RSS Feed     Twitter     Facebook

Posts Tagged ‘Simon’

Hangout Fest 2011 : P. Simon, Foo, WSP, MMJ, Primus, Lips, Keys

UMPH, WEEN, KELLER WILLIAMS, PRETTY LIGHTS, GIRL TALK, BASSNECTAR, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, DRIVE-
BY TRUCKERS, G. LOVE, WARREN HAYNES BAND, GALACTIC, MMW


Paul Simon

The Hangout Music Festival is thrilled to
announce its 2011 lineup featuring Paul Simon, Foo Fighters, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys, My Morning
Jacket, Flaming Lips, Cee Lo Green, Primus, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Girl Talk, Ween,
Matisyahu
and dozens more. The festival takes place May 20 – 22 on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama –
just minutes from the Florida border. Tickets go on-sale this Wednesday at 9 am CST. A confirmed lineup is listed
below. More bands, amenities and activities will be announced in the coming weeks.

A limited quantity of festival tickets will be available for $159 and will go on-sale Wednesday, February 2 at 9 am
CST at www.hangoutmusicfest.com through Front Gate Tickets and at The Hangout Restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL.
Once tickets at the $159 price level are sold-out, tickets will then go on-sale for $174. VIP ticket packages and
travel packages start at $525 and are also available online or by phone at 1-888-512-SHOW.

CONFIRMED ARTISTS:

Paul Simon
Foo Fighters
Widespread Panic

The Black Keys

My Morning Jacket

Flaming Lips

Cee Lo Green
Primus

Michael Franti & Spearhead

Pretty Lights

Bassnectar

Girl Talk
Ween

Matisyahu

Warren Haynes Band
Umphrey’s McGee
Slightly Stoopid

Drive-By Truckers

Amos Lee

Old Crow Medicine Show

G. Love & Special Sauce

Medeski, Martin & Wood

Keller Williams

Galactic

Xavier Rudd

Minus the Bear

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Portugal. the Man

Beats Antique

Dead Confederate

Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights
Easy Star All-Stars

Mariachi El Bronx
Truth & Salvage Co

Kristy Lee
Civil Twilight

Rich Aucoin

A Thousand Horses
Jon Black

Cas Haley

Roman Street


Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Rihanna Up For “The X Factor” Judging Panel

English Sweetheart Cheryl Cole may be frozen out of the upcoming American adaptation of The X Factor as FOX and series producers eye pop powerhouses Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, and Rihanna for a spot on the judges’ panel. The popular British X Factor judge — a talent show alum herself — had been expected to [...]

Will Smith “X Factor America” Judge?!

Will Smith, the small screen’s next talent show aficionado? Yes, please! In news that we’ll have to see to believe, reports out of Britain this week have rapper-turned-actor Will Smith — perhaps best-known these days as Willow Smith’s “Hair-Whippin’” dad — tipped as the latest celeb tapped as a judge on the forthcoming stateside premiere [...]

Cowell to give lessons in life on Winfrey’s show

Simon Cowell  1Music mogul Simon Cowell will give lessons in life on talk show queen Oprah Winfrey’s new self-help show. Simon, 51, will dish out advice based on what he has learned as a TV and music mogul as one of the experts in “Master Class”, which launches in the US Sunday, reports thesun.co.uk. The former “American [...]

Sir Simon Cowell? “X Factor” Boss Tipped For Knighthood

Sir Simon Cowell? Factor/Idol dude Simon Cowell is being tipped for knighthood in the Queen Elizabeth’s 2010 New Year’s Honors List. The music boss, 51, is expected to be in the list when it is revealed on Dec. 31, the UK’s Mail on Sunday reports. Cowell is expected to be given knighthood due to his [...]

“X Factor America” Pepsi Sponsorship

Coke may be King on American Idol, but Pepsi will be the reigning soft drink of choice once rival FOX talent show The X Factor America invades US airwaves in 2012. The US X Factor has signed $55 million sponsorship deal with Pepsi, Britain’s Daily Mirror has learned. Simon Cowell and his panel of judges [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Posted By : Ryan Simon

As soon as I entered high-school, my teachers started giving me science and math projects every week. The projects were so lengthy and vast, that it used to seldom take even my weekends to complete them.

