Check out the album cover for Jay-Z’s new album, “The Blueprint 3″ in stores on September 11th. The latest song from the album is “Run This Town” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West and according to reports, they will start filming scenes for the video sometime this week.
In related news, Jay-Z performed at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival this past weekend. Check out a few pics below.
Rappers Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks of The Cool Kids attended and performed the 2009 All Points West Music & Arts Festival at Liberty State Park this weekend in New Jersey.
The duo have been rapping together since ‘05 and had a couple of steady hits including “Black Mags” that was used in a popular commercial in ‘07. You can catch them on tour with the Clipse for the next couple of months.
Michelle Williams, currently playing Roxy in Chicago on the West End Stage, performs at G-A-Y over the weekend in London, England.
Michelle will be playing Roxie Hart at the Cambridge Theatre in London during a limited six-week engagement running through August 23.
Jay-Z and Ciara started their five-city summer tour at The Pearl concert theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Friday night. Ciara is the opening act for Jay-Z, and they will be performing again at Palms Casino on July 4th.
Jay-Z is set to release his new album The Blueprint 3 in September of this year.
Maxwell is pictured performing at the 15th Annual Essence Music Festival on Saturday night. The singer caused a little bit of drama when he came on stage almost 45 minutes past his show time. But people need to realize that many of the acts before him (Jazmine Sullivan, Anita Baker, etc) went over their time and his band had to set up his stage, etc. Here is what he said on Twitter:
thank you ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL.. to all of you who came and checked us all out for your FOURTHofJULYweekend!
some other shows went late.. we were last so..
Maxwell’s new album, BLACKsummers’night, will be in stores this Tuesday, July 7th.
Singers Ne-Yo and Keri Hilson performed during the 2009 Taste of Chicago Festival on Wednesday afternoon. The festival ends this weekend. Peep the photos.
Here are a couple of photos from Michael Jackson’s last concert rehearsal that was held last week Tuesday, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Photographer Kevin Mazur (who owns popular photo agency WIREIMAGE) has been shooting MJ for years and released this statement with the photos:
“I am devastated by the sudden loss of ‘The King of Pop,’ who I have photographed numerous times since the Victory Tour in the ’80s. When he hit the stage at rehearsal, I was thrilled that the magical Michael Jackson was BACK!!! I felt the same adrenaline rush as when I photographed him the first time moonwalking. I was so looking forward to shooting the O2 Arena performances with the amazing production that Kenny Ortega and AEG put together with Michael for his fans.”
–Kevin Mazur, Celebrity Photographer and Founder of WireImage.com
In related news, it was announced yesterday that all ticket holders who bought tickets for Michael’s “This Is It” tour, can get a full refund if they want it.
