Singer tells MTV News there’s ‘friendly competition’ with fellow judges Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Matt Elias Cee Lo Green Photo: MTV News Given his gigs fronting ATL rap crew Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley and his recent mega-viral success with the song “F— You,” you’d think the last thing Cee Lo Green would do is join the cast of a reality singing competition. But you’d be wrong. “At first, I thought it was a very cool and original concept,” Green said of the script-flipping conceit of the soon-to-launch “The Voice,” in which judges sit with their backs to contestants to focus on their vocals instead of their looks as they decide whether to mentor them through later rounds. Secondly, after years of touring and grinding it out on the road, Green said he was looking forward to staying put in Los Angeles and pursuing the new opportunities that have come his way thanks to the exposure from the Grammy-nominated “F— You.”
‘I’m pulling out an ass-ton more glitter with blue lipstick to spare,’ singer says of added North American dates. By James Montgomery Ke$ha Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Ke$ha’s Get $leazy Tour doesn’t wrap until May, but the singer is already making plans for a return engagement, announcing a second leg of the jaunt scheduled for this summer. Ke$h is adding more than 30 North American dates to the $leazy trek — beginning on July 26 in Harrington, Delaware, and wrapping on September 20 in Phoenix — giving fans even more opportunities to watch her guzzle blood from a human heart! Party-meisters LMFAO and prodigiously filthy rapper Spank Rock will join her on most dates. “My spring tour sold out so fast, which is amazing, but I want to get to party with errryone. If you are part of my family, my cult of rowdy misfits, come join us!” Ke$ha said in a grammatically adventurous statement on Monday (April 4). “I’m pulling out an ass-ton more glitter with blue lipstick to spare and I’m ready to party with all y’all all summer long. Sh–‘s gonna be hot as a mofo … Miss this and you be missing the biggest dance party of the year!” Indeed. Tickets for most of the new dates will be available beginning April 8 through LiveNation.com , but members of Ke$ha’s brand-new official fan club, the Family, will have first crack at tickets starting on April 5. For more information, check out KeshasFamily.com . Ke$ha released her remix album, I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance, last month, and she is currently crisscrossing the continent on the first edition of Get $leazy. She’ll head overseas for a run of festival shows before returning to North America to begin round two. The dates for Ke$ha’s Get $leazy Tour, according to RCA Records:
The Chicago rapper’s Las Vegas spring break gig airs Tuesday night on MTV. By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway Lupe Fiasco Photo: MTV News When you combine spring break and Las Vegas, things are bound to get exciting — or out of control. For the MTV Spring Break 2011 performers — Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Pitbull and Lupe Fiasco — the challenge is to keep the crowds entertained when shots, lost tops and sunny weather threaten to steal their attention. According to Lupe Fiasco, though, it doesn’t matter to him whether he’s performing at a spring break gig or a room of Timberland-wearing concertgoers — the show goes on. “It’s no different,” the Chicago rapper told MTV News recently. “I did a show for the hardcore [fans] yesterday and it was the same thing. The same energy. At the end of the day, it’s about getting in touch with the energy — I don’t want to sound too mystical — but that human energy. It don’t matter if you black, white, Italian, Asian or in a bikini or have a fitted hat on thugged out, everybody wants to hear something and be moved by something, so for us, we want to take it to you as energetic as we possibly can.” On Monday, Wiz Khalifa’s MTV Spring Break 2011 performance aired as the Pittsburgh star hit the stage for his breakout tune “Black and Yellow.” Later in the week, Snoop Dogg and Pitbull’s spring break performances will be shown on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU. Catch Lupe Fiasco performing in Las Vegas during MTV’s Spring Break on Tuesday night (March 29) on MTV at 9:50 p.m. ET. Related Videos Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, More Take Over MTV Spring Break 2011 Related Photos Spring Break 2011 | Live Performances Related Artists Lupe Fiasco
