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Gotye Announces 2012 North American Tour Dates

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Rebecca Murray
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Gotye Making Mirrors

Gotye just sent out a blast to his fans thanking everyone for their support and for “listening to my stuff recently.” Saying things have become kind of absurd and that he can’t believe how far his music – made in his folks’ barn – has traveled, Gotye announced he’s coming back to North America beginning in August.

The upcoming tour dates reflect a mix of cities Gotye played in March and April as well as new venues. And if you want to get the scoop on purchasing tickets, be sure to like his Facebook page or sign up for his mailing list by 12 am EST on June 4th.

Gotye offered this explanation as to what we can expect from the upcoming tour: “To all y’all long-time listeners, the guys in the band and I are working on a bunch of older songs for upcoming shows – lots of folks were asking for tracks from Boardface and Like Drawing Blood that we haven’t played live before. It’s gonna be fab to extend the show and play some different things for you, and share for the first time some new visuals from some amazing animators I’ve been lucky to work with recently.”

Gotye 2012 Tour Dates:

Wednesday, August 22 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
Friday, August 24 – Charter One Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Saturday, August 25 – The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
Sunday, August 26 – US Bank Theater at Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday, August 28 – Shaw Conference Center, Edmonton, AB
Wednesday, August 29 – Stampede Corral, Calgary, AB
Friday, August 31 – Deer Lake Park, Vancouver, BC
Saturday, September 1 – Bumbershoot Music And Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
Sunday, September 2 – Edgefield Amphitheatre, Portland, OR
Tuesday, September 4 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, September 6 – Greek Theatre Berkeley, San Francisco, CA
Friday, September 14 – Berkley Riverfront Park, Kansas City, MO
Sunday, September 16 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, Cleveland, OH
Monday, September 17 – The LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
Tuesday, September 18 – Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI
Thursday, September 20 – Molson Canadian Amphitheater, Toronto, ON
Friday, September 21 – Jacques Cartier Pier (Old Port), Montreal, QC
Saturday, September 22 – Bank Of America Pavilion, Boston, MA
Tuesday, September 25 – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Thursday, September 27 – Williamsburg Park, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, September 29 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
Sunday, September 30 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Monday, October 1 – Raleigh Amphiteatre, Raleigh, NC
Wednesday, October 3 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Thursday, October 4 – Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL
Friday, October 5 – Chastain Park Ampitheatre, Atlanta, GA
Sunday, October 7 – Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami, FL
Monday, October 8 – House of Blues, Orlando, FL
Wednesday, October 10 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
Thursday, October 11 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
Friday, October 12 – Verizon Theatre, Dallas, TX
Saturday, October 13 – Austin City Limits, Austin, TX

Update: Gotye announces more US tour dates and set list




Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera to Guest Mentor on The Glee Project

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Rebecca Murray
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The Glee Project Cast Season 2
(Top row, l to r) Michael Weisman, Charles Lubeck, Blake Jenner, Tyler Ford, (Middle row, l to r) Taryn Douglas, Aylin Bayramuglu, Nellie Veitenheimer, (Bottom row, l to r) Abraham Lim, Mario Bonds, Alyson Stroker, Shanna Henderson, Maxfield Camp, Dani Shay, Lily Mae Harrington in 'The Glee Project' - (Photo by: Tyler Golden/Oxygen Media) Airdate: Tuesday, June 5 on Oxygen (10-11 p.m. ET)
Glee stars Samuel Larsen, Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera are confirmed as guest mentors on Oxygen’s The Glee Project airing in June. Larson won season one of The Glee Project and will be back helping out other wannabe singers on June 12th. Monteith’s guest mentoring gig airs on June 19th followed by Rivera’s episode on June 26th.
 
Monteith’s episode will deal with the issue of bullying while Rivera’s on board to help contenders “bring a spark to the screen” with the ‘Sexuality’ episode.
 
The Glee Project returns for season two on Tuesday, June 5 at 10 PM ET/PT. Lea Michele has already been announced as the premiere episode’s guest mentor.
 
The Plot:
 
During the eleven week run of the series, The Glee Project contenders will be narrowed down through intensive rounds of workshops, singing, dancing and acting-based assignments as the creative forces of Glee carefully assess who has what it takes to be one of the next new faces of the award-winning show. Murphy will once again join casting director Robert Ulrich and choreographer and Glee co-producer Zach Woodlee in the final deliberations of each installment of the series.
 
