The crowd at last night's #FREETHENIPPLE convention at the Palais des Congrčs Acropolis in Nice, France was electrifying. The audience was on their feet for most of the show, singing along to songs from Kesha and the win headline, Rita Ora. Earlier on, Kesha walked the pink carpet sporting a skin coloured dress, plastered with black flowers. She immediately caught the attention of many visitors and fans and gave a few autographs and pictures away.Following her streak of jaw-dropping ensembles at each of the conventions' pink carpets, Rita showed up in a sheer purple lace Valentino gown. Her hair was braided and adorned with lavenders and gold medallions reminiscent of Roman goddess couture. All she wore underneath was a pair of nude panties, leaving everything else for the world to see. And oh my, was there a lot to see and gawk at.
Kesha entered the stage, dressed in a white dress that reached to the floor as she started off performing her latest hit single 'Beautiful Mess' acoustically. Strings were attached to the dress, that ripped the dress into 2 pieces as Kesha reached the chorus of the song. This marked the chance in speed as the 27-year old now performed the regular version of the song, joined by her 5 back-up dancers. Kesha, now dressed in nothing but a pair of hotpants and a sportsbra, showed off her banging body and dancing abilities. Kesha went on to thank everyone for coming and urged all to spread the awareness of #FreeTheNipple. She then proceeded to perform a mashup of her 2 'Canibalhit' 'Blow' and 'We R Who We R'. The audience went completely wild as Kesha performed. Kesha closed her small set by performing 2012 hit 'Die Young', accompanied with dancers throughtout the hall. The performance was concluded by shots of golden confetti and Kesha screaming "Free the nipple!" as she walked off stage as Rita was going to perform.
After Kesha's set, it was Rita's turn to perform. The stage started off dimly light with only visuals of fire being projected on the large electronic screen. Much to the crowd's surprise, the dub step drop of Rita's controversial track "Fire Starter" kicked in and fire pyrotechnics light up the stage. Rita was seen rising up slowly, with her body silhouetted against the bright lights flashing behind there. When she had risen fully to the level of the stage, the drop abruptly stopped and she stood there in silence for a few seconds letting the audience, scream and shout in anticipation. After a few seconds, she yelled and struck another pose, with her hands on her hips. Four shirtless male dancers stepped towards her in unison. She yelled, " ARE YOU READY TO PARTY?" and the drop from "Fire Starter" resumed and her and the dancers broke into intense choreography which the audience members tried to emulate. When the song ended, Rita ripped off her outfit; she had been wearing a red robe and she took it off, revealing a black metallic leotard and thigh high seductress stockings. The dancers that were onstage exited and were replaced by six females dressed in a similar style of Rita. "This is a new song off my album," Rita said, " and it's for all the ladies out there that are afraid to take command in bed. It's called "*** Over Here." She then started singing with soft, and airy falsetto vocals and alternated between harsh and demanding vibrato to high, and seductive cooing. "*** Over Here" was an R&B inspired slow jab track, infusing low 808 beats with pitched electro-synths. As she sang, her dancers and her danced around the stage, performing some sensual choreography. The song ended with Rita performing long vocal runs representing an pleased orgasmic moan. She then performed "Impulse to Soar" and a cover of Azealia Banks's "Paradiso" before closing with "Losing Me". She thanked the audience, who chanted "WE LOVE RITA", and exited offstage.
