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Music: Florence + the Machine GOING ON TOUR!!!

Posted on January 23, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

Florence is FANTASTIC. Just look at her! Photo via florenceandthemachine.net

I’M FLIPPING OUT. First St. Vincent announces tour dates, and now our favorite lady Florence + the Machine! This will be one ethereal concert. Her new album, Ceremonials, is one of the best albums I’ve heard in a very, very long time. I really really really hope she is coming to a city near you. If not, hop on a plane. It will be worth it! YAYYYYY!!!!!!!!

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE TOUR DATES

Apr 14 – Santa Babara Bowl, Santa Babara, CA
Apr 15 – Coachella Festival, Indio, CA
Apr 17 – Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV
Apr 18 – Mondavi Center – UC Davis, Davis, CA
Apr 20 – Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Apr 21 – The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Apr 22 – Coachella Festival, Indio, CA
Apr 27 – Hennepin Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Apr 28 – Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
Apr 29 – Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO

May 1 – Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX
May 2 – Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
May 3 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
May 8 – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
May 11 – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
May 12 – Borgata Spa & Resort Event Center, Atlantic City, NJ

P.S. Ticketmaster fees are so ridiculous and I hate them with a fury. I’m buying them in-person to avoid $16+ being wasted on those fools. Check your local theater’s in-person box office times to purchase in-person and avoid crazy fees.

Here’s Florence + the Machine’s “Shake it Out” video. Enjoy.

This is cool: 8-year-old Juliet’s hardcore ode to pets and stuffed animals

Posted on January 23, 2012January 23, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

So awesome! Coolest girl in the world, 8-year-old Juliet from Brisbane, Australia, really loves her dog Robert, her fishes and her stuffed animals. She makes loving your pets and stuffed animals cooler than it ever has been before. Thanks, Juliet. You rock.

Check out Juliet’s “My First Hardcore Song”

Fashion: Fashion’s Night Out set for Sept. 6

Posted on January 23, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

Fashion's Night Out 2012. Photo: via fashionsnightout.com

Yay! Fashion’s Night Out 2012 has been set for Sept. 6.

Fashion’s Night Out started in 2009 and was a joint initiative between Vogue and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Each year FNO gets bigger and more global: 2010 brought participation in 16 different countries around the world, including South Korea, France, Brazil and Turkey, among others.

There are even events online during FNO, which is great for everyone not residing in a fabulous big city. Maybe FNO will become a fashionista vacay to his or her nearest FNO city. FASHION ROAD TRIP!

Let’s hope this year brings even more events, online and real life, as well as more deals from our favorite designers. Now the wait begins to see which stores will be opening their doors for one of fashion’s biggest nights.

Rumour has it: Madonna to kiss Nicki Minaj at Superbowl

Posted on January 23, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

The legendary Madonna. Photo: via kovideo.net

Oh sweet Madge.

Rumour has it Madonna and Nicki Minaj are going to smooch it up during the Superbowl XLVI halftime show. Almost a decade after Madonna’s kiss with Britney and Christina Aguilera, (which got cut while they panned to Justin Timberlake’s face. Xtina has the worst luck) what’s the point of keeping this schtick up?

Madonna is known for reinventing herself time and time again, and doing that successfully. She began performing in 1979 and her career is entering into its fourth decade with the release of her upcoming 12th studio album MDNA (genius name). Her long career and habit of restarting her character with every album is why the rumored kiss is less shocking and more “really, again Madonna? This doesn’t sound like you!”

Let’s hope this is just a rumor. Madonna is THE living pop legend, and they are both talented and beautiful women. But this move should stay where it belongs: In the 2003 VMA archives. (This video brings a tear to my eye, I miss the pre-meltdown Britney and Christina! And where the F is Missy Eliot?!)

Music: Lana Del Rey

Posted on January 23, 2012January 22, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

Lana Del Rey is bursting onto the music scene this year with a hot new song, “Video Games,” and not-so-hot performances on SNL. Although she hasn’t interviewed post-SNL snafu, she did talk with MTV before the performance saying that she doesn’t like live television:

“You can’t expect too much from my show,” Del Rey said, explaining that her real fans are probably aware that she’s more of a songwriter and studio musician than performer and that she thinks people who come to see her show are really just there to hear the songs they already like.

“Sometimes I feel less nervous than other times,” she added. “I don’t love live television. The only tip I have is just pray and just hope that things work out,” writes Gil Kaufman on mtv.com.

Bad performances happen, especially when you’re first starting out. Her fans are really enthusiastic about her upcoming album, Born to Die, which is set to be released January 31, 2012 in the States. Her 60s-vibe album is a breath of fresh air in a world that unfortunately hasn’t had enough of LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem.”

lana-del-rey1 — Now that's some f-ing class and attitude. Photo: via thatgrapejuice.net

Her style is great, and her hair is f-ing gorgeous to the point where it looks like a wig. She needs to share her shine tips like NOW.

Listen to this video. It is another live performance, filmed in a swanky hotel, that is miles above Earth better than her SNL debut.

Mixtape Monday: Shindu

Posted on January 23, 2012January 22, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

“Out of the dark and into the blue, two boys and a girl from Belgium collide to create Shindu. A refreshing synthpopsensation that embodies the challenge to take music into the dawn of a new era. Shindu dreams up stories to create jaunty yet clever tracks drenched in late 80s electronica and atmospherics.” -Shindu

All rights reserved by Shindu2, Photo: Shindu2 via Flickr

Get your dance on! SO HOT.

Activism: Cher Horowitz

Posted on January 22, 2012 by 20poorandfabulous

“So like, right now for example. The Haitians need to come to America. But some people are all, “What about the strain on our resources?” Well it’s like when I had this garden party for my father’s birthday, right? I put R.S.V.P. ’cause it was a sit-down dinner. But some people came that like did not R.S.V.P. I was like totally buggin’. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, and squish in extra place settings. But by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier. And so if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians. And in conclusion may I please remind you it does not say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty. Thank you very much.” -Cher Horowitz