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- D'Angelo Joins Questlove For Historic Superjam At Bonnaroo
R&B singer hits the stage during early morning hours his first U.S. performance in 12 years.
By Nadeska Alexis
Questlove and D'Angelo
Photo: Rya Backer/ MTV NewsMANCHESTER, Tennessee — Questlove always has a few tricks up his sleeve, and the Roots drummer saved his one of his biggest stunts in recent history for Saturday night's "Superjam" session at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Just a couple hours after the Roots finished their own set on the festival's main stage, D'Angelo joined Questlove for his first U.S. performance in over a decade.
The Superjam session (billed as "?uestlove with very special guests") didn't kick off until well after midnight at "This Tent," and Quest wasn't on the stage for long before he proudly introduced the legendary R&B singer to the crowd, telling them, "I've been waiting 12 years to say this: Ladies and gentleman, D'Angelo!"
After warming up with a few recent shows in Europe, D'Angelo finally made his way to a stage in the states. With the support of a nine-piece band and musical veterans like Roots collaborator James Poyser, D'Angelo joined Quest for over an hour, opening with Jimi Hendrix's "Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)" and hitting songs like the Beatles' 'She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and Led Zeppelin's "What is and What Should Never Be."
Rumors of an appearance from D'Angelo had been circulating through the music tents in Manchester, Tennessee all day, and when MTV News caught up with Questlove a few hours before the surprise set, he explained, without naming names, what his vision for the night was.
'What I wanted to do was recreate the magic of the songwriting process at the time when I was taking residency in Electric Lady Studios," he explained, referencing Jimi Hendrix's studio facility built in New York's West Village in 1970. "I made that my central location from 1996 'til about 2004, and during that time that's where D'Angelo's Voodoo album as created, Mos Def's Black on Both Sides was created, and even some of Phrenology and The Tipping Point was created," he said. "That was really the central location for our soul querying catalog, so what I've done [for the Superjam] is gathered a cast of characters to show what a night in that period was like."
And what exactly what a typical night in Electric Lady Studios like? "Around 3 a.m., we would sit around bored and decide what album to re-do," he reminisced. "So let's say Prince's Under the Cherry Moon album — we would get in the studio and karaoke-style do the album from start to finish. But if at any point we started playing something that sounded good, we kept playing the groove over it, then all the music would go away, the drums would still go ... and it slowly morphed into another song. That was our songwriting process. So tonight, eight musicians of historical significance will be on stage and when we're in that circle, it's just gonna be the eight of us. I'm not even gonna look at the thousands of people watching."
The thousands of people who were watching had a hard time believing that D'Angelo was really jamming at the late-night set, and it's safe to say that not one of them was "bored" as Questlove joked they might be. The next time fans will be able to catch D'Angelo live is at the upcoming Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, where he'll likely treat crowds to his own classics.
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Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - Red Hot Chili Peppers Heat Up Bonnaroo's Saturday Night
In their first appearance at the festival, RHCP unleash raucous energy.
By Mary J. DiMeglio
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis
Photo: Rya Backer/ MTV NewsMANCHESTER, Tennessee — In a two-hour set that absolutely flew by, the Red Hot Chili Peppers proved Saturday night that they're still the hardest-working band in the business. Their incomparable energy was on full display in their first Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival appearance as they tore through their nearly 30-year catalogue.
A little more than two months into a tour schedule that has them performing nonstop through the end of November, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees opened with "Monarchy of Roses," the first track on their most-recent release, I'm With You. "Factory of Faith" and "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" also represented that disc.
Highlights included the RHCP classics "Give It Away," "Suck My Kiss," "Under the Bridge" and their cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground."
As if his bass playing isn't impressive enough, Flea deftly made his way across the stage in a handstand. The bassist clearly caught Bonnaroo fever, gushing, "I feel peace and love and kindness everywhere I walk around here." He praised the weekend's earlier performances from St. Vincent, Dumpstaphunk, Santigold and the Roots, calling Radiohead's Friday night set "so f---ing beautiful."
