by Allie on May 19, 2012
The hip hop dream team of Kanye West and Jay-Z have hauled The Throne across the pond — which seems fitting, since they’re much more keen on monarchs over there, anyway. The first performance from the European leg of their tour went off at London’s O2 Arena, as it will three more times before moving on to Zurich. Check out “Monster,” “Run This Town,” “New Day,” and “All of the Lights,” then place your bets on how many times they’ll play “N*ggas in Paris” when they actually get to Paris. (In London, it was a mere four.) “All of the Lights” “Run This Town” & “Monster” “New Day” Catch the tour schedule and set list over at Consequence of Sound .
by Tom on May 18, 2012
No matter what the weather is like where you are, it’s officially summer, as the Today show has kicked off its Summer Concert Series this morning with a round of performances from Usher . The R&B star hit up Rockefeller Plaza in New York City to perform some of his hits and spout seemingly-deep truisms: “There’s a mantra that I’ve kinda adopted and it is: evolve or evaporate. That is really the meaning of life, if we decide to not allow ourselves to move forward musically, in life, whatever it may be, we’ll never see the beauty in it.” Okay, enough talking — we want to see Usher dance. Jump below to see him perform his smash hit “OMG”, his Looking 4 Myself single “climax” and his David Guetta collaboration, “Without You”
by Lucy on May 17, 2012
Gossip are getting a taste of the Cannes, and it’s pretty bitter. The group performed Elton John ‘s “Candle In The Wind” during the opening ceremony of the film festival, though we can’t say they recieved the warmest reception. The crowd stayed mostly silent during the performance, forcing Ditto have to ask, “Are you alive?” We can’t particularly blame them for their lack of excitement — their arrangement sounded off, and Beth fumbled with the lyrics a bit. “Tough crowd!” she exclaimed halfway through the song. “You know what they say, you can love it or hate it, I still get paid.” Thankfully, the group fared a bit better when they performed their single ”Perfect World” for the Cannes festgoers on Le Grand Journal .
by Katie on May 16, 2012
Nicki Minaj launched her glitzy Pink Friday world tour on Wednesday (May 16) with a sold-out show at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion in Australia. The set list was heavy on the 29-year-old’s upbeat dance tracks and crossover pop hits at the expense of the Twitter quitter’s early rap anthems; her debut album and mixtapes were almost entirely ignored. The commercialization of Roman was apparent in the show’s surprisingly camp staging: There were mirror balls, gold lamé costumes, shirtless male dancers and a even conga line. It made for a visual feast, but the 65-minute extravaganza needed more of the music — and attitude — that made Nicki famous in the first place
by Erica Fields on May 16, 2012
Shy Ronnie — Andy Samberg ‘s bashful character who haphazardly bursts out with rap stat confidence and swagger — made a welcome return in Saturday Night Live ‘s 100th Digital Short on Saturday (May 12). But Samberg wasn’t ready to put away his red wig and goofy striped sweater just yet. During Santigold ‘s Samsung Mobile USA’s 5MM Fans Appreciation Performance at Irving Plaza, the Master Of My Make-Believe singer brought out the SNL character for her track “Fame”. “I believe in giving everybody a shot at things,” she said, before Samberg-as-Ronnie appeared on stage.
by Katie on May 15, 2012
Adam Lambert ‘s sophomore album Trespassing was finally released today, and the “Never Close Our Eyes” singer can feel completely justified in celebrating, since he currently has the #1 LP on iTunes. “Wow!! # Trespassing is sitting nice and high on the itunes chart! What a great sight to wake-up to! Thank you all for checking it out!!” tweeted the pop star this morning (May 15). Can he sustain this success and keep Garbage ‘s Not Your Kind Of People or his fellow Idol alum Carrie Underwood ‘s Blown Away from reaching the top spot on the Billboard 200 next week? Fingers crossed, Glamberts! To ring in his album release, Adam performed several new tunes at the MLB Fan Cave in New York last night.
by Allie on May 13, 2012
Nicki Minaj is no stranger to the stage, but 2012 hasn’t exactly been her year for live performances thus far — witness that Exorcist mess at the Grammys and the awkward bikini bouncing during her “Starships” landing on American Idol . But the year’s not even half over — there’s plenty of time to turn that around. And Nicki’s appearance at Wango Tango last night in Los Angeles seems poised to be a bit of a comeback. Delivering “Roman’s Holiday” and “Did It On Em,” Nicki makes the case that she’s a better rap performer than pop performer (so far), with a live set that, as far as we can tell from what we see here, appears to be one of her best
by Lucy on May 12, 2012
Bruno Mars is a classy guy — exactly the sort you’d expect to bump into at a gala at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — so we can’t be surprised that the “Grenade” launcher was chosen to perform at this year’s Met Gala earlier this week. Bruno looked as sophisticated and stylish as ever in Prada as he charmed the star-studded crowd, made up of the usual sorts of nobodies you’d find at a party at a prestigious museum — such as Rihanna , Kanye West , and Beyonce . And as a bonus, the video (brought to us exclusively by Vogue) also features the opera stylings of Vottorio Grigolo, as well as a peek at what the Met has on display right now.
by Lucy on May 11, 2012
The Voice has crowned its Season 2 winner with Jermaine Paul , and the family man is already hard at work on a media tour. With his wife Melissa in the studio, the Team Blake contestant and former backup singer delivered a beautiful rendition of Journey ‘s “Open Arms” on the Today show. If you missed the last season of NBC singing competition and have yet to hear just how sweet Jermaine’s voice really is, you’re in for a treat. Watch his early morning performance below. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Do you think Jermaine’s win will shoot him to superstar status?
by Steven on May 9, 2012
Kris Allen may have been yanked off the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles recently by the long arm of the law, but that incident has hardly deterred the former American Idol winner from singing his heart out with the aid of his trust guitar. The 26-year-old stopped by Los Angeles radio station 104.3 MYfm this week to perform his new single “Vision Of Love”. But the real highlight was when he busted out a pretty rad mashup of Rihanna ‘s “We Found Love”, Katy Perry ‘s “Firework” and Lady Gaga ‘s “Just Dance”. Afterward, morning host Valentine told Kris he was waiting for him to break out into a rendition of Gaga’s “Bad Romance” — which Allen then did.
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