• 'American Idol' Season 13 recap: top 7 choice songs predictable as Jena Irene, Alex Preston break out [WATCH]

    After two weeks in the top eight, American Idol is finally down to seven contestants this week and decided to let the remaining singers show their real stuff (yet again) with their own choice of song. Thus, the picks were pretty predictable and everyone performed thusly. It's pretty well established who the stars are on this season of Idol -- Jena Irene, Alex Preston and Caleb Johnson, and those three had the strongest showings. The mediocre singers were mediocre and the boring guys were boring.

  • American Idol Summer Tour will hit fewer dates during 2014

    Plans were laid out last night for the annual American Idol Summer Tour. The series will be shorter than usual-probably due to less demand in recent years-but will still find its way around to 41 cities, opening on the East coast and working its way west. As usual, the top ten finalists from the current season will take part in the tour.

  • Lorde finally meets George Brett, the inspiration behind her hit 'Royals'

    Lorde finally met the inspiration behind "Royals," the hit song that turned her into pop royalty. Last year, Lorde told VH1 that she saw a vintage 1976 photo in an issue of National Geographic of "this dude just signing baseballs. He was a baseball player and his shirt said, "Royals." It was just that word. It's really cool."

  • Junk Mail: E-mailing About Jason Derulo's New Album 'Talk Dirty'

    Music Times writers share an office area of roughly 45 sq. ft, which makes having face-to-face conversations totally impossible. Junk Mail is these millenials attempt to discuss and review the week's hottest album releases... without needing to look at each other.This week: Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot and Carolyn Menyes email back and forth about Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty".

  • Paul McCartney expands 2014 North American tour with six new dates

    Earlier this month, Paul McCartney announced that he was continuing his Out There Tour with another leg of North American dates in support of last year's release, New. This time around he plans to play cities he's rarely or never performed, and today he added six new dates to the itinerary.

  • 5 Musicians Who Pointlessly Went Solo

    There are plenty of good reasons for an artist to release a solo album. Maybe their band broke up, or maybe they want to write some songs in a different style. However, sometimes musicians go ahead and release solo music that could have been easily been released with their band. Here are five musicians who didn't need to go solo.
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