PHARRELL,ARCADE FIRE & DRAKE TO APPEAR AT IHEARTRADIO AWARDS

NEW YORK (AP) — Pharrell, Drake and Blake Shelton are among the A-listers set to perform at the first iHeartRadio Music Awards.

Clear Channel announced Monday that Kendrick Lamar, Shakira, Ed Sheeran and Arcade Fire will also take the stage at the May 1 awards show in Los Angeles. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Lorde and Coldplay's Chris Martin will make appearances.

Contenders for artist of the year include Rihanna, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Imagine Dragons and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

The awards will air live on NBC from the Shrine Auditorium starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Luke Bryan, Pitbull, Ariana Grande and Thirty Seconds to Mars will also perform during the three-hour telecast.

TEASER : MONARCHY NEW SINGLE "LIVING WITHOUT YOU"

After its latest single ‘Disintegration‘ featuring Dita von Teese, English electronic music duo Monarchy, consisting of Andrew Armstrong and Ra Black are finally back to the music spotlight. The guys have ready their highly-awaited new single entitled ‘Living Without You‘.
The song will be released on digital retailers on April 29, 2014.
Monarchy are Andrew Armstrong and Ra Black. They formed Monarchy in September 2009. Their debut performance was at Cape Canaveral in Florida, and was transmitted into space, making them the first band to be broadcast live into space. They have also remixed the likes of Kylie, Jamiroquai, Kelis, Lady Gaga, Fyfe Dangerfield, OMD, Ellie Goulding and many more.

POLL : JUSTIN BIEBER? LADY GAGA? WHICH MUSIC STARS SHOULD BE ON THE 2014 TIME 100?

Canadian singer Justin Bieber holds first place in TIME's reader poll for the year's most influential people, followed closely by Lady Gaga and Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's former Army chief who is now running for the presidency.

Despite a rocky year for Justin Bieber, the Canadian pop star surged to the top of the TIME 100 reader poll, edging out Egyptian Presidential candidate Abdul Fattah al-sisi.


Though the final TIME 100 list of the most influential people of the year worldwide is always ultimately chosen by the editors, TIME seeks the input of readers in an online poll.

Music stars Rihanna and Lady Gaga take third and fourth place in the current poll, though Gaga has a clear lead. Benedict Cumberbatch, whose fans have come out strong on Twitter, has slipped to sixth place, just under Beyonce.
On the same day that Orange is the New Black‘s season 2 trailer premiered, transgender actress Laverne Cox snuck into the top 10 above Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o and pop star Katy Perry. Don’t like what you see? Voting’s still open–if not for long. Polls close at 11:59 p.m. on April 22.

The final winner announced April 23.

 You can vote HERE on TIME MAGAZINE webpage

LADY GAGA’S LEAKED VERSACE ADS – WITHOUT PHOTOSHOP

What a little monster!

It’s been a few months since Lady Gaga‘s Versace spring-summer 2014 ads came out but new photos of the unretouched images have been leaked online, and it isn’t pretty.

Her hair looks less yellow, her skin less pale and the dark circles under her eyes, gone. They even fixed her scared and banged up knees.

Mother Monster has yet to comment on the leaked photos, although it’s unlikely she’s too upset. Gaga recently slammed her over-airbrushed cover of Glamour mag.

“I felt my skin looked too perfect. I felt my hair looked too soft,” the 28-year-old star said at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards. “I do not look like this when I wake up in the morning… I don’t even look like this,” she added, referring to her wild hair and makeup.

The next time we see a beautiful photo spread, we’re going to have to keep these before and after shots in mind.

LADY GAGA CONTINUES TO TEASE ‘ARTPOP ACT 2′

Lady GaGa is not giving up on her ‘ARTPOP’.

The singer, whose new album has been marred by managerial changes, video delays, and other roadblocks, seems adamant to release more material under the project’s moniker.
Speaking with NRJ today, Mother Monster dished more on the much touted ‘ARTPOP’ sequel.

I wrote a lot of music for ARTPOP and I’ve been writing more as well. I have thought about putting out the second act and right now I’m just getting ready for the tour.

It’s actually very different from what is on the first act,I think that’s why I say it will be ‘Act 2′ because it’s a progression. It’s very important that when I put music out that you hear a really strong evolution because I’m changing every time.

So, I’m hoping to put it out within the next year and I’m also very excited that me and Tony Bennett are putting out a jazz album called ‘Cheek to Cheek’ together this year. 

As titillating as the prospect of new GaGa material is, we still feel it’d be better served as part of an entirely new project. Yes, ‘ARTPOP’ delivered many underrated gems (such as ‘Do What U Want’, ‘Applause’, and ‘G.U.Y’); however there’s no shying away from fact the LP sold less not only than expected, but less than releases of her lesser talented rivals.

Hence, from our vantage point, the singer’s best bet would be to count her blessings that she was able to squeeze out a world tour from the messiness and funnel her efforts into plotting an undeniable “comeback”.

VIDEO: LADY GAGA WOWS ‘ROSELAND BALLROOM’ - SEXXX DREAMS & G.U.Y

VIDEO: LADY GAGA TALKS INFLATED NUMBERS, ‘ARTPOP’ TOUR

As Rihanna continues work on her forthcoming studio set, Lady GaGa continued to promote her own this week when she stopped by KTU 103.5 FM to push the Pop piece, ‘ARTPOP.’

While there, the Beyonce collaborator found herself quizzed on a number of hot topics currently surrounding her brand.

Put to her tactfully, the show’s hosts “went there” by asking her about her ‘Born this Way Foundation’, currently under fire for its alleged mishandling of funds, as well asking her to explain the meaning behind her brand new single ‘G.U.Y.’

How inflated numbers, her forthcoming tour and ‘power bottoms’ came into the equation?

LADY GAGA’S “G.U.Y.” VIDEO: REVIEW REVUE

Monsters, Lady Gaga has given you all a lot to look at with the visual for her third ARTPOP single “G.U.Y.” Can your eyes handle all the spectacular spectacle and fashionable flash and overall Vanderpump of this music video?

Several online critics had their say on the Gaga-directed extravaganza, which incorporates four tracks from her latest album, several personalities from the Bravo network and has a run time of nearly 12 minutes. (The credits at the end take up four of those.) Head below to see our roundup of “G.U.Y.” reviews, then let us know your own thoughts on LG’s latest video.



:: MTV rightly notes, “It’s gonna be really hard for Gaga to out-Gaga this one.”

:: Entertainment Weekly calls the video “11 minutes and 46 seconds of unfettered camp-pop delirium that falls somewhere between a Cocteau movie and an episode of Watch What Happens Live, complete with (we couldn’t make this up if we tried) Andy Cohen as Zeus and the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a Greek chorus.”

:: Metro quips, “Even by Gaga standards it’s pretty crazy but at least no one throws up on her.”

:: HitFix brands the video a “a ridiculous, ‘Real Housewives’-assisted spectacle,” and notes that “Lady Gaga has been working to reclaim her queen of pop throne after a rough 2013 and her new video for ‘G.U.Y.”…draws from real-life themes of feeling betrayed by her inner circle — plus a heavy dose of camp and pop culture.”

:: Sugarscape calls Gaga “pop’s most cray cray of critters” then asks, “What d’ya reckon? Worth the twelve minutes of your life you’re never gonna get back? Probably.”

:: MuuMuse feels that “Gaga’s found her way back on top…by being on the bottom,” and deems “G.U.Y.” to be “Gaga’s most grand visual smorgasbord since the days of ‘Bad Romance’ and ‘Telephone’. and certainly the most creative Summer By Bravo commercial to date.”

:: Finally, The Frisky has this to say: “Gaga, I think you need to take a step back, recuperate some of the dough you blew on ArtPop, make sweet love to your hot boyfriend, Taylor Kinney, reevaluate your relationships with predatory assholes like R. Kelly and Terry Richardson, ditch that vomit artist, and come back when you’re interesting again.”

So what are your own thoughts on the “G.U.Y.” video? Let us know below!

LADY GAGA'S "G.U.Y" SHORT FILM REVIEW

onths ago, after it became clear that the music video for "Do What U Want," the second single from Lady Gaga's latest album, Artpop, was unlikely to ever see the light of day, the singer took to her fan forum to explain: "[The video] is late because, just like with the Applause video unfortunately, I was given a week to plan and execute it. It is very devastating for someone like me, I devote every moment of my life to creating fantasies for you. All my my [sic] most successful videos were planned over a period of time when I was rested and my creativity was honored. Those who have betrayed me gravely mismanaged my time and health and left me on my own to damage control any problems that ensued as a result."
 Mother Martyr continued: "The next few months of ARTPOP will truly be its beginning. Because those who did not care about ARTPOP's success are now gone, and the dreams I have been planning can now come to fruition...Let me be for you the Goddess that I know I truly am, let me show you the visions that have been in my mind for two years."

 More than four months after the album's release, it seems Gaga is finally getting around to keeping that promise. Except it feels less like a beginning and more like a last gasp (Artpop currently sits at #156 on the Billboard album chart). Directed by Nicole Ehrlich and Andrew Listermann, "G.U.Y." is a receptacle—a veritable dumping ground, really—for all of the visual ideas Gaga had hoped to explore throughout the life of the album, including those for erstwhile second single "Venus." Following the comparatively brief clip for "Applause," "G.U.Y." returns Gaga to her previous visual excesses.

Shot over six days last month at the San Simeon, California estate of publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst, the seven-minute "short film" recalls the pop star's first epic production, the superior "Paparazzi," and not just because the location's European architecture is similar to that of the Bel Air manse where the previous video was shot. "G.U.Y." likewise revisits Gaga's perennial theme of fame, with cameos by the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and YouTuber SkyDoesMinecraft ostensibly intended as a comment on reality stardom, though it's not entirely clear. It begins promisingly and strikingly, with a winged Gaga lying in a barren field littered with money.

