Day in Pop Report for 04/05/2011
(Billboard) While celebrating his mom's birthday in Berlin on April 2, Justin Bieber brought her onstage to blow out some birthday candles, but as she leaned over the cake, a few strands of her hair caught on fire. more (FMQB) Lady Gaga shot a video in Los Angeles over the weekend for "Judas," the next single from her upcoming album, Born This Way. The clip was co-directed by Gaga and her creative director, Laurieann Gibson. more (Billboard) Only a few days after Beyonce's professional split from her father as her manager, a source at Sony Music Australia has revealed that the singer's forthcoming fourth album has been targeted for a June release. more (Billboard) After shutting down her account in 2009, Miley Cyrus returned to Twitter yesterday (April 3) for two important reasons: her fans, and Charlie Sheen. more (BBC) Pet Shop Boys are to be the main support on Take That's record-breaking summer stadium tour. more (Billboard) Britney Spears plans to release two music videos for her upcoming single "Till the World Ends." more (Hollywood Reporter) Country star Miranda Lambert, winner of four prizes at Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards, is developing a drama series for ABC Family. more (Billboard) With the U.S. release of its official remix album "Waste Management Remixes" last Tuesday (Mar. 29), Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. has found a nice spot to end its decade-long career more (BBC) Will Smith and his son Jaden, 12, are to star in a sci-fi film - their first big screen appearance together since 2006 drama The Pursuit of Happyness. more (FMQB) Mary J. Blige will release My Life II, The Journey Continues on September 20. "From me to you, My Life II.....our journey together continues in this life. It's a gift to be able to relate and identify with my fans at all times. more (Billboard) Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" rises 2-1 on Billboard's Pop Songs chart in its 25th frame, completing the longest journey to the summit in the Nielsen BDS-based radio airplay ranking's 18-year history. more (Billboard) Singer and political outsider Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly is the winner of Haiti's presidential election according to official preliminary results, a senior electoral council official said on Monday. more
According to NME, Snoop announced the collaboration on the late night TV show Lopez Tonight. Snoop Dogg said: "Well probably put something on Twitter in like three or four days. He's a brilliant guy. I'm having so much fun just being around him. I love having relationships with people who aren't the normal, who aren't the usual. We're making some real classic material." more on this story
The "Born This Way � Country Road Version", produced by Lady Gaga and Fernando Garibay, was recently recorded while on tour and features new Lady Gaga vocals and added guitar and harmonica. First released March 24th as a gift to her fans (she has become the first person on Twitter with 9,000,000 followers), overwhelming praise for the recording--marked by over 1,000,000 YouTube views in it's first few days of release--has prompted Lady Gaga to release the track officially. more on this story
The concert took place on Saturday, April 2, after a week of warm-ups at Terminal 5 in New York City. It was LCD Soundsystem's first MSG headlining gig. The show was the hottest ticket in town, especially since said tickets were snapped up within a record 15 seconds of going on sale. Arcade Fire's Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Will Butler joined Murphy and Co. for "North American Scum" during the 29-song set, which included three main sets and two encores. more on this story
Today, "Is Anybody Out There", the up-tempo track created at the session, is released for free download . Maroon 5 entered a London studio at 1PM EST on March 22, 2011 and worked around the clock to create the track using inspiration sent in by fans via the @Coca-Cola Twitter stream. Grab the song here
Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert also marks the solo concert debut of the 10-year-old girl with the extraordinary soprano voice, according to WNET who had this to say about the special: Already familiar to national audiences from her debut appearances on America's Got Talent, Jackie is the youngest star in Great Performances' recent Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends concert for March pledge, performing virtuoso interpretations of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu" and Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro." Foster will co-host the special, and serve as music director. more on this story
The first three reissues in the series are: Booker T. & the MGs: McLemore Avenue (1970) - The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972) -Johnnie Taylor: Taylored in Silk (1973) "Stax is a very important label, not only in the history of soul music, but in the history of music in general," says Nick Phillips, Concord's Vice President of Catalog A&R and co-producer of the series with Chris Clough, Concord's Manager of Catalog Development. "We have a number of amazing recordings by Stax in the catalog. This is an opportunity to revisit some of the best of these classic recordings, upgrade the sound quality, and put them in the proper historical perspective that they deserve." more on this story
A bona fide international star, TOMMY ROE wrote and recorded 6 "Top 10" hits between 1962-69, more than any other solo American artist. To his credits he has 11 US Top 40 hits, 6 Top 10s, 4 Certified Gold singles, and 2 #1 Hits. He is a member of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame, The Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Tommy Roe began writing songs at the age of fourteen, and his first recording effort yielded the international #1 hit..Sheila. In 1963, TOMMY ROE headlined the now famous UK tour, in which a rising band called The Beatles were the opening act more on this story
They join headliners EOTO (featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann of the String Cheese Incident), Big Gigantic, Digital Tape Machine (featuring Joel Cummins and Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee) and Marco Benevento Trio at this year's The Big Up Music & Arts Festival held on July 28, 29 and 30, 2011, at the legendary Sunnyview Farm in Ghent, New York.
We're told Pelley, a veteran journalist and "60 Minutes" correspondent, is the choice of CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager. We're told Fager, who became Chairman in February, took the position on the condition he could decide who takes the desk. We're told Pelley, 53, is the choice for two reasons. First, he's well-liked and respected by his bosses, and second ... there really is no second choice who is appealing to the CBS honchos. more on this story
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