By Creative Media Times

It was a night full of music and stars at New York’s Radio City Hall on Monday, where the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards were held.

Cardi B led the night’s overall nominations count with 10 nominations. But it was Camila Cabello who took home the top honors, including artist of the year and video of the year. Cardi B won best music artist, while Jennifer Lopez received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

Here’s the full list of winners of 2018 MTV VMAs:

Video of the year:
Winner: Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” – Syco Music/Epic Records (WINNER)
Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” – Republic Records
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” – Atlantic Records
The Carters – “APES**T” – Roc Nation/Parkwood Entertainment
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – mcDJ / RCA Records
Drake – “God’s Plan” – YMCMB/Cash Money/Republic Records

Artist of the year:
Winner: Camila Cabello – Syco Music/Epic Records
Ariana Grande – Republic Records
Bruno Mars – Atlantic Records
Cardi B – Atlantic Records
Drake – YMCMB/Cash Money/Republic Records
Post Malone – Republic Records

Song of the year:
Winner: Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “rockstar” – Republic Records
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” – Atlantic Records
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” – Syco Music/Epic Records
Drake – “God’s Plan” – YMCMB/Cash Money/Republic Records
Dua Lipa – “New Rules” – Warner Bros. Records
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” – Atlantic Records

Best new artist:
Winner: Cardi B – Atlantic Records
Bazzi – iamcosmic/Atlantic Records
Chloe x Halle – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
Hayley Kiyoko – Atlantic Records
Lil Pump – Warner Bros. Records
Lil Uzi Vert – Atlantic Records

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By Creative Media Times

It looks like the bad boys from Boston are headed to Las Vegas and today lead singer Steven Tyler made it official.

“We want to bring a show in there we really can’t do when on the road, on a regular tour,” Tyler said on The Today Show.

Aerosmith’s residency, dubbed “Aerosmith: Deuces Are Wild” (named after their 1994 promotional single) begins Saturday April 6, 2019 at Park Theater in the new Park MGM Resort, the same venue where Lady Gaga’s Vegas residency will be held.

The band announced there will be a a total of 18 shows in the months of April, June and July. A few days ago, Joe Perry talked about the shows during an interview with Sirius XM radio.

Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, with 150 million worldwide records sales throughout their career which span for almost five decades, and have influenced generations of hard rock and heavy metal bands. In 2001, band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Imagination TV Inc. (OTCBB: IMTV) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Nine Mile Entertainment to co-produce the annual 9 Mile Music Festival, at Virginia Key Beach in Miami, Florida, in March 2019.

The 9 Mile Music Festival was created to pay tribute to the legendary Bob Marley. The 25-year-old festival is an annual music event which began in 1993 in Miami. 9 Mile was pioneered by Bob Marley’s mother, Cedella Marley Booker, to pay tribute to the legacy of her late son, and his messages of peace, love and unity. Today the festival is put on by Nine Mile Entertainment which is owned and operated by Richard Booker, Bob Marley’s Brother.

The 9 Mile Music Festival has hosted between 10,000 and 29,000 people annually. Previous artist line-up has included, Bob Marley’s children Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Ky-mani Marley and Damian Marley, Carlos Santana, Lauryn Hill, Hootie & the Blowfish, Erykah Badu, Burning Spear, Buju Banton, Sizzla Kalonji, Capleton, Pitbull, 2 Chainz, Future, T.I., Tarrus Riley, Konshens, Machel Montano, Diana King, SOJA, Slightly Stoopid, Thievery Corporation, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Mavado, DMX, India Arie, Inner Circle and Major Lazer.
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By Creative Media Times

The Global Citizen Festival lineup has been announced and it is packed with some of the biggest names in the music industry.

Janet Jackson, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Cardi B and Janelle Monae are set to perform at this year’s Global Citizen Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York, announced Tuesday.

John Legend will perform as a special guest. Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness will return to host for the 5th year. Co-hosts include Kal Penn, Danai Gurira, Forest Whitaker, Rachel Brosnahan, Gus Kenworthy, Camren Bicondova, La La Anthony, and Cynthia Erivo.

The Global Citizen Festival is a free ticketed event. Anyone can win tickets by downloading the Global Citizen app and earn points taking advocacy actions from there.

The festival brings together top artists with world leaders to make commitments toward ending extreme poverty. In 2012, more than 60,000 people attended the first star-studded Global Citizen Festival in New York.

The festival will be presented Citi, which has been a partner of the festival since inception. Live Nation returns for the third consecutive year as production partner, and for the fifth consecutive year, MSNBC and Comcast NBCUniversal will air a live simulcast on MSNBC and MSNBC.com.

