We caught up with Janelle Monae backstage at Wireless Festival in London this weekend (July 2nd)
Janelle discussed her current tour, musical mentors, working with Estelle and future album plans.
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PunchBowl TV Meet Janelle Monae!
by on 06/07/2011PunchBowl TV Meets Estelle!
by on 01/07/2011We caught up with Estelle recently in London to speak about her new album which includes guest appearences from Janelle Monae, Common, Rick Ross and Akon.
Check back soon for more from our chat with Estelle!
Glastonbury 2011| Janelle Monae Performs!
by on 26/06/2011US artist Janelle Monae took to the Glastonbury stage to perform an energetic set. It’s lucky she made it as the ‘Tightrope’ singer had a little trouble en route to the festival. On Twitter she said:
“On the way to Glastonbury fest our tour bus caught on fire. No one is hurt. So thankful. We needed that Glastonbury performance so Thank u.”
See her rock out the stage in the vid above.
Video| Big Boi x Janelle Monae ‘Be Still’
by on 23/04/2011Big Boi dropped his latest video for his single ’Be Still’ with Janelle Monae, a track off ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot’
Big Boi x Janelle Monae BTS ‘Be Still’
by on 07/03/2011
Here’s some behind the scenes footage from Big Boi and Janelle Monae’s video shoot for ‘Be Still’.
‘Be Still’ is featured on Big Boi’s ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot : The Son Of Chico Dusty’ album.
Thanks SoulCulture
2011 Grammy Award Performances!
by on 14/02/2011Aretha Franklin Tribute
Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’
B.o.B, Janelle Monae & Bruno Mars
Muse ‘Uprising’
Miranda Lambert – ‘House That Built Me’
Justin Bieber, Usher & Jaden Smith!
Cee-Lo & Gwyneth Paltrow perform ‘Forget You’
Eminem, Rihanna Dr. Dre and Sklyar Grey
Mumford and Sons, Bob Dylan and the Avett Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Rihanna x Drake ‘What’s My Name’
Katy Perry Medley
Arcade Fire
Mick Jagger & Raphael Saadiq
Black Eyed Peas To Headline Wireless Festival!
by on 07/02/2011
Black Eyed Peas are to play a headline appearance at the Wireless Festival.
The group will play the event in Hyde Park, London on Friday July 1.
Topping the bill on Saturday night will be The Chemical Brothers while Sunday’s big name act, Pulp, who are reforming after many years, were announced late last year. They will play the Sunday night of the event on July 3.
Wireless will be the only British festival appearance by Black Eyed Peas.
They will be joined on the bill by leading UK artists including Tinie Tempah and Plan B.
Support acts for the Saturday show include Chase & Status, Aphex Twin, Janelle Monae and Battles.
Tickets for Wireless With Barclaycard – will go on sale on Friday at www.wirelessfestival.co.uk.
Video|Hollywood Dies Digitally December 1st!
by on 30/11/2010On Wednesday, Hollywood dies digitally to raise awareness for World AIDS Day. The world’s top tweeters are making the ultimate sacrifice, leaving their 30 million followers in the dark until $1,000,000 is raised to buy their digital lives back.
Glamour Magazine ‘Women Of The Year’ Event!
by on 09/11/2010
Glamour Magazine held their 2010 Women Of The Year event in NYC last night.
The event brought out a whole heap of glamorous women including Janet Jackson, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Kelly Osbourne, Fergie, Cher, Donatella Versace, Oprah Winfrey, Hilary Swank and MANY others!
The iconic Cher was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the event and entertainment was brought by the always amazing Janelle Monae.
Video| Prince Announces American Tour!
by on 15/10/2010Standing at a podium on the Apollo Theater’s famous stage, Prince announced his ‘Welcome 2 America’ tour which will also feature Janelle Monae, Maceo Parker, Cassandra Wilson, Sheila E., Mint Condition, Lalah Hathaway, Esperanza Spalding, and more.
The iconic singer finished his announcement by saying:
“Bring your friends, bring your children, and bring foot spray, because it’s going to be funky. Peace”
Janelle Monae Performs “Faster”on Jools Holland!
by on 08/10/2010
Check out Janelle Monae’s incredible performance of her track “Faster” on Later With Jools Holland. As always, the vibrant songstress delivered live!
You can watch our PunchBowl TV interview with Janelle here.
Alicia Keys Star Studded Keep A Child Alive Black Ball!
by on 01/10/2010
Newlyweds and parents-to-be Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz couldn’t keep their hands off each other as they attended Keep A Child Alive’s 7th annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City this evening.
Hosted by Alicia herself, this event takes place in New York and in London and has raised over $10 million since 2004.
Guests included Uma Thurman, Maxwell, Usher, Whitney Houston, Beyonce and more.
Jay-Z, Janelle Monae and Sade all performed. Alicia Keys joined Sade for a rendition of ‘Stronger Than Pride’
Video| Celebrities Wish PunchBowlBlog A Happy 1st Birthday!!!
by on 10/08/2010Over the past 12 months we have brought you exclusive interviews with a whole heap of celebrities from the UK & US!
Check out some of those celebrities wishing us a happy 1st birthday!!
Thank you for supporting PunchBowl over the past 12 months and we look forward to bringing you even more exclusive news & interviews in the future!
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*Related Post: PunchBowlBlog Six Month Sizzler*
Special thank you to Stefan Johnson and Makeda Montock for the continued hard work and fresh video content!
New Video| Janelle Monae ‘Cold War’
by on 05/08/2010Check out the simple and gorgeous new video for ‘Cold War’ from Janelle Monae.
Thoughts on the video?
