Alicia Keys' Tour Dates Announced!

Announced today, Alicia Keys is gonna go on the road! The "No One" singer is going to be going on the ''As I Am Tour'' kicking off April 19th in Hampton, Virgina. The tour will end in New York City, June 18th. But, she isn't going alone either. She is bringing along with her, American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks. She is only going to be going around in the US, and 2 locations in Canada. This tour is going to be a huge for Alicia, and I bet it is going to be one of the biggest successes this year in music touring! Who knows? Maybe if it is such a success, she will do a worldwide tour? Below is the all of the tour dates in this Alicia / Jordin show...

April 19: Hampton, Virginia (Hampton Coliseum)
April 20: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Liacouras Center)
April 22: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Petersen Events Center)
April 24: Chicago, Illinois (Allstate Arena)
April 26: Columbus, Ohio (Value City Arena)
April 27: St. Louis, Missouri (Scottrade Center)
April 30: Minneapolis, Minnesota (Target Center)
May 1: Kansas City, Missouri (Sprint Center)
May 5: Los Angeles, California (TBA) -- I'll be there! :)
May 9: Las Vegas, Nevada (MGM Grand Garden)
May 10: San Jose, California (HP Pavilion)
May 12: Phoenix, Arizona (Jobing.com Arena)
May 14: Dallas, Texas (Nokia Theatre)
May 18: Houston, Texas (Toyota Center)
May 22: New Orleans, Louisiana (New Orleans Arena)
May 24: Tampa, Florida (St. Pete Times Forum)
May 25: Miami, Florida (American Airlines Arena)
May 28: Atlanta, Georgia (Philips Arena)
May 30: Greensboro, North Carolina (Coliseum)
May 31: Cincinnati, Ohio (U.S. Bank Arena)
June 3: Detroit, Michigan (Joe Louis Arena)
June 5: Cleveland, Ohio (Wolstein Center)
June 6: Toronto, Canada (Air Canada Centre)
June 8: Montreal, Canada (Bell Centre)
June 11: Boston, Massachusetts (TD Bank North Garden)
June 13: Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center)
June 15: Baltimore, Maryland (1st Mariner Arena)
June 17: Newark, New Jersey (Prudential Center) -- Lol, my birthday!
June 18: New York, New York (Madison Square Garden)

So start reserving tickets now! :)

Ashanti ~ The Way That I Love U (Video Premiere)

Haha! After waiting for such a while the video for "The Way That I Loved U", has been released! I absolutely love this track right now, and it may just be my favorite at the moment. The video is very interesting, and features like 'home-video' clips and stuff, probably about an ex of hers. She is just gorgeous in this video, and this just may be her big comeback! Her new album, ''The Declaration''. The video was actually supposed to be released on the 28th of this month but it leaked, way earlier! The track is a bit different than on the single version, but I still love it! Enjoy the video!

Whats Up With The Shutdowns? + Mariah Update!

Today has been a really tragic day in the world of Music blogging. Today 2 great blogs were shut down. Kevipod Music & Ali's Blog, two of the world's most popular blogs were closed by Blogger today. You must ask why? All because of the latest single from Mariah Carey entitled "Touch My Body". So here is what I have learned. The blogs posted the song up (along with many other lesser known blogs) and after record labels saw this on these sites they immediately contacted Blogger and their blogs were shut down. I downloaded the song from an outer source, and after a couple plays I really am starting to like it! Also it was announced that Mariah's new album will be called ''E=MC²''. I think it is something very different, and I can wait to hear it in April!

So, I don't know if I will still be updating this blog for the rest of this week. I might be back up tomorrow, or this weekend by the latest. You can also visit my newest blog, The Sims Stratosphere, a news blog about the latest Sims 2 stuff & news. Also, Kevipod Music re-opened with a new url. You can visit him here! In his post he also includes a download link for "Touch My Body". I wish everyone who lost their blogs the best these couple of days...

The 50th Grammy Awards!

