Inside Beyoncé's Beyhive, an Uneasy Peace with the Rihanna Navy
Here is a comprehensive list of topics discussed in the pit at Brooklyn's Barclays Center during Thursday night's Beyoncé concert:
If You Want To Forget Something, Instagram The Hell Out Of It
Thanks to the ubiquity of digital photo capturing devices, nothing need go undocumented. Food? Instagram that shit. Baby? Vines or it didn't happen. Engagements? #NoFilter #OMG And tag your new fiancee or otherwise no one will know. But although the intention of photographing everything from the banal to the momentous…
Beyonce is a Silhouetted Goddess of Light and Shadow
[RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 13: Singer Beyonce performs on stage during a concert in the Rock in Rio Festival on September 13, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)]
Over 100 Concert-Goers in Washington State OD on Bad Batch of Molly
The Paradiso Festival — which happened over the weekend in George, Washington — featured electronic sensations like Tiësto and Adventure Club. But apparently a bad batch of drugs also made an appearance at the two-day rumpus, since 100 people overdosed and one person died.
How to Be the Worst Person at Coachella
So you're going to Coachella this weekend, next weekend or some hypothetical weekend in the future. (Remember, Coachella is a state of mind so one could potentially go to Coachella any time.) Music festivals, especially when they are as big and trendy as this one, are a tough landscape to navigate etiquette and culture …
Barbra Streisand Sang in Brooklyn Last Night and People Lost Their…
Last night, Barbra Streisand did a show at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn — her hometown — and it was a sold-out show with 19,000 folks in the seats. As the New York Times reports, she exclaimed, "I've come home at last!" It was a big deal for the 70-year-old EGOT winner, as Entertainment Weekly's Jessica Shaw …
How to Smuggle Alcohol (Or Other Contraband) Into an Outdoor Concert
Summer concert season is heating up like the armpit of the guy standing right behind you in the subway, and with outdoor summer concerts come big crowds, sweaty conditions, weird echoey soundsystems, and the nagging feeling that one day you'll be too old for this. Hardly circumstances you'd want to face sober, but who…
Like a Banshee
Budapest, Hungary, Aug 12: Lead Singer Skin (Deborah Anne Dyer) of British band Skunk Anansie performs on the stage during the Sziget Festival on the Shipyard Island. The Sziget Festival is one of the biggest European cultural events, featuring art exhibitions, literary and theatrical performances, and above all music…
Shakira Is A Fan Of _________________
BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 24: Shakira brandishes a large fan in her ongoing quest to prove that her hips are, in fact, telling the truth. (Photo by Robert Marquardt/Getty Images)
Bieber Fever Continues To Consume Jezebel
[Just kidding! But here is a picture of Bieber in Hawaii on October 9th. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
"The Most Important Night Of My Life": On Seeing Your Favorite Band For…
Regardless of how you feel about Taylor Swift, it's hard not to get a little teary-eyed upon reading David L. Ulin's LA Times piece recalling his night out at a Taylor Swift concert with his 11-year-old daughter, Sophie.
Video Vixens: Great Performances
Writer Marisa Meltzer, author of the new book 'Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music', has curated a miniseries of contemporary women's music for us this week. After the jump, Marisa's second feature, favorite concert footage by female artists.
Lilith Fair Returning In 2010
Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair festival, the concert tour that celebrated female artists while raising money for women's charities, is reportedly going to return in 2010. Which acts do you think will join the tour? [PerezHilton]
I May Be Too Old To Rock, But Thankfully, The Breeders Are Not
People — writers, fans, music executives — don't really know what to do with an aging female musician. I'm not talking about someone like Celine Dion or Cher, whose popularity was never based on some amorphous idea of coolness or relevance. I'm not even talking about our beloved Liz Phair, who still plasters short,…
