Black Eyed Peas At Their Pea Pod Foundation Benefit Concert in Hollywood

7th Annual Peapod Foundation Benefit Concert with The Black Eyed Peas took place at the Music Box in Hollywood, CA Thursday, February 10th. Celebrities in attendance included Bobby Brown, Ciara, David Arquette, Kathy Griffin, JoJo and among others. Besides the BEP as the headliners, John Legend, LMFAO, Cali Swag District and Mix Master Mike held their own as the night's other performers.

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Will.i.am Talks Brands, Tech And The Future In Video Interview

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James Cameron & Black Eyed Peas Launch Samsung 3D LED TV Times Sq Event

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3DTV fight begins as Hollywood heavyweight James Cameron joins the Black Eyed Peas to hail the arrival of the Samsung's world first HD 3D LED TV at a start-studded gig in New York (Wednesday, March 10).

James Cameron took to the stage in New York's Times Square to help launch the Samsung's world's first 3D HD LED TV last night, hailing the arrival of hi-definition 3D TVs as a breakthrough for the future of entertainment.

The Avatar director was joined on stage by the Black Eyed Peas for on an impromptu pop-up style performance that was being shot in 3D using the same cameras Cameron used to create the box office smash about the blue people.

Speaking to a packed Times Square, filled with fans, passers by and the world's media, Cameron put his full backing behind the new tech, claiming it as a new dawn for the entertainment industry.

The scale of the event - the global launch for Samsung 3D - clearly demonstrates the Korean giants' commitment to 3D and is a clear nod to the size of the effort needed to broadcast the 3D message to the gadget buying public.

The launch follows hot on the heels of a raft of 3D news as all the big brands race to get their hardware and messages out.

Earlier in the week Samsung revealed details for the US roll out of their 17-strong 3D product range that includes TVs, 3D blu-ray players, glasses and content.

The glasses will be bundled in 'grab and go starter kits', free with anyone buying a 3D TV and a 3D blu-ray player in a move that's likely to be mirrored in the UK.

The Black Eyed Peas performed three of their hit singles in front of half a dozen 3D cameras and the concert footage will be used to showcase the powers of 3D when Samsung roll out their in-store demos to 800 UK (& in US) outlets towards the end of April.

Samsung's tie up with the Black Eyed Peas doesn't just stop at the night's musical fanfare, as the US pop quartet will also release a full HD 3D Black Eyed Peas concert.

T3 had a sneak preview of the footage at the after party and can honestly say this type of content lends itself nicely to 3D. Without going into too much detail, Fergie's costumes were very revealing in showcasing the powers of the new tech and the experience was pretty immersive.

We also got our hands on the 3D specs Samsung will be shipping with the 3D TVs for around £120 ($180.00).

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Kid Rock Gets On The Black Eyed Peas Party Train At Detroit Area Concert

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It's one thing to say you love Detroit, and the Black Eyed Peas certainly did that at the Palace of Auburn Hills Tuesday night (March 9). They name-checked everyone from the Supremes to Eminem to J Dilla, and stated and restated the city's importance as if they were running for mayor.

But it's another thing to prove it, and they did that when they brought out the Son of Detroit himself, Kid Rock, for a late show run through of his 2008 smash "All Summer Long." Wearing a Burberry-type jacket and a giddy, oversize smile on his face, Rock sauntered onto the stage in front of the sold-out crowd of 15,000 and offered up a loose take on his hit, while joined on the stage's long catwalk by the four Peas. When he jumped the gun and came in early on the last verse he stopped himself and said, "did I (mess) that up?" He then waved off his mistake and exclaimed, "it's Detroit!" and finished the song in style. Rock's cameo may not have technically fit into the flow of the show at all, but who cares, it's Detroit! It solidified the wall-to-wall party that was the two-hour show, which achieved lead Pea will.i.am's stated goal of transforming the arena into a nightclub.

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Black Eyed Peas At Madison Square Garden Video, Photos & After Party Concert Recap

Black Eyed Peas Madison Square Garden All Major Media Outlets Concert Reviews:

Love or hate this band, you've got to respect any act that can make the concrete bounce to the beat of their fans' devotion. Like Aerosmith, the Stones and The Who, the Peas have joined the roster of those who've literally rocked the Garden.

