Day in Pop Report for 05/05/2010
Actor Corey Haim had traces of several prescription and over-the-counter drugs in his system when he died two months ago, but that's not what killed him, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. AP reports that Haim, 38, died of natural causes from "community-acquired pneumonia" that damaged his lungs, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday. moreIt looks like B.o.B. is king of the charts. HitsDoubleDaily's chart shows that "Adventures of Bobby Ray" will claim the top of the album charts with sales of 83,747 last week. The Glee cast who topped the chart last week with their take on Madonna's hits, dropped down to 10th place with sales of 28,261 copies. See the chart here A woman who appeared on a recent episode of MTV's "The Real World" is suing producers for $5 million, claiming she was given 8 to 10 alcoholic beverages and ridiculed when she refused to have sex with one of the show's cast members. more The killing of an up-and-coming rapper at a crowded, upscale mall was described Tuesday by a prosecutor as a callous, calculated act by a man who then retrieved his car from a valet and drove around the body, reports AP. A defense attorney later countered that the shooting by defendant Aubrey Louis Berry was an act of self-defense after he was threatened by rapper Roderick Anthony Burton II, known as Dolla. more The venue was different, the tickets were handwritten and the gear was cobbled together. But the floodwaters that deluged Nashville couldn't stop The Grand Ole Opry. more Perhaps the most popular actress to perform on "Dancing With the Stars" has done her last dance. Pamela Anderson was ousted from the hit ABC show Tuesday. "This has been one of the best experiences of my life and that says a lot. I've had a lot of good experiences," Anderson said after learning her fate. more Incarcerated rapper Gucci Mane has fired his management team and promoters - just days after he was hit with a lawsuit for allegedly failing to perform two concerts last year. The hip-hop star's business partners are in the middle of a legal battle after they allegedly booked the star to perform at live shows - even though they reportedly knew his parole restrictions would prevent the gigs from taking place. more Julia Louis-Dreyfus' name on her Hollywood Walk of Fame star reads "Luis" instead of "Louis," and there was no hyphen between Louis and Dreyfus. "The misspelling was so perfectly apt, a great metaphor for show business," Louis-Dreyfus said after the Tuesday-morning ceremony. "Right when you think you've made it, you get knocked down," she continues. more Christina Aguilera has been announced as one of the musical guests at the 19th Annual MTV Movie Awards. more Justin Bieber is booked to make a live performance at this year's MuchMusic Video Awards and will likely perform his hit single from "My World 2.0". Also confirmed to rock the Canadian awards show, which will be held on June 20, is the "I Kissed a Girl" hitmaker Katy Perry. more Michael Buble was forced to re-record portions of a U.K. variety show after turning the air blue with a series of suggestive and saucy jokes. Jam! reports that the Canadian crooner was filming an episode of An Audience With... in London on Monday when he stunned the studio audience with his candid comments. more Longtime Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell died on Tuesday after a year-long battle with cancer, the official Major League Baseball website (mlb.com) reported. He was 92. more LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy snubbed Janet Jackson when she asked him to write a "funky and dirty" track for her. The rocker was approached by the "Nasty" singer after she was impressed with the band's debut single, "Losing My Edge". more Miley Cyrus' "Can't Be Tamed" music video has been debuted in full on May 4 via E! News. It follows her as as "a creature so rare it was believed to be extinct." She is being locked in a giant cage and exposed to the crowd of a museum. more
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Nick Jonas has teamed with Bayer Diabetes Care for a new contest, "Give Back. Simply Win." The contest will shine a spotlight on people with diabetes who are making a difference in their local communities. Three grand prize winners will meet international singing sensation Nick Jonas and Bayer will donate $5,000 to three not-for-profit charitable causes, one selected by each winner. Bayer's "Give Back. Simply Win." contest was designed to reward people with diabetes for their charitable efforts. Entering the contest is simple; it is open to people with diabetes in three age categories: 6 to 12, 13 to 17 and 18+ years.
