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The highly anticipated lineup for the 2013 'Made in America' festival was finally revealed on Wednesday, following the announcement of the dates for Jay-Z's second annual two-day music event, which will be held on Labor day Weekend (August 31st-September 1st) at Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This year's 'Made in America', sponsored by Budweiser, will be headlined by the rapper's superstar wife Beyonce, in addition to Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Deadmau5, & Calvin Harris. The lineup for the festival was revealed through Spotify, an online music-streaming service. Artists participating in 'Made in America' 2013 were added to a Spotify playlist one by one, beginning at noon yesterday (4/10) in the following order:Nine Inch Nails, Solange, Emeli Sande, ScHoolboy Q, Walk The Moon, Kendrick Lamar, Fitz and the Tantrums, Haim, Wiz Khalifa, Nero, Ab Soul, GTA, Calvin Harris, A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz, Phoenix, Macklemore, Public Enemy, Beyonce, Deadmau5, Queens Of The Stone Age. Read More »
t may be 11 years since rocker chick Avril Lavigne first entered the music scene with her hit single "Complicated," but even as the 28-year-old plans her wedding with her fiance, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, she still refuses to grow up. The Canadian singer/songwriter makes this clear in her catchy new single "Here's to Never Growing Up," which was released yesterday on iTunes and has already climbing its way to number 10 on the charts after only one day. The acoustic anthem seems to take her back to her pop-punk origins during her "Complicated" days which initially made us fall in love with Avril back in 2002. Read More »
Party animals get ready...the ferocious lineup for Electric Zoo 2013 has finally been unleashed!! Celebrating its 5th year anniversary, the three-day EDM festival will take place Labor Day Weekend (August 30th-September 1st) at its usual New York City location, Randall's Island. This year's 'Zoo' promises to be bigger and better as it now features two Main Stages (Main Stage East & Main Stage West) that will be occupied by some of the biggest DJ's in dance music including David Guetta, Avicii, Sebastian Ingrosso, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, and many more! "Every year we have been committed to improving the Electric Zoo experience for all of our fans. This year we decided to celebrate our fifth year anniversary by going bigger and adding a 2nd main stage with 30 more acts to celebrate our collective passion for dance music," state co-founders Laura De Palma & Mike Bindra of Made Event & Creators of Electric Zoo. Another change that has been made to Electric Zoo 2013 is the elimination of the "under-ragers." EZoo 2013 will strictly be for party animals who are 18 and older, reports Dancing Astronaut. The festival has listened to fans' requests for this change, and has made the decision to follow the industry standard for electronic dance music festivals. Sorry baby ravers...looks like you'll be sitting this one out! Read More »
Jess and Nick may have finally gone out on their first official date during last week's 'New Girl,' but this week's episode focused on a different couple that "Team Schmidt" fans may be not so thrilled about: CeCe and her husband-to-be Shivrang. Fox's April 9th episode of their hit sitcom 'New Girl,' entitled "Bachelorette Party," delves into Cece's underdeveloped relationship with her fiancé as she hastily prepares for her "traditional Indian" wedding, while BFF Jess throws her a rather uncomfortable surprise bachelorette party. Here's a recap of Season 2, Episode 22 that involves pre-wedding jitters, interesting future in-laws, and some dirty pictures. Read More »
The seven remaining celebrity contestants on "Splash" (Louie Anderson, Katherine Webb, Nicole Eggert, Drake Bell, Brandi Chastain, Rory Bushfield, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) flipped their way into Week 4 on the April 9th episode of ABC's diving competition TV show. Last night's "Splash" featured an automatic elimination of the contestant with the lowest scoring dive, which had to incorporate a flip. This was the first week where there wasn't a "dive-off" for the two lowest scoring competitors (former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb & comedian Louie Anderson) to attempt to redeem themselves with a second dive. The new elimination procedure resulted in Louie Anderson flipping/rolling his way off of the show. Before the comedian sealed his fate as the lowest scoring contestant this week, basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took the first flip of the night. Read More »
Watch out Hakksan...another Las Vegas Nightclub is making its "Sin City" debut this month. LIGHT, the Cirque du Soleil inspired state-of-the-art nightclub, is gearing up for its grand opening weekend at Mandalay Bay and has just announced its superstar DJ lineup for its kick-off weekend beginning on Friday, April 26th. The Light Group also made a special announcement on Monday revealing that there will be a "surprise early sneak peek event" on Wednesday, April 24th launched by "Clarity" DJ Zedd as he becomes the first to light up the night at LIGHT. In addition to it's stacked lineup for LIGHT's Grand Opening month, led off by Nicky Romero and Axwell in addition to Zedd, the venue has just announced its latest residency, the electro punk trio Krewella, reveals Dancing Astronaut. The "Alive" hit-makers will start their residency on May 1st, performing eight times in 2013. The newest residency addition to Mandalay Bay's 38,000 square-foot nightclub "will be in good company with world-renowned artists including Nicky Romero, Skrillex, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Baauer and A-Trak all holding residencies this summer." Read More »
