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Atoms For Peace Announce International Tour
June 01, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Thom Yorke says the band will be playing cuts from 'Amok,' 'The Eraser' songs and some B-sides on tour. Southern California has been good for Thom Yorke. It's the home base for his 4-year-old band Atoms For Peace, meaning ...
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2013 Grammy Week Parties: All The Sights, Sounds, Hotspots
February 05, 2013 2:50 PM EST 2 45 84 0 Pre-parties, afterparties, brunches, dinners, galas galore -- it's the music industry's week to shine. Here's a roundup of everything we know about that's going on (that we're allowed to write about, anyway). Caveat empt ...
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Atoms for Peace Release 'Judge Jury and Executioner': Listen
January 07, 2013 8:26 PM EST Atoms for Peace continue to roll out their debut album, releasing "Amok" track "Judge Jury and Execution" on Monday. The supergroup, which includes Radiohead 's Thom Yorke and Red Hot Chili Peppers ' Flea, offers a blen ...
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Album Reviews: No Doubt, Mika, Ben Folds Five & more
October 03, 2012 3:50 PM EDT Mika The Origin of Love Producers: various Republic Records Release Date: Oct. 16 The surviving members of Queen have done well with Freddie Mercury stand-ins Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert. But British singer Mika is lurking out there as another l ...
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Single Reviews: Coheed, Bridget Mendler, David Guetta & Kanye West
September 13, 2012 12:35 PM EDT BRIDGIT MENDLER Ready or Not (3:22) Producer: Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou Writers: B. Mendler, E. Kiriakou, E. Bogart Publishers: various Hollywood Records Bridgit Mendler spends a good portion of debut single "Ready or Not" introd ...
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California Wives, 'Art History': Exclusive First Listen
August 30, 2012 2:40 PM EDT Band Talks Debut Album (Out Sept. 4): "I hope it's going to change and grow with you as you get older" California Wives have a total red herring for a moniker. "Our name is like a symbol," vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist ...
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Listen To New How To Dress Well, Flying Lotus Tracks
August 16, 2012 3:00 PM EDT HTDW Covers Janet Jackson, while FlyLo Collaborates with Erykah Badu A pair of experimental, R&B-leaning projects are coming out over the next two months, and neither is to be slept on. How To Dress Well, the stage name of producer/songwriter To ...
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Radiohead Headlines, Onda Vaga Lights Up 16th Annual Fuji Rock Festival
August 08, 2012 12:01 PM EDT Fuji Rock Festival has had one of its most heavily attended editions in years, and it was sunny and warm to boot. The three-day fest held at a ski resort on Mt. Naeba in Niigata prefecture, Japan had seen significant rain every year since 2003 but ...
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Frank Ocean's 10 Best Pre-'Channel Orange' Tracks
July 11, 2012 12:05 PM EDT When Frank Ocean 's new studio album, "Channel Orange," was released on iTunes late on Monday night (July 9) -- just hours before he made his national TV debut on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" -- the cacophonous noises of o ...
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Radiohead Recorded New Material at Jack White's Studio
July 05, 2012 1:00 PM EDT But the White Stripes frontman didn't produce or play on the track. After hinting about a collaboration at Bonnaroo, Radiohead have been confirmed to have recorded new material at Jack White 's Third Man studios in Nashville earlier this y ...
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Usher Tops the Billboard 200; Ed Sheeran Debuts Strong; Bieber Poised to Conquer
June 21, 2012 4:25 PM EDT R&B/pop superstar Usher nets his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Looking 4 Myself" debuts atop the list with 128,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's off quite a bit from the start of his last full ...
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Usher Finds Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200
June 20, 2012 10:35 AM EDT Rush, Josh Turner, Waka Flocka Flame Among Top 10 Debuts Usher secures his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "Looking 4 Myself" debuts atop the list with 128,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. The pop/R&B star' ...
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Usher Scores Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'Looking 4 Myself'
June 20, 2012 10:35 AM EDT Usher secures his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Looking 4 Myself" debuts atop the list with 128,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The pop/R&B star's last full-length studio album, 2010's "Raymond ...