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Sarah McLachlan is scheduled to release her first studio album of new material in 7 years Laws Of Illusion on June 15th on Arista Records. The album's first single "Loving You is Easy," is #1 most added song at the AAA radio format, and is available for sale today May 4th at iTunes and all digital providers. The album was recorded in Montreal and Vancouver with Sarah's longtime collaborator/producer Pierre Marchand. Sarah's new album Laws Of Illusion will be released just weeks in advance of the kick off to Lilith Fair 2010, the historic all women touring festival, founded by McLachlan, which became one of the highest grossing touring festivals in the world.
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Moby and NPR Project Song debuted an original track, entitled "Gone To Sleep" on NPR's All Things Considered May 4th, 2010. For a limited time, the track is available as a free MP3 on amazon.com. May 4th also marks the release of Moby's new "Wait For Me" Single. The single comes backed with 'Gone To Sleep' plus an acoustic version of previous single 'One Time We Lived', and a hefty remix package including Laidback Luke, Yousef, Paul Kalkbrenner, Jean Elan, Zodiac Cartel, Villa, and Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray). Moby will also release the full album "Wait For Me Remixed" May 18th, 2010. Moby has enlisted some of dance music's biggest names for the project includingTiesto, Laidback Luke, Gui Boratto, andCarl Cox.
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Lolene has announced her debut album The Electrick Hotel will be released in August, 2010. The British dance floor barbarella plays hostess at The Electrick Hotel and is ready to invite the world to check-in and stay a while. Each of the 15 songs on the album represents a different room in the hotel and each tells a story, capturing a different part of Lolene's personality. The album's first single "Rich (Fake It Til You Make It)" is about living your life as if you've already made it, about believing you are what you want to be and having the confidence to know dreams can come true. The single will hit top 40 radio in June and is currently available at iTunes. A free download is being offered on Lolene's website
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Austin, Texas-based band, The Frontier Brothers, is headed out East for a couple of shows. The band will perform with Matt & Kim and Wale Stony Brook University on Long Island on Saturday, May 8th.
The Frontier Brothers will also appear at the inaugural Blackout party at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on Friday May 14th, hosted by comedy troupe, FUCT and featuring friends, Black Taxi.It's been an exciting year for The Frontier Brothers so far with several triumphant performances at SXSW and the completion of a new EP, You Should Start a Band. The EP's title track has spawned an ultra-entertaining video featuring a posse of drunk and inconsiderate bears partying their way to a Frontier Brothers underground concert. Do you like bears?
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Rene Lopez's latest full-length People Are Just People! Out today, May 4th via Liberation Label, the record is a celebration of soul, funk and 60s pop, carefully crafted from Rene's own unique musical identity.Though only recently launching his solo career, Rene Lopez is one of the more enduring figures on the New York music scene. He has been writing and performing music in New York since the early 90s when he was part of The Authority, a cult favorite and staple of venues like Nightingales and Wetlands. More recently, Rene's high-energy solo shows at Nublu have earned Rene a reputation as one of the best performers in The Lower East Side and The East Village, playing a version of latin-infused soul that pays tribute to the that area's past.
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Riding on the success of his recently released album, Don Cusack In High Fidelity, Donwill is excited to present a live in-studio video recording of his latest remix, "Love Junkie," featuring The Park and Wallpaper. Shot at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, CA by YoursTru.ly, the video confirms the phenomenal vibe between everyone involved with the recording. With shoulders bouncing and hands moving everywhere, Donwill spits his rhymes as The Park step-claps to the beat for live effects. Different instruments are also highlighted as the synth player manipulates his sound while playing lines and the piano solo zooms in on the flawlessly energetic piano player's hands.
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La Roux are thrilled to announce that they'll be kicking off their upcoming summer dates with the release of Bulletproof: The Gold EP set to hit digitally on May 11th via Cherrytree / Interscope Records.
