Janet Jackson claimed her seventh career Number One album as the singer’s Unbreakable, her first LP in seven years, cruised to the top spot on the Billboard 200. Unbreakable sold 116,000 total copies in its debut week to give Jackson her second consecutive Number One album following 2008’s Discipline. Jackson’s latest… Source: Music News
Aerosmith Warns Donald Trump Over 'Dream On' Use
Donald Trump has already drawn the ire of artists like Neil Young and R.E.M. for using their music at the Republican frontrunner’s campaign stops without permission, and now another rock legend is threatening legal action against the mogul: Aerosmith has filed a cease-and-desist letter to Trump demanding that the candidate stop using “Dream On” at his… Source: Music News
Steve Mackay, Stooges Saxophonist, Dead at 66
Steve Mackay, the saxophonist who appeared on the Stooges’ 1970 LP Fun House and a longtime touring member of the group following the Stooges’ reunion in 2003, died recently following a month-long fight with sepsis. Mackay was 66. “Steve was a classic ’60s American guy, full of generosity and love for anyone… Source: Music […]
We’re Calling It Now: The Next Big Filmmaker Is Coming From This Festival
The Louisiana Film Prize hosts impressive – potentially Oscar-winning – talent. Source: MTV Movie News
Kanye West Stages Surprise Audition for 'American Idol'
Hours after Kanye West received some presidential advice from Barack Obama and performed at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, the rapper capped off his Saturday with a surprise audition for American Idol. Tryouts for the singing competition’s upcoming final season rolled into the Bay Area this weekend, and West stunned judges… Source: Music News
Watch the Weeknd Bring Out Nicki Minaj on 'SNL'
The Weeknd served as the musical guest for the Amy Schumer-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live, and the singer had a trio of surprises at the ready for the night of his performance. Before Abel Tesfaye even took the stage, he dropped two remixes for his Beauty Behind the Madness track “The… Source: Music News
Watch Barack Obama Give Kanye West Political Advice
While Kanye West mulls his own presidential run in 2020, the rapper was on hand to assist in the fundraising efforts of the Democratic National Committee as West joined President Barack Obama at San Francisco’s the Warfield Theatre Saturday morning. The event, which supported the Democratic Hope Fund, promised a musical performance… Source: Music News
Krist Novoselic Talks Bernie Sanders, Kurt Cobain Dreams
Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic appeared on former MTV VJ Kennedy’s Fox Business show this week to talk about grunge, Bernie Sanders, “proportional representation” and Kurt Cobain. Novoselic, long politically active, is a supporter of Citizens United, which paved the way for Super PAC funding for presidential candidates, and in the interview, the bassist criticized… Source: Music News
The Zombies Revive 'Odessey and Oracle' at Triumphant NYC Show
Halfway through Side Two, during the Zombies’ first complete New York concert rendition of their 1968 studio masterpiece, Odessey and Oracle, singer Colin Blunstone summed up the gently enchanting durability of that record and his band’s gift for resurrection in the bright, marching glow of “This Will Be Our Year.” In… Source: Music News
Watch Stephen Colbert, James Corden's Playful 'Me & My Shadow' Duet
CBS’ The Late Show and The Late Late Show merged Friday night as Stephen Colbert welcomed James Corden onto the 11:35 p.m. program for a chat and an impromptu musical performance. Both Colbert and Corden have roots in musical theatre, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim, so midway through the interview, the… Source: Music News
