• U2, Michael Buble, Jessie J and Other Celebrity Musicians Playing on Subways

    U2 cancelled its previously planned residency on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon after frontman Bono suffered a debilitating bicycle accident last year, however the band came back in a big way for several sketches on an episode last week. One featured the band, in disguise, playing its classic "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" in a subway station at Grand Central Station, one of the busiest transport hubs in New York City. Passerby didn't pay much heed until the band shed its costumes (which weren't very good to begin with) and played "Desire." U2 took part in a long musical tradition known as busking, or playing in a public space, generally for cash tips from those standing by (U2 didn't ask for money of course). They weren't the first major musical act to play in the subway...here are five other acts, from Avril Lavigne to Michael Buble who took to the underground.

  • RECESS Festival 2015 Tour Dates: Event Features The Chainsmokers, Matt & Kim

    RECESS Music & Ideas Festival has announced its 2015 tour dates. The event concept brings together some of the finest up-and-coming musicians, entrepreneurial minds and startups in the United States together and travels to large college campuses all across the country. The festival will feature musicians like The Chainsmokers, Jessie J, Logic, Matt & Kim, Kyle and others. Presented by Dallas Mavericks owner, 'Shark Tank' host and financial guru Mark Cuban, the touring festival series was created by two Indiana University students. They originally founded the electronic music festival Glowfest, which hosted the likes of Afrojack, but changed their concept to include a speaker series and workshops with bright young minds from around the country.

  • Jessie J Dismisses Rumors She'll Have to Lip Sync Live Due to Her Heart Condition

    Fans of Jessie J, worry not - the "Masterpiece" singer will still be belting out her high notes live for quite some time. Despite rumors that her heart condition, Wolff-Parkinson-White syn­­drome, may cause her to cease singing live, J herself has dismissed the stories in papers like The Sun and The Mirror as pure hogwash.

  • Drake, Blake Shelton, Wiz Khalifa and More Read Mean Tweets on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

    "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" aired its second installment of Mean Tweets Music Edition last night, Feb. 2, and it was pretty brutal. Twitter users hurled their best insults at artists like Wiz Khalifa, Drake and Blake Shelton. Also included in the segment were Katy Perry, Josh Groban and 5 Seconds of Summer. As always, the segment provided plenty of laughs at the expense of the celebrities.

  • Rock in Rio Las Vegas Adds Sam Smith, Charli XCX and Jessie J to Pop Weekend Already Featuring Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran

    The biggest music festival debut in the United States this year may very well be Rock in Rio, which will head to Las Vegas for two huge weekends in May. The festival added more firepower to a show already featuring headlining sets from Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Metallica and more. Sam Smith, Charli XCX, Jessie J, Bleachers, Tove Lo, Empire of The Sun and Echosmith are the latest performers to be added to the lineup as of Tuesday.

  • Jessie J Shares 'Masterpiece' Music Video From Latest Album 'Sweet Talker' [WATCH]

    British pop star Jessie J has shared the music video for her single "Masterpiece," which you can check out below. The video opens with Jessie waking up in her bedroom (complete with some hilariously unsubtle Beats product placement, because this is 2014) and follows her over to a photoshoot in Los Angeles. By the video's end, however, Jessie is partying out in the streets with a huge crowd of her fans, who are all singing along to the song with her.
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