AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How else would Prince shut down the South by Southwest Music Festival that is basically a weeklong showcase of rock n’ roll? By throwing a totally different kind party: a grooving, brass band-backed funkfest that stretched to 3 a.m. and outlasted many fans lucky to get inside in the first place. […]
Dominique is filling in for the vacation J. Anthony Brown, doing double-duties, the funny woman tackles various topics with the crew including Tamron Hall’s theme song, Holdsclaw’s not guilty plea and more on the TJMS.
Rumors are swirling that the iconic Prince is heading to Austin this weekend for the SXSW Music Festival. According to rumors, Prince and his 22-piece band will be performing on a custom stage at the La Zona Rosa. La Zona Rosa only holds approximately 1200 people. Of course, these are all rumors, and if we […]
NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. More than 20 performers, including Elvis Costello, The Roots and the Waterboys, paid tribute to the pop icon in a two-hour-plus concert Thursday night. They all joined together onstage to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. More than 20 performers including Elvis Costello, The Roots and the Waterboys paid tribute to the pop icon in a two-hour-plus concert Thursday night. They all joined together onstage to […]
The Brits have been through this before. In 2011, Prince was rumored to headline the UK’s biggest music event, the Glastonbury Festival. But it was Beyonce who ultimately took the main stage. Now the Daily Star claims seven-time Grammy winner Prince will grace the concert’s Pyramid stage. The paper reports he’s booked three gigs at […]
If you missed it Friday night, Prince, appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and as expected, brought the house down. The musical master impressed with still potent rock ‘n’ roll guitar playing. He also introduced his new band, 3rd Eye Girl. Check it out: (Photo: AP)
Aretha Franklin is a national treasure. The ultimate singing diva should have a statue somewhere in downtown Detroit, as she’s one of the city’s greatest living legends. Franklin has long reigned as the Queen of Soul and though many young singers revere and respect her, none have come even close to replacing her. With classic […]
In the last few years, the Grammy Awards have been upstaged by the drama preceding them – from Chris Brown’s 2009 beating of his girlfriend Rihanna to last year’s tragic death of Whitney Houston the night before. This year, no such drama happened beforehand and what went on during the show itself was pretty tame. […]
Chris Paul jokes with the crew about Heidi Klum, Prince’s tribute, and the “Django” dolls.
Prince will be honored with a March 7th benefit concert to be held at Carnegie Hall and double as a fundraiser for music education programs, reports the New York Times. Scheduled acts for the show include Talib Kweli, the Blind Boys of Alabama and the Roots. The event will mark the ninth year that City […]
This past weekend Mary J. Blige performed at the iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas and to everyone's surprise she was joined by the legendary Prince. Blige yelled to crowd, "“I got a real good friend in the building. He’s one of the most amazing artists to ever walk the earth,” before Prince hopped on […]
