During a concert at The Hollywood Bowl last night, Chris Martin and Coldplay paid tribute to Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys “MCA” who died at the age of 47 this week.
“”We’re sending all our love to the Beastie Boys,” Martin said as he concluded the cover of the group’s classic “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party).”
Yauch passed away Friday after a three-year battle with cancer. As the music industry and fans around the globe mourn, watch this emotional performance now:
Dear Adam Brock, do not ever refer to yourself again as “white chocolate.”
But do keep singing like you did in Hollywood last night. You have serious season 11 potential!
This 27-year old from Pennsylvania now resides in Houston, PA and works as the creative arts director at the Central Assembly of God Church there. He has a wife, a nine-month old daughter and a large black woman trapped inside his vocal chords. Wait… what?!?
Indeed, Brock has said that on multiple occasions and we guess we can see what he means, based on this rendition of “Georgia on My Mind.” We’d go with Joe Cocker more than Aretha Franklin, but still.
Brock is off to Vegas to perform with other contestants last night who advanced to the next round. Among them: Joshua Ledet, Reed Grimm, Jen Hirsch and Shannon Magrane.
It’s a doubly great day to be an Adam Lambert fan today.
First, the singer announced that he would front an upcoming tour with the remaining band members of Queen, hitting up various arenas and stadiums in honor of late singer Freddie Mercury.
Now, Lambert has released the official music video for his latest single – off his soon-to-be-released album – “Better Than I Know Myself.” In it, we see two sides of the singer, as a pair of personalities square off; one is all dark and leather-y, the other calm, serene, sipping on tea even.
Adam Lambert is in full-on album promotional mode.
A few days after releasing the cover art for “Trespassing,” the former American Idol favorite is taking fans behind the scenes of his upcoming music video for the first single off that CD, “Better Than I Know Myself.”
“Sometimes you screw up or you say something to hurt your partner’s feelings, or you haven’t been supportive,” Adam says below. “This song basically owns that, says, ‘Look, I’m sorry. Sometimes I’m not perfect but without you I don’t know what I would do with myself. I need you because you are the only person that knows me better than I know myself.”
Adam Lambert has added to his initial, post-arrest statement.
Soon after he and boyfriend Sauli Koskinen got into a drunken brawl in Finland, and were subsequently booked for assault, Lambert Tweeted a half-serious response about how alcohol and jet lag resulted in the incident.
But the ex-American Idol finalist included another message last night, apparently displeased with both his tone in the initial response, and the false reports that circulated in the wake of the publicized arrest.
“Violence is not to be taken lightly,” Adam wrote. “Embarrassed by drunkenness. No punches thrown, no injuries and no charges. Media always exaggerates.”
Hey, we’re just glad everyone is okay. And, yes, Lambert should be embarrassed by the fight. But live, learn and drink less after a long flight. What else can you do?
Alleged comedian Adam Carolla, who is apparently still around, is under fire over a slew of anti-gay comments made on his Adam Carolla Show podcast.
Among other things, in an attempt to be funny, he also told LGBT people to “shut up” because they are “ruining his life” by speaking out about equality.
He went on to say that members of the LGBT community should stop using the letters “LGBT” to describe themselves, and should instead use “YUCK.”
Regarding transgendered people, Carolla asked: ‘When did we start giving a sh!t about these people?’” He then singled out Chaz Bono in particular.
These are just some of the excerpts we can print here, too.
Carolla offered the obligatory half-assed apology to EW via his rep, saying “I’m sorry that my comments were hurtful. I’m a comedian, not a politician.”
Suffice it to say, that didn’t cut it with the gay community.
Herndon Graddick, the senior director of programs at GLAAD, spoke out against him in a press release that accuses Carolla of “gross intolerance.”
“Given his history of anti-gay and racist comments, networks and advertisers should know what their money is supporting if they choose to hire him.”
Of Carolla, the organization continues that “The gross intolerance that he tries to pass off as comedy should not have a place on our airwaves.”
The “history” Graddick mentions to is in reference to Carolla claiming on “Loveline” that gay parents were “not as good as straight parents.”