New York Post - Peas soup up the Garden

Like many groups anxious about their performing skills, the Peas amped up their bass lines and beats to murderous levels. The result flattened the melodies and halted any sense of momentum, which for dance music, spells death.

The staging did little to distract from the dirge. Based around a futurist motif - complete with outfits that made the group appear like rejected Transformers - the look matched the sound in its robotic chill.

New York Daily News - Clunky Madison Square Garden show is a black eye for Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas

It was pop’s latest sci-fi spectacle, in a lineage that dates back at least as far as Janet Jackson’s 1990 Rhythm Nation Tour and has lately yielded high-tech tours by Kanye West and Lady Gaga. While one purpose of a tour is to offer fans the physical, human presence of the stars, Black Eyed Peas are unabashed pop cyborgs — and that’s how the fans like them.

New York Times - Wired for Sound, and Everything Else

From the onset, when the four-person crew entered via platforms underneath the stage, to midway through the set when Will.I.Am freestyled rhymes based on text messages, the Peas put on a concert that was every bit as energetic as their pulsing tracks.

As the booming bass of "Let's Get It Started" drummed up, Apl.de.Ap was the first BEP member to pop up onstage. He was soon followed by Taboo and Fergie. A billowing cloud of smoke enshrouded the stage as Will.I.Am joined his mates, complete with a "Phantom of the Opera"-like mask.

MTV - Black Eyed Peas Turn Up The Energy In NYC With Ludacris, LMFAO

As pure spectacle, the show often delivered. Robots! Lasers! Sequins! Masks! Leather! The futuristic theme was reminiscent of Kanye West’s 2008 Glow in the Dark tour, with the Peas’ party-all-the-time aesthetic in place of Kanye’s grandiose introspection. The sound mix made it difficult to discern the Peas’ lyrics at times, but that hardly mattered. We could certainly hear the all-important boom-boom-pow beats clearly enough. Visually, things stayed busy, even frenetic, with constant costume changes and scenery shifts to keep us entertained.

Entertainment Weekly - Black Eyed Peas bring that boom boom pow to NYC's Madison Square Garden







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And the BEP After Party covered by the New York Post

The Bacardi party at M2 after the Black Eyed Peas show at the Garden Wednesday night was a bigger event than the concert itself. The bandmates -- minus will.i.am., who was a no-show -- gave a surprise performance at the Chelsea club, singing two of their songs, "Imma Be" and "Boom Boom Pow," for enthusiastic fans. Apl.de.ap also hopped behind the turntables while Fergie sang along to a mix of hip-hop songs. The Peas partied until 3:30 a.m.

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Black Eyed Peas At Madison Square Garden With Ludacris MyFox NY TV News Coverage

Last night's Black Eyed Peas, Ludacris & LMFAO Madison Square Garden show & My Fox 5's Anne Craig was on the scene to catch all the fun.

Slash: Fergie Featured On Upcoming Solo Album

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Slash has revealed details of his forthcoming solo album.

The album is set for release in April and will be self-titled. It features several guests including Black Eyed Peas' Fergie, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale and Lemmy of Motorhead.

Iggy Pop, Kid Rock, Dave Grohl and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Duff McKagan also feature, as does Maroon 5's Adam Levine.

Further songs featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Steven Adler, former Queens Of The Stone Age member Nick Oliveri, Beth Hart, Cypress Hill and Fergie And Koshi Inaba have been recorded but will not be on the album. They will be released around the album release on varying formats.

"The idea was really simple in the beginning," Slash said. "These are all artists I wanted to work with – that I thought it would be amazing to do something creative and collaborative [with]. And I was so impressed with what everyone brought to the table. They were all so committed to doing a good job. And we had a lot of fun making these songs."