Source: Oxygen
 

Rebecca Ferguson Releases Her Debut Album

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Rebecca Murray
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Rebecca Ferguson Heaven

British X Factor standout Rebecca Ferguson has just released her first album, Heaven, on Syco/Columbia Records and she made her U.S. television debut this week on The Today Show, followed by an appearance on The View.

Watch Rebecca Ferguson on The View:

Ferguson first caught the attention of British X Factor fans during the 2010 selection rounds. She proved to be a fan favorite, however, she wasn’t able to snag a first-place finish. But coming in second hasn’t slowed her down, and when she sang her first single off of Heaven on the show late last year, pre-sales of her album went up 700% on Amazon.com.

Ferguson counts Grammy winner Adele among her fans. “She’s been such a support and said such lovely things about me,” said Rebecca. “She even admitted she voted for me 80 times when I was on the show. She means every word she sings, which I love.”

‘Hatfields and McCoys’ is Huge Hit for the History Channel

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Rebecca Murray
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The Hatfields and the McCoys

13.9 million viewers tuned in to the Memorial Day premiere of the History Channel’s Hatfields and McCoys, with the war between the two families blazing to life on the small screen starring Kevin Costner as Devil Anse Hatfield and Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy. And the popularity of the three-part miniseries has made a book published 30 years ago into a current bestseller.

It wasn’t until the History Channel’s miniseries aired that The Hatfields and the McCoys, written by Otis K. Rice and published by the University Press of Kentucky, found success. The ebook is now on both Amazon’s and Barnes and Noble’s bestseller lists, thanks to Hatfields and McCoys‘ viewers desire for further information on the feuding families.

According to University Press of Kentucky, the book “draws upon an impressive array of court records, public documents, official correspondence, and other documentary evidence to present an account that frees, as much as possible, fact from fiction and event from legend.”

More on the Author:

Otis K. Rice (1919–2003) was professor emeritus of history at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He was the recipient of many awards and was named West Virginia’s first Historian Laureate on July 22, 2003.

‘Magic City’ Series Preview: Trailer, Cast and Plot Details

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Rebecca Murray
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Olga Kurylenko star in Magic City.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Olga Kurylenko star in 'Magic City' - Photo © 2011 Starz Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Olga Kurylenko star in Starz’s new one-hour drama Magic City. The series premieres on April 6, 2012 and follows Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character, Ike, and his struggles to stay afloat financially.

Olga Kurylenko plays Vera Evans, Steven Strait is Stevie Evans, Jessica Marais is Lily Diamond, Christian Cooke is Danny Evans, and Elena Satine plays Judi Silver. The cast also includes Dominik Garcia-Lorido as Mercedes Lozaro, Taylor Blackwell as Lauren Evans, Danny Huston as Ben Diamond, Kelly Lynch as Meg Bannock, and Yul Vazquez as Victor Lazaro.

Additional cast members include Alex Rocco as Arthur Evans, Michael Rispoli as Bel Jaffe, and Matt Ross as Jack Klein.

The Synopsis: Set in Miami’s Miramar Playa Hotel leading into the new year of 1959, hotelier Ike Evans (Morgan) conjures up ways to finance his dream. He has essentially sold his soul to the devil, mob boss Ben “The Butcher” Diamond (Huston). Ike’s wife Vera (Kurylenko), a former showgirl, and his three children think he is an honorable man, but he just can’t break his pact with the most dangerous criminal in town. His life is a façade.




First Look: ‘Sinister’ Motion Poster

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Rebecca Murray
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Creepy, isn’t it?

Summit Entertainment is releasing Sinister on October 5, 2012.

The Plot:

Sinister is a frightening new thriller from the producer of the Paranormal Activity films and the writer-director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Ethan Hawke plays a true crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror.

NBC to Air Justin Bieber Special

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Rebecca Murray
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Justin Bieber Believe
Justin Bieber: All Around the World will debut on NBC on June 21st at 8pm, so the network announced today. The one hour show will mark the singer’s first ever network special and will include musical performances as well as a behind the scenes look at Bieber’s life. And All Around the World will, as the title suggests, follow his tour around the globe as he promotes his latest album, Believe.

According to NBC, the special will show “what life is like through the eyes of Justin Bieber with the ‘Justin-cam’.”

“We’re thrilled to air Justin Bieber’s first network special,” stated Doug Vaughan, SVP of Special Programs and Late Night for NBC. “We’ll have unprecedented access to Justin as our cameras film not only his performances, but his every move on this global tour — giving our viewers an all access pass to his life over a 12-day period, something rarely seen on TV today.”

