The Today Show summer concert series is ready to get your summer rocking.
Starting later this month, the morning news and talk show will bring some of the hottest names to New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza for early morning performances.
Things kick off with little miss sunshine herself, Rihanna, on May 27. Bruno Mars and The Script are among the acts performing in June while Team Breezy will flood the Plaza when Chris Brown hits the stage in July.
Additional performers will be announced as the summer goes on.
A current list of performers according to NBC can be seen below:
Friday, May 6, 2011
Keri Hilson reveals next UK single
Keri Hilson will officially release 'Pretty Girl Rock' as her next UK single on July 4, it has been announced.
The track will serve as the next single from Hilson's album No Boys Allowed, which to date has peaked at number 76 in the UK album chart.
Produced by Ne-Yo and Chuck Harmony, 'Pretty Girl Rock' has sold over 1.3 million downloads in the US, while the Joseph Khan-directed video has been viewed over 24 million times on YouTube. Based on downloads alone, the song has already peaked at number 53 in the UK singles chart.
Hilson, who will visit the UK in the first week of June, said: "I remember Ne-Yo playing it for me in the studio. I loved it as soon as I heard it!
"I really want women to understand that this song is not about me being cocky. It's about women not allowing other people to tell us how to feel about ourselves."
The 28-year-old, one of four global ambassadors for MTV's HIV 'Staying Alive' campaign, added: "So many of us search for validation from outside. But we need to have that confidence to feel beautiful no matter what anyone else says."
Hilson most recently featured on Chipmunk's top 40 single 'In The Air'.
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Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour Breaks Record for Debut Headlining Artist
Lady Gaga wraps her lengthy Monster Ball tour tomorrow night (May 6) in Mexico City, bringing to a close the biggest tour ever by a debut headlining artist.
Dating back to November of 2009, Lada Gaga's 200 reported Monster shows grossed $227.4 million and drew 2.5 million people, according to numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore. Depending on how several other tours shake out this year, Monster Ball is flirting with becoming one of the top 10 highest-grossing tours of all time.
"We're humbled by the tremendous success of the Monster Ball tour," Lady Gaga manager Troy Carter told Billboard.biz. "The reasonably priced tickets, coupled with a great live experience, led it to being a must-see event."
Of course, Gaga is one of the finalists at the Billboard Music Awards, taking place in Las Vegas on May 22.
Both conceptually and with regards to venues, the tour grew with Lady Gaga's popularity, evolving from a theater trek to a stadium production. She played North America, Europe, Mexico, the U.K., New Zealand, Australia and Japan primarily as a theatrically produced arena show, but also ventured outdoors for stadiums and a memorable performance at Lollapalooza 2010 in Chicago. Booked by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and managed by Troy Carter, Gaga worked with various promoters on the first leg of the tour, but cut a tour deal with Live Nation beginning in February of last year and taking her through the end of the tour. The Live Nation portion of the tour-166 of the 200 reported dates-was produced under Live Nation's Toronto-based Global Touring Division, headed by Global Touring Chairman Arthur Fogel, which also helms U2's record-setting 360 tour.
Gaga's tour has been a monster beyond just the box office numbers, with her army of dedicated fans known as "little monsters" packing houses and often dressing in outlandish style. Along the way, Gaga grew from a hot pop artist to one of the biggest acts on the planet. She won the Breakthrough Artist award at the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards and was named Billboard's Artist of the Year in 2010.
The career arc continues to gain momentum and spans numerous formats and media. "Born This Way," the lead single and title track from her third studio set, due May 23, is the year's third-biggest selling single, with 2.5 million downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Only Katy Perry's "E.T." (2.8 million) and Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" (2.6 million) have shifted more. Gaga's "The Fame" finished 2010 as the year's sixth-biggest selling album, with 1.6 million sold. Overall, the set has moved 4.4 million. So far, Gaga has notched nine top 10 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 1 with "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and "Born This Way."
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