One Direction Head to Space in “Drag Me Down”

After the devastating news that original One Direction member, Zayn Malik had left the group, Directioners were at a crossroad wondering just how the band would adapt to the departure. Turned out, that almost as fast as Malik announced his departure, the rest of the band continued forward and released their first new single sans him; “Drag Me Down.”

Now, a couple of weeks after the song was released, the band has given their loyal fan base the music video for the song. The music video finds the four-piece heading to NASA to train to be astronauts. Since becoming an astronaut is not as easy as we all think, the boys go through several training sessions before they are able to finally get into their space craft, which they do at the end of the video, and launch into space to explore the “final frontier.”

Check out the music video for “Drag Me Down” below and try not get that feeling you did as a little kid when you would tell people you wanted to become and astronaut.

As of now, there’s no word on when a new One Direction record is set to be released, though “Drag Me Down” is the official lead single off of the yet-to-be-titled fifth studio album. Apparently, there’s some speculation that it might be heading our way sometime in the fall. Until then, Directioners will have to wait.

Honda Civic Tour 2015 to Feature One Direction

The Honda Civic Tour is coming back, but with an unexpected band taking the headlining spot during the excursion; One Direction.

Yesterday, it was announced that the Honda Civic Tour will just be sponsoring One Direction’s upcoming new tour; their first since the departure of original member Zayn Malik.

The trek will begin on July 9 at the Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego and then wrap up on Sept. 12 at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA.

Icona Pop of “I Love It” fame have been confirmed as the boy band’s opening act for the two month adventure minus one date (Aug. 28, Detroit, MI).

Check out the full tour schedule as well as the boy band’s official announcement for the show.

HONDA CIVIC TOUR PRESENTS ONE DIRECTION: ON THE ROAD AGAIN:

7/9/15 – San Diego, CA @ Qualcomm Stadium
7/11/15 – San Francisco, CA @ Levi’s Stadium
7/15/15 – Seattle, WA @ CenturyLink Field
7/26/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ TCF Bank Stadium
7/28/15 – Kansas City, MO @ Arrowhead Stadium
7/31/15 – Indianapolis, IN @ Lucas Oil Stadium
8/2/15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz Field
8/5/15 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
8/8/15 – Baltimore, MD @ M&T Bank Stadium
8/18/15 – Columbus, OH @ Ohio Stadium
8/23/15 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
8/25/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller Park
8/27/15 – Cleveland, OH @ FirstEnergy Stadium
8/29/15 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field*
9/1/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field
9/3/15 – Buffalo, NY @ Ralph Wilson Stadium
9/12/15 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium

* – No Icona Pop

Tickets are now on sale for those who are interested. The company is also offering a “buy 2, get 2” deal. If you use the code “1DCIVIC” when purchasing a four pack of tickets, you will receive a 50% discount. But act fast; the discount is from June 2 -4 and while supplies last.

American Music Award Winners List

Another Sunday night, another music award show has called it a day. The American Music Awards which was hosted by “Fireball” head honcho Pitbull gave us performances from some of the biggest names in music at the moment including Selena Gomez performing her new song “The Heart Wants What it Wants,” Taylor Swift opening with “Blank Space,” Fergie returning to the music world with “LA Love” and our personal favorites, 5 Seconds of Summer covering The Romantics’ hit “What I Like About You.”

All performances of the evening can currently be seen here.

In between all the performances, a couple of awards were handed out as well. Check out the full list of winners below, all chosen by fans during the last two months since the nominees were revealed.

2014 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

Iggy Azalea
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
One Direction
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL’S:

5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor

SINGLE OF THE YEAR:

“Fancy”- Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
“All of Me” – John Legend
“Rude” – MAGIC!
“Dark Horse” – Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J
“Happy” – Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK:

John Legend
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK:

Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Katy Perry

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK:

Imagine Dragons
One Direction
OneRepublic

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK:

Pure Heroine – Lorde
Midnight Memories – One Direction
Prism – Katy Perry

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY:

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY:

Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY:

Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY:

Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences – Garth Brooks
The Outsiders – Eric Church
Just As I Am – Brantley Gilbert

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP:

Iggy Azalea
Drake
Eminem

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP:

The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
Nothing Was The Same – Drake
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B:

