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Fall Out Boy Members Kick Off Hiatus By Forming Metal Supergroup
Just a few days after we posted our item chock full of suggestions for how the members of Fall Out Boy should spend their hiatus comes the news that FOB’s Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman have teamed up with members of Anthrax and Every Time I Die to create their own metal supergroup , The ...
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‘Glee’ Takes a Break Till 2010 As We Cry Into Our Jazz Hands
Attention Gleeks: If you haven’t already picked up the first soundtrack or pre-ordered Volume 2, do it now, because there’s gonna be a lot less Glee in your life for awhile. After the December 9 episode, the beloved Fox series ain’t coming back on the air till April 2010, says  ...
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The Five Classiest Quotes From Ke$ha’s ‘Billboard’ Interview
Oh, Ke$ha. Forget your current Top 10 hit “TiK ToK” or the one with Flo Rida that spent a bazillion years (i.e., six weeks) at #1 earlier this year—you had us when you started spelling your name with a dollar sign, using “Keshasuxx” as your Twitter monicker and taking ...
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Pussycat Dolls’ Melody Thornton Says It’s Just A ‘Break,’ Not a Break Up
Are the Pussycat Dolls really breaking up because of feuding within the group? New York Post ’s Page Six reports that Nicole Scherzinger (who previously tried sailing away from the five-piece pop act to unspectacular results ) has sparked irreparable ire with the other members, and ...
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The Sounds Are All Wet In Their ‘Beatbox’ Video
Sweden’s The Sounds amp their rad factor up an extra notch with their new vid for “Beatbox.” The clip starts off with singer Maja Ivarsson and the rest of the band being chased through a dark jungle by an angry tribe. They then jump off a cliff and spend the rest of the time ...
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R. Kelly Wants To Take You Behind the Middle School And Get You ‘Pregnant’
Okay, that was Tracy Jordan , not R. Kelly, but it may as well be. R. Kelly dropped his song “Pregnant” off his upcoming album Untitled (seriously, Kel? You couldn’t think of one thing to call it?) which features The-Dream, Robin Thicke, and yes, even model-turned-actor-turned rapper Tyrese. ...
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A Very ‘Single and Ready To Mingle’ Usher Wants You To Get In His ‘Bag’
Another song off Usher’s indefinitely postponed album Raymond vs. Raymond dropped, and this one’s called “In My Bag” (it also features T.I.). The newly divorced Ush starts the mid-tempo club song off by declaring he’s “single and I’m ready to ...
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John Mayer Controls The Charts, Much To Kris Allen’s Dismay
John Mayer Controls The Charts, Much To Kris Allen’s Dismay
idolator.com — The suspense surrounding the John Mayer/50 Cent/Kris Allen/Norah Jones/Justin Bieber/Leona Lewis battle ended today, as Billboard has... reported the Top 200 Albums chart positions for the new entries. It’s probably no surprise that John Mayer ... John Mayer Controls The Charts, Much To Kris Allen’s Dismay
Adam Lambert Tells The ‘Early Show’ He’s Not A Babysitter
Adam Lambert trotted onto CBS’s Early Show this morning, after ABC canceled his scheduled Good Morning America appearance. Hopefully you weren’t expecting the American Idol runner-up to issue an apology for his so-called raunchy American Music Awards performance on Sunday ...
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Have A Listen To Alicia Keys’ ‘Empire State of Mind (Part II),’ Sans Jay-Z
Are those leggings with knee spikes that Alicia Keys is donning on the (possibly fan made?) cover art for “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down”? Is the shoulder spike fad that populated the AMAs already on its way out? Alicia Keys’ voice soars here like it did on the ...
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Ellie Goulding And Erik Hassle Serve Up An Acoustic Robyn Cover
Kudos to PopJustice for tipping the planet off to Ellie Goulding and Erik Hassle’s quite lovely cover of Robyn’s “Be Mine!” The frantic strings and urgent beats that punctuated the pixie-coiffed singer’s original version are swapped out here for an acoustic guitar. ...
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Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” Video, Starring Snakes And Smirks
Wait, this is how to defuse controversy? Oh that’s right—they’re not really trying to. Adam Lambert’s council of advisors picked a rather opportune moment to release the vid for his lead single, “For Your Entertainment.” The vid — which initally looked plenty ...
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Coldplay Bassist Takes Break From Coldplay To Create Coldplay-like Music
Barely a month into Coldplay’s “break” , bassist Guy Berryman has resurfaced with a side project: Apparatjik (which we’ll probably pronounce incorrectly every single time), which plans to move swiftly: the band has already e-mailed its first song to select fans and is aiming ...
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The Muppets Do ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ And Fill Us With Joy
As a pre-Thanksgiving weekend treat, The Jim Henson Company has gifted the world with The Muppets covering Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” complete with their own take of the iconic video. Why? Who cares why. It exists, and you should be thankful just for that. Amazing video ...
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Adam Lambert Axed From ‘Good Morning America’
If nothing else, Adam Lambert has pretty much guaranteed that no one is talking about Kris Allen this week. After his simulated sex extravaganza on ABC’s broadcast of the American Music Awards, the American Idol runner-up has been officially un-invited from a planned appearance on the ...
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The Chris Brown Forgiveness Train Rolls Right Along Without Timbaland
The Chris Brown Forgiveness Train Rolls Right Along Without Timbaland
idolator.com — So now that Timbaland’s scrapped Chris Brown’s appearance from his forthcoming Shock Value II , Brown’s career... is dead in the water, right? Not so fast. The real shock here may be that his prospects aren’t quite so grim: ... The Chris Brown Forgiveness Train Rolls Right Along ...
Rihanna Does ‘Good Morning America,’ Despite Wardrobe Malfunction
Rihanna was slightly late for her appearance on the Good Morning America stage this morning to perform “Wait Your Turn.” The reason? A good old-fashioned wardrobe malfunction. (Sorry, no nudity in this one.) “I’m a little too fat right now—the zip busted in the ...
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Timbaland, SoShy And Nelly Furtado Kind Of Sing For Conan
Timbaland is sticking to the promo trail for his upcoming album, Shock Value II . Sunday he performed new single “Morning After Dark” with SoShy and Nelly Furtado at the American Music Awards , and last night the trio hit up The Tonight Show to belt out the tune for Conan ...
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Lady Gaga Tells Leno She’s ‘Okay’ With Grammy New Artist Shut-Out
Lady Gaga went on The Jay Leno Show last night to promote The Fame Monster and tossed out a few flip answers to the nighttime host’s questions. When asked how the nuns reacted to the music she performed while still a Catholic school student, she replied, “Well, my music was ...
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Usher Joins The Lil Wayne Club As His Album Is Pushed Back
Maybe Usher should spend a little less time promoting his protege Justin Bieber and more time sorting out his own musical output. The December 21 release date for the singer’s upcoming album Raymond v. Raymond has been bumped, reports Billboard , and a Jive spokesperson gave no set date ...
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