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Johnny Hallyday Planning Duets Project In English
French rocker Johnny Hallyday is hoping to finally crack the U.S. and U.K. markets by releasing a duets album featuring the likes of Sir Paul Mccartney and Stevie Wonder.The singer is a music icon in...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 06 August 2013
Kings Of Leon's 'Supersoaker' Is First Single From 'Mechanical Bull' [Listen]
Kings of Leon have released 'Supersoaker,' the first single from their forthcoming album Mechanical Bull. The soulful effort features the band's signature anthemic guitar bursts and Caleb Followill's scowling vocals. All in all, it's pretty...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 18 July 2013
Bruce Springsteen Dedicates Song To Trayvon Martin During Irish Concert: The Stars Speak Out
Bruce Springsteen is not the first musician to voice their view on the recent controversial Trayvon Martin shooting case, whereby a teenager was shot by a man named George Zimmerman who has been acquitted by...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 17 July 2013
Stevie Wonder Takes A Stand Against Florida Law After Trayvon Case
Stevie Wonder, the Grammy-winning musician and singer, has spoken out as being strongly opposed to Florida's laws regarding self-defence, whereby people are allowed to use deadly force if they believe their life is in danger,...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 17 July 2013
Stevie Wonder To Boycott Florida Over 'Stand Your Ground' Legislation
Stevie Wonder will boycott the state of Florida due to its 'stand your ground' legislation. The singer was prompted to comment on the law following awareness of the legislation generated by the George Zimmerman trial,...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Music / Festivals on 17 July 2013
Stevie Wonder Lets His Voice Be Heard By Boycotting Florida And Other 'Stand Your Ground' State Shows
Stevie Wonder is, like many other Americans, extremely ticked off over the 'not guilty' decision given to George Zimmerman in the 2nd degree murder case against the unarmed, African American teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16 July 2013
Lauryn Hill Begins Three Month Stay In Prison For Tax Evasion
Lauryn Hill is officially a jail bird, as the rapper/singer has begun her three month stay behind bars for tax evasion charges. According to TMZ, Hill checked into the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury on...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 July 2013
A Week In Music - Daft Punk Get Lucky, Lana Del Rey Soundtracks Gatsby And Rod Stewart Shocks Us All
This Week In Albums... There was only album anyone was really talking about wasn't there? Daft Punk's much anticipated fourth LP Random Access Memories was streamed early after it leaked on the internet allowing the...
By Contributor in Music / Festivals on 20 May 2013
Stevie Wonder Closes Hangout Festival The Only Way He Knows How
Stevie Wonder headlined the final day of the three day Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama, this weekend, closing the event with a marvellous display that included covers and renditions of classic tracks of his...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 20 May 2013
Daft Punk Think Auto-tune Ruins Music
Daft Punk think Auto-Tune is ruining pop music.Though the duo - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter - like experimenting with the vocal-tweaking software in a ''fun'' way, they think it is over-relied on to...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 May 2013
Despite Stevie Wonder, Hip-hop Will Rule At Hangout Festival, Gulf Shores
The Hangout Musical Festival returns to Gulf Shores, Alabama, this weekend with a pretty varied line-up including Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon and Tom Petty as well as a number of notable hip-hop acts. Though...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 17 May 2013
Blake Shelton Sticks Up For Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's good pal Blake Shelton has warned his Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards co-host not to insult her on stage tonight (07.04.13).'The Voice' USA judge thinks his fellow presenter Luke Bryan should avoid...
By Bang Showbiz on 07 April 2013
Taylor Swift To Duet With Mcgraw
Taylor Swift is teaming up with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards.The '22' singer - who is up for five awards - will duet with Tim on the...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 April 2013
Berry Gordy Gets Pioneer Award From Songwriters Hall Of Fame
Berry Gordy is receiving a Pioneer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.The Motown founder - who is responsible for discovering icons acts such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Jackson...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 March 2013
Stevie Wonder Scolds Lil Wayne Over Emmett Till Lyric
Stevie Wonder has publicly chastised Lil Wayne for rapping about assassinated African-American teenager Emmett Till in a leaked song.The Lollipop star hit headlines this week (beg11Feb12) when an unauthorised remix of Karate Chop, his collaboration...
