• Taylor Swift Is Freaking Out After Madonna's 'Princesses of Pop' Compliment

    Madonna paid Taylor Swift a nice compliment recently, and now the young singer is freaking out over it. Basically, Madge is totally into Swift's music, referring to her as one of the "princesses of pop" during a chat with Network Nine's "Today" show in Australia. After hearing the news of the compliment, Swift scrambled to her Tumblr page to let everyone know that she was hyperventilating over the kind words.
  • Ailee, San E and Jay Park Touring Together Across United States with One Surprising European Stop

    A trio of K-Pop stars—Ailee, San E and Jay Park—will take part in a "world" tour featuring five North American dates during March. K-Pop acts are branching more and more into waters outside of Asia as the genre develops an audience in Europe and the United States but, as Billboard points out, rarely do acts actually tour together. Generally one act plots a few dates across the United States and can do well enough. The "Unite The Mic 2015 Tour" serves as a great sampler for those wanting to check the scene out...or as a great deal in general for American K-Pop fans.
  • Snapchat Launches 'Discover' Feature With Warner Music and Media Giants CNN, Vice and Others

    On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Snapchat rolled out its new feature, Discover, which partners the social media platform with major media giants to help users "discover" what is going on through its service. The new, built-in feature was rolled out with a 50-second story that was sent to all users and featured in a YouTube video that explained what it does and how users will be able to access it. The app has teamed up with Warner Music Group in addition to media giants "Vice," "The Daily Mail," Comedy Central, "Cosmopolitan," Yahoo, "People" and National Geographic.
  • J. Cole Talks '2014 Forest Hills Drive,' Kendrick Lamar, 'Fire Squad' & More With Combat Jack

    A very comfortable J. Cole sat down with hip-hop radio show Combat Jack to discuss a wide variety of topics including his critically acclaimed album 2014 Forest Hills Drive, how Cole wanted to sign Kendrick Lamar and his track "Fire Squad" that had everyone up in arms. The 2-hour interview takes a deep dive into Cole's past and the issues that have surrounded the North Carolina rapper recently.
  • Tomorrowland 2015 Announces Sven Väth-Led Cocoon, Vinyl-Only Stage

    Tomorrowland has delivered another announcement on who will be heading to the festival this summer. After the Belgian electronic music festival revealed that its first act was the Belgian National Orchestra, fittingly renamed the "Symphony of Unity" for the occasion after the theme of unity this year, Tomorrowland has unveiled its latest curated stage. Taking cues from its ID&T partner Mysteryland, the Boom-based partner has decided to call upon a dance music veteran of four decades, Sven Väth, to curate a vinyl-only stage with his label Cocoon.
  • Sly Stone's Net Worth Looking Better as Los Angeles Court Rules in His Favor for $5 Million Payout

    Sly Stone has some money to bring home to the Family after a Los Angeles court ruled in his favor as part of a lawsuit against his old company, a former manager and a former attorney. The performer, once part of the legendary Sly and The Family Stone, alleged that he didn't receive royalties for more than a decade while the defendants claimed the opposite, along with their help getting him out of financial trouble.
  • Tom DeLonge's Twitter Claim Blink-182 Discussed Replacing Travis Barker? True Story, Says Mark Hoppus

    The future of Blink-182 continues to waver as Mark Hoppus confirmed that he and Tom DeLonge had discussed the possibility of replacing drummer Travis Barker as recently as 2013. However he clarified that the comments came in a moment of frustration for DeLonge and that they shouldn't be taken too seriously. The new news stems from a tweet that DeLonge sent after quitting/being fired from Blink earlier this week (the jury's still out on which it is).
  • Disclosure and Rudimental Announces 2-Day Wildlife Festival Featuring Sam Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, George Ezra and more

    Disclosure (real names Guy and Howard Lawrence) has been quiet of late, but their meteoric rise over the past two years has been remarkable, coinciding with pop's convergence with deep house in the UK and to a degree in the United States. With the added spotlight, fame and resources, the "You & Me" producers have the ability expand their live event brand WILD LIFE to something greater then what it has been in the past — a one off show that features either just Disclosure or Guy and Howard and a few friends. They have announced a brand new WILD LIFE Festival this summer with the help of their friends UK soulful drum n bass group Rudimental. "Latch" singer Sam Smith, Wu-Tang Clan and George Ezra, will headline the festival.
  • 'Parks and Recreation' Recap & Review: Dennis Feinstein, Perd Hapley and Treat Yo Self 2017!

    Parks and Recreation went into unexplored territory last week when they examined what we'll call "bad feelings." Ron Swanson and Leslie Knope had to mend their friendship, which they did, after some betrayals and letting time get in the way of their "work-proximity-associateship" (as Ron so elegantly put it). "Leslie & Ron" was the first standout episode of the season, but now that they're on the same page, there's plenty of room for classic P&R hijinks.
  • Kid Ink, Jeremih and Dej Loaf Headlining the Scream Nation Tour

    Prestigious and popular R&B/hip-hop tour franchise, the Scream Nation tour, is making its return in 2015. It has been announced that the first three headliners who will be heading out on the 24-date tour across the United States this spring are Kid Ink, Jeremih and Dej Loaf.