Set List
Kesha's Set
Beautiful Mess
Blow/We R Who We R [mashup]
Die Young
Rita's Set
Fire Starter (Intro)
*** Over Here
Impulse to Soar
Paradiso (Cover)
Losing Me
Dates
Osborn III Convention Center - Jacksonville, Florida | July 14 + Azealia Banks & Brandy Bayside Expo Center - Boston, Massachusetts | July 15 + Ellie Goulding Madison Square Garden - Manhattan, New York | July 15 + Christina Aguilera ExCeL London - London, United Kingdom | July 16 + Marina & Charli XCX Palais des Congrčs Acropolis - Nice, France | July 17 + Kesha
Shanghai Exhibition Centre - Shanghai, China | July 19 + Mariah [via hologram]
The Voice USA
('Loverboy' Performance)
Taylor Swift has taken over much of the world these past few years with her music. With her last few albums such as 'RED', 'All At Once', and her last studio album 'Coven 13', it seems that Taylor Swift is on her way to becoming a cemented pop star who could very well be on her way to qualify of being able to call herself a legendary artist. With nine consecutive top five singles from her last three albums, it's no surprise that she's been able to sell major albums too. Both her fifth and sixth studio albums, 'All at Once' and 'Coven 13' managed to scan platinum and spawn number one singles, in which Taylor also has a good amount of (six; Taylor Swift's last number one, 'Gunshots' was the second single from her extended play of the same name as her sixth studio album). Constant commercial success is nothing new for Taylor Swift who's had it throughout her almost decade long career. With massive tours, her Red Tour grossing over one hundred and fifty million dollars (Swift's Witching Hour Tour grossed over fifty million before it's abrupt end and cancellation of remaining dates due to personal issues) it seems to be that Taylor has had success in all major areas. That is something so rarely done by artists in the music industry since it's decline when streaming started to take over. Taylor spoke about her success, along with her feelings about the current music industry today. "Commercial success doesn't come as plentiful as it used to anymore. Album sales greatly declined, so did single sales, and such. People are quick to pull the trigger because an album or single underperforms but it's kind of hard to really smash when no one's buying anything. I'm really honored and really blessed that I've managed to sell albums, singles, and concert tickets as well. Music isn't really considered valued anymore because of things like streaming where you get to listen to the artists' music whenever you'd like for free. But I believe an album is more than. It's an experience. When you have a physical copy of an album in your hand it's almost like an experience. If you're just getting the audio from it, it's not all the way complete if you get what I mean. I try to do that with every single one of my albums. You have to find a way to survive in the music industry. There's a really big supply and demand problem in it. You can supply as much as you want but it's so damn hard to create a demand. I've managed to do it numerous times and you know I think us females in the pop industry are finding out really fast about how to." Perhaps one way of creating demand for an album or single is promotion in which Taylor Swift is no stranger of using. Promotion in almost all cases is the only way artists can get an album or single to sell. Taylor has actively been doing promotion for the lead single off her upcoming seventh studio album, entitled 'Loverboy'. The disco Giorgio Moroder produced track of three minutes and forty nine seconds featured Taylor at her best vocally as she belts out her lust for her lover. The song too became a commercial success, immediately being sent to number one in over ninety countries due to Taylor Swift's loyal fan base in hundreds of countries all around the world. Taylor's latest performance of 'Loverboy' was tonight in which she performed on the The Voice USA. The performance was one of Taylor's best. The performance started with Taylor behind a transparent piece of circle class. Glitter was studded in the case as the light shined upon it, giving it a bit of flawy effect as Taylor posed behind it. As the lights went in an out during the intro, male dancers appeared behind next to Swift before the lights went out a final time all the glass disappeared in front of Taylor and her dancers. Taylor wore a white Les Copains top and bottom, with a 3.1 Phillip Lim belt. Taylor's heels in which were black at the heel but white at the top (split in half) were designed by 3.1 Phillip Lim as well. Taylor's outfit was one of the most searched on google following the performances along with a link to buy the song being searched after as the song snatched back it's top place on the iTunes Worldwide charts. The love song for the night is available on iTunes and other digital retailers like Google Play, Amamzon MP3, and more now. The single was also produced physically by Taylor Swift's label Tigerlily Recordings. You can find the physical edition of 'Loverboy' in stores now with an exclusive B-Side titled 'Shakedown' that was produced by long-time produced to Swift, Ariel Rechtshaid. The target version of the physical edition includes a special edition cover of the single. Make sure to head out any buy a copy of 'Loverboy' as the charting week is soon approaching it's everlasting end.
The music video for "Lemonade" premiered Wednesday night on MTV at 8pm EST, attracting nearly ten million viewers to the event. Many of the viewers had waited a long time for this music video, as it would be their first video released since 2008's "Bad Girl" after the video for "Blackout" was scrapped and last year. The video of course featured Tyga, who owns a verse on the track. The video was directed by Revolution Records and The Stereotypes, as Danity Kane also came up with many cool ideas behind the scenes. After the video premiered, the song sky-rocketed to #1 on US iTunes and it began to climb the charts with its fabulous 69-cent discount only going on this week. The video is a total of five minutes and forty-two minutes long, serving a little more length to the song which is already about four and a half minutes long itself. With a summery vibe, and a summery song, and it being summer - everything was just perfect.
