Big Boi, 'Follow Us' Feat. Vonnegutt

"Follow us" is a new song by Big Boi of OutKast, which this year is to venture on their own for the first time with his debut 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty' in stores July 6 .

funky song, jumping Backbeat - led by the heavyweight player producer Salaam Remi and keyboard - provides the basis for the flow of Big Boi and catchy chorus sung by the pop rock group Vonnegutt (led by MC Kyle Lucas .)

'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico characteristics, Dusty "a multitude of guest artists, especially TI, Jamie Foxx, Janelle Monae, George Clinton, Gucci Mane, Bob and Yelawolf, among others.

"Follow us" does Shutterbugg singles', 'I For Dolores Patton' and 'General'. To hear the new song by Big Boi, connect with the New AOL Radio Hip-Hop's first season.

Chris Brown Delivers Moving Performance at 2010 BET Awards

Chris Brown stole the show last night at 2010 BET Awards, performing a tribute to the late Michael Jackson at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. According to the cassette, the raid included "Remember the Time 'and' Billie Jean 'and impeccable choreography incorporates MJ, Brown has been known previously to emulate. However, he began his 21-year-old 'Man in the Mirror ", his emotions took over him, leaving the letters from fans in the audience moving.

Brown's performance has been causing a stir, many said that was the night is the best, which also included a sample of Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys, TI, Kanye West and P. Diddy.

Others saw his tears as a publicity stunt, refusing to accept the apologies of Brown after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend Rihanna last year.

Brown has had a tough year so far, when he was forced to cancel his European tour after he was unable to obtain a work visa overseas. This is less than impressive sales for its 2009 effort "Graffiti."

Burnham, 'Catch Me If You Can' -- New Song

Burnham's new song, "Catch Me If You Can" is an energetic song about what it means to make everything for love.

With its relentless guitar and driving, fast rhythm, the song shows that although the three brothers are young Burnham certainly know how to make a catchy song. And with 14 years of age, Forrest Burnham belting out songs like "This is my sorrow, You were my addiciton, I am a fan, Catch Me If You Can", which no doubt want to take this song while you can.

"Catch Me If You Can" will be presented at the Burnham's debut album, the band has been meeting with the help of Ryan Tedder, Benji Madden, Brian Kennedy and espionage.

Burnham - on the same label as Justin Bieber - will join the Canadian pop sensation in the second leg of his tour of My World, starting in September. To catch "Catch Me If You Can", tune into the station at AOL Kids Pop Radio.

Soulja Boy Tell Em, 'Pretty Boy Swag' -- New Song

Pretty Boy's Swag is the first official single from the hip-hop star Soulja Boy Tell Em Dre forthcoming third album ',' which is due in stores July 27.

A molasses-slow and steady beep sounds melodic backdrop for Soulja Boy breathless vocal delivery.

In fact, it sounds as if he just finished running a crowd of eager female fans, whose constant attention that boasts of the song in chorus: "This here is my pretty boy booty / d for girls in my --- when I booty pretty boy / girls screaming my name when I loot a little boy. "

Soulja Boy also recently published the first episode of his series of cartoons online. It focuses on his adventures as fiction as a student at the high school platinum. You can see the video here, and listen to "Pretty Boy Swag" New AOL Radio Hip-Hop's first season.

The Roots, 'Doin' It Again' Feat. John Legend -- New Song

"Doin It Again 'is one of the singles hit many study sessions Roots album,' How I Got Over 'in stores today, June 22.

With John Legend, "Doin It Again 'is a fresh, hip-hop-soul version of the theme intensified Legend' Again 'from their second album, 2006" once again. "

Keeping Legend mid-tempo tune piano and chorus moving, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter added ad lib-clever lines, demonstrating that their MC skills yet, in fact, rise to the occasion: "Uh, remix, rises from the flames like a phoenix / effort to support the weight of my brain like a genius / to know that I'm sowing the seeds going to do with your thumb is green. "

This song is not the only track features John Legend. Percussion driven 'Fire' also appears on the album, immediately after "Doin It Again."

"How I Got Over" was produced by the group - mostly Black Thought and Questlove - and with other singles, including the title track and "Dear God 2.0. "To hear 'Doin It Again', 'tune in New AOL Radio Hip-Hop's first season.

Hayley Williams Topless Twitpic Hits the Web

A topless twitpic Hayley Williams of Paramore was released yesterday, May 27, meaning more than 600,000 of his followers has a vision of the photo, before arriving shortly after retired.

Apparently the singer has been hacked, and the pump was tangerine twitter last night, as appropriate, to respond to the topless photo: "Well ... my night has just changed dramatically. Hacked."

Williams has just completed filming the music video for 'aircraft', a collaboration he did with the new MC in the business, BoB The song is a favorite of radio, now in AOL Radio Best Songs of 2010 and expected to dominate the airwaves throughout the summer.

Crystal Bowersox, Up to the Mountain - New Single

Season 9 of 'American Idol finalists' Crystal Bowersox touched the hearts of the United States on Tuesday, May 25 with his rendition of Patty Griffin' Up to the Mountain. "

Using only acoustic guitar and his cousin, Janis Joplin vocals, Bowersox related to soul songs of Griffin, who were inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. 's famous speech in 1968: "I've been to the mountaintop."

