Trey Songz strips down in the pages of men’s style magazine VMAN. The R&ampB heartthrob gives some eye candy for the girls, baring his tatted chest in the black-and-white pictures photographed by Bruce Weber. The 27-12 months-old singer spoke to supermodel Selita Ebanks about his upcoming album Chapter 5, his Angels with Heart foundation, and his guidance for victims of cyber bullying.

On his fifth album Chapter 5: “I assume the new album will reflect really a lot exactly where I’m going as a man or woman and what I’ve been by means of. Music, for me, is extremely significantly an expression of how I felt at the time when that song was produced. And it’s practically been a year and a half considering that I place my final album out [2010's Passion, Ache &amp Pleasure], so we’ll see how much I’ve grown and how much I’ve transformed given that that album’s dropped.”

On why he began his Angels with Heart foundation: “I don’t forget coming up in Virginia, and a great deal of youngsters would get in difficulty following school and get into scenarios they didn’t want to be in because they’d be property alone and they didn’t have places to go. I came from a situation exactly where I got clothes from the Salvation Army and I was on welfare, so to be ready to contribute to men and women who are in want, like how I needed and how my mother necessary back then, it is something that I’m truly blessed to be in a position to do.

On cyber bullying: “Bullying is childish, and a great deal of youngsters get stuck in situations wherever certainly something is wrong at property, so it’s type of a release for them. It’s a comfort blanket and it’s affecting so many people as properly as themselves. It is critical to speak not only to the men and women staying bullied but to the bullies as effectively. To the people out there who are being bullied, just remain sturdy. There’s only one particular you.”

Trey will launch his nationwide “Anticipation 2our” with Massive Sean on February 9 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Black Sabbath have responded to drummer Bill Ward’s open letter pledging to leave the band unless he is presented with a “signable contract.” In a statement on Facebook, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler indicated they they will carry on with their new album and reunion tour without him. “We had been saddened to hear yesterday via Facebook that Bill declined publicly to participate in our latest Black Sabbath plans,” they wrote. “We have no selection but to continue recording without having him although our door is always open…We are still in the UK with Tony. Writing and recording the new album and on a roll…See you at Get!!!”

Tony Iommi was lately diagnosed with lymphoma, creating the band to move their recording sessions from Los Angeles to England, where the guitarist is getting treatment method. They reportedly backed out of a planned headlining slot at Coachella and their European summer season tour appeared to be in jeopardy, although the over statement tends to make it clear they program on performing at the Download Festival on June 10th.

Black Sabbath toured without Bill Ward when the original line-up reformed in 1997, but he joined up with the group the following 12 months. In 2004 a contract dispute nearly triggered him to not participate on that summer’s Ozzfest tour, but he sooner or later wound up signing on. “Right after the final tour I vowed to in no way again sign on to an unreasonable contract,” Ward wrote in his current letter.  ”I want a contract that exhibits some respect to me and my family members, a contract that will honor all that I’ve brought to Black Sabbath considering that its starting.”

He also addresses the chance that the group may possibly substitute him. “If I am replaced, I have to face you, the beloved Sabbath fans,” he wrote. “I hope you will not hold me responsible for the failure of an unique Black Sabbath lineup as promoted.  Without having fault obtaining, I want to assure every person that my loyalty to Sabbath is intact.” 

It really is unclear who the group plans to bring in to perform drums on their new tasks, however in the previous Faith No More’s Mike Bordin and Vinny Appice have played in Black Sabbath when Ward was unavailable. 

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Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath at a press conference.

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Black Sabbath have responded to drummer Bill Ward’s open letter pledging to leave the band unless he is presented with a “signable contract.” In a statement on Facebook, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler indicated they they will carry on with their new album and reunion tour without him. “We were saddened to hear yesterday via Facebook that Bill declined publicly to participate in our current Black Sabbath plans,” they wrote. “We have no choice but to continue recording without him although our door is always open…We are still in the UK with Tony. Writing and recording the new album and on a roll…See you at Download!!!”