The video starts in Chicago, as you see subway trains moving and the sound of much chatter in the streets - you know, just morning pedestrian life. Then different shots of teenagers chilling by apartment buildings, walls and little local shops are shown. The sound of an amplifying guitar comes in, screeching but with the volume very low. Then a shot of Danity Kane walking up is shown as they walk to the sound of “The Final Countdown” playing, until they hit the end of the street/a few feet from the camera. Aubrey steps forward and says her infamous life: “Where my money makin’ brothers at?” and the music kicks in.
The three girls are in front of the blue brick wall they shot the single cover wearing white and black attire as Dawn takes the reigns and starts popping to her introductory rap. Suddenly another shot comes up where Aubrey comes up rolling up with a car as Dawn’s “Coup DeVille” line drops. The car’s all shiny and blue, as she motions for somebody to get in. It’s the young Aubrey portrayed in the single cover and lyric video. She creeps into the car and Aubrey drives it, putting her shades on. The little girl wonders, “Aubs - where we heading?” and Aubrey responds: “You’ll see babe, turn it up a bit” as the song comes back into play.
Another shot of the three girls over the blue wall doing lots of choreography as Dawn finishes her verse is shown. They're killing it, having fierce faces on and bringing their beauty A-game to the camera. Some close-up shots of their faces are shown as they make happy expressions - Aubrey’s sticking her tongue out winking one eye, Dawn shakes the camera a bit and laughs and Shannon smiles holding up the peace sign. Aubrey then rolls up to the lemonade stand shown in the single cover, where Dawn and Shannon await with their kids from the single cover and lyric video as well. Dawn nods saying, "Okay good Aubs and Lil A - we're all here. Alright, we got a big day ahead of us," as she takes off her sunglasses and throws them on a chair. "Let's make some ****in' lemonade." Everyone cheers and they get to work. More shots of them doing choreography, this time with yellow clothes in a suburban street are shown alternating with the lemonade stand shots.
The stand’s going great, the girls are loading on some cash and the kids are having a great time. Suddenly… this boy appears and the kids are just lookin’ all sour. The music stops, and Shannon asks the girls, “What’s wrong?” and then Shannon’s girl responds, “It’s him!”, but who is she talking about? Suddenly mini-Dawn walks up to mini-Tyga and asks, “The **** you doing here?” and he responds, “Baby, I’m sorry.” while Dawn is giving the little boy death daggers. She slowly pours a glass of lemonade, and hands it to mini-Dawn behind her back discreetly. “Fine,” mini-Dawn says. “But that ain’t changing ****,” as she splashes the lemonade in his face and then laughs. She kisses him though, as Aubrey says: “Aw, that shit’s so cute!” and then a night-time scene with Tyga starts playing, taking place in front of some mansion where the girls meet him to cash in the lemonade money.
After the six girls get a thumbs-up from Tyga, everybody heads outside to the pool for the final scene. The girls are al swimming and having a good time as Danity Kane is doing choreography by Tyga who is rapping. It also alternates with some scenes of the girls just chilling and looking a bit bored at the lemonade stand, blowing bubbles and what-not. It also alternates back to the close-ups in front of the blue wall, put all three members of Danity Kane sip some sour lemonade and react in front of the camera, being edited very nicely into the video. At the end of the video, when the members are harmonizing and it sounds like everything is fading, and so was the visual. Two shots of all seven of the people by the pool, and at the lemonade stand were shown - as if they were posing for fabulous group photos. The video faded out, and that was that.
Live Nation got Natalia Kills to sit down and talk with them about her upcoming tour and her already out album.
On The Tour.
The tour preparations are already done and the opening night is virtually tomorrow. I am so excited to show my fans what I have been working on all this time. It is a very theatrical show, and the point is for you to not only enjoy the tour but also learn from it. There are 4 parts to the tour that you will be seeing and each one has it's different story. I'm really trying to do "Ko-Motion" justice on stage.
On Album "Ko-Motion"
I'm overwhelmed by the reaction it's gotten. A lot of positive feedback and people telling me that they related with this song or agreed with me on this one. It's just very surreal, for your music to touch so many different people at once...the feeling is indescribable.
On Future Single??
Haha! Y'all are tryna squeeze an exclusive from me right? I would say this...a new single is coming. When, I don't know, but there would be another single from "Ko-Motion" most probably before my European leg of tour.
She then goes to do an acoustic version of "War, Lies, Love, Money" that was viewed over 2,300,406 times in 24 hours.