Ellen DeGeneres, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell, highlighting their performance. "This is what this show is about," said Jackson. "A great song by an incredible singer. I'm telling you what, I'm so proud of you, man." This is one of the biggest shows and one of his best moments when the perfect moment in this show.

Nothing Stops 'Glee' from Showing Up on Top of the Billboard 200

'Glee: The Music, Volume 3 - Showstoppers' stands alpine aloft the Billboard 200 albums chart, the accomplished of six new entries into this week's Top 10, according to Neilsen SoundScan. The accumulating of songs from the hit television show's additional division awash about 136,000 copies.

It was aloof one ages ago that addition accumulating of 'Glee' music, 'The Power of Madonna,' topped the archive with sales of 98,000 copies. While that accumulating focused alone on the music of the "material girl," this latest accumulating appearance the casting assuming their versions of songs by a array of acclaimed artists including the Beatles, U2, Aerosmith and Lady GaGa.

'Imma Be' Black Eyed Peas

Fergie starts singing this number, "Imma wiggle your hips / You're gonna be licking his lips," more of a mid-tempo urban beat, up to half of the song that switches to a full-on dancefloor funk home. The music video is being mashed up medley of "Imma" and "Rock That Body" on the clock at 10:21

'NOW That's What I Call the USA' -- New Album

This summer, fans of the hugely popular 'That's what I Call Music Series "will receive a special gift, with the launch of the patriotic album, entitled' Now that's what I call the U.S. (La Patria National Collection).

Scheduled for a June 15 statement - just in time for Independence Day - the newest addition to the family "NOW" of successful albums have a buffet full of all country select patriotic, and a portion of the proceeds new album sales will directly benefit U.S. troops and military families.

'Highlights in this edition special patriotic are some of the biggest names and hits in country music, including Brooks & Dunn "Only in America," "My Town Montgomery Gentry, Rascal Flatts Fast Cars and Freedom" and Carrie Underwood "All-American Girl. "Rounding out the 16-track compilation is a special bonus version of" The Star Spangled Banner, "performed by 4Troops.

Alanis Morissette, I Remain' From 'Prince of Persia

Alanis Morissette has always been one of the most distinct and fiercely independent voices in contemporary music. And nowhere is this more evident than in his latest single, 'I remain, "out of the next' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time soundtrack.

From the opening track, however, it becomes instantly clear that this is definitely not the Alanis Alanis older sister once knew.

After a stirring opening of the Middle East, Morissette infuses the track with his voice soft as silk, while stopped for a drum beat drives the song forward. As the singer slips easily in and out of falsetto range, everything comes to a crescendo transcendental exhilirating providing adequate backdrop for what promises to be a thrilling success.

Morissette contribution to the 'Prince of Persia soundtrack' also marks the reunion with one's co-writer Mike Elizondo, who collaborated on the soundtrack of 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. "This time, Morissette said his environment with Elizondo was so organic," the song was written. "Alanis admits he owes everything to the single narrative film in which it is based, as she puts it bluntly:" This story was final muse.

California Gurls by Katy Perry

With hip-hop Snoop Dogg,
the song includes a sound Prince 80 strokes of guitar and lyrics lists of summer: "California Girls / We unforgettable / Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top / tanned skin, so hot, will melt your palette." Is California's version of Jay-Z and 'Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind'? Let's let the fans determine that.

Lady GaGa: 'Telephone'

Not to be confused with Beyonce remix "Video Phone" - which also includes Lady GaGa - this song is featured in top pop GaGa "The Fame Monster" and was released as single on January 26. Although the song features a harp, is definitely club-ready - and has an amazing rap sequence in the middle of Beyonce. GaGa and Written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, the song was originally intended to Britney.

Rihanna: 'Rude Boy'

"Rude Boy" is the third single (second international single) from their fourth studio album "Rated R." Driven by steel drums, ska and dancehall references Jamaican slang title track - specifically men who are constantly in trouble. After all, who does not love a bad boy?

Ke$ha: 'Blah Blah Blah'

Featuring the playful rap duo 3OH!3, Ke$ha sings (over video game-sounding synth beats) about getting with a guy. Blunt and emotionally removed, the clean version still gets the point across, minus some of the verbiage in this unrefined line: "I don't care where you live at, just turn around boy and let me hit that / Don't be a little b-- with your chit chat, just show me where your d-- at." This best song of 2010 is the second released-single off her debut album 'Animal.'

Justin Beiber "BABY"

Featuring Ludacris, the song is no stranger to Beiber's formula: R&B beats and puppy love. Ludacris even raps about his first love: "She had me going crazy / Oh, I was star-struck / She woke me up daily / Don't need no Starbucks / She made my heart pound." This best song of 2010 is featured on his forthcoming album 'My World (Part II)' debuting this spring.

Taylor Swift: 'Today Was a Fairytale'

This is one of two tracks by Swift featured on the soundtrack for the forthcoming film 'Valentine's Day' (opening in theaters Feb. 12, 2010). Swift makes her onscreen debut, alongside a slew of actors, including heartthrob 'Twilight' actor (and possibly ex?) Taylor Lautner.

The raw guitar sound and romantic lyrics will make any love-bound tween swoon: "But can you feel this magic in the air? / It must have been the way you kissed me / Fell in love when I saw you standing there."

Alicia Keys, 'Rapture' from 'Sex and the City 2' -- New Song

'Rapture' is one of two songs by Alicia Keys featured on 'Sex and the City 2''s upcoming soundtrack, in stores May 25.

