Midnight Red aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. Planet Hollywood in Times Square is honoring the guys with their very own hand print tiles! The event is open to the public, and the ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 5th at 7pm.
Check out a tweet from the band below and if you can get there, be a part of Midnight Red history!
Here’s a little bit of old school for you and it goes a little something like this: HIT IT! Aaron Carter is going on tour!
Aaron Carter just announced he is embarking on a major world tour this fall, and has a new album on the way! Yes we still know all of the words to “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)” and “That’s How I Beat Shaq.” And sing them, often. (who doesn’t?) Odds are he will be coming to your town, with over 50 dates on the schedule so far and more to come. We’re exhausted just typing them out! And he’ll be making a stop at New York’s Gramercy Theater in November! Don’t miss your chance to see him! We hear he plays all of your old favorites, and we’re looking forward to some new Aaron jams as well.
Tickets go on sale this Saturday, June 7th! Visit AaronCarterOnTour.com for all the details! Aaron will be having VIP meet & greet packages as always!
Aaron Carter Wonderful World Tour Dates Fall 2014
September 25th – SLO Brew – San Louis Obispo, CA – Buy Tickets
September 26th – The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA – Buy Tickets
September 27th – Assembly – Sacramento, CA – Buy Tickets
September 28th – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA – Buy Tickets
September 29th – El Rey Theatre – Chico, CA – Buy Tickets
October 2nd – W.O.W. Hall – Eugene, OR – Buy Tickets
October 3rd – El Corazon – Seattle, WA – Buy Tickets
October 5th – Knitting Factory Concert House – Spokane, WA – Buy Tickets
October 6th – Knitting Factory Concert House – Boise, ID – Buy Tickets
October 8th -The Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO – Buy Tickets
October 9th – Knickerbockers – Lincoln, NE – Buy Tickets
October 10th – The Granada – Lawrence, KS – Buy Tickets
October 12th – The Blue Note – Columbia, MO – Buy Tickets
October 14th – Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO – Buy Tickets
October 15th – Canopy Club – Urbana, IL – Buy Tickets
October 16th – The Dunkirk – Bloomington, IN – Buy Tickets
October 17th – Irving Theater – Indianapolis, IN – Buy Tickets
October 18th -Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL – Buy Tickets
October 21st – The Stache – Grand Rapids, MI – Buy Tickets
October 22nd – The Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI – Buy Tickets
October 23rd – Skully’s Music Diner – Columbus, OH – Buy Tickets
October 24th – Musica – Akron, OH – Buy Tickets
October 25th – Forvm – Buffalo, NY – Buy Tickets
October 26th – The Westcott Theater – Syracuse, NY – Buy Tickets
October 29th – Hard Rock Café – Pittsburgh, PA – Buy Tickets
October 31st – District N9NE – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
November 1st – Stanhope House – Stanhope, NJ – Buy Tickets
November 2nd – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA – Buy Tickets
November 4th – Levels Nightclub – State College, PA – Buy Tickets
November 7th – Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY – Buy Tickets
November 8th – The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY – Buy Tickets
November 9th – Ram’s Head On Stage – Annapolis, MD – Buy Tickets
November 10th – Jammin’ Java – Vienna, VA – Buy Tickets
November 13th -The Melting Point – Athens, GA – Buy Tickets
November 14th – The Loft at Center Stage – Athens, GA – Buy Tickets
November 18th – Bourbon Street Bar – Auburn, AL – Buy Tickets
November 20th – Club Rehab – Tallahassee, FL – Buy Tickets
November 21st – The Crow Bar – Tampa, FL – Buy Tickets
November 22nd – Backbooth – Orlando, FL – Buy Tickets
November 23rd – High Dive – Gainesville, FL – Buy Tickets
November 25th – Jack Rabbits -Jacksonville, FL – Buy Tickets
December 3rd – Proud Larry’s – Oxford, MS – Buy Tickets
December 4th – Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom – Little Rock, AR – Buy Tickets
December 5th – George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR – Buy Tickets
December 6th – The Vanguard -Tulsa, OK – Buy Tickets
December 7th – House of Blues – Dallas, TX – Buy Tickets
December 12th – Pub Rock – Scottsdale, AZ – Buy Tickets
December 13th – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA – Buy Tickets
Before they join Demi Lovato’s World Tour this fall, breakout group MKTO are heading out on a North American tour this summer! Former “As The Bell Rings” cast member, Tony Oller, and former “Lost” cast member Malcolm D. Kelley, came together to form the duo. We caught MKTO at 106.1 BLI’s Summer Jam 2014 this year and they know how to get a crowd on it’s feet. These guys really connect with their fans and had Jones Beach rocking as the sun went down!
