Michael Jackson's Band To Reunite For TV Tribute Tonight

On "Lopez Tonight" on Wednesday, November 11, the band will reunite for the very first time since the Michael Jackson Memorial service that was seen worldwide. The band members include: musical director and keyboardist Michael Bearden, lead vocalist Judith Hill, background vocalist Ken Stacey, Alex Al on bass, Tommy Organ on the guitar, percussionist Bashiri Johnson, Jonathan Moffett on the drums and Mo Pleasure also on keys. - more on this story

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The Disney Channel has ordered a second season of The Jonas Brothers comedy series "Jonas," but only after parting ways with the executive producers who launched the series. more

While Lady Gaga's repackaged album The Fame Monster comes out on November 23, fans who already own the CD won't have to buy it again in order to get the eight new songs. more details

A "Thriller"-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by Andy Warhol has sold for $812,500 to an anonymous collector. more

Michael Jackson's father does not stand to inherit any of his son's assets and cannot challenge the appointment of the executors chosen by the singer to handle his will, a judge said Tuesday. more

A California judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday barring Jennifer Lopez's first husband and his manager from distributing 11 hours of home video footage the singer-actress claims includes sexual situations. more

Rapper Lil' Boosie was sentenced to four years in prison for violating his house arrest drug and gun conviction. But his ankle monitor indicated that on more than one occasion that he violated the terms of his release. more

Chipmunk has cancelled all of his upcoming appearances due to 'exhaustion' says his record label. more

A documentary which rapper Lil Wayne tried to block being distributed will now be officially released. The film, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in January prompted questions about Lil Wayne's consumption of cough syrup. more -

Hot Chip Announce One Life Stand

Hot Chip are back with the stunning fourth studio album One Life Stand to be released on February 9, 2010 on Astralwerks.

One Life Stand is a full-blooded leap into the unknown, an album that is awash with Hot Chip's trademark creative bravery and a searing emotional intensity from first track to last.

Indeed, One Life Stand is by far Hot Chip's most complete body of work to date, an album that is more cohesive and more soulful than 2007's ambidextrous Made In The Dark and more ambitious than 2005's Mercury nominated and GRAMMY award winning The Warning. One Life Stand is an album that establishes Hot Chip as one of the most relevant and creative bands of our era. - more on this story

LMFAO Do Shots With Lil Jon

Get ready for another fun, wild and sexy video from LMFAO! The party poppin' duo shot a video for new single "Shots" at Tao Beach at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas with sunshine, bikinis and tequila!

Lil Jon, who is featured on the track, was along for the ride and the result is one wild viewing experience. Yahoo Music will debut the video on November 11th.

LMFAO recently kicked off their national headlining tour. The Party Rock Tour is not just a show; it's a completely new concert experience! LMFAO are creating a non-stop party of continuous music open to all ages. Shwayze, Far East Movement, Paradiso Girls and Lady Gaga's DJ Space Cowboy are along for the ride to keep the party hoppin'. - Watch the video here

Robbie Williams' Reality Killed The Video Star Released

Robbie Williams releases his new album Reality Killed The Video Star digitally on Astralwerks today. The CD version will be released on November 17 and will be enhanced to allow the user access to exclusive bonus content when the disc is inserted into a computer.

The single "Bodies" was released digitally on October 13 and is available in 2 special mixes – the Body Double Remix (Trevor Horn), and the Fred Falke Full Length Remix. "Bodies" is his biggest selling single in almost a decade and entered the UK charts at #2 and in the top 3 across Europe.

The album was produced by Trevor Horn (Paul McCartney, Seal, Pet Shop Boys, Cher) and features twelve brand new tracks (plus one reprise). - more on this story

Enya Gets Comp'd

Enya will release The Very Best Of on Warner Bros. Records on December 1st in the U.S. The album will be released internationally, minus the bonus track "Oiche Chiuin (Chorale)," on November 23rd.

Capturing Enya's beguiling mix of classical choral sounds, Celtic atmosphere, and pop sensibility, The Very Best Of brings together, for the first time, all the highlights of her entire 22-year solo career, from "Boadicea" (off her 1987 self-titled debut) to her international breakthrough hit "Orinoco Flow" (from 1988's Watermark) to the sad serenity of "Only Time," which was adopted as a comforting anthem of hope after 9/11. Along the way, the album visits a remarkable collection of enduring favorites, such as "Anywhere Is," "Caribbean Blue," "Book of Days" and "Amarantine." It also provides something new in the shape of a stripped-down, previously unreleased version of "Aniron" which was featured in Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings.

The Very Best Of Enya will also be available in a special CD/DVD edition beginning December 1st. This package is the most comprehensive Enya DVD to date, collecting all thirteen of her music videos and making them available commercially for the first time ever in the U.S. In addition, the DVD features an interview, behind-the-scenes footage, and two "making of" mini-documentaries about the creation of the "Caribbean Blue" and "Only Time" videos. - more on this story

Joe Firstman Sets Album Release

Joe Firstman's new album "El Porto" will be in stores January 26, 2010. Here is a little background: Joe Firstman bought an $18 cross-country Greyhound ticket from his home in North Carolina to Los Angeles, arriving with a beat-up guitar and head full of songs. He quickly found the big stage. It all happened quickly: first came the big Hollywood gigs, then the industry buzz, then the big deal with Atlantic Records and national tours with big rock stars like Sheryl Crow, Jewel, and Willie Nelson. There was ego and excess and beautiful ladies and music, music, music. Firstman wrote it all down and sang his songs like his life depended on it.

"In the songs of Joe Firstman, sensitive young men prowl the hills of Los Angeles, searching for fame and beauty, only to find self-destructive behavior and egos gone wild..." wrote Jim Farber in the New York Daily News. "While Hollywood's peaks and pitfalls have been prominently charted by songwriters from Don Henley, Stevie Nicks and Jackson Browne to Warren Zevon, Firstman aims to reinvent the milieu for his own generation."

When the world stopped spinning, he'd landed a regular gig as the bandleader on the "Last Call with Carson Daly" show. For four years, this was his university - playing and writing songs in whatever style the show's musical guests played and learning how to engage a studio audience, day in and day out. That gig ended in early 2009. - more on this story

Adelitas Way SmackDown

THQ Inc. announced it will partner with EMI / Capitol Music Group recording artist Adelitas Way to offer consumers a unique opportunity to connect with the band using WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010, the latest addition to the popular fighting videogame franchise.

On Tuesday, November 10 at 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT, Adelitas Way band members will log in to the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to compete against fans using the Gamertag "ADELITAS WAY." The consumer gameplay session is expected to last for approximately two hours.

"Licensed music contributions are an integral part of the overall gameplay experience for the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise," said Victor Rodriguez, music director, THQ. "The ability to include a prominent rising artist such as Adelitas Way, which has an impactful relationship with the WWE, further extends our ability to deliver the most authentic and entertaining simulation of WWE programming year after year." - more on this story

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