The entire 'Goodie Mob' crew, including group founder and ex-judge on NBC's The Voice Cee-Lo Green, will officially all be heard together again on their new album, Age Against the Machine, set to release on June 18th. This release date for the "Soul Food" rappers' reunion LP was confirmed by Cee-Lo's manager to Fuse last week and will be the first new 'Goodie Mob' record to drop in nine years. The Atlanta hip-hop group released their last album One Monkey Don't Stop No Show back in 2004 without their frontman Cee-Lo, who hasn't appeared with fellow members Big Gipp, Khujo, and T-Mo since 1999's World Party. "It's future-sounding," says Green's manager Mestel of the group's upcoming album. "It's not really what you would think Goodie Mob would be. I think people will be surprised in a positive way when they hear it." Mestel also revealed that the group is planning on putting together a tour to support the album, reports Fuse. Read More »
Jay-Z's 'Made in America' Festival 2013 will be returning to Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway this Labor Day weekend. The official dates (August 31st-September 1st) for the rapper's second annual two-day musical event have been announced today, and this year's lineup will be unveiled via Spotify on Wednesday April 10th at 12pm. Beyonce's man is allowing Philly to be "reintroduced" the Budweiser-sponsored festival once again in 2013, following its inaugural "artistic and commercial success" last year. The festival brought more than thirty acts to three stages along the Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art-- one of the most scenic streets in Philadelphia, notes The Star Ledger. About 40,000 people attended each of the two days of the 2012 'Made in America' festival which featured an eclectic list of performers hand-selected by the superstar rapper himself. It included Skrillex, Drake, Pearl Jam, Otto Knows, Calvin Harris, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, Odd Future, and of course Jay and Kanye West as "The Throne," and was also was home to an epic Run-DMC reunion. Read More »
Former "adult" star, Jenna Jameson, received an early birthday present this year: an arrest and an alleged battery charge complete with a ride in the back of a cop car on Saturday night. This news comes not even a year after the star's earlier DUI incident earned her a three year probation sentence last summer. TMZ first reported that the 38-year-old was in Newport Beach, CA on Saturday preparing for some early birthday celebrations, when around 8 p.m. Jameson reportedly assaulted an unidentified victim in an Orange County home. Read More »
The highly anticipated electronic 'rave' that is "Electric Daisy Carnival" will be returning to New York City this summer on May 17th and 18th at Citi Field, and the 2013 lineup is looking better than ever. Along with the unveiling of the official lineup for the music festival's second party weekend in NYC, Insomniac Events also announced that EDC will be going international this summer, as London becomes an added destination for the unique "experience." As their website states, "No longer simply an electronic music festival, Electric Daisy Carnival has grown into a one of a kind, full entertainment experience. EDC combines the world's most renowned dance music talent with leading-edge production to create an unparalleled experience of sight and sound that you will have to encounter for yourself to believe. This is your world, so come play and let your imagination lead the way." Read More »
he Coachella 2013 lineup has a new update! The former 'Velvet Underground' frontman, Lou Reed, has reportedly cancelled a number of US tour dates in California, including his two performance sets at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival next month, states Rolling Stone. As well as his appearances at Coachella Weekend One (April 12) and Weekend Two (April 19), Reed has cancelled shows at San Francisco's Warfield (April 14), the Monterey Golden State Theatre (April 16) and Los Angeles' Orpheum (April 17). "His show has been cancelled due to unavoidable complications," the Orpheum event's web page notes. Refunds for the latter two shows are "available at point of purchase," per show promoter Goldenvoice. He has no other current dates listed and there are no other details provided. Read More »
'Holy Ship!!' is already planning its next voyage in 2014 on the sea of EDM love. The dates for the 3rd annual, three-night electronic music cruise have been confirmed for January 9-12 of next year, as 'Holy Ship!!!' cruisers board a new vessel, MSC Divina, in Miami, FL, announced HARD Events, Cloud 9 Adventures and Bowery Presents on Monday. Although the lineup has not yet been revealed for 'Holy Ship!!! 2014,' pre-book tickets already sold out within minutes of the announcement back in the beginning of March. This evident high anticipation for next year's excursion means that Holy Ship!!!'s list of 2014 performers will have to blow the previous years' lineups out of the water, which in 2013 included: Justice (DJ set), Boys Noize, Knife Party, Major Lazer, Diplo, A-Trak, Skream & Benga and Destructo, as well as Fatboy Slim, Laidback Luke, Rusko, Diplo, A-Trak, Steve Aoki, Skrillex, Tommy Lee & DJ Aero, Brodinski, Buraka Som Sistema and Gesaffelstein, who were featured in the inaugural Holy Ship! 2012 voyage. Talent for the next EDM adventure, aboard the newest in the MSC fleet, 'Divina,' will reportedly be announced soon. Read More »
Hakkasan Las Vegas, the five-level nightclub/restaurant "hot spot" opening at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino this April, has revealed the details surrounding its Grand Opening weekend, including the DJ lineup featuring EDM artists like Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Laidback Luke, Calvin Harris, Tommy Trash, and many more. Read More »
