘X-Men Origins’

Those involved break down the characters of the new movie.

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Wolverine Takes A Stab At ‘X-Men Origins’

Those involved break down the characters of the new movie.

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By Lisa Gonzalez
Chris Brown was expected to appear in court today in Los Angeles but ultimately didn’t show, with his lawyer revealing that he’s trying to get the case dismissed. Every media outlet in the greater L.A. area, however, did show up — though most of them had swine flu on the brain.
I arrived at [...] Continue reading →

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Alice Cooper invites you to be his Frankenstein as he terrorizes Fairgrounds this August, plus Blue October set out in support of Approaching Normal and producers Diplo & Switch go from behind the studio console to in front of an audience with Major Lazer. Full dates for all three treks after the jump.
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