Elle Varner talks about debut album ‘Perfectly Imperfect’

American recording artist Elle Varner is now trying hard to make her name in the world of music. The New York based singer made her presence felt in the year 2011 with her single ‘Only Want to Give It To You’.

The singer has now planned to release her debut LP ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ but before that she has dropped her new single ‘Conversational Lush’. The single has been released to make her fans familiar with the new sound.

With so many blogs and websites talking about the new singer in the block, the fans can expect some great music from Varner in the year 2012. Whie taking about the new album, the 22 year old singer said that the music direction will be a mix between singer songwriter over the hip hop beats.

So it can be expected that most of the songs in the new album will be hip hop inspired. The singer also said that her dad Jimmy Varner helped her with the vocal arrangement, production and has also co-written some of the songs in the album. Even the mother of Varner has been featured as a vocalist in a few of the songs. So all the fans of the singer can expect a family affair int he upcoming album.

Adam Lambert releases art cover for ‘Trespassing’

American singer and song writer Adam Lambert has recently revealed the art cover of his sophomore album ‘Trespassing’. The art cover has shown Adam with an intense stare with his name below.

The image on the cover is totally contrast to that of his debut album For Your Entertainment in which he was portrayed as a androgynous, blue haired and glammed-out singer. The cover of ‘Trespassing’ is bit more basic in which Lambert is seen staring ahead with the title of the album in bright yellow, which is the only colour on the cover.

Adam’s upcoming album is all set to hit the stores on March 20, 2012. Lambert had earlier announced through his Tweets that he is the executive producer as well as the creative director of his record.

While talking about the album the singer said that it is a very personal story of the last two years of his life. Lambert added that it has been a transformative period and that he really wanted to make music from what he had experienced. The singer also revealed that the songs of the album explore the ups and downs of his life. The album has slow love songs, club bangers and party jams and the fans have already gone mad over the first single ‘Better than I Know Myself’.

Bruce Springsteen announce tour dates of first leg of Wrecking Ball

The E Street band and the Bruce Springsteen after a long tease, have finally announced the first leg of their upcoming tour to promote the album Wrecking Ball on January 24, 2012. The tour is all set to begin on March 18, 2012 in Atlanta and wil be closing on May 2, in Newark.

The band will be seen playing in the cities like East Rutherford, Los Angeles, Detroit, New York and Boston. The album ‘Wrecking Ball’ will be released in the stores on March 6, 2012.

Here are the dates of the first leg of the Wrecking Ball Tour.

» 3/18 — Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
» 3/19 — Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coluseum
» 3/23 — Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum
» 3/26 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
» 3/28, 29 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
» 4/1 — Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
» 4/3, 4 — East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
» 4/6, 9 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
» 4/12 — Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
» 4/13 — Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
» 4/16 — Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
» 4/17 — Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
» 4/24 — San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
» 4/26 — Los Angeles, CA @ Los Angeles Memorial
Sports Arena » 4/29 — New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
» 5/2 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

Tribute concert for Amy Winehouse by The Amy Winehouse Foundation

The fans of the British singer Amy Winehouse still mourn the tragic death of the singer. Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse has now established the Amy Winehosue Foundation in his daughter’s honour.

Mitch has now planned a concert with the help of A-list singers of the music industry in honour of the late singer and all the proceeds will be going to the charity. Mitch while talking about the concert said that The Amy Winehosue Foundation is very excited to be planning a benefit concert in tribute to Amy later this year.

The singer’s father added that they will be talking to a variety of people in the upcoming months and will also announce those who will be performing at the concert. The organizers are yet to disclose about the dates, line ups and locations.

Reports say that the show will be an intimate show which will feature artists which Amy looked up to. Till now Jessie J and Lily Allen have expressed their interest to pay their tribute. In case of Jessie’s participation this will be her second tribute to the singer. Jessie said that Amy paved way for people like her and Adele. Jessie even added that Amy broke all boundaries and set standards.

