Day in Pop Report for 02/10/2011
(Billboard) Lady Gaga's single "Born This Way" hasn't even been released yet, and already people -- including Justin Bieber, Ellen Degeneres and James Blunt -- are trying to discern what the song will sound like. more Speaking of Lady Gaga, CBS sent over a link to another clip from the upcoming "60 Minutes" in-depth profile of Lady Gaga this Sunday night at 7 p.m. ET/PT, right before the Grammy Awards. The pop star tells Anderson Cooper she prefers Gaga, except in one place, can you guess? Watch the clip here (Jam!) Aretha Franklin will return to the stage in May for a still-to-be announced tribute show. more. Could be the Grammy's who announced an all-star tribute on Thursday. (FMQB) Britney Spears has pushed back the release date of her new album, Femme Fatale, to March 29. The delay could be due to the fact that Spears is still working on more material for the album. On Tuesday she tweeted, "In the studio with will.i.am... you guys are gonna love this one." more (Billboard) Last Friday (Feb. 4), Britney Spears debuted the first of 14 daily YouTube teasers leading up the Feb. 17 premiere of her highly-anticipated "Hold It Against Me" music video. Now the pop star has made good on her promise, delivering five more brief teasers -- six total. Watch them all here (Jam!) Miley Cyrus has laughed off reports she's fallen for her new leading man Josh Bowman, insisting her So Undercover co-star is just a "really good friend". more Cyrus has also broken her silence about the bong scandal that threatened to derail her career last year. more (Jam!) Advil Sales in the Latrine... Avril Lavigne has dismissed gossip she's upset about the performance of her comeback track What the Hell, insisting she's "happy" with the song's sales more Adam Lambert will make an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" airing today, February 10th and chats about this season of "American Idol." (FMQB) Fantasia Barrino is slated to portray Mahalia Jackson in a film adaptation of the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, which recounts the life of the late Gospel singer more (Billboard) Keri Hilson and the Roots are scheduled to perform along with DJ Wayne and members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the 2011 Grammy Celebration more
Interscope announced that it will be released worldwide to radio at 6:00 a.m. EST on Friday, February 11th. It will then be available for purchase online at 9:00 a.m. EST the same day. Gaga shared the news with fans via a tweet on Monday morning, "Can't wait any longer, single coming Friday," and her label confirmed it on Wednesday.
"We're creating an incredible ride with this tour. I'm excited to get out on the road and share my new music from this album," said Rihanna. "We are going to have an amazing time and I know my fans are ready to get LOUD!" Rihanna's extraordinary new show will feature all new production, costumes and stage design creating a visual and audio event with the once in a lifetime excitement her fans around the world have come to expect from one of the brightest stars in music today. more on this story
Kids around the world have one really big thing in common when they're searching for entertainment on the Internet, and that's music. Norton Online Family Kids' Top Entertainment Searches, based on more than 20 million anonymous search-engine queries from kids in 20 countries (1), found that the majority of entertainment searches kids conducted online (more than 75 percent) were for songs or musicians. more on this story
"Despite rumours to the contrary, Gorillaz are alive and well and misbehaving in London W10," said the statement. The rumors stemmed from a People magazine article, in which a source claimed that founders Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn had been fighting. more on this story
Shot in Indianapolis, Indiana at Clowes Hall on August 31st, 2010 and directed by Doug Spangenberg, the CD/DVD features 12 tracks plus a bonus cut and includes some of Lambert's most beloved performances such as "Ring of Fire", "If I Had You" and the Grammy nominated "Whataya Want >From Me"
As a "valentine" and "get-well card" to Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and Grammy Legend Award recipient Aretha Franklin, four-time Grammy winner Yolanda Adams, four-time Grammy winner and Latin Grammy winner Christina Aguilera, Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, country superstar Martina McBride, and current nominee Florence Welch will join together on the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in celebration of the 18-time Grammy winner and current nominee's music and ongoing legacy. The special segment will feature individual and collective performances of some of the Queen of Soul's classic hits and will add to the stellar lineup for Music's Biggest Night. more on this story
From Austin, he'll head to Los Angeles March 23 to begin a month of headlining shows in the U.S. and Canada. See below for full dates. Finn has spent much of the past year working on the follow-up to his debut 'I'll Be Lightning,' which will be released this spring on Yep Roc. more on this story
The tour will criss-cross the country over a two-month period and will include MacDougall's debut appearance at the SxSW Festival in Austin in March. MacDougall is releasing an 11-song self-produced CD called If Walls Could Talk to coincide with the tour. The CD includes the standout tracks "The Star Hotel" and "Joanna," among others. more on this story
Internationally renowned DJ/producer/remixer KASKADE has taken the world of electronic music by storm. The proof came in 2010 when "Dynasty," Kaskade's sixth album, climbed to #5 on the iTunes Charts for all genres. "Dynasty" is the follow-up release to the massively successful "Strobelite Seduction," which garnered four global hit singles and was #1 on iTunes Dance for six weeks. With consistent and high music chart placement (topping Billboard Hot Dance Airplay, iTunes Dance, BBC Radio, and "most played record" on Sirius Dance Radio in 2009) and various TV and film licensing placements ("Sex and the City" movie and soundtrack, "Devil Wears Prada," and "Date Night" with Steve Carrell and Tina Fey), Kaskade's sound still holds authentic to the underground, generating some of the biggest club anthems of the year. more on this story
A very dynamic track with vocoder mostly done in the night when everything was quiet. There's not much lyrics in the track but the important thing here is the atmosphere that the vocoder makes together with the music. I have composed this track in Propellerhead Reason 4 and with a few hardware synthesizers from Korg and Novation. I wanted both a groovy atmosphere but also a very dark mood and to be honest I am quite satisfied. Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
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