By WENN on 15 February 2013
Stevie Wonder's Daughter Is Engaged
Stevie Wonder's daughter and backing singer Aisha Morris is engaged.The Superstition hitmaker was performing a pre-Super Bowl concert in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday night (02Feb13) when he suddenly stopped the show and announced the...
By World Entertainment News Network on 04 February 2013
Stevie Wonder Announces Daughter's Engagement
Stevie Wonder interrupted his Super Bowl concert on Saturday (02.02.13) to announce his daughter's engagement.The 62-year-old singer had been performing a special show at the Bud Light Hotel in New Orleans ahead of the NFL...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 February 2013
Stevie Wonder To Perform In New Orleans On Super Bowl Weekend
Stevie Wonder will be performing on Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans. The entertainer will be gathering crowds at an outdoor concert on February 2 at the Wyndham Waterfront Hotel – the evening before the...
By Victoria Pavlova on 27 January 2013
Stevie Wonder To Perform Over Super Bowl Weekend
Musical genius, icon and all-round nice guy Stevie Wonder is going to make the Super Bowl weekend a whole lot more magical, as he will be performing in New Orleans next week for the much-anticipated...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25 January 2013
Lady Gaga To Play At Barack Obama's Inauguration?
Lady Gaga is to play at Barack Obama's inauguration tomorrow (22.01.13). The 'Born This Way' hitmaker is reportedly being lined up to perform at the private White House ball for the US President's campaign staff...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 January 2013
Prince To Be Honoured At Billboard Music Awards
Prince will be honoured with an Icon Award at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.The ceremony is seen as one of the most prestigious in the world behind the Grammys, and it will honour the 'Purple...
By Bang Showbiz on 19 January 2013
Halle Berry And Chaka Khan To Be Made Bet Honorees
Halle Berry and Chaka Khan will be amongst the honourees being recognised by BET for their contribution to the advancement of the African American population during next years awards presentation.The network announced the news today...
By Joe Wilde on 21 December 2012
Bad25: Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Documentary Hits All The Right Notes
Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary BAD25 has been hailed as a success. Spike Lee, of course, has personal knowledge of working with Jackson – he directed his 1996 video ‘The Don’t Care About Us,’ so...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 22 November 2012
A Tribute To Dick Clark - Stevie Wonder Leads The Honours At The Amas
At Sunday night's (November 18) American Music Awards, Stevie Wonder paid tribute to the late Dick Clark, the former presenter of American Bandstand.Clark passed away in April, aged 82 and Stevie said that he was...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 20 November 2012
American Music Awards Endures Lowest Ever Tv Ratings
With Justin Bieber, MC Hammer joining Psy on stage and Stevie Wonder paying tribute to the late Dick Clark, The American Music Awards was supposed to be a huge televisual event, but not many people...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19 November 2012
Stevie Wonder Pays Homage To His Friend Dick Clark
Last night's American Music Awards saw the show's creator, the late Dick Clarke, honoured by Stevie Wonder, as the legendary musician paid tribute to his friend in song, and spoken word. "Truly honored to have...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19 November 2012
Stevie Wonder Stages Surprise Street Show To Support Barack Obama
Stevie Wonder staged a surprise show in Ohio on Sunday (04Nov12) to rally support for incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of Tuesday's (06Nov12) election.The soul legend sang at a small street concert in Cleveland...
By WENN on 05 November 2012
Eddie Murphy Honoured By Fellow Stars For Spike Tv
Eddie Murphy was honoured by his peers for his outstanding contribution to film, TV, music and stand-up over his 30 + year career.Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Adam Sandler, and Russell Brand were just some of...
By Joe Wilde in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 November 2012
Michael Eavis Has His Sights On Rolling Stones To Headline Glastonbury 2013
It looks like Glastonbury 2013 may already have its first big name already sorted, with festival organiser Michael Eavis admitting that he is on the verge of signing The Rolling Stones as the closing act...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2012
Katy Perry, Jennifer Hudson And Stevie Wonder Among The Stars At Barack Obama's Democrat Fundraising Concert
Katy Perry, Jennifer Hudson and Stevie Wonder were among the star names to perform at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama's democrats at a concert titled '30 Days To Victory.' With additional appearances by Earth,...
By Contributor in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 October 2012
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