Britney Spears & Rihanna On Series Premiere Of "Candidly Nicole"
Nicole Richie, star of "The Simple Life" & daughter of superstar Lionel Richie, has taken control of reality TV once again with her new series "Candidly Nicole". Richie revolutionized reality TV with former bestie Paris Hilton over a decade ago, her fun personality was adored by millions and so it is no shock that her new series on VH1 was highly anticipated.
Synopsis:
Voted one of the “best Twitter feeds” by Time magazine, Nicole will take audiences on a fun and intimate ride through her own amusing point of view based on her outlandish reflections on social media (where she has more than four million followers). The show will detail her daily adventures and give insight into her decisions on style, relationships, her work life and her journey to adulthood. Whether it’s having a discussion with her dad about who his favorite daughter is on Father’s Day, meeting with a doctor about having her tramp stamp removed or helping her best friend find a date, Nicole has no problem offering her uncensored opinion to everyone she meets (even if they didn’t ask for it). Her one-of-a-kind, tongue-in-cheek commentary inspires people to laugh, learn and shake their head in wonderment.
Series Premiere w/Rihanna & Britney Spears
It all started with a tweet from Nicole this week
Nicole was interested in learning how to be "sexy" like Rihanna & Brit Brit and so the girls decided to help Nicole out. The episode starts with Nicole on her bed tweeting when she hears a knocking at the door, she is shocked when she opens it and sees Britney Spears/Rihanna at her doorstep. She's happy that they decided to do this and she brings them up to her bedroom.
Nicole: "So basically I feel like I'm hot obviously and you know I have it going on but it's just the way you guys move and stuff it's so sexy, I wanna know how to do it. I also wanted to know if maybe we could make a music video for me? Like I always wanted to have my own sexy music video on the internet so I can watch it when I'm like 80 and be like wow I was so ****ing hot"
Brit & Rih agreed that they could help her with both things. Rihanna said "Lemme just call my record label, they owe me a lot of favors for not promoting Sex Diary so I can get you a high budget video gurl". Nicole then asked if the girls would star in the video but still let her keep the spotlight and they agreed to do so.
The episode then followed Nicole, Brit, and Rihanna as they drove to a dance studio. Nicole Richie took out her physical cd copy of "American Dream" and said ok I think I can learn how to be sexy to this album, do you agree Britney? Britney said yes and Nicole put the CD in a CD player in the dance studio. Brit & Rih asked Nicole to get on the ground in a doggy position as Gimme Your Best played while the girls talked over the track.
Britney: "The first thing about being sexy is you have to know how to move your body, like you need to be fluid"
Nicole: "So fluid like jello or like what because I'm not like a twizzler like I can't bend like you Britney so like can I get a visual or something?"
Rihanna then demonstrated a few examples of arching her back and Nicole spotted which one was the sexiest and attempted to do the same. Rihanna also slid her body to the ground and started popping her butt, Nicole replicated the moves and asked if she was doing it right (she wasn't).
Britney then mentioned that they should start with some exercises, they practiced flexibility to a few "American Dream" tracks before going back to "serious" practice.
Rihanna then showed Nicole some sexy facial expressions while Britney showed her how to twist and turn her body. Rihanna and Britney also practiced a few sex positions in front of Nicole with Rih pretending to be the boy and Brit being the girl. Nicole then attempted to replicate the moves and looked very sexy taking the girls advice, she also practiced the facial poses while working on top of Rih, gurl looked hot! Nicole then said "oh god I feel sexier already, my husband is really gonna like these new moves.. I think we're ready to shoot the video, what do you girls think?" Brit & Rih agreed so Nicole took her American Dream CD out of the CD player and they drove to Universal Studios in LA.
The staff there showed Nicole Brit & Rih to a huge room where they could record Nicole's video. Director Joseph Kahn who directed "Toxic" was waiting for the girls and had a huge black bedroom set prepared. Nicole was very excited and said "omg I love it!! lets do this!!". The girls got on the bed as "Touchin' Me" started playing, they were moving sexually with Nicole on the front, looking hot as hell. They got engaged in a pillow fight and feathers flew around in the air, Nicole put her finger in her mouth and touched her body to "Touchin' Me" while Rih Rih & Brit Brit were touching each other behind her. Nicole then shot a few scenes with tips from Rihanna & Britney on a green screen, the background was later made into a beach as Nicole was wearing a sexy bikini for this part of the shoot, she was using all the sexy poses the girls taught her as she threw some sand in the air and shaked her butt. The girls then left as Joseph told them the full video would be ready in a couple of days.