RHCP, who will headline this year's Lollapalooza, also pulled out "If You Have to Ask" from 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik and By the Way cut "Throw Away Your Television."
On a very warm night that had festivalgoers running through the fountain at 2:30 a.m., Skrillex brought huge smiles to the faces of EDM fans.
Also Saturday, metal legend Alice Cooper's show packed That Tent, which earlier in the day hosted a succession of hard rock and punk acts, including Bad Brains, Flogging Molly, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer and Danzig.
Hip-hop also had a strong showing, as the Roots, Das Racist and GZA performing Liquid Swords with Grupo Fantasma all got heads nodding. Childish Gambino projected the lyrics to "You See Me" on the giant screen behind him so his fan boys and girls could sing along.
Friday featured Radiohead, Feist, Ludacris, Foster the People, and Mos Def and Talib Kweli as Black Star. The festival wraps up Sunday (June 10) with the Beach Boys, Phish, the Shins, Fun. and Bon Iver.
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Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - 'Mad Men' Season-Five Finale: A Year In Review
MTV News recaps the turbulent events at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in the lead-up to tonight's season finale.
By Josh Wigler
Jessica Paré and Jon Hamm in "Mad Men"
Photo: AMCIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The fifth season of "Mad Men," which concludes Sunday night (June 10) at 10 p.m. ET on AMC, has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs: There were tremendous triumphs for certain parties but horrific downward spirals for other Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees. Whether or not the year was kind to your favorite "Mad Men" character, everyone can agree that season five of the Emmy-winning drama was an eventful one. Indeed, it just might be the very best season yet.
In case you've been lagging behind on your "Mad Men" viewing and don't have time to catch up ahead of the big night, here's a handy-dandy cheat sheet on one of the most turbulent years to date in the lives of Don Draper and friends.
When Donny Met Megan The season-four finale, "Tomorrowland," ended with Don's shocking proposal to French Canadian secretary Megan. Season five did not balk on the promise of their betrothal, picking up well into the unlikely marriage between the former Dick Whitman and the new Mrs. Draper. But their first year of marriage was not without fits and starts. Despite showing extreme creative promise at SCDP, Megan abandoned the agency to pursue her passion as an actress. Don felt burned by Megan's decision, not to mention his own creative boredom with his job, and often took his frustration out on his wife. But even if their relationship has been rocky, it's not currently on the rocks, certainly not at Don-Betty levels of doom.
Whoa, Fat Betty, Bam-Ba-Lam Speaking of Mrs. Francis, Don's ex-wife went through some big changes between seasons four and five as well. Seriously big changes, in fact. Betty returned this season not just with the usual emotional baggage she brings to the table, but physical baggage as well, eating her way through her depression. Though her lithe figure increased by a few sizes this season, Betty's stubborn heart stayed Grinch-sized as she took out her frustrations on rebellious daughter Sally and on Megan, a woman she viewed as her chief rival for Sally's affections.
Onwards and Upwards Big changes were afoot for many of the other supporting "Mad Men" characters as well. Roger Sterling's ever-growing roster of ex-wives increased by one following a long night filled with LSD-fueled epiphanies. Ken Cosgrove came out of the closet as a secret science fiction novelist, inspiring "Lost" co-writer Damon Lindelof to pen some truly inspired fan-fiction. Pete Campbell, frustrated at his lack of forward momentum at work and his stagnant suburban life with his wife and baby daughter, embarked on two brief affairs (one with a prostitute, one with his train buddy's wife) that went approximately nowhere. He also made a not-so-valiant attempt at wooing a youth in his driver's ed class, to no avail. (But hey, at least he can drive now!) Meanwhile, Pete's baby mama, Peggy Olson, tired of not moving up in the company despite standing head-and-shoulders above her fellow copywriters, finally threw in the towel and left SCDP for greener pastures; she hasn't been seen since. And lastly, new mother Joan Harris separated from army medic and compulsive jerk Greg, later becoming a full-fledged partner at Sterling Cooper, albeit through sleazy, unorthodox means.
