Recent Posts

Categories

GuideLive.com
Entertainment Blogs


Entries tagged with 'Barack Obama'


Etta James says she can't stand Beyonce

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- We saw Beyonce play Etta James. We probably won't soon see the singing divas duet. The 71-year-old singer says in an audio clip that surfaced online Thursday that she would "whip" Beyonce for singing "her...


Obama inauguration CD

Looking for a musical keepsake of Tuesday's historic inauguration? Billboard.com reports that Hidden Beach Recordings and the Presidential Inauguration Committee are releasing an 18-track CD/DVD just for the occasion. The DVD portion includes eight of President-elect Barack Obama's campaign speeches,...


Beyonce, Wonder, Springsteen at inaugural event

Thank you HBO. With all those names, I'd hate to miss this concert. The Associated Press: NEW YORK -- Judging by the lineup, Sunday's inaugural celebration for Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial is a coveted gig for music's top...


Will.i.am to debut new video postelection

NEW YORK (AP) -- Will.i.am felt so confident about Barack Obama winning the presidency, he's created a new song and video - much like his viral hit "Yes We Can" - to celebrate. "It's A New Day" was to debut...


Springsteen, Obama and Reaganism

Rock musicians haven't launched a big get-out-the-vote tour ala 2004's "Vote For Change." So Bruce Springsteen launched his own. The Boss concluded his three-day pro-Obama tour Monday in Michigan; two days earlier in Philly, he said "Our sacred house of...


Good lookin' out, Jay-Z

Talk about gettin' that hip-hop love; according to The Huffington Post, Jay-Z is helping the Democratic Presidential nominee, Barack Obama, win new voters with a free concert on Saturday in Detroit to promote voter registration. Monday is the deadline in...


Barack Obama: Hip-hop hooray

Rap musicians are understandably charged up by this historic presidential race by Democratic nominee Barack Obama; he's taken on some its culture's mannerisms, referenced them along the campign trail and has found himself name-checked by some of its biggest and...


Another kind of Friday debate: Was Barack Obama really on 'Soul Train' back in the day?

The look and the moves are similar, so I can see where folks are getting the assumption, but it's hard to tell for sure (peep the clip bigger here). And then check the Ellen show clip where he busts a...


Country duo Brooks & Dunn respond to Barack Obama using their song during Democratic Convention

Kix Brooks, one half of country duo Brooks & Dunn, responds to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama using their song, "Only In America" last night during the Democratic National Convention: "Seems ironic that the same song Bush used at the...


Obama and Bush apparently dig the same music

Barack Obama's a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. Or at least that's the message he delivered Thursday night by walking onstage at Invesco Field to U2's "City of Blinding Lights" (his usual entrance song)...

Other Tags

Other tags used on this blog: