Bamboozle goes back to the beach
| Following a 2011 lineup that featured hip hop and pop acts, this year’s Bamboozle takes its lead from headliners Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters and Incubus. The rock-leaning bill spreads out over seven st...

Word On The Street
| Back in the Hoods | Following a storming set at Groovin' the Moo on the weekend – where they even received a tip of the cap from iconic rap group Public Enemy – Adelaide hip-hop titans H...

Night After Night, May 17, 2012
| More recommended shows — lots more — from our music writers: | THURSDAY | Peter Rowan, Tennessee Valley Authority at Scenic Loop Café (7:30 p.m., $20). This one will have something of an air of...

French Montana talks about touring with Drake and working with Diddy & Rick Ross
| Moroccan born and Bronx bred MC French Montana is easily one of the most buzzed about new Hip Hop artists on the scene right now. Signed to Diddy’s label imprint and creating a debut album alongsi...

Rossi Noise coming together
| Back in December 2011, our very own Dean Midas Maynard predicted big things for Newcastle based, Dubstep band, Rossi Noise. Five months on and we have caught up with them... | Rossi Noise are a 5 pi...

Dynamic Duos Disbanded: The Money May Be Good, But Not Good Enough To Talk To You!
| As Jack White soldiers on with his solo career, it's time here at List of the Day to use this flimsy premise to remember all the great musical duos who are no longer intact. Obviously, there have be...

REGULATE listings
Hip Hop / Funk / Soul/ Grime / Dub step / Electro It's time to REGULATE. We're bigger and better than ever. New venue, fresher vibe, new acts. | Date: Thursday 24th May 2012 | Venue: The Pub Zoo &raqu...

'Blasphemous' rapper goes into hiding after Iran's hardline clerics put a $100,000 bounty on his head
| Shahin Najafi, who lives in Germany, has been called the Salman Rushdie of music after more than 100 people joined an online campaign to "execute" him since the release of his song on 7 Ma...

Album review: Love Demolition - Zowie (+video)
| "I wanna destroy you with sound" declares Auckland pop dynamo Zowie on the title track of her debut album Love Demolition, the bass synth pulsating as the electronic drum sounds reverberate between ...

'Radiohead are better than us' - Coldplay
As Coldplay prepare to bring their world tour to Auckland, Scott Kara catches up with guitarist Jonny Buckland to talk about life in one of the world's biggest bands. | It's taken a few years to get u...

Top Tickets: Happiness & Greek parables
| File photo | Zack Deputy | File photo | Alliens | File photo | Grass Monkey | Courtesy JP Cutler Media | Dar Williams Podcasts | With Dar Williams | Streaming music -- "I Am The One Who Will Remembe...

Wiz Khalifa and Tinie Tempah live in Dubai
| Next weekend, 24-year-old rap sensation Wiz Khalifa (1) (or Cameron Jibril Thomaz to his mum) will arrive in Dubai to drop his distinctive, deep-voiced lyrics for his many UAE fans; with the good pa...

T.I. Supports President Obama On Same-Sex Marriage Stance
'I think that you should be able to do whatever you want to do,' T.I. tells 'RapFix Live' about his stance on same-sex marriage. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) , with reporting by Sway Calloway (@real...

Nicki Minaj And Nas Seal 'Right By My Side' Video With A Kiss
Rap superstars get cozy in just-premiered clip, which also features Chris Brown. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} More » --> | ...

DMX Focused On More Music, Less Trouble With New EP
Rapper talks to MTV News about his Weigh In EP, which dropped as a free download on Tuesday (May 15). | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT...

Rock the Bells 2012 lineup: Missy Elliott and Timbaland
Galleries | Kid Cudi, J Cole, Wiz Khalifa and Atmosphere will all be at this year's Rock the Bells music series, the only touring hip-hop music festival. | The , announced today, features more than 30...

Be true to themselves
| In the June long weekend, the fourth Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music festival will take place with a kaleidoscope of sound encompassing reggae, world music, blues, gypsy, dub and bluegrass to name...

Beach Boys-Inspired 'Surf the Musical' to Open at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas
Print this page Tweet | The recently reunited Beach Boys aren't just re-igniting interest in their catalog on concert stages these days -- their pop classics will also be finding new life on the t...

Hip Hop Festival Rock the Bells Lineup Boasts Missy Elliott, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Reunion
share Ian Gavan/Getty Images Headliners Nas, Kid Cudi and Wiz Khalifa were announced for the 2012 event, which will hit both coasts in San Bernardino, Calif. and Holmdel, N.J. | The annual hip-hop sum...

3-day Asbury beach concert a logistical challenge
| ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining where...

The Jazz Market tickets and listings
After an immense launch at Heroes we're back with more memorable musicians, a UK album launch, an incredible big band and a jazz funk DJ set. | Date: Friday 18th May 2012 | Venue: Heroes Bar » |...

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club - June listings.
| JUNE LISTINGS | Ronnie Scott's | 47 Frith St, London, W1D 4HT | http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk | Box office: 020 7439 0747 | Thursday 31st May - Saturday 2nd June / Doors 6.00pm & 10.30pm (two shows ...

R.I.P. Chuck Brown
| ABC reports that Chuck Brown, the musician who basically invented the Washington, D.C. percussive funk subgenre go-go, died today in Washington, where he'd recently been hospitalized for pneumonia. ...

Ready for Usher? R&B star to perform live on Friday
| The popular R&B star behind the songs "Yeah" and " Climax," is going to heat up the 2012 Toyota Concert Series on May 18, 2012 when he performs his hits live for the first time on the plaza. | Lucky...

Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi headline Rock the Bells
| NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Kid Cudi, Nas and Wiz Khalifa are just a few of the hip-hop heavyweights headlining the 2012 "Rock the Bells Festival," Guerilla Union and Boost Mobile announced on Wednesda...

Jay-Z Puts Career on Hold for Parenthood
If you're itching for a new Jay-Z record, you can go and brush your shoulders — er, copy of "The Blueprint" — off, for now anyway. | Hov told CNN he won't be heading back into th...

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Reuniting To Headline Rock The Bells Festival
| Rappers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are putting their differences aside to reunite and belatedly mark their 20th anniversary at the Rock the Bells festival series this summer. | The Tha Crossroads hit-make...

2012 Rock The Bells Lineup Announced
| So, there it is folks. Rock The Bells finally released its lineup and dates. Nas is headlining the festival with some other rappers doing stuff, too. The big surprise that everyone was waiting for w...

Fat Tony & Tom Cruz - "Bad Habits" (Feat. Bun B & Nick Diamonds)
| Today, the brand new Brooklyn-based label Young One announced its formation, and it's already got a small but seriously impressive roster: Bay Area cloud-rap pioneers Main Attrakionz, wide-eyed Quee...

Beyonce nominated at the Billboard music awards
| Jay's superstar wife Beyonce is no stranger to accolades.  Just this year alone she was named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman and Zimbio.com named her and Jay The Hottest Couple of 2012. Now...

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Call Reunion a 'Kick-Start to a Beautiful Situation'
| Guerilla Union, the promoter who puts on the Rock the Bells tour each year, was initially scheduled to unveil the lineup at an L.A. press conference May 8th. But the announcement was delayed a week ...