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Whitney Houston Hospitalized, Tour Dates Pushed Back

Only days ago, a rep for Whitney Houston was denying ongoing reports that concerned friends and family members were trying to convince the singer she needed to go back to rehab or her life would head on a downwards spiral from which she might never recover. Today, a Sony spokesperson confirms that the singer has been...

7 April 2010
08:55 GMT

Lady Gaga Is So Passionate About Music She Can’t Sleep

Back when Lady Gaga put on a couple appearances live in concert where she was barely able to stand, but not to sing the words of her biggest hits, rumors started to circulate that she might be working too much and overexerting herself. In a recent interview cited by MTV UK, the hitmaker reveals that she has periods i...

1 April 2010
08:50 GMT

Lady Gaga Already Working on Third Album

When speculation started to make the rounds that perhaps she was pushing herself too much with her current tour, after she seemed positively exhausted during a recent live gig, Lady Gaga responded, in more or less the same words, that she would rather die than stop doing what she’s doing. True to her word, the ...

28 March 2010
08:15 GMT

Lady Gaga Almost Collapses in Concert in Auckland, New Zealand

Lady Gaga might have been burning the candle at both ends, what with her Monster Ball tour, countless other live performances and televised interviews. The other night, Gaga brought her critically acclaimed tour to Auckland, New Zealand and nearly passed out as she performed the closer “Bad Romance,” as T...

15 March 2010
06:05 GMT

Conan O’Brien Announces US Comedy Tour

NBC may have decided that Conan O’Brien wasn’t doing a good job as the host of The Tonight Show but, judging by the reaction to his just-announced comedy tour, fans are of a different opinion. Coco is going on a 30-city comedy tour, has prepared a poster for it as well and tickets are already selling out,...

12 March 2010
06:48 GMT

BlackBerry Tour 9630 Arrives in Indonesia

Research In Motion, one of the global leaders in wireless innovation, and Smart Telecom, a national mobile operator, have announced the launch of the BlackBerry Tour 9630, a 3G-enabled smartphone in Indonesia. The new smartphone offers support for email solutions, built-in GPS and multiple multimedia features, allow...

9 March 2010
08:32 GMT

Steven Tyler and Aerosmith Are Back On, Announce Tour

Ever since November last year, the rockers from Aerosmith have been having a rather bad time, plagued by reports that they were about to split and looking for a replacement for Steven Tyler, rumors that originated from within the band no less. To set the record straight, the rockers have made an official announcement...

26 February 2010
05:40 GMT

Janet to Tour with Jackson 5 in Michael’s Place

The millions of fans who had bought a ticket for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” tour, which was meant to be the biggest comeback the music industry ever witnessed, were, of course, heartbroken when the singer passed away. At the time, reports of Jackson 5 reuniting were also making the rounds &ndash...

23 February 2010
09:33 GMT

Whitney Houston Announces Dates for World Tour

In October last year, Whitney Houston announced five dates in the UK in support of her latest album, “I Look to You,” also known as her comeback material. Back then, she also said she would not rule out the possibility of doing an international tour as well – and fans who’ve waited patiently u...

27 January 2010
03:20 GMT

Peter Andre Announces Love Album for Valentine’s

Peter Andre’s very personal and, according to many, accomplished comeback album “Revelation” is about to culminate in a sold out tour through the UK. Nevertheless, that is not to say that he’s putting all other projects aside, Andre announcing just a few hours ago on his Twitter page that he&r...

22 January 2010
06:41 GMT

Lady Gaga Is Losing Money with the Monster Ball Tour

Lady Gaga kicked off her Monster Ball Tour to rave reviews and packed venues, with almost every show selling out. Yet the singer is not making any money off it, reports in the British media cited by GigWise says. Her outrageous outfits and expensive stage sets have already cost her an estimated $4 million so far and ...

6 January 2010
09:00 GMT

Lady Gaga Talks Revamped Monster Ball Tour

Fans will remember that what is now the Monster Ball Tour, headlined by Lady Gaga alone, was initially called the Fame Kills Tour, which was also supposed to have Kanye West on board. Following the 2009 VMA incident with Taylor Swift, Kanye decided to take a break from music, which eventually turned out for the best,...