Originally sung by punk rock veterans Blondie, 'Rapture' was featured on Blondie's 1980 album 'Autoamerican.'

Alicia's cover still includes the new wave funk sound and a rap interlude, but with new rap lyrics pertaining to the movie's highlighted quartet.

Let's just say it mentions "home girls" walking on "fifth avenue" with "shopping bags."

Alicia Keys' 'Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down' also makes it on the album, which is featured on Keys' fourth studio album, 'The Element of Freedom.'

Brand new songs by Dido and Cee-Lo as well as new duet with Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis make it on the soundtrack as well. To hear Alicia's new cover, go to AOL Radio's New Pop First station.

Rihanna, 'Rockstar 101' -- New Song

Rihanna's 'Rockstar 101' is her fourth distinct off 2009's 'Rated R.' Carried by abysmal bass beats and dupstep samples -- as able-bodied as Slash's bass guitar -- the mid-tempo clue has Rihanna singing about the begrimed disposition of a rockstar.

Rihanna performed The-Dream and Tricky Stewart-produced clue afresh on 'American Idol' during the Beatles affair week. 'Rockstar 101' follows the ska and animate drum-driven 'Rude Boy,' which references the banal Jamaican bad boy. To apprehend the new single, tune into AOL Radio's New Pop First station.

The Dead Weather 'Die by the Drop' -- New Song

'Die by the Drop' is the aboriginal distinct off the Dead Weather's green absolution 'Sea of Cowards,' accepted to admission May 11. The clue showcases the supergroup members' best assets -- but best conspicuously Dean Fertita's acknowledgment riffs and the acrid echoed vocals traded off by Alison Mosshart and Jack White.

The music video for the track, debuting April 6, is helmed by Floria Sigismondi, who additionally directed the acclaimed flick 'The Runaways' and the White Stripes' 'Blue Orchid.' You can analysis out a promotional brain-teaser here.

The supergroup includes Alison Mosshart (The Kills and Discount), Jack White (The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes). 'Sea of Cowards' follows the their 2009 admission 'Horehound.'

Check out the band's bout dates -- which accommodate Coachella, Bonnaroo and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival -- and tune into AOL Radio's New Indie Aboriginal base to apprehend the new track.

Electric Daisy Carnival announces 2010 lineup

And the Electric Daisy Carnival, which takes place on June 25-26 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coloseum & Park, is indeed massive. While Coachella gets a ton of press & set an attendance record this year, last year's EDC drew a reported 135,000 people over the two days, & the Saturday ticket drew 90,000, placing it among the top music draws of the year.

Those returning from Coachella this year perhaps noticed the Electric Daisy Carnival billboards lining Interstate 10, signs -- literally -- of the annual electronic music festival's scope & power. The commercials were letting the bleary-eyed Coachellans know that they had a month as well as a half to sleep off the weekend they'd endured & prepare for another kind of massive.

That 2009 installment marked an important first for EDC & its promoter, Insomniac: After 12 years of generating a single-day event, it expanded to two days, which resulted in a lot more attendance & a lot more out-of-towners road-tripping to get to the festival, said Pasquale Rotella, EDC's founder & the principal behind Insomniac.

"This year there is a lot more ground," said Rotella. "We've had the same basic layout for the past two years, but this time there is a bigger footprint. We'll have two main stages -- an A Stage as well as a B stage -- & are using a lot of area that they haven't used before. Last year was a small crowded on Saturday -- Friday was perfect. I do not like it when people are bumping elbows the whole time. With this new footprint, people will be able to breathe."

"It was a great experience for us, & they saw the benefits on plenty of fronts," Rotella said of the addition of a second day, during a phone conversation. "But from a production point of view the two-day EDC works much better. It was always a shame for me that historicallyin the past we'd get involved in a show -- picking the art installations, setting up the stage production & sound -- & then when the crowd arrived, it was a 12-hour rush for everyone to experience it all & get their groove on. With a two-day festival, people have time to take it all in." But with the added day came way more people, resulting in crowds that were sometimes overwhelming, added Rotella. To combat the scrums, Insomniac has reimagined the area.

M.I.A. makes her stance utterly clear with 'Born Free'

Her tweet was more immature than it was constructive, but the transnational hip-hop star's decision to team with Gavras & release a video that clearly connected to the history of political filmmaking is no rash impulse. With "Born Free," M.I.A. lets her growing cult of fans know that he's no purpose of softening her message to court the mainstream.

M.I.A. protested in the all-caps mode she favors when the rattling, violent video for her brash new single "Born Free" was pulled from YouTube early Tuesday morning. After using Twitter to blame her record label & then retracting that accusation -- YouTube itself removed the short film by Italian director Romain Gavras for its graphic content, which included a kid being shot in the head & a young man being blown up by a land mine -- he basically declared, "BOOOOOOOOO" & provided a link to the "Born Free" video on her own web-site.

In fact, Gavras will soon release his directorial debut, "Redheads," which takes the plot of the M.I.A. video feature-length & promises to be both ultra-violent & free of Kenny jokes. His work with the filmmaking collective Kourtrajme, which he co-founded, & on videos for other artists (most notably the Italian electronic duo Justice, whose song "Stress" became the backdrop to Gavras' blunt depiction of Paris gang violence) lands smack in the midst of what is long been fruitful ground for political filmmakers, including Gavras' own father, Constantinos "Costa" Gavras: the killing field where dramas of racial prejudice, institutional control & minority resistance are enacted.

