Day in Pop Report for 12/02/2014
As an added bonus, Love will appear as the opening act for eight dates, listed below. Love has been working on her solo album, which is expected to drop in 2015. For the other dates on the tour, Del Rey will be joined by a special guest who has yet to be announced. The tour will kick off on May 7 in Texas before making stops in Dallas, Los Angeles and Atlanta, GA. Check out the dates here.
According to Billboard, the Oscar-winning actress' "The Hanging Tree," from her film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay--Part I, will likely hit the Top 40 of the Hot 100 this week. The song, performed by film composer James Newton Howard featuring Lawrence on vocals, may sell upwards of 150,000 downloads in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 30. The film dominated the box office over Thanksgiving weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Watch Lawrence's interview with David Letterman, in which they duet with a rather rough version of "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" here.
And while the Warped Tour set may not think of U2 as a punk rock band, they did start out as part of the post-punk scene of the late '70s and early '80s. That era will get the spotlight in an upcoming fan-club-only release of a concert recorded in 1980, the year that they released their debut LP Boy. You have to join the band's fan club to be able to get a copy of the live album, which will be released as two 10-inch vinyl records, in tribute to the band's format of choice in their early days. Read more here.
The concerts will be held across two days on March 6 and March 7 at First Niagara Center at 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. each night. Brooks' Buffalo dates are the latest announcement for his world tour with Yearwood. The tour kicked off this past September in Chicago. Past dates included concerts in Minneapolis, Minn., and Greensboro, N.C. He will be in Little Rock, Ark., and St. Louis, Mo., this month. On Nov. 11, Brooks released his new album Man Against Machine, his first studio album since 2001's Scarecrow. Read more here.
"Regarding the incident at Time Warp in New York this weekend which is being posted and talked about on the web, I would like to apologise here to the girl involved," Hawtin noted in a statement on his Facebook page. "It was not my intention that the speaker fell. Only to nudge the monitors in her direction and for her to understand that perhaps she had filmed enough. I was as surprised as I'm sure she was when it moved the way it did and the top speaker fell off of the stack. For that, I'm extremely sorry and embarrassed about what happened. This was never my intention. "Sometimes being in the middle of the spotlight, continual cameras and glaring iPhone lights, things can get stressful and frustrating. I'm sorry that this frustration took an unexpected turn and took away from anyone's experience of Time Warp. I have tried to reach the girl to apologise personally but have not yet been able to track her down and will continue to try to contact her." Read more here.
The rapper revealed the tracklist for his upcoming album, set to drop Dec. 9, in a tweet Sunday (Nov. 30). From the looks of it, there will be no special guests on the 13-track release. Most tracks range between four and five minutes, but the final track, 'Note To Self"� is over 14 minutes long. The album is named after Cole's childhood home address in Fayetteville, N.C. and the rapper even released a video tour of his hometown in conjunction with the record's announcement. Read more including the tracklisting here.
The song is "Touchin, Lovin" from this years Trigga and (predictably) is set in Trey's bedroom, where viewers get to choose your own adventure with Trey's sexual exploits. 'I have a personal connection with my fans," Trey Songz told Buzzfeed about the video, "and I wanted this interactive video to be a way for them to get a glimpse into my world and my fantasies in a new way."� Spoiler alert: Trey Songz fantasies are exactly what you thought Trey Songz fantasies would be. Watch it here.
Then, over the weekend, an interesting development in this story occurred: it was reported that EDM superstar Skrillex had purchased the album for $5 million dollars. The origins of this report actually came from a fan forum, where Wu-Tang producer Cilvaringz replied to this claim with a one-word "yup" reply. (via Hot New Hip-Hop) Turns out, this story isn't as true as we'd like to believe, as Skrillex has cleared up the reports, saying that RZA only loaned him the album, and that no money exchanged hands. Read more here.
Released the 1993, the song spent a week on the top of the charts and received a music video from Spike Lee himself. There's something deeply fitting about a gang of fuzzy creatures jamming along to the high-caliber rhymes and iconic 'hey'ho'hey'ho!" chorus. Kermit plays the lead role, but several other characters make guest appearances: Fozzie The Bear, in particular, seems to be feeling the groove. Watch it here.
The new awards show is set to be broadcast live on Fox on Monday, December 15th at 8 PM from Nashville's Music City Center and will feature a performance of Reba's hits by Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert. Reba will be presented with the award by radio host Kix Brooks. "Besides being one of the classiest people to ever grace Nashville, Tennessee, Reba has not just done it her way, but she's gotten all of her recognition the old fashioned way," said Brooks. "She's earned it and I've been blessed with the opportunity to tour with her dragging 21 trucks and 19 busses around, and to hear her sing by the campfire. "Besides being a talented actor and host, she is seriously one of the best singers I've ever heard. Reba sings with her head, her heart and that amazing voice. She's a treasure Nashville should forever be grateful for�Congratulations Red!"
