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JOHN LEGEND & BENNY BENASSI – “Dance The Night Away” – 2013 COACHELLA (Snippet)

There were soooo many surprise visits at the 2013 Coachella Music & Arts Festival!! There was Tyler The Creator who shocked the audience during Earl Sweatshirt’s performance. Legendary R&B Singer, R. Kelly slipped in during Phoenix’s performance. Solange graced our presence during The xx performance, and here we have John Legend performing with Benny Benassi on the new dance track titled, “Dance the Pain Away” !

Words can’t describe the state of euphoria that everyone felt while these two ‘legends’ performed this incredible song. Included in this post is a snippet of the soon to be worldwide hit. “Dance The Pain Away” is so reminiscent of why we traveled far and wide to be at this year’s Coachella Festival.

JANELLE MONAE Speaks ! And Delivers A Spine-Tingling Performance At COACHELLA 2013!! (PHOTOS)

Janelle spoke to Elle right before her exhilarating performance last night at the 2013 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California (Day 2). In the interview, Janelle gave her fans a little insight on her up & coming album, “The Electric Lady” and talked about her collaboration with mega superstar, Erykah Badu. Then Janelle went on to rip up the stage with a killer performace, as only she can do it. Check out the photos.

PUSHA T Speaks @ COACHELLA 2013!! Interview & New Music (VIDEO)

VA Rapper, Pusha T gave the crowd exactly what they wanted…a dope ass performance!! He started off with a verse from the Clipse’s “Grindin”, his 2002 Neptunes produced hit. He later jumped into a verse from the “Popular Demand (Popeyes),” another Clipse song, before moving into Kanye West songs “So Appalled” and “Runaway” off the “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” album. Finally, Pusha T moved onto songs from his charged up mixtapes, including the Drake diss song, “Exodus 23:1″. In the interview, Pusha T detailed the producers and special guests fans can expect on the upcoming solo album debut, titled “My Name Is My Name”.

2 CHAINZ Performs His “Birthday Song” At COACHELLA 2013!! (VIDEO)

Everyone waited with much anticipation for the supercharged hyped Rapper, 2 Chainz, who was ‘accidentally’ 20 minutes late!! No prob! He all of a sudden explodes on the stage performing his scene-stealing “Mercy” verse, but only after his DJ had prompted the crowd to rap the entirety of Kanye’s part. He went on to perform “Beez in the Trap” minus Nicki Minaj; and dropped “Bandz A Make Her Dance,” minus Juicy J and Lil Wayne. Then the elated moment came… when 2 Chainz hit em’ hard with his oh-so popular “Birthday Song”. A joyous song, for a joyous occasion, at one of the world’s most celebrated music festivals!

COACHELLA 2013 Day 2 RE-CAP!! KILLER (PHOTOS) w/ Janelle Monae, 2 Chainz, Action Bronson & More!

This incredible collection of photos recap day 2 of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at The Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2013 in Indio, California. The snapshots highlight mesmerizing performances from Portugal. The Man, Bat for Lashes, John Legend, Rapper Action Bronson, Two Door Cinema Club, Trash Talk, Major Lazer, Rapper Danny Brown, The Postal Service, Reignwolf, Janelle Monae, The XX, Spiritualized. Violent Femmes, and more!!

Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Flying Lotus, & Domo Genesis – FULL “COACHELLA 2013″ Performance!! (VIDEO)

Tyler the Creator crashed the stage in the Gobi tent last night during Earl Sweatshirt’s performance at the 2013 Coachella Music Festival (Day 1)! The crowd went wild as Tyler climbed the rafters performing the hits, “Tamale” and “Rusty” with Domo Genesis. Flying Lotus served as his DJ and, Sweatshirt, who is gearing up to release his new LP “Dori”s, put on an amazing show!

The 2013 COACHELLA Music Festival DAY 1 – MindBlowing (PHOTOS)

So far, the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has been amazing!! The first day is complete. We now begin Day 2 of the musical festivities. Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt Alt-J, Blur, Japandroids, Local Natives, Modest Mouse, and more delivered explosive performances in the desert of Indio, California.

Ludacris & Macklemore Live Performance @ NCAA Final Four Concert In ATL (VIDEO)

The live footage is a little rough but it gives you some idea of the high energy, from a massive crowd of people, that dominated the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta over the weekend. The NCAA Final Four Big Dance Concert went down in celebration of the NCAA championship game between Michigan and Louisville. The 3-day free music festival featured high-profile musical artists from around the country including; Ludacris, Flo Rida, Muse, Sting, and the Dave Matthews Band, just to name a few. The audience was estimated at around 40k.

Now we’re finally down to the last game of the year. Either Louisville or Michigan will end the day as national champions.

CHARLIE WILSON Tells Lisa Ford, “My Love Is All I Have” At The JAZZ IN THE GARDENS Festival! (Audio & Photos)

CHALIE WILSON is an American treasure and icon with his flawless soulful voice, long stint with the legendary Gap Band, and as a wildly successful solo artist. He’s dominated the Adult Urban Contemporary charts all of his musical career and attracted the grown & sexy as well as Hip Hop fans from all over the world. At the recent 8th annual JAZZ IN THE GARDENS Music Festival, Uncle Charlie mesmerized an audience of over 60k, with his impeccable stage performance performing the hits, “Charlie, Last Name Wilson,” “You Are,” and “There Goes My Baby”. In the pre-event interview, Wilson promoted his latest single , “My Love Is All I Have”, which proves why he will always reign supreme, so as long as he wishes.

FANTASIA’s Candid Interview At The JAZZ IN THE GARDENS Music Festival (Audio & Photos)

It was an exciting worldwind weekend of music and laughter, food and joy, at the 8th Annual, JAZZ IN THE GARDENS Music Festival 2013 (March 16-17th) in Miami Gardens, Florida. One of the artists that stole the show was the talented and animated, FANTASIA BARRINO! She gave a spectacular stage performance and was stunning, poised, and full of heart and soul, while speaking candidly to the media. Here’s what she had to say.

FANTASIA, “First of all, thank you for letting me be me because I’m not going to change for anybody. I came into this industry as a very young and very green small-town country girl, who believed that everybody had my back, like they said they had my back…”