Archive for January 24th, 2011

Digest: Lil Wayne Announces Tour With Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross; Christina Aguilera to Sing at Super Bowl

January 24th, 2011
Lil Wayne Announces Arena TourLil Wayne has announced he'll hit the road this spring as the headliner of a tour that will also feature Nicki Minaj Rick Ross and the duo of Travis Barker and Mixmaster Mike The I Am Music II tour a sequel to his 2008-2009 series of...

Sleigh Bells Rock Out With Beyoncé and Diplo

January 24th, 2011
Noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells may be working on new music with Diplo and Beyoncé In a cryptic blog post on the Mad Decent site introducing his remix of the Sleigh Bells track "Tell 'Em" Diplo mentioned that he was recently in the studio with his partner Switch Sleigh Bells' Derek...

Van Halen Working On New Album With David Lee Roth

January 24th, 2011
Van Halen have entered the studio to record their first album in 27 years with original frontman David Lee Roth Photos Van Halen Reunion Rehearsals Though no official announcement has been made producer John Shanks tweeted about starting the project last week and shared a photograph of Eddie Van Halen's distinctive guitar...

Digest: Amy Winehouse Records Duet With Cee Lo; ‘Glee’ Shatters Elvis Presley’s U.K. Chart Record

January 24th, 2011
Amy Winehouse Records With Cee LoAmy Winehouse has reportedly recorded a duet with Cee Lo Green that may appear on her forthcoming album The two recorded the song when Green visited Winehouse's house in St Lucia [NME] 'Glee' Breaks Elvis Presley's UK Chart RecordThe cast of Glee have shattered a record...

Aaron Carter Checks Into Rehab

January 24th, 2011
Aaron Carter is taking a break — in rehab The singer and Dancing with the Stars alum 23 has entered an undisclosed treatment facility "to heal some emotional and spiritual issues he was dealing with" his manager Johnny Wright says in a statement Carter (whose older broker...

Kanye West Recording Another New Album

January 24th, 2011
Only two months after the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West has announced that he's already at work on another solo record to be released sometime this summer Photos Kanye West's Career Highs — and Lows West confirmed in a series of tweets yesterday that his collaboration with Jay-Z...

Fifty Years Ago Today: Bob Dylan Arrived In New York

January 24th, 2011
While it's next to impossible to confirm the exact date it's widely agreed upon that today is the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's arrival in New York City The 19-year-old folk singer (who had recently dropped out of the University of Minnesota) had spent the past 24 hours driving east...