Demi Lovato Thanks Her Fans for Keeping Her Alive
(Getty)In today's music news roundup, ex-Disney star Demi Lovato is really thankful for her fans and has a sense of humor about her eyebrow situation, Calvin Harris is furious with a BBC journalist, Rihanna kinda sorta apologizes for the 777 tour debacle, Wayne Coyne caused a bomb scare, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will drop a new album next year, and more.
Demi Lovato Gets By With a Little Help From Her FansX Factor judge Demi Lovato generally keeps it pretty tame on her Twitter these days: Rarely does she post anything remotely personal. But on Tuesday, the singer graciously opened up about how much her fans' support has meant to her over the past two years.
"I love you guys so much. I'm so blessed and honored to have incredible fans like you all," Lovato wrote. "Was thinking earlier about some of my past struggles and how I got through them.. I can honestly say I wouldn't be alive today had I not had the support that you all gave me the past 2 years. A lot of celebrities say their thankful for their fans, but I can PROMISE you, there isn't one day that goes by without thinking of your unconditional love and support. And when I say I love you, I do. Forever grateful for you all.. you don't know how much you all mean to me. I'm so blessed. Thank you.. I love you."
Later in the day, Demi tweeted something someone said to her about her ever-changing eyebrows:
Calvin Harris Is Crazy Pissed, and Not in the British Sense! Calvin Harris is threatening to take legal action against BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, as he believes he was misquoted in a recent feature about whether it's okay for DJs to pre-record their sets.
Harris was quoted as saying, "I think it's not a problem. In the club you want to hear a produced piece of music, you want to hear the bass, you want to hear it as good as it can sound. I used to perform with a band putting all sorts of work into a live show and I can tell you that the reaction was worse than it is when I'm DJ'ing." But he says he was responding to a different question entirely one about whether it's okay to play records during performances, rather than pre-recorded sets.
Harris has called for BBC to release their full recording of the interview, and thrown a bunch of nasty words around about the actual interviewer as well: "I remember this guy from @BBCNewsbeat who did the interview, he actually apologised beforehand for not being prepared + knew nothing," Harris tweeted. "Then he'll make ME look bad because HE'S shite, and play it on the biggest national radio station in the UK?!"
But don't worry, the scandal didn't spoil Harris' day. He later posted a happy snap of himself on the set of an upcoming music video with a bunch of pretty ladies.
Rihanna Is Sorry Her Tour Was BoringApparently Rihanna doesn't really care that she got some of the worst press of her life during her 777 Tour this past week she's game to do it all over again. Ten minutes before the flight made its final landing in New York City on Tuesday, the s! inger offered a halfhearted apology for never really interacting with anyone. She explained, "I had to preserve my health. Normally, I'd be back here popping bottles with y'all . . . I had to preserve my voice. I was worried about my body more than partying on the plane, so I had to just sleep whenever I could. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did."
Excuse Wayne's Grenade, GuysThe Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne accidentally ruined a bunch of people's days when he tried to go through security at Oklahoma City Airport with a "non-explodable" grenade he'd picked up the night before at a house party. "It was an actual grenade that was now missing its explosive parts and painted gold. I just threw this gold grenade in my bag and had not quite thought about it," Coyne told Pitchfork.
Don't worry, Coyne's not losing any sleep over it: "I would agree that it was stupid of me, but I don't feel wholly responsible if people missed their flights," he said. "I'm not making the rules. It's not illegal for me to have that grenade with me."
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Frank Ocean Opens UpThough he refused to answer a question about his sexuality point blank, Frank Ocean still shared some very personal insights during his interview with GQ for the magazine's "Men of the Year" issue. The brilliant singer-songwriter says that fears over how his admission of love for another man would affect his career were ultimately great motivators: "Some people said, "He's saying he fell in love with a guy for hype." As if that's the best hype you can get in hip-hop or black music. So I knew that if I was going to say what I said, it had to be in concert with one of the most brilliant pieces of art that has come out in my generation. And that's what I did. Why can I say that? Why I don't have to affect all this humility and s**t is because I worked my ass off. I worked my face off."
Rocking the TubeLetterman: Gary Clark JrConan: Tenacious DCarson Daly: The FeaturesKimmel: Flo RidaFallon: Alicia KeysListen! Listen! Stream Antietam After Party, the awesomely named debut album from hardcore punk supegroup Regents, in full at Brooklyn Vegan. Portland quintet Radiation City premiered a new music video for "I Would Hide" this week on Team Coco. It's great for anyone who can't resist a puppet or dreamy doo-wop. Watch it here. There are still a few tickets left for Carly Simon's online benefit concert through StageIt! The living legend will perform with her children Ben and Sally Taylor live from her own home at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening. Fans can request songs, ask questions, and donate to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
You Haven't Seen This YetAll the hip kids will be blasting Sufjan Stevens' new holiday compilation Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas, Vols 6-10 over the next month in their Slayer Christmas sweaters. Here's his bleepity-bloop-bleep version of "Joy to the World."
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