Cheap Trick to Perform With Sgt. Pepper in Las Vegas
Cheap Trick and the Sgt. Pepper Symphony Orchestra will take the stage for a live limited engagement beginning June 11 at the Paris Las Vegas Theatre. Cheap Trick is known for its singles, "I Want You To Want Me" and "Surrender."
A celebration of The Beatles' influential album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the show features an orchestra and a captivating experience of light and sound as Cheap Trick perform the entire album live as well as select Cheap Trick songs that lend themselves to orchestral arrangements. Geoff Emerick, the engineer of The Beatles' classic 1967 album, supervises the audio production.
Pixie Lott performed her song "Mamma Do" live at the 2010 Brit Awards. Pixie Lott was nominated this year about she wasn't one of this year's winners. You can watch Pixie's performance here.
Julian Lennon sings "Lucy" on the Early Show. The song is also the title track from Julian Lennon's new album, Lucy. The song is about Julian's childhood friend. CBS says the song also inspired the Beatles' hit song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Take a look:
Yusuf Islam, the artist also known as Cat Stevens, talks to CNN about how it feels to be back on tour again. Yusuf says he is introducing a musical in the middle of his concerts. Yusuf says a lot of his songs are about finding that undefined, intangible that can only be found in the inner world. Take a look:
Taylor Swift performs "Tim McGraw" live for Billboard Magazine in this video. Taylor says the song is not really about Tim McGraw and she's "not a stalker." She says, "It's really about two people who fall in love and their song is a Tim McGraw song." Take a look:
Pop singer, reality TV star and Hulk Hogan's daughter Brooke Hogan sings "Fallen" with Stack$ in the Second Cup Cafe. "Falling" is the first song off Brooke Hogan's second album, Falling. Take a look:
Usher Performs at Michael Jackson Memorial Service
Here's Usher's performance at the Michael Jackson Memorial Service. You can also see clips of performances by Mariah Carey and Jermaine Jackson. Michael Jackson's daughter Paris also gave an emotional farewell.
Garth Brooks was one of the many performers at the We are One Inaugural celebration in Washington D.C. Mary J. Blige was also performing (see photo here as well as Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Sheryl Crow. The event has been streaming live on HBO here.
Julia Nunes performed her song "Maybe I Will" at YouTube Live. Julia was backed by the YouTube Ukulele Orchestra which consisted of other Ukulele players on YouTube. It was good to see some instruments you don't hear everyday at a big event like YouTube Live. Julia Nunes YouTube channel can be found here.
Singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette dropped by "The Early Show" and performed her latest single, "Not As We." The song is the first release from Morissette's first studio album in over four years called Flavors Of Entanglement. Alanis says she writes her thoughts down in journals and she had filled six journals before working on this latest album.
Singer Kristin Chenoweth: Oscars Prep is Nerve-wracking
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth is going to be singing "That's How You Know" from the movie Enchanted. She told CNN it is "nerve-racking" to prepare on the big Oscar stage.
Joining them was Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth and singer Marlon Saunders, who are set to perform "That's How You Know" from the movie "Enchanted."
Chenoweth, a Tony Award winner and film and TV star, said it's "nerve-racking" to prepare for the Oscar stage.
"It's the biggest audience I've ever had," the 4-foot, 11-inch performer with the outsized voice told The Associated Press. "I've played many of the famous concert halls in the world but this is something altogether different. I'm just going to try to perform the song and make it about the music and not get too nervous."
Her nerves didn't show during the rehearsal. The diminutive star even warmed up with an operatic aria that drew applause from the orchestra's brass section, which filled half the room. The other half held the strings section and 16 backup singers. Conti wielded his baton from the center as Chenoweth and Saunders donned headphones inside individual glass booths.
"That's How You Know" is one of three songs nominated from the Enchanted film. More on the Oscar-nominated songs can be found here.
Alicia Keys sang in support of the striking WGA writers yesterday during a rally. Keys' performance was part of a big rally as the writers strike continued into its third week. Keys gave a performance of her latest song, "Go Ahead." She also performed her song "No One." Both songs are from her album, As I Am.
People. LAist have more scoop on Keys' performance and LAist also shot the video below.
Pleasant Morning Buzz reports that Britney Spears will be performing at the opening of the MTV Video Music Awards tonight.
Britney will be singing a new song called "Gimme More." You can hear the song here on Perez Hilton. There is a poll there askin if people like Britney's new song that has over 100,000 entries. 30% say it is "so so." 25% don't like it and 45% say yes it is a good song. As you can see the reviews from the public are mixed with 45% liking it and 55% in the "so so" or don't care for it category. Britney will need a strong performance at the VMAs to generate more interest in "Gimme More."
Microsoft Corp. says it set a record for streaming an online event to the most customers after offering the Live Earth concerts on MSN over the weekend.
About 8 million people watched at least parts of the concerts live over the 36 hours that the shows took place in ten locations around the world. At the peak, 237,000 people watched simultaneously, Microsoft said.
That's more than what Microsoft thinks is the previous most-watched online broadcast, the Live 8 concerts in 2005. According to AOL LLC, which streamed those ten concerts, 5 million people around the world watched live.
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