Amber Rose Storms Stage To Slam Kanye West Again

Now, the DJ, who said uh-oh, the minute she got onstage, understood her point and started to play another track, but Rose wasn't done, telling them to hold up so she could get a few more digs Kanye's way.

Rose continued with another request for the playlist, saying they should play the guy who writes all Kanye's songs: Travis $cott, who 'Ye signed to the Very G.O.O.D Beats wing of his label GOOD Music.

Kanye has always been considered to be $cott's mentor, working with him on his 2013 debut EP, Owl Pharaoh. Her announcement got some boos and some cheers from the crowd, a pretty even mix actually. Read more and watch the video here.

U2 Perform Mini-Set For Jimmy Fallon

U2 made fun of the accident in a pre-recorded skit on the May 9 episode, and Bono later spoke about it when the group joined Fallon to catch up on his and the band's status as they prepare to launch their "Innocence + Experience" tour in support of "Songs Of Innocence" in Vancouver, BC on May 14.

Fallon also set U2 up in a New York City subway station disguised as buskers; they played a snippet of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" before revealing themselves to the gathering crowd and delivering an energetic version of their 1988 single, "Desire."

In the Tonight Show studio, U2 performed three songs including "Beautiful Day", "Angel Of Harlem" and their new single, "Song For Someone." Watch all the videos including the song performances, the interview, the Bono bike skit and a tour preview here.

Zendaya Guest Stars in Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video

Last Thursday she shared the first teaser for it: an action film-style poster with block letters introducing Swift's character "Catastrophe" and the slogan "band-aids don't fix bullet holes."

Now we know a little more. Swift has confirmed that Zendaya will appear in it. Her character's name? Cut-throat. Very subtle. If the rumors are to be believed, Zendaya will be a part of Swift's girl gang along with Hayley Williams of Paramore, Cara Delevingne and Lily Donaldson, who were also spotted on set. Kendrick Lamar might also be making a cameo.

The video for "Bad Blood" premieres May 17 at the Billboard Music Awards, so there's plenty of time before then for Swift to reveal the rest of her cast. See the post here.

Ed Sheeran Releases 'Photograph' Video

Among the things you'll see in the video: naked infant Ed, infant Ed in cute baby clothes, little Ed in a train, little Ed tinkering on piano (and later a piano recital), little Ed drawing stuff, young Ed playing ukelele, teenage Ed busking on the street, older Ed marking the keys on a piano with a magic marker (his keyboard tricks: revealed!).

Teenage Ed recording vocals in a studio, young Ed playing cello, young Ed playing bass guitar, Ed at various ages playing with cats, Ed blowing out the candles on his birthday cake, Ed dressed as a pirate, Ed getting a tattoo, Ed dancing excitedly through the years, Ed playing drums, Ed playing with LEGOs, Ed taking a bath, Ed on a boat and rock star Ed taking the stage at a festival. Apparently, his parents have been working on this video for quite a while.

Apologies if that was a massive spoiler, but watching the video is more fun than reading about it, so just check it out here.

Imagine Dragons, REO Speedwagon Form Imagine REO SpeedDragons

And now, the video of the performance is online. Both bands joined to create Imagine REO SpeedDragons, performing REO's classic hit "Roll with the Changes"--perhaps relevant for fans of either band viewing such a strange, unexpected pairing.

But it worked. The performance was, understandably, most in the vein of REO's original, but Imagine Dragons added their signature bombastic percussion and kettle drums at the beginning, while frontman Dan Reynolds supplied the vocal on the second verse, sounding slightly more uninhibited than he generally does on his own band's songs.

Dave Amato assumed the role of guitar soloist for much of the performance, but Daniel Wayne Sermon got his chance at a solo about halfway through, too. Check it out here.

Lana Del Rey Takes On Famed Jessica Rabbit Song

While on the first stop of her Endless Sumer tour with Courtney Love, Del Rey added a new cover to her repertoire, one of "Why Don't You Do Right?"--a song sung by everyone from Billie Holiday to Julie London but popularized by Peggy Lee in 1942 and eventually made iconic with the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

The song, which famously played in the nightclub scene with Jessica Rabbit, was right in Lana Del Rey's vocal range and sounded like it would fit perfectly into her discography when Del Rey took it on at The Woodlands, Texas. Read more here.

