Janelle Monáe

Between a calendar of multi-act festivals and single-name attractions, it's going to be a busy summer concert season, outdoors and in. Read More

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/31/12 -- fun. has announced details of their very busy summer schedule, including sold out headline shows, high profile TV appearances, and the arrival of a new single/video from their breakthrough Fueled By Ramen debut, "SOME NIGHTS."Read More

Two-day passes for Philadelphia's Made in America music festival were set to go on sale at 10 this morning via Ticketmaster and LiveNation.com. Admission for both days of the Sept. 1-2 Parkway party ranges from $99 to $655 for the priciest VIP packages. Read More

Pearl Jam, the Seattle grunge survivors fronted by Eddie Vedder who closed down the Spectrum in South Philadelphia in 2009 with four sold-out shows, will headline the "Made in America" festival in Philadelphia on Sept. 1 and 2 along with Jay-Z. Other notable acts added to the lineup on Monday included Skrillex, the electronic producer and DJ (born Sonny Moore) who won three Grammy Awards this year and has become the face of dubstep, the throbbing, bass-heavy dance music; Maybach Music, the alliance of hip-hop heavyweight Rick Ross, Washington rapper Wale, and Philadelphia's Meek Mill; the formerly reclusive, now resurgent soul man D'Angelo; Dutch DJ Afrojack; the acclaimed Brooklyn indie-rock band Dirty Projectors; genre-smashing avant-pop acts Janelle Monáe and Santigold (the Philadelphia-reared songwriter Santi White); controversial hip-hop collective Odd Future, and indie-electro band Passion Pit. Read More

It's now nearly two years since Janelle Monáe hit like a hurricane upon a jaded United States music industry. Read More

"This MTV Movie Awards will be more impressive than The Avengers and you won't have to wait an hour for someone to Hulk out," said Brand. Read More

Nicole Toms practically gushed as she emerged into the sunlight from a massive tent where a gospel choir had brought the crowd to its feet. Read More

True to their reputation, Festival programmers have delivered a schedule packed with quality, of course, but also a most delightfully dazzling diversity, from the purest jazz to its youngest musical cousins. Read More

Siouxsie and the Banshees, Big Audio Dynamite, the Psychedelic Furs, U2, R.E.M. and Julian Cope. My dream Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Read More

Dude, when we get talking, it's like an hour and a half later. Read More