• Lenny Kravitz Joins Katy Perry Super Bowl Halftime Performance as 'Special Guest'

    Last year, Bruno Mars got the Red Hot Chili Peppers to join his Super Bowl halftime performance. There was really no need for the addition, from an aesthetic point of view, because Mars killed it on his own — but the NFL and Fox decided they needed to appeal to an older audience. This year, Katy Perry was expected to have enough firepower to perform her own gig, but the "Teenage Dream" singer just announced she is adding Lenny Kravitz to the show."My first special guest is going to be an incredible rock & roll icon, a guitar god," Perry told NBC's Willie Geist in an interview set to air Monday, Jan. 12, on "The Today Show," via "Rolling Stone."E! reports the 30-year-old singer was pumped about the addition of Kravitz, an international sensation with two U.S. mainstream rock No. 1 hits — "Are You Gonna Go My Way" and "Fly Away" — under his belt.

  • Super Bowl National Anthem: Blake Shelton Rumored to Be Pre-Game Singer

    The final piece of the Super Bowl music puzzle — Who will sing the national anthem? — has yet to be solved, but a recent report from "Hollywood Life" indicates that country star and "The Voice" judge Blake Shelton will do the honors."The Super Bowl organizers are looking to mix it up a little bit for the person to do the national anthem," a source told "HL." "They want a guy and they have asked Blake Shelton."Apparently, Blake has not been answering his phone, though."He hasn't responded to it yet but they are anticipating a yes and they want to make the announcement during an upcoming playoff game," the source said. "So they are looking to lock the performer in by the end of the week. But Blake is on the top of the list."If Blake is officially announced as the singer, he will join a cast of music stars already in place for the big game.Katy Perry will perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX halftime show at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona Feb. 1, 2014. She follows Bruno Mars's 2014 performance, which kicked a-- and drew an unprecedented 115.3 million viewers.Check out the Pepsi-sponsored Perry preview below:

  • Eli Young Band, The Chainsmokers Announced for Official Super Bowl XLIX Pre-Parties

    The final week of the National Football League is underway, and the teams that will be headed on the road to Super Bowl XLIX will be decided over the next few hours. Only two will survive the gauntlet of the playoff tournament to get to Glendale, Arizona, where the Super Bowl will be played Sunday, Feb. 1. Surrounding the biggest sports event in the United States are a whole slew of parties, concerts and various events thrown by companies and media outlets with celebrities, athletes and socialites all looking to join the action for Super Bowl week. In the week leading up to the big game, there will be five days of free concerts by artists, including country stars Eli Young Band and pop-EDM upstarts The Chainsmokers.The five days of concerts will bring together a variety of styles, including some high-energy dance music, country and 1980s classics from Dramarama, Bow Wow Wow, Gene Loces Jezebel and Naked Eyes.Each night will span four hours, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 10 p.m., with the headliner taking the stage at 8:30 p.m.

  • NFL Asking Katy Perry or Rihanna to Pay to Perform Super Bowl? Music Times Celebrates with The History of Payola!

    Paying an authority for the right to perform...that sounds somewhat familiar to us. Payola, anyone? Okay, technically not as the NFL is a private business and there's nothing illegal about them charging an act to play, whereas payola—or labels paying radio stations to play their music—is a crime because of the public status of radio airwaves. Check out the history of payola in light of the Super Bowl asking for a cut of performer earnings.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers Post Instagram Video Hinting at New Album

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers post an Instagram Video that hints at a new album. For the past few months, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been doing everything from appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to creating new side projects, inking deals to write autobiographies and even delighting fans all over the country with their "unplugged" performance at this year's Super Bowl.

  • Queen Latifah to sing 'America The Beautiful' at Super Bowl after Grammys marriage ceremony

    It's going to be two big Sundays in a row for Queen Latifah. After marrying 33 couples on Sunday (Jan. 26) at the Grammy Awards, it was announced that the rapper/singer/actress will also be taking on the Super Bowl. And no, she won't be marrying anybody at MetLife Stadium. Instead, she'll be performing patriotic anthem "America The Beautiful" during the pre-game festivities.
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