Don't start a fight while Florence Welch is performing her hit song "Shake It Out." You might get called out—and then hug it out—with the British frontwoman of Florence + The Machine.
Because it's just not enough that his own music is so incredible, Ben Howard had to go and cover Ellie Goulding's latest single "Figure 8," giving nothing short of a brilliant performance this week on BBC's Radio 1. Amongst a string of new material, Howard re-imagined the British songstress' track with great vocal prowess and some mad guitar skills. Watch the performance below, with a nice nod to Little Dragons "Twice" towards the end.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis made their TV debut on Tuesday night, performing their popular single "Thrift Shop" with a little help from none other than The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Their recent album The Heist stunned industry watchers earlier this year when it debuted at No. 2 on Billboard.
The Killers got pretty animated—literally—in telling a decades-long love story for the new "Miss Atomic Bomb" video. Once again, the Las Vegas-based rockers successfully utilize true-to-form costumes and production in the part-live action, part-animation visuals centered on their latest single off Battle Born.
To celebrate Tuesday's release of his latest album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Big Boi performed Monday night at Manhattan's SOB's, and he managed to surprise the crowd with some guests. Among them were A$AP Rocky and Phantogram, joining the rapper for their track "Lines," which appears on the album.
How's this for your Tuesday? Last week, during Spotify's press conference to detail future U.S. plans, Frank Ocean performed a short set for those in attendance. Before transitioning into "Voodoo," off his Grammy-nominated Channel Orange, the singer treated everyone's ears to a minute of Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees." After hearing his cover, you might agree that one minute just isn't enough.
Imagine Dragons, coming off a successful breakout year, has announced a 2013 headline tour to support their debut album Night Visions. The band kickoff a lofty number of North American stops, starting in Arizona on Feb. 8. The Las Vegas-born outfit will perform in Sin City on the 9th, followed by most major markets, including Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Vancouver and Los Angeles.
While their version of "Mama Told Me" didn't make his upcoming album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, that didn't stop Big Boi from bringing Little Dragon out to perform the track Friday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Of course, the band still appears on three of the tracks off VLADR: “Thom Pettie” and “Descending,” as well as deluxe edition track “Higher Res."
POP ETC. has released new visuals for their track "Speak Up" off The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 soundtrack. The new video combines footage from the blockbuster film with clips of the band playing while on a sunset sail.
It's only been a few hours since Big Sean headlined his first arena show in his hometown of Detroit, but it was certainly one for the books. Sean took over the downtown venue The Palace, unloading more than 20 songs with guest appearances from Pusha T, Common, J. Cole, Mike Posner and more. The 8,000-plus [sold out] venue was sold out absolutely lost it when Kanye West appeared for "Clique" during the encore.
Florence Welch has had some interesting collaborations in her career, but an appearance with The Rolling Stones definitely scores big points for the singer. She made a surprise guest spot this week during the band's 50th anniversary show in London. Watch fan footage of the Welch trading vocals with Mick Jagger for "Gimme Shelter" below:
A day following 50 Cent's premiere of his new track "My Life" on NBC's The Voice with coach Adam Levine, the video has now debuted. The clip, as we previously reported, is directed by Rich Lee and was shot in Detroit. While fellow rapper Eminem was absent for Monday's Voice performance, he is featured on the track as well as the video.