Case in point: one Kanye fan took the time to immaculately put together a film for the Yeezus Tour. Consisting of crowd-shot footage, along with a collage of news and paparazzi segments that open the film, the project took a whopping seven months for John Colandra to pull together. He edited all of his footage down to two hours--an especially impressive feat considering how just West's monologues could have been made into a two-plus-hour film. Of course, many of them made it into the film, which is a near-chronological reconstruction of footage from Kanye's tour behind Yeezus. As the description states, the film "[compiles] footage from almost every stop on the Yeezus tour to make one cohesive film. Using professional and gorilla style footage. Read more and watch here.
Two years later, he's one of the world's most successful rappers, and the new face of the legendary fashion line Ferragamo. The brand has produced a documentary called A Man's Story about his adventure so far--and in it, he reflects on his first performance, the moment when he felt like he'd finally made it. 'They wanted me to come by and do three songs,"� he explained in the clip. 'And when I say it was a line around the corner, people couldn't even get in and I just kept thinking to myself--wait, all of these people are here for me? This can't be real. It's my first time, it's my first show."� Rocky then described his tearful reaction afterward. "It turned out crazy," he said. "People were dressed how they saw me dressed in the videos. And when I got in the car on the way home, and I cried--because I was happy. That's when I felt that I made it." Watch video here.
The Wu-Tang member has recruited some of the only living rappers who could claim to be his lyrical peers--AZ, Pharaohe Monche and Kool G Rap--to play colorful characters in the narrative. The story is timeless, like an old radio drama. When Ghostface leaves his childhood neighborhood his girlfriend begins seeing a rival, 'played" by Kool G Rap. Ghostface comes back, fights his enemy and is wounded and then saved by a doctor, Pharaohe Monche. He fights with his old friend AZ, and eventually wins back his girl, played by R&B singer Kandace Springs. Read more and grab the stream link here.
On the very day that she announced a massive 2015 U.S. tour, LDR has also premiered a portion of her next leap into the soundtracking game, with the title track for the new Tim Burton film Big Eyes. The song's opening minute or so gets a lyric video, revealing the song's high as can be sung verse, well Del Rey asks "Is it me, was I wrong to have trusted you," possibly giving some insight into the film, as the chorus equates "big eyes" with "big lies." Read more and check out the preview here.
'Everybody raise a glass with me right now/ To all of those up in the snow," he sings. "From all of us down South/ 'Tis the season for believing and faith and family." Meanwhile, Chesney is shown sitting on the edge of boat with a Santa hat on and later, strumming his guitar on the beach dressed in appropriately red Santa pants. The sound of the water is heard at the track's start while the remainder of the acoustic track features Chesney strumming his guitar solo. 'My family really loves Christmas-and I was in the mood, especially with the time I've been spending in Barbados with my rum, to try and distill how slow and sweet the holidays in the islands are when we can get there,"� Chesney told Home Sweet Country. 'It seems like there are few times of the year when you can really unplug, really just be in the moment with your family and your friends-and celebrate how great life is. Read more and watch the video here.
The new line is called Moonshine Spirit by Brad Paisley and, according to a press release, "blends Boot Barn's western heritage with a modern, country music edge." "Boot Barn and I have created what I think is an authentic and very wearable line of country clothing," Paisley said in a release. 'It's hip, modern, progressive, rugged and country--ready for the stage and ready to go out on the town. It's a great time to launch Moonshine Spirit. It embodies the enthusiasm of my new album, Moonshine in the Trunk."� The line includes both casual and dressier merchandise as well as boots, shirts, jeans, cowboy hats, T-shirts, ball caps, accessories and a leather jacket. Read more here.
The new album, entitled Just Kids, is set to be released On February 24th and Kearney will be launching the Just Kids Tour the following week which will feature support from Parachute and Judah & The Lion The trek is scheduled to kick off on March 5th in Spokane, Wa at the Knitting Factory and will wrap up a month later on April 4th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Check out the tour dates here.
Swift Instagrammed a photo of herself with Angels Lily Aldridge and Candice Swanepoel in London, where the show is happening this Saturday (Dec. 6). Swift's first turn as a performer came last December and she revealed that Aldridge, with whom Swift is pals, had personally called her and asked her to perform. "I think the fact that it came from one of my friends made it seem that much more exciting,"� Swift told CBS in an interview taped backstage at the 2013 show. "I've always loved the idea of the Victoria's Secret show because it's so glamorous and it's so fun and festive. It's such a show. It's such a spectacle. Getting to be here and hang out with these girls and being friends with one of them, I don't think you could ask for anything better." Read more and see the photo here.
About six months ago, I was scheduled via a friend in Los Angeles to perform at an art gallery for a charity benefit. I'm always eager to perform for a positive cause, and I entered what was a new venue for me with an open mind and virtually no expectations. What I encountered at MorYork gallery was a visual labyrinth of artwork the likes of which I'd never seen, and which immediately overwhelmed my senses in the best possible way. Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you watch the video here and learn more about the album right here!
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