Katy Perry takes stage post announcement of separation

After enough gossip heard about American singer Katy Perry and her divorce from husband Russell Brand, the singer returned to the stage with a bang. Post announcing her split from husband, Katy appeared on her first concert on January 19, 2012.

Perry appeared at the Sentul International Convention Centre in Jakarta in Indonesia, which was the first of the two final shows of her California Dreams tour. The singer in one of the videos is seen lighting up the atmosphere at the venue while she sings ‘Not Like The Movies’ from Teenage Dreams.

Perry while singing the track was seen sitting on a swing as she was clad in a red and white candy striped gown. Just two days before the singer hit the stage, Perry expressed her excitement for the show on Twitter and wrote, “I’m SO EXCITED to FINALLY be in INDONESIA! U guys have waited forever #timetodeliver.”.

Perry performed a week after she was seen shooting for a commercial for Adidas with bright blue hair. Katy will also be performing on January 23, in Manila, Philippines. Perry has been nominated for two awards at the Grammys which will take place on February 12, 2012.During the last year’s show, the singer showed off a footage from her Indian wedding with Brand.

Monica and Brandy reunite for ‘It All Belongs To Me’ single

Lynrd.com: Singers Monica and Brandy have once again come together for a new song ‘It All Belongs to Me’. The track is all set to make an impact on the radio on February 6, 2012 onwards.

The reunions of the singers is remarkable as it has now been 14 years since the hit track of the duo ‘The Boy is Mine’ spent 13 weeks at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The latest song of the duo, ‘It All Belongs To Me’, has been written and produced by Rico Love.

Last year, Monica posted some of the pictures of Brandy and her while they were recording the song in Miami. The singer also tweeted , “We have Both Been Blessed Beyond Measure..14years later,”.

At present, Monica is preparing for her upcoming seventh album, ‘New Life’ which is all set to be released on March 6, 2012 through RCO Records. Last year, the singer showed off the cover art of the album but it is not sure if the singer is still going to use the same image.

Monica has overhauled the album with new songwriters and producers. After several postponements, it is now good to see that the album ‘New Life’ will soon be released.

Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson to perform at 2012 Grammys

Lynrd.com: As the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony approaches, the first batch of performers at the mega event hves been revealed. Music super stars Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Kelly Clarkson are all set to set the stage of fire on February 12, 2012 at the event.

The recording Academy recently revealed that the Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and Jason Aldean will also be performing on the 54th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Four years back, it was Swift who dominated the awards as she walked away with four awards. This time too, Taylor will be fighting it out at three categories which include Best Country Song for ‘Mean’. There are also chances that the singer will perform at the event.

Minaj has been nominated for Best Rap Album for ‘Pink Friday’ and the Best New Artist. Reports say that Clarkson can be performing with Aldean because she has been nominated this year only for their No.1 country duet ‘Don’t You Wanna Say’. Unfortunately, her latest album ‘Stronger’ missed out the cut off date due to which the album cannot qualify for the Grammys this year, until the 2013 ceremony. The additional performers for the event will be announced in the upcoming days.

Lana Del Rey features on Billboard Magazine cover

American singer Lana Del Rey is indeed the most happening one in the music industry. The ‘Video Games’ singer, has now made it to this week’s cover of the Billboard magazine.

Del Rey on the cover is seen wearing a flowery top filled with pink and orange flowers. The singer is seen gazing in to the bright future, while she builds more curiosity among her fans.

The issue of the magazine has the cover tag ‘Best Bets’ and Del Rey is indeed the most happening one of the year 2012. The singer was recently features on the cover of ‘Q’ and is thus gaining popularity in terms of the most incredible covers to her credit.

The day is not far when the Rolling Stone cover will be featuring the singer. Apart from the popular cover, the singer is now all set to appear on ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend. Del Rey shot to fame with her debut single ‘Video Games’ which the singer said that it wasn’t supposed to be her first single. In the year 2011 Del Rey signed with Stranger Records and then in October 2011 she was signed with Interscope Records. With the amount of popularity the singer is grabbing , it is sure that the pouty songstress is going to be the most happening thing in 2012.

