Justin Timberlake

New Denver shows on sale this week: Megadeth, Tricky, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky and more

Megadeth's Gigantour, which features HellYeah, Newstead, Black Label Society and is making a stop at 1STBANK Center in August, goes on sale this Friday, May 10, while Tricky at the Gothic, and Wiz Khalifa and A$AP Rocky at Fiddler's go on sale on Saturday, May 11. Keep reading for the full rundown t ... More >>

Justin Timberlake at Pepsi Center in January 2014. Tickets on sale next Friday, May 17

In case you're the type that likes to plan ahead -- I mean waaaaay ahead -- Justin Timberlake is making his way to the Mile High City for a show at the Pepsi Center...uh, next year. January 22, 2014, to be specific. So why mention it now? So you can clear your calendar, of course, duh! Wouldn't want ... More >>

Here's what we're all listening to right now. What's rocking your world this week?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about t ... More >>

New Denver shows: Kid Rock's $20 tour, Muse at Pepsi Center, 311/Blues Traveler at Red Rocks

Ever the equal opportunity rocker, Kid Rock is bringing his Best Night Ever tour to Fiddler's and every seat in the house is $20. "Everyone knows the economy is still hurting people across the country," he says, "but I didn't want that to be a reason why everyone couldn't get out and enjoy themselve ... More >>

New Denver shows: Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson, Fall Out Boy and Warren Haynes

Brace yourself for the return of Fall Out Boy. The dudes are evidently back to save rock and roll. Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson, meanwhile, are teaming up for a co-headlining date at Fiddler's Green for the Honda Civic Tour, and Warren Hayes is set to collaborate with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra ... More >>

New Denver shows: Keith Urban, Lamb of God, John Mayer, Ke$ha and Pitbull and more

The biggest show announcement this week actually came last week -- talking about Prince at the Ogden, of course -- but there's a whole bunch of other new shows to let you know about this week, including Keith Urban at Red Rocks, Lamb of God at the Boulder Theater, John Mayer at Red Rocks and Ke$ha a ... More >>

Is it time to quit dismissing the taste of teenage girls and start appreciating Justin Bieber?

By Brittany Spanos At what point did teen girls suddenly just become wrong? "Serious" music fans seem to have universally accepted a critique of quality that befalls any artist who willingly sells to the rabid teen girl market and stigmatized the fans who dare to sometimes be male or at least above ... More >>

Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about t ... More >>

Ten sad, strange and sexy Christmas songs

It's less than a week until the fat man in the red suit shimmies down the chimney, and we've already heard "White Christmas," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and every other traditional song you can think of at least a thousand times since Thanksgiving. But there are a few songs out there, well-wr ... More >>

Southern Hospitality goes for its liquor license next week

No sightings of Justin Timberlake yet, but the liquor-license hearing sign is up in the window of the future home of Southern Hospitality, at 1433 17th Street. And the owners of this branch of a restaurant Timberlake introduced in New York are going for both a standard restaurant license and a cabar ... More >>

Five worst food and beverage slogans ever

Clever, market-savvy purveyors of food and drink have spent some serious Cheddar on making sure that we, the consuming public, buy whatever they are peddling. Sometimes their efforts work like Lucky Charms, and other times the slogans are so bad that people will go out of their way to avoid the poor ... More >>

Ryan Tedder's father weighs in on beer, barbecue and Southern Hospitality

Over a holiday meal at Elway's a year and a half ago, One Republic lead singer and now Grammy-winning producer Ryan Tedder was telling his family about Southern Hospitality, the Manhattan restaurant started by Justin Timberlake; Tedder had jumped on board when a second location opened in Hell's Kitc ... More >>

Boy-band resurgence: One Direction and the Wanted try to fill the void Justin Timberlake left

Pop music is cyclical. With the absence of one niche pop artist arises another: Look at what Lady Gaga did when Madonna was absent from the scene for so long. What has pop music been missing recently? Boy bands. 'N Sync, the world's most revered boy band -- bar the Beatles, pop's first boy band, w ... More >>

Tim Tebow: Will he accept invite to Military Ball or break another YouTube user's heart?

Denver blog posts are having trouble getting reservations for tonight. Wonder why. Predominantly Orange's Kim Constantinesco wonders if Tim Tebow will emulate Justin Timberlake's and accept a YouTube invite (following at least two video requests for a date last month) to the Military Ball. Plants ... More >>

What was Justin Timberlake thinking with MySpace TV?