The Chicago rapper’s Las Vegas spring break gig airs Tuesday night on MTV. By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway Lupe Fiasco Photo: MTV News When you combine spring break and Las Vegas, things are bound to get exciting — or out of control. For the MTV Spring Break 2011 performers — Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Pitbull and Lupe Fiasco — the challenge is to keep the crowds entertained when shots, lost tops and sunny weather threaten to steal their attention. According to Lupe Fiasco, though, it doesn’t matter to him whether he’s performing at a spring break gig or a room of Timberland-wearing concertgoers — the show goes on. “It’s no different,” the Chicago rapper told MTV News recently. “I did a show for the hardcore [fans] yesterday and it was the same thing. The same energy. At the end of the day, it’s about getting in touch with the energy — I don’t want to sound too mystical — but that human energy. It don’t matter if you black, white, Italian, Asian or in a bikini or have a fitted hat on thugged out, everybody wants to hear something and be moved by something, so for us, we want to take it to you as energetic as we possibly can.” On Monday, Wiz Khalifa’s MTV Spring Break 2011 performance aired as the Pittsburgh star hit the stage for his breakout tune “Black and Yellow.” Later in the week, Snoop Dogg and Pitbull’s spring break performances will be shown on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU. Catch Lupe Fiasco performing in Las Vegas during MTV’s Spring Break on Tuesday night (March 29) on MTV at 9:50 p.m. ET. Related Videos Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, More Take Over MTV Spring Break 2011 Related Photos Spring Break 2011 | Live Performances Related Artists Lupe Fiasco
‘I had a great time up there,’ Donna Sachet tells MTV News of opening for Brit at ‘Good Morning America’ show. By Jocelyn Vena Britney Spears performs in San Francisco on March 27 Photo: Araya Diaz/ WireImage Britney Spears had a busy weekend. She performed for her fans in San Francisco , just days after she graced the stage in Las Vegas at the Palms, where MTV was filming her for an upcoming special. At her San Francisco show, which was being taped for “Good Morning America,” Spears had five drag queens in over-the-top costumes warm up the crowd with their sassy back-and-forth. After the performance, MTV News caught up with two of the queens, who told us it was a lot of fun opening for the femme fatale. “As a huge Britney fan, it was amazing,” Pollo Del Mar told us. “I was excited just to have Britney Spears here in San Francisco, but to participate and be a part of it was amazing.” “It was a treat,” Donna Sachet added. “I had a great time up there. Five drag queens, all different types of drag, we loved it. We were complimented that Britney wanted to start with something like that.” During her set, Spears performed three tracks from Femme Fatale, out Tuesday, and Pollo gushed that the pop star did a great job. “I thought it was amazing,” Pollo said. “It shows why she’s a superstar and certainly I think that the crowd response showed that she’s beloved. … The reason I love Britney Spears is throughout her career, she’s shown she’s human, she’s fallible … I think that makes her someone people can rally behind and love.” Spears performance featured three eye-catching costumes, complete with sequins, latex and lights. “We do get ideas from her costuming and from her dancers and her energy,” Donna admitted. Fans were equally dazzled by Spears’ set. “It was amazing,” a fan named Sarah told us after the show wrapped. “It was so hot! We live here in the city, and she was sexier than ever and I’d go lesbian for her. She really blew it up.” Are you planning to buy Britney’s new album? Tell us in the comments! Related Photos Britney Spears Performs During ‘Good Morning America’ Related Artists Britney Spears
Raw Energy: Sustainable Dancefloor Weekend from Temple Nightclub on Vimeo . Last weekend, 1400 club patrons at San Francisco’s Temple Nightclub in San Francisco shook their booties and booted up the power of the sustainable dance floor. 480 Watts were generated continuously (30 watts were generated per panel and there were16 panels) over the 10 hours of dancing. People appreciated the connection between… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Treehugger Discovery Date : 28/03/2011 06:37 Number of articles : 2
