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Skate Jams to Russell Brand: Inside Katy Perry's 'Dream' | ARTICLE
Katy Perry's MTV Movie Awards performance of "California Gurls" was just the first nibble of what's undoubtedly one of the most anticipated releases of the summer, not just for her fans, but label execs seeing dollar...
June 8, 2010 9:10 AM ET -
Foo Fighters Team With Butch Vig for "Heaviest Album Yet" | ARTICLE
Forget all that talk of a hiatus. The Foo Fighters are getting ready to head back into the studio, Dave Grohl revealed at the Independent Spirit Awards on Friday night. Swigging from a bottle of Jameson Irish...
March 8, 2010 11:03 AM ET -
On the Ground at the Grammys With Drake, Kings of Leon: What You Didn't See on TV | ARTICLE
It was a night of over-the-top fashion and thank yous cut short, superpower duets (Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks) and the requisite posthumous collaboration (Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Smokey Robinson and Jennifer Hudson) — all perfectly...
February 1, 2010 12:00 AM ET -
Neil Young Honored by Wilco, Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews and More at MusiCares Gala | ARTICLE
In what was a staggering display of star power and rock & roll might, dozens of music luminaries gathered on Friday night to celebrate Neil Young as MusiCares Person of the Year. The pre-Grammy dinner and...
January 30, 2010 12:00 AM ET -
Behind the Scenes at the Grammy Nominations Concert with Fergie, Maxwell, Drake and Kings of Leon | ARTICLE
Behind the scenes at last night's Grammy Nominations Concert there was a lot of talk about the good old days — fond remembrances of a time when industry folk actually listened to full albums and not just...
December 3, 2009 12:00 AM ET -
Adam Lambert Breaks Down AMAs "Controversy" as Stars React to His Wild Night | ARTICLE
Hours before Adam Lambert hit the American Music Awards stage for a wild spectacle of a finale, he was already the talk of the red carpet. It seemed of all the divas performing that night...
November 23, 2009 12:00 AM ET -
Pink, Paramore, Death Cab, Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and More: VMAs Interviews You Didn't See on TV | ARTICLE
Now that Kanye West's latest outburst is behind us, what else happened at the MTV Video Music Awards last night? Oh yeah, there were (planned) dramatic performances, a fashion faux pas or two and — surprisingly —...
September 14, 2009 2:02 PM ET -
Bad Religion, Katy Perry, Ice T Help Warped Tour Turn 15 in L.A. | ARTICLE
"Pleaaaase mosh to my song," Katy Perry cooed shortly after taking the stage at Los Angeles' Club Nokia on Sunday night. The pop princess was one of a dozen acts appearing as part of the Vans Warped...
September 9, 2009 10:04 AM ET -
Backstreet Boys Lean on Classic Influences, Fresh Collaborations on October LP "This Is Us" | ARTICLE
Call them pop's longest-running, most persistent group. Call them men, not boys. Just don't call it a comeback. "We almost named the album that," jokes Nick Carter, one-fourth of the Backstreet Boys, whose seventh studio effort, This...
August 28, 2009 11:49 AM ET -
Kurt Cobain Joins "Guitar Hero 5": How Nirvana Came to the Game | ARTICLE
Today, Activision has confirmed that a Kurt Cobain character will be playable in Guitar Hero 5 (out September 1st), alongside Carlos Santana, Johnny Cash, Shirley Manson of Garbage and Matt Bellamy of Muse. Two Nirvana tracks,
August 27, 2009 2:04 PM ET -
Red Hot Chili Peppers Feel "Major Enthusiasm" Heading Into Studio | ARTICLE
While the Red Hot Chili Peppers slumbered, the band's members have been keeping busy these last couple of years, what with drummer Chad Smith joining all-star group Chickenfoot, frontman Anthony Kiedis developing a series for HBO and...
August 21, 2009 2:23 PM ET -
Quentin Tarantino on Five Key Soundtrack Picks, From "Reservoir Dogs" to "Inglourious Basterds" | ARTICLE
From Pulp Fiction to Kill Bill to his latest, Inglourious Basterds (opening this weekend), Quentin Tarantino matches scene with song like a sommelier pairs just the right bottle of wine with a nice steak: perfectly. And...
August 21, 2009 9:48 AM ET -
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl Gets His Own Alley in Ohio Hometown | ARTICLE
In 2006, Oklahoma City named an alley after its favorite freaky sons the Flaming Lips, last month it was announced that Run-DMC will lay claim to the corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue in Queens when...
July 31, 2009 10:51 AM ET -
Zooey Deschanel on Tackling the Smiths in "(500) Days of Summer" | ARTICLE
"Every relationship has a soundtrack," says director Marc Webb, who is making his feature film debut with (500) Days of Summer after years of shooting music videos for the likes of My Chemical Romance and Green Day....
July 17, 2009 10:52 AM ET -
Eminem and Jay-Z Trade Verses at Star-Packed "DJ Hero" Party | ARTICLE
Twenty-four hours after his performance at the MTV Movie Awards, Eminem returned to the stage for a duet with Jay-Z at the launch party for DJ Hero, the latest interactive music game from the makers of...
June 2, 2009 11:19 AM ET -
Depeche Mode Shut Down Hollywood Blvd for "Kimmel" | ARTICLE
Depeche Mode's Thursday night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live drew more than 12,000 people to Los Angeles' famed corner of Hollywood...
April 24, 2009 8:29 AM ET -
Mick Fleetwood on His Two Loves: Music and Wine | ARTICLE
In an interview with the Associated Press last week, Stevie Nicks proudly declared herself a technophobe, admitting she doesn't own a cell phone or a computer and rarely uses her iPod. Turns out, when it comes to...
April 15, 2009 4:49 PM ET -
Christina Aguilera, Jonas Brothers Surprise Perez Hilton at Birthday Bash | ARTICLE
Taking a cue from Hollywood's most enduring icon, Marilyn Monroe, Christina Aguilera hit the Sunset Strip on Saturday night to toast the town's reigning king of gossip, Perez Hilton. Rocking a leopard print body-suit, fish nets and...
March 30, 2009 8:35 AM ET -
Dave Grohl Discusses U2, Eddie Money and LSD, Jams with Jon Brion at L.A. Chat Show | ARTICLE
One monster jam went down at Hollywood's Largo Theater last night, as Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and producer/multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion pounded through a medley of classics by Rush, Foghat, Eddie Money and the Edgar Winter Group...
March 19, 2009 12:35 PM ET -
How Def Leppard and Poison Mended Fences for Summer Tour | ARTICLE
"We sing better, we sound better, we look and feel better, our progression is perfect," declares Def Leppard's Phil Collen. More than 25 years since the seminal British hard rock band took the world by storm (selling...
March 5, 2009 4:20 PM ET
