Performers Announced for 2014 American Music Awards

We are less than a month away from the performance packed 2014 American Music Awards hosted by Pitbull! Dick Clark production's announced earlier today that Lorde, One Direction, Fergie, Sam Smith, and 5SOS are the first confirmed performers to be announced. Fergie will make a television debut of her new single 'L.A. LOVE (la la)' from her upcoming album. This will be Lorde's first time performing on the AMA stage and fans are expecting her to sing a track off of the newly released Mocking Jay: Part 1 soundtrack. One Direction is confirmed to be performing a song off of their highly anticipated album FOUR, which is set to release on November 17. Sam Smith, who has had an outstanding year, is set to have an amazing performance worked up.The AMA's are being broadcasted by ABC and are on November 23 at 8:00 p.m. Take a look at the list of this years nominees and be sure to vote for your favorite artists.

Live Nation Presents Yahoo Live

Live Nation and Yahoo have partnered up this year to present a daily live stream concert event on Yahoo! Live.  The concert series began on July 15 with its first live stream of a Dave Matthews Band concert in Jacksonville, FL ."Live Nation produces more than 23,000 annual shows for 60 million fans globally,” Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino said in a statement. “With the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo we are bringing these amazing artists with great production to the 800 million monthly Yahoo fans. This channel will create a powerful new way for artists to continue to grow their global fan base." In addition to live-streaming concerts, the Yahoo channel will feature an on-demand catalog of songs on video, as well as behind-the-scenes footage and artist interviews. Some of the past live events include Lady Antebellum, Dave Matthews Band, Wiz Khalifa, Three Days Grace, Gavin Degraw, MKTO, Charli XCX and many more! For a list of upcoming live concert streams check out Yahoo Live. 

Preliminary Lineup Revealed for SXSW 2015

It's about that time of year to get excited about Austin's yearly music-discovery festival, South By Southwest. Earlier today, SXSW released its first round of official performers for 2015. Among the newly announced are Jessie Ware, Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts, Thee Oh Sees, Lydia, The Big Pink, Ben Kweller, Mew, Transit, Hey Marseilles and Civil Twilight. Full list of first rounders is available on SXSW official site. 

The exhilarating festival will take place March 17 to 22 in the up-incoming music city Austin, Texas. SXSW stirred up some controversy earlier this month speculating that it may be banning unofficial shows, which would be a devestating blow to the festival. Half of the fun is going to the random shows after hours, right?! "The current policy of the city with respect to the permitting process as 'first come/first served' and/or 'must treat everyone equally' appears to have become detrimental to event planning process and management of the key stakeholder interests," reported TexasMonthly. "The SXSW event is one of the largest events in the world and bespoke treatment is needed to facilitate a continuing safe event in Austin." The rules may be a little different at this years SXSW festival, but be sure to check out the true reason the fest is held every year (music discovery).

Lorde Curates 'Mockingjay Part 1' Soundtrack

Over the summer alternative/pop artist Lorde somehow found the time to work on the soundtrack for the upcoming blockbuster movie The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. With the success of the first single from the soundtrack 'Yellow Flicker Beat', now comes many more songs from Lorde and other artists. Today, 'This Is Not A Game', Lorde's collaboration with The Chemical Brothers and Miguel was released and is claiming up the charts. Along with releasing a new song, the track list was posted for the soundtrack today along with the preorder on iTunes. In addition to new tracks from emerging talents like Tove Lo, Raury, and Tinashé, the soundtrack features some unexpected collaborations including a Kanye remix of Lorde, Charli XCX with Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, and the grouping of Stromae with Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip, and HAIM. Check out the track list below:

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Soundtrack Tracklist
01 Stromae – “Meltdown” (Feat. Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip, And HAIM)
02 CHVRCHES – “Dead Air”
03 Tove Lo – “Scream My Name”
04 Charli XCX – “Kingdom” (Feat. Simon Le Bon)
05 [Track 5]
06 Raury – “Lost Souls”
07 Lorde – “Yellow Flicker Beat”
08 Tinashé – “The Leap”
09 Bat For Lashes – “Plan The Escape”
10 Grace Jones – “Original Beast”
11 Lorde – “Flicker (Kanye West Rework)”
12 XOV – “Animal”
13 The Chemical Brothers – “This Is Not A Game” (Feat. Miguel And Lorde)
14 Lorde – “Ladder Song”

Preorder the album today on iTunes or pick up a hard copy in stores on November 17. 

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

After David Grohl's success with his documentary Sound City, Grohl is back at it again with his new HBO mini series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. The series is set to have eight episodes where the Foo Fighters travel to eight legendary studios in eight different cities across the United States of America to write and record their album. The cities will be Chicago, Austin, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and New York. Grohl described the project as "A love letter to the history of American Music". Each song on the new album was recorded in a different city, featuring “local legends” on each song and lyrics inspired by the ”experiences, interviews and personalities that became part of the process.” The series debuted on October 17th, and will be a weekly webisode till December 5 only on HBO. 

Kelly Clarkson Covers Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me'

Over this past weekend, original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson covered Sam Smith's smash hit 'Stay With Me'. Clarkson was in Chicago and gave her version of Smith's song after she performed 'Don't You Want To Stay' a duet she has with country artist Jason Aldean. Clarkson joked to the crowd "I just like the word 'stay' in songs" right before she started her rendition of the hit song. Check out this AMAZING performance from the talented Grammy award winner.

Z100 Announces Jingle Ball 2014 Lineup

In the past two days, Z100 has been releasing the lineup for their 19th annual Jingle Ball 2014. The event will be taking place on December 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Taylor Swift, Pharrell and Maroon 5 are among the many artists hitting the stage this year.  This years full lineup includes:

Pharrell
Maroon 5
Taylor Swift
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Iggy Azalea
Sam Smith
Calvin Harris
Jessie J
Meghan Trainor
OneRepublic
Kiesza
Rixton
Rita Ora
Shawn Mendes
Charli XCX
Nick Jonas

Tickets for this year Z100's Jingle Ball will go on sale Thursaday October 16, at 11 a.m. EST until Saturday, October 18, at 10:59 a.m. EST on ticketmaster. Tickets will be sold exclusively to ZVIP members and fans who are not members can register for free to become a ZVIP on the Z100. For those of you who can't attend the concert, it will be streamed live at Yahoo.com and will later be broadcasted as a two-hour special December 18 on the CW.