After a brief hiatus from the spotlight, Fefe Dobson is back with a new album and a new outlook on life. Bossip spoke to the “black rock chick” about rebounding after being dropped from her label, what she was like as a little kid and how we can all find more joy. BOSSIP: What’s up Fefe? Tell us about your new album, why did you call it Joy ? Fefe Dobson: I called it Joy because making the record was a joyful experience, but the reason it was a joyful experience was in the process of making it. I made my first record in 2003 when I was 18. I got the chance to do tons of great things – a tour withe Justin Timberlake , a show with Janet Jackson and there was so much that came out of it and then there was the trials and tribulations, parting ways with my label, which was Island Def Jam at that point. I had like 500 dollars left to my name, no boyfriend and bought a dog and wrote Joy . What joy has brought me is liberation and it was very therapeutic and a turning point in my life, that’s why it’s called Joy . Bossip: You seem to have matured – your style has changed a lot, was it the experience of seeing the “bad side of the industry?” FD: Definitely, being so young, getting all the amazing opportunities and kinda having to scale back and start again with nothing. Learning about myself in general. My dad came back into my life. On my first record there was a song called “Unforgiven” because my dad was never in my life. And now my dad has come back in my life – because of that I’m learning about my Jamaican side. I’m biracial so my mom is white and my dad’s black and I never got to know that side. Realizing I’m related to Donald Quarrie – who is an Olympic national hero in Jamaica – that has helped bring me to this point as well. Life… Naturally you have to go through every day and learn in order to fill in those missing pieces to be the person you need to be. Bossip: What goals have you set for yourself for 2011? FD: A lot of goals. My goal for 2010 was to get my album out and to spread Joy and for 2011 it’s to tour this baby like crazy and line up my own shows and hopefully next year go to the Grammys and do my thing. I really want to play big stadiums and stuff like that and hit the masses and meet more people and gain more followers in my career. Bossip: What kind of kid were you? FD: I was a little female Eddie Murphy. I was really crazy and made fun of everybody and made jokes when I shouldn’t have probably. Bossip: What experience led you to this? FD: Music made me do this. From a musical point of view – The Wizard of Oz and Michael Jackson. Music was my only outlet and escape. Bossip: What would you be doing otherwise? FD: I couldn’t do anything else. I was asked that in elementary school when I was a little kid. You know how they go around – there were kids who wanted to be firemen, there were kids who wanted to be lawyers, and I was like “Uhhh rockstar, singer?” and my teacher looked around and was like “What do you really want to be?” and I said “Uhhh I just told you” I didn’t know I had to have a Plan B. You didn’t ask the fireman if he should have a Plan B. Bossip: What was your scariest moment and how did you get through it? FD: My scariest moment was definitely not being with Island anymore. That was probably my scariest moment because I was signed when I was 18 so I was so used to being signed to a major label. At first not being with a major label was the scariest thing. I’ve come from nothing growing up as a kid to being something to now having to start again. That was scary for me. At the same time it was liberating because it was my chance to recharge and restart and not many people get the opportunity to restart with a clean slate. So I think everything happens for a reason even if it’s scary. Bossip: Is there a public figure that you’ve always admired? I really look up to like, you know, Jimi Hendrix – because I’m a woman of color and my foundation is rock and roll and my energy is rock and roll I’ve always looked up to artists that are like myself. Why? I was on rock radio in Canada and the minute they found out I was touring with Justin Timberlake they took me off rock radio and things like that and then I was told “Black girls can’t rock” so I have to look up to any artist that’s going out of their comfort zone and what people think is not the right way for them. That’s day to day – anyone being told they’re doing what they’re not supposed to do. It takes a lot of strength to break the mold. Bossip: What issue should people be more aware about? FD: One of my heroes was John Lennon and the reason I love him so much is John and Yoko’s motto about peace and that if everyone stayed in bed for the day there’d be peace. Maybe he’s a dreamer but it starts with the dream. I think we as humans if we were just a little more considerate of the person next to us. It starts with the person beside