Sir Paul McCartney will receive America's highest award for pop music, the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize, it has been announced. It was created in 2007 to recognise the "profound and positive effect of popular music on the world's culture". Librarian of Congress James Billington said it was hard "to find a performer who has had more of an indelible and transformative effect on popular song". Sir Paul will collect the award next year at a ceremony at the White House. Paul Simon won the inaugural prize followed by Stevie Wonder last year. Presenting Wonder with the honour in...
Fall Out Boy are set to take an "indefinite" break from band duties, their spokesperson has confirmed. Pete Wenz and the rest of the Chicago four-piece are set to step away their musical commitments within the band and have not set a schedule for any possible return. "It's a break with an indefinite date when they're coming back," their spokesperson told us. The band are set to release a greatest hits compilation album, 'Believers Never Die' , on November 30.
Rihanna was joined live on stage by mentor Jay-Z in London tonight (November 16) as she launched new album 'Rated R' at an exclusive live show. The R&B princess put in a brief but epic performance at Brixton Academy in front of a crowd of competition winners and invited guests. The show was streamed live online by Nokia. Debuting tracks from 'Rated R', which is released next week, the singer was also joined by rapper . Taking the stage at shortly after 8pm, the Barbadian singer emerged onto a stage decked out with vintage television sets and silver mannequins. Wearing black...
The Black Eyed Peas have beaten Leona Lewis to the number one spot in the UK singles chart. Both acts performed on last weekend's X Factor , but the Black Eyed Peas overtook Lewis during the week to make 'Meet Me Halfway' their third number one single this year after 'Boom Boom Pow' and 'I've Got A Feeling'. Lewis reached the number two spot with 'Happy', the first single from her second album Echo . JLS, who were number one last week with 'Everybody In Love', slipped down the chart to number 3. N-Dubz's 'I Need You' reached number five, while Britney Spears's '3' entered the top ten...
Black Eyed Peas are currently battling it out with Leona Lewis to see who will top the UK singles chart this Sunday (November 15). Lewis' comeback single 'Happy' – her first UK single since 2008's chart-topping cover of Snow Patrol's 'Run' – is currently fighting it out with Black Eyed Peas' latest release 'Meet Me Halfway'. Despite the US group's single having already charted at Number Three last Sunday (November 8), they look set to go head-to-head with Lewis for the Number One position on this Sunday's chart.
The Who are going to play the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIV. Hosted in Miami, Florida on February 7, the band will follow other artists such as U2, The Rolling Stones and Janet Jackson who famously had a 'Wardobe malfunction' during her 2004 appearance. The highlight in the american football calendar, last years match attracted more than 90 million viewers from the US alone.
Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their first gig together since taking an extended break in 2008. Playing MusiCares 2010 on January 29, the group will play alongside Wilco, Norah Jones and James Taylor to pay tribute to Neil Young. Since the hiatus the individual members of the group have been concentrating on their own musical projects, with Flea joining Thom Yorke's super-group being the most eye-catching. Meanwhile, drummer Chad Smith has recently said that the band are currently working on a follow-up to 2006's 'Stadium Arcadium' album.
A baseball fan is appealing against the dismissal of his $400bn (£240bn) copyright claim against Bon Jovi, Time Warner and Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2008, Samuel Bartley Steele claimed Bon Jovi released the song I Love This Town which he says was a copy of his ode to Boston's Red Sox baseball team. Mr Steele says (Man I Really) Love This Team was released in October 2004. A judge dismissed the case last year after Mr Steele's own musicologist said the songs were not very similar. Democrat campaign Mr Steele also claims he gave copies to Red Sox players and executives and sent...
Lil Wayne's highly-anticipated rock album 'Rebirth' has been given a release date of December 15. The album which was originally scheduled for April 7, was postponed despite the first single off the record, 'Prom Queen', already being out. The collaborations on the album see the likes of Blink-182's Travis Barker, Lenny Kravitz and Fall Out Boy feature, whilst the rapper plays guitar on most of the tracks. Meanwhile, a documentary about the rapper will be released next week, despite Wayne's attempts to block the film.
Eminem is set to produce and star in a forthcoming 3D horror film 'Shady Talez', it has been revealed. Producer John Davis and writer-producer Dallas Jackson, who worked on 'I, Robot', will helm the movie along with the rapper, reports Screendaily.com. Kevin Grevioux, who wrote the 'Underworld' film, will write the script alongside Jackson. The project will also be released as a series of four comic books next year on the Marvel Icons imprint. A release schedule for the film is yet to be announced. Eminem's last big screen appearance was in his semi-autobiographical movie '8 Mile'.
