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Katy Perry and Justin Bieber Head Up NOW 35

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 35, will be released on August 31 and will feature top chart hits from Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber featuring Usher, David Guetta & Chris Willis (featuring Fergie & LMFAO), The Black Eyed Peas, La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mike Posner, Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars, Jason Derulo, Shontelle, Jaron And The Long Road To Love, Nickelback, Miranda Cosgrove, 3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha, Carrie Underwood, and Jerrod Niemann, plus "NOW What's Next" emerging tracks from Jennette McCurdy, Days Difference, Sky Ferreira, and Tiffany Dunn.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998 after the brand had been a multi-platinum international success for 15 years.

The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 77 million copies in the U.S. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, with NOW 3 the first non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection in history to reach #1. - tracklisting

Thievery Corporation And Massive Attack Team Up for North American Tour

Thievery Corporation and Massive Attack team up this fall for a co-headlining tour.

Both acts are celebrated for their mastery of using instrumentation over the top of rich beats as well as stunning live performances.

Confirmed tour dates include 2 amazing nights at New York's Beacon Theatre and a night at the beautiful Santa Barbara Bowl. - more on this story

Jason Derulo Announces Headlining Tour

Jason Derulo has announced his first headlining tour of the U.S. beginning September 27th in Philadelphia, PA.

The tour, which features special guest Auburn, will criss-cross the country before winding up October 29th in Fairfield, CT.

This is Derulo's first tour of the U.S. since his six-week stint on the road with Lady Gaga on her sold-out "Monster Ball" tour of North America in January 2010. - more on this story

Craig Morgan Media Blitz

Craig Morgan heads North this week to New York for a media blitz to promote his latest album "That's Why: Collector's Edition" available exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Morgan's media rounds will include stops at Fox Business Network on Tuesday, Aug 3rd; ABC's What's The Buzz on Tuesday, Aug 3rd; Good Day New York on Wednesday, Aug 4th; Fox Business Primetime on Wednesday, Aug 4th; Fox News Channel's Hannity on Wednesday, Aug 4th; and Fox & Friends Outdoor Summer Concert Series on Friday, Aug 6th.

Additional media happenings include visits to US Weekly for an acoustic online performance; Fox Entertainment feed (interview for all Fox affiliates); Westwood One radio syndicate; online interview at FoxNews.com's Strategy Room; interview for MLB.com; acoustic performance for AP TV; and performance at the Sirius XM studios. -

Flights & Sounds of Summer Festival Returns

Flights & Sounds of Summer Festival returns to the Orange County Great Park. Flights & Sounds of Summer Festival is an eight-week line-up of music and dance parties on Friday and Saturday nights beginning August 6th and continuing through September 25th. The festival also includes live stand-up comedy and art exhibitions.

On Friday, August 6th, swing into the Great Park with Swingtown, the 11-piece band filled with brilliant horns, trumpets, trombones, saxophones and vocals galore as they launch Friday Night Dance Parties. The big band dance sounds of Swingtown will perform in front of historic World War II Hangar 244 beginning at 8:00 p.m. Don't know how to boogie-woogie? Dance instructors will get you up and on your feet starting at 7:30 p.m.

Then on Saturday, August 7th, come back and enjoy the dynamic expression and intensity of Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles the first all-woman professional mariachi ensemble in the United States as they kick off this season of Great Park Saturday Night Concerts. Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles will instill an exceptional taste of mariachi with passion at 8:00 p.m. The evening kicks off at 7:00 p.m., with local comedians Patrick Keane, Eddie Barojas and Tim Chizmar. - more on this story

Brooke Fraser Announces Album and Tour

Brooke Fraser will release her third album, Flags, on October 12 on Wood and Bone Records.

The new record was recorded in Los Angeles at EastWest Studios and was produced by the artist. A full U.S. tour has been finalized for November and December, where she'll perform in legendary venues such as The Parish in Austin, Highline Ballroom in NYC and the El Rey in Los Angeles.

