• [LIVE STREAM]: Bruce Springsteen and U2, Carrie Underwood, Kanye West to Play 'A (RED) Thank You' Concert for World AIDS Day [WATCH]

    Kanye West, Carrie Underwood and a special configuration of U2 will all be playing the A (RED) Thank You concert tonight, Dec. 1, for World AIDS Day. Bono's organization planned the event in Times Square, but because of his recent bike accident, the iconic frontman will have to sit this one out. Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay's Chris Martin will take turns fronting the Irish rock outfit, which will be billed as "U2 Minus 1." The festivities, presented by Bank of America, start at 7:30 p.m. and we have a live stream of the concert below.(RED) was founded in 2006 by Bono and Bobby Shriver. The organization has raised more than $275 million since its inception for the fight against AIDS. According to (RED)'s website, the world is closer to raising its first AIDS-free generation with special treatments that prevent the disease from spreading from a mother to her child. Tonight's concert is to celebrate the work that has been done so far and promote the cause in order to eradicate the disease."This year is a World AIDS Day like no other," Bono said in a statement. "The world reached a tipping point in the fight against AIDS — more people were newly added to life-saving treatment than were newly infected with the virus."According to U2's website, Springsteen and Martin "graciously donated their time and talents to save the World AIDS Day event from cancellation."

  • 'Now 89' and 'Now 88' Top Sales Weeks in The UK for 2014; Does This Spell Trouble for British Artists?

    We at Music Times have been fairly grim when reporting album sales for 2014. As you know by now, only one album, released during this year has gone platinum (Taylor Swift's 1989) and only a few more titles threaten to crack one million before 2015 strikes. Frankly, things in the UK seem even worse. Last week featured the highest sales week for a debut thus far during 2014 as Now 89 sold 283,000 copies. The record-holder before Now 89? Now 88 sold 182,000 copies during its first week when it came out during June.

  • Preview Coldplay's 'Miracles' from 'Unbroken' Soundtrack in Sky Movies Christmas Ad [LISTEN]

    Coldplay fans now have a sneak peak at what new music from the band will sound like. Coldplay have written an original song "Miracles" for the upcoming film "Unbroken," directed and produced by Angelina Jolie. Though the track will not come out until December 15 as part of the soundtrack scored by Academy Award nominee Alexandre Desplat ("The King's Speech," "The Imitation Game," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"), a snippet has found its way online via a Sky Movies Christmas advertisement, via "Billboard."The advertisement gives you only a small taste of what to expect from "Miracles," but you hear the quintessential Coldplay sound with emotive piano melodies and moving violins. We do not hear any vocals from Chris Martin because of the advertisement, but it is a good teaser of what is to come from "Miracles."

  • Kygo Teases New Single 'Firestone' Featuring Conrad [WATCH]

    Dance music's new golden boy, Norwegian producer Kygo has previewed a new song on his Facebook. "Firestone" featuring 300-signed Australian singer Conrad will be released according to Dancing Astronaut on Dec. 2 exclusively via Spotify. The preview is included in a recap video for the last leg of his "Endless Summer" tour with sold out shows in New York City and Los Angeles, while having him discuss the making of the track, how his time on tour was and what he has coming up.

  • Coldplay Share Interactive "Ink" Music Video From Latest Album 'Ghost Stories'

    This past Monday, Nov. 24, Coldplay released the CD/DVD set Ghost Stories Live 2014, which featured music videos for eight of the nine songs on their most recent studio album Ghost Stories, with the sole holdout being "Ink." Today, however, the band has shared that track's music video as well, and unlike the album's other eight videos, this one is interactive.

  • Sinead O'Connor Defends 'Do They Know It's Christmas?," Tells Critics to 'Shut the F--k Up'

    Last week, on Nov. 17, the latest version of Band Aid's classic charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released online to raise money for the Ebola crisis in West Africa, and though it went straight to the top of the U.K. charts and is supporting an undoubtedly good cause, the song has been the subject of plenty of criticism, particularly for its lyrics.According to two British newspapers, Emeli Sandé, who actually appears on the latest version, said the lyrics need "changing," while Lily Allen called the song "a bit smug" and said she would prefer "donating actual money."One artist who is vigorously defending the song, however, is the famously outspoken Sinead O'Connor, who also appears on the song."I think everyone should shut the f--k up," O'Connor told "Broadsheet," via "Billboard." "If you didn't like the lyrics you shouldn't have agreed to sing the song. I think it's smug of Lily Allen to say it's smug."

