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The wait for the latest studio album from Armin van Buuren, the #1 DJ in the world, is finally over! The Dutch trance DJ has made his entire new album, "Intense," available for free full streaming on Spotify (LISTEN below) with only a few days left before its anticipated May 3rd release. Armin took to Twitter to reveal the exciting news yesterday: "BIG NEWS! My new album "Intense" is now available on @spotify #AvBIntense." As Dancing Astronaut reports, Armin has also revealed his plans to travel across the US, coast to coast, on his North American tour (of the same name) to accompany the spring release of "Intense." The tour is set to kick off on the same day of the album release, May 3rd, in Los Angeles, California and will span the rest of the month (see list of dates & cities below). Trance fans who have fallen in love with Armin van Buuren's first lead singles off of his new album, including "This is What It Feels Like" and "Who's Afraid of 138?!" no longer have to wait until Friday to hear the complete set from their favorite "A State of Trance" radio show producer. Read More »
"Hey, hey" there's good news for all the "Daydream Believer" fans out there who missed The Monkees reunion tour in 2012.."cheer up" because they're back! The 1960's rock/pop band has revealed the tour dates for their upcoming 2013 "A Midsummer's Night With The Monkees" tour. Kicking off July 15th in Port Chester, NY the 3 surviving Monkee members will hit the road for their 24-stop summer tour across North America. Following their sold out 2012 fall tour, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork will return to the concert stage this summer for a reprise, thanks to popular demand, as stated in a Monday press release. The trio will be without their fourth original band-mate: the late Davy Jones. Read More »
The Nicki Minaj "empire" is in the process of continuing its expansion! The American Idol judge is currently hard at work on her clothing line, which Minaj launched back in March with K-Mart and Shop Your Way, and the "Super Bass singer" revealed to her "Barbz" on Twitter this weekend that The Nicki Minaj Collection will definitely include swimsuits. "Working on the swimsuit portion of my line now...AHHHH!!!! Barbz r gna spazz!!!!" Nicki tweeted on April 28th. Hoping to avoid another infamous wardrobe malfunction, Minaj sought out input from her "Barbz" and "Kenz" via Twitter, ensuring that her "magical" bathing suit line will be "Va Va Voom" for every Nicki fan. "Barbz, tell me your desires regarding your swim suits... my team is standing by to take your orders! your wish is my command! Luv, Barbie." Read More »
American may have to hold out until May 3rd for the highly anticipated movie, 'Iron Man 3,' to fly into theaters, but luckily the film-inspired soundtrack, entitled "Heroes Fall," will be released a few days before Marvel's upcoming "blockbuster" to help hold fans over and "save the day." On April 30th, Marvel Music/Hollywood Records will introduce the compilation of 12 "forceful" tracks from a dozen different "super hero" indie and alternative rock bands that have banded together to provide the sounds of the third Iron Man sequel. "Heroes Fall" features brand new songs from notable artists like Passion Pit, Neon Trees, AWOLNATION, Imagine Dragons, and many more. See the entire TRACKLIST below and listen to an 18-minute "soundtrack sampler." Also available on April 30th is the "Iron Man 3" original motion picture score soundtrack, composed and conducted by Brian Tyler ("Eagle Eye," "Fast and Furious," "The Expendables"), Read More »
It has apparently become Daft Punk versus the "new" EDM world, as electronic dance music DJ's like Laidback Luke, Sebastian Ingrosso, & Dirty South "mock" the hype surrounding the 'Get Lucky' duo's upcoming album Random Access Memories and voice their opinions via Twitter about the record that will "save" the industry from its supposed "identity crisis." While Daft Punk has been dominating music headlines recently with the news of their forthcoming album, dropping in May, and the debut of the first single, other artists in the EDM industry have been creating headlines of their own on social media. The recent posts include Laidback Luke's concerns that 'Get Lucky" doesn't truly classify as house music as well as Sebastian Ingrosso & Dirty South poking fun at the extreme 'Random Access Memories' hype, which is expected to be "all the rage." The controversy over the current state of "electronic dance music" today was sparked by an interview with Daft Punk that was featured in Rolling Stone magazine a few weeks ago. Whether intentional or not, the French duo made a few "digs" at the newer DJ's contributing to the "static" EDM industry, Read More »
The camouflage-clad Robertson family definitely did not blend in with other reality TV shows ratings on Wednesday night! The season 3 finale of A&E's beloved "Duck Dynasty" commanded their age bracket with record-breaking ratings, as the show called in 9.6 million viewers who watched the Louisiana-native family take a vacation from their duck-calling duties in Hawaii. The reality/comedy show on the cable network that features the family behind a successful duck-call manufacturing business in the Louisiana bayou, expanded their "reign," reports LA Times, as the finale episode was the most-watched series telecast in A&E history among all key demos, bringing in 5.6 million adults 25-54, 5.5 million adults 18-49 and 2.6 million adults 18-34. Although Fox's American Idol brought in the most overall viewers on Wednesday night, " Duck Dynasty" is hot on Idol's tails! The cable series topped the long-running reality singing competition in the adults 18-49 bracket, bringing in a 4.3 rating, while American Idol pulled in a 3.2 rating, notes E! News. Read More »
