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N.E.R.D are the latest act featured on Walmart Soundcheck: Risers - Pharrell, Chad and Shay performed a six-song set that included their latest single "Party People" - The hip-hop/alternative trio were supposed to release this month their new studio album "Nothing" but it has been recently delayed…

2009 The X Factor winner Joe McElderry premiered his new song "Ambitions" today on Radio One's The 5:19 Show. This will serve as the first official single from his upcoming debut album entitled "Wide Awake" - in stores on October 25th. The cut is not actually an original recording but a cover from…

The super-talented Bruno Mars performed a free concert at The Grove (popular shopping center in Los Angeles) on Friday - The Hawaii-born singer gave live renditions of; his debut single "Just The Way You Are", his latest hit collaborations "Nothin' On You" and "Billionaire", a few covers such us…

Pop star Shakira kicked-off this week her new World Tour called "The Sun Comes Out" (the Spanish translation of the title of her upcoming album "Sale El Sol" - in stores on October 19th). The tour's first date was held at the Bell Centre in the city of Montreal in Canada. As you many, most artists…

British star James Blunt has premiered the music video for "Stay The Night", the first offering from his upcoming album "Some Kinda of Trouble" - in stores on November 8th. The track was penned by James himself and produced by the talented Linda Perry. The tune is very James Mraz or what Olly Murs…

The Saturdays also premiered a new music video today via ITV 2. Frankie, Rochelle, Mollie, Una and Vanessa unveiled the clip for "Higher", the official second single taken from their "Headlines" EP. This was directed by Taylor Cohen and filmed in August at Fox Studios in LA. Really nice! And thank…

Cheryl Cole's music video for "Promise This" has premiered just moments ago on UK channel ITV 2. The Wayne Wilkins-produced track serves as the first official single from Cheryl's upcoming sophomore album entitled "Messy Little Raindrops" - in stores on November 1st. The clip was directed by…

Enrique Iglesias & Nicole Scherzinger stopped by The Paul O'Grady Show on Friday to promote their latest collaboration "Heartbeat". The track included on Enrique's "Euphoria" album will serve as the second single for Europe and the UK. The pair finally gave yesterday afternoon at the Channel 4…

Continuing his G.O.O.D Friday promise of releasing a new song every end of the week until Christmas, Kanye West has unveiled yet another tune. This is entitled "Lord Lord Lord" featuring Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon and Charlie Wilson. Soulful, the verses are dope but the beat is disappointing.…

Kelly Rowland has just premiered the music video for "Forever And A Day", the official second single for the UK and Europe to be lifted from her upcoming third album which hits stores in early 2011. The Jonas & David Guetta co-production becomes the follow-up to "Commander" here. Very well then,…

A new Maroon 5 song has hit the Web - This time via an exclusive premiere on JustJared.com - The track is the collaboration with hit country trio Lady Antebellum entitled "Out Of Goodbyes" - This will be included on Maroon 5's upcoming album "Hands All Over" which hits stores on September 21st.…

Disney star Demi Lovato recently performed an intimate acoustic show for Cambio.com which was possible to watch for free via a stream link on said website - The 30-minute set included tracks from Demi's two studio albums "Don't Forget" and "Here We Go Again" (and a track from the "Camp Rock 2…

Wow, this came out of nowhere! Check out this new leaked video for "Who's That Chick", a new Rihanna track. DL readers will recognize this heavily auto-tuned song from the snippet David Guetta played at NRJ - a French radio show - back in May. Everybody concluded this would become the first single…

Watch the music video for Sheryl Crow's new single "Sign Your Name", the second cut to be lifted from from the singer's seventh studio album "100 Miles from Memphis" - in stores since July - The song counts with ad-libs from Justin Timberlake in the chorus and bridge, unfortunately the pop star…

Kelis is the latest artist to perform for VEVO Summer Sets - The NYC native gave one hell of a good show before hundred of fans - The set included 5 songs from her latest 'euphoric dance' album "Flesh Tone" (in stores worldwide since May), these were: "4th of July", "Acapella", "Brave",…

Listen to this new Akon song entitled "Angel", which recently premiered on US radios and will serve as the first single from Akon's upcoming studio album "Stadium Music" - in stores later in 2010. Sounds very David Guetta so I'm assuming he produced it. The negative side from "Angel" is that it…