  • The Pop Group Announce First New Album In 35 Years 'Citizen Zombie,' Share Title Track [LISTEN]

    Post-punk legends The Pop Group reunited back in 2010 after nearly 30 years apart, but today the highly influential band announced their first post-reunion album Citizen Zombie and premiered its title track over at Noisey, which you can check out below. Citizen Zombie will be The Pop Group's first studio album since their 1980 sophomore effort For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

  • Skrillex, Coldplay And Soundgarden Join Disney's 'Fantasia: Music Evolved'

    Disney's new video game "Fantasia: Music Evolved" just announced the three new tracks that will be joining the rest of the in-game soundtrack. Contributions from Skrillex and Alvin Risk, Coldplay and Soundgarden will be a part of a new downloadable content patch, who now joins artists like Nicki Minaj, Queen, Lorde, The Police, Elton John and others. Risk, collaborator with Skrillex on "Try It Out," posted a video on his Facebook giving fans a visual at what it would look like to play the game to the sounds of "Try It Out."The video game also released a video that shows you how you can "remix" Coldplay's "Paradise," which is part of the DLC. The last song in the DLC is Soundgarden's "Spoonman."

  • Chris Martin on Coldplay's 'Sky Full of Stars': 'F--k It, I Love EDM'

    Two of music's biggest stars, Coldplay and Avicii, shocked the world when they collaborated on their recent hit single "Sky Full of Stars." At first it seemed like an odd collaboration for Coldplay to dip into the EDM pool for help on their album, but in a recent interview with Beats, frontman Chris Martin explained their reasoning for tabbing Avicii on the project and other influences for "Sky Full of Stars" and the album "Ghost Stories."In starting the songwriting process, Chris Martin had been listening to a lot of Katy Perry at the time. He was enamored with the simplicity of her songs that use the same chords throughout, while layering a few extra elements over top. He also lists Nirvana as another artist who excelled at this "less is more, simplistic way" of songwriting, as noted by "Rolling Stone."He increasingly started looking to EDM as a source of inspiration, speaking on the togetherness of fans."Some people turn their nose up at it, but then you go and see an EDM thing and people are so together and having the best time," said Martin. "So I was like, 'F--k it, I love that stuff, I want us to have a song that comes from that world.'"

  • Coldplay Honor WWI Veterans in 'All Your Friends' Video [WATCH]

    Coldplay honored those who lost their lives during World War I in a new video for the song "All Your Friends."The track is a bonus tune from the band's May release "Ghost Stories," "Rolling Stone" notes. It is a slow burner that plays over old footage from WWI, showing troops during battle. The video comes just in time for the U.K.'s Remembrance Day — Nov. 9 — its version of the United States's Veterans Day — Nov. 11. No member of Coldplay appears in the video, which ends with a uniting message."In memory of all those from all nations who fought in the First World War," the final post reads.Coldplay will release the video with their "Ghost Stories Live" package, out Nov. 24. The CD/DVD will highlight the band's recent jaunt, with footage from their performance at Sony Studios in Los Angeles.

  • Taylor Swift Holds '1989' from Spotify, But Other Bands Shouldn't Expect to Go Platinum Using the Same Strategy

    Perhaps you've heard: Taylor Swift is going to dominate the Billboard charts when official results come out next Wednesday. Initial projects suggested 1989 would sell between 800,000 and 900,000 copies, and that estimate has since been upped to 1.2 million. That's more than three times more than the next highest debut this year (Coldplay's Ghost Stories). One aspect of the album that's largely been skipped over is Swift/Big Machine's decision not to offer the record on Spotify. Many who were aware suggest this as proof that the streaming trend can be beaten. Never has "correlation doesn't equal causation" been more true.
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