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MTV Awards Going Hollywood This Year

MTV will provide lights, cameras and plenty of Hollywood action as the network today announced that the 2010 "MTV Movie Awards" and "MTV Video Music Awards" will both air LIVE from Los Angeles this year.

As the best and brightest in film and music descend upon Los Angeles, the city will become hotter in more ways than one as MTV delivers more of the unpredictable, one-night-only moments and performances viewers can't wait to see each year. T

he 19th annual "MTV Movie Awards" will air LIVE on Sunday, June 6th from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California and the 27th annual "MTV Video Music Awards" will air LIVE Sunday, September 12th from Los Angeles, CA (venue TBA). - more on this story

Kidz In The Hall, 88-Keys, Donnis & Izza Kizza Crowd Control Tour

The Crowd Control Tour, featuring hip hop darlings Kidz In The Hall, 88-Keys, and southern rising stars Donnis and Izza Kizza, will take to the roads, embarking on a national tour spanning most of the continental US.

Each artist having respective successes as supporting acts on other major tours, Kidz In The Hall and 88-Keys will have their first headlining tour with Crowd Control, which begins in New York at Highline Ballroom February 28, 2010.

Kidz In The Hall look at the tour as a great way to give back to the fans who have been supporting since their first album dropped back in 2006, as well as support for their 3rd studio album, Land Of Make Believe hitting shelves March 9th on Duck Down Records. - more on this story

Salt-N-Pepa Reunites With Spinderella

The original fly girls also known as Salt-N-Pepa are finally getting back together and it's all happening at The Dinah! Let's talk about THE family reunion of the Century…baby!

After an abrupt split in 2000, Cheryl ''Salt'' Wray, Sandy ''Pepa'' Denton and DJ Spinderella are reforming for an exclusive performance at Club Skirts Presents The Dinah on Saturday, April 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

The ladies of the legendary multi-platinum, Grammy award winning trio will be pushing it real good at The Dinah performing all their Top 40 hits including "Push It", "Let's Talk about Sex", "Whattaman", "You Showed Me" and "Shoop", to name a few. - more on this story

Tyler Hilton Hitting The Road With The Spill Canvas

Singer and songwriter Tyler Hilton will hit the road in April for a U.S. tour supporting Reprise Records' labelmates The Spill Canvas. The tour begins April 21st in Cedar Falls, IA, and continues through May 23rd. Also on the bill are AM Taxi and The New Politics.

The Palm Springs, CA, native will be performing songs from his upcoming new album, entitled The Storms We Share, which is due from Reprise Records this summer. The album, which was produced by John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer) and Matt Serletic (Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Hilton's 2004 major-label debut The Tracks of Tyler Hilton — an appealing slice of strummy pop Americana that spawned two Top 40 singles "When It Comes" and "How Love Should Be."

Last July Hilton released a digital EP, entitled Better on Beachwood, which featured three fan favorites unavailable anywhere else: two new songs, "Tore the Line" and "Don't Forget All Your Clothes," plus an acoustic version of "I Believe In You." Hilton and his band also appeared on MTV's fashion reality series The Stylist. - more on this story

One eskimO Offer Free Kandi for Valentine's Day

One eskimO are taking over radio and are in the top 10 of AAA and BDS at the moment. In celebration of their radio success and US tour, they are giving fans a special Valentine's Day present.

Check out a special Valentine's Day card here and MP3 of their track "Kandi" (you can also simply download the "Kandi" MP3 here). One eskimO recently began their US tour that includes a performance on Coachella on April 18.

Their innovative style is demonstrated not only through their music but also through a ten-part short-form animated series, "The Adventures of One eskimO", following his escapades, which is available on iTunes and Amazon. - more on this story

The Kissaway Trail Announce North American Dates

The Kissaway Trail will return to the States for the first time in 2 years this spring for a series of headlining club dates, performances at SXSW, and as main support for The Temper Trap on an extensive US jaunt.

The Danish band return to America to debut songs from their new, highly anticipated release Sleep Mountain (Bella Union), produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National, Sigur Rós' Jónsi). The Kissaway Trail will release their 12-track LP on April 20th, 2010.

