Day in Pop Report for 03/29/2011
The Day in Pop Digest for 3/29/11: (Billboard) Lea Michele's vehicle was hit by car on Melrose Ave. around 2 a.m. Friday morning, according to a representative for the "Glee" star. "Lea was hit and notified the police," said her rep. more(Reuters) Rapper Rick Ross was arrested and booked with possession of marijuana in Louisiana after being caught with one gram of the drug in a hotel room, police said on Monday. more (Jam!) A pair of artist managers have filed a lawsuit seeking royalties from the hit Justin Bieber song "One Less Lonely Girl." Vance Tate and Thomas Oliveria claim in a lawsuit filed last week that they represent songwriters Sean Hamilton and Hyuk Shin, who collectively go under the moniker, A-Rex. more (Billboard) During her stop at Nassau Coliseum in New York on March 27, Nicki Minaj tapped into her inner dominatrix and gave her Young Money labelhead Lil Wayne a lap dance. Watch video of it here (FMQB) B.o.B. is working on the follow-up to The Real Adventures of Bobby Ray, and it could be out this year. "I'm planning on releasing it, hopefully, this year, but if not there will definitely be music out this year," he told Spin magazine. more (Billboard) "Songs for Japan," the 38-track album featuring current hits, classic tracks and live performances benefitting Japan earthquake and tsunami relief, has been selling briskly and may land within the top five of next week's Billboard 200. more (Billboard) According to New York Post's Page Six, Katy Perry's evangelist mother Mary Perry Hudson is reportedly shopping a book proposal, in which she discusses how her daughter's suggestive lyrics, skimpy outfits and "foul-mouthed fiance" have tried her faith. more (Jam!) Wyclef Jean poked fun at his recent gunshot injury in Haiti as he took to the stage over the weekend for his first performance since the incident. more (NME) Amy Adams has been cast as Lois Lane in the forthcoming Superman reboot, Man Of Steel. more
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Katy Perry's new sci-fi music video for the track "E.T." (featuring Kanye West) is set to premiere on Thursday (3/31) on MTV but fans can tune in tomorrow (3/30) and get a first look on Entertainment Tonight. The music video is directed by filmmaker Floria Sigismondi who has created clips for David Bowie, Björk, and Marilyn Manson and who most recently directed the film The Runaways. You will have to check out your local listings for air times for the March 30th edition of Entertainment Tonight but we do know that MTV Networks will launch a daylong celebration on March 31 across its multiple screens and platforms to commemorate the premiere of the video video, including the broadcast premiere of the video on MTV at 7:53pm ET, followed by TeenNick's premiere at 10:53pm ET. more on this story
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RPM/Columbia Records have announced the September 20th release of "Tony Bennett: Duets II." Here is the official word with details about who he will be dueting with! (Billboard also reports that Lady Gaga will be included)Bennett has already begun the live recording process with several artists during Grammy week in February at LA's famed Capitol Studios. Subsequent sessions are planned for this Spring in New York, Nashville and Italy. "Duets II," produced by Phil Ramone follows up "Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic" CD, the 2006 Grammy winning best selling CD which became Bennett's best selling recording to date. Alone Tony Bennett is legendary. In partnership with another singer, he's extraordinary. A sterling all-star roster will join Tony in the studio including Mariah Carey, Natalie Cole, Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse. Some of country's biggest names will also join the round-up including Faith Hill, Willie Nelson and Carrie Underwood. From the international pantheon: angel-voiced tenor Andrea Bocelli from Italy and Latino singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz from Spain. Josh Groban and John Mayer are also slated to collaborate with Bennett. Michael Buble and k.d. lang who were both featured on the original "Duets" CD will return for "Duets II." All artists will record their duets live in the studio with Bennett. more on this story
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Today Joseph Desler Costa from L'Altra tells us about "Nothing Can Tear It Apart" from their brand new album "Telepathic," which hit stores today! Here is the story: This song developed slowly over 6 months. I originally just had the lead guitar melody that if you listen to closely and imagine it slowed down could be lifted from 'Pale Blue Eyes' by the Velvet Underground. The chords that go under this melody are just super basic so we were unsure if it was just too simple of a song to write... Then Lindsay came up with this contra tempo piano that gave the song this really back and forth rhythmic pull. All of a sudden it worked for us. In the studio the song still felt a little too light and fluffy (even for us!) until Alfredo Nogueria pulled out this really annoying guitar distortion pedal (that we previously banned from the recording session) and came up with the screaming quasi-metal guitar part in the choruses, thus giving the song some you know whats... Lyrically I had the line 'nothing can tear it apart' as a response to 'Love will tear us apart' in thinking that there are some things can't even be destroyed by love, the rest of the words are like a defense of that theory. Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!