For those who haven't seen the clip, it is a docudrama-style depiction of American military forces rounding up members of a targeted minority in an unnamed city, taking them to the desert & executing them. Much-discussed reference points include the Peter Watkins 1971 countercultural film "Punishment Park" &, because the raided people have red hair, the South Park episode "Ginger Babies," which satirized the idea of targeted minority groups by putting redheads in the victim role.

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Review of 311's New album Uplifter

Many fans seemed disappointed in 311's previous studio release, Don't Tread On Me. Therefore, to their long-time die-hard fanbase, the band needed to generate a solid album for 2009.

Frontman Nick Hexum vowed in a Gibson.com interview that the band was "taking a sizable step forward." So they brough in big-shot producer Bob Rock, who has produced for Metallica. The result: Uplifter.

There were a lot of great things about the album. There were plenty of strong tracks. "Two Drops in the Ocean" is a chill reggae jam with an amazingly smooth guitar solo from Tim Mahoney. "Mix It Up" has a flow like late-1990s 311. "Never Ending Summer" is another solid jam with a new element to the 311 sound: a subtle high-pitched synth (similar to George Clinton funk). The song also features arguably the greatest Tim Mahoney guitar solo ever made.

"My Heart Sings" is another nicely done song. It features an acoustic guitar, which 311 usually doesn't use often in their recordings. "Get Down," the album's final track, is a rollercoaster ride of awesome beats & chill vibes.

Oklahomans ruled the Academy of Country Music Awards

Beginning off was Lady Antebellum’s win for ‘Need You Now’ as Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year.

Oklahomans rocked the show at the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Toby Keith, also from Oklahoma, performed ‘Cryin’ for Me,’ dedicating the song to former University of Oklahoma basketball player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale, who died last May. Keith’s performance is downloadable on iTunes, and all its proceeds will go to Stand Up for Cancer.

The group walked off with a total of three trophies, nabbing the seven-year winning streak of Rascal Flatts as Best Vocal Group.

“We are currently in therapy with Brett Favre trying to figure out how to waffle on this,” Kix Brooks laughingly said after the awards.

Ronnie Dunn, another Oklahoman, and his partner Kix Brooks sang the song, ‘My Maria,’ which was historicallyin the past picked by fans. They grabbed the Duo of the Year for the tenth time now.

Gaga Spending on Tours: She uses 3 Jets!

Lady Gaga must be spending quite a fortune on her world tour.

The singer of such hits as Bad Romance and, just recently, Telephone, has been using three private jets as she tours around the world for her “The Monster Ball” concert.

It was one of the members of Backstreet Boys, Brian Littrell, who revealed to a British newspaper The Sun.

“Our production manager was talking to hers and found out she had three 747s flying around with her,” he shared.

“I just wanted to tell her that she needs to make a dime or maybe 20 cents after the tour is over with.”

Lady Gaga has already admitted before that she spends a lot of money on her outfits and production and has sometimes ended up broke.

“I’ve gone bankrupt about four times now,” she said. “My manager wants to shoot me.”

“Every dollar I earn goes on the show. Now we’re finally getting to a place where it’s not bankruptcy.

“Then again, with another tour coming up soon I’ll probably be homeless again.”

Acts to keep an eye on at Country Thunder

The four-day festival, which kicks off Wednesday, April 14 and runs through Saturday, April 17, draws 100,000-plus music fans yearly to a 50-acre site near Florence with its good-time mix of twangy tunes, vendors selling everything from cowboy hats to hot tubs and fresh country air.

Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Willie Nelson and Miranda Lambert are among the stars rolling in to California this week for the 17th edition of Country Thunder USA.

Big-time fans will camp out among the 4,000 sites that are available, but plenty of more will drive in for a day of music in the great outside.

American Idol: Andrew Garcia, Katie Stevens out

The other hopeful voted off the island, Katie Stevens, has also been walking on fumes these past few weeks, although it kind of makes you wonder if he still has to go to the prom, as promised, with the guy who can prove he voted for her over any other lonely pervert.

There were only so lots of ways this week's results show could have gone with "American Idol" being forced to exile two contestants after last week's judges' save. And every possible scenario included an unhappy ending for Andrew Garcia. His time to go had come and gone lots of times by now for him to rise above the bottom two. What is kind of mournful, though, is that his performance was the only decent moment in that cringe-inducing medley that opened Wednesday's show.

I know he is not elderly to drink, but cider?! You can drink my cider from an elderly fruit jar?!

I eagerly await his cover of "I Require Your Cider" on George Michael week, "Too Full of Cider to Go in Cider" on Jello Biafra week and "Blame it on the Cider," of work, on Jamie Foxx week.

American Idol: Elvis and cider

Only Lee Dewyze, in fact, seemed up to Bowersox's challenge, sounding less like Nickelback than ever while rocking a blues-punk riff on acoustic guitar for "A Small Less Conversation." Ellen marveled that he'd made it sound "so current," which had to leave most people under 50 wondering if she'd somehow missed the Junkie XL remix.