Chris Brown
John Legend
Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B:

Jhene Aiko
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B:

Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Love in the Future – John Legend
G I R L – Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK:

Bastille
Imagine Dragons
Lorde

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY:

Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic
Katy Perry

FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN:

Marc Anthony
Enrique Iglesias
Romeo Santos

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL:

Casting Crowns
Hillsong United
Newsboys

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM):

Avicii
Calvin Harris
Zedd

TOP SOUNDTRACK:

Frozen
The Fault In Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1

Listen to “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Cover

Last week, we were informed that Bob Geldof would be remaking the charity song “Do they Know It’s Christmas” to raise awareness, and we assume funds, to help combat the Ebola epidemic.

Much like when the song was first recorded, Geldof brought together many big name from the current music world who call the United Kingdom home.

Previously confirmed for the song included: Ellie Goulding, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Underworld, Sinead O’Connor, Bastille, and Elbow. At the time of the announcement, Geldof had said that a veteran from the original song as well as other artists would be revealed.

Check out the song below and see if you can spot the veteran artists among the youngsters as well as those other special guest who were not confirmed originally.

The BandAid cover comes 30 years after the original was recorded (1984) in hope to raise funds to help combat hunger.

According to Geldof, an American version of the song will be recorded as well. That version will be produced by Quincy Jones. There, reportedly, also be a German and French version of the song in the future.

The “Do They Know It’s Christmas” cover made its debut on ITV’s The X Factor last night and has already, reportedly, raised one million dollars.

U.K. Artists to Record Christmas Chairty Song to Help Combat Ebola

With the holidays right around the corner, we’re about to begin to hear tons of Christmas songs on the radio and see the never-ending cycle of Christmas movies on the television screen (just look at the Hallmark channel).

One of the good things about the holidays is when artists come together to record a song whose proceeds will go directly to help support a charity.

Irish singer-songwriter, Bob Geldof has revealed plans to re-record U.K. charity single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas” for the fourth time since its debut in 1984. In the description of the song, it states that “it’s designed to fight the Ebola epidemic,” so we’re going to assume that they will help combat the Ebola epidemic with all the proceeds the track will make from sales.

For this version of the holiday charity single, the singer has revealed that he has gotten Bono, Ellie Goulding, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Underworld, Sinead O’Connor, Bastille, and Elbow to lend their vocals for the track. (We’re wondering how the Goulding and Sheeran will react to each other at the recording session after the “Don’t” chronicles.)

But, if that wasn’t enough, reportedly more acts will be revealed right before the recording session.

“We called up some of the giants of the past and our own contemporaries, equally giant, and they said they’d come again to the party, ” Geldof said in a press conference earlier in the day.

Paul Epworth who previously worked with One Direction and Adele has been tapped to produce the song.

Unlike the original version of the song which was created to help combat hunger in Africa, the newly record song will have change of lyrics to reflect the new battle at bay, but they will keep its iconic chorus.

“[And what] they were dying of in 1984 was of course hunger, but they died essentially because they were poor. We know we can contain Ebola; we have doctors, the nurses, medicines and state systems. We have money. They’re dying again because they are extremely poor. That is radically unacceptable,” continued Geldof.

Geldof confirmed Quincy Jones will be working on a similar version in the United States while there will also be a French and German version created.

2014 MTV Europe Music Award Winners

The MTV Europe Music Award have now called it a night on the 2014 incarnation of the yearly event with many pop radio’s favorite staples going home with awards.

Hosted by Nicki Minaj, the event also saw Ozzy Osbourne get an icon award by Guns ‘n’ Roses/ top hat aficionado Slash, U2 got the chance to redeem themselves after the fiasco of releasing Songs of Innocence with a performance, while several other nominees took the stage to perform from across the pond at the SSE Hyrdro in Glasgow, Scotland

Check out the full award winners from this year’s show.

2014 MTV EMA WINNERS:

Best U.S. Act: Fifth Harmony

Best Song: “Problem” – Ariana Grande (feat. Iggy Azalea)

Best Pop: One Direction

Best Female: Ariana Grande

Best Male: Justin Bieber

Best Live: One Direction

Best New: 5 Seconds of Summer

Best Video: “Dark Horse” – Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J.)

