Conor Maynard is currently touring across the UK, and in a brand new behind-the-scenes video, the 19-year-old is seen behind the scenes on the tour stop in Birmingham, England. Conor learns that his single ‘Can’t Say No’ has debuted at #2 in the charts in the video. The clip also features footage from the show and a snippet of a new song.
In honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday (May 13), Cody Simpson posted video of a cover of ‘Daughters’ by John Mayer. “It’s a special day for all you moms out there,” the Australian pop singer said before performing the track. “I’d like to dedicate this song to my mom. I love you mom. Just to celebrate and cherish all the beautiful moms in the world for taking care of my angels and gentlmen all year around. This is one of my favorite John Mayer songs called ‘Daughters’. I think it suits this occasion quite nicely.” Watch it via YouTube below.
TheCelebrityCafe.com caught up with Debbie Gibson in a Q&A, asking the singer and ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ participant about her favorite film and TV work, never being concerned about putting out hits with music subsequent to her first three albums, plans for a new album, actual life being her inspiration, loving Donald Trump, and charity work.
“It’s funny… I think you hear a lot of artists go through this process where they come out with their first hit and great album or two because it’s all the songs they accumulated while they were just living life,” Gibson said about songwriting inspiration. “Then you hit the road and you get the songs about being on the road that nobody can relate to! For me, I’ve been sort of re-inspired because I’ve been in a great relationship for the past few years and I get inspired by everything. It could be a groove of a song that I love that’s current. That all of a sudden takes me into writing my own version of that… Or it triggers something in me or it could be be something from my own real life. It could be something from world events. I’m very tuned into writing from that place right now. I feel like this country is not in the greatest place. I see people’s pains and I feel their struggles… I’ve written some songs that are very about what can’t be taken away from you. Because I think that people right now are losing jobs, they can’t come up with money to pay for rent or whatever it is.”
According to TMZ, Demi Lovato has signed a deal to be a judge and mentor on the second season of ‘The X Factor’. The singer and actress will be in New York City on Monday (May 14) to announce she’s joining the show during the FOX Up Fronts. The 19-year-old will reportedly be joined in the Big Apple by Britney Spears, who will also be introduced to the ‘X Factor’ team that includes Simon Cowell L.A. Reid.
Sarah McLachlan checked in with fans on her official web site on Sunday (May 13), wishing a Happy Mothers Day! The 44-year-old singer songwriter, who herself is a mother with two daughters (Ann Sushil Sood and Taja Summer Sood), writes:
Happy Mothers Day! Being a mother is as beautiful and rewarding as it is painful and devastating. It is the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Here’s to being kind to ourselves and giving ourselves a hug and a pat on the back for doing the best we can in the hardest job there ever was… This morning, my daughters woke me with hot coffee and a bubble bath, then gave me beautiful hand made cards and diamond heart earrings from Claires that they bought themselves. These are sweet moments and I cherish them with all my heart…I hope all you mothers are having a wonderful day…. xoxo Sarah
Nelly Furtado is out with the music video to her new single ‘Big Hoops (The Bigger the Better)’, off the Canadian pop singer’s fifth studio album ‘The Spirit Indestructible’, due June 19th. The X directed video was shot in downtown Los Angeles and features Nelly on stilts with a performance from World Champion Native American hoop dancers.
Cory Lamb is out with the music video to his new single ‘Safe In Your Arms’, the title track off the Little Rock, Arkansas pop singer’s brand new EP ‘Safe In Your Arms’, available now on iTunes. The clip was directed by Life Garland. The four track EP is the follow-up to his 2011 debut album, ‘Break the Cycle’. Watch it via YouTube below.
Maroon 5 are out with the music video for their new single ‘Payphone’, featuring Wiz Khalifa. The video, which was shot by award winning director Samuel Bayer, premiered on E! and finds frontman Adam Levine on the run after a bank heist.
“I have no self-confidence,” Adam says of his character in the video. “It’s gonna be a very difficult role for me to play because I’m a cocky motherfu**er.”
Watch the video and behind the scenes footage via YouTube below.
‘Payphone’, which debuted at #1 on the Digital Songs chart with 493,000 downloads, broke the Black Eyed Peas’ previous record for first week digital sales by a group. The track is up now on iTunes, and will appear on Maroon 5′s fourth studio album ‘Overexposed’, due out June 26th on A&M/Octone.
Regina Spektor and Only Son are out with the music video to their new single ‘Call Them Brothers’, which appears on Only Son’s second album ‘Searchlight’.
The video was directed and photographed by James Holland using Super 8mm film. Additional archival footage was shot by family friend Howard Zuckerman.
Regina and Jack Dishel of Only Son liked the song so much they recorded a new version of the song with producer Mike Elizondo. It will appear on the digital deluxe edition of Regina’s new album ‘What We Saw From The Cheap Seats’, available on iTunes May 29th. Watch the video via YouTube below.
Young Hollywood caught up with singer and ‘Good Luck Charlie’ star Shane Harper during his recent takeover of Radio Disney. In the interview, Shane discussed his first Disney audition, his tour with Greyson Chance and Cody Simpson, and showed off some of his karate skills. During the takeover, Shane performed an acoustic version of ‘Dancing in the Rain’, which Shane will be premiering the official video for later this month.
“I like to jam in sessions, so I like to have people that are really into music, not trying to make a formulaic hit,” Shane said when asked how the songs on his recently released self-titled debut album came about. “I just like being in the room with people who are inspired by music, who can play instruments themselves, or who want to collaborate in a really exciting way, because I like to be excited in the room about what you’re making and let everything out and have a good time.”
Watch the interview via YouTube below.