Day in Pop Report for 06/08/2010
Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56. A cause of death has not been disclosed. moreJam! reports that Miley Cyrus has blasted critics of her raunchy new image, insisting "everyone" makes mistakes. She tells BBC Radio 1, "I always tell people, everyone goes through a bad point in their life and makes bad choices. But they just haven't been published and it hasn't been documented and (published) on the internet. You can see how that would drive people crazy. I would like to see you at 21 and video that and put that out there for people to comment on." more Matthew Morrison is taking a summer break from "Glee," but not from music. Morrison, who stars as earnest, upbeat glee club coach Will Schuester on the hit Fox series, planned to spend part of June in London working on his first solo CD. more Pink suffered a minor setback to her travel schedule in Germany on Monday when a small fire broke out on her musicians' tour bus. Local reports suggest a faulty particle filter in the exhaust system caused it to ignite more Monica is set to perform the national anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Boston. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics are tied 1-1 in the best-of-seven series. more George Strait has topped a new list of country giants from the past 25 years. The singer beat Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw to the number one spot on Billboard's list of the top 25 country music artists of the past 25 years. more Alanis Morissette has married rapper Mario "MC Souleye" Treadway, 30, in a private ceremony for family at her Los Angeles home on May 22, a week before her 36th birthday on June 1. more A Florida man accused of stalking Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson last year pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as his trial got under way in Los Angeles on Monday. more The "Twilight" stars, Tom Cruise's funky dance moves and a rainstorm of f-bombs could not stop the MTV Movie Awards from suffering a 13 percent drop in viewership, according to data issued on Monday. more Julia Stiles has joined the cast of Showtime's "Dexter" for the show's upcoming fifth season as "a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter". more Kris Kristofferson will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, a landmark Nashville honky tonk. more A porn actor who plunged off a cliff to his death as officers tried to arrest him on murder and attempted murder charges was aiming to kill or hurt as many people as possible when he went on a sword-wielding rampage last week at an adult film company's production facility, a police detective said Monday. more Those who are eager to watch Chris Brown's concerts in Europe are surely disappointed as the singer was forced to call off European leg of his Fan Appreciation Tour. On Twitter, the R&B performer announced that he was denied entry into the continent. more The creative team behind "The Proposal" -- including actors Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and director Anne Fletcher -- are reuniting for an action comedy project. more "I had this like awesome idea [for second album] and wrote this like really stellar song," Ke$ha said before continuing to reveal her interest to work with Rihanna. "I'm so excited to get to just kick it with her for months, so maybe you'll see something that comes out of our hang time." more The sun will rise in 2012 on a new Broadway production of "Annie." more Demi Moore is all set to go public in a memoir with details of her three marriages and showbusiness career spanning three decades. more Charlie Sheen must wait at least another month to learn his punishment for a domestic violence charge after a plea deal that would have sent the actor to jail hit a snag on Monday. more Lily Allen has blasted the Spice Girls, modern music, and even her own father in an explosive new interview. The "Smile" singer branded the "Wannabe" hitmakers not "real", and hit out at British pop band S Club 7 for making "rubbish" music. She even took aim at her dad, actor Keith Allen - insisting he's "useless" and "not a responsible adult" for walking out on the family when she was just four years old. more A Scotsman believed to be the last survivor of the World War II German prison breakout immortalised in the film "The Great Escape" has died aged 97, his family said Tuesday. AFP reports that Former Royal Air Force pilot Jack Harrison was among scores of Allied servicemen who tried to break out of the infamous Stalag Luft III prisoner of war (PoW) camp near Germany's border with Poland. more Oprah Winfrey wants to give an undiscovered talent a chance to follow in her footsteps on her new cable network. more R&B singer Brandy has laughed off reports she is seriously considering a career in rap after rhyming on a pair of tracks for her upcoming album. The "Never Say Never" hitmaker introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu in December 2009 for a collaboration with hip-hop producer Timbaland. more Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed off a redesigned $199 "iPhone 4" on Monday that is a quarter slimmer than the current handset. The device boasts a higher quality screen and better battery life, video chat via Wi-Fi, and a gyroscope sensor for improved gaming. Sadly it is still tied to AT&T's iDrop service more.
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Beyonce's manager/father Mathew Knowles issued this bad news for those hoping for a Destiny's Child reunion: Contrary to rumors online of a Destiny's Child reunion, there are no plans for the group to reunite for a performance or album. The rumors are false.Destiny's Child made an unprecedented impact in contemporary music, becoming one of the best-selling groups of all time. Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams have each moved on to successful solo careers. The members remain close, but will not reunite as a group.
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American Idol Season 9 winner Lee Dewyze is preparing to start work on his debut album which is due for release in fall 2010 after officially being signed to 19 Recordings/RCA Records.Lee will be recording his album over the summer while on the road with the American Idol's Live tour. The tour kicks off July 1 in Auburn Hills, Michigan and ends September 14 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 24 year old Mount Prospect, IL native impressed millions throughout the season taking home this year's American Idol winning title. Dewyze is a self taught musician who began singing and playing guitar in his teens. Auditioned in Chicago, Dewyze was the only male contestant never to land in the bottom three during American Idol Season 9.