Want to meet MKTO on tour? Check out VIP Nation for more info! Tickets for all dates are on sale now.
MKTO American Dream Tour with Tiffany Houghton & Action Item
June 27th – St. Andrew’s Hall – Detriot, MI – Buy Tickets
June 28th – Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH – Buy Tickets
June 30th – Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN – Buy Tickets
July 1st – Uptown Theater – Kansas City, MO – Buy Tickets
July 5th – Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO – Buy Tickets
July 6th – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT – Buy Tickets
July 8th – House of Blues – Anaheim, CA – Buy Tickets
July 9th – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA – Buy Tickets
July 11th – House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA – Buy Tickets
July 12th – The Bank at The Bellagio- Las Vegas, NV – Buy Tickets
July 13th – House Of Blues – San Diego, CA – Buy Tickets
July 15th – B Ryder’s – Bakersfield, CA – Buy Tickets
July 16th – Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA – Buy Tickets
July 17th – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR – Buy Tickets
July 22nd – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ – Buy Tickets
July 24th – House Of Blues – Houston, TX – Buy Tickets
July 25th – House Of Blues – Dallas, TX – Buy Tickets
July 26th – Provident Bank Park – Pomona, NY – Buy Tickets
July 27th – House Of Blues – New Orleans, LA – Buy Tickets
July 29th – Revolution Live – Ft Lauderdale, FL – Buy Tickets
July 30th – House Of Blues Orlando – Lake Buena Vista, FL – Buy Tickets
August 1st – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA – Buy Tickets
August 2nd – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC – Buy Tickets
August 3rd – Theater of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
August 5th – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA – Buy Tickets
August 6th – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA – Buy Tickets
August 7th – Irving Plaza – New York, NY – Buy Tickets
August 8th – Virgin Mobile Mod Club – Toronto, ON – Buy Tickets
August 9th – House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH – Buy Tickets
August 10th – State Fair of West Virginia – Lewisburg, WV – Buy Tickets *with Emblem3
August 12th – The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD – Buy Tickets
August 14th – Illinois State Fair – Springfield, IL – Buy Tickets *with Emblem 3
August 15th – Deluxe at Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN – Buy Tickets
August 16th – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH – Buy Tickets
August 17th – House Of Blues – Chicago, IL – Buy Tickets
Pick up a copy of MKTO’s self-titled debut album on iTunes and Amazon now!
The contestants for the iHeartRadio and Macy’s Rising Star 2014 Contest have been narrowed down to five finalists! Click on the artists name to view their Rising Star profile and to vote for your favorite!
June 1st marked the official start of our summer concert season with 106.1 BLI’s Summer Jam held at the Nikon Jones Beach Theater! The nearly 7 hour music festival featured a range of artists from Jason Derulo to Karmin, and Fifth Harmony to Cash Cash. We were most excited to see secretfangirls.com favorites Austin Mahone, Cody Simpson, Midnight Red, and AJR! We also discovered a new favorite artist to watch, New Hollow.
