Day in Pop Report for 03/09/2011
(Jam!) Justin Bieber has played a prank on his guitarist - by telling fans on Twitter.com the musician had quit after a "horrible" bust-up between the pair. more (Jam!) Pete Wentz has filed legal papers demanding joint custody of his son with estranged wife Ashlee Simpson more (FMQB) After pairing up with Beyonce on the song "Telephone," Lady Gaga says not to expect any musical guests when the album Born This Way drops on May 23. more (Billboard) Selena Gomez stopped by Ryan Seacrest's radio show yesterday to debut new track "Who Says," which will hit iTunes on Monday (Mar. 14). The pop singer alluded to her new relationship with Justin Bieber and the rabid backlash from Beliebers as the reason for the new release more Who know a Ke$ha song could actually be sang without the aid of a computer? Avril Lavigne gives Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" an acoustic twang. Billboard notes that the song takes on a totally different feeling sans Auto-Tune and beats, though the talk-singing seems even more out of place in this version. Check it out here "Charlie Sheen is a rich dick, man," Raekwon -- whose new album, "Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang," is out this week -- recently told Billboard.com's The Juice. more On this day in 1997, Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down and killed as he left a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles. Born Christopher Wallace, the 24-year-old rapper was pronounced dead on arrival at Cedars Sinai Hospital. On this day in 1977, The Jacksons' CBS show aired for the last time on TV, finishing at the bottom of the ratings. On this day in 1996, Take That scored their eighth and last U.K. #1 (until reforming in 2006) with their version of The Bee Gees' "How Deep is Your Love." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Vivid Entertainment head honcho, Steven Hirsch, fired off a letter to Sheen ... asking him to take the helms of an upcoming skin flick titled, "Two and a Half Women." We're told Charlie's lady friend Melanie Rios is tentatively set to star in the movie ... along with Cassandra Cruz and Elizabeth Ann ... two porn stars who have each claimed to have had intimate warlock relations with Charlie in the past. more on this story
Michaela Wallace is a 14-year-old independent artist from Monett, Missouri who writes her own songs, seamlessly switching between piano and guitar, and has created a massive hit "Justin Bieber's Girlfriend." The single, which is the title track from her four-song EP, debuted at number 32 on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts, has received over 1,000,000 hits on the YouTube music video Check it out here
Dangerfield blew the judges away during the first round of the show in Milwaukee ... only to mysteriously disappear from the show just before Hollywood week. But TMZ spoke to Dangerfield ... who told us he's a dedicated student-teacher at a high school in Wisconsin ... and when producers told him the dates he would need to be in Hollywood ... they clashed with certain obligations he had at the school. Dangerfield tells us, "The kids are depending on me." more on this story
Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley and New Artist of the Year Zac Brown Band join Easton Corbin, Sara Evans, the JaneDear girls, Little Big Town, Ashton Shepherd, Josh Turner, and Chris Young as the next group of performers announced for the Nightly Concerts at LP Field during 2011 CMA Music Festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The legendary four-day event will be held Thursday-Sunday, June 9-12, 2011 in Downtown Nashville, and will once again be filmed for an ABC Television special that will air later this summer. more on this story
'Dancing In Ceremony' is the debut album from former Jaguar Club members Will Popadic (vocals/guitar) and Yoi Fujita (bass) and their new band Medals. The album began life as a new Jaguar Club record, threatened to become a dancefloor banger inspired by 90's techno giants, and ended up somewhere uniquely in between. more on this story
The 15-track album was produced by Mitchell Leib, President of Music and Soundtracks for the Walt Disney Studios and Jason Bentley, "Tron: Legacy" Music Supervisor. Tron: Legacy Reconfigured is an eclectic mix of acclaimed DJs, remixers and producers from all points of the globe with their own fresh take on select tracks from the original film score, composed by Daft Punk. Highlights on the album include multi-platinum artist Moby with "The Son of Flynn"; "The Grid" by platinum-selling electronic music duo The Crystal Method (Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland); and "End of Line" by award-winning German electronic music producer and DJ, Boys Noize (Alexander Ridha). Another highlight on the album is "Fall" which features a collaboration between electronic/dream pop act M83 and Jonathan Bates' Big Black Delta. more on this story
Wolf Gang will herald the EP's release with a non-stop line-up of parties and showcase performances at the upcoming South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. The schedule kicks off on Wednesday, March 16th with a set at Big Stereo's annual shindig, slated for 4:15 pm at Barbarella. Later that same night, Wolf Gang will be among the UK-based artists performing at the British Music Embassy's NME/PRS For Music official showcase at Latitude 30. more on this story
Sources connected with Charlie tell us ... Charlie has what they call a "Michael J. Fox" clause in his contract. When Fox was doing "Spin City," his contract provided that he would keep getting paid as long as the show was in production, even if he left the show. Ironically, when Charlie took over for Michael, Michael kept drawing his salary. Sources say when Charlie signed on for "Two and a Half Men" ... the original contract provided an identical clause, so Charlie's people believe Warner Bros. is on the hook if they keep producing the show. Here's the rub. Warner Bros. claims they fired Charlie for cause, nullifying the contract. more on this story
If the single's title rings a bell, it should -- "Old Man" features a first-ever sample of the classic Neil Young song of the same name. Young, who rarely entertains sampling requests, had never before approved the sampling of "Old Man" so it wasn't it a shock when initial requests were quickly denied. As Redlight King lead singer-songwriter Kaz tells it, ""I kept saying, 'What about Neil? When he hears it he's going to feel it. I kept putting it out there, finally it got to him and he said yes." Written by Kaz, "Old Man" is not a cover but rather offers up a reluctant salute to his own father, a larger-than-life figure who taught school by day and raced stock cars at night, while paying homage to rock icon Neil Young's song of the same name. The song carries a deeply personal message with a thoroughly modern and original twist. more on this story
To support the album release, Cheeseburger will bring the party to Austin and perform four live shows at this year's South by Southwest festival from Tuesday, March 15 through Friday, March 18. Fans can catch them on Tuesday at the Panache Pre-SXSW party at the Scoot Inn, Wednesday at the AnSo Day Party at Spider House, Thursday at the Vice Showcase at Club De Ville or Friday at Lyndon James Stockbauer's Day of the Degenerates party at The Longbranch Inn. more on this story
Susan, Jon Dee and Freedy found themselves huddled at last year's SXSW to write a couple of songs reflecting on their early days washing dishes for a living, which all three had done (joining the ranks of such former dish-washing rock legends as Alex Chilton). The band name refers to the commercial dishwasher known to all aspiring songwriters. The three members quickly realized that the Hobart Brothers was a good outlet in which to write songs about things they otherwise would not. From the initial summit came a collection of songs of joy and heartbreak that range from the sublime to the silly. Cowsill's vocals, described by Rolling Stone as "a supple survivor's alto," blend beautifully with the roughhewn quality of Jon's voice and Freedy's sad tenor. more on this story
he world class dancers of SINATRA Dance With Me bring the lyrics of Frank Sinatra's most alluring love songs to life on stage. Conceived, choreographed and directed by dance legend Twyla Tharp, the spectacle blends the electrifying energy of a live, 17-piece big band and the sultry sound of Sinatra's vocals to sweep audiences off their feet. By special arrangement with Frank Sinatra Enterprises and The Sinatra Family, Sinatra Dance With Me features original recorded masters of Frank Sinatra's from the Sinatra catalog and archives along with signature Sinatra arrangements (Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Quincy Jones) and new orchestrations created exclusively for this innovative show. more on this story
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