Justin Timberlake

The musician, actor and fashion icon has been going double platinum since he was a teenager, but behind every great entertainer is a network of people working hard to keep the artist fresh in the public eye

PRWeb reports that Justin Timberlake is taking a step in the future of concerts and communications. Apparently, Justin Timberlake, his staff, dancers, and crew usually have to tap into the communication and computer network at each concert venue.

Now with the help of Wanetics LLC, Justin Timberlake and the gang will have their own personal phone and internet system. What normally cost $5,000 each show can possibly be dropped down to $2,000 per show. That’s saving Justin T a lot of cash!

I wonder if it will trickle down to the cost that fans endure to buy tickets, shirts, jackets and posters? Even if the cost doesn’t change I’m glad to know that the team behind Justin Timberlake will be running smoother than ever due to Wanetics.

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The Daily Dish reported that Justin Timberlake recently lashed out at a Paparazzi yesterday. It seems that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were out on the town when Justin just freaked.

Yelling, “Out of my face,” reportedly the singer reached out and smacked a camera away from a photographer’s face.

Interesting since Justin Timberlake just spoke about the topic of Paparazzi in his life on Oprah.

Well fans it’s up to do you to decide. Do you think that Justin is being sweet on Oprah but acts completely different in public? Let’s face it we all have bad days!

Okay, so it turns out Justin was a no show at the Live Earth concert, which leads me to assume that he was never intending to go in the first place. Can’t trust The Sun, I guess.

Justin has been pretty busy in London though. He and Trace Alaya were at Harvey Nichols last night to debut Timberlake’s clothing label, William Rast.

That’s one groovy cardigan Justin is rocking. Heh.

More pics at StyleCrunch. If Wireimage puts up some pics from the event, I’ll be sure to post them.

Justin Timberlake, William Rast

According to The Sun, “Justin Timberlake will make a surprise appearance at London’s Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium this Saturday.”

Umm, guys? It’s not really a surprise appearance if you are announcing it in advance

Justin will be on stage with Timbaland and Duran Duran before heading over to his own gig that same night.

There’s a somewhat passive-aggressive review of London’s UK show in The Evening Standard, but they are dead-on accurate when it comes to the scrims that are used during Justin’s FutureSex/LoveShow tour.

Sometimes though, it all went awry. The setting hardly helped. Performing in the round was always going to cause sound difficulties, but the promised visual coup was ruined by sheets of what appeared to be net curtain, similar to that found in Tyneside council houses.

They descended intermittently and were too see-through to display the projections properly, but too dense to avoid making every seat in the arena a restricted view. Indeed, when Timberlake sang the confessional ballad Losing My Way encircled by the stuff and its lyric asked, “can anybody out there see me?”, the resounding answer was “not really, no”.

I’ve seen FutureSex/LoveShow in Boston, Chicago and Manchester, NH and I have to say that the negative impact of the scrims can be mitigated a lot depending on where you are sitting. In Chicago we were face-on and that was horrible. All I did all concert was bitch and moan with a friend of mine about it. And send lots of text messages to other friends. But in both Boston and Manchester I had a side-view in the lower-levels and it was a much better experience. Still, I really hope he rethinks doing in-the-round staging for any future tours.

None of this is stopping me however from seeing him again in August. Only a few more weeks and Justin will be before my very eyes once again!

Justin had originally planned two gigs in Dublin yesterday, one at the arena and one at a club after the arena show. He managed to pull it off during the Justified tour and I saw him at two club shows (LA and Boston) the same night as arena shows, but sadly — for Dublin fans anyway — he wasn’t able to do it yesterday and had to cancel the club show due to technical problems.

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The SexyBack hitmaker planned to perform two shows in one night in Dublin, Ireland, but was forced to axe one of the gigs on Saturday (30Jun07), reports Irish music magazine Hot Press.

In other news, Justin’s collaborated on some songs with Timbaland protoge Keri Hilson. Her album, In a Perfect World, should be be out sometime later this year. All I know at the moment is that they collab’d on song-writing. Cross your fingers for Justin singing on her album too. It seems unlikely that he wouldn’t, but you never know.

You can check out Keri Hilson’s website here to get a feel for her sound. She’s a cutie. Can’t Justin date her instead of Jessica Biel? Please?

Justin Timberlake, Keri Hilson

Madame Tussaud’s in New York opened up their VIP room yesterday and celebrated by unveiling the display of a new waxwork of Justin Timberlake. There are already several waxworks of Justin, both as a solo artist and from his NSync days. I’ll try and dig up pictures of them to post tomorrow. In the meantime, take a look at the newest ones.

I find this last one kinda creepy. As far as I know, those are real go-go dancers surrounding the wax figure of Justin. But a couple of them sure look like they are made out of wax too!

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July is nearly upon us so I thought I’d post Justin’s tour schedule for the rest of the summer. I’m seeing him on August 10th for the — counts on fingers — 12th time. Oops! Ran out of fingers for that one! If you have an opportunity to see Justin, I highly recommend that you break out that rainy day money and get yourself a ticket. He is an amazing performer.

Upcoming Tour Schedule

Jul. 04 – The O2 – London – UK
Jul. 05 – The O2 – London – UK
Jul. 07 – The O2 – London – UK
Jul. 08 – The O2 – London – UK
Aug. 06 – FedExForum – Memphis, TN
Aug. 07 – Gwinnett Center – Atlanta, GA
Aug. 10 – TD Banknorth Garden – Boston, MA
Aug. 13 – Continental Airlines Arena – East Rutherford, NJ
Aug. 15 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Aug. 16 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Aug. 18 – Bell Centre – Montreal, Canada
Aug. 20 – Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Canada
Aug. 21 – Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Canada
Aug. 25 – MTS Centre – Winnipeg
Aug. 26 – MTS Centre – Winnipeg
Aug. 27 – Rexall Place – Edmonton
Sept. 01 – Mandalay Bay – Las Vegas, NV
Sept. 05 – GM Place – Vancouver, Canada
Sept. 07 – Rose Garden – Portland, OR
Sept. 08 – Tacoma Dome – Tacoma, WA
Sept. 10 – ARCO Arena – Sacramento, CA
Sept. 12 – HP Pavilion – San Jose, CA
Sept. 16 – Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA
Sept. 17 – Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA

If you haven’t heard of her yet, Esmee Denters is an 18 year old singer from Holland and something of phenomenon on Youtube. Recently, she recorded a Youtube video singing “What Goes Around” and Justin was there to play the piano for her. She’s now done 5 performances on the European leg of Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveShow tour and her final performance is scheduled for tomorrow night in Antwerp. She’s also signed to Justin’s new record label, Tennman Records. Check out her video with Justin:

Justin mentioned Esmee during his recent interview with EW magazine.

EW: How did you decide to sign 18-year-old Netherlands native and Internet phenom Esmée Denters as your first artist?

Justin Timberlake: Being in the business for 10 years now, you look around and some people got it and some don’t. I saw her on YouTube, got wind of what was happening — “Hey, there’s this girl in Holland who’s got a phenomenal voice.” The word “phenomenal” in front of “voice” doesn’t come often. Usually you hear, “She’s pretty good, but there’s this great song,” which is usually bulls—. So I turned on YouTube and I was literally blown away — not only by her voice, but also her ear. I love the chance to discover talent so raw. And now I can just kind of sit back and help her mold herself into a superstar. - See Hollywood Gossip for a complete transcript of the EW interview with Justin.