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*Beyonce, Prince and U2 are among the music acts battling it out to be named Headliner of the Year at the UK Festival Awards. All performers who headlined festivals in the UK in 2011 are in the running for the awards – including Linkin Park, Pulp and The Eagles – and it’s now up to [...]
*Usher, Lady Gaga and U2 have been booked to perform at a bash for President Bill Clinton that Yahoo will stream live over the Internet, the parties are set to announce today. The concert, scheduled for Oct. 15 at the Hollywood Bowl, is billed as a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the William J. [...]
*A British newspaper reports that Prince was briefly booked to headline this year’s Glastonbury festival in Britain, but ended up dropping out – several times. Festival organizer Michael Eavis said the music legend was his first choice as a headline act, but after weeks of negotiations the deal fell through and he decided to settle [...]
*Swizz Beatz has revealed that Kanye West and U2′s Bono will appear on a track on his upcoming second album “Haute Living,” due later this year. Speaking about the track to Paper Mag, the producer explained: “We got this song – it’s me, Bono and Kanye on this one song called ‘Skyscrapers’. I recorded with [...]
*Rihanna and Nicki Minaj are among the artists featured on a digital-only album being rushed out by Universal Music to raise funds for Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims. Justin Bieber, U2 and Bon Jovi are also confirmed for the Universal Music project, which aims to be available by the end of this week. Proceeds will [...]
*Word has it that Beyonce is set to join Coldplay and U2 as a headliner at U.K. music festival Glastonbury. Chris Martin’s band were confirmed on Monday (Feb. 7) as one of the big acts to hit the stage at the three-day event in June, while U2 have long been linked to a top slot [...]
*Jay-Z and U2 are coming together for the first big gig under Live Nation Austrialia. The rapper, a very busy man lately, is going to appear as a special guest on state during U2’s 360 Tour in Austrailia. The five-city tour will be the first concert promoted by the new Live Nation Australia. The outing [...]
*Talk about a collabo coming way out of left field. Dave Hollister, best known for his successful stint with R&B group BLACKstreet, says he’s in the midst of working with legendary rock band U2 to remake at least two of the group’s classic songs as part of an as-yet-unknown project. “In the studio working with [...]
*Beyonce, her husband Jay-Z and the Black Eyed Peas all made the top 10 on a new Forbes list of top earning musicians. Bey was the list’s highest-earning female at No. 3. Her $87 million was banked through major endorsement deals with Nintendo and L’Oreal, as well as her House of Dereon fashion line and [...]
*Oprah Winfrey has reclaimed her title as world’s most powerful celebrity in a poll conducted by Forbes magazine. With 315 million dollars in earnings, Winfrey, 56, who next year is set to launch her own television channel, dethrones Angelina Jolie as the top power player with the actress slipping from No. 1 to 18. This [...]
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