Day in Pop Report for 04/20/2011
(Billboard) Demi Lovato is leaving "Sonny With a Chance," the Disney Channel TV series that made her a star. In an interview with People magazine, Lovato said she didn't "think going back to 'Sonny' would be healthy for my recovery." more (Jam!) Lady Gaga launched into a furious rant during a recent magazine interview over suggestions she is a "manufactured" pop act. The pop superstar sat down for a chat with Britain's NME magazine and she reacted furiously when asked about her public persona and whether her wigs and costumes are all part of an elaborate act designed by her record label. You can read her profanity filled rantings here (Billboard) Lil Wayne is growing up right before our eyes. For the cover art of his upcoming album, 'Tha Carter IV,' Weezy is rocking his second grade cap and gown and a few more tattoos. more (FMQB) The RIAA has announced its latest round of Gold and Platinum certifications for the month of March, while Taylor Swift set a new record for digital song certifications. Swift has 22.5 million career digital song certifications more (BBC) Michael Jackson's estate reaches a settlement with the Heal the World Foundation over use of the late singer's image and likeness. more (Billboard) The college students who make up the Tufts University Beelzebubs voice the Warblers that back "Glee" series regular and Warblers lead vocalist Darren Criss. As the cast of "Glee" films and records in Los Angeles, the Beelzebubs record their parts in between classes, in a studio about a mile away from their Somerville, Mass. campus. more (BBC) Actors from the cast of US sitcom Happy Days sue CBS Studios for more than $10m (£6.1m) in damages, claiming they have been denied profits from merchandise. more To celebrate the April 26th release of his new studio album "Tha Funk Capital of the World", funk legend Bootsy Collins is making the track "JB � Still The Man" available as a free MP3 download here (BBC) Acting stars Jude Law and Uma Thurman are added to Robert De Niro's jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival. more (BBC) Doctor Who star Elisabeth Sladen, who was also in spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, has died aged 63. Sladen appeared as Doctor Who assistant Sarah Jane Smith in the BBC television sci-fi series between 1973 and 1976. more (AP) The Black Eyed Peas are opening a school where local teenagers will learn video and music production using professional-quality equipment. more (FMQB) The production team Culture Shock has put an ethnic spin on Britney Spears' single "Till the World Ends." The remix is posted on the site DesiHits.com more (Billboard) In her new memoir A Helluva High Note, former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi reveals she was molested as a child. She says the abuse started when she was 11 at the hands of a family friend's son. more (Billboard) Brian Eno will be release his new album, titled "Drums Between the Bells," on Warp Records on July 5. more (AP) Rapper Gucci Mane's lawyer is denying accusations that the musician pushed a woman out of his Hummer as he drove down a suburban Atlanta street in January. more (AP) Actor-director Tim Robbins' mother, musician Mary Robbins, has died, just 12 days after her famous husband. She was 78 more
Thetour in support of his album, Love Letter, which pays homage to soul artists such as Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Donny Hathaway, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. Kelly has tapped Keyshia Cole and Marsha Ambrosius as the opening acts for the tour. more on this story
Kelley told Undercover.fm, "We're a little over halfway done right now and we're excited to get some new music out there. Again, we're just trying to keep our heads down and not over-think this thing. With the success of Need You Now, everyone keeps asking us, 'How are you going to follow that up?' � and I don't know how to answer that. You just go in there and do what you do and hopefully it'll be received well." According to Kelley, the important thing is to make music the band can take pride in. "It'll be hard to match the same success as that," he said. "I think we just try and keep that in perspective and just keep making music that we're proud of and it'll take whatever course it's going to take." more on this story
Inspired by their collaboration on Crazy Heart, Bridges has chosen to record the album with his long-time friend, the multiple-Grammy Award-winning songwriter, musician, and producer T-Bone Burnett, who is known for his work with Allison Krauss and Robert Plant, Elton John and Leon Russell, and the Grammy-winning soundtracks to O Brother, Where Are Thou? and Walk the Line. Bridges and Burnett met more than 30 years ago when Kris Kristofferson introduced them during the filming of the 1980 motion picture Heaven's Gate. The relationship has continued over the years as Burnett selected the songs that appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, starring Bridges, as well as co-writing several songs for the soundtrack to Crazy Heart, including "The Weary Kind," which earned Burnett his second Oscar nomination and first win (along with songwriter Ryan Bingham) for "Best Original Song." more on this story
Sources intimately familiar with production tell TMZ, Florence was chosen because "it's young, walkable, fashionable, and beautiful in springtime" ... and, BTW, riddled with alcohol-guzzling clubgoers. But we're told the cast ain't doing the city like your average tourists -- according to sources, they won't be living at a normal house ... or a normal hotel ... but our sources are mum on exactly where they will be staying. more on this story
