NEW MUSIC – THE FRAY “YOU FOUND ME”

If you watch American Idol, then you probably heard Matt Giraud butcher this song. So, I thought I’d share the real thing with you.

The Fray is back with an impressive new album that I recommend checking out. Their current single is ‘You Found Me’.

Here’s a video of The Fray performing ‘You Found Me’ on AOL Sessions.

MILEY CYRUS – ON THE PROWL

Miley Cyrus is on the cover of Glamour this month. Is she trying to look like a middle-aged cougar??! This girl’s grown up way too fast. C’mon guys, she’s still a kid! Her people should know better.

SHE SAID WHAT? – KATY PERRY EATS BIRTH CONTROL PILLS LIKE CANDY

Katy Perry is so scared of having a baby she constantly consumes contraceptives to avoid any possibility of pregnancy. She split from Gym Class Heroes star Travis McCoy last year. She is too focused on her career to even consider the possibility of starting a family.

She said: “I love being in love, I love the idea of marriage and making babies – but not yet. Not until I’m 30. I basically chew my birth control tablets – I chew them like vitamin C, I’m like, ‘nomnomnomnom.’”

She said in an interview with Paper Magazine: “It’s one of those things where I have no energy left to give to anybody. It doesn’t matter if I love them or not. I give it all away on tour and when I’m meeting people.”

“This is a really important time in my life. During the next two or three years, if I do things right, I will have a real career, and if I don’t, well, I’ll just be that girl who kissed a girl.”

Katy is pleased with her success – her single “I Kissed a Girl” was at the top of the U.S. charts for seven consecutive weeks – but is worried her “15 minutes of fame” could soon be over.

She added: “There are about five hundred other girls who are trying to and dying to be in my position – I can’t take anything for granted. It’s all about work – it has to be. I learned everything from reading the Madonna autobiography.”

THE TODAY SHOW 2009 CONCERT SERIES LINE-UP RELEASED

No Doubt, Dave Matthews Band, All-American Rejects, Flo Rida, Black Eyed Peas and Jennifer Hudson are among the bands and musicians scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Today” as part of the morning television show’s 14th annual summer concert series.

The 2009 “Toyota Concert Series on Today” kicks off May 1 with No Doubt, the band’s first live concert appearance since reforming after a five-year hiatus. The concert series runs every Friday throughout the summer.

The early morning concert events take place in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, just outside “Today’s” Window on the World Studio. Viewing for fans is free on a first come, first serve basis.

INTRODUCING – JESSIE JAMES

This chick’s going to rock your world with her southern twang, which you’re about to be hearing all over the radio soon. She recently signed with Mercury Records/Def Jam and was featured on the Confessions Of A Shopoholic soundtrack.

Check out her newest single ‘Wanted’, which she co-wrote with Kara DioGuardi of American Idol, Mitch Allen, and David Hodges.

Click HERE to listen.

JAY-Z OFFERS AMY WINEHOUSE HELP ON HER NEXT ALBUM

I am starting to wonder if multi-grammy winner Amy Winehouse will ever be able to put out another album. According to The Sun, Jay-Z is pretty interested in helping Winehouse and is willing to take on the huge mess that she has become.

Jay-Z told The Sun, “Amy has a really powerful voice, it is so distinctive and beautiful Hopefully in the future we could get together and work on some new material – I’d love to work with her again.”

I don’t have much hope for Amy, I hope she can get her sh** together. Her sophmore album, Back to Black, was the world’s seventh biggest selling album for 2008.

SHE SAID WHAT?! – KELLY CLARKSON

“Anybody who says they don’t is lying.”

— Kelly Clarkson pees in the shower — and so do you!

CARRIE UNDERWOOD WANTS TO BE A REPORTER??

Grammy winning, multi-platinum recording artist Carrie Underwood is nominated for a plethora of awards at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 5, including Entertainer of the Year prize. OK! Magazine caught up with Carrie and heres what she had to say, including what she would probably be doing if she didn’t win American Idol.

What’s it like to be the only female in the Entertainer of the Year category?
I just never thought that it would happen. But I feel like there are so many other women in country music who have been overlooked over the years. I wish it was more normal to see a woman in the category.

You have quite a collection of awards already. Where do you keep them all?
I have a curio cabinet in my living room that houses them all.

How many dresses do you try on when choosing an awards show outfit?
It depends on how many I’ll be wearing during the show. I should keep count — I might surprise myself.

Who’s your pick for Idol this season?
I never publicly announce my favorites because they’re under enough scrutiny already without me adding to it. I do have a favorite, though, and I do vote!

If you hadn’t won American Idol, what do you think you’d be doing right now?
Your guess is as good as mine! I was planning on going into journalism — maybe I’d be the one asking questions for OK! magazine! You never know…

INDUSTRY NEWS – TODD MOSCOWITZ NEW VP OF WARNER BROTHERS RECORD

 

Todd Moscowitz, chief exec of Warner Music Group’s indie labels, has just become exec VP at flagship Warner Bros. Records.

At the helm of WMG’s Independent Label Group, Moscowitz oversees labels such as Asylum and East West. He will remain in that role, but Asylum will migrate to the Warner Bros. stable.

Prior to Asylum, he was g.m. of Def Jam, head of Rush Communications and a partner at Violator Management, where he steered clients such as 50 Cent and Missy Elliott.

HE SAID WHAT?! – OZZY OSBOURNE

 

“I’ve finally got ’round to a book but I can’t remember anything.” –Ozzy Osbourne

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