Run the Jewels Attacked At SXSW

According to a video shot from behind the stage, the man appeared to be targeting rapper El-P, who had yet to realize the stage was being invaded. His partner in Run the Jewels, Killer Mike, intercepted the stage-crasher before he could get his hands on El-P while members of the band's crew quickly intervened and rushed the man off of the stage.

A second video of the incident shows members of the audience confronting the stage invader, who is knocked to the ground by one of the RTJ crew members when it looks as though he is attempting to get back onto the stage.

El-P himself downplayed the incident with a humorous message on Twitter. He tweeted, "thanks to everyone who watched us rock the @Spotify house! sorry for the brief interruption.- el-p (@therealelp) March 16, 2015"

Watch video of the stage-crash moment and aftermath here.

Kendrick Lamar Early Album Release Stopped

The album is not scheduled to be released until March 23rd but as we previously reported, this weekend iTunes began selling both the clean and explicit version of the album.

But iTunes shut down the early release on Monday morning. Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony Tiffith took to his Twitter account to express his anger over the early release.

He tweeted, "I WOULD LIKE 2 PERSONALLY THANK @Interscope FOR F***ING UP OUR RELEASE... SOMEBODY GOTS 2 PAY 4 THIS MISTAKE !!!! #TOP."

He then followed up with the following tweets, "this is the kraziest s**t ever." and "i will deal with bs later.... lets focus on the album.....TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY."

But it appears that the early release may have been intended as Lamar's manager and Top Dawg Entertainment President Dave Free tweeted soon after the album went on sale on iTunes: "go brazy #TPAB," and added, "yea this is real life people.. #TPAB."

Rihanna, Zac Brown Band Lead NCAA March Madness Music Festival

Although it's called March Madness the festival will be taking place April 3rd, 4th and 5th, beginning with a Block Party on Friday from 3-10p.m. Performers for the first day are yet to be announced.

On Saturday, Rihanna will be headlining the Countdown Concert which will also feature a performance from Bleachers. Rihanna's new single "American Oxygen" was recently featured in a NCAA March Madness television commercial.

Country music will be the order of the day on the final day of the festival with the Zac Brown Band set to headline JamFest which will also feature performances from Lady Antebellum and Kacey Musgraves.

Toby Keith, Social Distortion Lead Lost Highway Lineup

The event will be taking place on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30 at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, Ca with camping at the Glen Helen Regional Park next door.

The music festival will also include performances from the Eli Young Band, Reverend Horton Heat, Lucero, Linda Ortega, Rock Monroe and The Brave Ones.

The event will begin with the kick off party on Friday night followed by the live music performances on Saturday. Social Distortion's Mike Ness had the following to say about the festival, "What more could you ask for? Nice bikes, California weather and great rock n roll. I'm in!!!"

Get more information here.

Meghan Trainor Releases 'Dear Future Husband' Video, Announces Tour

"Dear Future Husband" comes from Trainor's recently released studio album "Title," and follows her hit singles "All About That Bass" and "Lips Are Movin'." You can watch the new video at Vevo here.

Trainor's North American summer tour will be kicking off on July 3rd in Atlantic City, NJ at The Borgata and will conclude on September 6th in Allentown, PA at the Allentown Fair. See the tour dates here.

Sarah McLachlan Wins Ninth Juno Award

McLachlan released "Shine On", her eighth studio album, last May and it topped the Canadian pop chart and hit No. 4 on the Billboard chart in the United States.

Her Juno win comes as she continues her "Shine On Tour," which kicked off last June with U.S. dates announced through April 1st where she plays the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN.

The 2015 Juno Awards, Canada's version of the Grammy Awards, were held on Sunday, March 15 at Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre and broadcast live on CTV. See the tour dates here.

Of Monsters & Men Debut New Song, Announce Album And Tour

"Crystals" is the first song off Beneath the Skin, the band's second record. The album is due out June 9. Rich Costey, known for his work with Muse, Foster the People and more, co-produced the album.

Beneath the Skin includes 11 songs, plus a 15-song deluxe version that features two remixes. Additionally, the band announced a world tour that includes a small amount of dates in North America starting May 4 in Toronto and concluding June 6. Read more here.

Lights Wins Juno Pop Album Of The Year Honor

Although Lights previous albums, 2009's "The Listening" and 2011's "Siberia," were both nominated for the Pop Album of the Year Juno, this is actually the first time she won the award. She also took home the Best New Artist Juno in 2009.

Lights will return to the road in support of "Little Machines" next month. The next round of touring kicks off with an appearance at this year's Coachella festival on April 11th and will conclude on April 30th in Calgary, AB at the Scotiabank Saddledome. See the tour dates here.

Paul McCartney's Ex-Wife Slams Kanye West, Rihanna Collaborations

Ex-wife Heather Mills had a few shots to shoot toward her ex on Ireland's The Late Late Show (via Ultimate Classic Rock), saying that most kids don't know who Paul McCartney is anymore.

"If I go down the street," Mills said "all I get is kids coming up to me. Half of them don't even know who he is. That's why he's got to do songs with Rihanna and Kanye West, so people remember." Read more here.

Justin Bieber Gets Roasted

Word is the Biebs himself actually instigated this event as part of a multi-pronged bid for redemption from a public weary of his juvenile antics, multiple arrests and unmitigated douchebaggery. The plan goes: run the gauntlet of a savage public beatdown as the first step toward celeb-atonement.