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Backbeat: Bonnaroo Backstage With Skrillex, Gary Clark Jr., Big Hassle, Red Light, More
June 09, 2012 8:27 PM EDT (L-R): Chip Hooper, Music Dept. Head, Paradigm, Coran Capshaw, founder, Red Light Management, Billboard's Ray Waddell. The second full day of the 2012 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival was a hectic one in the VIP Area, with artists, journali ...
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Bonnaroo Friday: 10 Things Seen and Heard
June 09, 2012 10:00 AM EDT "Where you guys sleeping? In a field?" a curious Thom Yorke asked the Radiohead faithful during the band's headlining set at Bonnaroo on Friday night (June 8). "Do you do that here? I dunno." It was almost like Yorke and co. ...
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke Hints at Jack White Collaboration
June 09, 2012 4:25 AM EDT Near the end of Radiohead 's triumphant headlining set at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, frontman Thom Yorke gave a special shout-out to Jack White , and hinted at an upcoming collaboration between the two alt-rock veterans. " ...
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Coachella 2012: On Stage, Backstage and Behind the Scenes
April 23, 2012 11:40 AM EDT Photos The Machine Girl Talk Sara Justice Fitz Thundercat Santigold Zedd Wild Sleeper Agent Gotye House At the Drive-In Audience The Hives Flux Black Lips Nero Thom Yorke Radiohead David Guetta Lykke Li Misc Bon Iver Andrew Bird The Shins The Vaccin ...
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Coachella 2012: 10 Best Performances of Both Weekends
April 23, 2012 11:35 AM EDT This year, Southern California got two Coachellas for the price of one. The unprecedented model of having identical festivals on consecutive weekends not only meant that more fans got to have fun in the blazing sun, it also gave the artists two chan ...
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Photos: Coachella 2012
April 16, 2012 11:15 AM EDT Live Snoop Dogg Hologram Tupac Shakur 50 Cent Wiz Khalifa The Weeknd The Hives Rihanna Calvin Harris Fitz Girl Talk The Machine Johnson Kimbra Gotye Beats Antique Azealia Banks At the Drive-In Santigold Thom Yorke Radiohead David Guetta David Usher ...
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Coachella 2012: 10 Things Seen & Heard Saturday
April 15, 2012 10:47 AM EDT Justin Vernon of Bon Iver performing at Coachella (Getty) If Friday night at Coachella was all about the old-timers like Pulp, Refused, Mazzy Star and James looking for a furious comeback, the overarching theme of Saturday (April 14) was the curre ...
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Coachella 2012: 10 Things Seen & Heard Saturday
April 15, 2012 10:45 AM EDT If Friday night at Coachella was all about the old-timers like Pulp, Refused, Mazzy Star and James looking for a furious comeback, the overarching theme of Saturday (April 14) was the current state of indie rock, with fresh faces and much-ballyhooed ...
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Radiohead Premiere New Songs 'Identikit' & 'Cut A Hole' at Tour Kickoff
February 28, 2012 11:45 AM EST Radiohead were all about unreleased tracks and rarities last night (Feb. 27) at the Miami kickoff of their first proper U.S. tour in four years. Radiohead Rocks NYC With 'Limbs,' R.E.M. Nod & 'Rainbows' The U.K. band's 2 ...
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Radiohead Returns to Australia After 8 Years, Gaga Adds Dates Down Under
February 27, 2012 11:21 AM EST Radiohead Return To Australia After 8 Years Radiohead will make the long haul to Australia this November for the band's first shows here in eight years, tour promoters Chugg Entertainment announced today. The band's trek will also includ ...
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Michael Buble 'Duets' With Kanye, Taylor Swift & Gaga on 'SNL': Watch
December 19, 2011 11:57 AM EST Not only has Michael Bublé had immense commercial success with his latest "Christmas" album, he's been able to have a little fun with it. As the musical guest on this weekend's (Dec. 17) "Saturday Night Live," Bublé too ...
