Posts Tagged ‘Chris Brown’

11 Sep. 2009

Stars back out of Jackson tribute; now postponed


Well … that didn’t take long. The Jackson tribute concert that was to take place at the end of September has been pushed back to June 2010. The location of Vienna was also changed to London, the destination of Jackson’s would-be comeback. The first announcement of performers was announced by Jermaine Jackson on Tuesday, but …

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08 Sep. 2009

Chris Brown plans comeback at Jackson tribute


Chris Brown is a lot of things these days and none of them are good. Next on the list, he will be using the Michael Jackson tribute concert as his comeback platform. Way to be tacky. The event, which will take place Sept. 26 in Vienna, is being organized by Jackson’s brother, Jermaine who today …

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01 Sep. 2009

Chris Brown doesn’t remember, then does remember beating Rihanna


As Chris Brown embarks on his “I’m Sorry” tour, it seems as if he’s suffering from a case of selective memory. The anticipated Larry King interview airs tonight, but snippets have been released with a bow-tied clad Brown accompanied by his mother and lawyer in which he claims he can’t remember beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna interjected …

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25 Aug. 2009

Music News: Chris Brown sentenced


Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation and six months of physical labor after the February beating of Rihanna. In addition, he was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from her for the next five years unless they are at an industry function. If any of his sentence is violated, Brown could …

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06 Aug. 2009

Music News: Rihanna books comeback performance


Of all people to snag Rihanna’s first public performance since the Chris Brown incident, it was none other than … Jay Leno. She will be performing her new single “Run This Town” with Jay-Z and Kanye West when Leno makes his prime-time debut September 14. While times are looking up for Rihanna, Chris Brown has …

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06 Jul. 2009

What’s love got to do with it?


With all the news about Chris Brown beating Rhianna, it makes me wonder if he could be the new-age Ike Turner? They both were (and I use ‘were’ loosely with Brown) into music and at their time they were pretty big. Granted, Brown’s popularitywas most recent and his domestic violence case wasn’t as extreme as Turner’s, …

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17 Jun. 2009

Chris Brown, Rihanna, Mark Geragos, Chris Brown hearing


Chris Brown’s lawyer is out of luck and out of time. The California Supreme Court has denied Brown’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, a delay in the preliminary hearing set for Monday. Geragos had previously been denied by the lower courts for the request, prompting him to go to a higher power. Brown will now have to …

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01 Jun. 2009

Music News: A week in music


I am fresh off the plane from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and bumming that it looks nothing like summer yet here in Chicago, but I have spent the last day catching up on the music news that I missed and I’m going to serve it up to you right here, right now.  Susan Boyle runner …

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14 May. 2009

Music News: Kanye’s just being “silly”


Kanye West, you’re a “silly boy.” You definitely had us going. Turns out the supposed Rihanna/Lady Gaga collaboration was actually a hoax. Looks like all of us waiting in suspense for RiRi’s musical revenge against Chris Brown will have to be more patient. As Elise previously wrote, Kanye West posted the track on his famous …

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