Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesAnd so Coachella is over for another year. It ended with, for my money, the festival’s finest day. Sunday was densely packed with can’t-miss acts, culminating in the one-two-three punch of the reunited Pavement, Thom Yorke with Atoms for Peace, and headliners Gorillaz. Read about all those shows plus several more after the jump.
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Apr 19
2010
07:15 AM ET
Coachella 2010 Sunday: Gorillaz, Pavement, and Thom Yorke close out the festival on high notes
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Apr 18
2010
08:33 PM ET
Academy of Country Music: And the winners are...
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
TOP MALE VOCALIST
Kenny Chesney
WINNER: Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
WINNER: Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
TOP VOCAL GROUP
WINNER: Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band
TOP VOCAL DUO
Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST
WINNER: Luke Bryan
Jamey Johnson
Chris Young
TOP NEW VOCAL DUO
Bomshel
WINNER: Joey + Rory
Steel Magnolia
BEST NEW ARTIST
Winner: Luke Bryan
TOP NEW VOCAL GROUP
Eli Young Band
WINNER: Gloriana
The Lost Trailers
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers
Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Victoria Shaw, Paul Worley
Play On – Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Mark Bright
“Quitter” Produced by Max Martin & Shellback for Maratone Productions and Mark Bright
WINNER: Revolution – Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
The Foundation – Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
SINGLE OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
WINNER: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington (Mercury)
Produced by: Carson Chamberlain, Billy Currington
Red Light – David Nail (MCA Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
Toes – Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
White Liar – Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
Composers: Mike Elizondo, Brett James, Carrie Underwood
Publishers: Brett James Cornelius Music (ASCAP), Carrie Okie Music (BMI), Rincon Ave Music (ASCAP), Stage Three Songs (ASCAP)
WINNER: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Composers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
Publishers: EMI Foray Music (SESAC), Darth Buddha (ASCAP), Dwhaywood Music (BMI), Hillary Dawn Publishing (SESAC), Radiobullets Publishing (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Year Of The Dog Music (ASCAP)
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
Composers: Bobby Braddock, Troy Jones
Publishers: Crozier Music Enterprises LLC (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
Composers: Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
Publishers: Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
Composers: Liz Rose, Taylor Swift
Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Barbara Orbison World Publishing (SESAC), Potting Shed Music (SESAC)
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Apr 18
2010
07:45 PM ET
Academy of Country Music Awards: We live-blogged it!
Image Credit: Monty Brinton/CBSIt’s over, but you can still read it: Our archived live-blog of this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards is located after the jump.
Apr 18
2010
07:30 AM ET
Coachella 2010 Saturday: Muse and the Dead Weather rock very differently, plus MGMT, Dirty Projectors, and more
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesSeveral ardent fans have already pre-emptively chastised me for underrating Coachella 2010′s night two headliners. As one commenter on yesterday’s Jay-Z post put it, “Muse will be by far the best act all weekend, learn about something before you talk about it.” Well, I’ve just come home from seeing Muse perform, and I can say I’ve learned that the British rockers might very well be the biggest, loudest, showiest act all weekend. But the best? That’s another question. Read why after the jump — plus my full report on seven other notable acts from Saturday afternoon and evening.
Apr 18
2010
04:31 AM ET
Kenny Chesney premieres his 'Summer in 3-D' movie in Las Vegas: EW is on the scene!
Image Credit: Whitney Pastorek/EW.comIt’s the eve of the Academy of Country Music Awards, and Nashville has blanketed Vegas with its twang: Gary Allan played poolside at the Mandalay Bay; Sugarland did a Dr. Pepper-sponsored show at the MGM; Miranda Lambert rocked Fremont Street. But the night’s most anticipated event was the premiere of Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D, the concert film shot as Kenny blew up America’s biggest football stadiums last year, opening nationwide April 21.