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Rihanna has announced that J. Cole will join her and Cee Lo Green on the LOUD North American tour. "I'm excited to be heading out with Rihanna on the North American leg of her LOUD Tour. I have a high respect for both RiRi and Cee Lo, and I appreciate the opportunity to perform in front of an audience as large and diverse as theirs." said J. Cole. The North American leg kicks off on June 4th in Baltimore, at the 1st Mariner Arena, with 28 dates confirmed and more to be announced soon. more on this story
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Robbie Robertson will celebrate the release of his new album, How To Become Clairvoyant, with a live performance of his current Top 10 single "He Don't Live Here No More" on "Late Show with David Letterman" on April 5th.He'll also appear on "The View" on April 6th. The shows will mark the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's first television appearances in more than 10 years. How To Become Clairvoyant features Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Trent Reznor, Tom Morello and Robert Randolph along with vocalists Angela McCluskey, Rocco Deluca, Dana Glover and Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes). The collection was co-produced by Robertson and long-time collaborator Marius de Vries (Massive Attack, Bjork, Rufus Wainwright). more on this story
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Logo have announced that Lady Gaga will be honored with the "Always Next, Forever Now" Award at the "NewNowNext Awards" 2011. Given annually, this special award pays homage to a beloved pop icon. Due to her tour schedule, Lady Gaga will accept the award remotely unveiled in front of a live audience at the show's taping at the Avalon in Hollywood on April 7th. Past recipients for the "Always Next, Forever Now" Award include Britney Spears, Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. more on this story
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Mathew Knowles has issued a statement about his daughter Beyonce parting ways with his company, Music World Entertainment. Here is it: The decision for Beyonce and Music World Entertainment to part was mutual. We did great things together, and I know that she will continue to conquer new territories in music and entertainment. Currently, I am very focused on the tremendous investment that our record label has made in the gospel/inspirational genre of music and on our supremely talented roster of artists, including Trin-i-tee 5:7, Brian Courtney Wilson, Juanita Bynum, Micah Stampley, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Pastor Rudy and others. Music World will continue its partnership with Sony with Destiny's Child and UK female group From Above, as well as management. We will also continue to develop the Music World family of labels: Music World Country/Compadre, Music World Kids and Music World Music. In Music World's repositioning it will not continue its label/management role with Columbia/Sony artist Tiffany Evans. more on this story
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The line-up for this year's Country Thunder festival in Twin Lakes, WI keeps on growing. Sara Evans, Josh Turner, The Charlie Daniels Band, Brett Eldredge, and Edens Edge join the festival, set for July 21-24, 2011. Previously announced talent includes Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, The Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker, Craig Morgan, Neal McCoy, Sawyer Brown, Lorrie Morgan, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steel Magnolia, Easton Corbin, Jason Jones and Stealing Angels. more on this story
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(TMZ) R&B singer Angie Stone could NOT get a 'hallelujah' -- because according to her rep, Angie's arrest for driving on a suspended license came as she was driving to church on Sunday.Angie's rep tells TMZ, the singer was completely blindsided by the run-in with cops -- because she had no idea there was a warrant out for her arrest. According to the rep, Angie had a prior speeding ticket which went unpaid because she changed addresses recently ... and never got the physical ticket in the mail. We're told Angie has since paid the ticket -- and is currently in the process of tying up any other legal loose ends. more on this story
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(TMZ) Foxy Brown's fingernails have once again landed the singer in hot water -- this time, she was booted off a Royal Caribbean cruise because she flipped out after missing her at-sea manicure appointment ... TMZ has learned. Passengers on the cruise tell TMZ, Foxy set up a nail appointment on the cruise ship last Monday -- a day after the cruise took off -- and showed up three hours late. We're told the people at the salon couldn't accommodate her when she rolled around -- and Foxy went completely ballistic. According to sources, security removed her from the salon and sent her back to her room -- where she remained under supervision until Wednesday ... when the ship dropped anchor somewhere in the Cayman Islands ... and authorities kicked her off. more on this story
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The Grammy Foundation sent over word that Grammy Camp will be held in both Los Angeles and New York in summer 2011.Held for the past six years in Los Angeles, the program is expanding to the East Coast to reach a broader range of students. Applications are currently online at www.grammyintheschools.com and the deadline is March 31, 2011. "I would encourage any U.S. high school student interested in exploring a career in the music industry — whether as a performer, a producer, a songwriter, a journalist, an engineer or a promoter — to apply to one or both of our Grammy Camps," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation. more on this story
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(TMZ) The lawyer for "Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans tells TMZ that his client is the victim of a set up, and money is at the bottom of it all.Dustin Sullivan, Jenelle's lawyer, tells us he has a "serious problem" with the fact that Britany Truett -- the woman who had the crap beaten out of her in the fight -- "was paid substantially" for the pictures of her injuries and the video. Sullivan says it's suspicious that cameras were present when Jenelle arrived -- indeed, Sullivan says, multiple cameras were present capturing different angles of the impending brawl. more on this story
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