22 December 2009
10:47 GMT

Mariah Carey Announces Dates for US Tour

The “lambs” finally have reason to rejoice: after a long time that she’s been absent from live singing (television appearances and minor performances not included), Mariah Carey is set to take to the road to support her latest album, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” as rumors said she wo...

12 December 2009
07:02 GMT

Rihanna Announces Dates for UK Tour

After performing on the British show X Factor the other week, Rihanna announced that she would start touring in support of her “Rated R” album in a matter of months. Keeping true to the word she gave to fans back then, the singer has just made public the dates for the UK leg of the tour, as Billboard maga...

11 December 2009
02:56 GMT

Mariah Carey Is Getting Ready to Tour the US

Now that her most recent album, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” is out, Mariah Carey is getting ready to personally bring it live to fans in the USA, reports coming in are saying. The singer will launch a domestic tour in 2010, with plans to take it abroad as well, granted everything goes according to pl...

7 December 2009
09:17 GMT

First Details on Rihanna’s Upcoming Tour

After performing live on the British show X Factor a few days ago, Rihanna officially told her fans to get ready for the experience of their lifetime, her upcoming 2010 tour, in support of her latest album, “Rated R.” MTV caught up with the singer on the set of her video for “Hard” and she agr...

4 December 2009
10:26 GMT

Lady Gaga Takes a Tumble Live in Concert

Lady Gaga kicked off her Monster Ball tour, doing her best to make sure that it was, as she promised not long ago, the most “delicious” tour the music industry has ever seen. There were plenty of costume changes and more than enough theatricality, good singing and plenty of interaction with the fans. As M...

1 December 2009
09:21 GMT

Lady Gaga Unleashes the Monster Ball to Rave Reviews

Lady Gaga is a well accomplished and versatile performer, which is why fans have been patiently waiting for the Monster Ball, in support of her latest album, “The Fame Monster,” to kick off. On Saturday night, Gaga and her dancers, together with countless stage outfits one wilder than the other, reached T...

30 November 2009
09:45 GMT

Britney Spears Addresses Australia Lip-Synching Controversy

Britney Spears recently kicked off the Australian leg of her Circus Tour and, despite heavy anticipation for it, it did not get off to a brilliant start. Many fans walked out on the first show, disappointed that she was lip-synching, while Australian officials asked for a boycott of sorts of the singer, saying a &ldq...

11 November 2009
11:36 GMT

The Monster Ball Tour Will Be the Most Delicious Ever, Says Lady Gaga

If Lady Gaga’s performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards is any indication of the kind of things she’ll do on stage to deliver her message, fans who have bought tickets for the upcoming The Monster Ball tour are certainly in for a wonderful ride. However, if more confirmation that the tour w...

23 October 2009
10:25 GMT

Apple Announces 2009 Snow Leopard Server Tour

With Apple inviting iPhone devs to join the Tech Talk World Tour, TUAW gives word that the Mac maker has also announced plans to host seven seminars across the U.S, targeting IT managers, administrators, server architects, technology coordinators, etc. The focus will be the Snow Leopard Server, with hardware and soft...

20 October 2009
06:37 GMT

Rep Explains Depeche Mode’s Mistaking Peru for Chile

A couple of days ago, Depeche Mode was in Peru, performing in front of a 3,000 strong audience at the Explanada del Estadio Monumental. At the end of the show, after the band performed “Never Let Me Down Again,” frontman Dave Gahan yelled in the microphone something that sounded like “Thank you very...

16 October 2009
11:09 GMT

Whitney Houston Announces UK Tour

Diva Whitney Houston is taking the show on the road, after the successful launch of her comeback album, “I Look to You.” The singer has announced that, come April, she will be embarking on her first European tour in ten years, with dates limited to England and Scotland for the time being, as The Sun can c...

14 October 2009
03:09 GMT

Kanye West and Gaga’s ‘Fame Kills’ Tour Cancelled

Kanye West and Lady Gaga were to team up for the first time ever in what promised to be an incendiary tour of the US and Canada, starting in November through January of next year. Promos for the “Fame Kills” tour had been underway when the first reports of a cancellation began to surface earlier this week...

2 October 2009
05:30 GMT

Michael Jackson Film to Drop in Theaters This Halloween

The footage made during rehearsals for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” is certainly going to be turned into a long feature film that will run in theaters and will probably also come out on DVD. Sony Pictures is in the final stages of acquiring the material put up for sale by AEG Live, with Variety re...