Celeb friends like Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, and Dierks Bentley were on hand — as well as Chesney’s fun-loving crew and touring band — and the audience packed two theaters at a local multiplex. Kenny appeared in both to personally introduce the screenings. “Everybody in these two theaters has been a part of our life,” he said. “This film documents our life, and thank you for being a part of it. I’m glad we documented something that shows the relationship with the fans, and I’m really proud of it.” READ FULL STORY »
Apr 18
2010
02:24 AM ET
Saturday ACM Rehearsal Not-Quite-Live Blog: Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Tim & Faith & Brooks & Dunn
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesWelcome back to the final day of rehearsals for the Academy of Country Music Awards! The one and only Randy Travis has been added as a presenter, and we’ve got a lot of ground to cover, so let’s not dally! In today’s post: Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, a press conference with Sugarland, and a quick chat with Darius Rucker. Onward!
9:40 a.m. Bright and early (for Vegas) Saturday morning here in the MGM Green Giant Arena, and they’re doing a “look-see” with the women who will be handing out the ACM statuettes on Sunday night. The two ladies stand on the stage in their evening gowns, and we look at them, and we see.
9:45 a.m. He’s been off the road all year and he “Ain’t Back Yet”: Kenny Chesney is on the scene to rehearse the single from his 3D movie — which I get to see tonight, so check back here for details on the star-studded premiere tomorrow (UPDATE: Click here to see Whitney Pastorek’s Kenny Chesney in 3-D premiere On the Scene report) — and the uptempo, horn-driven number is almost better than the cup of coffee I’ve not yet had time to go and get. (I am dying inside.) As the riffy song rolls along, Kenny takes a wide stance at the microphone and really gets into it. His voice sounds great. I wonder if he misses performing yet. You know, in between siestas on his yacht in the islands. “That song, ‘Ain’t Back Yet,’ which is from the movie [it plays over the closing credits], I think it really reflects our live show a lot,” Chesney told me. “Been looking for one of those for a couple years, just to add to it.” READ FULL STORY »
Apr 17
2010
08:31 AM ET
Coachella 2010 Friday: Jay-Z fills the desert with fireworks and diamonds, plus a surprise from Beyonce, LCD Soundsystem, Grizzly Bear, and more
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com In the end it was just a rumor. The whispers going around Indio, Calif.’s Empire Polo Club Friday held that Dr. Dre would debut the first single from his extremely delayed Detox during Jay-Z’s headlining set on the opening night of Coachella 2010. This sounded plausible enough: We know that this single exists, features Jay-Z, and is called “Under Pressure.” Even so, Dre didn’t show. In retrospect, perhaps we should have known the story was too good to be true.
But who’s complaining? Not me. What Jay-Z did give us was an absolutely stellar evening with an entertainer like no other. Nor did his performance lack surprises. There were fireworks. There was an unannounced cameo from Beyoncé. There were shout-outs to indie bands who had played earlier like “Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, and Yeasayers.” (Yes, Jay-Z randomly pluralized Yeasayer, but let’s not hold that against him.) And of course there was an entire day full of said indie bands before Jay took the stage. Read all about it after the jump.
Apr 17
2010
04:49 AM ET
Friday ACM Rehearsal Not-Quite-Live Blog: Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, and Reba
Image Credit: Francis Specker/CBS/LandovIt was another glamorous day at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Mixers, where country music’s best and brightest gathered to rehearse for their performances on Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards. (Recently added to the lineup as presenters: David Nail, Jake Owen, Joe Nichols, and Randy Houser!) As usual, your Aunt Whittlz was on the scene, diligently type-type-typing away except for when I was distracted by horribly mundane activities such as eating.
Read on for the almost unnecessarily minute-by-minute scoop on rehearsals from Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, and Carrie Underwood, plus interviews with Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire. Plus: Robin Leach!
12:17 p.m. Keith Urban’s adorable Aussie accent is filling the arena as I arrive. His band is on stage, noodling around with the lick from Lou Reed’s “Walk On the Wild Side” while Keith stands in the house, discussing a top-secret gimmick. I’ve been asked not to reveal the gimmick, which is fine by me. I like to be part of the solution. Thus, I can give you a snippet of Keith’s conversation, and nothing more: “There might be something cool in taking it and walking right up on stage with it,” he says. “Then I just have to figure out who’s gonna take it when I walk up to my mic.” As he brainstorms with staffers, Keith is wonderfully cheerful and good-natured.
