• 10 Super Bowl Halftime Show Stages: Ranking the Platforms of Madonna, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and More

    The Super Bowl Halftime Show often benefits from a great performance onstage. Sometimes. But knowing the much of the audio is prerecorded kind of takes some of the fun out of it. That's why more often than not our final verdict on the big game's big entertainment (especially in recent years) had revolved more around the stage-show than the music itself. Nothing is more important to a stage-show than a stage. Music Times went back and checked out the last ten Super Bowl performers and more importantly, what they were playing on, and ranked them accordingly (including Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Madonna and more). This isn't a ranking of the performances, but of the platform that held it.

  • Slash's Girlfriend Meegan Hodges Blames TMZ for Recent Privacy Invasion at Home in California

    Slash's new girlfriend Meegan Hodges received an unfortunate welcome to her new neighborhood recently. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, some uninvited guests invaded the couple's privacy at the Guns N' Roses guitarist's California home and set off some security alarms. Hodges blamed the recent privacy invasion incident on TMZ, which posted a picture of the house last month along with a story about the couple getting matching tattoos.

  • Carl Barat Says New Libertines Songs Are 'Surprisingly Upbeat'

    The Libertines are one of rock's most mysterious acts. Off-stage, they are not quite as dysfunctional as Oasis, but they have certainly given the Gallagher brothers a run for their money. It has been more than 10 years since the world got an album from the U.K. group, but that is scheduled to change in 2015. Carl Barat said the new songs are "surprisingly upbeat."

  • deadmau5 Shows Off Mouthwatering Hardware Studio Setup

    Canadian producer deadmanu5 -- real name Joel Zimmerman -- is known for his impressive collection of studio hardware that includes a variety of different analog, modular synths and sequencers. Deadmau5 recently took to his Instagram to show off the hardware he has installed in his new studio and for any gear head it is mighty impressive, via "Mixmag."

  • Brantley Gilbert Wrote a Special Song Before Proposing to His Fiance

    Avert your eyes, fellas: Brantley Gilbert recently shared his proposal story, and it is tough to top. The 30-year-old country star finally popped the question to longtime on-again/off-again flame Amber Cochran. According to Gilbert, the two have known each other for 10 years, but went five of those years without speaking to each other. He wrote a special song before proposing to his fiance.

  • 'LHH' Erica Mena Talks Marriage and Babies With Bow Wow

    Erica Mena is a major reason why people tune in to watch "Love & Hip Hop" on VH1. She is a walking combo platter of tough-talking chick and somewhat broken little girl all in one, and watching Mena in action on "LHH" never gets old. The current season is showing her split from Cyn Santana, but in reality it is a relationship that ended a while ago and she has not only moved on but is planning a wedding to and babies with Bow Wow that is scheduled for this coming April. When the couple got together, things seemed to move really fast, but in a recent interview Mena is reminding fans that real time and edited reality TV are not one and the same.

  • 50 Cent Beefs With A$AP Rocky for Reaching Out to Ex-Girlfriend Tatted Up Holly on Instagram

    Rapper 50 Cent recently called out A$AP Rocky on Instagram for reaching out to his ex-girlfriend Tatted Up Holly. This comes after recent remarks she made about the "In Da Club" rapper being a "manipulating women beater." Curtis Jackson is not happy about Rocky reaching out to his ex-girlfriend, likening the whole ordeal to Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose after the model split from Kanye West.

  • Businessman Offers $40 Million to Turn Neverland Ranch Into a Treatment Center for Sexual Abuse Victims

    There are some interesting offers on the table for Michael Jackson's legendary Neverland Ranch. The property was seized in 2008 because of Jackson's mountainous debt, and it has just recently inched closer toward actually being sold. Of course, there are a few interested parties that would love to turn the property into a shrine to the singer. Interestingly enough, the Graceland-type idea does not seem to be sitting well Colony Capital, the hedge fund that seized control of the property. Instead, it seems more intrigued by the idea of a rehab for victims of sexual assault taking up residence. According to a report by Page Six, a local businessman offered "in the neighborhood of $40 million" for the use of the site as a treatment center for sexual abuse victims, said a source with direct knowledge of the sale process.

  • Beyond Wonderland 2015 Lineup: Tiësto, Hardwell, Carl Cox, Dillon Francis Headlining

    Insomniac's Beyond Wonderland has announced its 2015 lineup. The southern California electronic music festival is bringing together a wide variety of different sub-genres, with an emphasis on the underground. The two-day festival will be headlined by your big names like Tiësto, Hardwell, Knife Party, Carl Cox and Dillon Francis. Insomniac will feature their two signature stages -- the Discovery project for new and upcoming acts and the Bassrush Experience for all things low-end. Carl Cox will also be curating his own Carl Cox & Friends stage that has become a mainstay at festivals around the world, including Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival and Tomorrowland.

  • VH1 Classic 'Rock Icons' Documentary Series Will Feature Slash, Billy Corgan, Ted Nugent, Others

    VH1 Classic will be airing a new rock mini documentary series "Rock Icons," featuring several A- and B-list musicians including Slash, Billy Corgan and Ted Nugent. The company that put it together, Banger Films, has a long track record of similar programming, including the channel's 2011 series "Metal Evolution" as well as docs "Super Duper Alice Cooper" and "Iron Maiden: Flight 666."
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