Is Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ a plagiarized version of Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’?

Lynrd: After remaining silent over the release of the Lady Gaga track ‘Born This Way’, pop star Madonna has finally broke her silence. When the album was released, Madonna and her camp remained unusually silent, but now the ‘Material Girl’ singer compared the track to her own 1989 hit ‘Express Yourself’.

Critics say that Madonna has spoke nout as she is now interested in promoting the movie ‘W.E’.

The singer, in an interview with Newsweek, said that it was a wonderful way to redo her song and that she recognized the chord changes and thought it was interesting. On the other hand, Gaga was deeply hurt over the musical plagiarism and expressed her grief in an interview with UK’s NME.

Gaga said that it was ‘retarded’ and if the songs are next to each other, the only thing similar would be the chord progression ‘Judas’ singer also added that it is the same one that has been on disco music for the last 50 years. Gaga inger apologized for the usage of the word ‘retarded’.

Last year Madonna also raised eyebrows while commenting about Lady Gaga and stated that she had no comments to make about her obsession with her as she does not know whether her behavior is rooted in something deep and meaningful or superficial.

So now that Madonna has spoken out, has sje finally admitted that Lady Gaga has indeed created a plagiarized version of Express Yourself?

2012 People Choice Awards winners

Lynrd: The hottest pop stars of the music industry joined the hottest Hollywood celebrities at the 2012 People’s Choice Awards on January 11, 2012. Singer Katy Perry preferred not to appear for the event, but ended up grabbing most of the awards.

The Nokia Theatre at Los Angeles saw Demi Lovato, Maroon 5 among the winnersGlee’ star Lea Michele took home the award for favorite actress in the TV comedy for the role of Rachel Berry. Pop stars who remained absent from the event were Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Bruno Mars.

Here is the list if winners of the 2012 People Choice Awards.

Favorite Male Artist
Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars — WINNER!
Eminem
Enrique Iglesias
Justin Bieber

Favorite TV Comedy Actress
Courtney Cox
Jane Lynch
Kaley Cuoco
Lea Michele — WINNER!
Tina Fey

Favorite Female Artist
Adele
Beyonce
Katy Perry — WINNER!
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

Favorite Album of the Year
Adele, ’21′
Beyonce, ’4′
Lady Gaga, ‘Born This Way’ — WINNER!
Britney Spears, ‘Femme Fatale’
Lady Antebellum, ‘Own the Night’

Favorite Song of the Year
Lady Gaga, ‘The Edge of Glory’
Katy Perry, ‘E.T.’ Feat. Kanye West — WINNER!
Maroon 5, ‘Moves Like Jagger’ Feat. Christina Aguilera
LMFAO, ‘Party Rock Anthem’ Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Adele, ‘Rolling in the Deep’

Favorite Pop Artist
Beyonce
Demi Lovato — WINNER!
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

Favorite Hip Hop Artist
B.o.B
Eminem — WINNER!
Jay-Z
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull

Favorite Band
Coldplay
Linkin Park
Foo Fighters
Maroon 5 — WINNER!
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favorite R&B Artist
Beyonce
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Ne-Yo
Rihanna — WINNER!

Favorite Music Video
Lady Gaga, ‘Judas’
Katy Perry, ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) — WINNER!
LMFAO, ‘Party Rock Anthem’ Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Adele, ‘Rolling in the Deep’
Beyonce, ‘Run the World (Girls)’

Favorite Tour Headliner
Bon Jovi
Katy Perry — WINNER!
Taylor Swift
U2
Usher

Favorite TV Guest Star
Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee)
Jim Carrey (The Office)
Katy Perry (How I Met Your Mother) — WINNER!
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife)

Favorite TV Competition Show
American Idol — WINNER!
America’s Got Talent
Dancing With The Stars
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice

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