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Pegi Young Talks Bridge School Benefit at 25, Neil's Memoir
October 20, 2011 1:50 PM EDT Between organizing the 25th annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts , readying 25th anniversary CD and DVD sets and making an album of her own, Pegi Young can rival her husband, Neil, these days for a perpetually busy schedule. Young is gearing up for ...
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Radiohead Rocks NYC With 'Limbs,' R.E.M. Nod & 'Rainbows'
September 29, 2011 3:39 AM EDT A dancing frontman usually enthralls a crowd the most, but for Radiohead 's Thom Yorke , fans go wildest when he sits behind a piano, turned away from them. PHOTOS: Radiohead at Roseland Ballroom, 9/28/11 Yorke showed Radiohead devotees both en ...
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Radiohead on 'Saturday Night Live': Dancing Thom & 2 Drummers
September 25, 2011 10:55 AM EDT With a shimmying Thom Yorke at the helm and an extra drummer thrown in for good measure, Radiohead performed during the season 37 premiere of "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. Opening with "Lotus Flower" off this year's &q ...
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Billboard Bits: 'Punk'd' Returns With Bieber Pranking Swift, Beach Boys 'Smile' Gets Release Date
August 30, 2011 6:00 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. 'Punk'd' Returns With Justin Bieber Pranking Taylor Swift MTV's revamped and reincarnated prank show "Punk'd" is back, and instead of A ...
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Conan O'Brien & Edward Sharpe Cover Radiohead's 'Creep': Watch
August 10, 2011 6:04 PM EDT Radiohead seems to hold a special spot in Conan O'Brien's heart: Not only did O'Brien perform "Creep" during a stop on his "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour" last year, but UK's biggest r ...
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Radiohead to Play Surprise Glastonbury Set Tonight
June 24, 2011 11:24 AM EDT For the second year in a row, England's biggest band (arguably) -- Radiohead -- will make a surprise performance at Glastonbury Festival. Radiohead's rep has confirmed to NME that the band is indeeed tonight's secret act, taking the P ...
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Watch: Weezer Covers Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android'
May 31, 2011 12:59 PM EDT They've performed Radiohead classics like "Creep" live from time to time, but the boys of Weezer have taken their fandom one step further with a new in-studio cover of "Paranoid Android." Watch below. The "OK Computer&q ...
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POTW: Wiz Khalifa, Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey
April 01, 2011 7:00 PM EDT Photos of the Week Wiz Khalifa Selena Gomez Perez Justin Bieber Baby Mariah Carey Britney Spears Thom Yorke Sigh Universal Susan Boyle Earth Nicki Minaj Funeral Nate Dogg Asher Roth Flo Rida Fergie Josh Shakira Andy Akon Elton John Drake Lil Wayne B ...
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Radiohead Releases Newspaper; Listen To 'King of Limbs' Here
March 28, 2011 11:25 AM EDT R adiohead mysteriously described eighth album "The King of Limbs" as the world's first "newspaper album" before its digital release last month, and fans have finally been given that cryptic newspaper today (Mar. 28). The al ...
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Billboard Bits: Thom Yorke Pairs With MF Doom, Bob Geldof Rails Against 'Glee'
March 17, 2011 7:19 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Thom Yorke 'Probably' Making An Album With Rapper MF Doom Radiohead's Thom Yorke , fresh off his band's new "The King of Limbs" release, may ...
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Billboard Bits: Miley Cyrus Lashes Out at Paparazzi, Strokes Frontman Dissatisfied with New Album
March 10, 2011 7:31 PM EST Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Miley Cyrus Lets Loose on Paparazzi Miley Cyrus and mother Tish were spotted at California Chicken Cafe in West Hollywood Wednesday (Mar. 10), with the paparazzi in close ...
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke Boogies to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies'
February 19, 2011 8:42 PM EST R adiohead frontman Thom Yorke cuts the finest of rugs in the band's video for its new song, "Lotus Flower" -- but as any YouTube connoisseur will tell you, a person's dance moves can never be fully appreciated until they're ...
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Radiohead Releases 'King of Limbs' Album One Day Early
February 18, 2011 9:26 AM EST Radiohead's new album "The King of Limbs" was released digitally Friday morning (Feb. 18) on the band's website, one day ahead of schedule. The band had previously announced on Monday that the album would be available Saturday. & ...
