If you either missed out on tickets to her sold out show in New York City December 1 or any recent performances you're in luck. Alicia Keys has teamed up with YouTube to offer an exclusive streaming event next month.According to organizers, Keys' sold-out intimate concert, in conjunction with World Aids Day, will be streamed December 1 at 8pm EST on the popular video based website.Expected to perform songs from her forthcoming album "The Element of Freedom," proceeds from the show will be don... Read Full Story
Jordin Sparks will kick off the holiday season by attending and performing at the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.Set to take place December 3, Sparks will accompany previously announced performers including Common, Sheryl Crow, Ray LaMontagne, and Joshua Redman.According to the National Park Foundation, viewers from across the nation will be able to tune in and catch the lighting and concert December 3 at 5:00pm EST/2:00pm PST (at www.thenationaltree.org). The event will als... Read Full Story
Hard Rock International has teamed up with a number of artists for its global Imagine There’s No Hunger campaign to benefit WHY (World Hunger Year), a non-profit organisation that strives to fight against hunger and poverty.The campaign comes to London next week when the capital’s Hard Rock Cafe hosts a benefit concert headlined by Joss Stone on December 1.“I’m really happy and excited to be able to be an Artist Ambassador once again for Hard Rock’s Imagine There’s No Hunger campaign and to l... Read Full Story
Corinne Bailey Rae has performed her first full concert since the sudden death of her husband, saxophonist Jason Rae, from an accidental drug overdose in March 2008.Monday night's concert at the Tabernacle, West London, attended by about 500 people, saw her debut songs from her second album, "The Sea."According to Billboard, "much of the new material is a departure from the breezy pop soul of her self-titled debut record, which hit No. 1 in the United Kingdom in 2006 and peaked at No. 4 on th... Read Full Story
Google has purchased online ads in an effort to explain why the most popular Google Image search result for Michelle Obama is a racist picture in which her face is depicted as a monkey.The Google ad, titled "Offensive Search Results," appears directly over the offensive pictures of Mrs. Obama. The advertisement reads, "Sometimes our search results can be offensive. We agree."It then continues with a longer explanation of why certain search results appear, and why they may be highly ranked."So... Read Full Story
OPRAH WINFREY showed off her celebrity pulling power again during her U.S. TV show on Tuesday (24Nov09) when she introduced ALICIA KEYS, JENNIFER HUDSON, ANDREA BOCELLI, MARY J. BLIGE, SUGARLAND and TIM MCGRAW to her stage for a tribute to the heroes of the U.S. Airways Flight 1549 miracle.Winfrey saluted hero pilot Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III and the first responders who saved the lives of passengers after the flight was forced to crash land in the Hudson River, offshore from Ma... Read Full Story
The R&B group SEAN COMBS handpicked on his TV show MAKING THE BAND 4 has left the hip-hop mogul's record label.Day26 was established on the programme in 2007 but, two years later, the five-piece is desperate to ditch their reality TV roots and establish themselves as artists in their own right - and they've quit Combs' Bad Boy Records to find their own footing.Willie Taylor of Day26 tells The BoomBox, "Bad Boy is always our family, but we're with Atlantic (Records) right now."We really wa... Read Full Story
RIHANNA was forced to change the title of her new album following an outcry from retail bosses - because the record's title was too racy.The R&B singer wanted to embrace her new, edgy image by calling the CD Such a F**king Lady - but the controversial title didn't go down well with some of America's top stores.Rihanna was forced to rethink her plans and renamed the album Rated R after retail bosses refused to stock a record with such an explicit name.She says in an interview on U.S. TV sh... Read Full Story
American Idol winner Fantasia has announced that she will release her new single in January, followed by her third album in March.The single release is believed to be coinciding with Fanty’s new VH1 reality show, which will document her struggles as a single mother and recording artist.I loved Fantastia’s sophomore album (Hood Boy is my anthem) so I’m pretty pumped for this. I hope she throws in a little gospel flavour!Expect production from Raphael Saadiq, Midi Mafia, Missy Elliott, Rock Cit... Read Full Story
Esteemed auction house Phillips de Pury auctioned off 231 lots of music-related memorabilia in London on Saturday (Nov. 21). Among the strange and random artwork, fashion and photography was a rhinestone painting of Donna Summer by Mickalene Thomas, a Technicolor couture dress worn by Bjork on her 2009 tour, a self-portrait painted in blood by troubled musician Pete Doherty and, most importantly, a diamond-encrusted eye patch worn by legendary rapper Slick Rick.The multicolor camouflage eye p... Read Full Story
