Justin Bieber Returns To Houston October 30th
Pre-teens and women of the greater Houston area, Justin Bieber is coming back to whisper sweet nothings into your ear. As part of his North American tour to promote Believe, the Biebs is returning to Houston on October 30th with opener Carly Rae Jaspen according to Toyota Center. Not having been here since 2010, you [...]
TRUUU: 2 Chainz Arrested At New York’s LaGuardia Airport
According to TMZ, 2 Chainz was arrested at LaGuardia Airport this afternoon after police officers & TSA agents say the 35-year old rapper was carrying brass knuckles in his bag. The rapper alleges that they aren’t brass knuckles but instead are a four finger ring that cops mistook for a weapon. He’s been charged with [...]
The Billboard Awards Pay Tribute to Whitney Houston
Not surprisingly, Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards were filled with tributes and nods to many of the lives music has lost this year. Recently departed disco queen Donna Summer was honored, but an obvious highlight of the night was a fitting tribute to the late Whitney Houston. While it’s a pretty damn interesting coincidence and [...]
Jack Freeman, The Niceguys & 220 Music Headline Project Next Show At House Of Blues
Photo: Marco Torres The old adge is, if someone isn’t putting on for you – put on for yourself. The increase in touring apparently in Houston has called for a few to corner Austin, Dallas & Houston and with “Project Next”, building upon these musical hotbeds is the focal point. R&B crooner Jack Freeman headlines [...]
Austin City Limits 2012 Lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys, Jack White, Big K.R.I.T., The Roots & 126 Other Bands
The year of the festival continues to troll on as Austin City Limits decided to poke their head out from under the smoke and ashes that was SXSW and tell the world, “Psst, our lineup is here and it’s very, very good.” ACL will go down on October 12-14 in Austins’ Zilker Park (like always) [...]
Pearl Jam, Drake, Skrillex Announced For Made In America Festival
After speculation (and shoving Freeway to the side), Jay-Z’s Made In America festival is starting to have its performer’s list leak out. According to Global Grind, D’Angelo, Skrillex, Miike Snow, Pearl Jam, Santigold, Drake & Odd Future have all been tapped to play the two-day Philadelphia festival which kicks off September 1st. The full list [...]
Obits: Robin Gibb, Co-Founder Of The Bee Gees Dies At 62
In another round of “f*ck cancer” news, Robin Gibb, one third of the legendary group The Bee Gees died today after a long bout with colon & liver cancer. Gibb had what he called made a “spectacular recovery” but a secondary tumor was found and create more problems, made even worse with a bout of [...]
Coming Attractions: Space City Beat Battle: The Listening At SF2 South (5/21)
Five days before the SCBB commences its second season at Fitzgerald’s, a preview event has been erected for those. At SF2′s South locale, beatsmiths from all over will more than likely play a few selections of their work, mingle, drink, network and compare who had the better snare and hi-hats. Or something of that nature. [...]
Kanye West To Debut Short Film “Cruel Summer” At Cannes Film Festival
Def Jam issued out an official press release this morning about Kanye West’s latest venture, a short film he’s debuting at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Titled Cruel Summer, Kanye’s short will star KiD CuDi, Aziz Ansari, will be produced by Amanda Palmer and will be co-written and directed by West himself. It’s the first [...]
Obits: Donna Summer, Disco Queen Dead At 63
Disco queen Donna Summer who popularized the disco era of music with her hits “Bad Girls”, “Hot Stuff” and her comeback hit “She Works Hard For The Money” died today in Florida, TMZ reports. The 63-year old, 5-time Grammy award winning singer had been battling lung cancer and was reportedly finishing up her new album.