Best Rock: Linkin Park

Best Alternative: Thirty Seconds to Mars

Best Hip-Hop: Nicki Minaj

Best Electronic: Afrojack

Biggest Fans: One Direction

Best Look: Katy Perry

Best Push: 5 Seconds of Summer

Best Video With A Message: “Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé

Best World Stage: Enrique Iglesias

Best Worldwide: Bibi Zhou (Southeast Asia / China & Hong Kong / Taiwan)

Global Icon: Ozzy Osbourne

BBC Form Supergroup to Cover Beach Boys Song

What happens when you get together tons of musicians for a worthy cause? Usually one hell of a song.

Thanks to the BBC, tons of musicians were asked to come together to cover the Beach Boys “God Only Knows” from Pet Sounds to officially launch of BBC Music. The TV spot featuring the reported 27 artists began to air yesterday (Oct. 7).

Pharrell Williams, Elton John, Chris Martin, Florence Welch, Stevie Wonder, Brian May, One Direction, Chrissie Hynde, Baaba Maal, Sam Smith, Lorde, Dave Grohl and many more can be spotted in the video. Also making the list of performers was Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys; how else do you pay homage to the guy (or band) that wrote and the song.

As if the long list of singers on the track wasn’t enough to get your head spinning, the BBC also used their 80-piece BBC Concert Orchestra on the song.

We warned you, epic might be an understatement. Give the track as listen.

When asked by The Guardian about the remake of the song, Wilson said: “All the artists did such a beautiful job. I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored ‘God Only Knows’ was chosen. ‘God Only Knows’ is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I’ve ever written.”

The cover will be released as a single to raise funds for the BBC’s Children in Need charity. This isn’t the first time the BBC has done such a supergroup for charity. Back in 1997, the network released a version of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” featuring Elton John, Bono, and Reed himself.

“Steal My Girl”…Steal My Song?

Well, it seems like a little feud is on the horizon for One Direction from one of our most covered bands: New Found Glory.

Yesterday, the boy band released their new song “Steal My Girl” and in no time at all, it seemed that some fans of NFG who actually heard the song, realized that there was a piano riff ehich sounded oddly familiar. Turns out, the oddly familiar riff is one that can be found on NFG’s song “It’s Not Your Fault” from the band’s 2006 album, Coming Home.

Guitarist Chad Gilbert took to Twitter to jokingly call out One Direction and ask for his “cut” of their profits.

Props to the @onedirection "steal my girl" single for reworking the "it's not your fault" piano part into a top 40 single. Let me get a cut

— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 29, 2014

Of course, Directioners being a vicious breed of fans, took aim at Gilbert on Twitter. Gilbert didn’t let that slide and made another dig at the fan base by telling them “second period is starting”, taking aim at the fact that a vast majority are still in middle school maybe the beginning high school. (Please try not to sing the last part of the first Tweet to the tune of “It’s Not Your Fault.)

All you One D'z nuts fans.Second period is starting. Get to class and stop tweeting me.It's not their fault so please stop your tweeting now

— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 29, 2014

Guys I'm just sad cause "you don't know you're beautiful" meant so much to me. I just don't want them to grow up. so I'm sorry.

— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 29, 2014

But if that wasn’t enough Gilbert’s girlfriend and Paramore frontwoman, Hayley Williams also spoke out about the similarities between both songs.

Beginning of that new 1D song couldn't sound any more like the beginning of @newfoundglory's "its not your fault" but pic.twitter.com/UFlFjImxrK

— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) September 29, 2014

Williams quickly cleared up her side of the story by saying that it wasn’t so much the boy band’s fault as it was the people who co-wrote the song’s fault.

I realize that I'm gonna get hate from a very large fanbase for that. But really, it has more to do w/ whoever pitched or cowrote the song.

— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) September 29, 2014

This shouldn’t shock anyone because One Direction have been known to “borrow” things from other artists and pass it off as their own.

But then again, should Gilbert be complaining and fighting a bunch of pre-teens over this because like it has been pointed out online, both songs ripped off Journey’s 1983 hit “Faithfully.”

2014 MTV Europe Music Award Nominees Unveiled

It feels like it’s only been a few weeks since the MTV Video Music Awards took place (which we think it did) and now the music network has revealed the nominees for the European version of the award ceremony.

