MTV announced today via its various social media platforms that megastar Kanye West is set to perform on the '2013 MTV Video Music Awards' stage LIVE from Brooklyn's Barclays Center on August 25 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Following his performance of 'BLKKK SKKKN HEAD,' Kanye will triumphantly enter the history books by tying Madonna as the artist with the most VMA performances. Both artists have notched performances at seven separate VMAs. In celebration of the forthcoming performance and feat, MTV Jams, MTV's 24-hour hip-hop music channel and MTV Hits, MTV's 24-hour music channel, will feature an hour block of Kanye West videos and performances from 4-5pm ET/PT. On Wednesday morning, MTV's AMTV will feature playlist of Kayne videos and performances. The announcement was made today from the iconic Brooklyn Bridge and shared across MTV's social channels on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vine.
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Nine-time Grammy Award winning artist John Legend has confirmed a Detroit Fox Theatre performance for his upcoming 'Made To Love' tour on Tuesday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. Award-winning singer, reality star and talk show host Tamar Braxton, whose album Love and War also drops September 3rd, has been confirmed as a special guest throughout the tour
MTV, MTV News' Sway and fans announced today from the Brooklyn Promenade via its various social media platforms that megastar, singer-songwriter Lady Gaga will perform the new single from her highly anticipated upcoming fourth studio album, ARTPOP, for the first time ever LIVE on the 2013 'MTV Video Music Awards' stage from Brooklyn's Barclays Center on August 25 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Additional 2013 'MTV Video Music Awards' performers will be announced at a later date.
MTV today revealed the nominations for the 30th annual MTV Video Music Awards airing LIVE from Barclays Center on Sunday, August 25th at 9pm ET/PT.
Performances are: Todays - July 6, 13, 20, 27 @ 8PM; Sundays - July 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 3PM; Friday, July 26 @ Midnight
In an interview with Backlot.com, the writing and producing team of David A. Lee and Daniel Vaillancourt revealed details about an upcoming planned Barbra Streisand biopic based on William J. Mann's 2012 unauthorized biography, 'Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand.'
Best Revenge recording artist Keaton Simons has announced an array of high profile appearances celebrating his acclaimed new album, 'BEAUTIFUL PAIN.'
Yoann Lemoine is an accomplished filmmaker and musician. He is best known for his music video collaborations with Lana Del Rey ('Born to Die'), Katy Perry ('Teenage Dream'), and Drake featuring Rihanna ('Take Care'). Under the stage name Woodkid, he has just released his first album, The Golden Age. Serving not just as a singer-songwriter, Lemoine directs all aspects of the music and image for the project. He will discuss his career and show highlights from his work.
Performances are: Saturdays - July 6, 13, 20, 27 @ 8PM; Sundays - July 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 3PM; Friday, July 26 @ Midnight
Pride Films and Plays continues its exciting, award-winning development of new works for the stage with Kill Your Boyfriends, a world premiere fever dream of movement and text created, choreographed, and directed by PFP Artistic Associate Derek Van Barham. 'You must kill your boyfriends,' poet Alex Dimitrov tells us. 'You must kill what wants, like death, to keep you.' BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!
Yoann Lemoine is an accomplished filmmaker and musician. He is best known for his music video collaborations with Lana Del Rey ('Born to Die'), Katy Perry ('Teenage Dream'), and Drake featuring Rihanna ('Take Care'). Under the stage name Woodkid, he has just released his first album, The Golden Age. Serving not just as a singer-songwriter, Lemoine directs all aspects of the music and image for the project. He will discuss his career and show highlights from his work.
Halfway through her opening night at 54 Below on Monday, Laura Benanti unveiled the evening's showstopper, a multi pop-song mix titled 'Inappropriate Medley.' No, Benanti didn't faux strip her way through the songs as if she was replaying her past role as Gypsy Rose Lee, but she frantically ripped through eight songs, including Beyonce's 'All the Single Ladies,' 'Old Man River,' Sonny & Cher's 'I Got You Babe,' Aretha Franklin's 'Respect,' and culminated the riff by boogying like Tina Turner on 'Proud Mary,' and playing a tambourine tossed over by her Musical Director/pianist Todd Almond. As the audience commenced with raucous cheering, an almost out-of-breath Benanti quipped, 'I can't wait to read the review tomorrow that says Laura Benanti is an idiot.' Well, Laura Benanti may be a lot of things, but idiot is not one of them.
MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'
Today we are talking to a terrifically talented twosome who are being touted as the next songwriting duo to take New York by storm - and, with DOGFIGHT appearing Off-Broadway at Second Stage last year and A CHRISTMAS STORY setting Broadway alight for a limited run this past holiday season, they are certainly on the fast-track to success - Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Revealing their reaction to last week's 2013 Tony Award nominations for their stupendous score for the screen-to-stage adaptation of A CHRISTMAS STORY as well as all about the creation and ultimate execution of the show itself, Pasek & Paul open up about their creative process and illustrate what makes their music work so well in a theatrical milieu. Most importantly, the songwriters discuss DOGFIGHT - the inspiration for it, writing of it, the recent Off-Broadway production directed by Joe Mantello, and, now, the absolutely spectacular cast album now available on Ghost light - to say nothing of next week's concert celebrating the album release. Additionally, Pasek & Paul share stories of the songs that make up their popular and frequently-produced EDGES, new and old, as well as their plans for future shows. Plus, all about the new material recently written by the duo for NBC's musical drama series SMASH, details about their stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's seminal children's book JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH as well as opinions on fellow songwriting teams and other influential musical theatre icons, as well as much, much more!
MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced the integration of streams to its historic Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program, the industry's premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the marketplace. On-demand audio and/or video song streams will now be counted towards the 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum) and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) thresholds required for G&P's Digital Single Award certification.
This week at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, April 29 through May 5, 2013, performances will feature: The New Yorker, Leslie Kritzer, Paris Combo, Pen World Voices: McSweeney's, Pen World Voices: Monkey Business, Pen World Voices: Languages on the Edge, Lady Rizo, Pen World Voices: An Evening with Cabinet, Talavya, Jay Brannan, Pen World Voices: Watching the Meter, Pen World Voices: Lapham's Quarterly, Gianmaria Testa, Pen World Voices: Granta 2013, and Villalobos Brothers.
Warner Bros. Pictures has released new extended TV spot for Baz Lurhmann's highly anticipated reboot of THE GREAT GATSY. The ad features Lana del Rey's single 'Young & Beautiful.' Check it out below!
Third Man Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of the vinyl version of The Great Gatsby film Soundtrack. Anticipation is already high for this companion piece to Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking film of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.
Below, get a first listen to a sampler of the soundtrack from Baz Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY!
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