Day in Pop Report for 03/06/2015
The small, yellow plane crashed about 2:24 p.m. at Penmar Golf Course, 1233 Rose Ave., not far from the Santa Monica airport, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott. CBS San Francisco reports that Ford's publicist released the following statement: 'Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which stalled upon takeoff. He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely. "He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery." Read more here.
The pop star first posted a 15-second video of the new song on Instagram which includes the lyrics, "This whiskey got me feeling pretty/ So pardon me if I'm impolite/ I just really need you're a** with me," she sings according to ABC News Radio. "Just come over, let's pour a drink, babe/ I hope I'm not calling you too late." She then posted another clip of the song and broke the news that she's working with Harrell and Tovar. She posted, "5 am drunk off da whiskey with these two rockstars @officialkukharrell @djanser !!! These guys always hold me down even at the craziest hours! We've made every album since #GoodGirlGoneBad together! The family!!! One Love #R8." Check out the posts and the preview videos here.
The two-hour concert film will be available across all EPIX platforms for current subscribers (on air, online, on demands and on the EPIX app) and to non-subscribers online, on the EPIX app and on air via providers carrying the free preview weekend promotion (which will run on March 26-29). The premiere will also be available as a free live stream on the official EPIX and Katy Perry Facebook pages. Kay had the following to say about the premiere, "After over 100 shows and counting on The Prismatic World Tour, I'm thrilled to now be partnering with EPIX to share this incredible show with everyone at home in the U.S. If you thought the 12 1/2 minutes at the Super Bowl were a feast for the eyes, imagine what you'll get in this 2-hour show!"
The organizers have announced that the event will feature Dierks Bentley, Clint Black, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Ronnie Milsap, Darius Rucker, Dwight Yoakam, Alabama, Eli Young Band, Florida Georgia Line. There are still more artists to be announced for the festival that will be taking place at Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX on April 17th and 18th. The performances will be filmed for a two-hour television special entitled ACM Presents: Superstar Duets that will air on CBS television on May 15th. Academy of Country Music CEO Bob Romeo had the following to say about the event, "For the Academy's milestone anniversary, we wanted more fans than ever to join us in our party and we thought it was a perfect fit to combine the ACM Party for A Cause Festival and our annual CBS special into one historic event. "Fans and viewers can expect a night of surprises from an all-star lineup of performers who have graced our ACM Awards stage throughout the past 50 years."
The Chris Cornell collaboration is entitled "Heavy Is the Head" and will be premiered today (Friday, March 6th) on iHeartRadio's Mainstream and Active Rock station. In addition to the collaboration with Cornell, the new album also includes a track entitled "Mango Tree" that features pop star Sara Bareilles and a song called "Dress Blues", which was written by Jason Isbell as a tribute to members of the military who have been killed in the line of duty. The band will be kicking off a North American tour in support of the album on May 1st in Nashville, TN at the Bridgestone Arena. The trek will conclude on September 19th in Del Mar, CA with an appearance at the Kaaboo Music & Arts Festival. Fans can also catch the band on television this weekend when they are the musical guests on Saturday Night Live. Check out the tour dates and the album tracklisting here.
The album will feature 14-tracks that include guest appearances from J. Cole, SZA and Usher, as well as a bonus track called "The Body" that features Jeremih. "The Album About Nothing," will also include samples of Janet Jackson's "Go Deep" on the track "The Girls on Drugs," and a comedic skit from Jerry Seinfeld, according to ABC. Wale revealed the cover art on Instagram where he also wrote, "I appreciate you guys for rockin wit me. I have. Zero personal life I have no kids no nothing . Just my thoughts and ideas." See the tracklisting.
The tour will be kicking off On July 15th in Concord, CA the Concord Pavilion and will be concluding on September 6th in Atlantic City, NJ at the Borgata Events Center. Earth, Wind & Fire frontman Philip Bailey had this to say about the tour, "This is a real treat for fans of both groups to experience again the power-packed collaboration of Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago�We are looking forward to it ourselves -- it has always been one of our favorite tours." Chicago's Lee Loughnane adds, "One of the most exciting things about the show is when both bands perform at the end of the concert. Having these 21 very talented musicians playing our greatest hits together puts the excitement level at a fever pitch! From the Heart of Chicago and the Soul of Earth, Wind & Fire, it is an unforgettable experience." See the tour dates here.
'We're being really crazy about the different collaborations that we're diving into," Kimberly Perry said. 'We got to hang out with Pharrell a couple weeks ago. He's like a huge country music fan, and he also really loves what we do with harmony. One thing that we worked on with him was this song where all three of us sing different interwoven vocals on the verse and on the chorus." Radio.com spoke with The Band Perry last year and while they were tight-lipped on the new material, they did give us some clues as to what to expect. "As opposed to Pioneer, which is all about being the underdog and rising above circumstance, this album has a lot more of a fun atmosphere around it," Reid Perry said. "When it even comes to the songs that we're choosing to start working on, it's all about, 'How does it make us feel?' If it makes us feel good and if has a fun vibe about it, that is the path that we are walking down.' Read more here.
