The heat is on Down Under. The Australian government is stepping into a lip-synching scandal erupting over portions of Britney Spears’ Perth concert tour. The Minister for Fair Trading is demanding a disclaimer, which states that part of the show is pre-recorded, be placed on all tickets sold to see Britney.
Britney performed to over 17,000 fans at the Perth Burswood Dome last night, but thousands of disgruntled fans — some having paid up to $1,500 per ticket — reportedly stormed out of the Australian debut of The Circus concert, infuriated by the pop singer’s “appalling” performance on stage. Read the rest of this entry »
Britney’s in Sydney — Take cover!
Britney Spears and her entire “Circus Tour” touched down in Australia Thursday morning.
“Longest flight ever but we had a great time,” Britney Tweeted early Thursday. “Really cool plane and the V staff took great care of us. So excited to be here!”
The pop tart will take the stage in nearby Perth for the first of 15 concerts Down Under on Friday. Tickets are going for up to $1,360 for her shows.
Britney’s Australian “Circus” crewreportedly consists of 225 crewmembers, 45 band members and dancers, and 15 circus performers – plus 150 local workers that are hired in each city that the show plays.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, tickets for Chris Brown’s upcoming Fan Appreciation Tour aren’t selling very well.
Will Breezy be able to put his attack on Rihanna behind him and save his career or will his lady-beating meltdown haunt him “Forever?”
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YouTube’s webcast of U2’s live concert from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California last Sunday was watched by nearly 10 million people, the video site’s largest streaming event ever.
The full 2 1/2-hour concert is available on YouTube. The rebroadcast video has been watched by more than 1.1 million viewers.
Chris Maxcy, head of music partnerships at YouTube, called the event “a big win” for the site.
The Man still had “it.” The highly anticipated Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It has already set a record!
The Sony film grossed an estimated $2.2 million at the North American box office during Tuesday night’s limited theater release, Variety reports. This is a record for a Tuesday October release.
On Wednesday, This Is It opened in 3,500 theaters and IMAX screens nationwide, in addition to thousands more overseas.
Los Angeles came to a standstill on Tuesday night as Hollywood A-listers joined the Jackson brothers for the premiere of the King of Pop’s concert rehearsal movie This Is It.
The film – featuring Michael Jackson’s final stage performances before his death in June – has been cut from 80 hours of videotape filming the star’s last few days of rehearsals for the concerts planned for London’s O2 arena in July.
Last night’s Los Angeles launch coincided with the worldwide release of the film, which premiered across 15 cities including London, Seoul, South Korea; Johannesburg, South Africa; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Berlin, Germany.
The tragic superstar’s brothers Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon walked the red carpet alongside Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry and Paris Hilton.
Bruce Springsteen cancelled a performance at the Sprint Center in Kansas City on Monday night after his cousin and road crew member died suddenly
The death of 36-year-old Lenny Sullivan was announced in a statement on Springsteen’s website.
Sullivan was found dead at Kansas City’s Intercontinental Hotel hours before Springsteen and the E Street Band were to take the stage. Kansas City police spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart said officers were investigating the death, although he said it was not suspicious.
The Sprint Center Arena said tickets would be refunded.
Betcha never thought you’d see the words “Rihanna” and “cruise ship” in the same sentence, but its true — the Singing Islander is taking on the Royal Caribbean.
On Friday, Royal Caribbean announced that the embattled pop princess will be the first entertainer to perform aboard Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, at its unveiling in Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 19.
Rihanna is readying the release of her fourth studio album, Rated R, scheduled for release on Nov. 23.
Taylor Swift’s hitting the road again, and tickets for the first fifteen dates of the singer’s upcoming Fearless 2010 tour sold out within minutes on Friday.
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U2 and YouTube have teamed up to broadcast a live stream of the band’s concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, this weekend. Any fan wishing to tune in from the 16 countries supported will be able to do so for free this Sunday, Oct. 25.
This is YouTube’s second attempt at live-streaming concerts. In August, the video-sharing site aired portions of the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco.
Portions of the stream will be archived and available for streaming after the event.