She's been shot out of the sky by men in suits, no doubt an allegory for the artist's fall from grace by what she perceives to be the business interests of the industry and media. She crawls to the doorstep of Hearst Castle, where she's taken to the pool and reborn as...apparently Donatella Versace.
From there, things take a turn for the muddled, with the seashells-by-the-seashore motif of "Venus" represented by synchronized swimmers paying homage to the 1952 Esther Williams movie Million Dollar Mermaid, and some kind of cloning operation using the DNA of Michael Jackson, Jesus Christ, and Gandhi. Oh, and Bravo's Andy Cohen is Eros, "God of sexual desire." A throwback to the singer's early hit "LoveGame" that she describes as "new-wave feminism," "G.U.Y." purports to teach us "new and exciting positions," but it's ultimately just the same old missionary style. For a song about sex, the video is tragically unsexy.

LADY GAGA'S STAGE FOR HER ARTRAVE: THE ARTPOP BALL TOUR

LADY GAGA TO DEBUT NEW VIDEO…NEXT WEEK / REVEALS TEASER

 

Having whipped up a whirlwind of controversy this week, Lady GaGa is seizing the moment to release the next visual from her critically acclaimed ‘ARTPOP’ LP.

After months of teasing and titillation, Mother Monster is gearing up to make good on her promise of more content from the project (which has thus far only spawned one video – last August’s ‘Applause’).

For, taking to Twitter, she announced that she will unwrap a new music video next week Saturday (March 22nd).

The revelation came paired with the pic below, which is widely presumed to be a shot from the clip.

LADY GAGA EXPLAINS ‘VOMITING’ ACT LIVE AT ‘SXSW’

Horrified by Lady GaGa‘s vomiting act at ‘SXSW‘?

If so, then we’d say its imperative that you watch the interview that followed the stomach-turning set, which brought with it the explanation so many have been searching for today.

Accused of glamourising bulimia by numerous media outlets, the ‘Born This Way’ philanthropist found herself quizzed on the world’s response to the act during her ‘Keynote‘ interview at the event, prompting the answer you’re set to receive, below…

LADY GAGA GETS COVERED IN PUKE DURING SXSW PERFORMANCE

Desperate.

Despite being able to boast of a God-given talent, live prowess and sales run the bulk of her rivals will never enjoy, the last year has seen Lady GaGa reveal- rather unfortunately- that she’s pretty desperate.

Yes, perhaps in feeling the heat from unfair criticism launched at her by those who refuse to acknowledge the positive impact she’s made on Pop culture, the star reached new lows hours ago in a fresh bid to push sales of new album ‘ARTPOP.’

Indeed, during her set at this year’s ‘South By South West‘, the Grammy-winning icon- no doubt hoping to dominate headlines the following morning- had a dancer stick her fingers down her throat and proceeded to regurgitate all over the star’s face and body.

It’s such a shame that GaGa has taken to shock tactics to make her performances pop, stooping to lows we’d say even Miley Cyrus would think twice before engaging in.

Indeed, while rising to fame on the merit of her talent, charisma and electric personality, GaGa’s desperate streak may ultimately be to blame for the stunts that overshadow all the things that once made her Pop’s leading lady.

LADY GAGA TO HEADLINE STUBB'S AT SXSW

Lady Gaga is heading to South By Southwest after all.

After reports last week that the singer was denied a permit to perform at the Doritos 56-foot vending machine-shaped #BoldStage on the corner of Austin’s 5th and Red River Streets, the "Artpop" singer is set to headline the outdoor stage at Stubb’s on March 13, which will become the temporary home of the #BoldStage that night.

The performance will be intimate by modern Gaga standards. Stubb’s has an average capacity of 2,200, while Gaga can fill arenas with crowds upwards of 18,000, so gaining entrance will be particularly tricky. That’s why Gaga and Doritos are tasking fans with performing a series of outlandish challenges, or "Bold Missions," set to be revealed on Doritos.com (and Doritos’ social pages) in the days leading up to the March 13 performance. In a YouTube video unveiling the campaign that debuted Thursday morning, Gaga announced the first Bold Mission.

"We’re calling it Bold Bravery. I want you to share a picture or a video that expresses your individuality through a bold action. What bold thing have you done that makes you stand out?”



Gaga added in an exclusive statement to Billboard, “I hope everyday to inspire my fans to follow their dreams, hold their talents precious and go for it. Doritos is supporting this same message. I always say, ‘I hope to spread love with every invention,’ and I’m excited to see how the crowd at SXSW will spread their own mantras.”

For entry to the Gaga show, SXSW Music and Platinum badge-holders and attendees with Artist Wristbands will be asked to perform their own Bold Missions at the Austin Convention Center on March 11 and March 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT. Those who complete the challenges will have their credentials scanned and entered into a drawing for tickets to Gaga’s performance. Randomly selected winners will be notified via email no less than 12 hours before the show.

More details are here.

Billboard.com