Obama

Malia Obama was at Lolla with Secret Service

The Obama’s tall 15-year-old was with three friends and was happily chatting away as she left the muddy venue. Despite blending quietly into an oblivious crowd, she was flanked by two huge guards, apparently Secret Service agents in plains clothes, who made sure she and her friends – two girls and a boy – had plenty of space to make their exit…

Arcade Fire played Austin360 Amphitheater, covered Blondie and Prince (pics, setlist) & a secret show after

Arcade Fire opened themselves up to political scrutiny, giant bobblehead-style, this week when a man in an oversized papier-mâché Barack Obama head appeared next to a “talking head” version of Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry at their Austin concert…

Did you get through for Neil Young @ Carnegie Hall tickets?

Neil Young‘s four January shows at Carnegie Hall just went on sale at 11 AM and, unsurprisingly, the interest in tickets put a little strain on Carnegie’s website which generally has more gentle traffic…

Beyonce makes the front page for possibly lip syncing

If it is true that Beyonce did lip-sync at Monday’s inauguration, she wouldn’t be the first artist to perform that way at a major national event…

Obama releases Inauguration Playlist

Needs more punk rock. Check it out on Spotify and listed below…

Staten Island still recovering from Sandy, urging Obama to visit; PS 22 Chorus movie up for Gotham Award (vote!)

We already posted some of Gretchen Robinette’s pictures of Staten Island after Sandy. Here are some more. They’re a reminder of how hard the borough got hit, a fact that not only needs to be remembered, but which needs to reach the right people…

poor Ted Nugent

Not all musicians were cheering when Obama won.

Artists react to Obama's win

A selection of tweets reacting to Obama’s big win last night…. “:)” – Grizzly Bear “YES” – Amanda Palmer “yeah!!!!” – Laurel Halo “FUCK YES” – HEALTH “fuck yeah…
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