Rihanna headlines Hackney Weekend 2012

Singer Rihanna has been announced as the headline act at a free weekend festival in east London in June. The Rudebox singer will perform on 24 June at Radio 1's Hackney Festival, to be held at Hackney Marshes.

More than 100 artists - including rapper Jay-Z, Florence + the Machine and Tinie Tempah - will perform on six stages over the weekend. Those who pre-registered for the event will be able to apply for up to two of 100,000 tickets on March 25 and 26.

Tickets are free but there will be a handling fee. Registration closed on 19 March.

The weekend is part of the London 2012 Festival and the majority of tickets have been reserved for those from Hackney and the other five Olympic boroughs.

Ticket registration has now closed but those who have registered will be able to apply for tickets at 11am on Sunday March 25 and at 4pm on Monday March 26 at bbc.co.uk/radio1

Other acts performing include Swedish House Mafia, Emeli Sande, Calvin Harris, Nero, David Guetta, Deadmau5, The Maccabees, The Ting Tings, Dappy, Chase and Status, Professor Green, Michael Kiwanuka, Labrinth and Plan B.

http://www.london2012.com/homepage-feature/

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Project Alife vs Jay-Z - Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents is the lead track from Project Alfie’s mixtape which samples Jay-Z’s ‘Dead Presidents’, branding the track with his own unmistakable fusion of soul and vintage pop.  Project Alfie has been billed as one of the most exciting and unique artists going into the New Year. His distinctive image, heavily influenced by the idiosyncratic style of 60s cinema, coupled with an exceptional blend of cinematic soul and hip-hop, makes Project Alfie an incomparable act.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CUZtUrxMw

The Project Alfie Mixtape is available to download on the 27.12.11

Follow Project Alfie on Twitter @ProjectAlfie

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Beyonce and Jay-Z at Coachella Music Festival

The Coachella Music Festival is well underway and on Friday night rapper Jay-Z brought the house down with a guest appearance from his beautiful wife Beyonce.

Beyonce was not on the list of performers to appear this weekend, making it a nice surprise for concert goers.

Before his wife took to the stage, Jay-Z performed a number of hits including; “Run This Town” and “99 Problems.”

The pair performed a version of “Young Forever” as part of Jay-Z’s encore, ending in a massive firework display.

Other bands scheduled to perform at the festival include; Vampire Weekend, BoB, The xx, and LCD Soundsystem.

The festival is an annual event held in California and brings together some of the best musical talent the country has to offer.

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Missy Elliott, Friendly Fires and Taylor Hawkins join Wireless Festival bill

Missy Elliott, Friendly Fires, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins' side project and Tinie
Tempah have been added to the bill for this year's Wireless Festival in London.

Hockey, Chase and Status, Chipmunk, Drake, Professor Green, Neon Hitch, Bluey Robinson and Wale have also been added to this year's three day event which takes place from July 2-4.

They join the likes of Jay-Z, Pink, The Big Pink, Lily Allen, The Temper Trap and The Ting Tings.

The Wireless Festival line-up so far is:

July 2

Pink
The Ting Tings
Gossip
The Temper Trap
Plan B
Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders
Daisy Dares You
Bowling For Soup
Hockey
Neon Hitch
Bluey Robinson

July 3

LCD Soundsystem
2manydjs
The Big Pink
DJ Shadow
UNKLE
Missy Elliott

July 4

Jay-Z
Lily Allen
Chase & Status
Friendly Fires
Mr Hudson
Chipmunk
Tinie Tempah
Drake
Professor Green
Wale
Neon Hitch
Bluey Robinson

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