Fast Cars, Big Money Those aforementioned unorthodox means refer to SCDP's biggest client to date: Jaguar. The ad agency finally landed a major car company, but not after some major struggles. British gentleman Lane Pryce originally brought the business to the table, but Pete and friends ruined that initial deal through their typical misogynistic hijinks — a blunder that resulted in one of the best fistfights on any television show this year. A second chance at redemption came their way eventually, when Don and his team managed to deliver a winning pitch and secure the account, but only after Joan agreed to sleep with one of the major decisionmakers on the other side of the Jaguar deal. The result: a new partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, not to mention big money.
Playing Hangman Well, not big money for everybody. Lane spent most of season five down and out, owing an impossible amount of money in taxes and facing the very serious risk of having to leave America and return to Britain in shame. When an attempt to pay his way through an early Christmas bonus failed, a desperate Lane forged Don's signature and wrote himself a check with company money. When Don learned of his colleague's duplicitous actions, he forced Lane to resign, giving him a weekend to dream up a graceful reason for his departure. Lane's solution was anything but graceful: The broken Brit attempted suicide not once but twice, succeeding on the second try by hanging himself in his office and leaving behind nothing but a form resignation letter to explain his actions. Only Don knew the true reasons behind Lane's suicide, and his decision to speak out or remain silent is still unresolved. Which brings us to tonight...
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Переслать - 'True Blood' Season Five: Burning Questions
With the new season about to premiere, we look back at the cliffhangers left up in the air from season four.
By Kara Warner
Alexander Skarsgård in season four of "True Blood"
Photo: HBOOh "True Blood," how we've missed you and all your nudity, sex and soap opera-esque drama. Not to mention all the vampires, werewolves, werepanthers, shifters, fairies and ghosts. With the premiere of the expectedly fantastical fifth season just hours away, we can't help but wonder just what creator/executive producer Alan Ball has in store for us over the course of the next 12 episodes.
Here are a few of our burning questions ahead of the big return to Bon Temps tonight:
How Will Eric and Bill Be Punished?
As the show is wont to do, there were several cliffhanger elements presented in the season-four finale; one of them was the bromantic beheading of uptight Authority boss Nan Flanagan by on-again/off-again frenemies Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) and Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). The last we saw of them, they were literally covered in vampire blood and guts. What's next? Will they have to run away together? How long before the Authority catches up to them? We know they won't be killed off, so what kind of punishment will they receive?How Long Will Sookie Stay Single?
Speaking of Eric and Bill and their rocky relationship, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) insisted last season that although she has feelings for both vampires, she needs to be single for a while. In knowing the show like we do, "a while" will likely be two or three episodes, tops. But who will Sookie try out this season? Eric and Bill will probably always be potential suitors, but she's been there, done that. All signs point to a future dalliance with one bighearted, warm-blooded werewolf, Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello). How can she resist all that flannel and those muscles?How Long Will Eric Stay Angry With Pam?
If there's anyone who deserves more screen time and/or backstory this season, it is Pam (Kristin Bauer). The haughty, no-nonsense, impeccably dressed progeny of Sheriff Northman steals a part of every scene she's in, no matter the circumstances. But after Eric dismissed Pam so harshly at the end of last season, we have no idea what's in store for their relationship, which is one of the most entertaining to watch on the show. Odds are that Eric can't stay mad at Pam forever, but he's also not one to let her off the hook easily. So the better question is: What will it take for Pam to get back into her Master's good graces?How Much Damage Will Russell Edgington Cause?
It seems like it was just a matter of time before Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) would reappear. Especially since Bill and Eric didn't fully kill him before — they just wrapped him up in silver and buried him in concrete. We all know that the only real way to kill vampires is to take a stake to them, a missed opportunity Eric and Bill will very likely come to regret this season. Not that it won't be delightful to watch O'Hare working his magic or wreaking havoc as the former King, but we expect him to be the cause of a lot of bloodshed and tears.How Dead Is Tara?
