A little into their set at the intimate Key Club, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda gave the understatement of the night when he said, "I guess we should thank the folks at SanDisk for putting this on." The data storage company celebrated their newest foray into music by taking over three venerable Sunset Strip hotspots -- the Key Club, Roxy and Viper Room -- for one of the most ambitious parties L.A. has seen in some time.
After earlier sets by the Crystal Method and Cut Chemist, LP returned to their L.A. roots, playing the Key Club for the first time in what they estimated to be eight years. The rockers ran through an hour-long performance featuring a bevy of hits from 'In the End,' 'Crawling' and a beautiful rendition of 'Pushing Me Away,' that featured Mike Shinoda on keyboards accompanying a cast-wearing Chester Bennington, who broke his arm recently in Australia.
Following their set, the assembled press and VIPs filed down the street to the Roxy for an energetic after midnight set by Common that paid tribute to old-school hip-hop, with name-checks from Snoop to Dre.
Busta Rhymes is teaming up with Linkin Park on the track 'It Looks Like We Made It' on his upcoming album, 'Back on My BS,' due December 4.
Rhymes isn't the first rap star to collaborate with the rockers; Jay-Z and Linkin Park joined forces for 2004's mash-up album 'Collision Course.' Busta hopes to draw on the success of the rap-rock stage set by Jigga with the Cool and Dre-produced track.
"This song speaks volumes to the globe -- it ain't just about the 'hood, it ain't just about the suburbs, it's about everybody," Busta told Rolling Stone. "This is one of those songs that can't be described better than touching the souls of common people."
7:56 pm: We're one hour from the year's biggest party: the MTV VMAs -- better known this year as Britney's Big Comeback. We have our seatbelts on. You know, just in case.
8:01 pm: MTV launches with the requisite pre-party and red carpet arrivals, live from the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Holy bleach blonde, Batman! VJ John Norris looks kind of like a mini Perez Hilton tonight, no?
8:03 pm: Pete Wentz is without a hoodie. This is like that 'Seinfeld' episode where everything is opposite. Does this mean Britney will be wearing underwear?
The stars were out in full effect at Diddy's annual White Party this Labor Day weekend in the Hamptons. Previously held in St. Tropez, the party historically attracts some of the hottest names in music and fashion each year. This year, everyone from Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes, to Ashley Olsen and Donna Karen attended the event, which features a stricter dress code than an all-female Catholic school. (Read: White attire only. Not even the slightest cream is allowed.)
See photos of Diddy and his celeb guests in their whitest ensembles, and read who was turned away from the party after the jump!
Just in time for the '07-'08 NFL and college football frenzy, Variety is reporting that Dimension Films will start production on 'Comeback,' a sports drama about the first-ever female quarterback in Pop Warner (read: little league) football history.
Ice Cube will produce and star in the film, which former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is "in negotiations to direct." Durst made his directorial debut with the indie film 'The Education of Charlie Banks,' which is due out this year. The controversial rock-rapper was also hired to direct the 2005 Heath Ledger skater movie 'Lords of Dogtown,' but backed out of the project for reasons unknown.
Ice Cube -- a.k.a. O'Shea Jackson -- will play a former high school football star and uncle to Jasmine Plummer, the 11-year-old girl who lead her team to the Pop Warner tournament.
Artist:Linkin Park Song: 'Bleed it Out' Why You Should Watch: LP men Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda go agro with this punk-influenced single from Linkin Park's latest album, 'Minutes to Midnight.'
Uncle Kracker, Kid Rock's former DJ-turned-solo artist, was arrested this morning on a second degree sex offense charge in North Carolina. According to Jim Sughrue, a spokesman for the Raleigh police department, a 26-year-old woman alleged that she was the victim of sexual assault at a downtown club called the Ess Lounge.
Police obtained a warrant charging the singer, born Matthew Shafer, with second degree forcible sex offense and arrested him at his hotel. The 33-year-old musician is being held at the Wake County Jail on a $5 million bond, and is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon.
Justin Timberlake and Beyonce lead the nominations for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards with seven nods each, it was announced today. Following closely behind are Rihanna and Kanye West, who racked up five nominations a piece, while everyone's favorite wino, Amy Winehouse, earned three.
Super-producer-turned-artist Timbaland takes the reigns as the musical director for the event, which will take place in Las Vegas' Palms Casino Resort. Confirmed performances include Timberlake, West, Winehouse, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Fall Out Boy, Foo Fighters and Lily Allen.
Several new categories will make their debut in the 24th annual installment of the awards show: Male Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Most Earthshattering Collaboration, Monster Single of the Year, and Quadruple Threat of the Year -- an award honoring a jack of all trades (i.e. music, fashion, philanthropy, business, acting and dance).
The VMAs will air live Sept. 9 on MTV, at 9pm ET. For a full list of the nominees, go to MTV.com.
Linkin Park are no strangers to the green scene. Following the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami tragedy, the group founded Music for Relief, an environmentally conscious organization that calls upon the music community fight global warming. Continuing with their efforts, and just on the heels of Live Earth, this year's Projekt Revolution tour will place its emphasis on environmental education.
"Let's say the worst case scenario is that there is no connection [between global warming and natural disasters], and it's just the way that the world is moving and we're not contributing to it," Bennington said at a press conference last week. "But at the same time, what's the worst thing that could happen? We'd have cleaner air, less greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere and people are using less energy."
Artist:Timbaland featuring the Hives Song: 'Throw It on Me' Why You Should Watch: Timbaland and Swedish indie rockers the Hives romp through 'Timb City' in the super producer's new, comic book-inspired video. Ever the gentlemen, they even host a rooftop WWE girl fight.
This remix of Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend' featuring Lil Mama, is more addictive than reality MTV. That lip gloss worked its magic on Avril's single, bringing life back to a song that was starting to get played out. I'm hooked. I've already watched the video four times and I fully admit that I want to watch it again. Go on and press play and you'll understand why.
T.I., Macy Gray and Common will be among a handful of musicians who will be coming out to support the 2007 ESPYs. The awards show brings out top-notch athletes and Hollywood celebs to celebrate the best sports moments of the year.
This year's special musical performance will include Common, Macy Gray, Rocco Deluca and DAP Kings (of Amy Winehouse fame) as the backing band to a Sly and the Family Stone medley. T.I. will be presenting an award.
Hmm, a room full of hot athletes, musicians and actors? My TiVo is set. The show airs on Sunday, July 15 at 9pm EST.
Kiss bassist/ groupie slayer Gene Simmons recent turned his sinister tongue on music's current crop of rappers. In an exclusive interview with allhiphop.com, Simmons said he said he'd "like to hear a rapper who can really speak English exceedingly well and... doesn't make up his own language." Ouch! Wonder what flew up his dragon-scale skirt.
A little into their set at the intimate Key Club, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda gave the understatement of the night when he said, "I guess we should thank the folks at SanDisk for putting this on." The data storage company celebrated their newest foray into music by taking over three venerable Sunset Strip hotspots -- the Key Club, Roxy and Viper Room -- for one of the most ambitious parties L.A. has seen in some time.
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