22 July 2009
10:05 GMT

Adam Lambert Targeted by Homophobe Protesters

Adam Lambert, the runner-up on the latest season of American Idol, has never made a secret of his orientation in his personal life, albeit he only came out in a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Fans clearly have no issue with that, since they have come to love him for his music, but that’s not to say fu...

15 July 2009
08:38 GMT

Michael Could Have Never Done 50 Shows, Joe Jackson Says

Until June 25, when Michael Jackson was pronounced dead after being rushed to the hospital following cardiac arrest, speculation was high that he would never be able to complete all the 50 dates of “This Is It,” his last series of concerts ever. While many said he would not last five dates, most agreed th...

14 July 2009
05:09 GMT

Sprint Intros BlackBerry Tour, Inferno Curve and LG LX290

Sprint was rather busy this weekend, and came towards its users with three new mobile phones, namely the already announced and expected BlackBerry Tour 9630, the Inferno variant of BlackBerry Curve 8330, and the entry-level LG LX290. All in all, these are not too bad additions to the carrier's lineup, though we&...

13 July 2009
06:09 GMT

Britney Spears Sells Out in Australia

“Welcome back, Britney Spears,” fans in Australia seem to be saying to the Princess of Pop as they rush to buy tickets for her first-ever series of concerts in the Land Down Under. As a matter of fact, fans here are so eager to see her perform that they have already bought all tickets made available in ju...

6 July 2009
09:08 GMT

I Am the Force that Pushes Circus Tour, Says Britney Spears

Over the past months, many have speculated that Britney Spears was nowhere ready to continue adding more international dates for The Circus Starring Britney Spears Tour, and that the only reason she was doing so was because she was forced into it. The star is now addressing these rumors for the first time, saying tha...

19 June 2009
04:03 GMT

Britney Spears Confirms Circus Is Heading to Australia

Britney Spears is extending her current, highly successful music tour in support of her latest album, “Circus,” to incorporate several dates in Australia as well, a post on the singer’s official website confirms. Speculation about this has been making the rounds ever since early April this year, but...

10 June 2009
10:51 GMT

Father Forcing Britney Spears to Extend Circus Tour

Circus Starring Britney Spears might not be the best instance of vocal accomplishment the industry has witnessed, but it is a highly successful tour that sits just wonderfully with fans all over the world, it is being said. However, it might not be what Britney wants right now, since it’s against her wishes tha...

6 June 2009
06:58 GMT

Dave Gahan Has Tumor Removed, DM Tour Resumes in June

On May 12, right before taking the stage in Athens, Depeche Mode frontman was taken ill in his dressing cabin and had to be rushed to the hospital. While receiving treatment for gastroenteritis, a malignant tumor was also discovered in his bladder, which has been since removed and the singer is recuperating well, an ...

28 May 2009
11:54 GMT

BlackBerry Storm 2 and Pearl Flip on Verizon This Summer

Only a few weeks ago we learned that Verizon Wireless planned to release RIM's BlackBerry Tour sometime in July, and now the latest reports on the Web have it that the carrier will also introduce two other handsets from the Canadian maker this summer, the Storm 2 and Pearl Flip, which we must say that comes as a...

20 May 2009
08:36 GMT

Jackson 5 Reunion Means Another Lawsuit for Michael Jackson

Having a Jackson 5 reunion is something that millions of fans around the world, as well as industry insiders, have hoped for for years. Although one such special concert was in the works at some point, it seems it slowly became undoable, mostly because of Michael’s refusal to be a part of it. According to TMZ, ...

18 May 2009
06:46 GMT

Michael Jackson Successfully Battling Skin Cancer

Reports and speculation about Michael Jackson’s health have been circulating in the media for many years and, as fans must know, they were never confirmed in any way by the singer or his representatives. On this note, The Sun is now saying that the King of Pop has been diagnosed with skin cancer last month, but...

16 May 2009
04:27 GMT

Cease and Desist for Michael Jackson’s London Tour

Within hours of announcing that he would be returning on the stage this summer with a final series of concerts, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, managed to do the unthinkable by breaking all known records in terms of ticket sales and public response. “This Is It,” Michael’s “curtain call&rdqu...