A$AP Rocky's New Track Features Rod Stewart, Mark Ronson And Miguel

Last week (May 7), Rocky premiered the track at the Red Bull Music Academy Festival in New York City by asking the crowd, "Do you know who Rod Stewart is?"

Stewart didn't get into the studio with Rocky, something we wish we could have seen, instead the track, produced by Mark Ronson, samples a 1972 song by the Aussie rock band Python Lee Jackson featuring vocals from Stewart called "In a Broken Dream."

On the rather downtrodden track, Miguel echoes Stewarts words, singing about spending his time drinking wine and feeling fine, while Rocky comes in with an anger fueled rap about those who are trying to take him down.

Perhaps, he's already sealed the song's fate as a hit by working with Ronson. Check out the track here.

Florence and the Machine Perform On 'Saturday Night Live'

With a broken foot, Florence Welch, wearing all-white, performed her song "Ship to Wreck" sitting on a stool, but it didn't take away from her performance, which featured four backup singers and a five-piece band in black.

Sure, she didn't move around during her third appearance on the show, but you don't have to do too much when you have a voice like that. On the track she asks, "Did I drink too much?/ Am I losing touch?/Did I build this ship to wreck?"

Later, Florence Welch and her band returned to perform her new song "What Kind of Man," that had the singer getting a lot more riled up and doing a lot more hand motions than before.

She also asked a very important question on the hornladen track, "What kind of man loves like this?" We're still not sure. Watch video here.

Amy Winehouse Documentary Clip Goes Online

The film, directed by Asif Kapadia, promises to provide a wealth of previously unseen footage of Winehouse, and unheard music as well. Now we have a clip from the film, which features voice over from Nick Shymansky while the footage shows Winehouse in good spirits, joking about how her face appears in the video while she smokes away at a cigarette.

"I look like a floating head," she says through a smile, while Shymansky talks about Winehouse's reluctance to admit she was a songwriter in her early days.

Recently, Winehouse's family claimed that, 'The narrative is formed by the testimony of a narrow sample of Amy's associates, many of whom had nothing to do with her in the last years of her life. Counter views expressed to the filmmakers did not make the final cut." Watch the clip here.

Chris Stapleton Talks Debut Album 'Traveller'

Traveller, though, puts Stapleton out front and center, something his growing fanbase--not to mention many fellow artists--have been clamoring for.

Among those fans are many fellow artists, too. Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, the Band Perry, Randy Houser and even George Strait are just a handful who have used their social media accounts to share their enthusiasm for Stapleton's songs, voice and brand-new album.

Traveller showcases Stapleton's country roots as well as his knack for songwriting, which includes an almost innate ability to tug on listeners' emotions. It also gives country fans a glimpse into who he is as a person and as an artist. Will the album produce radio hits? Hard to say. But either way, Stapleton says he's fine with that.

The sound on the album "is not exactly like everything that's going on right now, which is always a dangerous thing to do," Stapleton explains during a chat this week in New York. But he's OK with that element of 'danger,' because it came from a creative place that was very real. "It's what we all felt led to do, everybody involved," he says. "It was simultaneously the strangest and the best musical experience I've ever had."

Several times throughout our chat, Stapleton explains the process of recording his album as being a "strange experience." This isn't in a bad way, but in the fact that everything fell into place seamlessly.

"I had made a whole other record that we had abandoned. After my dad passed away [in 2013], I took a trip to the desert, really rebooting and trying to figure out what I was supposed to do," he explains.

His wife bought him a '79 Jeep Cherokee in Phoenix, Arizona and they flew out there and decided to drive it back. Stapleton admits it was a "crazy thing to do," as the Jeep was 36 years old. During their drive, the song that would become the title track for the record ("Traveller") came to him as his wife was sleeping beside him in the car.

"I was thinking about life and how we all pass through it," he reflects. "It started at lyric one, so I'm sitting there driving and holding my phone from the first word to the end, and that was the writing of the song." Read more
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