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DA-NI is taking the lead with his new single, "Workin Out" featuring the soothing soulful sounds of none other than R. Kelly. This new single, produced by DA-NI, tells the story of a man's appreciation of his partner working it out for their enjoyment. DA-NI's unique style is a confluence of musical genres such as Hip-Hop, R&B/Soul, Pop and Island Rhythms. DA-NI's background is musically inspired from his grandmother who was a jazz singer and his grandfather who was a jazz aficionado.
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Ziggy Marley wrote his current single "Africa Land," after being motivated by the historic occurrence of the World Cup being played in Africa for the first time. The song is an anthem to unity, freedom and new beginnings; well known principles championed by the legendary Marley family. "Africa Land" falls on the heels of Marley's 2009 Grammy-winning Children's album, "Family Time." For this song, Marley recruited Grammy winning artists, brother Stephen Marley and African mega star Angelique Kidjo. Together they created a catchy, danceable song, which incorporates Dancehall Reggae, as well as African elements. Free Downloads are available at www.ziggymarley.com and www.tuffgongworldwide.com.
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Fritos announced that they are teaming up with Tim McGraw and his Neighbor's Keepers Fund to donate a total of $500,000 to nonprofit organizations in 34 cities, where he'll be playing as part of his "Southern Voice" Tour. "It was natural to partner with Tim McGraw and his Neighbor's Keepers Fund as they are focused on bringing communities together," said Christy Kulka, Fritos Marketing Manager, Frito-Lay North America. The Fritos brand has worked with Tim to hand pick each nonprofit that we will support so we can impact as many families as possible." The chosen organizations represent an array of needs across many communities, but they are connected in their common theme of uplifting families, specifically women and children.
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Kid Rock and David Guetta will perform at the Isle of MTV live music event in Malta on 30 June. The concert, which will take place on Il Fosos Square in Malta's ancient and picturesque city, Floriana, will also broadcast in September as a one-hour programme, Isle of MTV Malta Special, across MTV's network of European channels.
The two big name acts join previously announced artists Kelis and Scissor Sisters who, together, are set to take MTV's flagship summer music property to another epic high when they appear at Europe's biggest free outdoor concert on the sun-kissed Mediterranean island of Malta.
"Kid Rock is widely known as being one of the world's most exciting, dynamic live performers and David Guetta's special live performance with vocalist Chris Willis promises to be nothing less than electric,' commented Bruce Gillmer, Executive Vice President, Talent & Music, MTVNI. 'With Kid Rock, Scissor Sisters, Kelis and David Guetta playing their biggest summer anthems and most exciting new tracks in front of 50000 music lovers, the legacy of Isle of MTV continues. This year's event in Malta promises to explode as Europe's ultimate destinational live summer concert."
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Robbie Williams has reunited with Gary Barlow for his new single "Shame," which will be released on Astralwerks Records on October 5. The single was co-written with Gary Barlow and is a duet between the two superstars. This is the first time the two of them have ever recorded and performed a duet together and the first time they have written and recorded a song together since Robbie's departure from Take That in 1995. The single is a brand new track which will feature on the forthcoming Robbie Williams 39-song greatest hits set In And Out Of Consciousness – The Greatest Hits 1990 - 2010, to be released on CD and DVD on Astralwerks Records on October 12. The album is spread over 2 CDs and is the definitive hits collection of one of the biggest superstars to have emerged from the UK in the last 20 years.
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John Travolta's hometown of Ocala, FL will be among the first cities nationwide to kickoff the digitally re-mastered, sing-along version of "Grease" starting July 8 at Regal's Ocala 16 theaters.Paramount selected Ocala based on the results of an online poll in which fans across the country could "demand" the musical open in their city. Out of more than 1,700 cities lobbying for the film, Ocala hit No. 1 on the poll last Wednesday. In addition to topping the online poll, tickets for the Friday 7 p.m. showing in Ocala are already sold-out. "I am so thrilled and proud that Ocala is the #1 city on the 'Demand It list' for the 'Grease Sing-A-Long,' and excited that the 'Grease Sing-A-Long' will be coming to Ocala as a result! Thank you for the support, it means a lot to me and my family. It's an honor to reside in such a wonderful community, with such wonderful people," said John Travolta.
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Howard Jones returns with Ordinary Heroes, his new album which is set for US release on June 29th, 2010. The new collection is Jones' most personal album to date, a stripped down straight ahead pop album filled with classic piano and string infused songs.