Flags is a dreamy, alternative-pop collection that showcases her agile soprano, lilting melodies, and knack for telling her stories through the lives of vibrant characters on songs like "Betty," (co-written with Switchfoot's Jon Foreman and Ben West of Detroit indie duo The Real Efforts of Real People), "Crows and Locusts," "Jack Kerouac," and "Ice on Her Lashes." - more on this story

The Drums Offer Up Free MP3

The Drums are thrilled to share the new "Down By The Water" MP3. A true departure from earlier singles the band slows the tempo showing their versatility with this new track.

Stacked against the summer's dance-inducing releases, "Down By The Water" is a breath of fresh air. Paring the production down to a slow bass line, light percussion, and a distant synthesizer, the most pronounced instrument is Jonny Pierce's voice, which opens softly and elevates to a sharp croon.

The minimalist production however, does not negate the intensity of the lyrics. "Down By The Water" is a love song. "Everybody's gotta love someone, but I just want to love you dear… you've got to believe me when I say the words forever,"pleads Pierce. - Grab it here

Laura Bell Bundy Releases Drop On By Video

Laura Bell Bundy has released a video for "Drop On By," the second single from her Mercury debut, Achin' and Shakin.'

The Achin' side of the album is a collection of slow and sultry country songs produced by Grammy-winning producer Nathan Chapman.

"Drop On By" is currently at country radio stations across the country with an add date of August 9. - Watch the video here

Marsha Ambrosius Hopes She Cheats on You With a Basketball Player

Floetry's Marsha Ambrosius is officially breaking out as a solo artist with her new single "Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)."

The first single off her forthcoming J Records debut album Late Nights & Early Mornings, "Hope She Cheats on You" will impact urban mainstream and adult radio stations on August 16th and August 17th. The single will be available on iTunes on August 17th.

Written and produced by Marsha and Canei, "Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)" is, as Marsha describes, "the reality of a bad break up. We wanna be decent human beings and say the right thing, you know, 'I wish you well.' But this is 'Everything that could go wrong for him I want it to because my ego is bruised and I'm acting out." - more on this story

Ben Weaver Sets October Album Release

Ben Weaver has announced an October 19th release date for Mirepoix & Smoke, Ben's seventh full length album and second release on Bloodshot Records.

The songs on Mirepoix & Smoke are barely accompanied by more than Weaver's guitar or banjo and his voice, lending the record a much more stripped-down sound than his previous works. The songs were all recorded live over the course of two days with emphasis placed squarely on the rawness of Weaver's performances. Engineered, mixed and co-produced by Neil Strauch (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's) alongside Weaver, "this record is about me, my story, who I am and how it all keeps evolving," Ben says. "This time my voice and the words were the most important consideration when it came time to making production decisions."

For Weaver this latest effort came from a somewhat unexpected series of life choices and experiences. In the spring of 2009 Weaver decided to take some time away from touring to pursue his interest in food and cooking. It was while working as a prep cook at a farm-to-table restaurant in Minneapolis that the songs on Mirepoix and Smoke started to take shape. "Eventually the good songs started to come," says Weaver. "Ones that felt real, had their own legs. They came like all good things do: when I ceased looking. Connected to my surroundings, my past, my life, for what it all was, without romanticizing what I thought it should or could be." - more on this story

Shelby Lynne Announces Christmas Album

Shelby Lynne will release Merry Christmas, her first-ever holiday collection, on October 12th, just in time for Halloween.

The album will mark her second release on her own independent label, EVERSO RECORDS, which is distributed through Fontana, the award-winning independent distribution division of Universal Music Group.

Tears, Lies, And Alibis, EVERSO's first release, debuted at No. 16 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart earlier this year. It became a Top 10 hit at Americana radio and was hailed by Newsday as "her strongest album in a decade," a sentiment echoed by numerous critics. - more on this story

Quazedelic To Deliver AnuthaWorld in October Featuring Snoop Dogg

Long Beach bred producer and performer Quazedelic is excited to announce the release of his debut LP Stan Sly: AnuthaWorld.