For being an award show due to take place across the pond, quite a big chunk of the nominees seem to be from North America, unless you count those nominated for regional awards.

Coming in at the top of the list with the most nominees is Katy Perry with a total of seven. Ariana Grande comes in next with six nominations while Pharrell and 5 Seconds of Summer are tied with a total of five. Iggay Azalea, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, One Direction and breakout Sam Smith comes in with a total of four nominations a piece.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

2014 MTV EMA NOMINEES:

Best Song

Ariana Grande – “Problem” ft. Iggy Azalea
Eminem – “The Monster” ft. Rihanna
Katy Perry – “Dark Horse” ft. Juicy J
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”

Best Pop

5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
One Direction

Best Female

Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift

Best Male

Ed Sheeran
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Justin Timberlake
Pharrell Williams

Best Live

Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Katy Perry
One Direction

Best New

5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Kiesza
Sam Smith

Best Video

Iggy Azalea – “Black Widow ft. Rita Ora”
Katy Perry – “Dark Horse ft. Juicy J”
Kiesza – “Hideaway”
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Sia – “Chandelier”

Best Rock

Arctic Monkeys
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Linkin Park

Best Alternative

Fall Out Boy
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
Paramore
Thirty Seconds To Mars

Best Hip Hop

Drake
Eminem
Iggy Azalea
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj

Best Electronic

Afrojack
Avicii
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Hardwell

Biggest Fans

5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
One Direction

Best Look

Iggy Azalea
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift

Best Push

5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Cris Cab
John Newman
Jungle
Kid Ink
Kiesza
Lorde
Sam Smith
Zedd

Best World Stage:

Afrojack – “MTV World Stage Live in Amsterdam”
B.o.B – “MTV World Stage Malaysia”
Ellie Goulding – “MTV World Stage Wireless London”
Enrique Iglesias – “MTV World Stage Isle of MTV Malta”
Fall Out Boy – “MTV World Stage Monterrey”
Flo Rida – “MTV World Stage Mexico”
Hardwell – “MTV World Stage Isle of MTV Malta”
Imagine Dragons – “MTV World Stage Live in Amsterdam”
Kings of Leon – “MTV World Stage Rock am Ring Germany”
Linkin Park – “MTV World Stage Rock am Ring Germany”
Nicole Scherzinger – “MTV World Stage Isle of MTV Malta”
Pharrell Williams – “MTV World Stage Wireless London”
Simple Plan – “MTV World Stage Monterrey”
The Killers – “MTV World Stage Live in Amsterdam”

Voting for the yearly award show is open at mtvema.com until Nov. 8. The MTV EMAs will air live at 7 p.m. ET from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow the next day (Nov. 9). Pre-show festivities will take place in Miami, though no hosts or guests have been unveiled yet.

One Direction Accused of Music Video Plagiarism

Bad news for the guys of One Direction; the boy band have been accused of ripping of their new music video.

Last week, the band released the music video for their newest single, “You & I” and now an Australian company is accusing them of stealing the idea for the music video. OhYeahWow, the production company behind videos for Aloe Blacc, Ben Folds Five and Gotye noticed that there were similarities between the boy band’s video and the music video from another act, Clubfeet which they had created.

Within hours of the band releasing the music video for the track, the production company had taken to their social media accounts to point out all the similarities between “You & I” and Clubfeet’s “Everything You Wanted” which was released last year.

Ouch.

In the post, the link that was provided would lead the reader to the company’s website where they have both One Direction and Clubfeet’s videos to watch. In the (lengthy) statement provided with the videos, the company ask that the reader watches both videos to make their own sound judgement.

The statement continues with the company not saying that they are against One Direction, but the fact that they spend tireless hours coming up with the concept, only for someone to come in and take the idea straight from the video. They also said that they don’t want the future generations to believe that Clubfeet stole One Direction’s music video idea when Clubfeet’s was not only released a year before, but it had won an award for it.

At the time, neither One Director or Ben Winston, the director of the video have commented on the accusations against them.

What do you guys think, be honest, did One Direction’s people steal the idea from OhYeahWow, or are they taking this too serious? Check out both videos below and you decide.

“EVERYTHING YOU WANTED” by CLUBFEET:

“YOU & I” by ONE DIRECTION: