Radiohead's Thom Yorke Vs Bruno Mars

"Amazon f**ks with us every time," Yorke added. "They undercut us. So really, it was No. 1." more on this story

Beyonce Bans Photographers

(popmusiclife) Beyonce has banned professional photographers from her current tour, The Mrs. Carter Show. She kicked off a European tour last week.

Media outlets have been advised that "there are no media credentials for this show. Local news outlets, including print and online will be given a link to download photos from every show."

The move by the pop diva to control her image follows the fallout from Beyonce's Super Bowl appearance in February, when media published what the singer considered some unflattering photos of her Halftime performance.

At the time, it was reported that Beyonce's publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, contacted various outlets to request that some very specific images were taken offline. more on this story

Lil Scrappy Jailed Over Urine Test

Lil Scrappy turned himself in to an Atlanta jail yesterday for an arrest warrant that was issued after he reportedly refused to submit to a court-ordered urine test, according to TMZ.

They report that rapper allegedly violated his probation in March after a dispute over a urine test. According to court officials, he tried to turn in a urine sample that was cold to the touch and may have been tampered with.

He was then asked to submit another urine sample and he reportedly refused which led the court to issuing a warrant for his arrest. Read the TMZ report here.

will.i.am Addresses Arty & Mat ZoSong Theft Controversy

will.i.am admits that he stole the beat behind his new song with Chris Brown but he insists that it was an honest mistake, according to TMZ.

House producer Arty accused will.i.am of using the beat from the Arty & Mat Zo song called "Rebound" on his new song "Let's Go."

will.i.am called in to Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM and admitted that he used beat. He told the station, "I'm a fan of Arty. I think he's great and the world needs to know about how talented those guys are.

"It's sad that it's turned into a fiasco but hopefully it's resolved because I'm a fan of those guys to the point where I wrote to their instrumental."

He reportedly believed that the beat had been properly licensed and said that "We're fixing it now."

Glen Campbell Retiring From Touring Due To Alzheimer's

(Radio.com) Glen Campbell will tour no more. After the legendary singer and guitarist announced he had Alzheimer's disease a couple years ago, he chose to spend much of 2012 on an ambitious farewell tour, enjoying one last experience of playing live and interacting with fans.

And he was surprisingly energetic throughout those shows, talking with the audience, singing well and digging into some awesome guitar solos.

This year, though, the disease has progressed to the point that he can no longer tour. Campbell, however, will release a new album this summer. Titled See You There, it features new recordings of some of his biggest hits. more on this story

Jimmy Kimmel Trick Coachella Fans In Hilarious Video

(Radio.com) While the annual Coachella festival built its sizeable reputation on delivering an impressive range of musical acts ranging from alt-rock legends to emerging artists, the three-day concert has become so popular that the overall experience often overshadows the music itself.

A recent sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live! highlights that phenomenon by quizzing random Coachella concertgoers about which acts they're most excited to see, suggesting a few bands which they enthusiastically endorse. The only problem is that most of the bands they're raving about don't exist.

The TV crew got Coachella attendees to endorse "Dr. Shlomo and the GI Clinic" ("they're always amazing," says one fan), "The Obesity Epidemic" and "Regis and the Philbins." They also approach a male concert attendee about the very real band Two Door Cinema Club, which he says he played on Canadian community radio. While that may be true, that band has never released an album called DJ Cornmeal, as the Kimmel correspondent suggests.

The crew even gets one unsuspecting female Coachella-goer to enthuse over "Get the F*** Out of My Pool" and "The Chelsea Clintons," who she says "give off good energy" and "you can tell they do it from a good place… There are very few acts that give you that feeling." Check it out here!

Snoop Accidently Confirms Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Split

Snoop Lion, a.k.a. Snoop Dogg, accidently confirmed during an interview that Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have broken up.

Snoop had recently collaborated with Cyrus and broke the news about her breakup with her fiancé during an interview with the Huffington Post, according to MTV Australia.

"I can't speak for her, ya know what I'm saying, but I know that she has a relationship that no longer exists," he said. "I know she's probably in transformation change with her life, her music and her career." Read the MTV report here.

David Guetta Release Play Hard Video With Akon and Ne-Yo

(Radio.com) After releasing three teasers, David Guetta revealed the music video for "Play Hard" featuring Akon and Ne-Yo. The third single off Guetta's Nothing But the Beat 2.0., the trio join forces on the track and in the video, all the while proving that they know how to have a good time.

Ne-Yo took to Twitter to describe the clip as "Strange…but fly!" and his words couldn't be more true. " Shouts to the homie @davidguetta and @Akon. Check for that "Play Hard" video. Strange...but fly! Open your mind...or just dance damnit! Luv!"

At the video's start, two men venture into a back alleyway and hand over a stack of cash for some magical boots. As the boots are delivered to their new owner at a party house, a girl is shown in the corner of the house dancing as if she's possessed with plenty of popping and locking. As men play card games throughout the mansion, Ne-Yo is shown doing something a little more innocent: eating pancakes.

Meanwhile, Guetta gets inked and manages to leave his mark on one tattoo artist, writing his name on his back with a magic marker as another artist is tattooing him. But that's not all.

Lady Antebellum Announce Album Release Show For Golden

Lady Antebellum will be staging a special record release show for their new album "Golden" at the McKittrick Hotel in New York City on May 7th.

Due to the intimate size of the venue only a limited number of tickets will be released and the ticket price will include a CD copy of "Golden."