Featuring guest spots from Snoop Dogg, and others, Stan Sly: AnothaWorld will be released October 5, 2010 on Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime's fast rising label, SomeOthaShip Connect.

The album, produced entirely by Quaze and the result of a decade's worth of work, is a synthesis of sound and soul that harnesses the essence of funk with modern day trappings. A hybrid of George Clinton-esque syncopated grooves and Doggystyle bravado, Stan Sly: AnothaWorld delivers the writings of a new chapter in the saga of funk and soul. On the concept of Stan Sly, Quazedelic explains it as a holy matrimony between fantasy and reality. "I find inspiration in the chaos going on in my life. It takes something almost tragic to create some of my deepest songs," says Quaze, continuing, "I then go back to bridge the gap between serious real life songs with fantasy funk tracks. Like polarity, without one another it couldn't exist." - more on this story

Amanda Palmer Starring in Cabaret

Amanda Palmer is making her next move...to the stage. Palmer will be teaming up with the prestigious The American Repertory Theater (who, in 2006, also presented The Dresden Dolls theatrical journey "The Onion Cellar" to rave reviews) and her beloved High School drama teacher and artistic mentor, Steven Bogart, with whom she recently co-created (along with a cast of 20 drama students from Lexington High School) the Neutral Milk Hotel and Anne frank-inspired original play "With the Needle That Sings in Her Heart" for a special production of "Cabaret".

"This production has been ten years in the making - an ongoing fantasy I've had in the back of my mind", says Palmer. "I've wanted to collaborate on 'Cabaret' with Bogart ever since I helped him with make-up & dialogue during his 2001 production of the show at Lexington High School. I was so inspired by his version of the show that I yearned for it to reach a wider audience - Bogart is truly a hidden gem of a director. Having worked with lots of directors now, I've come to realize how special and brazen he is in terms of the artistic risks he'll take."

"Cabaret", a musical based on Christopher Isherwood's "Berlin Stories", is set in the seedy Kit Kat Klub nightclub in Berlin in 1931, and follows the Nazi rise to power against the backdrop of Weimar decadence. Palmer will be playing the role of the Emcee/Master of Ceremonies. - more on this story

Fuse Viewers Take Over

Fuse has launched a new show that allows viewers to dedicate music videos to friends and family using the "Tag Your Tune" application on Facebook. The one-hour program airs weekdays at 4pm.

"'The concept was designed to leverage the influence that social media has on our viewers and the music programming that they love," said Sal LoCurto, senior vice president of programming, Fuse. "This unique blend of technology and music engages fans with the Fuse brand and provides them the opportunity to program the network for an hour each day."

Using Fuse's Tag Your Tune application on Facebook, viewers can personalize a dedication either by choosing from a list of 30 music videos, which will be updated on a weekly basis or opting for a video choice of their own. Both the sender and receiver will be notified if their dedication is selected for air by a wall post on Facebook and an email. - more on this story

EOTO, MiMOSA and MartyParty Tour

EOTO, MiMOSA and MartyParty are teaming up for an 11 day tour next month. Here is the announcement:

The west coast is about to experience its first bass driven earthquake as three of the nation's top live electro, dubstep and glitch and producers join together for their first combined tour. The 11-day circuit will kick off this September in San Diego and will make its way up the coast featuring electronica artists EOTO, MiMOSA and MartyParty. Listeners can expect to be transported into another space and time with the sound and fury of the most respected dance music produced live on the scene today.

Electronica music does not have humble roots. Since its inception, the driving beats have moved bodies with a tribal-like abandon; inspiring colorful dance parties with almost a trance-like effect. New technologies have given birth to entire genres of musical sub-cultures - though none have seen such significant growth as the DubStep and Glitch categories are experiencing today. Built on unusual time signatures, clipped segments of samples and occasional vocals the genre favors dark, experimental themes laced with break beats and heavy bass. - more on this story