Bruce Springsteen to Perform at Grammys

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2012 Grammy Awards, joining the star-studded lineup of Adele, Paul McCartney, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj.

Springsteen announced last week the release of his new album, “Wrecking Ball,” on March 6 and his first U.S. tour with the E Street Band since the death last June of saxophonist Clarence Clemons. “We Take Care of Our Own” is the first single from the album.

Also scheduled to perform are Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Glen Campbell, Coldplay, Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Blake Shelton.

The Grammys will be broadcast on CBS on February 12.

Katy Perry to Perform at Grammys

Katy Perry will take the stage at the Grammy Awards on February 12. The singer was announced as the latest performer on Wednesday (February 1).

The currently blue-haired pop star is up for Record of the Year for her feel-good empowerment track, “Firework.” The Teenage Dream single is also up for Best Pop Solo Performance. This is not her first time performing on the show.

Adele has also announced her long-rumored Grammy performance on Tuesday. It marks her first performance since a November vocal surgery.

Bruno Mars Has #1 U.K. Spot After 1 Year on Chart

Bruno Mars’ “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” celebrated a year on the U.K. album chart on January 15th by going back to where it started, at No. 1.

Mars’ album debuted at the album chart summit a year ago, falling to No. 2 in its second week, but has never dropped lower than No. 14 in its entire sales year. It now has total U.K. sales of 1.28 million copies, according to the Official Charts Company, but sold a mere 24,000 new units last week to go back to the top.

Adele to Break Singing Silence at the Brit’s

After nearly four months of silence, Adele will break the whisper spell on February 21 at the Brit Awards. The Grammy-nominated singer has been off the live performance radar since surgery to stop bleeding from a polyp on her vocal cords
 in November, but organizers of the show confirmed on Thursday that she will sing again at the event where she is nominated for three awards.

“F—ing happy, thank you for the nods xx,” she Tweeted on Thursday in response to the nominations.

While the Brit Awards confirmation is great news for Adele’s fans, there is still no word on whether she’ll take the stage
 at the February 12 Grammy Awards, where she’s up for six honors. She also Tweeted the message, “Looking forward to the @theGrammys on Feb. 12!” a short after her Brit Awards note, indicating that, at the very least, she’ll be in the room for the show.

A recent report claimed that she is in talks to sing on the show now that she’s begun talking again with her doctor’s permission. Since she doesn’t want to rush back and injure her vocal cord again, the singer is reportedly waiting until early next month to decide if she can sing in public again as early as the Grammys.

Nicki Minaj and Foo Fighters to Perform at Grammys

Rapper Nicki Minaj will make her debut Grammy performance next month, joining Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and country singer Jason Aldean on the list of artists who will take to the stage on the recording industry’s biggest night.

Grammy organizers said on Thursday that Minaj, who has four Grammy nominations, will perform at the February 12 awards show, as well as country sensation Taylor Swift, and Kelly Clarkson.

Rapper Kanye West, who leads this year’s Grammys with seven nominations, is also yet to be confirmed as a performer at the live awards show in Los Angeles.

Organizers said additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

50 Cent Says He Won’t Promote New Music

Judging by a few posts on his Twitter, it seems that 50 Cent is not feeling optimistic. “I don’t think I’m gonna live much longer,” he wrote during a series of tweets. Earlier today, he clarified the remark: “To be conscious that life is short is not suicidal,” he wrote. “I’m good if I die tonight.”

The rapper also claimed that he has “lost all the faith in the team I’m on. I have nothing left to say. I will not be promoting my music.” The comment comes after months of discord between the artist and Interscope Records, who are expecting the delivery of his next album. Last month, 50 Cent released the self-produced mixtape The Big 10, marking the 10-year anniversary of 50 Cent Is the Future.

50 Cent has been keeping busy by concentrating on promoting Street King, his new energy drink, proceeds of which to go to fight world hunger. At an event last month for the launch of his new line of headphones, 50 Cent talked about signing Jersey Shore’s Pauly D to G-Note Records.

LMFAO and Nicki Minaj Join “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”

Nicki Minaj, Florence + the Machine and LMFAO will be joining Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber for the 40th annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”
 televised extravaganza.

The show will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest, with help from Fergie in Los Angeles and Jenny McCarthy in New York and will air live from 8 p.m. until after midnight on December 31. The Los Angeles portion of the show has added Taio Cruz, Minaj, Florence, Gym Class Heroes, Blink-182, OneRepublic, the Band Perry, will.i.am. and Christina Perri. Gaga, Bieber, Pitbull and Hot Chelle Rae will be on hand for the New York portion of the show.

Miley Cyrus Covers Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ On Tour

Looks like Miley Cyrus is crossing over to the dark side. While on tour, Cyrus claimed Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ inspired her to do music. Really? You mean Billy Ray’s ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ didn’t?

Check out Miley’s cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spriit’ –

First MTV O Music Award for Most Innovative Music Video Decided today! Livestream panel debate at 4pm.

Today marks the official kick off of the week long MTV O Music Awards celebration, www.omusicawards.com. Today at 4pm, MTV will be live streaming a panel with Jermaine Dupri, legendary music video director Wayne Isham, and music journalists Caryn Ganz (Yahoo Music) and Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable) where they will debate the nominees for the most innovative music video. At the end of the live stream, the winner will be announced. Hosted by James Montgomery with appearances by Robyn, Tim Nordwind of OK Go, Andy Grammer, Perry Farrell, My Chemical Romance, Ke$ha, and more. Below, please find the list of nominees, as well as the URL and embed code (please note the embed code won’t work until the livestream begins).

The inaugural OMAs will stream live from Las Vegas at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on OMusicAwards.com. Tune in to see who will reign supreme in categories like Most Viral Dance, Funniest Music Short and NSFW Music Video!

Below, please find the full list of innovative music video nominees:

Innovative Music Video
Arcade Fire, “We Used To Wait”
Robyn, “Killing Me”
The Johnny Cash Project, “Ain’t No Grave”
Cassius, “I Love You So”
Sour, “Mirror”
OK Go, “Back From Kathmandu”
Das Racist, “Who’s That? Brooown!”
Craig Wedren, “Are We”
Andy Grammer, “Keep Your Head Up”
Au Revoir Simone, “Knight of Wands”

Watch the Panel Debate Live at 4PM here (please note embed video will not work until 4PM) –

Or you can watch it live on MTV.com!

Katy Perry’s ‘E.T.’ Performance On American Idol

Katy Perry blasted off into space last night during her performance of ‘E.T.’ Perry surprised fans when Kanye West took to the stage midway through the song.

Check out their performance –

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