12 May 2009
07:24 GMT

Beyonce to Take Two Years Off Music

Beyonce Knowles is currently busy touring the world with her I Am… Tour, and doing plenty of live appearances to promote it, but things might change pretty soon if what she’s saying is even remotely accurate. In a recent interview, the Sasha Fierce star hinted that she might retire once the tour was over...

11 May 2009
11:19 GMT

Britney Spears to Take Circus Tour to Australia and Europe

As fans must know, Britney Spears is not her own master, as they say, neither from a financial nor from a professional point of view, since she has been under her father’s conservatorship ever since January 2008. Periodic conservatorship hearings are aimed at establishing the best course of action for Britney, ...

7 April 2009
08:56 GMT

Onstage Scare for Britney Spears in Pittsburgh

Despite several rumors about Britney Spears considering calling off the Circus tour, the singer is still doing the performances as scheduled. However, problems do appear, as it happened the other night, when Britney was in Pittsburgh, and a lift prop that was supposed to take her up and then down again was visibly&nb...

6 April 2009
10:12 GMT

Thierry Mugler Creations for Beyonce’s Tour

Last year, in May, Beyonce became positively smitten with the work of French artist and designer Thierry Mugler, after seeing what he had done for the “Superheroes” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. As a matter of fact, the singer was so impressed with the creations that...

27 March 2009
07:26 GMT

Britney Spears Devastated by ‘Fat’ Comments

As Britney Spears’ Circus tour is marching on and getting both rave reviews and some lukewarm ones in the process, she is already beginning to feel the strain and pressure from all sides. This time, however, it has nothing to do with her music or with her performance on stage, although it is related to both. Sp...

26 March 2009
10:21 GMT

Preparing for Summer Tour: Michael Jackson to Get More Plastic Surgery

Amidst massive speculation that the Michael Jackson fans saw on stage at the beginning of the month, announcing one final tour before presumably retiring from music altogether, was not even Michael but just a very convincing lookalike, Ian Halperin says more is to come. The singer’s unofficial biographer claims...

19 March 2009
10:00 GMT

Britney Spears to Cancel Tour After Death Threats

The Circus Starring Britney Spears kicked off at the beginning of the month, but it may already be in danger of being canceled, reports in the media claim. Although the reviews for each show are positive, in recent days, Britney has been receiving death threats via e-mail and text messages, which has made her warn of...

19 March 2009
09:33 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Summer Tour Breaks All Known Records

The greatest comeback in the history of music is upon us come summer 2009, as also is one of the most-anticipated and highly-mediated music events of the decade. Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” summer tour – his last series of gigs in the UK, as the singer himself said – has managed to se...

16 March 2009
09:40 GMT

Michael Jackson Look-Alike Used for Recent Press Conference

When Michael Jackson took the stage on March 6 in London to announce that he would be performing again come summer of 2009 at London’s O2 Arena, fans were certain they were in the presence of a living legend. With all this, speculation is now running rampant that the person they got to cheer for and applaud was...

15 March 2009
09:48 GMT

Britney Spears Is Secretly Dating Her Agent

With her Circus Starring Britney Spears tour in full swing, it seems that the pop singer has also found the time to sneak in some secret dates with a man who is almost 24 / 7 by her side. Jason Trawick, Britney’s agent, is also her latest love interest, with voices saying that she might have finally found her M...

14 March 2009
07:25 GMT

Michael Jackson Extends Summer Tour to 50 Dates

When Michael Jackson announced that July would see him performing live at London’s O2 Arena, fans were ecstatic. Not even the fact that the King of Pop said that these would also be his final live shows managed to cloud their joy. Now, with thousands queuing to get tickets, Michael has just revealed that other ...

13 March 2009
09:54 GMT

Britney Spears Says Her Tour Is Child-Friendly

Britney Spears has often been criticized in the media for reasons ranging from her ability to raise her two children to her music and the quality of it. However, one thing that will not be pinned on her if she has her say is that her latest tour, “Circus Starring Britney Spears,” is not suitable for child...

7 March 2009
04:58 GMT

Michael Jackson to Announce Tour Dates Tomorrow

Coming to end months and months of speculation, Michael Jackson will make a special appearance tomorrow at London’s O2 Arena, where he will announce a new tour. While rumors of a possible comeback of the King of Pop taking place this summer have been circulating lately, this is actually the first time when a st...

4 March 2009
06:57 GMT


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