La Roux will be hitting cities across America this summer; a newly-announced July/August headline tour includes new stops in LA, Philadelphia and Miami, interspersed with some highly anticipated Lilith Fair dates in July.
Performing tracks from their self-titled debut referred to by the New York Times as "
dizzying fun," the just announced summer tour is set to start on May 30 in Houston at the House of Blues and will wrap in Miami on August 6 at Mansion.
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Newcomer R&B soul singer Darryl Moore is proud to release his newest single, "She's My Everything," in conjunction with the release of his album, Where I'm At, available everywhere today.As one of the first releases off Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime's new label, SomeOthaShip Connect, Moore's album shares a release date with Declaime's FONK to celebrate the label's debut onto the music scene. The soulful crooner displays his amazing talent with this love ballad while complimented by a classic blues electric bass, swelling orchestra, and strict drumbeat. Moore's unique and expressive sound fully commit him to his message, "Soothe my pain when I'm feeling bad / Wipes my tears when I'm down and sad / Give me comfort in a time of need."
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Fanatic Records is proud to officially announce the signing of three new artists to the label's roster: Shunda K, Lachi, and Red Wanting Blue. Additionally the label is today celebrating the release of its first title the sophomore album, My Dear One, by Brooklyn-based klezmer punk band, The Shondes. The Shondes are currently touring the nation in support of the new album.
Plant City, Florida's Shunda K is best known as the original voice of hip-hop duo, Yo! Majesty (Domino Records). Fanatic will release the "Here I Am To Save The World" maxi-single featuring Cindy Wonderful of Scream Club on July 27th on CD and 12". The single is culled from Shunda K's upcoming solo album debut and includes remixes by up and coming producers, Scripts 'N Screwz, Nite Club, and The New Loud.
Lachi hails from Brooklyn and has been making a ruckus in NYC for the last several years with her brand of jazz-tinged tunes that evoke Alanis Morrisette, Regina Spektor and sometimes Kelly Clarkson. Lachi is also an activist on behalf of blind musicians. As a blind artist herself, Lachi acts locally as her live band is also made up of visually "empowered" musicians. Fanatic will release Lachi's self-titled debut on July 27th.
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Dorian Holley of the Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music Vocal Department (and Associate Music Director for American Idol) has announced three new classes being added to the Vocal Department's curriculum, starting next quarter. Holley, who has extensive credits singing alongside the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, Usher, Queen Latifah, Sugarland and Rod Stewart, introduced these particular classes to help students focus on the audition process, as well as rehearsing and performing on stage. The Stage Presence, Rehearsal Technique and Showcase courses will be available to all students in the Diploma and Degree Programs.
The college's Vocal Department is chaired by multiple Grammy-award-nominee Tierney Sutton, who helped bring Dorian to the school in 2009. "We are thrilled to have Dorian at the school. His courses will round out our curriculum in a way that prepares singers for the real world situations they are bound to thrive in," says Sutton. The school prides itself on "playing with pros" in almost daily Ensemble Workshops, which prepare students for a career in music upon graduating.
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SoFlo Entertainment releases Rahsaan's debut album Georgetown. This album explores his true-to-life story through vivid rhymes and narrated by The Source Magazine's former Editor-In-Chief, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds. Rahsaan takes his inspiration from first-hand history and experiences to excel beyond comparable measures at the art of expression over a beat. While this album is not based on superficial idealism, not every track is based on deep retrospection either. From party-anthem kick drums to slow-pimpin' rhythm and blues, the forthcoming album is ripe with marvelous melodies. To describe Rahsaan's flow you have to step outside of the box, creating a new interpretation rhyme.
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Hey Champ is thrilled to be invited to perform at the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition's second annual Second Chance Prom in Tupelo, MS on May 8th. In light of the recent events surrounding Constance McMillen at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi, the MSSC is also extending a special invitation to the students at that school to join in at the prom. The purpose of the Prom is to create a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and allies to have a safe and fun night where everyone feels comfortable being themselves.
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