Source: NBC

One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ is Certified Double Platinum

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Rebecca Murray
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One Direction Up All Night Tour
One Direction Up All Night Tour - Photo Courtesy of Columbia Records

One Direction’s debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” has just passed 2 million in digital sales and has achieved double platinum status. The single debuted at #12 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart and sold more than 131,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release.

According to Columbia Records, One Direction made the highest debut (at 28) on the Billboard Hot 100 of any British group since the Spice Girls in 1998. The band’s currently at work on their second album.

The British group (Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson) just kicked off their US summer tour last week, with tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

One Direction 2013 Summer Tour Dates

6/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
6/14 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
6/16 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
6/18 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
6/19 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
6/21 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
6/22 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena (formerly RBC Arena)
6/23 Washington, DC Verizon Center
6/25 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
6/26 Boston, MA Comcast Center
6/28 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
6/29 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
7/2 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center
7/4 Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
7/5 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
7/6 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
7/8 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
7/9 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
7/10 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
7/12 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
7/13 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/14 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/18 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
7/19 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
7/21 Houston, TX Toyota Center
7/22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
7/24 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
7/25 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
7/27 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
7/28 Seattle, WA KeyArena
7/30 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
7/31 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
8/2 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
8/3 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
8/6 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
8/7 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
8/8 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

Garth Brooks Announces New Concert Dates

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Rebecca Murray
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Garth Brooks at Wynn Las Vegas
Garth Brooks at Wynn Las Vegas. (PRNewsFoto/Wynn Las Vegas, Mark Tucker)

Garth Brooks has added a handful of new dates to his concert series at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. Tickets for the just announced dates will go on sale beginning Saturday, June 9th at 10am PT.

Concert Dates Going On Sale

September 21, 22
October 5, 6
October 26, 27
November 16, 17

Current Concert Dates On Sale
June 8, 9
June 22, 23
July 19 (one show at 8 p.m.)
July 20, 21
August 17, 18

Concert Times
Fridays: 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

More on Garth Brooks [Courtesy of Wynn Las Vegas]:

Certified by the RIAA in 2000 as the #1-selling solo artist in U.S. history, Garth Brooks has sold in excess of 128 million albums and has received every accolade the recording industry can bestow on an artist.

In 2001, Brooks retired and moved back to Oklahoma to raise his children. In 2008, The President Elect, himself, requested that Brooks headline President Obama’s Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. A crowd of over 300,000 did the “wave” to Brooks’ performance of “Shout” while the President sang along. That same year, the Governor of California asked Brooks to help the state. He performed five concerts in two days with the proceeds from 83,000 tickets donated to efforts to prevent fire catastrophes. Portions of the live concerts were shown as a TV special, Garth Brooks: Live in L.A. allowing viewers to donate as well.

In December 2010, Brooks finished an astonishing nine sold out concerts in six days to raise money for the flood relief efforts in Tennessee. ABC World News Tonight declared Brooks “The Person of the Week” and the Mayor of Nashville announced that this was a record December for downtown Nashville merchants due to the over 145,000 who attended the concerts.

In January 2012, he was named the best-selling artist of the last two decades by Billboard, Nielsen and SoundScan, with a whopping 68.5 million sales. Brooks was recently inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame and will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this fall. Brooks also sold out his upcoming appearance at the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede. All 15,000+ seats sold out in less than a minute.

Source: Wynn Las Vegas

John Berman Joins Early Start on CNN

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Rebecca Murray
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John BermanCNN announced John Berman has been tapped to anchor Early Start, the network’s morning show. Berman, a correspondent for ABC News and Good Morning America, will also be contributing to other CNN programs as well as handling Early Start anchor duties.

Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN, made the announcement, stating: “We are so fortunate to have this talented and seasoned journalist join our morning show and become a regular presence on our air throughout the day. John is a skilled reporter with a passion and personality that shine through, whether he’s covering the political season or his beloved Red Sox.”

“John is an exceptional journalist who brings with him the perspective of having covered many of the last two decades’ most significant stories. His coverage of the past four Presidential elections, experience as an embedded journalist in Iraq, on-site reporting during the 2006 war in Lebanon, plus his pop culture interest and acumen, make him a strong asset to our team,” added Mark Whitaker, CNN Worldwide executive vice president and managing editor.

Early Start airs weekdays from 5-7am ET/PT.

“It is a pleasure to join the prestigious global news leader CNN. I am looking forward to being a part of the morning team and to contributing across CNN’s lineup,” said Berman.

Source: CNN

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