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Jay-Z Says Oprah, Belafonte Are Inspirations During 'Decoded' Reading
November 16, 2010 10:25 AM EST Jay-Z held a book reading/signing at the New York Public Library last night (Nov. 15), moderated by Dr. Cornel West and the Director of the "Live" program at the NYPL, Paul Holdengraber. Dubbed "Jay-Z In Conversation With Dr. Cornel W ...
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Billboard Bits: 'Glee' Takes On R.E.M., Nicki Minaj Offers Support to Gay Fans
October 01, 2010 7:10 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. 'Glee' To Take On R.E.M. Next Week A week after taking on the songs of Britney Spears, "Glee" will feature a performance of R.E.M. 's 1991 hit &q ...
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'Social Network' Trailer Lands Record Deal for Scala & Kolacny Brothers
October 01, 2010 12:15 PM EDT The two-minute trailer for David Fincher's "The Social Network" features shots of alcohol-filled college parties, scantily clad teenage girls and Justin Timberlake -- seemingly the perfect recipe for a light teen comedy. Yet as a cove ...
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Billboard Bits: Gwen Stefani Gets 'Waxed,' Bret Michaels to Have Heart Surgery
September 23, 2010 6:07 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Gwen Stefani Wax Figure Unveiled No Doubt's Gwen Stefani unveiled a wax figure of herself yesterday (Sept. 22) at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Las Vegas. The ...
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Diplo Talks M.I.A.'s Ideal Sound, 'Lazers Never Die'
July 19, 2010 11:45 AM EDT To say Diplo is a busy man is quite an understatement. When he's not recording as Major Lazer with producer Switch or producing acts like La Roux and ex-flame M.I.A ., the Philadelphia beatmaker (born Thomas Wesley Pentz) is running his own lab ...
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Business Matters: Thom Yorke, Second Life, FCC, Spotify and more
June 10, 2010 12:00 AM EDT - Thom Yorke ’s recent comments have generated a good deal of online response. Yorke said the music industry will implode in just a few months and urged musicians to self-release their music. (He didn’t differentiate between indie and major labels ...
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Business Matters: EMI, RIAA, LimeWire and More
June 08, 2010 12:00 AM EDT -- During a BBC Radio 4 documentary, EMI Music executive chairman Charles Allen said the business is in “really good shape” after restructuring and job cuts. And he claimed EMI’s latest investment -- £105 million ($151 million) from existing inves ...
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Thom Yorke To Play Big Chill Fest
May 14, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has been announced as one of the main acts for this year's Big Chill Festival , joining MIA and Massive Attack on the Deer Park Stage this summer. Other previously announced acts for the 40,000-capacity festival ...
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Flying Lotus Ready To Go Sky High With Thom Yorke
April 27, 2010 12:21 PM EDT Before the critical success of sophomore album "Los Angeles," Flying Lotus was an underground artist crafting off-kilter electronica in his basement. Now the 26-year-old experimental producer is "creating universes" on a space-th ...
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Coachella Festival Sets Attendance Record
April 21, 2010 2:07 PM EDT With an aggregate attendance of 225,000 over April 16-18, Coachella enjoyed a record attendance year at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. The festival is produced by Goldenvoice, a division of AEG Live. Among the acts that performed were Jay- ...
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Coachella, John Lennon's Acid, Jack Johnson
April 19, 2010 6:17 PM EDT In today's edition of the Daily Noise, brought to you by Fuse and Billboard.com , Coachella gets positive reviews, John Lennon 's LSD is found buried in the garden and Jack Johnson kicks off his Kokua Festival this Friday (April 23). Peopl ...
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Thom Yorke, Pavement, Gorillaz Cap Coachella 2010
April 19, 2010 9:06 AM EDT The 2010 Coachella Music and Arts festival came to a close Sunday night (April 18) with strong sets by its mainstagers Gorillaz , Thom Yorke and Pavement , and surprises by more than a few artists on the field. Coachella Photo Gallery | Coachella Ma ...
