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Lady Gaga Tour Dates 2010

Payton — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:28:32 +0000

Lady Gaga announced tour dates
Lady Gaga will kick of first gig in Montreal on june 28
Lady Gaga North American Tour Dates List:

June 28 – Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
July 1 – Boston, MA at TD Garden
July 4 – Atlantic City, NJ at Boardwalk Hall
July 6- New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
July 11 – Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
July 14 – Cleveland, OH at Quicken Loans Arena
July 15 – Indianapolis, IN at Conseco Fieldhouse
July 17 – St. Louis, MO at Scottrade Center
July 20 – Oklahoma City, OK at Ford Center
July 22 – Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
July 25 – Houston, TX at Toyota Center
July 28 – Denver, CO at Pepsi Center
July 31 – Phoenix, AZ at US Airways Center
August 3 – Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center
August 11 – Los Angeles, CA at Staples Center
August 13 – Las Vegas, NV at MGM Grand
August 16 – San Jose, CA at HP Pavilion
August 19 – Portland, OR at Rose Garden
August 21 – Tacoma, WA at Tacoma Dome
August 23 – Vancouver, BC at General Motors Place
August 26 – Edmonton, AB at Rexall Place
August 30 – St. Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center
September 1 – Milwaukee, WI at Bradley Center
September 4 – Detroit, MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 5 – Pittsburgh, PA at Consol Energy Center
September 7 – Washington, DC at Verizon Center
September 8 – Charlottesville, VA at John Paul Jones Arena
September 14 – Philadelphia, PA at Wachovia Center
September 16 – Hartford, CT at XL Center
September 18 – Charlotte, NC at Time Warner Cable Arena
September 19 – Raleigh, NC at RBC Center

Jesus Luz is a married man

Payton — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38:02 +0000

The Brazilian model who is slowly turning into a pop singer has recently admitted that ever since he’s been with Madonna he has felt like he is a married man with a family. This is what Jesus Luz said on the matter: “I consider myself a married man. I have a family. At my age, my father was also married. My mother gave birth to me when she was 15.” Yes, that really is the same thing, isn’t it? Madonna probably feels super-psyched that her boy toy thinks he’s the new father of her children now, even though they’re not really actually married. Oh well, at least Jesus Luz thinks he’s upholding the family tradition.

Lil Wayne won’t be signing any autographs in jail

Payton — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:57:26 +0000

Not even a month has passed since the rapper got admitted into his new “home” and already the officials are making life harder and harder for poor Lil Wayne. It looks like he has been prohibited from signing any autographs of publicizing his celebrity there in any way. It looks like they want Lil Wayne to just be a plain old convict just like the others. This is probably a golden opportunity for the rapper to get some really solid, on the field experience about prison life, just think of all the songs he could write afterwards! Lil Wayne would be a fool not to take advantage of it… and he probably won’t.

Miley Cyrus thanks screenwriter for getting her together with co-star Liam Hemsworth

Payton — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:28:33 +0000

Miley Cyrus has thanked the screenwriter of new movie The Last Song for helping her get together with co-star Liam Hemsworth.

The 17-year-old is dating Aussie actor Hemsworth after meeting on the set of the movie and she said it was the screenplay, which was written by the book’s author Nicholas Sparks, that brought them together.

She said: “I owe Nicholas big time.”

Cyrus added that she helped Sparks to write a part for her: “I like music and hot Australians. I was trying to make him write that in.”

The Hannah Montana beauty admitted that she fell for Hemsworth the moment he came in for an audition.

She said: “He opened the door for me, and I was like: ‘He’s got the part.’ And they were like: ‘Let’s read with him first.’”

Source: Splash News

Reason Why Mariah Carey is Huge in Brazil

Payton — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:33:30 +0000

For those of you who were absolutely baffled as to how Mariah Carey became such a huge success in Brazil, I have the reason for you. The curvaceous singer’s cover of Foreigner’s ‘I Want to Know What Love is’ has been on the Brazilian music charts for 20 consecutive weeks at the top spot and it the longest chart topper in the country’s history. It turns out that Mariah’s song was turned into the theme song for one of Brazil’s popular soap operas, ‘Viver a Vida’. The fact that it’s been tied into the soap opera explains the popularity of her song. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they love her.

Chris Brown’s internet messaging

Payton — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:51:50 +0000

It seems that Chris Brown is a little distraught about his career lately. The singer has taken to an on-line voice-messaging site called SayNow to complain about how radio stations aren’t playing his songs anymore. This is what Chris Brown’s message reveals: “A lot of radio stations aren’t playing my records. They are not being that supportive and I wouldn’t expect them to.” He also seems to be pleading with his fans to try and help bring him back. What does Chris Brown expect them to do, though, pass out flyers? And the false modesty with the radio thing won’t score him too many popularity points either.