For Thicke it was $5.66 million, while Pharrell Williams took home $5.15 million and T.I. pocketed $704,774, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But what about how much it takes to make a hit single? That answer is $6.9 million in the case of "Blurred Lines," which a Universal Music Group executive revealed during the trial. If that figure seems astounding, which it should, you might be surprised to see how quickly $6.9 million adds up when you look at the individual costs of "Blurred Lines" via Forbes, which talked to a handful of industry executives that pieced together an itemized bill. The biggest fees for the single would have been marketing and promotion, which includes Thicke's travel expenses to talk up his song around the world. His travels abroad, including a performance at MTV's Europe Music Awards could have cost $2.5 million. Plus his total awards show performances, radio-sponsored concerts, and other promo events could be over $2.5 million. Read more here.
She's wearing what seems to be a flight suit: is she a lost pilot marooned on an alien world? We don't get any clear narrative, but whatever is going on, her dramatic glances intimate some pretty serious emotional turmoil. 'It was pretty DIY," said Tinashe of the video shoot in an interview with W Magazine. 'It wasn't a big production or anything." Tinashe financed the video herself: 'I don't like to sit around waiting for people to do things for me. So when I know my label's not going to produce music videos, I'll either make them myself or I'll find people that I think are cool and reach out to them directly. I'm like, 'F�k it. I'll just do it.'" The shoot pushed her to her limits: 'You have to fix your own hair, there's no catering, and there's no bathroom, but the challenges became benefits in this case, because they made the video a whole lot grungier. I was incredibly dirty, really dragging myself through the dirt. And it wasn't like I could shower before I had to drive home." Watch the video here.
Murphy promised a season five clue that was "arcane" but "very purposeful." Turns out, the clue was the recurring top hat. Entertainment Weekly reports that it was meant as an Easter egg, pointing viewers to the 1935 film Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which is set in a hotel-Hotel is the subtitle of season five of AHS. And the Lady Gaga connection? Astaire and Rogers duet on a song written specifically for the film called "Cheek to Cheek," which is also the title of Gaga's duets album with Tony Bennett. Read more here.
The two, however, are separate projects. As Twain explains, she won't be playing any of her new material on the road. "I want everyone to hear the hits," she tells Radio.com. "When I go to a show I want to hear songs that I know. So I won't be introducing any of the new songs from the new music in this concert." Which isn't to discount her excitement for the new music she's working on. "The songs are going great," she says enthusiastically. "I've been putting them together for a really long time now. They've been whirling around in my head, so I've got a pile of things, way too much for one album." While Twain says she's in the studio and the "record is on its way," she explains that it's difficult to vividly describe and categorize the sound of the new material. "It's hard for me to put my finger on it; I don't know how to explain it," she confesses. "One of the producers involved, we were talking about how to describe it in words and he said, 'This is soul. This is soul music.'" Twain wouldn't reveal the producer she's working with, but she did agree with his 'soulful' explanation. Read more here.
The band has already revealed the first single, "What Kind of Man" from the album, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, but also revealed additional tracks "St. Jude," "Third Eye," and the album's title track. According to NME, she told the crowd that the title track was recorded in LA "on that day I got you [pointing to collaborator Isabella Summers] that outfit and we dressed up as Prince." Adding, "It was the first song that was written for How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful and it means a lot to me. It's incredible to be able to play it for you for the first time." The track, which you can listen to above, has her starting with the line, "Between a crucifix and a Hollywood sign" and includes some of those horns we heard in the album's trailer. Not to mention some very soulful backup singers. On "Third Eye," a song she tells the crowd she thought was for someone else, but was probably for her--if you know what she means--has a stomping kick drum, more horns and a soulful feel. With "St. Jude," she says she was followed by "storms, real ones and emotional ones," and the song is definitely a little more reflective then the others. But don't worry, the horns find their place. Watch the title track, "St. Jude," "Third Eye" and "What Kind of Man," respectively here.
Leto revealed his shocking new hairdo at a Balmain fashion show in France, which coincidentally is the same place where Kim Kardashian debuted her own surprisingly platinum blonde hairstyle. We know that Leto's clean-shaven new look is in preparation for his role in the upcoming movie Suicide Squad (director David Ayers posted the first pics of Leto's short hair), where he'll be following in the massive footsteps of the late Heath Ledger by portraying the Joker. The new coif is quite reminiscent of Leto's look in the 1999 movie, Fight Club. See the photo here.
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