The episode then showed Nicole on her bed waking up and seeing an email from Joseph, he had the video ready and told her they would premiere the music video right after the first episode of Candidly Nicole. Nicole called him to tell him how much she loved the video.
The video aired at the end of the episode and was uploaded onto YouTube right after Candidly Nicole finished. The video is bringing in a lot of views and promo for "Touchin' Me", the episode also gave a lot of promo to several songs on Britney's hot new album, fans and critics alike loved the episode of Candidly Nicole and praised all three girls for a great night of reality TV.
It has been revealed by a number of credible Nintendo associates that Christina Aguilera shall be working with the Japanese multinational consumer electronics company; Nintendo Co., Ltd. They've been planning an incredibly special ventured-out project with the 'Beautiful' singer and have even requested for many public documents surrounding it to be kept somehow confidential, for whatever reason. This comes after alleged reports that Christina is partnering up with the NFL so it seems as though Aguilera is finally going hard with endorsement deals, this era. Not much is known about what these future ambitious prospects shall entail for both parties, however,
Nintendo's overall financial development has been on a slow yet steady decline for the past few years. They aren't matching the success or turning over profit that is equivalent to some other rival companies - Microsoft is one prime example of this backfire. So, we aren't at all surprised that they've taken up Christina Aguilera as a business partner since she has brought much benefits to companies who are struggling in the modern-day era. Aguilera is a risky gamble, nevertheless, she's worth it if everything is done to the right tee.
Yesterday evening, the revered household company brand [Nintendo] revealed a brand new exclusive commercial in order to promote their latest service through the Nintendo 3DS. It is called Tomodachi Life, which incorporates the already sought-after Mii characters. This service allows you to populate your very own island with these caricatures (in the style of Mii) of family, friends, or anyone else you can think of! In the actual teaser itself, a cute little caricature of Christina Aguilera herself (in the style of Mii) is displayed on the screen and is shown dabbling in every day activities that will be available in Tomodachi Life so the commercial does indeed portray real-time and real-life gameplay.
Truth be told, Nintendo's key demographic and target market is children so that should coincide with Christina's album release of "Pandora's Box" just a few days ago. This shall definitely bring in and inspire those little toddler Fighters that Aguilera has been dreaming for. It'll most inevitable broaden the wide stratosphere of the name that is Christina Aguilera to those who may not know her or do, but for all the wrong reasons.
Aguilera's 8th studio album has, in fact, already been released. It is mystifyingly titled as: "Pandora's Box". All of these endorsement deals coincide with the album release week so this shall prove to be a great if Christina utilises this advantage with as much conviction. It was revealed, during the release of Xtina's universally-acclaimed smash hit buzz single "Eclectic", that Christina Aguilera would only ahve a couple of tie-ins. Now months later, she is their main spokesperson and the revered "face of Dior", which comes with a much hefty responsibility to uphold.
Her album "Pandora's Box" is now available for PURCHASE.
Aguilera's reggae-infused second single "Spitfire" f/ Azealia Banks is also available for PURCHASE.
I decided I'll release the "Lemonade" remix video next week or something, I'm about to go out soon so there's no way I'm getting it done on time If y'all could nominate my video for Best R&B/Hip-Hop I'd be really grateful
I decided I'll release the "Lemonade" remix video next week or something, I'm about to go out soon so there's no way I'm getting it done on time If y'all could nominate my video for Best R&B/Hip-Hop I'd be really grateful
America's Got Talent
('Loverboy' Performance)
Taylor Swift is well known at being one of the most hardworking women in pop music. From her humanitarian work to molding perfect country-pop albums, and now even acting in film blockbusters, there seems to be nothing else the singer can't do. Secondly doing all that simultaneously how does one manage to have a personal life? Well you can ask Taylor Swift because she does it. With her infamous personal life, in which has caused much buzz due to her split to fiancé Brendon Urie (Panic! At The Disco frontman), to released her extended play, 'Coven 13' and as of latest, her brand new single 'Loverboy', there seems to be no time for Taylor to do movies. Wrong again, the singer-songwriter confirmed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that she was working on numerous films currently. "I have a lot of films coming up believe it or not. I think like five being shot within the next year and a half and two in post-production, and I'm filming one now, and another in the next few months. It's sounds really gruesome but to be completely honest with you, it is gruesome. I get little to no personal time to myself. I think in a way it's the reason behind my split with Brendon but… you know I'm beginning to love acting and film