• Rihanna, Kanye West Perform Epic 22-Song Set at a Super Bowl Pre-Party in Phoenix [WATCH]

    Rihanna and Kanye West teamed up to perform a Super Bowl pre-party last night, Jan. 31, in Phoenix, Arizona, for an epic, 22-song set. While West performed his new Paul McCartney collaboration "Only One," the most recent track, "FourFive Seconds," which also features Rihanna, has yet to get its live debut. Celebrities like John Legend and 2 Chainz were in the audience for the show as well, "Billboard" noted.

  • UK Assigns Tax Relief Options for British Orchestras, Similar to Those Used for Film Industry

    One of the constant struggles facing fans and producers of classical music is how to keep orchestras on their feet. No form of music is more expensive to carry out than orchestral-between the cost of paying for so many musicians and the time needed to train such a large "staff" accordingly-and those costs become more and more worrisome as younger generations have largely lost interest in the form. Ticket prices are rarely enough to keep orchestras afloat so very often they rely on hefty charitable donations. Politicians in the UK may have the right idea however, having introduced legislation to grant orchestras tax reliefs.

  • Bruce Jenner Will Reportedly Continue to Date Women Once Sex Change Is Complete

    Learning that Bruce Jenner is in the process of a particular kind of transformation has taken a bit of time to really settle in with fans. For the last year there have been so many rumors and jokes made at his expense, but for some reason learning that he really is in the process of a sex change still feels pretty shocking. Apparently, Jenner has given every aspect of his life a great deal of thought, including his dating life after his gender reassignment process is complete. He will also reportedly continue to date women once his sex change is complete.

  • D'Angelo 'Saturday Night Live' Performance: R&B Legend Honors Mike Brown, Eric Garner [WATCH]

    Fans have waited on a new D'Angelo album for more than a decade, and he finally returned to the mainstream with "Black Messiah" at the end of 2014. Despite the lengthy wait, several reports indicated that he rushed the album out in order to provide as swift a response as possible in the aftermath of the "Black Lives Matter" protests spurred by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. During the second song of his Saturday Night Live performance this weekend, the R&B legend rocked a hoodie in memory of Trayvon Martin while his band The Vanguard sported shirts reading "I CAN'T BREATHE" and "BLACK LIVES MATTER."

  • Seattle vs. New England: Spotify Compares and Contrasts Music Listening in Super Bowl Competitiors' Hometowns

    Music Times made an attempt several weeks ago to predict the winner of the Super Bowl based on quality of albums coming out of the regions represented in the AFC and NFC Championship Games. So far so good: Seattle is facing New England, as we predicted, but will the Seahawks triumph? Who knows? Not Spotify. The music streaming service did use its numbers-tracking technology to create two playlists of songs representing the performers that listeners in the respective regions listen in far greater numbers than their foes on the opposite coast.

  • Bobbi Kristina Brown Placed on Ventilator: Drug Overdose Is Suspected

    Yesterday, Jan. 31, we told you that Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found face down in a bathtub full of water, unresponsive. Now, just 24 hours later, Brown is on a ventilator and in a drug-induced coma with family and friends by her side. Investigators are trying to piece together what exactly happened to Brown before she lost consciousness and, while her family denies it, a drug overdose is reportedly suspected.

  • Max Graef Making U.S. Debut with 10 North American Shows, Including Mexico and Canada Dates [SCHEDULE]

    Berlin underground house music performer Max Graef will be coming to North America for his first appearances in the United States and elsewhere, and fortunately he's doing more than just the handful of gigs in New York and Los Angeles, as many are wont to do in his line of work. He'll kick off the tour during March in Chicago and then play another nine gigs across the continent, including one in Mexico and two in Canada

  • Jennifer Aniston Reveals That Her 'Friends' Role Almost Went to Courteney Cox

    Can you imagine if another actress other than Jennifer Aniston had been cast as Rachel Green in Friends? Well, the actress was making the rounds at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday when she divulged that for a short while it looked as though the part was going to go to someone else.

  • Kylie and Kendall Jenner Worry That People Will Continue To Make Fun of Bruce During His 'Transformation'

    It has been a really interesting week for the Kardashian and Jenner families, hasn't it? The general public now knows for sure that Bruce Jenner is not only going ahead with full gender reassignment surgery, but he is documenting it for a reality series of his own. That, will begin airing in either May or June on E!. In the meantime, his family has reportedly known for a long while what he's in the process of doing and while they support him, they fear for the reaction once he fully transitions into a woman.
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