We have seen some raw footage of Jay-Z's last night's concert at Carnegie Hall which benefits United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. On that occasion Mr. Carter also performed his dedication track "Glory" for the first time ever in front of a live audience. Thanks to MTV, we have now a high quality visual of yesterday's event. Part deux follows tonight.
Quite a historical event took place last night at Carnegie Hall one might say, as Jay-Z performed his fatherly dedication song "Glory" for the first time in front of a live audience. The event was the first of two intimate concerts of Mr. Carter that intend to benefit United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. Tonight is Jay-Z's next gig, but if you plan to attend expect to make a huge investment as ticket prices are ranged from $2,500 to $5,000 while boxes starting at $15,000. You can find more information here.
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Ever since the lineup of the Superbowl XLVI Halftime Show has been announced, it was likely that the stage of this year's edition would be one to remember. Madonna, who has been enlisted to take the lead for the music entertainment responsibilities, took over the stage at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Gladiator-style and offered a 12-minute medley of hits that included "Vogue," "Like a Prayer" and "Music" as well as her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin’" featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj. The 53-year old pop icon was further accompanied by party rockers LMFAO and The Soul Machine Cee Lo Green. Watch it above and share your thoughts below.
Although they kindly declined to perform at this year's Grammy Awards, Bon Iver could not resist gracing the legendary stages of Saturday Night Live. The band delivered a great live set of their Grammy-nominated “Holocene” and the divisive “Beth/Rest.” As an additional bonus, SNL also reacted to the harsh critics of Lana Del Rey's infamous SNL gig by Kristen Wigg impersonating the songstress during the show's Weekend Update segment. Watch the Bon Iver's performance above and see the Lana Del Rey interpretation below. Also mind you that the Wisconsin collective is up for Best New Artists at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards airing February 12 on CBS.
Never one to disappoint when it comes to live mic performance, Nas took the stage during last night's taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at the Madden Bowl Bud Light Hotel in Indianapolis. The legendary Queensbridge emcee joined forces with the show's in-house band The Roots and offered a great performance of his single "Nasty."
With over 58 million plays on YouTube, a rapidly rising number of radio spins in the United States and a spot amongst the top ten songs on iTunes at the moment, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" has become both an online viral phenomenon and a worldwide hit. To capitalize on the success of his massive single, the Belgium-born, Australian-raised singer-songwriter and musician hit the stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night for his U.S. television debut. Alongside of him was the guest star of "Somebody That I Used To Know," New Zealand beauty Kimbra. After the two performed the song together, Gotye came back on to sing "Eyes Wide Open," which serves as the second single from his third studio album, Making Mirrors. Watch the clips above and below, and head over to iTunes to purchase the LP now.
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Upon releasing his most recent effort Habits & Contradictions, ScHoolboy Q has been experiencing all amounts of love from fans and peers alike. In keeping his appearances going, the West Coast emcee recently sat down with Beats by Dre's television outlet where he spit an impromptu acapella freestyle. See above to witness ScHoolboy go off the dome.
As part of her lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy episode in Madrid, legendary soul songstress Erykah Badu took to the stage to perform a few songs including a unique prolonged rendtion of “On & On”. A second clip shows Erykah speaking of two artists who’ve come on her radar recently, Hudson Mohawke and Jamie Woon. The trio also performed live together for which the performance is integrated in with Badu’s interview with RBMA. For those who haven’t seen it, we’ve also included the RBMA two-hour lecture with Erykah.
Erykah Badu Performing with Jamie Woon & Hudson Mohawke
Lecture: Erykah Badu (Madrid 2011)
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While he's not in the lab furiously slaving away in order to finally get Detox to all of us (insert sarcasm here), Dr. Dre can be seen at one of the U.S.'s most famed nightclub's, LIV in Miami Beach. The Compton artist was recently in sunny Miami, FL over the weekend, as he graced the illustrious nightspot with a performance of his classic track "Still D.R.E." Minus Snoop — check the footage above. Filmed by Jahrue.
A$AP Rocky ventured over to Canada this past weekend to perform three shows in three cities, and we saw him bring out Toronto’s very own Drake on Friday night, and here’s footage from Sunday of a lighter/cell-phone lit room in Montreal watching Rocky perform “Demons”. The sold out event saw the high deman tickets changing hands for over $125.
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