Katelyn Epperly and Lily Scott take the long road home

Payton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:41:37 +0000

It seems the first contestants to go home are from among the girls of American Idol. And America has decided that it should be Katelyn Epperly and Lily Scott. Katelyn Epperly didn’t give much of a farewell speech, but apparently limited herself to saying the usual: “It was definitely a great experience, and I’ve learned a ton.” Ah yes, the disheartened bull stuff of anyone who is forced to go home before their time. Lily Scott however does allow herself to be a bit more emotional: “I don’t know, I thought I did really well. I thought I was appealing to a lot of people. I don’t know what America wants to hear. I don’t.” Well, at least she had the decency to let it all out. So it’s down to just six more girls now… the end draws near.

American Idol Top 12 Revealed

Payton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:27:14 +0000

I knew that the results would be bad when Ryan Seacrest started off the show by saying we could be in for a surprise or two. Before the American Idol top 12 were revealed, we were treated with the top 16 singing Michael Buble’s ‘Just Haven’t Met You Yet’. It looked like a reunion of the Brady Bunch. Scott McEntyre and Matt Giraud also returned to the AI stage with a duet straight from Elton John and Billy Joel, complete with pianos. As for who got eliminated, Kaitlyn Epperly, Todrick Hall, Alex Lambert and Lilly Scott failed to make it to the top 12. Kaitlyn and Todrick I understand but Lilly and Alex, come on! Even though I didn’t care about Lilly’s Patsy Cline cover, she’s more talented than a few of the girls left. And I thought Alex hit it out of the park with ‘Trouble’. I am seriously disappointed.

Justin Timberlake and The Flaming Lips

Payton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:08 +0000

Wayne Coyne, the lead singer for The Flaming Lips, is trying to get Justin Timberlake to star in the band’s new movie. Justin played the bass guitar with the band during Top of the Pops back in 2003. Wayne is looking to tap a number of celebrities for their follow up to 2008’s ‘Christmas on Mars’. He said “I’m in the process of begging [Timberlake]. If I’m lucky I’ll be able to wear him down in another year. [I want] celebrities to show up and have fun with us for a couple of nights… My only goal was that I didn’t have to build space station-looking sets every time I wanted to have someone say something. This one is set in someone’s house, a backyard and a slaughterhouse; all those are available to me right here.”

Taylor Momsen Talks Music

Payton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:25:31 +0000

Taylor Momsen recently opened up to Parade magazine on how she has trouble “fitting in”, how she has no interest in being a role model, being a celebrity and her music. I’m starting to get irritated with the ‘Gossip Girl’ actress turned singer for trying hard to be edgy when everyone knows she’s just a poser. She talked about her music, saying “I’ve done an album. Music is where I can be me. I really do it because I love it, honestly. It’s what I want to do with my life. I mean, it’s my only goal. Acting is easy. I’ve been doing it for so long and I totally love it. But you’re playing a character instead of yourself. Music is more personal because you’re writing it and you’re involved in every step of it. I’ve been writing songs since I was, like, five and I’ve been singing since, like, I can’t remember.” I doubt it.

Tim Urban makes his name resound

Payton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:55:48 +0000

Even though he was pretty near to getting the privilege to go home, Tim Urban was saved to sing another day and more than made up for it last night. He chose a pretty hard song to cover, “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen, but he did it with flying colors and that got the admiration of both Ellen DeGeneres who even gave him a hug and Simon Cowell who said: “This week, very, very smart with that song, because it’s a song that reacts. By far, the strongest performance you’ve given in the competition.” So Tim Urban is safe once more. It looks like his voice finally managed to catch up with his good looks. Now Tim Urban just has to figure out how what other aces he can stuff up his sleeve.

Lady Gaga in 3D

Payton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:38:38 +0000

Lady Gaga is busy taking over the world with her Monster Ball Tour and putting the finishing touches on her music video for ‘Telephone’ with Beyonce but a rep at her label has revealed that there are talks about a 3D concert and DVD in the near future for the princess of pop. Is this what the singer has been prepping her fans for when the deluxe edition of her album ‘The Fame Monster’ included a pair of 3D glasses? That’s the only other reason that I can think of and I am utterly excited about this piece of news. I can already imagine the crazy stuff that she’s going to pull off.

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Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake’s steamy scenes for new movie

Payton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:05 +0000

Former Hollywood couple Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake will be seen in bed together in scenes for their new movie, Bad Teacher.

The pair dated for four years before splitting in 2007 and Timberlake, 29, is now dating actress Jessica Biel.

Timberlake was recently announced as the actor playing Diaz’s love interest in the flick.

Diaz, 37, plays a teacher recently dumped by her boyfriend, who sets her sights on landing a date with a fellow teacher at her school, played by Timberlake.

According to Life & Style, the script sees the pair get quite steamy in a hotel room alone together.

Timberlake’s character ends up in a passionate clinch on top of the star but when he gets too excited, their liaison ends before they’d wanted it too.