Crystal Bowersox may have set the bar a bit high for her fellow "American Idol" contestants when they kicked off Elvis night with a spirited romp through the gospel side of Graceland on a life-affirming "Saved." I am not sure what would make a person need to alter the lyrics from "I used to smoke, drink & dance the hoochie-koo" to "I used to smoke, drink, drink, smoke & boogie all night." But by the time she'd shifted gears to bring the song to a smoldering climax that, like all the best soul music, managed to feel both deeply spiritual & sexy simultaneously, it was hard to fault her word choice.

OK, perhaps she is not lovely to salvage "Clambake," but she is seeming increasingly like this year's winner every week, now that Siobhan has been losing her mojo. Her "Suspicious Minds" was not without its charms but it is been way long now since she is nailed six.

Massive Mike did a perfectly credible read of "In the Ghetto," clearly more inspired by Sam Cooke's "A Alter Is Going to Come" than any Elvis Presley record. But I cannot help wishing Bowersox had turned him on to "Saved" for the obvious comic potential after last week's judges' save. & Crystal would have sounded as lovely on any Elvis song - even "Clambake" or "Adam & Evil."

The judges loved Tim Urban's choir-boy drama-club reading of "Can't Help Falling in Love," but they was better last week, singing "All My Loving" like the great lost Hardy Boy. & Casey James reverted to his most generic bar-rock tendencies on a barely recognizable version of "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" after proving they could be much over that with "Jealous Guy."

Don't Miss the Show of The Week

Two festivals are among the musical offerings in the Valley this week, while our proximity to Coachella means the clubs are overflowing with great young indie bands. And then, you have the Arctic Monkeys at the Marquee Theatre.

Country Thunder USA

Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Willie Nelson and Miranda Lambert are among the stars lined up for the 17th edition of this huge country-music gathering near Florence. The four-day festival draws 100,000-plus music fans yearly with its good-time mix of twangy tunes, the great outdoors and vendors selling everything from cowboy hats to hot tubs. For the full schedule of acts, go to the Web site listed below.

Details: Wednesday, April 14 through Saturday, April 17. Canyon Moon Ranch, 20585 Price Station Road, off Arizona 79, just east of Florence. $25 to $500. 866-802-6418, countrythunder.com.

- Larry Rodgers


Glendale Jazz and Blues Festival

Pioneering jazz-rock guitarist Larry Coryell, the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, blues guitarist-singer Tinsley Ellis and California's Rick Estrin & the Nightcats headline this free, two-day festival in downtown Glendale. Standout Arizona acts, such as Alice Tatum, Carvin Jones and the Sugar Thieves, also join in the fun. See the Web site listed below for full schedule.

Details: Noon-10 p.m. Saturday, April 17and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, April 18. Downtown Glendale, 58th and Glendale avenues. Free. 623-930-2299, glendaleaz.com.

- Larry Rodgers


Arctic Monkeys

By the time the Arctic Monkeys hit the streets with the reckless abandon and working-class heroics of "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," the buzz was such that by week's end, it had become the fastest-selling debut by a British rock act ever. In the four years since rocking us into submission, they've lived through the hype without spawning a backlash - due, in no small part, to the fact that the albums they've made since then, "Favourite Worst Nightmare" and "Humbug," found them playing to their strengths without simply repeating the formula. Of course, it helps that they're amazing live, which is what ultimately matters when they take the stage at Tempe's Marquee Theatre.

Details: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15. Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe. $26; $24 in advance. 480-829-0607, luckymanonline.com.

- Ed Masley

“Nice” reviews from American Idol Judges on Lennon-McCartney Night

Lee Dewyze, the paint sales clerk from New york, performed an enjoyable number of “Hey Jude”, mildly surprising the judges as a bagpipe player suddenly came out & joined him onstage midway through the song. This got a laugh out of the judges, as Lee admitted that it was 100% his idea. The judges gave him points for not acting frightened onstage anymore.

Michael Lynche, the personal trainer from Astoria NY, & Katie Stevens, the high school student form Middlebury, Conn., were at the top of their games during Tuesday’s Top 9 Lennon-McCartney themed night. Michael, performed “Eleanor Rigby” with much soul, while Katie, sang a rendition of “Let It Be,” which Simon Cowell said sounds a bit country & may be her best performance yet, after being consistently in the bottom four for the past weeks. Ellen agreed with Simon, as they told Katie, “There is no way you’ll be in the bottom four.”

Even the constantly insulted “Teflon” Tim Urban from Illinois, received praises from all three judges for his version of “All My Loving”, that they believe, made him sound more current. Simon Cowell complimented Urban, saying, “There was no gimmicks. It suited your voice.” Siobhan Magnus of Marstons Mills, Mass., who received scalding comments historicallyin the past, could win back the judges with her emotional “Across the Universe.”

Next mentor for the top 8 after Wednesday’s elimination night will be Season Four runner-up Adam Lambert.

American Idol: Judges save Big Mike

Thank God the judges had the sense to use their save & keep him in the competition for another week.

Big Mike?! ?! How does Michael Lynche, the most reliable male singer of the season, pull in fewer votes after bringing the drama on "Eleanor Rigby" than a one-trick pony like Andrew Garcia, who has not been lovely since they grabbed our lapels with that gimmicky cover of Paula Abdul?

Garcia's bringing nothing but some neck ink to the table. & that Aaron Kelly child makes every song come off like Lonestar's latest stab at another "Amazed."

