WORLD AIDS DAY CONCERT: A (RED) THANK YOU featuring U2 minus 1 (bruce springsteen / chris martin) / kanye west / carrie underwood

WORLD AIDS DAY CONCERT: A (RED) THANK YOU featuring U2 minus 1 (bruce springsteen / chris martin) / kanye west / carrie underwood
only announced 3 hours prior via U2's own website, times square hosted a world aids day concert in conjunction with (red) featuring U2 minus their lead singer bono (who was injured in an accident a week prior). in his place were coldplay's lead singer chris martin and the surprise bruce springsteen! oh and kanye and carrie underwood were there too. check out the 48 minute concert and remember to donate in the fight against aids at (red). we can be the generation that can bring this disease down to zero!

OSCARS 2014 LIVE PERFORMANCES: pharrell williams / u2 / karen o & ezra koenig / idina menzel / pink

though the awards itself was ok, it was the wonderful live performances from the original song category that really made this a special night. here are all the performances in full!


pharrell williams - happy (despicable me 2)


u2 - ordinary love (mandela)


karen o & ezra koenig - the moon song (her)


idina menzel - let it go (frozen)


pink - somewhere over the rainbow (the wizard of oz anniversary performance)

RECORD STORE DAY: the civil wars - behind the bars (elliot smith cover) / foals - bad habit (cctv) / nick lowe - i was born in bethlehem / queens of the stone age - i sat by the ocean / u2 - ordinary love / lana del rey - born to die / lady gaga - applause (empire of the sun remix) / sondre lerche - rejection #5

with people clamoring to buy stuff during black friday, the record store day folks have also decided that today would be a great day to celebrate independent record stores around the world via sales of one off special pressings on vinyl. though i'm a smidgen behind on this, it's still not too late to visit your local record store over the weekend to see if there's any good stuff left! check out some highlights of what you could find below:


the civil wars - behind the bars (elliot smith cover) "behind the bars EP"


foals - bad habit (cctv) "the cctv sessions LP"


nick lowe - i was born in bethlehem "quality street: a seasonal selection for all the family LP"


queens of the stone age - i sat by the ocean "…like clockwork (black on black) LP"


u2 - ordinary love "ordinary love 7""


lana del rey - born to die "born to die LP"


lady gaga - applause (empire of the sun remix) "applause remix picture disc 12""


sondre lerche - rejection #5 (package details - trailer) "public hi-fi sessions 7""

FREE REMIXES YO!: RAC - vol 1.5

RAC - vol 1.5 (featuring u2, the gossip, honeythieves and hockey)
[the great remix artist collective (aka RAC) are offering a collection of their latest remixes for you... free! so go and enjoy the lot! happy new year!]