as much as I love singing and music. It's gruesome and tiring but I love it. I feel like I'm really doing something I'm proud of when I'm on screen acting. It's like I get to play someone other than myself for awhile. I get to use my imagination to pretend I'm someone else. I get to feel what they are feeling. That's what I love so much about acting. You just get to use your imagination and I have a pretty big imagination if you couldn't tell" Taylor laughed. About what films she was working on, Taylor gave some exclusive information about which films she was currently filming. "I'm working on filming a film called 'Kin' right now. It's perhaps the biggest film that I've scored a role in. It's a really heart wrenching story about two German girls in the midst of the Holocaust. I think people will be a little surprised about how powerful the movie is. It's definitely a tear jerker and I was really honored after my audition, which was about three hours long of pure grueling acting, I got the part. Big stars were up for it too. The fact I got a starring role in a film so amazing and massive is great. It's definitely a film I'm proud to be apart of and I think everyone will be really impressed by it. The cast of it, the beauty of it, it's all just so breathtaking. I'm really excited for the film. The other film I'm about to shoot is a comedy. It's a sequel to the first film. I didn't star in it but I will in the sequel. You guys probably have a good idea of what that film is already." Films aside, Taylor has been focusing on mainly on her music in which she's been promoting her new disco single 'Loverboy' which was produced by disco legend Giorgio Moroder, who has worked with artists such as Donna Summer and Blondie. Two artists who both have inspired Taylor Swift on her upcoming seventh studio album that too is pure disco. Tonight the singer was live on America's Got Talent where she gave an electrifying performance of 'Loverboy'. Taylor was introduced to the stage as two movable screens lowered down onto the stage. They lit up pink before it spread open slowly revealing Taylor and then her dancers one by one quickly. The instrumental to the song was extended for the intro as we saw Taylor's silhouette, manly her long straightened hair. The lights flashed on at the beginning of the first verse as Taylor wore the same outfit as she did her previous performances but in a black color. "Hey loverboy take me away tonight. Loverboy I'm a big girl what you give I'll take tonight. Hey Loverboy any dreams you have we can make true tonight. Cause loverboy I need your love and affection to get me through the night" Taylor sang into the black microphone that had a skin of Swarovski crystals studded in it. White lines that formed patterns layed over top the pink on the screen that was behind Swift and her dancers. Her female dancers wore more cropped and revealing versions of her stage outfit while her male dancers wore shorts and tank tops. The pre-chorus consisted of Taylor doing movements that would make her dancer spring forward in movements that made you think she had control over them. The chorus had some intense choreography in some parts but most of the time Taylor focused on the vocals, except the dancing part in where she sang over a backing track for those areas. The bridge was heavenly as their was a synth that sent it into a slow stringy-synth like production. The vocals after were amazing as confetti that was pink and silver glitter exploded as Taylor belted out high notes. The performance was absolutely visually stunning and really helped Taylor sell you the song. The performance was the highest viewed part of the show, drawing in over 8.3 million viewers, a feat rarely done by anyone for America's Got Talent. Following the performance, Taylor gave some advice or the acts who would be facing elimination tonight. "You know sometimes it's not always about the talent. It's about the stage presence, the star power. They all have talent but just go out there with confidence and show them what the hell you're made of." The audience roared as Taylor smiled. "Taylor's lead single off her upcoming seventh studio album titled 'Loverboy' is on iTunes now! Thank you, Taylor Swift!" The host hugged Taylor before Taylor thanked him and went off stage. 'Loverboy' is currently available in stores at places such as Target, where there is an exclusive cover for the single, and other stores such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Sams Club, and more. The song is also available for download digitally on Taylor Swift's official website, iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon Mp3. Make sure you go pick up your copy and look out for Taylor's upcoming seventh album that will be out very very soon.
NATALIA KILLS PERFORMS FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA + SELLS OUT IN EVERY DATE.
by CNN
Just days before kicking of her highly anticipated world tour, Natalia Kills was invited to perform for the president. She was joined by guests such as Tamar Braxton, Janelle Monae, and Jennifer Hudson.
Her set was praised by the reviews and comments to be the best combining raw talent with insane energy, charisma, and poise only Natalia can serve.
She sang "Rainy Days" and "Devils Don't Fly" acoustic but sang her single "War, Lies, Love, Money" as it is.
The president was so impressed that he ordered himself and his family tickets to Natalia's DC date.
