Blog Posts by Yahoo! Music

By Jenny Depper

Photo: Valerie MaconThe Backstreet Boys sure know how to celebrate their 20th anniversary together!

For seven years, Backstreet Boys fans have waited patiently for the group to return… and now for the first time since 2006, the multi-platinum group announced that they're officially back and releasing a new album, In A World Like This, on July 30.

Shortly after the album's debut, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, and Kevin Richardson will hit the road on a 25-city North American tour. With New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees heading out on tour together as "The Package," the boy band drama is bound to heat up again. (Although BSB assured us there has never been a beef between all the boys.)

By Laura Ferreiro

Wax Fang [courtesy of WaxFang.com]The inspiration for the 150th episode of "American Dad" came from the unlikeliest of sources: Louisville psychedelic rock band Wax Fang. The popular animated show, which aired Sunday night on Fox, featured several songs from the duo's back catalog that inspired series co-creator Mike Barker to write the episode.

By Elizabeth Durand

Justin Bieber has been involved in yet another headline-making event, but this time it's not the teen pop star's fault. After weeks of patchy press for assaulting a photographer, trying to sneak his pet monkey into Germany, and writing an odd message in the guest book at Anne Frank's house, the young performer was back to business at his concert in Dubai…when a crazed fan ran onstage and grabbed the singer from behind, a rep for Bieber tells omg! Insider.

Atlas Genius warming up at Yahoo's SXSW HQYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!

After wrapping up a day at the Yahoo! SXSW headquarters in Brazos Hall with an intimate set from Atlas Genius, we caught up with our editors as they ran rampant in the Austin streets capturing the first full day of music! Check out what they're up to so far.

Jamie N Commons at Yahoo's SXSW HQYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!

Wednesday has started off with some amazing bands coming by Yahoo's SXSW headquarters at Brazos Hall. We peeked in on some of the exclusive daytime tapings!

Ryan Leslie performing at Yahoo's SXSW '13 HQYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!

Tuesday night, R&B artist, producer, songwriter, and Harvard grad extraordinaire (at 19 y'all!) Ryan Leslie hit the stage at Yahoo! HQ at Brazos Hall in Austin, TX to kickoff Yahoo's international On The Road tour!

Breakbot djing at SXSW in Austin, TXYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!

Just two hours in Austin and already Lyndsey has had a whirlwind afternoon!

By Jeremy Blacklow

Adding to a long tradition of featuring top-level talent, four big acts have been booked to headline this year’s White Party in Palm Springs, California.

Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters will be one of the two acts at Saturday night’s main event, taking place yet again at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Known for her amazing stage presence and biting lyrics, the multi-talented Matronic will be making a solo return of sorts at this event. Emerging from the same downtown arts scene as 2009 White Party headliner Lady Gaga, Matronic will no doubt bring quite the performance to the desert affair.

Also headlining on Saturday is Roc Nation/Columbia Records singer Alexis Jordan, who returns with her new single, “Acid Rain.” Jordan headlined the White Party’s Sunday tea dance in 2011.

Carmen Electra marks her return to the music industry by headlining this year’s tea dance, where she’ll be performing her new single, “I Like It Loud.” For those who don’t remember,