Not only did Kelly Clarkson wear a completely goofy costume during her show in St. Charles, Mo., on Saturday night, she also dressed up her current single “Already Gone” as its Beyoncé-led doppleganger “Halo,” even engaging in some B-styled vocal acrobatics. Full-size pic and clip after the jump. MORE »
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Kelly Clarkson Dresses Herself Up In My Love
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Jay-Z Compares AutoTuned-Out MCs To Hairspray-Crazy Hard Rockers
The No. 1 Yankee fan of right now speaks on the ripple that “Death Of Autotune (D.O.A.)” caused, and how he was just trying to, like, save hip-hop from itself and stuff: “I really wanted to have the conversation, like ‘are we just going to sound like each other? Everyone’s going to sound the same? That’s what we’re gonna do? Don’t ya’ll know this is dangerous? And this is just how rock and roll got pushed from the forefront?’ We did this to rock and roll. Everyone was doing the hair-band thing on MTV with the tight pants. They all had the big hair, just different colored tights. It just became about more of a look and a sound than the emotion of the music. And that’s what hip-hop’s becoming. It’s losing the emotion — you can’t have emotion in the robotic voice. I can’t feel anything!” I like to think that when Jay-Z surveys the landscape (once it’s been scrubbed of his AutoTune-utilizing pals like T-Pain and Kanye, of course), a tear comes to his eyes, and all he can see is the video after the jump: MORE »
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Never Let It Be Said That Paul Heyman Doesn’t Know How To Get Attention
Former Extreme Championship Wrestling boss Paul Heyman has taken to his Web site to decry the similarities between the cover for Rihanna’s new single “Russian Roulette” and the artwork for 1998’s ECW: Extreme Music, which featured contributions from the likes of Motörhead, Megadeth, and White Zombie. The charges? MORE »
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Paul Anka Will Have His Way With The New Michael Jackson Song’s Writing Credits
As it turns out, the new Michael Jackson song that was released earlier today—entitled “This Is It,” to coincide with the imminent concert film of the same name—is a retitled, only slightly reworked version of “I Never Heard,” a track that Jackson and ex-teen idol Paul Anka wrote in 1983 that was later recorded by the freestyle singer Sa-Fire. Anka, as you might expect, is really not happy about this, especially since his name has been erased from the new track’s list of composers! “They will be sued if they don’t correct it,” Anka told the New York Times. He also shed some light on the song’s origins! MORE »
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Katy Perry: The Edina Monsoon Of Pop Music, Only Much More Annoying
Oh, come on, like I was the only one whose first thought upon seeing the overly self-impressed singer’s ginormous “KISS ME NOW” necklace was “Lacroix, sweetie… people will think ‘wow, it’s a Lacroix.’ ” (I guess that makes me the Saffron of this situation?) [Buzznet / AbFab screencap via YouTube] MORE »
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Every Joke You Can Wring From This “Guns N’ Roses Ripping Off Ulrich Schnauss” Story Is Way Too Easy
As if the instant denouement that greeted Guns N’ Roses long-in-the-works Chinese Democracy wasn’t sad enough, now comes the news that German electro-gaze composer Ulrich Schnauss is suing GNR frontman Axl Rose, along with Interscope-Geffen-A&M and a few people who have been associated with the Guns brand in recent years, for copyright infringement. Schnauss and two labels that distribute his work claim in the lawsuit that the track “Riad N’ The Bedouins” ripped off not one but two of his compositions, and as a result they want a million dollars in damages. Clips of all three tracks, after the jump! MORE »
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Did Alice In Chains Get A Little Too Inspired By Nirvana On Their New Album?
With the release of their first album since bringing in new frontman William DuVall, Black Gives Way To Blue, the dark Seattle rock band Alice In Chains has been making the promotional rounds lately. And a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! made one fan of dark Seattle bands wonder: Did Alice In Chains borrow from Nirvana — specifically, the Nevermind track “Polly” — when sitting down to hash out their new song “Your Decision”? Let’s go to the videotape! MORE »
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The Sugababes Mix Up Their Recipe On Record
The UK pop trio Sugababes, whose lineup was realigned last week when founding member Keisha Buchanan was swapped out for former UK Eurovision rep Jade Ewen, have rush-reworked their RedOne-produced single “About A Girl.” The techno-leaning, truncheon-like track—which is the second single from their forthcoming American makeover album Sweet 7—had already been released under the Keisha lineup. You know what this means, right? We can all compare Sugababes 3.0 and Sugababes 4.0 directly, thanks to the magic of YouTube! Clips after the jump. MORE »
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Joe Satriani’s Suit Against Coldplay Flies Out Of Court
Apparently Joe Satriani’s lawsuit over the similarities between his 2004 track and Coldplay’s megahit from last year “Viva La Vida” has been settled, as the suit was dismissed earlier this week. A few legal types have suggested to Billboard that money might have changed hands, which I guess will ease Satriani’s sting over Coldplay not being forced to apologize for what they’ve done. Relive the days when lawsuits ruled these two parties’ world with John P. Strohm’s thoughts on the case, or embeds of the two tracks after the jump. MORE »
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Mariah Carey Wants The World To Know What Love (For Her) Is
Not content with plundering the songbooks of years ago, Mariah Carey has moved on to re-creating her Sony-era photo shoots as the release date of Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel looms ever nearer. Above, a side-by-side comparison of the cover for her 1997 album Butterfly and a just-released photo shoot in which she pretty much looks the same, albeit with slightly lighter lipstick. And this isn’t even the first time she’s engaged in some time travel during this album’s promotional cycle! MORE »
