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Mariah Carey told “Today” and her Twitter followers that she thought she “let everybody down” when her voice cracked when she sang “I’ll Be There” at Michael Jackson’s memorial. But Nick Cannon did not think his wife had anything to apologize for, saying that her performance was “all about the emotion.” “To be able to see [the memorial for] not only someone who influenced music and the world, but someone who was a close friend, to have to sit there and perform, it’s just a little tough,” he said Wednesday. Cannon also noted that Carey was not the only performer… Read more »

As By All Means continues to gain traction at commercial alternative and specialty radio (with recent adds at WEBX in Champagne IL, WSFM in Wilmington, NC and WHHZ in Gainesville, FL, plus spins on Detroit’s CIMX and more) National Product is busy loading up their tour bus for a string of dates starting Feb 7 with Just Surrender, Lorene Drive and Farewell. On March 1, National Product will open for a newly-reunited Slick Shoes at Anaheim, CA’s Chain Reaction, followed by dates with Ivoryline and Breathe Carolina . On March 14th the band will share the stage with Scary Kids… Read more »

Word on the street was that Justin Timberlake was sick, but MTV News found out another one of the night’s big performers was also under the weather. So who used to perform Lionel Richie songs at talent contests, and what exactly did Christina Aguilera say about private parts? Check out what we discovered by poking around backstage where the cameras didn’t go at the Grammys: · The night before the big show , Justin Timberlake was feeling chatty during Grammy rehearsals and sat down at the piano to treat everyone in the room to an impromptu, slowed-down rendition of “Di–… Read more »

The Super Bowl means just as much to the entertainment world as it does to those who follow sports. As the big game approaches, one of the top questions along with “Who’s going to win?” is “What will Janet Jackson be doing at the halftime show?” But Janet isn’t the only celebrity cutie who’ll be catching eyes during the MTV-produced AOL Top Speed Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime performance Sunday. Jessica Simpson has just been added to the festivities. MTV’s 12-minute program will commence with a short film, and then one half of the world’s most popular newlyweds will call for… Read more »

So what do you think of when you think of the biggest musical moments on TV? The people at TV Guide have come out with a list – and it lists as number one then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s sax-blowing appearance on the “Arsenio Hall Show” in June, 1992. The magazine notes that Clinton’s blowing a few bars of “Heartbreak Hotel” on the sax ended up changing the course of American politics. Number two on the list is Michael Jackson’s moonwalk on the Motown 25 special back in the 1980s. Jackson made the list a second time for the debut of… Read more »

Viewers of Fox’s summer megahit “American Idol” won’t have to wait long to hear the first single from whomever wins the competition. Simon Cowell, the snarly Brit judge-recording exec who’ll be producing the track, said he’ll have the song in stores within three weeks of “Idol’s” Sept. 4 finale. He’ll achieve that feat by asking all of the three remaining finalists to record the song – an original composition Cowell describes as a “big power ballad” similar to Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time.” RCA Records has already committed to giving the “Idol” winner a $1 million recording contract that… Read more »

Lifehouse will release Stanley Climbfall, the follow-up to 2000’s No Name Face, on September 17th. The band enlisted No Name producer Ron Aniello once again and recorded the album at Royal Tone studios in Hollywood. Lifehouse will have a lot to prove with their sophomore album, as No Name Face yielded “Hanging by a Moment,” rock radio’s most spun song of 2001. But singer-guitarist Jason Wade is confident that the new LP will further establish the band. “I just think we actually have a sound now,” Wade says. “It was our first two years on the road, and I think… Read more »

Stations to end tragic week marred by the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center with moment of silence, airing of “Taps.” At noon Eastern time Friday, September 14th, all Clear Channel Washington, Baltimore, Frederick, and Winchester radio stations will join all Infinity, Bonneville, Radio One, and Disney stations with a special tribute to those who died in terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C. and New York. This will commence with a moment of silence followed on most stations by the military bugle salute to the fallen, “Taps” a song that captures the emotions this tragedy. This moment will… Read more »