In case you hadn't watched or even known about the 50th annual Grammy wards, here is a mega-post about it all! This year rocked! The performances were great! And the winners really deserved it! Amy Winehouse made a special appearance,a dn she also won many, many awards! Click here to view a list of all the big winners!

Now, its time for all the great performances! Here are most of the performances...

Fergie & John Legend ~ "Finally"


Alicia Keys & John Mayer ~ "No One"


Kanye West ~ "Hey Mama"


Beyonce & Tina Turner ~ "Into"


Beyonce & Tina Turner ~ "Proud Mary"


Amy Winhouse ~ "You Know I'm No Good / Rehab"


Rihanna ~ "Umbrella / Don't Stop The Music"

New Banner!

Hey everyone! How is everyone liking the new banner? I just wanna give a huge thanks to Kent over at the Spill It Now Forums for making this new amazing banner! It may only feature Beyonce but we will still be the same blog we always were, not just focusing on Beyonce, but all the Top 40 artists. I hope you guys enjoy the new banner, and be sure to spread the word about M&M ~ Music Mania!

Trina ~ Single Again (Video Premiere)

I never really liked Trina until I heard this song! The chorus of this song is really nice, and the many references (ex. Beyonce & Jay-Z, "Party Like a Rockstar") are real nice! The video has nothing really special about it, but it is pretty interesting at times, lol. I'm glad to see her back, and hopefully she will make more music like this! Enjoy!

Timbaland's "Mobile Album"?!

This guy is on a roll! I mean he just can stop. First he produces numerous hits for artists like Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, and the Pussycat Dolls, then he goes and releases his album, ''Shock Value'' which spawned many hit singles, next he announces he will be working on ''Shock Value II'' with collabos with Christina Aguilera, Linkin Park, Cher, etc. And now this!

Timbaland has recently signed a deal with Verizon Wireless to create the first "mobile album" which will be exclusively available to subscribers of V Cast, Verizon's mobile entertainment service. Timbaland will produce one song per month throughout 2008 and they will be released days after they're finished in the studio. (Fomats: full-length download, ringtone and ringback). The rumored artists to collaborate in Timbo's new project are; OneRepublic, Paramore, Flo Rida, Natasha Bedingfield, Taylor Swift and Chris Cornell. But the very first Verizon song has already been recorded and was premiered at a Pre-Grammy show last nightI It is with the one and only Keri Hilson and it'll hopefully leak in some way very soon..

Do You Believe In Cher?

After months, maybe even a year of speculation and rumors, today, legendary performer Cher, announced on Good Morning America she will be making her comeback at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada! She will be the successor to Celine Dion's long run at the hotel! Her last tour, The Farwell Tour ended back in '05, but it seems Cher is coming out of retirement and starting the yet unnamed tour May 6th. The schedule is kinda weird as she will begin in May, and will perform four shows a week for a month, then will return in mid-August for concerts through October. It was also reported the show will include songs from the entire 44-year span of her career, from Sonny & Cher classics to her more recent pop oeuvres. In addition to her vocals, the show will feature elaborate choreography, incorporating 14 dancers and four aerialists, as well as flashy costumes by Cher's designer of choice, Bob Mackie.

I guess this tour can be Cher's greatly anticipated comeback to music! She was reportedly working on a new CD, which will most probably feature more electro-pop songs like featured on ''Living Proof'', out this winter. Also, hip-hop producer Timbaland is also collaborating with Cher for his upcoming album ''Shock Value II''. Maybe she will premiere all of this stuff on the tour?

She also said on GMA she will be supporting Hilary Clinton in the presidential race. If you are dying to see Cher really soon, she will be presenting an award at the 50th Grammy's this Sunday! You can watch the interview below!

Usher featuring Young Jeezy ~ Love In this Club (New Song)

Here is their newest song, and now finally in HQ! I'm talking about Usher and Young Jeezy's "Love in this Club"! 'm actually kinda late on this, but who cares? I absolutely love this new track! It may just be Ush's comeback! He is working very hard in the studio, which will probably be released this winter, so we do have a wait. Hopefully, some more tracks will leak before the album releases. Enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD "LOVE IN THE CLUB"!