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Day in Pop Report for 01/25/2011


Christina Aguilera To Sing At The Super Bowl
The NFL announced on Monday that Christina Aguilera will sing the National Anthem as part of Super Bowl XLV.

The performance will be part of pregame festivities at Cowboys Stadium in North Texas on Sunday, February 6. The performance will be televised live on FOX prior to kickoff.

"I have been performing the Anthem since I was seven years old and I must say the Super Bowl is a dream come true," Aguilera said. "I am really excited to be part of such an iconic event." more on this story

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Be Part of Bon Jovi's Forthcoming Tour
Bon Jovi prepares to hit the road this February and is offering audiences in each upcoming North American tour a spot in the limelight.

Using the fun and easy suite of tools available from Animoto, fans can quickly transform their photos and/or videos to create a personal video slideshow about their hometown set to Bon Jovi's smash 1986 hit "Livin' On A Prayer."

Throughout the two month tour, hundreds of user-generated Animoto videos will be featured on the tour's giant screens to accompany the band's live performance "Livin' On A Prayer." more on this story

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The Black Eyed Peas Release First 360-Degree View Music Video
The Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has launched BEP360, an iPad, iPhone and iPod touch app that immerses fans in a 360-degree universe of the Peas.

Featuring the world's first 360-degree view music video ("The Time 360"), BEP360 features the song "The Time (Dirty Bit)," the first single from new CD, "The Beginning", now available on Interscope Records.

BEP360 is the first release from will.i.apps, will.i.am's new digital media production entity dedicated to pioneering and producing application-based entertainment experiences. BEP360 is the first in a line of upcoming applications that will converge the worlds of creativity, music and advanced digital technologies. more on this story

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Travie McCoy North American Tour
Travie McCoy has announced his first-ever solo North American headline tour in support of his solo debut "Lazarus."

"Sgt. Schlepper's Who Needs Hearts Club Band Tour" will hit the road beginning March 17th at the Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, and then travel through early April.

Joining McCoy on all dates will be a star-studded multi-artist line-up including Donnis, XV, Bad Rabbits, and on their first full-scale tour schedule, Black Cards, featuring Decaydance co-founder Pete Wentz more on this story

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NOW That's What I Call A Couple More Compilations
EMI, Sony Music and Universal announced that NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 37 will be released on February 8.

NOW That's What I Call The Modern Songbook, a new companion title presenting music's new classics from today's best artists, will be released on the same date.

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 37 features 16 major pop, hip-hop and crossover country hits, plus four up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks more on this story

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Robbie Robertson Releases New Song and Announces Trent Reznor Collaboration
Robbie Robertson has released the first single from his forthcoming album to radio and announced a collaboration with Trent Reznor.

"He Don't Live Here No More," is the lead single from Robertson's album, How To Become Clairvoyant, which will be released on April 5th.

"It was a lifestyle of the time that most of my friends went through. Some came out the other side, and for some, the train ran off the tracks," recalls the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. Employing a gut string guitar on the song's searing solos was just one of the many interesting choices Robertson made during the sessions for How To Become Clairvoyant. more on this story

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Something Big From Mary Mary in March
Columbia Records/Myblock Records have set a March 29th release for Mary Mary's new album Something Big.

Something Big was produced by Warryn Campbell for Myblock Records and written by Mary Mary.

With powerful voices that soar, harmonies that chime and empowering lyrics, the songs on SOMETHING BIG are instantly memorable. From the lively lead single "Walking," to the unforgettable anthem "Never Wave My Flag" and title song "Something Big," Mary Mary is on course to drive their indisputable reputation smack into the mainstream. Billboard Magazine's recent review of "Walking" stated, "The song's synthesizer-accented, percolating rhythms are immediately arresting, and the mix is seamlessly strung together by the engaging vocal interplay...'Walking' is the pair's latest track to leave the listener with a bounce in his or her step." more on this story

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One eskimO TV
One eskimO have announced a pair of TV performances in the coming week.

First, they return for a grand 3rd performance on Ellen's big birthday party show on Wednesday January 26.

They will then play on the Tonight show on Tuesday February 1 with guests Jane Lynch of Glee and actor Tim Olyphant, of the new epic Sci Fi- "I am Number 4". more on this story

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