Madonna, Rihanna and Sam Smith will perform at the second annual iHeartRadio Music Awards this month. Iggy Azalea, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean and Meghan Trainor will also hit the stage on March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, iHeartMedia announced Monday. Jamie Foxx will host the awards show. Azalea and Smith are the top nominees, with five nominations apiece. Azalea, Smith, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Luke […]
And the winners are... INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST Pharrell Williams GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD Sam Smith BEST BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST Paloma Faith INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST Taylor Swift BRITISH GROUP Royal Blood BEST BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST Ed Sheeran CRITICS’ CHOICE James Bay BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT Sam Smith BRITISH SINGLE Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk” BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR Ed Sheeran, X BRITISH ARTIST VIDEO OF THE […]
Madonna took a nasty spill Wednesday night while closing out the Brit Awards in London with her new hit "Living for Love." The blame falls squarely on her risky fashion choice: Her flowing, matador-style cape pulled the Material Girl backward during the number. Madonna sprang right back to her feet, and the show went on. Thankfully, the 56-year-old pop icon took to Instagram shortly after the accident to assure everyone […]
Canadian recording artist Bryan Adams is planning a U.S. concert tour to mark the 30th anniversary of Reckless. The iconic rock album includes the hits "Heaven," "Run to You," "Kids Wanna Rock," "Somebody," "Summer of '69," "One Night Love Affair" and "It's Only Love," a duet with Tina Turner. Promoted by Live Nation, the tour will kick off April 11 in Houston, Texas. The show will also stop in New […]
Björk’s ninth album will be entitled Vulnicura. A handwritten note detailing the title, tracklist and month of release was posted on her social media, revealing that the follow-up to 2011’s Biophilia will be available in March. The album’s song titles are typically speckled with science and nature-references such as Lionsong, Atom Dance and Quicksand. Read her full post below: In the years since 2011’s Biophilia, fans have followed Björk’s gig […]
The singer claims to have nine new songs written, and also hopes to include a cover of Nina Simone’s Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. Lana Del Rey has revealed details of her fourth album, which is set to be called Honeymoon. Nine new songs have already been written for the follow-up to 2014’s Ultraviolence. The singer claims they are a departure from that record and more similar in style to […]
Five people were wounded when gunshots were fired in the Fiesta nightclub in San Jose early Sunday, but headliner Chris Brown escaped unscathed. TMZ said several people were detained, however it is unclear if anyone was arrested. The identities of the victims and the severity of their injuries were not reported. Us Weekly said the 25-year-old R&B artist was singing his hit "Loyal" when he acknowledged from the stage some […]
Courtney Love stars in this theatrical song cycle staged in a highly intimate off-Broadway space as part of the Prototype festival The Prototype festival of opera and musical theater has been increasingly buzzed-about since its inception two years ago, but the New York event's third edition has hit the publicity mother lode with Todd Almond's theatricalized song cycle Kansas City Choir Boy. The composer's co-star in the piece is Courtney […]
Elvis Presley's first record sold for $300,000 (£187,500) as part of an auction to mark his 80th birthday on Thursday (08Jan15). Presley recorded the ballad My Happiness at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee in 1953 when he was an 18-year-old budding musician. He paid $4 (£2.50) for the session and then took the acetate disc to his friend Ed Leek and left it at his house. The single, donated by […]