He then rolls off her and says: “That was a mistake.”

She replies: “That was fast.”

Source: Splash News

Lily Scott’s performance might fall to pieces

Payton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:49 +0000

The American Idol contestant who seems to have a thing for songs of ages past might have overstayed her welcome this week. Lily Scott’s song choice for last night, Patsy Cline’s “Fall to pieces”, seems to have impressed the judges well enough, but perhaps not the public as well. Ellen DeGeneres commended Lily Scott for her style, but Simon Cowell remains the eternal skeptic and thinks that the song choice might have not been the most inspired one. Maybe Lily Scott will have garnered the support of a lot of people who love good music who’ll manage to save her this week too and she will probe Simon Cowell wrong. Those are two big achievements for just one week.

2010 Academy of Country Music Awards Nomination,

Payton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:24:24 +0000

Lady Antebellum leads with seven nominations, Miranda Lamber and Carrie Underwood with six nominations, Taylor Swift with five nominations; Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, and Zac Brown Band with four nominations:
2010 Academy of Country Music Awards Nominations Full List:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band

TOP MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban

TOP FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack

TOP VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band

TOP VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan
Jamey Johnson
Chris Young

TOP NEW VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Bomshel
Joey + Rory
Steel Magnolia

TOP NEW VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band
Gloriana
The Lost Trailers

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley
Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum
Play On – Carrie Underwood
Revolution – Miranda Lambert
The Foundation – Zac Brown Band

SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
Red Light – David Nail
Toes – Zac Brown Band (
White Liar – Miranda Lambert

SONG OF THE YEAR

Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Boots On – Randy Houser
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Welcome To The Future – Brad Paisley
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift

VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

Hillbilly Bone – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Honky Tonk Stomp – Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
I’m Alive – Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
Seeing Stars – Jack Ingram featuring Patty Griffin

Miley Cyrus Covers Teen Vogue

Payton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:05:37 +0000

Miley Cyrus is featured on the April 2010 issue of Teen Vogue. The 17-year old actress/singer talked about her ‘The Last Song’ co-star and boyfriend Liam Hemsworth and her future in music among other things. Miley spoke about her career saying “The more I make music that doesn’t truly inspire me, the more I feel like I’m blending in with everyone else. So after this next album, I’m taking some time off.” She also spoke of her chemistry with Liam saying “I think we’re both deeper than normal people—what they think and how they feel. He’s very grateful for what he has, but he doesn’t let it go to his head. I’m like that too.”

Hilary Duff signs up to write young adult fiction

Payton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:49:51 +0000

Gossip Girl actress Hilary Duff, 22, is extending her talents to novel writing.

Duff has signed with top New York publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers to write a series of young adult novels, beginning with one titled Elixir.

The first novel will tell the story of the worldwide adventures of a photojournalist named Clea Raymond and be released in October this year, ninemsn.com reports.

Duff, who is set to appear in The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde this year, is also planning a non-fiction book about children coping with divorce. She is the daughter of a producer who separated from her husband, inspiring her songs Stranger and Gypsy Woman.

Source: Splash News

Kelly Clarkson Joins Lilith Fair

Payton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:58 +0000

It was recently announced that Kelly Clarkson will be joining the Lilith Fair this coming summer along with The Bangles, The Go-Go’s, Dixie Chicks’ Emily Robison and Martie Maguire’s new band The Courtyard Hounds, Martina McBride, Suzanne Vega and several others. The American Idol alum posted her excitement over at Twitter and also shared that she believes that she will be performing for 11 dates on the festival tour. Are you excited to catch the singer on Lilith Fair? I’m quite excited to catch a show but I’m not entirely sure about some of the performers. Oh well, I guess we’ll just see if it’s any good when it gets here.

Ke$ha Talks Transgender

Payton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:14:03 +0000

In a recent interview with The Advocate, Ke$ha talked about being a huge fan of the transgender community. The trashy pop singer said “I am a huge fan of the transgender community. I am so not a proper, good female. I can’t dance in high heels and I’m just so not girly, but then I see these men with these banging bodies, dancing in heels, singing, and having so much fun with so much makeup on. That makes me honestly want to be a better woman. It is so fascinating that someone can commit their whole entire lifestyle to being such a fantastic woman when I’m such a bum about it.”

Tokio Hotel Wants to Dominate America

Payton — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:57:06 +0000

Tokio Hotel lead singer Bill Kaulitz and his twin brother Tom recently talked about what music served as great influences to them growing up. Bill said that when he was young, he loved listening to Nena but has since grown out of it and now loves to listen to Stereophonics and Kings of Leon. Tom said that he was a big Aerosmith fan back in the day and is still a big fan today. As for their hopes for success, Tom said that he hopes that America is ready for their band and that they can even feel it. I think everyone really just needed to prepare to have to look at Bill but we already got over it once Adam Lambert was all over the place.