Justin Biel lays into Justin Timberlake over 901 Tequila (video)

​Justin Timberlake has his hands in a lot of culinary pots these days. While his barbecue restaurant, Southern Hospitality BBQ, expands across the country -- including in Denver, with the help of One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder -- he's also trying to grow a spirits brand, 901 Tequila. And h ... More >>

The Art of Snowboarding

Bad Teacher reminds us that change is desperately needed in Hollywood

Nicki Minaj on SNL: Top 10 Digital Short songs

​Nicki Minaj was the musical guest on this week's SNL. Her performances were good -- she's an undeniable presence -- but her star turn was in a digital short called "The Creep." In the last half-decade, that's where some of SNL's most memorable non-Sarah Palin moments have been. Where did ever ... More >>

10 teen pop stars who fell from the public's grace

Smile!​Lindsay Lohan may or may not go to prison (again) because she may or may not have assaulted a staff member of the rehab facility she's staying in. Her parents must be so proud. Oh, wait... never mind. Lohan, whose music career was brief and mostly predicated upon cleavage, joins a panth ... More >>

Celebs blackmail fans with Twitter embargo to raise money for AIDS orphans

Keep A Child AliveAlicia Keys is dead!​Celebrities don't really owe the world anything. They do what they do and we treat them like royalty for it and ask nothing in return, except these days for maybe a tweet every couple hours to let us know what they are doing and thinking throughout every ... More >>

Top Five Most Outrageous Musician Stunts

Last week, on the 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles, a previously unknown rap-rock group called Imperial Stars stopped traffic so they could play an impromptu gig on the roof of the panel van. Appropriately, the Imperial doofuses performed a song titled "Traffic Jam 101." This über-lame, Airhea ... More >>

Kaskade at Global Dance Fest

Matt Morris is more than Justin Timberlake's protege

Moving Pictures: Matt Morris -- pinch his cheek or punch him in the face?

We predict that Matt Morris is going to provoke one of two reactions from folks as he navigates his way through the shark infested waters of the music industry: They're either going to find his wide eyed wonderment completely endearing and want to pinch his cheeks incessantly like somebody's grandma ... More >>

Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris Hope For Haiti "Hallelujah" duet

One more in-case-you-missed-it moment from the weekend, this one local: Matt Morris and Justin Timberlake performing "Hallelujah" last night on the Hope For Haiti Telethon. Doesn't really touch Buckley's version, but the two kill it otherwise.

Matt Morris gets the Keys to the City in this webisode

What we learned from watching Matt Morris's new aol Keys to the City webisode: Dude does a damn fine Anita Baker. Rapturous. Seriously. Color us impressed. Morris, in case you haven't heard, is the homegrown, velvet voiced singer-songwriter signed to Justin Timberlake's Tennman Records. His new a ... More >>

Richard Vission at Beta

The polarizing picks of 3OH!3: Ten pop albums that should be listened to all the way through

JensenBlare Magazine. Familiar? Yeah, us neither. Regardless, the site (blog?) recently posted a list that struck us as fairly interesting: ten pop albums that Nate Motte thinks should be listened to all the way through. We stumbled onto the link via AbsolutePunk.net, where a number of folks express ... More >>

The Pirate Signal invades Sundance. Takes no prisoners.

Goodness gracious. Our man Yonnas Abraham has got his hustle down cold. Just received word that the Pirate Signal has been tapped as the house band in some fabuloso mansion during the Sundance film festival in Park City, which kicks off next week in Park City, Utah. Broseph is going to be throwing d ... More >>

Mile High Makeout: My head is spinning

Photo: Lucia De Giovanni Last night, I had the honor and privilege of guest deejaying at Matt Fecher's New Music Mondays at the Larimer Lounge, playing music from my collection next to the incandescent DJ Ginger and firestarter DJ Hot to Death. Ginger played a couple of body-rocking sets, including ... More >>

Denver's Matt Morris makes a name for himself on Justin Timberlake's label

Larytta

Difficult Fun
Creaked Records

ESPYs Offer Shout-Out to Denver Broncos Groundbreaker Marlin Briscoe

Summer Movie Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Monster Mash

The top tier of hip-hop dance is here to help.

Duran Duran

Red Carpet Massacre
Epic

Q&A With Chuck D of Public Enemy

50 Cent

Curtis
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope

Does Anyone Want My MTV?

Timbaland

Timbaland Presents Shock Value
Blackground/Interscope

Alpha Dog

Nick Cassavetes Jr. and Justin Timberlake team up for a real-life tale of killer potheads.

Making Adjustments

What do Justin Timberlake and Thom Yorke have in common?

Way Out of Sync

Change of Plan

Dillinger Escape Plan shifts gears again.

Sander Kleinenberg

The Church

Black Eyed Peas

Monkey Business (A&M Records)

Destiny's Child

Destiny Fulfilled (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)

Robbie Williams/Richard Ashcroft

Escapology (Virgin)/Human Conditions (Virgin)

Sync or Swim

A father tries to determine if 'N Sync is a threat to his six-year-old twin daughters.