The album's deluxe edition includes a DVD featuring six performances with interviews. The video for "Goodnight Old World," has already made the Top 5 at CMT. Hard Bargain features 11 original Harris songs. Harris wrote "Darlin' Kate" in tribute to her friend, the late singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. She also remembers her relationship with country rock legend Gram Parsons in "The Road" saying: "I really just told that story the way I see it in my mind, the brief time we had and how I couldn't imagine that Gram wouldn't be around forever. Life goes on and unfolds before you, but those people and those events that change you forever are always with you. It was an important event that determined the trajectory of my life and, more than anything, of my work." more on this story
Other auction items include vintage L.A.M.B. clothing straight from Gwen's own closet and limited edition Harajuku Lovers t-shirts, signed and numbered by Gwen. Following a very successful first week, the final stage of the auction benefiting Save the Children's Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund ends on Monday, April 25. more on this story
TMZ broke the story ... the judge denied Charlie's request to strip Brooke of custody and award him full legal and physical custody of twins Bob and Max. Judge Goldberg kept the status quo, ruling the custody agreement Charlie and Brooke struck last month will remain in effect. Judge Goldberg also felt Charlie's parenting skills -- or lack thereof -- did not warrant a change. And, we're told, Brooke's lawyers raised issues of prior domestic violence on Charlie's part, though there were no fresh allegations. more on this story
The release includes Greyson's first single "Waiting Outside the Lines," studio versions of his covers of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" and Augustana's "Fire," plus a brand new remix of "Waiting Outside the Lines" featuring fellow teen pop sensation Charice! iTunes has selected Greyson's "Waiting Outside the Lines" as the FREE video of the week! Grab it here
This year's event takes place September 16 � 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years. The Festival features 500 artists, 90 performances, 8 stages and more than 30 hours of live music over 2 days and 3 nights, accompanied by an array of international cuisine, shopping, arts exhibits, educational events, seminars and conversations with iconic and emerging jazz artists. more on this story
Pacific Festival: OC will showcase over 30 of independent music's most talented live acts and DJs from around the world across four premium soundstages at an incredible, picturesque lakeside venue within the heart of Orange County. Pacific Festival: OC is pleased to announce the first round of performers which include: Cut Copy, Steve Aoki, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Phantogram, Toro Y Moi, Classixx, Afroman, Zoot Woman, The Twelves, Fred Falke, The Growlers, Hanni El Khatib, Superhumanoids, American Royalty, Justin Miller, The C90s and Kedd Cook (more artists to be announced each week). "The festival has a good mix of genres, not covering just dance music or just indie rock like so many new festivals," states Golden Bloggen about last year's launch.
TMZ has obtained documents filed by Paul Michael Glaser -- in which the actor begs a judge to slap a restraining order against the woman who used to run his official website. In the docs, filed last week in L.A. County Superior Court, 68-year-old Paul claims the woman is so obsessed with him -- she followed him to England three years ago to watch him perform in a play ... a play she attended 23 TIMES! Paul also claims she's fired off more than 500 emails to him over the past two years in which she exhibits "both a rational and very irrational side." more on this story
Featuring music performed by Victoria and the series' ensemble cast, the album will include the singles "Beggin' On Your Knees" and "Freak the Freak Out," along with the show's theme song "Make It Shine." The combined sales of these tracks have accounted for well over 800,000 digital downloads to-date. Victorious will also feature music by Elizabeth Gillies, Ariana Grande and Leon Thomas, plus all-new songs that have never appeared on the show. more on this story
Available now and featuring remixes of hits from electronic music phenomenon Deadmau5, massive dance party favorite Benny Benassi and international club sensation Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP, the Ultra Mix Pack will get feet moving, have fans up out of their seats and keep the music going until the break of dawn. Ultra Mix Pack (available now) features: � "House Music" by Benny Benassi (Remix by FSG) ** � "Sofi Needs a Ladder" by Deadmau5 (Remix by FSG) ** "'We No Speak Americano" by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP (Remix by FSG) more on this story
The 2011 festival appearances are in advance of their new two-disc CD/DVD PFC 2: Songs Around The World out on Hear Music / Concord Music Group and available at all Starbucks retail locations nationwide on May 31.
A rep for the Italian interest group -- called UNICO National -- took no mercy on the new show ... telling TMZ, "Mob Wives" is "trash TV like 'Jersey Shore.' I hope it dies because no one watches it." The rep adds, "We were mobsters and mafiosos with 'The Sopranos,' bimbos and buffoons with 'Jersey Shore,' and now we're back where we started. It's a disgrace." more on this story
The 2011 MTV EMAs will broadcast live from Belfast's renowned Odyssey Arena to more than half a billion households around the world. In addition MTV will host a series of events in Belfast during the week leading up to 6th November more on this story
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