Of course, thousands of Americans followed suite after knowing about this and seeing the performance and bought tickets for their families as well.
As of 2 a.m yesterday, every announced date of the "Ko-Motion World Tour" has sold out becoming one of the leading touring forces of the decade selling out 10 arenas in 2 days.
Natalia Kills truly is a force to be reckoned with and everyday we see why Billboard honored her with the "Artiste To Watch" title.
Britney Spears embarks on her “Naughty Girl” stadium tour to promote her new album “American Dream” as the tour is filled with tracks off the album. The tour follows Britney’s life from the “Dreaming Days” before fame to the “Hollywood Babe” of Britney in her prime, to her “Rebellious Heart” and troubles of the past year and to her current “Naughty Girl” style as she embarks on the current era of her career. The tour is filled with incredible visuals and effects, the interludes are beautiful and sexy. Britney stuns in her outfits as her body is on point, the choreography is incredible and the stage features are amazing. Britney uses several flying platforms and additional stage platforms that rise up high in the air so the whole audience can catch a glimpse of her. Several fire/water effects are used as huge light shows create a technically advanced feel for the tour. Britney pushes the limits and even ties her herself up in a glass box of water to open the “Rebellious Heart” set, she bangs against the glass frame as she tries to escape, scaring the life out of fans in the stadium as she purposely panics. The costumes are sexy and scandalous and leave little to the imagination, Britney certainly pulled out all the stops for this tour as it truly is her biggest production yet.
Information:
Yankee Stadium (50,291/50,291)- 100% Sold Out
New York, New York, USA
Opening Acts
Rita Ora
Set-List #1
1. Losing Me
2. Blind Side
3. Impulse to Soar
4. Fire Starter
5. Drunk In Love (Cover)
6. Losing Me (Acoustic)
Marina & The Diamonds
Set-List #2
1. Happy Meal
2. Primadonna
3. I Am Not A Robot
4. Where The Diamonds Grow
5. How To Be A Heart Breaker
Britney Spears & Rihanna Shock The Crowd On The Voice UK
Prior to Brit Brit's first night of her "Naughty Girl Tour" Britney & Rihanna opened The Voice UK with a performance of "Touchin' Me".
The performance started with Britney and Rihanna rising from under the stage in a golden cage. They began moving around the cage to the beat of Touchin' Me hanging off in flexible positions, these gurls know how to move. Britney and Rihanna were wearing Cheeta costumes and had some serious attitude going on. The girls then got very close to each other and both did a back bend while moving around one another. The girls performed a 40 second dance break to Touchin' Me in the cage, giving it their all, it seems as if Rih & Brit taught each other some new moves cuz the dancing was fire. Speaking of fire, fire shot up around the stage as the cage was lifted into the air. The girls were now in a cage 30 ft high in the air dancing around and shaking their bodies on the bottom of the cage. They then crawled to one another and kissed, the bottom of the cage suddenly opened when they kissed and they fell down into a huge hole in the stage. The whole crowd was worried that something happened to Brit & Rih for a few seconds and went to buy Touchin' Me on iTunes to mourn for the girls but a few seconds later, Rih and Brit were pushed high into the air from the whole and landed on the stage. The girls performed one last dance break with smoke surrounding them while they ripped off parts of each others outfits, revealing more skin. The performance ended with the girls very close to each other and grabbing each others bodies as smoke surrounded them.
The Voice continued and both of the gurls albums were promoted by the UK judges. Pictures of the "American Dream" and "Sex Diary" album were displayed throughout the show as the night was modeled after Brit & Rihanna. All the contestants had to sing Britney & Rihanna songs to honor the gurls and many contestants sang songs off their new albums. One contestant even tried to perform "Touchin' Me" while touching herself on stage and ripping off her own clothes, it was a damn mess, she ripped off a part she wasn't supposed to and her nipple showed. The video is being posted around on YouTube and the poor gurl might be eliminated from the Voice, it's ok though.. gurl is looking into joining the big #FreeTheNip campaign to save ha ass and not get eliminated next week, whatever happens.. it truly shows Brit & Rih's impact.
Following the recent trend of pop artists hosting the revived and once again popular show Total Request Live, Zedd confirmed he would host today’s episode of the show, rebranding it as Total Zedd Live.
The one-hour special included an interview segment, a game, and the Top 10 countdown. The details can be found below.
Interview
Q: So, how does it feel to be the first EDM star to host TRL?
