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*It was one of the hardest tickets to score at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival, but those lucky enough to see Prince close out the weeklong event got “a grooving, brass band-backed funk fest that stretched to 3 a.m.,” according to the Associated Press. His opening act: all four original members of A [...]
*Yahoo is getting into the concert touring business. The Internet giant has announced a 21-date “Yahoo! on the Road” tour, to feature Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, as well as J. Cole, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and special guests Justin Timberlake, Frank Ocean and Trey Songz. Announcing the tour at South by Southwest’s Interactive portion in [...]
*Prince, with the help of Samsung, is offering 250 people the chance to see him perform with a 21-piece band at the SXSW closing party this week. The legendary singer has been confirmed as a performer for one of the Texas’ festival’s closing shows, before an intimate crowd of contest winners, reports The Guardian. Samsung [...]
*(Via Yahoo News) – Lil Wayne was feeling inspirational while making an appearance at South By Southwest. Snoop Dogg admitted he was too high to notice he was performing on a stage five stories tall that looked like a vending machine. And rumors that Eminem will make a surprise appearance continued to swirl around 6th [...]
*“Gimme The Loot,” a film from writer/director Adam Leon, won the top prize at the SXSW Film Festival Tuesday night, taking the event’s best narrative feature prize. Set in NYC, the film follows Malcolm and Sofia, whose latest graffiti masterpiece is buffed by a rival gang. The two determined Bronx teens must hustle, steal, and [...]
*Jay-Z performed an intimate show at South by Southwest (SXSW) festival last night in an event that was streamed live on the Internet and synced with Twitter, so fans could comment on the show and choose the set list in real time. The rapper was given a police escort from the airport to perform at [...]
*There were other memorable performances at this weekend’s South by Southwest Festival besides Kanye West and company. Snoop Dogg’s Funk n Soul Extravaganza took place Saturday night, doubling as a tribute to the rappers late childhood friend Nate Dogg. Backed by longtime crew Tha Dogg Pound and Warren G, along with recent collaborators Dam-Funk and [...]
*MTV has the blow-by-blow of Kanye West’s headline-making set at South by Southwest 2011 Saturday at the Vevo Power Plant in Austin. Officially billed as Vevo Presents: G.O.O.D. Music featuring Kanye West, John Legend, Common, Kid Cudi, Mos Def and more, the event concluded with a 90-minute Kanye set that ran until just past [...]
*The Weintstein Co. has acquired rights to the football documentary “Undefeated” during the current SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. From directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the film follows a volunteer coach at an inner-city school in Memphis as he tries to help the football team win its first playoff game in 110 years and [...]
*Kate Moss has reportedly been invited by Kanye West to perform with him at the South by South West (SXSW) festival this week. As previously reported, the 33-year-old rapper will perform at the music event in Austin, Texas, later this week and is said to have invited the British supermodel to sing with him after [...]
*For Mike Tyson fans who want to experience the era of his boxing domination – there’s now an app for that. The former heavyweight boxing champion- turned-reality show star has just launched a new iPhone game called “Mike Tyson’s Main Event.” At the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) this week, game developer RockLive set [...]
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