ELTON JOHN IS NOT HAVING IT WITH MADONNA
“Her career’s over, I can tell you that,” he said, before he called her a “f***ing fairground stripper” but after he called her pop “brilliant.” [VH1Celebrity] Read more…
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Last Lap: Lil Wayne Trading The Recording Booth For The Skate Board
LIL WAYNE TAKING A BREAK FROM RAP SO HE CAN SKATEBOARD
“I feel like the fans deserve a little No Wayne. I’ve been everywhere, man. I’ve been out on everybody’s song, I’m still on everybody’s song,” says Wristguard Weezy. “I believe the fans deserve some peace from me, so I’ll be on my skateboard in the meantime.” [MTV] Read more…
Last Lap: Andre 3000 Will Direct The Video For Rick Ross’ “Sixteen”
ANDRE 3000 TO DIRECT RICK ROSS‘ “SIXTEEN” VIDEO
The Bawse says that each God Forgives, I Don’t cut will get a video, and that he’s tapped the Outkast star to direct the video for “Sixteen.” He already raps, sings and plays banjo on the song, so why not? [MTV] Read more…
Last Lap: Stephen Colbert Invited Fun. To His Music Festival Cruise
STEPHEN COLBERT BOOKS HIS SECOND ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Set this year aboard the USS Intrepid, StePhest Colbchella ’012: Rockaugustfest will push off on August 10 with Santigold, Grizzly Bear, the Flaming Lips and fun. all aboard. “I love fun.,” says Colbert. [Spin] Read more…
Last Lap: Drake and Run D.M.C. Join Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival
JAY-Z’S MADE IN AMERICA FESTIVAL GETS A FULL BILL
The line-up includes everyone from D’Angelo to Skrillex, Run D.M.C. to Drake, and the Dirty Projectors to Odd Future — not too shabby. But only two of the three so-called three kings? Let’s hope Dre‘s making like Azealia and keeping on lock-down until Detox is done. Bonus: “3 Kings” gets a video! [MadeInAmerica]
PAUL MCCARTNEY, ARCTIC MONKEYS AND DIZZEE RASCAL EACH MADE ONE POUND PERFORMING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY
That’s $1.57 in U.S. dollars. But pocket change! [NME]
Last Lap: Azealia Banks Declines The Invitation To Tour With Nicki Minaj
AZEALIA BANKS CAN’T COME OUT TO PLAY
Nicki Minaj invited Banks out on tour, but Banks declined so that she can finish her album on time. [Rap-Up]
OOPS! CNN CALLS SARAH PALIN A “STUPID GIRL”
The news network opened a segment about Palin and Chick-Fil-A with P!nk‘s classic kiss-off, “Stupid Girls.” They’ve since issued a statement insisting that, “The music selection was a poor choice and was not intended to be linked to any news story.” [Mediaite]
Last Lap: The US Olympic Swim Team Performs Their Own Lip Dub Of “Call Me Maybe”
AXL ROBES
We’re not exactly sure where this picture of Axl Rose wearing a Missoni robe came from, or who his galpal is, but one thing we are sure of is that this picture sort of gives us the creeps. [Dangerous Minds]
YOUR CARLY RAE OF THE DAY
Your favorite US Olympian swimmers (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, etc.) are the latest squad of athletes to go cray for Carly Rae Jepsen (who, we should point out, is Canadian). We’ll overlook their lack of patriotism this time around. [Vulture]
Last Lap: Green Day Wrote A Song About Amy Winehouse
GREEN DAY PAY MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO AMY WINEHOUSE IN NEW SONG
The track will close their upcoming album ¡Dos! And appropriately so, according to Billie Joe Armstrong, who feels connected to the fallen star though they never met. “It’s interesting because if you think about ¡Dos!, it’s a party record, and so at the end of it ‘Amy’ kind of comes across as the consequences of the party,” he says. Intriguing! [NME] Read more…
Last Lap: Carly Rae Jepsen Rebukes Sex Tape Rumors
CARLY RAE JEPSEN SHUTS DOWN SEX TAPE RUMORS
Word spread last night that the “Good Times” singer had been caught canoodling on tape. But it’s not so. “Ridiculous,” she says. “Obviously not me.” [MTV]
MEET THE SKIN ILLUSTRATOR WHO DECKED OUT GOTYE FOR HIS “SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW” VIDEO
According to Emma Hack, neither “Wally” nor Kimbra knew exactly what they were getting themselves into — in a good way. “Both artists loved the concept,” she says of her work. “It never occurred to them they were pushing the envelope.” [PopDust]
Last Lap: Snoop Dogg Is Changing His Name To Snoop Lion For Reggae Album
SNOOP DOGG TO RELEASE REGGAE ALBUM AS SNOOP LION
New sound, new name: Snoop Dogg will be reborn as Snoop Lion, the reggae star, on his next and twelve album, Reincarnated. And, Jah permits, there will be some sort of documentary to follow. Check out his first effort, “La La La,” below. [Billboard]
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