George Michael to revive career as US ‘X Factor’ judge

George Michael In Store Appearance‘Careless Whisper’ hitmaker George Michael is set to take the judge’s chair on American ‘X Factor.’ Michael will join Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole on the debut series in the United States next year. It will allow the former ‘Wham!’ star to re-launch his career after serving a term in stint earlier this year for [...]

More sTORIes From Tori Spelling

Be on the lookout for more sTORIes from Tori. You know, if you’re just a glutton for punishment or something. Bestselling author Tori Spelling has extended her contract with publisher Simon & Schuster Gallery Books after penning the wildly popular tell-alls sTORI Telling and Uncharted TerriTORI as well as the children’s book Presenting Tallulah has [...]

George Michael “The X Factor America” Judging Offer

George Michael is being considered for judge’s chair on Simon Cowell’s American adaptation of The X Factor, but the Wham! singer’s checkered past with the law — including a recent jail stint for drunk driving — could put the deal in jeopardy. Cowell has already tapped Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger and British sweetheart Cheryl [...]

Simon Cowell makes entry into Who’s Who

Simon Cowell  1X Factor judge Simon Cowell has been included in the latest edition of Who”s Who, the biographical reference book. Other new entries from the world of entertainment include Director Danny Boyle and ‘Downton Abbey’ actor Hugh Bonneville, reports the BBC. Concert pianist Lang Lang, children”s author Philip Ardagh and “chick-lit” writer Louise Bagshawe feature as [...]

David Hasselhoff To Replace Simon Cowell On “Britain’s Got Talent?”

Simon Cowell has tapped ex-America’s Got Talent judge David Hasslehoff as his replacement on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. Spending lengthy periods of time with TV’s Knightrider is enough to drive anyone over the edge. Unless, of course, you’re tough-as-nails and acid-tongued talent show mogul Simon Cowell. Simon has no official say in the decision, but [...]

Hasselhoff could replace Simon Cowell on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’

Simon CowellSimon Cowell has reportedly chosen David Hasslehoff as his replacement on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. The former star of ‘Baywatch’ and ‘Knight Rider’ has been offered a 500,000 pounds deal and the American cult figure, 58, is said to be ‘really looking forward’ to the auditions, which starts next month. Hasselhoff was picked as he has [...]

Cheryl Cole ‘to quit X Factor to focus on music’

Rumours are abuzz that Cheryl Cole is on the verge of quitting ‘The X Factor’ to concentrate on her music career. The 27-year-old, who has come under attack from fans and finalists this series, is on the brink of launching her pop career in the U.S. which would mean spending more time than ever across [...]

Simon Cowell’s fiancee rubbishes rumours of split

Simon Cowell’s fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy has rubbished rumours that she and the media mogul have split. Friends of the music mogul say he has become increasingly cool towards his relationship with the make-up artist and one close confidante even revealed it was ‘definitely over’. But Hussainy has denied the rumours. “I still love him and [...]

Sarah Palin admires Simon Cowell in new book ‘America by Heart’

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has admired X Factor mogul Simon Cowell in her soon to be released new book ‘America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag’. One of several scanned pages of the book on the US website Gawker sees the 46-year-old praising Cowell for being “almost alone in his willingness to [...]

Prince X Factor Finale Performance

Prince will perform on the season finale of this year’s X Factor, according to reports out of the UK this morning. Word on the Curb has it that producer Simon Cowell has tapped the “1999″ singer will fly to London for a live set on the ITV talent show during his ‘Welcome 2 America Tour” [...]

Jodie Sweetin Sued By Ex Over Tell-All Book

A 2009 memoir from former Full House child star Jodie Sweetin has landed the blonde in hot water with her former husband. Cody Herpin is the father of Jodie’s two-year-old daughter, Zoie, but the tattoo enthusiast says he’s livid that his methed-out ex slandered him as lazy video game addict in her autobiography, UnSweetined. And [...]

“Glee” Cast “The X Factor” Performance?

The cast of Glee is in chats to head across the pond for a performance on The X Factor, the ITV UK singing competition featuring judges Dannii Minogue, Cheryl Cole, and Simon Cowell. “Getting Glee on board is a real coup and everyone is very excited about it. Fans are going to be in for [...]

Simon Cowell Mezhgan Hussainy Split, Says Mogul’s Mom

Proving once more that fall is not the season for lovers, we hear that acid-tongued music mogul Simon Cowell is on “a break” from his fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy after determining that he popped the question to the makeup artist too soon after their first meeting. News of Hollywood’s latest celebrity split comes from Cowell’s mom, [...]