Adele triumphs at Billboards
| Adele was the big winner at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday. | The British songstress scooped a total of 12 prizes at the prestigious Las Vegas ceremony, including coveted gongs Top Artist and ...

Adele, LMFAO sweep tribute-filled Billboard awards
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Energetic performances and heart-felt tributes took center stage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, as Adele, LMFAO, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift came awa...

Sacramento Music Festival aims for turnaround
| Welcome the Sacramento Music Festival, and say goodbye to the Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee. | This year a new name and a new talent-booking paradigm define the 39th annual incarnation of the...

Adele, LMFAO big winners at Billboard
| Redfoo and SkyBlu of LMFAO with their Billboard awards. | Adele and LMFAO were the big winners at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, with the British soul sensation winning 12 trophi...

Billboard Awards 2012: The major winners
Digital Spy presents a list of the major winners at the Billboard Music Awards 2012, held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20: | Artist Awards | Top Artist | Adele - WINNER | Lady GaGa | L...

Adele, LMFAO sweep tribute-filled Billboard awards
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Energetic performances and heart-felt tributes took center stage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, as Adele, LMFAO, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift came awa...

Donna Summer Tribute Cut Short, Gibb, Houston And Yauch Honors At Billboard Music Awards
| Natasha Bedingfield (photo: Kevin Mazur, Getty Images)The Billboard Music Awards managed to incorporate a tribute to the Queen of Disco Donna Summer who died of cancer Friday, just days before the S...

Billboard Awards 2012: The winners in full
Digital Spy presents the list of winners at the Billboard Music Awards 2012, to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8/7c on ABC: | Artist Awards | Top Artist | Adele...

Lady Gaga told to clean up her her act
| Christian groups in the Philippines have called for a ban on Lady Gaga's Manila concerts, saying her song Judas is an offensive mockery of Jesus Christ. | And Manila's mayor has ordered Gaga not to ...

Billboard Music Awards 2012: The Complete Winners List
share ABCLMFAO performs at the 2012 Billboard Awards. | Adele was the biggest winner at tonight's Billboard Music Awards, taking home twelve trophies off the strength of her Grammy-winning album 2...

Billboard Music Awards Remember Whitney Houston, Robin Gibb
Show also pays tribute to late legends Adam Yauch and Donna Summer. | By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} More » --> | While the B...

Justin Bieber Lights Up Billboard Music Awards With 'Boyfriend'
Singer snags Top Social Artist award before taking the stage. | By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} More » --> | Justin Bieber got...

White Heat listings
White Heat puts on the best new bands. | Date: Tuesday 22nd May 2012 | Venue: Madame Jojo's » | Location: London » | Doors: 22:30 til 03:00 | Event short url: http://www.skiddle.com/events...

SKAMEL - ALBUM LAUNCH listings
Jazz, ska, dub, reggae and free improvisation full of grooves and rhythms... | Date: Friday 25th May 2012 | Venue: Matt And Phreds » | Location: Manchester » | Doors: 21:30 til 01:00 | Eve...

Bonnie Raitt Captivates in Chicago
| "I should go away more often," Bonnie Raitt told the hooting-and-hollering crowd at the Chicago Theater on Saturday evening before unspooling a multi-song encore highlighted by the heart-wrenching 1...

Bonnie Raitt Captivates in Chicago
| "I should go away more often," Bonnie Raitt told the hooting-and-hollering crowd at the Chicago Theater on Saturday evening before unspooling a multi-song encore highlighted by the heart-wrenching 1...

SOUL4SOUL PRESENTS A SESSION OF LIVE MUSIC INTRODUCING HELENA JOHNSON & JALEXZANDER + S4S VOCALISTS SINGING JILL SCOTT listings
Soul 4 Soul has been pitched at live music lovers, professionals and more discerning party people. There is a wealth of talent in Liverpool, Northwest and Na | Date: Sunday 27th May 2012 | Venue: Stud...

Jay-Z and Kanye West – review
| O2 Arena, London 4 Hits to spare … Kanye West and Jay-Z. Photograph: Steve Gillett | Jay-Z and Kanye West are hip-hop's current two main players, and they are pathologically keen to celebrate the ...

Jay-Z and Kanye West – review
Hits to spare … Kanye West and Jay-Z. Photograph: Steve Gillett | Jay-Z and Kanye West are hip-hop's current two main players, and they are pathologically keen to celebrate the fact. Late last year,...

'Sluttish stars harm youngsters,' says Mike Stock
| The songwriter, who along with Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman formed Stock, Aitken and Waterman and had more than 100 top 40 hits in the Eighties and early Nineties, says modern US performers, especi...

The Great Escape, Various venues, BrightonJay-Z and Kanye West, The 02, London
| She has a point. It's easy for Brightonians, and Brits in general, to be blasé about being able to hold a music festival surrounded by sea. After a few growing pains, The Great Escape – a wristba...

Scissor Sisters; Gossip – review
Sister act: Jake Shears and Ana Matronic at Shepherd's Bush. Photograph: Neil Lupin/Redferns | Launching their fourth album, Magic Hour, Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears is dressed in black and yell...

Scissor Sisters; Gossip – review
| Shepherd's Bush Empire, London; XOYO, London Sister act: Jake Shears and Ana Matronic at Shepherd's Bush. Photograph: Neil Lupin/Redferns | Launching their fourth album, Magic Hour, Scissor Sisters ...

Joe Strummer: The angry young man who grew up
| "He was quite quiet when I met him," she says. "He wasn't doing anything, just living at home – he wasn't out with the posse. I became more and more aware of his charm, shall we say...

Mac Miller Makes It The Best Day Ever At Bamboozle
'I'm just tryin' to bring a show, man,' Mac told MTV News just before his high-energy set at Friday's festival kickoff. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {EL...

Saskia Laroo is entertaining, but not all that good
| Give Saskia Laroo a good deal of credit. | The trumpeter's music is lively, fairly entertaining and original. It simply is not too good. | Laroo closed out the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Distinctly...

One Mic UK: Bringing in the summer listings
ONE MIC simply boasts the premier avenue for new and upcoming performers to take a stage and do what they love in front of a wide range of audiences that may OR | Date: Sunday 20th May 2012 | Venue: Q...

Good Voodoo listings
A colourful weekly Monday show featuring 6 well chosen emerging bands, duos & solo artists in one of London's most beautiful & great sounding venues. | Date: Monday 21st May 2012 | Venue: Half Moon &r...

Drizabone Soul Family plus Nicola Emmanuelle tickets and listings
Acid-jazz, funk and soul collides. If it's nostalgia you're after, this is the band for you. | Date: Tuesday 22nd May 2012 | Venue: Floridita » | Location: London » | Doors: 19:00 til 02:0...

Bamboozle Kicks Off in Asbury Park With Mike Posner, Skrillex
share Skrillex. | The Bamboozle Festival in Asbury Park, N.J., kicked off Friday against a perfect backdrop of ocean waves, salty air and the Jersey shore.our editor recommendsBlink-182 Cancels Bamboo...

Bonnaroo Country/Americana 2012
| Hopefully, your mind is open to the wide variety of musical styles to be found at Bonnaroo this year, but if your tastes are more streamlined you can still build a fantastic weekend schedule! | If y...