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The votes are cast and the top three winners of the May 13th BEAT100 Original Music Video Chart announced with New Disorder placing first, The Senton Bombs claiming second, and alternative rock band, ‘Hype!’, in third. The BEAT100 community congratulates these three talented ensembles for their outstanding original music video performance in the most recent BEAT100 chart compilation!   With influences ranging from 30 Seconds to Mars, System of a Down, and Avenged Sevenfold, Italian band New Disorder rocked first place in the BEAT100 charts with the performance of their original song ‘Free Me From The Dark’. The outstanding track features hard-hitting guitar riffs and drums accompanied by melodic vocals and harmonies. The band provides a true head banger and enjoyable track well deserving of first place status with over 13,000 views.    New Disorder formed in 2009 in Rome and consists of Francesco Lattes on vocals, Giorda...

Randy Jackson, the judge who helped Mariah Carey join his ranks on "American Idol" — at a record-setting sum, no less — is no longer the iconic singer's manager. Jackson, who first met Carey in the 1990s as an A&R man for Columbia Records, helped broker her deal to join "Idol" for $18 million, but after a tumultuous season marred by disagreements, feuds and rumors, he may be saying goodbye to his fellow judge as well as his former client, Showbiz411 reported Wednesday (May 8).   Carey released new single "#Beautiful" earlier this week and signed a contract with Red Light Management, which represents such acts as Radiohead, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Alicia Keys and more. Showbiz411 reported that "hectic" schedules were the cause of her departure from Jackson, who has managed her since 2011.   On air, Jackson and Carey haven't appeared to have friction. Rather, Carey has endured a fract...

A member of the audience at Justin Bieber's stage show in Dubai tackled the singer from behind while he was performing at a grand piano.   Bieber managed to free himself and ran to the side of the stage while security guards grabbed the intruder, knocking the piano over and onto its side.   The singer later retweeted descriptions of the "mayhem".   He later tweeted: "Dubai. Nothing stops the show. 2 more to go."   Footage on YouTube shows Bieber carried on performing while security guards removed the fan and picked up the piano.   He is in the middle of a world tour called Believe which began last September and includes about 100 dates. 'Wasn't a prank'   Reports said that the globally successful 19-year-old took a three-minute break after the on-stage fracas before returning to sing Boyfriend and then Baby.   His guitarist and musical direc...

Paul McCartney played a selection of songs by The Beatles that have never before been performed live during the opening night of his world tour.   The singer played 'Your Mother Should Know', 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!', 'Lovely Rita' and 'All Together Now' for the first time ever during the gig in Belo Horizone, Brazil on Saturday (May 4). You can watch fan-shot footage of the gig below.   McCartney also surprised the 55,000 in attendance by opening with 'Eight Days A Week' – a song he hasn't played since the Fab Four played it for the first and only time in 1965 – and 'We Can Work It Out', which hasn't been included in his set since his Glastonbury performance in 2004. Wings tracks 'Listen To What The Man Said' and 'Hi Hi Hi' also made it into his solo setlist for the first time.   Belo Horizonte was picked as a stop on McCartney's 'Out...

BEAT100 is proud to announce the recent May 6, 2013 winners of the BEAT100 Cover Music Video Chart. Sikaa Sidi achieved first place this month with her outstanding cover of Tracy Chapman’s timeless hit, ‘Fast Car’ while second place is awarded to second-time BEAT100 Cover Music Video Chart winner Alina Toma. Marc Rodrigues placed third with his cover of Asaf Avidan’s ‘Reconing Song’, achieving his first BEAT100 award. The BEAT100 community congratulates these individuals for their outstanding cover performances in the May 6th Cover Music Video Chart!   Born in the Republic of Mali, Africa and moving to France as a child, Sikaa Sidi was inspired to become a singer from a young age after watching the movie ‘Sister Act’. “I remember telling my mother ‘Ma, I’d like to be a sister when I grow up!’,” says Sidi, “I thought that every religious person used to sing and dance like Whoopie...