Midnight Red
America’s boy band Midnight Red kicked off the festival with their cover of Rihanna’s “Diamonds” and heated up the stage with their hits “Hell Yeah” and “Take Me Home,” complete with choreographed dance moves. (We highly approve!). Behind the guys were giant inflatable caricatures of each member. New Hollow New Hollow won us over instantly with their rocking cover of David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” – no easy task. Their original tracks like “She Ain’t You” have a 90s grunge sound and since we love anything and everything 90s around here, we may have found our new favorite band. They were the only artist on the lineup that we weren’t familiar with before the show and we’re so glad we caught their set!
AJR
NYC-based indie pop band AJR played their biggest show to date to the crowd of nearly 15,000. We weren’t sure how their music would translate in a stadium setting, but they looked and sounded amazing as always. We love how unique AJR’s sound is – out of the 13 acts that performed, they had by far the most distinctive and original sound. We’re sure they gained a lot of fans – the whole venue was clapping along to “I’m Ready!” We also love how they still set up their own equipment. And did anyone catch the “I’m Ready” banner flying around the stadium? They’re total rock stars now!
Cody Simpson
We’ve been fans of Cody Simpson since we saw him opening for Big Time Rush at Jones Beach on their summer tour. His laid back Australian surfer vibe and sound are perfect for the venue (which if you haven’t been to, is surrounded by water on 3 sides). While we were expecting him to dance more, especially following his stint on “Dancing With The Stars,” we were pleasantly surprised to see his guitar playing skills showcased instead as he played both acoustic and electric during his set, which included his new single, “Surfboard“. The crowd went wild for Cody and we’re hoping he’ll be back on another headlining tour soon! He’s heading off to Europe this week for his Acoustic Sessions tour.
Austin Mahone
Of course the highlight of the evening was Austin MAHONE, who kicked off his set with a Banga Banga! We’re still fangirling over the fact that he played “Secrets” (our theme song) and “Next To You” from his new EP, “The Secret”. From Austin’s crisp boy band dance moves to his flawless vocals, it’s safe to say everyone at Jones Beach last night became a Mahomie! Austin also showed he’s multi-talented, breaking out the acoustic guitar for “Shadow.” He kept teasing the crowd with “one more song!” which thankfully turned into 4 more songs, including “MMM Yeah” and “What About Love.” We’re even more excited for his summer tour with The Vamps, because we just didn’t get enough Austin last night!
BLI says they’re hoping to bring Summer Jam back in 2015, to which we say “YES PLEASE!!” Except, can we maybe have it on a Saturday next year?
In case you missed it, Hot Chelle Rae released the official video for their single “Don’t Say Goodnight” and it’s everything we expected from the Nashville rockers!
The video follows the band as they try and play in as many places as they can, as long as they can before they get chased away by police or store store owners. Nash, RK, and Jamie hit a number of different locations with a group of friends before watching the sun rise over LA.
As we’ve written before, there seems to be a lot of confusion in the media as to who is a boy band and who’s not. We prefer to use boy band in the original sense of the word, like the originals New Edition and New Kids on the Block. You can even consult the dictionary: a boy band is a group of young men who sing in harmonies and DANCE! Here are some of our favorites!
1. Big Time Rush – “Boyfriend”
Big Time Rush doesn’t get enough credit for bringing boy bands back into fashion. Before their show premiered in2009 we had all been living in a sad boy band less world for years. True BSB have been going strong for over 20 years, but we hadn’t seen any NEW boy bands since the golden era in the early 2000s, when a new band seemed to emerge every week. BTR has the moves, looks and harmonies of a classic boy band. Now that they are in the “I’m just going into space / I’m just going to record this solo project, probably no one will hear it” phase of their band, we are hoping that they reunite for at least one more tour. They keep saying it ain’t over! We love their mashup of Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend,” with their song of the same name. Complete with a hat dance!