Tony Iommi was recently diagnosed with lymphoma, causing the band to move their recording sessions from Los Angeles to England, where the guitarist is receiving treatment. They reportedly backed out of a planned headlining slot at Coachella and their European summer tour seemed to be in jeopardy, though the above statement makes it clear they plan on performing at the Download Festival on June 10th.

Black Sabbath toured without Bill Ward when the original line-up reformed in 1997, but he joined up with the group the following year. In 2004 a contract dispute nearly caused him to not participate on that summer’s Ozzfest tour, but he eventually wound up signing on. “After the last tour I vowed to never again sign on to an unreasonable contract,” Ward wrote in his recent letter.  ”I want a contract that shows some respect to me and my family, a contract that will honor all that I’ve brought to Black Sabbath since its beginning.”

He also addresses the possibility that the group might replace him. “If I’m replaced, I have to face you, the beloved Sabbath fans,” he wrote. “I hope you will not hold me responsible for the failure of an original Black Sabbath lineup as promoted.  Without fault finding, I want to assure everyone that my loyalty to Sabbath is intact.” 

It’s unclear who the group plans to bring in to play drums on their new projects, though in the past Faith No More’s Mike Bordin and Vinny Appice have played in Black Sabbath when Ward was unavailable. 

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Madge mentioned at the Press conference: “In 25 many years, I’ve in no way worked so challenging.
There’ll be no wardrobe malfunctions.”

Lourdes will be pleased.

Madge has also revealed the artwork for new album MDNA.

It seems excellent – but she must be a dab hand at knocking these up by now.

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A teaser of the video will premiere on American Idol on Thursday evening (February 2), ahead of the song’s release on Friday.

A deluxe edition of Madonna’s new album MDNA will also grow to be temporarily accessible for pre-purchase on Friday.

Madonna will carry out at this weekend’s Super Bowl halftime present, where she is rumoured to be singing traditional hits ‘Vogue’ and ‘Ray of Light’, among other people.

‘Party Rock Anthem’ duo LMFAO will play alongside the 53-year-outdated at the sporting extravaganza.

MDNA will be released on March 26.

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Wednesday evening at Henson Studios in Hollywood, a reunited Van Halen transformed true estate constructed in the silent film era by Charlie Chaplin into a large-tech rehearsal area and banged out a handful of very loud jams, outdated and new, for a number of hundred VIPs. 

David Lee Roth, the ever-enthusiastic lead singer of the band, acknowledged the venue’s background in between songs: “It is a little bit crazy generating so significantly noise in the temple of silent film here, in the name of Charlie Chaplin.” Roth then additional a small produced-up historical past: “Most people never know Charlie Chaplin was a key Van Halen fan. He inspired ‘Hot for Teacher,’ which we’re going to play in a tiny even though.”

They indeed played it and much more in an hour-lengthy set for each market bizzers and skeptical critics questioning whether a ragged bunch of aging dudes can even now kick it with the type of enthusiasm you’d hope, offered the two the anticipation — and the fat paychecks each will be cashing in the coming 12 months.

They can.

Practicing for an American tour that commences in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 18 and hits Staples Center on June 1,  Van Halen — Roth, brothers Alex and Eddie Van Halen (drums and guitar, respectively), and the latter’s son Wolfgang on bass — has clearly been sweating to get its oldies back into form.

Eddie’s fingers stay loose and nimble — even if he did rub his wrist a number of occasions above the program of the evening. And Wolfgang and his uncle Alex are an extremely sturdy rhythm section that over an hour-long teaser set jammed sound versions of the songs that made them scream-along rock heroes: “You Genuinely Got Me,” “Runnin’ with the Devil,” “Unchained,” and “Dance the Evening Away,” among them. 