By Armando

“All things must come to an end,” announced last year by founder Kevin Lyman on Warped Tour’s official website that 2018 will be its final time to hit the road.

And this week, that end did arrive, as Pennywise performed the final of song of the iconic tour.

“It’s the last @VansWarpedTour day of the summer, & I will always say you can never let your guard down until the last truck is loaded and everyone is home safe,” Lyman posted on Twitter. “Catering truck caught on fire 🔥 last night! Awesome crew is pulling something together though.”

The traveling festival has been touring annually each summer since 1995 in the United States and Canada. It later became known as “Vans Warped Tour” after the manufacturer of skateboarding shoes became the main sponsor in 1996.

Known primarily as a punk rock festival, the tour has since diversified into featuring acts of various genres beyond its original alternative rock and punk rock roots, including performances from Fall Out Boy, No Doubt, Blink-182, and Paramore.

Although this week marks the end of the tour, an end of an era so to speak, fans are already looking into the future, including Lyman, who tweeted a message in a hopeful tone. “Wow @VansWarpedTour has just ended and I am watching the last tail lights leave the lot,” he posted. “I have done what I can do and now it is your turn. Do amazing things, much love to those who got it!”

We’re honored to close out the final @VansWarpedTour tonight in West Palm Beach at 8pm on the Journey's Left Foot Stage. Thank you for letting us be a part of it, @KevinLyman. pic.twitter.com/cZ7iLSSygR

— Pennywise (@Pennywise) August 5, 2018

By Creative Media Times

Drake’s bounce track that inspired a viral dance challenge finally has an official video. The man who started the challenge, comedian Shiggy appears in the new video along with footage of other celebrities such as DJ Khaled, the cast of Stranger Things, Ciara and Will Smith, all of whom have done their own versions of the dance craze.

Shiggy appeared in the video with his signature dance moves from the dance challenge that is circulating on Instagram. He also gets to show some of his acting skills playing Drake’s assistant.

The nearly eight-minute long video, most of which shot on the streets of New Orleans, started with Drake professing his love to “Kiki,” played by actress La La Anthony and asking to take her out and see a movie. But it wasn’t easy under the watchful eye of her mom.

“Hello?! I want you to get your Jordans off my walkway. This not a Taye Diggs movie, sir. You’re a grown man. Carry your ass on home now,” her mom says, played by actress Phylicia Rashad. “I want you to leeeeave, and don’t forget to go when you leave!,” Rashad adds as Drake tries to plead his case.

Drake has been dominating the charts this year. The song debuted in the top 10 Billboard’s Hot 100 along with seven other tracks from his latest album. It then rose to no.1 the following week, essentially replacing his own song “Nice for What” at the top.

“In My Feelings” is from the Canadian musician’s chart-topping fifth studio album ‘Scorpion’. Watch the track’s new video below:

By Eric Gasa

Even two years after his death in 2016, the world is still finding posthumous work from the legendary David Bowie. Before he was the singer/fashion icon known as Ziggy Stardust, Bowie, or then David Robert Jones, was an aspiring saxophone player for his teen band, The Konrads. In typical Bowie fashion, a long-lost demo recording from Bowie’s time with The Konrads has been recently discovered in of all places, a bread basket. The tape, recovered in the home of the band’s drummer, David Hadfield, is expected to auction for £13,000 and reveals a side of Bowie that few people knew.

Before the glam, platinum records, and sold-out stadiums, Bowie was just a 16-year-old performer fighting for his time in the spotlight. In fact, at the time of the recording Bowie was not even sure he wanted to be a vocalist.

“David had no inclination to become a singer at this point, his heart and mind were focused on becoming a world class saxophone player,” Hadfield explained to The Guardian. “Our agent, Eric Easton, who also managed the Rolling Stones, asked us to do a demo so he could try and get us an audition at Decca.”

Easton had persuaded the 16-year-old Bowie to lend his vocals on the song, “I Never Dreamed” but the song was unfortunately rejected by Decca Records. Taped in 1963, the demo is the very first recording of Bowie singing.

As the story goes, The Konrads failed to secure a record deal and Jones left the band. Six years later he reemerged as David Bowie, achieving stardom with 1969’s classic David Bowie, and it’s 1972 reissue Space Oddity.

The iconic singer died of cancer in January 2016. His last album, Blackstar was released as planned two days after the singer’s death, coinciding with his 69th birthday. Recorded in secret, Bowie’s swan song was meant as a parting gift to his fans upon his death.

Blackstar received Gold and Platinum certifications and won awards at the 2016 Grammys for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Performance.

With the discovery of this long last demo, the world has another glimpse of the artist from the grave, only adding to the mystique and legacy of Bowie.

Hadfield’s recording will go on auction this September at Omega Auctions in Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside.