Sunday, September 5, 2010

Iggy and the Stooges, Scientists Power Up ATP New York

Iggy and the Stooges, Scientists Power Up ATP New York

September 4, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

Although it doesn’t involve actual camping like Bonnaroo or Sasquatch, no festival feels more like summer camp than All Tomorrow’s Parties New York. The American spinoff of the 10 year-old UK fest launched its third annual event on Friday (Sept. 3) at Monticello, N.Y.’s Kutshers Country Club, the last of the grand Borscht Belt resorts in the Catskills. From the gameroom-filled hallways to the checker-clothed communal tables and diminuative lake, everything about the fest’s setting suggests summer’s final free-for-all before another year of school

Kanye West Bares All on Twitter: ‘I Wrote a Song for Taylor Swift’

September 4, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

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Anberlin Frontman Juggles Grad School with Releasing ‘Dark’ Album

Anberlin Frontman Juggles Grad School with Releasing ‘Dark’ Album

September 4, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

If Stephen Christian was only spending his time pursuing his MBA and operating Faceless International, the nonprofit organization he co-founded to fight human trafficking and slavery, that would keep him plenty busy. But what makes the Nashville resident’s talents so impressive is that he finds time for such projects while fronting rock band Anberlin , whose next album “Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place,” arrives Sept. 7 on Republic Records. Lead single “Impossible” has swiftly climbed Billboard’s Alternative chart, currently sitting at No

Top 20 Tweets of the Week: 9/4/2010

Top 20 Tweets of the Week: 9/4/2010

September 4, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

Artists in this Article /artist/snoop-dogg/33952?tag=lrailart Snoop Dogg /artist/rivers-cuomo/149273?tag=lrailart Rivers Cuomo /artist/kanye-west/322005?tag=lrailart Kanye West /artist/p-nk/333418?tag=lrailart P!nk /artist/50-cent/340706?tag=lrailart 50 Cent /artist/julian-casablancas/443774?tag=lrailart Julian Casablancas /artist/chamillionaire/571354?tag=lrailart Chamillionaire /artist/mia/600130?tag=lrailart MIA /artist/samantha-ronson/621523?tag=lrailart Samantha Ronson /artist/jay-sean/623772?tag=lrailart Jay Sean /artist/rihanna/658897?tag=lrailart Rihanna /artist/onerepublic/725855?tag=lrailart OneRepublic /artist/jordin-sparks/838858?tag=lrailart Jordin Sparks /artist/drake/855020?tag=lrailart Drake /artist/katy-perry/958673?tag=lrailart Katy Perry /artist/nicki-minaj/998160?tag=lrailart Nicki Minaj Here’s our round-up of singers’, rockers’ and rappers’ 20 coolest and funnest tweets from the past seven days. Be sure to tag @billboarddotcom to your favorite music retweets (and don’t forget to follow us !)

Kara DioGuardi Leaving ‘American Idol’

Kara DioGuardi Leaving ‘American Idol’

September 3, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

Ending weeks of speculation, Kara DioGuardi and Fox announced late Friday (Sept. 3) that she would be departing as a judge on “American Idol” after two seasons.

Billboard Bits: Lady Gaga Poses as Lady Liberty, Rihanna Premiering New Single

Billboard Bits: Lady Gaga Poses as Lady Liberty, Rihanna Premiering New Single

September 3, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip.

Rosanne Cash Talks New Memoir, Relationship with Father

Rosanne Cash Talks New Memoir, Relationship with Father

September 3, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

As a resident of New York for the last two decades, Rosanne Cash readily admits that she’s no longer up on the latest music coming out of Nashville.

Eminem As the Riddler? Re-Casting ‘Batman’ with Rappers

Eminem As the Riddler? Re-Casting ‘Batman’ with Rappers

September 3, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

Eminem has been a superhero on the Hot 100 chart lately, but if you believe the National Enquirer , he’s also ready to return to the silver screen as a villain in the next “Batman” movie. According to the infamous tabloid, Em supposedly rhymed to his reps, “When it comes to business, you know I ain’t no fiddler… You tell them Batman biggies, I wanna play The Riddler!”

Kings of Leon Talks ‘Radioactive’ Single, Reveals Album Tracklist

Kings of Leon Talks ‘Radioactive’ Single, Reveals Album Tracklist

September 3, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

As anticipation grows for Kings Of Leon’s

Dr. Luke: The Billboard Cover Story

Dr. Luke: The Billboard Cover Story

September 3, 2010 by music news · Leave a Comment 

The doctor is in, at the tree-shrouded Conway Studios compound in Hollywood, and he won’t be out any time soon. Lukasz Gottwald — the writer/producer better-known to the explosive-chorus-loving world as Dr. Luke — has booked all three rooms at Conway for the entire month of September. He’s told his manager to cancel all meetings, and you might have to excuse him if your call goes to voice mail.

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