As well, the band is attempting to remain pertinent for a new generation with a new album, “A Various Variety of Truth,” that hits the stores on Tuesday. They teased the record, taking part in 3 new cuts, which includes the initial single, “Tattoo,” and “The Difficulty with By no means” and “She’s the One particular,” with varying degrees of accomplishment. (Let’s just say that they went one particular-for-three, with “She’s the One particular” getting the tightest and most Van Halen-esque of the bunch.)

As the band was closing, Roth acknowledged the crowd and explained that simply because there wasn’t a backstage, the encore — if the crowd so desired — would come with no any pause in the action. And it did, in the type of “Jump,” accompanied by an eight-particular person drum line and a dozen or so Vegas present girls. As Eddie ran through the classic solos, Roth and the showgirls whooped it up and danced along. 

And with that, Roth bid farewell, and drumline and women led the crowd into the courtyard, wherever bartenders gave out totally free booze even though the drummers pounded on.

Van Halen sure understands how to throw a get together. 

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Whilst R. Kelly has talked about rolling out dozens much more episodes of his considerably-loved Trapped in the Closet series, his first order of company is his upcoming album Compose Me Back, which is scheduled for release in March. This morning, Kels dropped that album’s 1st single, a creamy slice of seduction called “Share My Enjoy.”

Although his late 2011 single “Shut Up” got back to the company of R. Kelly insane-talking R&ampB (you know, like “Real Talk”), his new single “Share My Love” sounds like a logical extension of 2010′s Sam Cooke-inspired Adore Letter. With its disco strings and easy-breezy beat, “Share My Love” has far more of a mid-period Marvin Gaye vibe to it, which hopefully signifies that Kels is operating his way via R&ampB historical past and will at some point finish up back at his personal career in a number of albums or so.

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The best point about these R. Kelly throwbacks is that they always sound like classic jams until finally lyrics like “Now that we’re in this area/ Let’s do what we had been born to do/ Populate!” That is good stuff.

After spending 2011 under the radar (and under the knife), R. Kelly will be all more than the spot in 2012. In addition to his new album, he’ll also be publishing his exquisitely-named memoir and also hosting his own cruise (which has the tag line, “You’ve heard him on the radio, you’ve heard him on land, but you’ve by no means heard him at sea!”).There is also the prospect of a new, “nasty” album named Black Panties.

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Every person understands Stephen Colbert is the toughest interview in town — not even Iceland’s adorable quirk-princess Björk is off the hook when she exhibits up in his studios.

Following delving into the background and composition of her new album-slash-app Biophilia, the million-dollar satirist reduce to the heart of the matter, asking the Umlauted One: “Can I lick the album?”

Björk, below her technicolor hairdo, replied positively: “You ought to give it a go!”

The two also got to speaking about her native land’s most intriguing characteristic: elves.

Colbert wished to know if the excellent people of Iceland really imagine in elves. Spoiler alert: they do. She then went on to highlight the merits of her people’s traditions and note that elves represent their close connection with nature. “It’s all about respect,” she advised Colbert.

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The ‘Guns and Horses’ singer, who released her debut LP Lights in 2010, stated that she is nevertheless in the procedure of writing materials for the new record.

Asked about her progress on the upcoming release, Goulding told HelloGiggles: “Nicely, I am creating it – I’ve been writing the last six months or so and I still have a lengthy way to go. I’m genuinely excited for the new album to come out, which I hope will be the finish of the summer in the UK.

“We’ll see. But I am fairly content about the new stuff I’ve been writing and I am truly searching forward to finding it out. It really is about time, as nicely!”

The 25-12 months-outdated also divulged much more particulars on the kind of album she hopes to make, which she previously confessed would be “undoubtedly diverse” to Lights.

“It is fairly distinct, yeah, but it is since I am nonetheless truly finding stuff with each other. I assume I just want less restriction, I want my album to breathe a bit a lot more,” Goulding explained.

“I want to concentrate on my voice and my lyrics. I guess raw might be the word, it may be a bit much more raw. But I want to flex my voice. I want to trust it for this following record.”

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