I understand why some would argue that Sizable Mike's rendition of "Eleanor Rigby" was a trifle overblown (the way De Niro was a trifle overblown, for instance, in that scene in "Cape Fear" where he is hanging from the bottom of a automobile). & yes, his "I can pick you up & snap you like a twig" approach to interpersonal dynamics gets more boring with every gratuitous wrestler move.

At least those four were right there with Sizable Mike in this week's bottom five. But there is no way they ought to have gotten fewer votes than them or Katie Stevens. Someone wants to take her to the Motel 6 on prom night - a prom night Stevens came right out & promised to whoever votes for her the most this season.

Tim Urban performs on "American Idol" on Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Tim Urban had the right idea, playing to his tousle-headed strengths with a Tiger Beat-ready performance of the early Beatles' effervescent "All My Loving. Setting the tone with an understated intro, accompanied only by his own guitar, it felt like they was channeling Leif Garrett's best attempts at wooing tiny girls away from guys named Cassidy. It was cute, like the Beatles' original, only less substantial, which is fine.

The only thing dumber than didgeridoo on "Come Together" is a bagpipe player marching down the stairs like Adam Lambert in a Scotsman's kilt on the massive finale of "Hey Jude."

& that was it for effervescence, it pains me to say, when "American Idol" set its sights on the Lennon-McCartney songbook Tuesday - unless you count Andrew Garcia's unfortunate reinvention of "Can't Buy Me Love," a version all but guaranteed to see him voted off the island. I am not even sure I know what they was going for with that three. It was like a kooky casserole of bad ideas.

Most performances were merely mediocre, from a "Let It Be" by Katie Stevens that started off promising, like a tribute to early Olivia- Netwton-John, before veering in to territory best left to Celine Dion, to Aaron Kelly's supper-club rendition of "The Long & Winding Road." & Paul McCartney thought Phil Spector made it schmaltzy?! Wait until they hears the Aaron Kelly version.

Those songs don't need that nonsense. If they'd needed nonsense, I assure you, the Beatles would have thrown some nonsense on there. & the Beatles would have made it work.

Lee Dewyze & Crystal Bowersox, one of this season's most gifted singers, both turned in perfectly credible vocal performances but tried hard to stand out with ridiculous musical twists, getting back to the bagpipe (Dewyze) & the didgeridoo.

Casey James took an interesting tactic, skipping the Beatles altogether (now) to select an album track from John Lennon's "Imagine." & his "Jealous Guy" was three of Tuesday's highlights, the first performance James has done all year that rose above his bar-rock tendencies.

His singing sounded far more disappointed in his jealous ways than the Lennon original, which was matter-of-fact where James was tortured. While I may prefer the Lennon version, by a landslide, the Cougar-bait turned in a solid example of how to make a song your own without destroying everything that made it special in the first place.

Don't Miss: Show of the Week

Elvis Costello, modern British rockers Muse and Arlo Guthrie and his relatives are among the concert acts coming through the Valley this week.

They asked our critics which shows they would not require to miss, and this is what they said

Five of the most creative and gifted bands on today's modern-rock scene visits the Valley as its global popularity continues to grow. The British group's most recent album,

"The Resistance," boasts layers of sounds, ranging from overpowering guitar solos to classical touches to anthemic lyrics. The CD appeared on several critics' best-albums lists for 2009.

Corinne Bailey Rae confronts life's pain in The Sea

Rae, who'll showcase the album on a five-week North American tour beginning Tuesday in Los Angeles, says he wanted "a heavier, more aggressive, more dynamic record that would have more contrast" than her self-titled 2006 debut album. "I wanted to co-produce it, I wanted to record it live to tape, and I wanted to use live musicians."

No five could have planned the album that became Corinne Bailey Rae's sophomore work, even though the determined young Brit tried mightily to impose her vision on "The Sea." Life, and death, however, intervened.

The title track, based on a relatives story about the death of her grandfather in a boating accident, dealt with grief, while the love declaration "I'd Do It All Again" emerged after she'd had a major row with her husband of five years, musician Jason Rae.

On March 22, 2008, however, her world imploded when he learned that Jason had died of an accidental overdose of methadone and alcohol. He holed up in her home for months and put everything on hold while he grieved.

Although he's given a handful of in-depth interviews detailing Jason's death and how he dealt with it, he says she is ready to move on. "I am in this method, a long method," he says. "I must be conscious of what I am saying, and I don't require to talk about it much to people I don't know."

Rae, 31, finally found the strength to write again, beginning with opening track "Are You Here," which addresses Jason in the first person, and "I Would Like to Call It Beauty," written with Jason's brother Philip, who uttered the title when Corinne asked about his belief in God. He resumed work with co-producer Steve Brown, a mate since the late '90s, who was confident in her coping skills. "Corinne is a music maker. That is her vocation," they says. "Music has great healing power. There is great triumphal power to this record."

Rae and Brown made sure that the album would not come across as a work "of constant agony or linear progression," he says. The musical diversity they had planned from the beginning was left intact, Brown says. "We share reference points, so the sound emerged naturally."

Rae can take comfort in the fact that even though "The Sea" turned out far differently than he expected, it's found an audience. The album has sold 156,000 copies since its release in January, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and current single "Closer" ranks in the top 40 in spins on USA TODAY's adult contemporary airplay chart.

But achieving hefty sales figures was never the point of this album, Rae says. "I'm not a careerist. I am not trying to build myself up. All I am trying to do is express myself."