The tracklisting of 'Slash' will be:

'Ghost' (featuring Ian Astbury of the Cult)
'Beautiful Dangerous' (featuring Fergie)
'Nothing To Say' (featuring M Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold)
'Crucify The Dead' (featuring Ozzy Osbourne)
'Promise' (featuring Chris Cornell)
'By The Sword' (featuring Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother)
'Doctor Alibi' (featuring Lemmy
'Saint Is A Sinner Too' (featuring Rocco De Luca)
'Watch This' (featuring Dave Grohl and Duff McKagan)
'I Hold On' (featuring Kid Rock)
'Gotten' (featuring Adam Levine of Maroon 5)
'We're All Gonna Die' (featuring Iggy Pop)
'Starlight' (featuring Myles Kennedy)

L.A. Times Grades 2009 American Music Awards Performances + Show Photo Links

Rihanna. Ne-Yo told us that the "R" in her "Rated R" stands for either "remarkable" or "really, really sexy." Not quite sure if it completely hit both of those notes, but it was definitely over too soon. Performing in a sort of sci-fi junkyard, Rihanna came onstage in what could have been a torture device. Like Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna is definitely tapping into the cyborg pop mentality that's all the rage at the moment (nice spikes on the shoulders). She gave us snippets of two songs from "Rated R" -- "Wait Your Turn" and "Hard" -- but it would have been better to just stick with one. To her credit, she sounded sharp, metallic and owned the songs. The night's best performance thus far. A-



The Black Eyed Peas. The Los Angeles popsters received a showcase performance, getting to offer live takes of "Meet Me Halfway" and "Boom Boom Pow," two of the most ubiquitous songs of the year. Viewers were reminded of this fact repeatedly, with their sales constantly hyped, and the Black Eyed Peas declaring themselves "the new kings" at the end of their performance. On record, "Meet Me Halfway" is all electronic futurism. Live, it was a bit messier, but there was plenty of eye candy in this extended performance. Crazy wigs and stereo outfits and some crowd-pleasing samples of C+C Music Factory and Nirvana. It was all pop-culture nonsense, and that's what the Black Eyed Peas excel at. B+



Alicia Keys. Getting a chance to redeem herself for her earlier performance, Keys drops her new single, "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart," in her second performance of the evening, touching on a bit of '70s R&B vibe. Her gold-draped jacket will dominate the gossip sites Monday, and the single's good too. Keys doesn't belt at the top of her lungs here, and though I prefer her when she's at the piano (she sat down and played in the song's final moments), she's softly restrained for much of the song. The background dancers, copping some vintage "West Side Story" Broadway moves, were cute to boot. B+



Mary J. Blige. Her "I Am" isn't a knock-out on par with "I Can See in Color," but it's the type of ballad Blige can perfectly deliver in her sleep. On a night were futuristic flash and bare skin were all the rage, Blige kept it lovingly old school. B



Janet Jackson. So, supposedly the American Music Awards were going to open with a performance from Janet, and that's technically what happened. Except Janet's performance was largely a commercial for her "Number Ones," in which the singer, in a tan outfit that looked like it was ripped straight from the racks at REI, performed a medley of her hits. Imagine going to Amazon.com and clicking on a bunch of song samples from her two-disc set. That's largely what this performance was -- it's "Miss You Much"! and now it's "What Have You Done for Me Lately"! -- and if you were a Janet fan, you surely enjoyed this swift little medley. It was a safe and solid opening, and it gets a slight bonus for focusing entirely on Janet and not becoming another Michael tribute, so B-.

Read the the full story here:
Los Angeles Times - 2009 American Music Awards: Grading the performances

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Dr. Dre, Will.i.am & Jimmy Iovine On The Decks At 'Club Beats' Best Buy Event NYC

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also at the same event Dr. Dre speaks about Detox, 50 Cent, Game, etc as seen on RR.





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Dr. Dre And Best Buy Create 'Club Beats' In Store Area For DJ's And The Like

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Black Eyed Peas On German TV Show Wetten Dass...?

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Black Eyed Peas: Highlights From The Rock & Roll Hall A Fame Concert NYC

The Rock n Roll Hall A Fame 25 years concert took place at Madison Square Garden NYC and has been going on the last couple of days. Black Eyed Peas played on night two Friday, October 30.

Excerpts from New York Magazine as reported by Hugo Lindgren and Ben Williams.

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U2/Fergie/Jagger — “Gimme Shelter”
This was a crazy mess, but absolutely riveting. Neither Bono nor Mick could contribute much vocally — Bono's voice is gone, hopefully not forever, and Jagger's faux-Texan twang has disconcertingly overwhelmed the rest of his repertoire. But who the hell cares, this was Mick and U2 up there, banging it out like a bunch of teenagers! U2’s arrangement was subtly bewitching, and major props belong to Fergie, who had to execute the greatest back-up vocal performance of all time. Of course, she made no one forget the original. But her fearlessness was something to behold.