The biggest question of them all: What the heck happened to Tara? The last time we saw her, she sacrificed a good portion of her skull to save her BFF Sookie from crazy Debbie Pelt (RIP). And for what? To be killed off and mourned? To die and come back as a ghost to haunt Sookie and all of Bon Temps? If she isn't dead, who saves her? And how? There are so many mystical, magical forces at play on this show nowadays that we can't just assume all problems will be solved with a few drops of V. Or can we?Переслать - Ludacris Feels 'The Energy' At First Bonnaroo Performance
The Atlanta rapper performs his first set at Bonnaroo, while Black Star's Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey make their return.
By Nadeska Alexis with reporting by Christina Garibaldi
Ludacris
Photo: Erika Goldring/ Getty ImagesLudacris' 8th album Ludaversal is due out in September, and the Atlanta rapper's Friday night set (June 8) at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was a loud reminder that he has seven albums worth of hits to perform when he takes the stage. He took fans back a decade with singles like "Southern Hospitality," and in the early morning hours Black Star delivered some classics as well.
Luda got things rolling with the "Southern Fried Intro" from his Chicken-n-Beer album, during an hour-plus set, which found him running through hits you might've forgotten that you'd known. Early bangers like 'Number One Spot," "Act A Fool," and even "Area Codes" kept the crowd pulsating, but from the conversations nearby it was easy to tell that Luda still had plenty of untouched material. Overheard nearby, 20 minutes into the show: "He hasn't done 'What's Your Fantasy,' he hasn't touched that s--- yet!"
He eventually did perform "What's Your Fantasy," in addition to sentimental gems like "Growing Pains," but in the midst of classics Ludacris took a break to deliver his features on pop singles like Usher's "Yeah!" Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart (Remix)" and even Black Eyed Peas' "Glamorous." Even then, there was still plenty left to close the show, including "Stand Up," which came before the final two tracks of the night, "Move Bitch" and "Get Back."
Before Ludacris hit the stage on Friday MTV News caught up with him for some feedback on his first visit to Bonnaroo. "I've heard a lot about this festival, I love that it's so many different genres of music and people are just here to enjoy the music, period," he said. "Radiohead is performing, Phish is performing and I just love the energy. It's my first time [here], but I guarantee it won't be my last."
"This is one of those times where you experiment and really get with the crowd, change your show up and progress even more," he added, noting that he might be on stage for while. "You're taking about 7 albums worth of material--I'm gonna do songs from everything. I might be on stage for an hour and a half!"
A few hours after Ludacris' performance, with the final minutes of Radiohead's headlining set winding down, fans gathered early at "That Tent" to catch Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) perform their material as Black Star. The duo took the stage a bit later than their scheduled set time, to impatient chants from the crowd. They ran through an energetic set that included "Fix Up," "Definition' and their rendition of "Children's Story," which segued into a brief tribute to Slick Rick and legends like Whitney Houston and J Dilla. Before they wrapped things, fans also got a taste of Reflection Eternal's "In This World" and Kweli's popular single "Get By."
Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - Radiohead Serve Up Another Legendary Bonnaroo Set
On Friday night, the icons surpass the sky-high expectations set by their 2006 festival appearance.
By Mary J. DiMeglio
Radiohead's Thom Yorke performs at Bonnaroo Friday
Photo: C Flanigan/ Getty ImagesMANCHESTER, Tennessee — With two very different albums under their belt since they last graced the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival's farm with their fabled 2006 appearance, Radiohead more than lived up to the hype with their Friday night return at the 11th annual event.
Starting out with The King of Limbs' propulsive opening cut, "Bloom," the icons heavily favored their newer tracks when they brought their world tour to Tennessee, also adding "Give Up the Ghost," "Lotus Flower" and "Morning Mr Magpie" to the set.
