Archive for September 9th, 2009
Bruce Springsteen to Receive Kennedy Center Honor
September 9th, 2009
Photo: Cardy/GettyPresident Barack Obama will be on hand to celebrate the career of Bruce Springsteen at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors Gala on December 6th. Springsteen will be joined by fellow honorees actor Robert DeNiro, director Mel Brooks, jazz great Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry at the ceremony, which will air December 29th on CBS. “With his gritty and honest songs that speak to the everyman, Bruce Springsteen has always had his finger ...
Breaking: Girls
September 9th, 2009
Who: San Francisco’s Girls are led by Christopher Owens, who was raised in more than a dozen countries as a member of the Children of God cult before escaping at age 16, moving back to the States and taking a job as a supermarket stocker in Texas. He hitchhiked to New York and eventually decided to become a painter in California, where he met Holy Shit’s Matt Fishbeck and Ariel Pink, fell in love with ...
On the Charts: “I Look To You” Earns Whitney Houston Her Best Ever Debut
September 9th, 2009
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The Big News: As expected, Whitney Houston reclaimed the crown of Queen of the Charts as her comeback album I Look To You cruised to Number One with 304,000 copies sold, almost double the amount sold by the week’s Number Two record, Miley Cyrus’ Time of Our Lives EP. I Look to You was Houston’s first album to debut atop the Top 200 since 1987’s Whitney, and the 304,000 copies represent the best-selling debut ...
Bad Religion, Katy Perry, Ice T Help Warped Tour Turn 15 in L.A.
September 9th, 2009
Photo: Strauss/WireImage“Pleaaaase mosh to my song,” Katy Perry cooed shortly after taking the stage at Los Angeles’ Club Nokia on Sunday night. The pop princess was one of a dozen acts appearing as part of the Vans Warped Tour’s 15th anniversary celebration, which gathered several trek veterans, including NOFX, Bad Religion, Rise Against, All-American Rejects and Underoath, along with newcomers 3OH!3, Aggrolites and two all-star bands created just for the occasion (read: thrown together) for ...
Janet Jackson to Pay Tribute to Michael at MTV’s VMAs
September 9th, 2009
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Janet Jackson will open this weekend’s 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with a musical tribute to her late brother Michael, MTV announced yesterday after rumors of Janet’s involvement began circulating. Janet, a nine-time Moonman winner herself, will honor her brother in a “special appearance” that will a look back over his life and career — a career that also helped attract viewers to MTV when the network was in its formative years. The VMAs ...
News Ticker: Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson Tribute, Chris Robinson, Speech Debelle, Snoop Dogg
September 9th, 2009
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Lil Wayne’s 2008-2009 tours supporting Tha Carter III have been named the highest-grossing hip-hop trek of the year, racking up $42 million according to Billboard, besting tours by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
Although Jermaine Jackson announced at a press conference yesterday that Mary J. Blige and Chris Brown would both perform at the September 26th Michael Jackson tribute in Vienna, reps for both stars have denied they will take the stage according to E! Online ...