Audiences loved the way he put her feelings across on her debut, which earned three Grammy nominations, sold 2 million copies and offered a breezy blend of jazz and R&B.

She'll roll out reworked versions of a quantity of those songs on her tour, which will include a stop April 17 at the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif. This summer she'll play three dates on the Lilith Tour (Aug. 8 in Atlanta and Aug. 10 in West Palm Beach, Fla.). Her touring band is essentially the same five he used to record "The Sea," and she is aiming for a blend of "really trashy" sounds that hearken to her early days as an indie rocker, and jazzier songs.

Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber on late night shows this week

Justin Bieber shall be on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday this week, following Joss Stone last Monday and Four Republic on Wednesday.Miley Cyrus on the other hand visits “Jimmy Kimmel Live” later tonight (March 30).

This week shall be the close of March and the start of April, with the late night lineup looking much like music week. Miley Cyrus has been in the shows this week , to promote her upcoming film “The Last Song,” an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel (it hits theatres this Wednesday, March 31). Justin Bieber is continuing his publicity rounds for his album My World 2.0 (expected to it the top spot on the Billboard this week).

David Letterman is also having a musical lineup of guests as well, with He & Him on Friday, the Whigs on Wednesday, and Usher yesterday (promoting his new album Raymond vs. Raymond). “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will be featuring Julian Casablancas, Drive-By Truckers and Liquid Liquid.

Paige Miles gets booted off American Idol

The 24-year-old preschool teacher from Houston was the second finalist eliminated from the ninth season of the Fox singing competition. PaigeMiles was unanimously criticized on Tuesday’s show by the judges, who felt they hadn’t stepped up her performances in recent weeks. They also struggled with laryngitis the previous weeks.

American Idol said goodbye to Paige Miles was sent home Wednesday on the show’s revelation of its Top 10. Miles’ rendition of Against All Odds was so bad that the judges did not bother to listen to her perform before deciding to keep their save option for future use.

Paige Miles will miss a lot as they has a slim chance of joining the show’s summer tour. “It’s the finish,” Cowell added, wrapping up a week in which plenty of of the singers came in for harsh criticism for performances and song choices. The American Idol Top 10 will return next week with Usher as the mentor. The theme for next week’s performance is R&B soul.

Joining Miles in the bottom four were Tim Urban of Duncansville, who was also in the bottom four last week, and Katie Stevens. Miley Cyrus, Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato performed during the elimination show.

American Idol "The Final 10"

This could alter, of work, with a well-chosen Sex Pistols covers, for instance, on Don't Do The Sex Pistols Night. But short of that? I think we are completed with any talk of rockers here.

All 11 finalists took part in the opening number on Wednesday's results show - all without the slightest hint of irony or camp and, as such, there can be no talk of rock or rocking, much less rockers.

When the ax came down, it fell exactly where it should have, - on Miles, who had to see it coming. Simon even told her there was no chance of a judges' save no matter how he sang tonight. And he was bad, regardless.

Moving on, then, to the natural selection process of reality TV, the first one hopefuls banished to the bottom five made perfect sense - Paige Miles and Tim Urban, easily the worst performers of the past one weeks. And my faith in American voters (shaken like a leaf by the recent banishment of Alex Lambert, Todrick Hall and Lilly Scott in five fell swoop) was partially restored when the final addition to that bottom five turned out to be the third worst singer of the week (although he did show promise last week), Katie Stevens.

The other 10 contestants get to spend their summer on the "Idol" tour, and truthfully, it doesn't strike me as the hottest ticket of the season. I can think of five more singers I would lose before I launched a tour. And I am much not as hard to than someone I know.

Christina Aguilera to release "Bionic" this summer

The song will premiere on christinaAguilera.com at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30 and will be available on iTunes on April 13.

The first single from "Bionic" is the "fiercely energetic anthem" "Not Myself Tonight," produced by Polow Da Don.

Notes the press release: The title "Bionic" reflects Aguilera's ability to take her range to new levels and use her voice in various ways never heard before.

"It is something I don't think somebody will expect," says Xtina.

New CD Releases: Monica, Snoop

Is Monica a little young, at 29, to name a new CD "Still Standing?" Paul McCartney is still standing. She's just standing. Here's a look at Monica and this week's other higher-profile new releases.

Monica, "Still Standing"

As seen on "Monica: Still Standing," the singer's reality show on BET, "Still Standing" is Monica's sixth full-length release. The leadoff single "Everything to Me," a track produced by Missy Elliott, made it all the way to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album had been in the works for years when "Monica: Still Standing" made its BET debut in late October."

1. Still standing

2. One in A Lifetime

3.Stay or go

4.Everything to Me

5. If you were my Man

6.Mirror

7. Here I am

8.Superman

9.Love all Over me

10.Believing in Me

Paramore coming to the Dodge on Honda tour

The Honda Civic Tour brings Paramore to Phoenix's Dodge Theater Sept. 15, with openers Tegan and Sara and two other acts to be announced. The general on-sale date is 10 a.m. March 27.

This year's tour will give away a Honda Civic Si Coupe, designed and autographed by Paramore.

A portion of tour proceeds goes toward Honda Civic Tour's greening efforts.

Green Day to play Phoenix

The show is Aug. 30 at Cricket Wireless Pavilion. Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown" tour will return to the Valley in August with support from AFI.