Will it work? Could Bieber's Roast prove to be his on-ramp to career rebirth? He better hope so--while the dozens of rabid Beliebers camped outside Sony Studios in hopes of catching a glimpse of 'the King Joffrey of pop" (Jeff Ross's line) seemed unaware that Bieber Fever peaked five years ago, the vast majority of JB's original fan base have aged out of pre-pubescent heartthrob fantasies, leaving our anti-hero at a Timberlake-esque crossroads.

But enough speculation about Bieber's fate. The important question is: was the Roast of Justin Bieber funny? And the answer is a resounding yes. Schadenfreude enthusiasts on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border will delight in what was probably the most consistently hilarious Comedy Central Roast to date.

Masterfully hosted by minuscule MC Kevin Hart, the evening was an exhilarating barrage of brutal verbal abuse, riotous and unrelenting. And while no one on the dais emerged unscathed, the most barbaric barbs were reserved for Bieber himself.

The line-up seemed odd at first (Shaq? Ludacris? The kid who started on SNL a week ago?) but the only roaster who even came close to being a dud was Chris D'Elia, who Natasha Leggero accurately described as 'if Dane Cook had half the talent and a rich father." His hacky, unnecessarily dark set got laughs but paled in comparison to the best performances of the night. D'Elia himself acknowledged he was only invited because he's Bieber's favorite comedian, which Jeff Ross later mused is 'like being Shaq's favorite poet." Check out some highlights here.

Death Cab For Cutie Release New Song 'Little Wanderer'

Lyrically, Gibbard is introspective, as usual, singing a long distance relationship, something with which he's very familiar. "You send a photo out your window of Paris/ Of what you wish I could see/ But someone has got to be a lighthouse/ And that someone has got to be me/ And I hope your absence makes us grow fonder/ I hope we always feel the same/ When our eyes meet past security we embrace in the baggage claim," he sings.

The track follows up "No Room in Frame," "Black Sun" and "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive." Death Cab For Cutie's new album Kintsugi is out March 31. Listen to the new song here.

The Rock Lip Syncs Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'

That video preview comes courtesy of Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, aka The Scorpion King. In a post on Instagram, Johnson revealed a snippet of his performance, a charming rendition of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," complete with choreography.

It is unclear exactly what has a bigger chance of making you smile: The Rock's dancing or LL's big goofy grin in the background while watching the whole routine.

Johnson is one of the many stars in the upcoming movie, Furious 7, which opens nationwide on April 3. The movie, which is sure to do major business at the box office, also serves as an emotional tribute to late actor Paul Walker, who died during a tragic accident before the movie was completed.

Check out the clip of The Rock's rendition of the Taylor Swift hit here.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Song Wasn't Written As Duet

"[We] just wrote a folky thing," the Cadillac Three singer explained to Radio.com of the song-a slower-paced ballad that focuses on the simple pleasures of quiet country life.

So when word came that Tim McGraw was interested in cutting the song, Johnston was blown away. "They said it was going to be a single and I was like, 'Holy crap! That's crazy,'" Johnston said.

But the surprises didn't stop there. The song, he was informed, would not only be a single but a duet between McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill. "[Big Machine Label Group President] Scott Borchetta said, 'You know it's going to be a duet, right?' And I was like, 'Who are they going to get?' I had no idea. He's like, 'Faith's going to sing on it.' I was like, 'Score! Touchdown!'"

"Meanwhile Back at Mama's" was the second radio single from McGraw's 2014 album Sundown Heaven Town. It earned a good deal or radio airplay, and eventually reached the Top 5 on the country singles charts. Now it's been nominated for Vocal Event of the Year at the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards.

McGraw has cut a variety of material in his more than two-decade-long career, but "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" stands as one of his quietest moments. Something about the homey, laid-back "Meanwhile Back at Mama's," though, struck him at his emotional core.

It's a song of reflection that steps aside from our "crazy" modern world, if only for a few brief minutes. It's a reminder, too, that while country music may continue to evolve in new and different directions, sometimes it's the simplest, most familiar-sounding melody that captures the moment.

"What I wouldn't give for a slow down," McGraw sings in the song, "'cause where I come from, only the horses run."

"Right off the bat, it probably wasn't four bars into the songs that I knew I wanted to cut it," McGraw explains to Radio.com. "The phrasing of it, and what it said, and how it developed�I knew just from the phrasing that I wanted to cut the song right away. Because you sort of had an idea of the gravity of the song." Read more here.

Luke Bryan's Mom Joins In His Spring Break Party

While Bryan hosted his last two concerts on March 11-12 at Spinnaker Beach Club, his wife Caroline and mom LeClaire were along for the fun--and, as it turns out the dancing, too. His two ladies got up on a platform on the stage to show where Bryan got his dance moves from as the crowd cheered along.

Bryan announced his final Spring Break album and show at a press conference earlier this year. 'We've had such an amazing run down there. It has been something I look forward to year after year. Last year was just amazingly over the top. [We had] over 200,000 people on the beach," he recalled.

'We're going to end it on a big bang. It's been an amazing run. We just wanted to play some music on the beach and it's turned into albums and releasing songs online via iTunes and it's turned into physical albums. The last spring break album will be called Spring Break'Checkin' Out."

Watch the video here.

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