12:18 p.m. He’s singing “I’m In.” This song is also very cheerful and good-natured. Keith, I do need a lover and a friend. Thank you for suggesting that. READ FULL STORY »
Apr 16
2010
06:49 PM ET
Lady Antebellum's advice to 'American Idol' castoff Katie Stevens: 'Keep going!'
Image Credit: Michael Tran/FilmMagic.comWe caught up with Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood of country trio Lady Antebellum backstage at ACM rehearsals today, but instead of talking about the band’s staggering 7 nominations, or current No. 1 single — “American Honey,” which they’ll be performing on the show Sunday — we took a second to chat about their experience taping an episode of American Idol this week.
All three were struck by how much smaller the set looks in person, of course, though Scott still loved the crowd’s larger-than-life enthusiasm. “When we were rehearsing and just the band was playing, we’d look out into the audience,” she said. “Without our voices, they were just singing along like they knew it.” Of the much-maligned swaybots in the pit, Haywood noted, “They’re funny. They’re all clapping to ‘Need You Now’ like it’s a party song.”
When asked if they’re watching the show, they admitted most times they’re on stage themselves when it airs. But Haywood caught an episode a couple weeks ago. “There’s a girl named Katie that I thought was really good,” he said. Informed that she’d just been voted off, he cracked up. “Did she really?” he said. (“Goes to show you Dave’s taste,” joked Kelley.) “I thought she was really good!” Haywood continued. “She had a thing. When I watched, I couldn’t stop watching her sing. I thought she had a great delivery, and I thought she was incredible. And I am sad to see her go.”
“Keep going, Katie!” chimed in Scott. “I tried out for American Idol twice, and didn’t get past the first round, if that gives anyone hope. Keep going!”
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Wiz Khalifa’s Kush and Orange Juice mixtape blows up
Why is Sir Ian McKellen muttering about “sexual gladiators” on the new Scissor Sisters single?
Broadway star Laura Bell Bundy kicks off her ‘crazy’ country career: A Music Mix Q&A
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Apr 16
2010
10:00 AM ET
Coachella 2010: The Music Mix will be there!
Image Credit: Ken McCoy/PR Photos; Solarpix/PR Photos; Robb D. Cohen/Retna ltdAs we speak, awesome musicians of all sorts are converging on a polo field in the Southern California desert for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. I’ll be there too, running frantically from stage to stage in an attempt to see as much as I can of every notable show over the next three days and nights. That means headliners like Jay-Z (tonight), Muse (Saturday), and Gorillaz (Sunday), plus worthies like LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Thom Yorke/Atoms for Peace, and (OMG) the reunited Pavement, along with dozens more indie acts like Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer, and Deerhunter. You can peruse the full lineup at Coachella’s official site.
Check back here on the Music Mix this weekend for my full dispatches from each day of the festival. To help get into the spirit, read through Chuck/Gossip Girl/The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz’s piece on his fondest memories from Coachellas past. Then take a look, above, at the candid snapshot we nabbed of a top-secret Thursday night rehearsal jam featuring Jay-Z, Muse’s Matt Bellamy, Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, and Russel and Murdoc from Gorillaz. (Just kidding. That is an EW.com photo department collage, sadly.)
Anyone else headed Coachella-ward this year? Which bands are you most excited to see?
(Follow the Music Mix on Twitter @EWMusicMix.)
More from EW.com’s Music Mix:
Wiz Khalifa’s Kush and Orange Juice mixtape blows up
Why is Sir Ian McKellen muttering about “sexual gladiators” on the new Scissor Sisters single?
Broadway star Laura Bell Bundy kicks off her ‘crazy’ country career: A Music Mix Q&A
Drake’s new “Over” video: Watch it
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