Deftones have paid tribute to the late Chris Kelly by covering Kris Kross's 1992 hit single 'Jump'.   The band performed a cover of the song at their show last night (May 1) in St Louis, mashing it up with their own track 'Engine No 9'. "We got word that a member of Kris Kross has passed," said frontman Chino Moreno before launching into the song.   Kelly - of 1990s rap duo Kris Kross - was found "unresponsive" at his home in Atlanta on Wednesday (May 1) and was transported to Atlanta Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.    It is now being reported by TMZ that 34-year-old Kelly allegedly took a mixture of heroin and cocaine on the night before his death. The rapper's mother, Donna Kelly Pratt, apparently told police that her son had taken a 'speedball'. Kris Kross – who were famous for wearing their clothes backwards – was made up of Kelly, aka '...

The BEAT100 team were pleasantly surprised after being invited to see Ultimate Musicians, Missing Andy, at the launch of their two brand new studio albums, ‘Guerrilla Invasion Parts 1 & 2’. “Two albums was such a mammoth task for us to take on, especially in such a small space of time,” says Steve Rolls, the guitarist for Missing Andy. “We’d been in the studio for two months straight recording the album and doing artwork!” Fortunately for the five-piece, Essex-based band, the hard work and dedication put into their album project paid off as fans came flocking in by the hundreds into the sold out Missing Andy performance at KOKO in Camden, London. The three-floored theatre saw a mixture of old and new fans all waiting to hear the highly anticipated new sound of their favourite Brit-rock band. “The launch was just an incredible climax and validation for all our hard work!” exclaimed Steve. As their superb suppor...

“My music is my own genre, not in a box and still evolving, a mix of pop, blues, folk, and soul,” says 19-year-old Danica Hunter, a recent recipient of BEAT100’s Ultimate Musician award. Danica’s video for her single, ‘Close Your Eyes’, has become a favorite on the music video social network in past weeks with well over 6,000 views and 1,000 comments, as this talented artist’s original style and powerful voice fills the pages of BEAT100. After achieving a recent 6th place in the Original Music Video Chart, this UK based singer-songwriter was also awarded a BEAT100 Gold Song, Favorite, and Video Award, as her captivating performance consistently impress BEAT100 users. Danica began her professional singing pursuits at the age of 16 when she achieved top placement in a competition for singer-songwriters at the O2 Arena in London. Since then, she’s toured throughout England and even performed at the Reading, Leeds, and Henley F...

(Reuters) - The story of South Korean rap sensation Psy's ascent to global stardom with his megahit "Gangnam Style" has now been immortalized in full colour and with appropriate dramatic flourishes in a comic book. "Fame:Psy", which went on sale in the United States and South Korea on Wednesday, focuses mainly on what went into making "Gangnam Style," which catapulted the sunglassed singer with the garish jackets to global fame and became YouTube's most popular song ever with more than 1.5 billion hits. "Has he fallen from the sky? Has he risen from the earth?" the comic begins, with illustrations showing Psy - in the suits he made famous in "Gangnam Style" and striking poses from his "Horse Riding Dance" - descending from heaven and bursting through the earth. "It was the end of summer, 2012, when a little-known Asian rapper put his music video on YouTube. It exploded in popularity," c...

Noel Gallagher has turned down the chance to become a judge on the next series of The X Factor competition. The former Oasis chief confirmed recent reports that he'd been approached again to join the talent series for £2 million but he refused the offer because he "didn't want to be on the telly every Saturday night".    He told the Daily Star: "Yes I was asked to do it again. I think they think that because my tour's finished I'm going to be bored, but I'm never going to be that bored. Sharon Osbourne gets £1.5 million for it, I've heard. If she's worth one and a half, what am I worth? Three? Three and three quarters?"   Gallagher also added: "I've not got anything against the show, I just don't want to be on the telly every Saturday night" before joking: "You may be aware, I've got a slight case of Tourette's syndrome and I would just end up saying...