As I had reported in early August, British girl-group The Saturdays would be releasing "Higher" as the second single from their "Headlines" EP and that the catchy tune would be remixed with new vocals by US rapper Flo Rida for its official single version. Well, this new cut premiered last night…

English singer Pixie Lott will release the re-packaged edition of her debut album, aptly titled "Turn It Up (Louder)", on October 18th in the UK. The set will be preceded by the first single "Broken Arrow", produced by Grammy Award-winning Toby Gad. As I said last month when the song premiered, I…

Next week Barbados-born singer Shontelle will finally release her sophomore album entitled "No Gravity". That's why the Universal Motown recording artist has been in full promotion-mode these last days. Shontelle arrived this week to the UK where she has given lots of interviews to the media and…

Carlos Santana and rapper Nas have teamed up to make a cover of AC/DC's hit song "Back In Black" This remake will be included on the famous guitarist's upcoming concept album entitled "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time" due out on September 21st. I've actually never heard the…

Ne-Yo confirmed time ago that the only collaboration on his upcoming record "Libra Scale" would be one with rapper Fabolous. And guess what has leaked just now? It's a new duet entitled "Crazy Love". This appears on the "rumored" tracklist from "Libra Scale" so I assume this is it. The new leak is…

After scoring a #1 debut in the UK, Brandon Flowers has released this week his new album "Flamingo" in the US. This is former The Killers' vocalist first undertaking as a soloist. Flowers has been promoting the record in America since Monday on different TV shows and his latest stop was on last…

A new Chris Brown song that goes by the title of "Yeah 3x" was premiered on San Francisco's Wild 94.9 radio on Tuesday. It's uncertain if the track is part of the recording sessions of Chris' next studio album or a new single from an upcoming mixtape- Anyhow, song is FIRE. It seems Brown wants to…

Maroon 5 are the latest act featured on Walmart Souncheck - The band's sessions were finally released today, although they taped them back in June at the House of Blues in Chicago - This special gig is part of the promotional rounds Maroon 5 are making in support of their upcoming album entitled…

Kelly Rowland's music video for "Rose Colored Glassess" has just premiered on VEVO. The Dr Luke-produced track serves as the latest single from Kelly's upcoming third album which after several push backs Kelly confirmed in a recent interview the new record will be out in 2011. I'm absolutely in…

Travie McCoy has recently premiered the music video for "We'll Be Alright", the official second single from his debut solo album "Lazarus" - available in stores since July. I think this is a great and clever single choice, I forsee another Top 10 hit for Travie. I liked the song on the first…

Jay-Z and Eminen offered the last date of their co-headlined "Home and Home" tour at the NY Yankee Stadium in New York City on Monday. And since this was the last gig everybody knew suprises were going to come. A star-studded lineup made of Dr Dre, Swizz Beats, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Chris…

Katharine Mcphee's beautiful ballad "Say Goodbye" has been included on the soundtrack of the upcoming faith-based film "I Am", directed by John Ward, and this has made possible that Kat shot a music video for the stunning song. Watch it in the player above. "Say Goodbye" can be also found on…

Cheryl Cole's new single "Promise This" was premiered just moments ago on BBC' Radio One - The Wayne Wilkins production (Jordin Sparks, Shontelle) serves as the lead cut from Cheryl's upcoming sophomore album which hits stores later in 2010. Very catchy song! And its production is quite…

Listen to the studio version of Kanye West's new single "Runaway" featuring Pusha T - This is the new song he debuted at the 2010 VMAs last Sunday - I really like this, especially for the lyrics! And now everytime I hear this tune I have to picture again and again Kanye's VMA performance. He shut…

Pop diva Kylie Minogue took the stage at the 71st Miss Italy Contest held in Salsomaggiore Terme on Sunday - The Australian singer performed two times at the ceremony - She first sang her latest single "Get Outta My Way" - Kylie used again the new chair routine - and later she hyptonized the…

What a way to kick off the new season's premiere! Ellen DeGeneres taped on Sunday the first episode of the eight season of her hit daytime show and this finally aired a few hours ago. Ellen actually taped her show at a special stage on the VMAs at the Nokia Theatre - obviously once the show was…

Robbie Williams, Alexandra Burke or The Saturdays were among the stars that performed at the benefit "Help For Heroes" concert held at the Twickenham Stadium in London, England on Sunday. All proceeds from the concert's ticket sales will go towards the Help For Heroes charity, which raises funds…