In the six years since Jones' last album, Ordinary Heroes shows Jones to be in a different place musically, moving away from his early synth pop sound (which put him on the map in the early 1980's with hits such as "No One is to Blame" and "What is Love"). Jones is in a more reflective mood with Ordinary Heroes, looking both inward and beyond the personal with a soulful pop album where storytelling is unobstructed by graceful, memorable melodies and supported by simple, elegant instrumentation.
The aptly entitled album is filled with songs about the hero in all of us. With the title track "Ordinary Heroes" and the opening song "Straight Ahead", Jones takes us into the lives of regular folks, often unrecognized and unacknowledged, but heroic in their own way. This universal theme also turns personal for Jones with songs like "Soon You'll Go" and "You Knew Us So Well" which also reflect his own journey as a father watching his daughter grow up and dealing with the loss of a loved one to suicide.
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Underworld's brand new album Barking is set for release on September 13th 2010. Barking is Underworld's first album to be constructed with a brilliant cast of co-conspirators. All the tracks were written by the band in their Essex studio before being given to handpicked studio heads from across the whole spectrum of dance music to add some of their style and creativity to the band's raw material. The result is a pimped-up Underworld record and their finest collection of songs in over a decade.
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Hot 97 Radio Personality Miss Info has an exclusive look behind the scenes of the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South. Check out the links below to watch as she asks some of the big names in hip-hop a few questions about the south. What will your favorite artist say? What is the most popular southern city? Is it Houston? Atlanta? Miami? What are some words that remind these southern entertainers of the dirty south? "Dirty" perhaps? And do not forget Miss Info's exclusive interview with No Limit "one of the first families of hip-hop" see what Master P has in store for the future in terms of music and movies and what not-so-lil Romeo thinks about his dad's future projects.
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Liam Finn has a new band named Barb which also features Lawrence Arabia, Eliza Jane Barnes, Connan Mockasin and Seamus. The band's self-titled album will be released August 24, 2010 on Yep Roc.
The lovechild of southern hemisphere it-kids Liam Finn, Lawrence Arabia, Eliza-Jane Barnes (Liam's live and recording cohort), Connan Mockasin (formerly of Connan and the Mockasins) and Seamus Ebbs (former Mockasin and drummer extraordinaire), BARB is what happens when five passionately creative friends lock themselves in a world-class studio for a month with no plans and plenty of wine. On a break from their successful primary solo careers, the band had no expectations other than simply, making music. "We just booked the studio for a month, which is quite daunting in a way. It was just a complete risk and an unknown. We didn't have any songs or anything written," says Finn of the sessions.
All potent writers and performers in their own right – Lawrence Arabia released his debut album Chant Darling earlier this year via Bella Union to across the board rave reviews – the impetus for the collaboration was simple and genuine. Liam explains, "We have been involved in each others music for so long... getting up to play at each others shows... touring together when possible, we knew starting a band together would be fun... but we had no idea what it would sound like."
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Campus MovieFest have announced today the initial lineup for the 2010 International Grand Finale (IGF) at Wynn Las Vegas from June 10-13. During a conversation with students, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will represent and answer questions from both sides of the entertainment world -- from the male and female side of the business. As business people, artists, and celebrities, they will speak on the current conditions of entertainment and its technologies.Over the four days, CMF will host student filmmakers from across the globe at a full slate of events, including screenings of more than 200 movies, industry workshops, networking opportunities, and concerts, culminating with the awards ceremony at the Encore Theater. Participants include Michael Giacchino (Academy Award winning composer of Up, and an Academy Visiting Artist), Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, Big Fan), Mark Boal (Academy Award winning writer/producer, The Hurt Locker), Brett Ratner (director, X-Men: The Last Stand), Donald Petrie (director of Grumpy Old Men, Miss Congeniality), Thomas Ackerman A.S.C. (cinematographer, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Beetle Juice), Marcos Siega (director of Vampire Diaries), Paul Sommers (director of photography, Vampire Diaries), Daniel Petrie, Jr. (writer of Beverly Hills Cop), Oded Fehr (The Mummy, Resident Evil), Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul (writers, Despicable Me, Horton Hears a Who!), PJ Bloom (music supervisor for Glee, Nip/Tuck), Tim Dowling (writer, Role Models), Ben Mankiewicz (TCM), John Ortiz (Fast & Furious, American Gangster), Sam Eigen (EVP, Shoreline Entertainment), Saschka Unseld (Technical Layout Director, Pixar), and more.
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Delaware's Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has created its own 'Bitches Brew' in honor of the 40th anniversary of the original release of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis' 1970 paradigm-shifting landmark fusion breakthrough. Bitches Brew is a bold, dark beer that's a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root, a gustatory analog to Miles' masterpiece. Featuring the album's iconic artwork, created by the late Mati Klarwein, on its label, Dogfish Head's Bitches Brew will be unveiled at Savor, An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, June 5, National Building Museum, Washington DC. Two 40th anniversary editions of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew -- a Legacy Edition and a deluxe Collector's Edition -- will be available Tuesday, August 31.
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