you, it starts with not tossing something on the ground, it starts with breaking the mold. Children are going to make the world. There’s abuse and all those things and it starts with a cycle. We have to start with ourselves and the person next to us and that’s where it starts. Bossip: Do you think race is or isn’t important in the U.S.? FD: That’s everywhere, that’s not just the U.S. Where ever there is someone ignorant that doesn’t realize they’re in 2011. Bossip: If you had a fortune to give away where would your money go to? My little brothers. Bossip: Is there any one book, film or album that changed your life? FD: The Alchemist [by Paulo Coehlo]. It’s amazing. It will change your life. Bossip: What has been the biggest story this year so far? FD: What hit home to me, because I could relate to it, was Kelly Williams-Bolar, the mom who got in trouble for putting her kids in a better school.For me it’s an emotional thing because I grew up with a poor mom who would have done anything to put us in a safer school district. For her to get slapped on the wrist for it? On an emotional level that hit me. Bossip: Do you have a celebrity crush? FD: Aside from Spongebob Squarepants? Kate Moss… She’s awesome. At the moment I’m like, I can’t think of any dudes. I haven’t really kept up with who is sexy, but I know Kate Moss is sexy! Bossip: Anything you are an absolute sucker for? FD: Im a sucker for cowboy boots and leather pants. But not at the same time. Bossip: Best advice you ever received? FD: Mainly just heard it throughout from people I met and that’s “Don’t Blend In.” Don’t conform, don’t try to be something you’re not because I’d rather people, even in school, I’d rather them to laugh at me because I wore something different than to accept me because I was being them. Bossip: What question are you sick of being asked? FD: Nothing really yet. Bossip: Not the Rihanna question? FD: I used to get that, not really anymore. I think people are starting to see that musically we’re very different. I think people used to ask because we’re both women of color who are edgy and we’re on the same label, I guess it comes into play for that. No one really asks me what my favorite color is… It’s black. Keep clicking to check out shots of Fefe below!
Britney performs tonight at the Rain nightclub at the Palms Hotel for a group of lucky fans. By Jocelyn Vena Britney Spears Photo: Jive LAS VEGAS — As showtime for Britney Spears ‘ special performance at the Palms in Las Vegas draws closer, fans have already begun to cluster in the lobby of the hotel to make sure they get a plumb spot at the show. And for many, just seeing Spears’ name on the marquee, alongside that of house DJ Pauly D, certainly added to the excitement. “We’re so excited. We were Britney Spears for Halloween,” Spears fan Kelsey told us. Kelsey and a group of eight of her best girlfriends already had plans to be at the Palms for spring break when they found out they’d also be checking out the Femme Fatale star herself. The one-off performance will be filmed by MTV. Katie, who was one of the lucky fans to get a coveted ticket for the show, added, “We have no idea what will happen. We’re really excited about the show. I think no matter what it is, we’ll be super-excited.” With so much about the show under wraps, the Britney fans we spoke to said they have high hopes that Spears will be true to form. “I feel like the old Britney’s finally back so we’re excited,” one said. “I think it’s the whole show together. It’s the whole production [that we’re excited to see]. The choreography, lighting, the energy in the crowd. We’re lucky to know that you’re one of the few who get to see her. Super-lucky!” Spears’ latest album, Femme Fatale, arrives Tuesday after months of song and video teasers. What are you expecting from Spears’ new album? Let us know in the comments below! Related Photos The Evolution Of: Britney Spears Related Artists Britney Spears
Will they come out on top against Florence and the Machine? Second-round voting is under way on the Newsroom blog. By James Montgomery Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie Photo: Andy Sheppard/ Redferns Panic! at the Disco came into the 2011 Musical March Madness tournament brimming with championship confidence, and, after making quick work of Avril Lavigne in the opening round , it appears as if that swagger was justified. But now, as we enter the second round of MMM , the guys in Panic! face another tough challenge, this time in the form of #13 Florence and the Machine, who handled Brandon Flowers with relative ease in their first-round matchup.