In that legendary 2006 show, during which they delighted with an epic 28 songs, they tried out six new tunes that successfully made their way onto 2007's In Rainbows. They represented that diverse album Friday night with fan favorite "15 Step," "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," "Nude" and "Bodysnatchers." The recording's "Reckoner" inspired amateur fireworks.
With Amnesiac's "I Might Be Wrong," their dancy live version of Hail to the Thief's "The Gloaming" and Kid A rave-up "Idioteque," the set list was decidedly more energetic than the mellower selections they presented at the Coachella festival in April.
Halfway through the set, just as casual fans were no doubt wondering whether they were going to hear anything familiar, "Karma Police" gave them the chance to participate in the "This is what you get when you mess with us" singalong.
Another highlight was the "True Love Waits" lullaby seguing into "Everything In Its Right Place," when a ponytailed Thom Yorke had everyone clapping along as he took to his keyboard. Radiohead also performed two new songs: "Identikit" and the groovy "Supercollider," which Yorke said was "for Jack White."
As their scheduled midnight end time came and went, Yorke announced, "We bid you all farewell," before answering the wishes of many by ending with "Paranoid Android," dedicating it to "all the people we can't see in the back."
Earlier in the day, Tune-yards jammed out the sax solo on "Bizness," Sharon Jones commanded the main stage in the afternoon in a shiny bright-pink cocktail dress and Foster the People brought their feel-good tunes. Friday also featured Feist, Ludacris, Major Lazer, and Mos Def and Talib Kweli joining forces as Black Star.
Jam-band mainstays Umphrey's McGee, Flying Lotus and Dumpstaphunk, who busted out David Bowie's "Fame," kept fans dancing until the early morning.
Still to come this weekend: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skrillex, Alice Cooper and the Roots will take the stage Saturday (June 9), and the Beach Boys, Phish, the Shins, Fun. and Bon Iver will wrap things up Sunday.
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Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - WATCH: Foster The People, Aziz Anzari Get Stumped On Our Bonnaroo Quiz
Spelling 'Bonnaroo' seems to pose the most difficulty for fest acts, while the question of bathing turns up some not-so-fragrant revelations.
By Rya Backer, with additional reporting by Christina Garibaldi
Foster the People's Mark Foster at Bonnaroo
Photo: C Flanigan/ Getty ImagesBonnaroo 2012 is off to a sunny, memorable start with standout sets on Friday from such wide-ranging acts as Ludacris, Foster the People, Kendrick Lamar and Radiohead — truly offering something for every music fan.
But the culture of Bonnaroo is just as important: Revelers camp out for days (often greeting each other with a "Happy Bonnaroo!") to celebrate the message of good times and even better tunes. So, after we caught up with some of the day's headliners to talk news, we kept them around to get their thoughts on the festival, submitting them to our very own pop quiz!
Spelling "Bonnaroo" posed the most difficulty for acts like Sharon Jones and Foster the People, both of whom prefaced off-camera that they're terrible at spelling. The artists, however, didn't hesitate when we asked how long they've ever gone without bathing, which is perhaps one of the least-fragrant and enduring stereotypes of any festival.
"I bathe every day!" Aziz Ansari assured us, not long after he divulged some details about working with Kanye West on the rapper's film "Cruel Summer."
But Cubbie Fink of Foster the People had no problem admitting the contrary: a whole summer. "I hated showering when I was a kid," Fink told MTV News. An avid surfer, he explained that he didn't feel the need to soap up as frequently since he was already in the water most of the day.
Then there were the new festival traditions we felt compelled to ask about. Ever since Tupac posthumously rocked the stage at this year's Coachella via hologram, we've wondered if the gathering at Bonnaroo would follow suit with a hologram performance, and if so, who would be featured?
"Hologram Reba McEntire," Diplo deadpanned, making his prediction before performing Friday night with Major Lazer.
We've got two more days to see if that comes to fruition!
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