Many rumors have been surfacing about the cancellation status of NBC's new reality dating show, Ready for Love, and the relationship status of the show's producer, Eva Longoria. The Desperate Houewives actress took to Twitter to set the record straight by revealing that she is NOT romantically involved with Ernesto (one of the "eligible" bachelors from the show's cast) and Ready for Love will continue to air new episodes. When concerned fans tweeted at Longoria expressing their sorrow that the show was being pulled by the network, Eva decided to respond to one of the tweets on April 23rd. In response to "NBC better not be cancelling 'Ready for Love'..." the actress responded "Just changing days!" One of the hosts of the reality show, Guiliana Ranic, also helped clear up cancellation rumors by "retweeting" and responding to another upset follower: "It's not! New night will be announced in next day or so:) RT @jessblanco11: Can't believe todays's the last episode of #ReadyForLove" Read More »
Tate Stevens, the season 2 'X Factor USA' winner has finally released his debut country album on Tuesday, April 23rd! The self-titled record, 'Tate Stevens,' features the singer's first hit single 'Power of a Love Song' plus ten other soon-to-be country anthems. The 38-year-old country crooner from Belton, MO wasted no time after winning the most recent 'X Factor' season, as he began writing & recording his album right away. "We had to jump on the momentum of the show," Steven tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I didn't want people forgetting -- you know, 'that's the fat ugly guy who won that show,'" he adds with a chuckle. Read More »
HARD let the 'dogz' out (literally) Tuesday morning when they revealed the 2013 lineup for HARD Summer Festival with a trailer video featuring dogs styled like some of the headlining artists including Bassnectar, Justice, Knife Party, 2 Chainz, Zedd, Ducksauce, and many more. The dates for Los Angeles’ biggest summertime music event were also announced: August 3rd and 4th. Read More »
The final five celebrity contestants on ABC's "Splash" (Nicole Eggert, Drake Bell, Brandi Chastain, Rory Bushfield, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) dove into Week 6 of the competition on the April 23rd episode of the reality TV show. A special twist was added in this week's challenge, as 5 junior champion divers (who are training to become potential Olympic competitors) paired up with the five remaining stars to teach and perform synchronized dives for Tuesday night's "Splash." Drake Bell & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dives proved to be a little "out-of-sync" this week, as the celebrities found themselves in the bottom two and went head-to-head in the dive-off. Bell ultimately prevailed. Here's how the night unfolded: Read More »
The "Thrift Shop" duo, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, will be "popping some tabs" in Europe this fall as they head overseas to seek the 'Same Love' they have recently received in the US. The Seattle-based rapper, Macklemore, and his DJ/production partnet, Ryan Lewis, have announced the first few dates and stops for their upcoming 2013 World Tour, kicking off this fall in London: "EUROPE!!! We just announced our Fall European Tour dates at http://www.macklemore.com !!" Macklemore tweeted on Monday. "This is just the first round of European tour dates.. more to come soon! Stay checking..." the rapper continued. Read More »
Ciara has released the "hot" and "steamy" new music video for her latest single 'Body Party,' which features her real-life man 'Future.' The hip hop/R&B singer will debut her upcoming self-titled album, Ciara, (formerly titled One Woman Army) on July 9th (changed from the original release date of June 4th), and the collaboration between Ciara and rapper/boyfriend Future will be the first of 11 tracks to appear. Ciara will be the singer's fifth studio album and the followup to 2010's Basic Instinct, which gave us hits like "Ride" and "Speechless." The "Love, Sex, & Magic" songstress dropped her new video Monday on BET's 106 and Park, where she spoke about shooting the 'Body Party' visual, which was directed by 'X' and features cameos from Ludacris, Trinidad Jame$, Jazze Pha and Mike WiLL Made It. "It's been so many years since I've done a video in Atlanta," Ciara said in a statement. "That alone was refreshing, but went beyond that. We captured the spirit of the song and the feeling of having a body party. It's the perfect combination of fun and sensuality." Read More »
The first promo has finally been released by Bravo for season 5 of 'Real Housewives of New Jersey!' The teaser clip entitled 'Family is a Force of Nature' displays all five RHONJ cast members from last season (Melissa Gorga, Teresa Guidice, Caroline Manzo, Jaqueline Laurita, & Cathy Wakile) confirming that all five ladies will definitely be returning on Bravo's newest 'Real Housewives' season, premiering Sunday June 2nd. The promo offers no signs of original housewife Danielle Staub returning to the Jersey cast this season. Read More »
