The heartland's newest major music festival--KANROCKSAS--returns this spring with Kendrick Lamar, Tiësto and The Avett Brothers leading the charge as the first confirmed acts. The two-day festival, set for Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29 at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, KS, will be represented by a diverse gamut of 30+ artists from rock, electronic and hip-hop genres. Look for more talent to be announced in the coming weeks.
Grammy nominated Country Music artist Dierks Bentley kicks off his 'Locked & Loaded' Tour in Columbia, SC, January 17, 2013. Bentley has chosen award winning and highly sought after Tribe, Inc. for this tour's production design and art direction.
St Kilda-based dancer Nadiah Idris will replace Demi Sorono for the Melbourne season of Blaze the Show. Nadiah Idris joins fellow Melburnian and lawyer-come-break dancer Sid Mathur as the Australian dancers in the West End production at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall from Wednesday 23 - Sunday 27 January.
This summer the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is set to be transformed into a magician's playground when seven of the greatest magicians on the planet come together on the Concert Hall stage in The Illusionists, from tonight, 18 January 2013.
Reality television star Kim Kardashian speaks frankly about the issues surrounding her impending divorce from Brooklyn Nets star Kris Humphries when she and her sister Kourtney visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Wednesday, Jan. 16.
Hip-hop artist and producer Diioia Beats has released the 'Tequila Straight and Protein Shakes' mixtape. The 15 track project, presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion, is now available for download. The mixtape features Diioia Beats with appearances by S Dot, B. West, Louie Nova, Black, Caitlin Izabel, Mike Withz, and John Mayer.
Sundance Channel and Diageo have partnered on a multi-platform, multi-brand sponsorship deal and production project to be launched at the upcoming 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
English producer Flux Pavilion reveals a glimpse of his forthcoming 'Blow The Roof' EP due 1/28 exclusive to Beatport and 1/29 to all other DSPs via Big Beat/Circus Records. Fresh off the critically received Major Lazer collaboration 'Jah No Partial,' Flux Pavilion aka Joshua Steele unleashes another epic anthem-like single, the EP's title track 'Blow The Roof' which maintains the enthusiasm and production values of his early hits 'Bass Cannon' and 'I Can't Stop' (which was brilliantly sampled for Kanye West and Jay-Z's 'Who Gon' Stop Me') while stepping up the BPM and taking a more literal approach to dance music.
Black Ensemble Theater presents the world premiere of From Doo Wop to Hip Hop, written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor and Associate Director Rueben Echoles and produced by Jackie Taylor. From Doo Wop to Hip Hop will be presented at the new Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago, February 15 - April 24, 2013. The official press opening is scheduled for Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 3:00PM.
Gold Fields' debut album Black Sun is armed with pop hooks, tribal beats, danceable rhythms, and plenty of emotion. Revered for their larger-than-life live show and having already shared stages with acts like Crystal Castles, Metric, St. Lucia and Diamond Rings, the Australian quintet will make their debut TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing single 'Dark Again' on February 27th at 11:35/10:35pmC on ABC. Fans will have more chances to experience the band live on a national co-headlining tour with A Silent Film & Royal Teeth, which kicks off February 4th in DC.
News broke that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their first child over the holidays - and since THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW was on hiatus - the beloved syndicated talk show host had to wait until today to give her thoughts. Check out Williams' comments below!
LOVE & HIP HOP is back in the Big Apple from the Dirty South for season 3. Premiering Today, January 7th at 8PM on VH1, 'Love & Hip Hop' returns with a few familiar faces and a mostly brand-new cast who prove the third time is the charm as they deliver all the drama, heartache, success and failures of hip hop's movers and shakers in the concrete jungle that is New York City.
Hip-hop artist and producer Diioia Beats has released the single "The Greatest" featuring clips of Muhammad Ali. The project, presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion, is now available for download.
TVLine reports that 'The Voice' judge Adam Levine will make his hosting debut on NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on January 26. The Maroon 5 frontman recently served as the show's musical guest.
Producers Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith and Ruth & Stephen Hendel have announced that Grammy Award-winning recording artist and former member of Destiny's Child Michelle Williams will join the national tour of the hit Award-winning Broadway musical Fela! when it opens at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, DC on January 29. Fela! received three 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Choreography.
Kim Kardashian is the latest celeb to announce a pregnancy for the new year. Kim and baby Daddy Kanye West expect their bundle of joy to arrive in June. Will wedding bells shortly follow?
Rap star Kanye West stopped his concert in Atlantic City, NJ last night to announce to the crowd that his girlfriend, reality TV star Kim Kardashion, is expecting a child in 2013. 'Stop the music and make noise for my baby mama,' gushed West as he pointed to the expentant mother. Check out the video below!
People.com reports that celebrity super couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a child in 2013. West revealed the news during a concert in Atlantic City on Sunday evening.
U.S. adults would most like to be neighbors with country music power couple Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton in 2013, according to the sixth annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey[i]. The cast of the reality TV show 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' was among the least desirable neighbors of 2012.