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The White Stripes bring their garage-rock sound to Romania this weekend. The duo is set to perform at a cast party Saturday (November 23) hosted by some members of the cast of Cold Mountain. The Civil War-era film is currently shooting in Romania with stars Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renee Zellweger, and White Stripes singer-guitarist Jack White also appears as a musician and soldier who deserts his troop during the war. White performs music in the film as well, including folk and blues standards such as “Wayfaring Stranger” and “Sittin’ On Top Of The World.” White said that he… Read more »

With those sunglasses he wears all the time, it’s sometimes hard to read Musiq. Except when he’s onstage. He can’t keep from smiling; he obviously loves what he’s doing. Wednesday night at B.B. King’s in New York City, the Soulchild held his album release party for Juslisen, which drops next Tuesday. Unlike most shindigs of this nature, Musiq didn’t just play cuts from his LP for attendees such as Jay-Z, Angie Stone, Capone and Bilal – the 24-year-old and his band played cuts. Before the main attraction came onto the stage, the Roots’ Black Thought warmed things up with his… Read more »

Remember how psyched you were as a kid to build a little car or a castle out of Lego pieces? Bet you never fashioned a fully functioning punk-rock duo and a kaleidoscopic world where they could swim, ride bikes and whale on the drums, though, did you? Don’t feel bad. You probably never got that sophisticated, but pioneering director Michel Gondry did, thanks to the White Stripes. In the eye-popping video for “Fell in Love With a Girl,” a two-minute blast of O.P.P.-like fantasy, the candy-colored pair from Detroit strum, jump and sprint their way through a building-block realm that… Read more »

Sure, Pink’s ability to get a party started is widely known, but now it turns out she also has the power to get people in shape. “Get Your Body Started,” an hour-long hip-hop dance/aerobics class based on Pink’s choreography, begins this month at all 400 North American Bally Total Fitness centers, running through July and maybe longer, depending on how it’s received. While the name of the class is based on Pink’s popular single, “It’s not just ‘Get the Party Started’ over and over again, as much as our members would like that,” Bally spokesperson Jon Harris said. Instructors play… Read more »

The second annual Center of the Universe on Hollywood Boulevard will feature three stages showcasing those DJs and others, including Sander Kleinenberg, DJ Sneak and Marques Wyatt. BT, whose profile rose this year after producing ‘NSYNC’s “Pop”, will be performing a rare live set, according to organizers. This year’s event will be held on seven city blocks between Vine Street and Whitley Avenue and is expected to draw 20,000 people, twice the number who turned out for last year’s Paul van Dyk-headlined festival. Dance music promoters Spundae are hosting the event, and profits will be donated to local youth charities.… Read more »

Mick Jagger, once the wild man of rock, says that at the age of 58 he has given up on drink, drugs and partying. And with the Rolling Stones set to embark on yet another world tour, he said the veteran rockers weren’t ready to fade away quite yet: “The Stones would keep going even if they all died,” he said. Jagger, famed for his swiveling hips and pouting lips, has won critical acclaim for his latest solo album – “Goddess in the Doorway” – and he let loose in Los Angeles last week with a rare one-man concert to… Read more »

No Doubt began as a good-time ska-party band, full of California sunshine. But in the last few years, that’s been obscured by smog: bruised egos within the band, gloomy lyrics and weak record sales for last year’s Return of Saturn. The bad times are all gone on their upcoming album, Rock Steady, reports singer Gwen Stefani. “We’re not taking ourselves so seriously,” she says. “It’s like, get over it. We’re a fucking band and we’re really lucky to be doing what we do.” Rock Steady, out December 18th, is a sweet pop confection, made with arrays of keyboards, a dance-floor… Read more »

X chose “We Right Here” as the first single from his upcoming album based on the response it received when he drove around in his truck playing it for people, and now he’s getting ready to hit the road again and bond with the public some more. During his Hoodstock promo tour for the October 23 release of The Great Depression, X will perform a series of free outdoor shows from October 12 through November 1, according to Def Jam. And since he gets around so well in trucks, he’ll be using one as his stage – a flatbed 18-wheeler.… Read more »

Crazy Town, Rob Zombie, One Side Zero, Shuvel, and current Guns N’ Roses members Tommy Stinson and Robbin Finck were among the capacity crowd at a massive party for charity at producer Rick Rubin’s famed Hollywood Hills mansion Saturday night (August 25). Others appearing included actors Andy Dick, Milla Jovovich, and Nastassja Kinski. One Side Zero, Shuvel, and Crazy Town turntablist DJ AM performed. The event was to raise money for Schools On Wheels, a Los Angeles-based charity providing education for homeless children. Crazy Town frontman Epic Mazur tells LAUNCH that he was there to support the cause. “When the… Read more »

In the years since August 1, 1981, when MTV first went on air by broadcasting a song presciently called “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the cable channel has helped to turn musicians as different as Duran Duran, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Tupac Shakur, Marilyn Manson, and Britney Spears into cultural touchstones. MTV helped to mainstream rap music and to pioneer the trend toward reality television with shows like The Real World. And the channel has been at the center of any number of pop culture brouhahas, whether involving cartoon bad boys Beavis and Butt-head, sexually provocative and spiritually outrageous videos by… Read more »