If there's someone who can understand Akon's recent bad publicity, then it's the troubled, former drug-using Whitney Houston. The R&B phenom announced recently that he would soon work with the diva on her next album. "We haven't actually gone into the studio yet; right now I'm just coming up with a lot of different ideas and ...read more

Bow Wow, has announced that he will join R&B singer Omarion for a forthcoming collaboration due some time at the end of this year. Billboard.com reports that the combined effort will result in a two-disc set. "Me and O have been trying to put this together for so many years, and now we've got the opportunity to do it," Bow Wow revealed to ...read more

The traveling entertainment venue, Spiegeltent, returns to New York for it's second annual installment of Spiegelworld, a weekend musical residency of international acts. This year's Spiegelworld will run two months. The outdoor venue will host a variety of musical performances ranging from the British hip-hop of Lady Sovereign to the ...read more

In one of the odder tour pairings we've seen lately, California pop-rock band Rooney will team up with Fergie—yes, that Fergie—on the upcoming leg of her tour. The band begins their Fergalicious journey beginning May 21 in Pittsburgh, PA and then completes the tour on July 26 in Los Angeles. Rooney will also release ...read more

The sixth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, scheduled to take place from September 14-16, announced its impressive line-up today for the three-day outdoor concert. This year's roster features Bob Dylan, the Killers, Arcade Fire, and Amy Winehouse among many others. "We've had hundreds of bands on eight stages and ...read more

Rilo Kiley unveiled today that their fourth album and follow-up to 2005's More Adventurous will be out on August 20. The album, titled Under the Blacklight, is the first collaboration since band members Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett released albums as side-projects. Singer Lewis recorded the solo album Rabbit Fur Coat, ...read more

Metric is already in the planning stages for the follow-up to 2005's Live It Out and anticipates that they will finish their fourth release by October. In the meantime, Last Gang Records will finally release Metric's first album Grow Up and Blow Away on June 12. The debut was never distributed after a label restructuring left it ...read more

After Verizon Wireless pulled its sponsorship from the Gwen Stefani tour, opening act Akon apologized for his onstage antics involving a minor in Trinidad, which was the cause of Verizon's withdrawal. The 34-year-old R&B singer issued a statement saying, "I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to ...read more