The late Robin and his brothers helped define a genre and topped the charts in the process.By Gil Kaufman The Bee Gees in the 1970s Photo: Bee Gees Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Im Just days after the world lost Queen of Disco Donna Summer, another one of the genre’s royal family, Bee Gees [...]
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Go Long And Hard At Hangout Fest
May 21st, 2012 
Music Band’s Saturday-night set was lively and loose, capping a day that also saw spirited sets from Mac Miller and Skrillex.By James Montgomery Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performs at the 2012 Hangout Music Festival Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images GULF SHORES, Alabama — Having been at this for more than two decades [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Big Week: $19 Billion And A Wedding
May 21st, 2012 Music Facebook co-founder celebrates two grand achievements by making his company public and marrying longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan.By Natasha Chandel Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Photo: Priscilla Chan/ Facebook Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had quite a week! Not only is he now worth a cool $19 billion after the Facebook IPO, but he [...]
Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb Dead At 62
May 21st, 2012 Music Singer had battled colon and liver cancer and lapsed into a coma last month.By Katie Byrne Robin Gibb in 1976 Photo: Ivan Keeman/ Redferns/ Getty Images Bee Gees member Robin Gibb died Sunday (May 20) after a long battle with cancer; he was 62 years old. “The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, [...]
Mac Miller Makes It The Best Day Ever At Bamboozle
May 20th, 2012 Music ‘I’m just tryin’ to bring a show, man,’ Mac told MTV News just before his high-energy set at Friday’s festival kickoff.By Rob Markman Mac Miller Photo: Brian Phares/MTV News ASBURY PARK, New Jersey — There’s only so much partying on Fifth Ave. that a man can do, so on Friday night, Mac Miller hit the [...]
Jack White Rocks Hangout Fest, Avoids Getting A Tan
May 20th, 2012 Music Headliner White closed out the first day of the beachfront festival in Alabama with a set long on hits, solos.By James Montgomery Jack White performs at Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama Photo: WireImage GULF SHORES, Alabama — Judging by his cadaverous complexion, Jack White probably doesn’t make it out to the beach all that [...]
50 Cent And Wiz Khalifa Collaboration: ‘Stay Tuned’
May 19th, 2012 Music ‘I responded to him and I told him, ‘Let’s work,’ ‘ Fif tells MTV News of a Twitter collabo request from Wiz.By Nadeska Alexis, with reporting by Ade Mangum 50 Cent Photo: MTV News 50 Cent was admitted to the hospital earlier this week when he began to suffer from severe stomach pains, but by [...]
Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Dictator’ Is A Snooki ‘Supporter’
May 19th, 2012 Music Admiral General Aladeen also confesses to the murders of Tupac and Biggie Smalls during MTV News interview.By Fallon Prinzivalli, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Sacha Baron Cohen as the Dictator at 2012 Cannes Film Festival Photo: Getty Images “Welcome! Death to the West!” That is how the Dictator greeted MTV News’ Josh Horowitz when he [...]