2. Titanium – “Unarmed”
AKA New Zealand’s first boy band! The deprived nation held a rigorous competition, which included a boy band boot camp, to find the 6 members of the band. They’ve even written songs with BTR members Kendall Schmidt and Logan Henderson. There were rumors of a joint Big Time Rush & Titanium tour for a while, and we’d just like to put in a formal request to make that happen.
3. Midnight Red – “Hell Yeah”
They call themselves America’s boy band, and with good reason. They have harmonies that melt you, and have done solid covers like “Diamonds” by Rihanna and even NKOTB’s “Step by Step!” They got the ultimate boy band seal of approval when NKOTBSB recruited them to open for their tour, making Midnight Red officially a part of the boy band posse. And we’re sure they wouldn’t back down to a dance off with BSB! (Can we have this? Thanks!)
4. Phase V – “Not a Bad Thing”
One of the newest boy bands on the block, is the self described Urban-Pop boy band. They’ve posted covers of “Not a Band Thing” by Justin Timberlake, which we’ve always said was meant for a 5 part harmony, and “Drop It” by Trevor Jackson. We hear they’re working on an *NSYNC cover as we speak and we can’t wait! We love that these guys dance and stay true to the boy band genre and are looking forward to hearing more from them!
5. To Be One – “Please Don’t Go Girl”
The Jordan Knight approved boy band sampled NKOTB’s hit “Please Don’t Go Girl” in their original song of the same name. Jordan said it best when he told MTV “finally a boy band that dances! And the hook is darn good too!”
After wrapping up her successful “Neon Lights” tour across North & South America, Demi Lovato just announced she will be going on a world tour this fall! She’s bringing along MKTO and Christina Perri as opening acts.
This isn’t the first time Demi Lovato and MKTO singer Tony Oller have worked together! Remember their Disney debut, on the short series “As the Bell Rings?” (We still prefer the French version of this show, “Trop La Classe”) Who knows? Maybe they’ll reprise their duet, “Shadow.”
Tickets go on sale June 6th. Visit DemiLovato.com for all the details, including VIP packages!
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When we first heard Austin Mahone’s “Say Something” and
“Say You’re Just A Friend”, we instantly loved his classic pop sound (We’ve never been happier that we actually clicked on an Amazon music suggestion.) But it was his hit single from last summer, “What About Love,” with its 90s sound and the video’s sweet choreography, that earned him the nickname “the one man boy band.”
Austin Mahone succeeds where others have yet to venture – filling the 90s boy band void in our hearts! (We’re talking real, dancing boy bands)! His debut EP, “The Secret,” out this week, draws inspiration from and gives more than a few nods to 90s boy bands like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. Songs like “Secret”, “Next To You”, and “Til I Find You” all have those classic throwback elements from the blaring bass in the chorus to the breakdowns that are just begging for a slow lean and pop, *NSYNC style. If you have Backstreet Boys’ “The Call” stuck in your head after hearing Austin’s EP, we did too. The (kind of) title track, “Secret” shows off the flashy bass line and synths that sound like an early Backstreet/*NSYNC track that never made the album cut – like that weird *NSYNC song that only got released in Germany.
Austin’s slow jams whole-heartedly channel the likes of 98 Degrees and O-Town (who are reuniting by the way). While every album needs a good love song, some of these might fall short of a 98 Degrees “Because Of You”. Those are big shoes to fill but Mahone took a chance and reached for it, and we have to give him major brownie points for trying!
Watch Austin Mahone perform “Shadow” live on the Today Show!
Grab your copy of Austin Mahone’s “The Secret” on iTunes or Amazon now! Be sure to catch Ausin Mahone this summer on tour with The Vamps! Get all the details here!
Don’t forget to tune into FOX & Friends this Friday morning at 8AM for a special performance by The Charlie Daniels Band during the All American Concert Series!
The Grammy Award winner will be playing old favorites like “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” as well as new songs from his latest album, “Off The Grid”.
If you’re in NYC, make sure you’re there for some BBQ from Famous Dave’s during the concert!
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