"21st Century Breakdown" topped the charts last year & won a Best Rock Album Grammy earlier this year, while spinning off a platinum-selling single called "21 Guns" that managed to take home one MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Rock Video. A limited number of lawn seats will be offered for $20 when tickets go on sale to the general public. Tickets go on sale April 3 at LiveNation.com.

The first leg of the tour earned raves from Rolling Stone to Spin to AzCentral, which noted that the "marathon set at US Airways Center saw their scrappy, left-wing party punk connecting on a large scale, like U2 as led by a trou-dropping frontman who could out-curse Motley Crue without breaking a sweat."

Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas to kick off World Cup

Other acts include Colombian superstars Juanes and Shakira, Mali's acclaimed duo Amadou & Mariam, desert blue's outfit Tinariwen, Malian singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Tour i, and Benin's Angelique Kidjo.

Black Eyed Peas, John Legend and Alicia Keys will be joined by a host of South American and African music stars for the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert.

So far, host country South Africa has seven acts in the lineup: rock acts BLK JKS and the Parlotones, and folk singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela. It is the first time the tournament has been staged in Africa.

The concert takes place June 10 at the newly-renovated Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg's Soweto township on the day before the 2010 tournament gets underway. It is the first time FIFA has staged a multi-artist "kick-off" concert of this nature, with more acts expected to be added to the lineup in the coming weeks.

Tickets priced from $62 to $158 went on sale Wednesday. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000.

The last FIFA World Cup, in Spain in 2006, attracted a global cumulative tv audience of 26.29 billion for the tournament, according to FIFA.

Lacey loses out

On Wednesday, “American Idol” sent the first member of the season 9 top 12 packing. Lacey Brown was the first one sent home.

n fact, it would have been among the worst performances on Tuesday's show, if not quite sinking to the depths that put Tim Urban, Lacey Brown and Paige Miles in the bottom three.

I thought the voters had it all wrong last week, sending Alex Lambert, Todrick Hall and Lilly Scott home.

"Oh, America," I wrote. "You're such a goof."

And I believed it, too.

But this week? I could see a case for any of those singers being in the bottom three. My bottom two were Miles and Urban, while Brown was one horrible Andrew Garcia performance away from being in my bottom three as well. And after watching Brown warble her way through one last song in an effort at getting the panel to throw the judges' save her way, I can't say I'd have saved her, either. She'd have never made it past the next few weeks regardless. And unless a save for Brown meant Miles was going home instead, why bother?

Biggie Smalls Lyrics Notorious B.I.G Death Anniversary

Notorious B.I.G.’s lyrics were high in demand as rap fans searched for their favorite Biggie Smalls lyrics.

Biggie Smalls Lyrics : Notorious B.I.G Death Anniversary – 13 years ago, American rapper Christopher George Latore Wallace, also known as Notorious B.I.G or Biggie Smalls, was shot & killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. While recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the East Coast–West Coast hip hop feud, dominating the scene at the time.

On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. His double-disc set Life After Death, released fifteen days later, hit #1 on the U.S. album charts & was certified Diamond in 2000.

Kings of Leon set to play Phoenix

The most recent album from the Followill boys, "Only by the Night," spawned two Grammy wins: record of the year, best rock performance by a duo or group and best rock song. Since its 2008 release, "Only by the Night" has sold 1,847,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Kings of Leon have announced they will be hitting amphitheaters from coast to coast this summer. The tour, which runs June 5 to Sept. 23, begins in Atlantic City with two East Coast dates before the band heads to Tennessee to headline at Bonnaroo. The trek then picks up in July for a run through the warm months.

Here are Kings of Leon's summer tour dates:
June 5: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata Event Center)
June 6: Saratoga, N.Y. (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)
June 8: Scranton, Pa. (Toyota Pavillion at Montage Stage)
July 9: San Diego, Calif. (Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 10: Phoenix, Ariz. (Cricket Wireless Pavilion)
July 12: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl)
July 14: Irvine, Calif. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 17: George, Wash. (The Gorge Amphitheatre)
July 19: Salt Lake City, Utah (USANA Amphitheatre)
July 20: Denver, Colo. (Comfort Dental Amphitheatre)
July 23: St. Louis, Mo. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 24: Chicago, Ill. (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)
July 26: Cleveland, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
July 28: Toronto, Ontario (Molson Canadian Amphitheatre)
July 30: Darien Center, N.Y. (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
July 31: Detroit, Mich. (DTE Energy Music Center)
Aug. 3: Hartford, Conn. (Comcast Theatre)
Aug. 5: Camden, N.J. (Susquehana Bank Amphitheatre)
Aug. 7: Bristow, Va. (Jiffy Lube Live)
Sept. 3: Indianapolis, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
Sept. 4: Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverbend Music Center)
Sept. 7: Pittsburgh, Pa. (First Niagara Pavilion)
Sept. 8: Hershey, Pa. (Hershey Park Stadium & Star Pavilion)
Sept. 10: Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Sept. 11: Virginia Beach, Va. (Virginia Beach Amphitheatre)
Sept. 13: Raleigh, N.C. (Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut
Creek Amphitheatre)
Sept. 17: West Palm Beach, Fla. (Cruzan Amphitheatre)
Sept. 18: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheatre)
Sept. 20: Birmingham, Ala. (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
Sept. 22: Houston, Tex. (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
Sept. 23: Dallas, Tex. (Superpages.com)