Live, The Kissaway Trail's music comes to life and the sheer power of all 5 members produces a wall of intricate and epic sounds. With all 5 band members sharing vocal duties, 4 on guitar and 2 on keys, the experience is truly memorable. The first single from the new album, "SDP," has started picking up radio traction in England. - more on this story

Little Brother Announce Final Album

Little Brother is back for the very last time with a new album to satisfy the yearning masses. The North Carolina duo, made up of hip-hop heavyweights Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh recently announced the upcoming release of their fourth and final album, LeftBack, available April 20th via Hall of Justus.

With production from the likes of Khyrsis, Denaun Porter, Zo!, Symbolyc One, J. Bizness and King Karnov, LeftBack is poised to take listeners on an epic auditory adventure.

Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh will also be extending invites for the farewell party to fellow emcees Torae, Truck North, Jozeemo, Chaundon and Median, while crooner Darien Brockington and chanteuse Yahzarah are on hand to add a touch of the melodious to the album. - more on this story

Matt Kennon Sets Album Release, See Him On Fox News This Morning

Riding the momentum of his poignant breakthrough single "The Call", Matt Kennon will release his self-titled debut album on April 27, 2010 on BamaJam Records. Co-written by Kennon with Noah Gordon and Jeremy Campbell, "The Call" is lighting up request lines nationwide with its compelling reminder of the importance of reaching out to those we love. The moving video for the song, directed by Trey Fanjoy, made its debut on GAC and CMT Pure Country in December.

New fans anxious to see more of Matt can catch him perform on Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends – the #1 cable morning show – today, February 12 at 8:50 am (EST) as well as his performance on syndicated Better TV on February 17. Matt also recently performed on the syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz and syndicated daytime talk show Daytime. - more on this story

Mickie James Added To Dustin Wells Gift of Music Concert

WWE Women's Champion and aspiring country singer Mickie James has joined a star-studded lineup for the 3rd annual W.O. Music School's Dustin Wells Gift of Music concert.

The sold out event will be held on Monday, February 22, 7:00 pm, at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon. James joins some of country music's biggest stars as Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler, Jason Michael Carroll, Keith Anderson and Little Big Town are scheduled to perform. All proceeds will benefit the W.O. Smith Music School, which has been providing 50-cent music lessons to Nashville's underprivileged children for 25 years.

"I'm used to entertaining in front of large audiences but this opportunity is mind-blowing to say the least!" says an ecstatic James. "It's such an incredible cause and to make my live country debut on the same stage as all of these megastars… it's surreal!" - more on this story

Janelle Monae Sets Release Date

Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy recording artist Janelle Monae has announced the release of her debut album. "The ArchAndroid" will arrive in stores and at all DSPs on May 18th.

The album will be heralded by the first single, "Tightrope (Feat. Big Boi)." The track will premiere on Thursday, February 11th on Pitchfork.com, with a companion song from "The ArchAndroid," entitled "Cold War," debuting the following day via Monáe's official website, www.janellemonae.com. Both songs will be available for purchase exclusively at the site beginning February 12th, and then at all DSPs on February 23rd. In addition, a music video for "Tightrope" is currently in pre-production.

"The ArchAndroid" is an "EMOTION PICTURE" brought to you by Janelle Monáe and the Mad Minds of the Wondaland Arts Society. The star-studded featured cast includes the legendary Big Boi of OutKast, renowned poet Saul Williams, psychedelic dance-punk troupe Of Montreal, punk prophets Deep Cotton, and the Wondaland Arch Orchestra. - more on this story

Hybrid To Disappear Here in March

Since first bursting onto the scene with the now classic album Wide Angle in 1999, the Swansea, Wales-based Hybrid has been known as one of the most forward thinking and technically skilled acts in electronic dance music.

Blurring the line between in-studio production and live presentation, Hybrid is one of the few remaining dance acts to perform live with a classic band setup. Though, much has changed on the road to Hybrid's fourth artist album Disappear Here. Most notable is the addition of Hybrid's third member – singer/ songwriter Charlotte James – to go along with founders Chris Healings and Mike Truman.

Charlotte's impact is marked as Disappear Here is truly an album of real songs and not merely dance beats with vocals on top. It offers a lot more than anything Hybrid has ever previously written and pushes boundaries in every way. Release date: March 29, 2010 - more on this story