The tickets are being sold exclusively through the Citi Private Pass entertainment access program here.

The special show will benefit Musicians On Call, who brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, according to the band.

Michael Buble Offers Up Love Advice

(Radio.com) Michael Buble is good at singing about love, but is he good at giving love advice? Radio.com put Buble, whose new album To Be Loved is out this week (April 23), to the test.

Using pop songs from the likes of Taylor Swift, The Lumineers and One Direction as inspiration, we asked him to share his opinion on a few pressing love matters including, "Do guys really want girls who don't know what makes them beautiful?"

Plus the age-old question, "Who wrote the book of love?" which — spoiler alert — Bublè was finally able to reveal exclusively to us.

And, inspired by the insights of Justin Timberlake, we had to know, "Do you need to be on your suit & tie s*** to get a woman?" What the crooner has to say about that one might surprise you. Watch here

Phoenix Change Things Up On New Album

(Radio.com) No one would blame Phoenix if they decided to stick with the same crowd-pleasing sound that worked so well for them on their breakthrough album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. But the French foursome definitely weren't interested in continuing right where they left off in 2009. With their latest record, Bankrupt!, the band wanted to play around with their sound and maybe even force a few people to question whether they were even the same group of guys that made "1901."

Guitarist Laurent Brancowitz said in our latest Radio.com Essentials profile (below) that experimenting is nothing new for Phoenix. "We really want each album to sound like a different band even though we know that's not possible," he explained. "But we try every time to find new forms and with this album even more than others."

Take, the record's first single "Entertainment," which uses the Asian riff (a nod to David Bowie's "China Girl") to explore the idea of those massive demonstrations in North Korea.

"Imagine one individual that is a part of those huge choreographies with over 30,000 participants… and the sadness and melancholy of the fake smile," Brancowitz said. "That was the idea that we were trying to transcribe." More including video.

Backstreet Boys Get Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Backstreet Boys celebrated their 20th anniversary on Monday by getting their very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Backstreet is Back... and we aren't going anywhere," Nick Carter said as the star was being unveiled, reports Reuters.

"What an honor it is," added Kevin Richardson. "What a beautiful day. What another beautiful way to celebrate 20 years together."

Backstreet Boys do appear to be back. The band plan to tour and release a new album this summer and next year will be releasing a new documentary.

Cody Simpson Releases 'Pretty Brown Eyes' Video

Pop star Cody Simpson has released a new music video and single for a track from his forthcoming album which will be released this summer.

Atlantic Records released Cody's new single "Pretty Brown Eyes" on Tuesday and simultaneously released the official music video for the track which you can watch here.

Cody Simpson also recently announced dates for his North American summer tour that will feature special guest Ryan Beatty and Before You Exit. more on this story

DJ Unk Returns With 'Have A Toast'

DJ Unk famously advised us to "Walk It Out" and he returns with his latest single and video where he advises us to "Have A Toast."

"Walk It Out" proved to be a worldwide smash hit for DJ Unk. The track was featured in "Happy Feet 2," the video game "NBA 2K" and went on to sell over 3.4 million copies across the globe.

Now he is ready to "Have A Toast." The new single was release on Tuesday and DJ Unk has also released a new video for the track that you can check out here.

Singled Out: Anoop Desai's Love War (Featuring ADHD)

Today Anoop Desai tells us about his new single "Love War" featuring ADHD. The single precedes the release of his debut album, which will be released later this year. Here is the story:

I started working with producer and DJ ADHD in the Fall of 2011 on some material we originally thought would be for a mixtape, but ended up being my EP "3 Cheers". ADHD had sent over a few tracks to see if I had any topline melody or lyric ideas for them, and one happened to be an early version of the "Love War" track. That version was a lot busier in the verse sections, but we thinned those parts out when we decided to make it a vocal song. I was struck immediately by the synth line in the buildup and the drop. It's this eerie organ synth that bears down on you as the hook progresses. It builds and builds so that by the time the drop happens, you're just marching lockstep right along with it...one of those melodic motifs that you catch yourself humming days later without being able to remember where it came from. So off the bat, we had an amazing foundation for the song.

The concept of "Love War" is a pretty universal one, but the music just brought that imagery to mind right away. There was this vision of two people alone on a World War I battlefield, just entrenched in their own conflict while the world went on around them, paying no mind. The last two soldiers in a war everyone else had forgotten about. I knew that I wanted to let the track shine as much as possible, so I made the verses as simple as I could. I'm a writer that tends to add a lot of flourishes to pop songs, so it was an exercise in restraint for me. When we got into the studio to record vocals, I had a sketch of what I wanted to say, but the final lyrics were written almost on the fly in the control room. If memory serves, we were recording two or three songs that day. It was a long process so we stopped briefly to pick up a couple six packs of beer. Upon returning to the studio, ADHD and I sat and talked about the song and it kind of went into this story time about past relationships. I think we've all been in situations where we wish we didn't care about a person so much, especially romantically. I, for one, have never been good at stepping away and detaching myself from a bad situation. Instead, I tend to get stuck in these wars of love. And at the end of the day, they're really wars of pride and selfishness. Either each person is trying to prove something, or one doesn't care and the other does, etc. Inspired and a little tipsy, I wrote probably six verses inspired by a girl in my past. It became a pretty personal narrative for me at points, but the two verses we kept were the two I felt gave listeners an opportunity to apply the song and that initial imagery to their own story. That, to me, is one of the beautiful things about pop music.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and check out the video right here!

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