Archive for January 20th, 2011
Prince and Madonna End Decades-Long Feud
January 20th, 2011
Fellow music superstars Prince and Madonna appear to have ended their decades-long feud The Material Girl 52 was among the celebrities cheering on Prince's sold-out Tuesday show at NYC's Madison Square Garden (Other A-listers in attendance Jimmy Fallon Donald and Melania Trump and an awestruck Leighton Meester whom Prince...
Travis Barker To Release Star-Studded Solo Album
January 20th, 2011
Blink-182 may take its time between tours and albums — but Travis Barker does not like to sit still So the drummer rounded up a who's who of rock and hip-hop heavyweights including Lil' Wayne Ludacris Kid Cudi Rick Ross and Slipknot's Corey Taylor for his new solo album Give...
John Lennon’s Letters and Drawings to be Published in New Book
January 20th, 2011
Yoko Ono has sold the rights to a collection of letters penned by John Lennon Ono was persuaded to publish the letters by Hunter Davies the Beatles' biographer Photos John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York The Last Years The book will be comprised of over 150 letters written over the...
25 Things You Don’t Know About Me: Mike Posner
January 20th, 2011
Singer Mike Posner 22 — who's about to release his new single "Bow Chicka" off his debut album 31 Minutes to Takeoff — gets personal with UsMagazinecom1 I have two middle names 2 My favorite color is jungle green At least that's what it said on the side of my...
Exclusive Details On Pearl Jam’s 20th Anniversary Blowout
January 20th, 2011
Dreamed up by their manager Kelly Curtis on a drunken night in Las Vegas 10 years ago Pearl Jam’s plan for the 20th anniversary of their first album 1991’s Ten is ambitious Starting with a deluxe reissue of their second and third albums (1993’s Vs 1994’s Vitalogy) the yearlong celebration...
‘Spider-Man’ Musical Gets New Finale
January 20th, 2011
The Spider-Man musical finally has a grand finale After weeks of putting on the show with a temporary ending in place the fully-realized final act of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark made its debut on Broadway last night Photos Random Notes The new version of the ending includes a sequence in...
Digest: Katy Perry Launches ‘California Dreams’ Tour; Will Smith Wants ‘Annie’ Remake With His Daughter and Jay-Z
January 20th, 2011
Katy Perry to Launch California Dreams TourKaty Perry has announced the details of her California Dreams summer tour The singer has scheduled 38 dates thus far beginning with a concert on June 7th in Atlanta The North American leg of the tour will feature the Swedish pop star Robyn and...
Video: Ariel Pink Brings Stoner Glam to ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’
January 20th, 2011
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti made their television debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Though the group's lo-fi approximation of classic AM pop isn't exactly the most mainstream sound it's sort of surprising that it took this long to get them on TV given that they are so...
Slash Refuses to Allow Guns N’ Roses Music on ‘Glee’
January 20th, 2011
Slash has told Entertainment Weekly that he rejected a request from the producers of Glee to use Guns N' Roses music in an episode of the series His reasoning was pretty simple He thinks the hit show is horrible "Glee is worse than Grease and Grease is bad enough" he told...
Winner of Belle and Sebastian Contest is 15-Year-Old Skater
January 20th, 2011
When the Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian began the promotion of their most recent album Write About Love the group invited their fans to enter what could be one of the coolest band contests ever Fans who purchased a copy of the album were asked to write something...