U2/Black Eyed Peas — "Where is the Love"
The segue from "Mysterious Ways" to "Where is the Love" may have been most artful moment of the night, and from there on out, it was pure goosebumps, we're not ashamed to admit it.

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NY Mag - Night at the Rock Museum: Second Concert of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

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Slash Rocks With The Black Eyed Peas At Rose Bowl In Pasadena, CA

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Black Eyed Peas opening for U2's "360 Degrees" World Tour at the Rose Bowl In Pasadena, CA on Sunday, October 25.

excerpt from the Los Angeles Times U2 live show review reported by Ann Powers

Opening the show, the Black Eyed Peas went for something more tried and true, but also powerful: a party vibe celebrating the home team. Performing its many hits in an exuberant set, the Peas radiated Southern California pride. Tabu draped himself in Mexican and American flags; will.i.am name-checked neighborhoods and towns from Hollywood to East L.A. to La Crescenta.

The set's spirited climax came when Fergie took Axl Rose's part in a rough and true-blooded cover of the Guns N' Roses classic "Sweet Child o' Mine," with Slash himself on guitar. If U2 aimed for universals, the Black Eyed Peas reminded us that particulars have their uses too. Especially when those particulars are as diverse as the elements that make up the Southland.
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Michael Jackson tributes from Metallica, Black Eyed Peas and more live performances around the world videos posted

All fan filmed video except for Stevie Wonder and Brandy.

Metallica on July 4th perform "Beat It'' at Sonisphere Festival in Hockenheim, Germany



Black Eyed Peas June 28th at Glastonbury Festival 2009 England



Black Eyed Peas July 4th at the TMF Awards Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands



New Kids On the Block June 27 perform "I'll Be There" at River Bend Music Center Cincinnati, Ohio



Stevie Wonder June 30th at the Jazz Festival in Montreal press conference and show



Brandy "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" from her living room



SWV perform Patti Labelle's "If I Only Knew" tribute to Michael Jackson in Atlanta, Georgia

Fergie and Slash at Quart Festival in Oslo: pre-show prep video, photos and concert report posted

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Pre-show footage with Slash, Fergie, Ron Wood, Ozzy and others.



Check out the full show report here

Photos of the show posted HERE and HERE and HERE

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Black Eyed Peas: Paris VIP Room show posted

'Como Tale Vu' Black Eyed Peas and all the special folk who were able to attend the show at the VIP Room in Paris France Thursday June 25. Since it is fashion week in Paris, what a great time for the hip and cultured to enjoy themselves.



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Black Eyed Peas and Target join forces for the E.N.D. and also release party photos

Target Released a Special Deluxe Version of The Black Eyed Peas' New Album, The E.N.D on June 9 Featuring Exclusive Songs, Remixed Hits and Exclusive Enhanced Video Content

Reaffirming its commitment to providing guests exclusive content at a great value, Target is partnering with three time GRAMMY® award winning group The Black Eyed Peas on their new collection The E.N.D, which stands for "The Energy Never Dies." A deluxe version of the album, available only at Target and Target.com, includes four exclusive songs, six exclusive remixed hits and exclusive video content. The special collection will be available at all Target stores nationwide and Target.com beginning June 9.

"Working with Target to provide this deluxe version of our new album has allowed us to do something special for our fans after years of support," said will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. "We were really excited to get back into the studio to record the new songs, plus remix some of our favorite tunes for Target, and hope everyone enjoys this exclusive version. Remember The Energy Never Dies and this is only the beginning."

"We are excited to add The Black Eyed Peas to a tremendous line up of music's biggest and brightest stars who have partnered exclusively with Target," said Mark Schindele, senior vice president, merchandising, Target. "Offering the deluxe version of The E.N.D. provides our guests with special content that can only be found at Target."

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Black Eyed Peas: MTV Music Awards Japan 2009 footaged posted

Fresh from the show and after show party at the Saitama Arina, Japan Saturday May 30. Promoting their upcoming June 9th release 'The E.N.D..'
Show performance "Boom Boom Pow"

After show party

Asher Roth BBC Live Lounge Boom Boom Pow performance

On Asher's recent trip to the UK.



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