There are 19 results

• 

  The 5 Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows Ever

  February 2, 2011 – Sunday, February 6, a global audience of about a billion people will watch two of football's most storied franchises, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers, do battle in the Super Bowl, live from Arlington, Texas. …
  Read on

• 

  Mary J., Travis Barker Cover "Stairway to Heaven"

  February 4, 2010 – A quintet of unlikely collaborators joined Mary J. Blige in an L.A. …
  Read on

• 

  Grammys: Inside Clive Davis' Annual Gala

  January 31, 2010 – In case you missed it, here are some notes from record mogul Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, where booze got drunk, chicken got ate, songs got performed, and tushes got kissed. --After a rousingly robotic "Boom Boom Pow" with her usual crew, Fergie Blackeyedpea (with guest guitarist Slash) acquitted herself nicely on "Sweet Child o' Mine." Really. …
  Read on

• Mary J. Blige, 'Stronger with Each Tear' (Matriarch/Geffen)

  December 17, 2009 – Mary J. Blige has spent the past decade effecting a slow transformation from R&B's queen of pain to the closest thing the genre counts to Oprah Winfrey (not counting Robin Thicke, that is). …
  Read on

• 

  SPIN.com's 5 Most Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Performances!

  January 29, 2009 – Joining the likes of Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney before him, Jersey-bred rock'n'roller and SPIN cover boy Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band will headline Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show (game starts at 6:28 p.m. EST on NBC). With this news inciting daydreams of beer, nachos, and Hi-Def TV, we here at SPIN.com indulge a moment of pigskin nostalgia and rehash our favorite performances from the Big Show. …
  Read on

• 

  Free Download: Will.i.Am's Obama Tribute

  January 20, 2009 – On Barack Obama's inauguration day, Will.i.Am is again paying tribute to the Chicago native and the Red, White, and Blue. "America's Song," the latest patriotic track from the Black Eyed Peas emcee, was unveiled yesterday on Oprah. The tune, a "We Are the World"-like track for the new U.S.A., features appearances by sometime collaborator Bono. as well as Mary J. …
  Read on

• 

  Exclusive Stream: Mark Ronson & Mary J. Blige Remix Maroon 5

  December 3, 2008 – Between sessions producing new tunes for the likes Slash and Amy Winehouse, sought after knob-twister Mark Ronson worked his magic on this soulful remix of Maroon 5's "Wake Up Call," off the band's new album, Call and Response: The Remix Album, due Dec. 9. "Wake Up Call"'s original foot-tapping, head-nodding groove is replaced with an old school rhythm and soul romp, led by horns and keys in a staccato march. …
  Read on

• 

  Where Have All the Great Rock Singers Gone?

  November 24, 2008 – Today, 17 years after Freddie Mercury's passing, I've found myself wondering: Where have all the great rock singers gone? On Rolling Stone's list of the greatest vocalists of the rock era, the Queen frontman comes in at No. 18. I'd argue him up a few notches, but that's me. What's much more interesting about the list is that, out of one hundred entries, only five are still arguably in their recording heyday. …
  Read on

• 

  Jay-Z, Beyonce, Diddy Party for Obama in Philly

  November 4, 2008 – With the presidential campaign entering its final stretch, a cavalcade of hip-hop royalty turned out Monday in North Philadelphia -- the biggest city in one of this election's key swing states -- to get out the vote for Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Jay-Z, Beyonce, Diddy, and Mary J. …
  Read on