Day in Pop Report for 01/26/2011
(Jam!) New Kids on the Block star Jonathan Knight has been inadvertently 'outed' as gay by 1980s pop star Tiffany. In a TV interview, she blurted out the news that Knight was gay; confessing she briefly dated the singer and may have been the one responsible for "turning him". more (Jam!) Robbie Williams is set to follow in the footsteps of Abba, Queen and the Spice Girls - he's reportedly agreed for his hits to be transformed into a West End musical. more (Billboard) Ke$ha has been slapped with a $14 million lawsuit from her ex-managing team. DAS Communications claims that the star signed an agreement turning over 20 percent of her future income to DAS. more (FMQB) Lil Wayne has announced his first tour since the rapper was released from jail late last year. Weezy will hit the road with Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Beastie Boys DJ Mix Master Mike for the "I Am Music II" tour more (Jam!) A profile on a gay dating site purportedly belonging to George Michael has been branded a fake by the singer's representative. more (Billboard) 50 Cent recently revealed an update on "Black Magic," which he revealed will be released this summer. "I think I'm 80% done with it," he recently said. more (BBC) German film producer Bernd Eichinger, who worked on films including Downfall and The Neverending Story, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 61. more (MTV) MTV announced that not only had "Jersey Shore" been renewed for a fourth season, but that, in the upcoming season, the cast would be taking their show on the road ... all the way to Italy. more (Billboard) Jon Bon Jovi has been added to the cast of Garry Marshall's new film "New Year's Eve," playing "a successful rock star who once dumped [Halle] Berry's character for a caterer but now finds himself face to face with [her] again at a party." more (FMQB) Producer/DJ Diplo wrote in his blog that he has been working with Beyonc� on a possible track for her new album. On Monday, Diplo revealed that he, Beyonc�, and Derek Miller of the indie duo Sleigh Bells recently recorded music together in New York more (Hecklerspray) Paltry, beetle-faced pop s***e Justin Bieber has released more details about the tracks to feature in his undoubtedly terrible 3D film "Girls, Look At My Crotch" or "I'm A Real Boy, Honest" Alas, full naming details are still to be released or we just can't be bothered to remember them. more
The "Get $leazy" tour kicks off in Portland on February 15th and wraps in Los Angeles on May 6th. She is touring in support of the release of Cannibal (RCA Records / Kemosabe Entertainment), the companion to her debut album Animal which was released on November 22nd. more on this story
Bruno is also topping the iTunes charts with both album and single and he is No. 1 in the Official Airplay Chart.
Recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC, and produced by Scott and Seth Avett, the album is arguably G. Love's most sincere and candid work to date. G. Love will preview songs from Fixin' To Die with a live Creative Allies concert webcast on February 2nd at 5pm PST. The intimate solo performance will be broadcast from the campus of Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA. more on this story
The 14-track album features nine new and classic songs by one of pop music's all-time greatest songwriting teams, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and performed by Sir Elton himself. Among the key tracks are two new songs, "Hello Hello" and "Love Builds a Garden," as well as a sensational remake of Elton's #1 hit from 1973, "Crocodile Rock," sung as a duet with Nellie Furtado. more on this story
Collins is one of the originators of the high-energy sound known as Power Pop and co-founder of The Nerves, The Breakaways And THE BEAT. King Of Power Pop! (on Alive Records) is Paul's latest studio album and it's a complete return to his roots - to power pop, the sound he helped create and popularize, a sound that has seen a resurgence in recent years, a sound that is here to stay! more on this story
It has seen top 10 iTunes chart success as #4 in the UK, #3 in Ireland, 8 in Austria and #6 in Switzerland. 'Hello Good Morning,' the single released last year, is also now certified platinum with over 1 million sold. more on this story
The Festivals will now be produced under the umbrella of Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., a newly-formed 501(c)(3) organization. They will still be produced by George Wein and his veteran staff. Under Newport Festivals Foundation, each festival will continue the tradition of featuring established and emerging performers. The Jazz Festival will present musicians who follow the traditions of New Orleans, swing, bebop and modal as the heart of jazz music. In addition, the Foundation will honor the evolving cultural expression and freedom of creativity necessary to the growth and continuing vitality of the music. more on this story
Available through iTunes, Amazon, Zune and other major digital media retailers, the Zombies soundtrack features for the first time in their entirety, 17 original tracks composed by Treyarch for the game Call of Duty Zombies game mode. The Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies soundtrack, part of a digital distribution agreement between Activision and Fontana, the award-winning independent sales, marketing and distribution division of Universal Music Group, is available online for a retail price of $11.99 for the entire soundtrack or $.99 per track. more on this story
Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009) and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition (2008), Chen has received rave reviews from critics, and high praise from distinguished musicians around the globe for the fresh insight he brings to his performances and a musical authority far beyond his age. Maxim Vengerov, impressed by Chen's charisma, stunning technique and natural ability to communicate, has described him as "a very pure musician with great qualities such as beautiful, youthful tone, vitality and lightness". more on this story
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