A: It’s amazing. I know it’s usually reserved for pop artists, so I am very much honored to be hosting tonight.
Q: So, about your current single, “Temple.” It’s currently hovering in the top five on iTunes, correct?
A: Top two, actually. It keeps trading places with “Touchin’ Me.” It will occasionally drop down to number three or four, but hasn’t left the top five in a while.
Q: I see. So, the music video has been out for about a week, right?
A: Yep!
Q: How has reception been to it?
A: Amazing. Lady Gaga’s performance in it has been heavily praised by critics, and the overall cinematography was critically acclaimed. Jimmy Fallon has already done his parody of it, and I’ve heard that Barely Political was also planning on parodying it, but that may not happen.
Q: Why not?
A: Did you hear about their “Touchin’ Me” parody?
Q: Oh, yeah. Let’s not talk about that. Anyway, the album. It’s called Serenity, right?
A: Yep. It’s going to be released on Monday at midnight.
Q: Is there a tracklisting?
A: Yes, but it’s being revealed with the cover art. That’s being finished up as we speak.
Q: Any songs that you can reveal?
A: Yes; “Slay,” “Temple,” and “Break Free” will all be on the album. A song I did with Kesha called “Not a Single Problem” will also be included on the album.
Q: Is that going to be a single?
A: The current plan is no, but things change often. Remember that the CAL Chart Company only allows one collaboration and one feature per era now.
Q: Yeah, people were going crazy with their collabs. So is that all you can reveal about the album?
A: Pretty much. Just pay attention to social media because the track listing will be out in just a few hours.
Q: So, do you think it’s time for some games?
A: Sure!
Game
The game is called “Xylophone Beats.” In this game, two players take turns at guessing the name of songs and their artists based on them being played on a xylophone. If the right song is guessed, you get a point. If you get it wrong, then… well, you get water sprayed on you! If you don’t guess more songs right than the other player, then you lose and a bucket of water is dumped onto you!
Zedd started first. His first song was a rhythm that everyone can recognize: Poker Face from Lady Gaga’s 2008 album The Fame! He guessed it correctly. Then, his competitor had something more recent: Fancy from Iggy Azalea’s 2014 album The New Classic. She guessed it correctly. Then, something more obscure came up for Zedd: Britney Spears’ Radar from her 2007 and 2008 albums Blackout and Circus. He guessed it wrong and was sprayed with water. His competitor had a song with similar difficulty from Rihanna’s 2011 album Talk That Talk: Birthday Cake. She guessed it wrong and was sprayed with water. Zedd then guessed incorrectly the song that matched the next tune, which was actually Michael Jackson’s Thriller! To his credit, no one really knew if it was Thriller anyway; Zedd was sprayed with water anyway. The girl then got Zedd’s song “Temple” and guessed it correctly. Zedd, therefore, had to step in a tub (to make it easier to clean up the incoming mess) and have water poured on him! “It’s cold,” he said as it was poured on him. The game was well received by audiences and critics loved it.
The Top 10 of Total Zedd Live will be posted in a separate article.
"Temple" is the second single from Zedd's sophomore album Serenity.
Buy it now on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. Also stream it on YouTube and Spotify!
The music video is now available on iTunes, YouTube, and Vevo!
The remix EP is now available on iTunes, with additional remixes on Beatport soon!
Azealia Banks appeared in Phoenix tonight to perform for a crowd of thousands of people in the soldout arena. Performing some of her biggest hits as well as songs from her previous album, the crowd went wild for Azealia's performance in Phoenix and even went to buy out all the merchandise leaving every stand empty by the end of the show. Reviews called Azealia's trip to Phoenix amazing and they're highly anticipating her return.
Setlist
Paradiso
Bound to Sin
Floating Down
Dramatix
Atlantis
Blackjack
Free
Playgirl
Venus
Liquorice
Barbie ****/Spitfire
Deep Grays
Encore:
Vibes
Tour Dates:
7/9/14- Nokia Theatre Los Angeles
7/10/14- Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco
7/11/14- Pearl Concert Theatre Las Vegas
7/12/14- Radio City Music Hall New York City
7/13/14- Radio City Music Hall New York City
7/14/14- Wang Theatre Boston
7/15/14- Uno Lakefront Arena New Orleans
7/16/14- America Airlines Center Dallas
7/17/14- Toyota Center Houston
7/18/14- US Airways Center Phoenix
7/19/14- Fox Theatre St. Louis
Set List
