Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she’ll be allowed to perform in Indonesia.

Islamic hard-liners have threatened violence, saying her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves could corrupt youth. Police initially denied a permit for the “Born This Way Ball” but are now hinting the concert could ahead if the pop diva toned down the show.

She tweeted Tuesday:

“The Jakarta situation is 2-fold: Indonesian authorities demand I censor the show & religious extremist separately, are threatening violence. If the show does go on as scheduled, I will perform the BTWBall alone.”

What she meant wasn’t clear, and her promoters have not commented.

Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim nation of 240 million people, was supposed to be the biggest show on Lady Gaga’s Asian tour.

Bob Moog’s synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage — and it’s completely playable.

The Moog doodle, a replica of the Minimoog Model D, may not be a highly complex synthesizer but it explores a lot of the realms of synthesis — the sculpting of sound mastered by a synthesizer.

“To be able to put all those capabilities in the hands of hundreds of millions of people is just astounding,” said Moog’s daughter Michelle Moog-Koussa, who serves as executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “I think he would be humbled and awed.”

In 45 years, the Moog synthesizer has gone from a behemoth instrument that took several techs to work and several people to carry, to one you can download on your iPhone.

Moog’s first modular synthesizers in the mid- to late-’60s could easily weigh between 70 and 100 pounds. Keith Emerson’s monster Moog, for example, is more than 200 pounds. Moog’s early synths were high-maintenance and finicky. Sometimes they wouldn’t work in the heat, other times the oscillators would drift.

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Grammy Award-winning polka great Eddie Blazonczyk, who began playing the lively music in the 1950s and went on to earn the nickname “Polka King” after starting his own band and label, has died. He was 70.

His record label, Bel-Aire Recordings, and his son, Eddie Blazonczyk Jr., said Tuesday that Blazonczyk died of natural causes Monday at a hospital in the Chicago suburb of Palos Heights.

Blazonczyk retired in 2001 after suffering a stroke, and his son took over his band, Eddie Blazonczyk and the Versatones. The band formed in 1962, after Blazonczyk’s brief venture into pop music that landed him on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand,” and toured the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe.

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“He attracted so many people to the polka audience, whereas previously they were scared away by the word polka,” Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. said. “After hearing his style of the music they weren’t afraid of polka anymore. They knew it wasn’t ‘She’s Too Fat For Me’ or ‘Roll Out the Barrel.’ They knew it was an evolution of the music.”

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The Country Music Association’s 46th annual awards show is scheduled for Nov. 1.

The three-hour show moves to Thursday this year after a run of Wednesday nights. It will be broadcast live on ABC from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

More than 16 million viewers tuned in to the CMAs last year to watch Taylor Swift win her second entertainer of the year award.

The eligibility period for the CMA Awards closes June 30 and nominees will be announced late summer.

The association also announced “CMA Country Christmas” will return for a third year with taping scheduled for Nov. 3. The show, which draws many of country’s top stars, also will run on ABC during the holiday season.

A teenage songbird or a bluesy guitar man will claim the 11th “American Idol” crown Wednesday.

Jessica Sanchez, 16, of Chula Vista, Calif., and Phillip Phillips, 21, of Leesburg, Ga., made their final stand Tuesday, each performing three songs for the TV viewers choosing between them. Host Ryan Seacrest was to announce the winner Wednesday.

Rihanna was set to perform on the finale, with Fox promising other “surprise guests” and a reunion of the season’s top 12 finalists.

On Tuesday, Phillips earned consistently high marks from the show’s judges, while Sanchez faltered on “Change Nothing,” the song that could serve as her first release.

The teenager agreed with panelists Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, saying she should have gone more “urban” with her song choice.

Phillips had better luck with his potential future single selection, a slow tempo acoustic tune titled “Home,” which the judges said recalled artists like Fleet Foxes, Paul Simon and Mumford and Sons. At one point during Phillips’ final performance, the pawn shop worker was accompanied by a marching band.

It was a hit with the panel. Jackson beamed, “I love the song. I love you. I love the production. I love the marching band. Everything about that was perfect.”

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It’s a family affair at the upcoming BET Awards: Kanye West has the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z, earned five, and Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé, received six.

Jay-Z and West collaborated last year on the album “Watch the Throne.” Their songs — “In Paris” and “Otis” — are up for video of the year. Beyoncé has two nominations in that category with “Love on Top” and “Countdown.” The fifth nominee is Usher’s “Climax.”

The nominations were announced Tuesday in New York.

Samuel L. Jackson will host the July 1 award show, which will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj will perform.

Other multiple nominees include Brown, Lil Wayne, Drake and J. Cole. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will receive a lifetime achievement award.

iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending May 21, 2012

Top Songs:

1. “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen

2. “Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa),” Maroon 5

3. “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye

4. “Starships,” Nicki Minaj

5. “Wild Ones (feat. Sia),” Flo Rida

6. “We Are Young,” Fun.

7. “Boyfriend,” Justin Bieber

8. “What Makes You Beautiful,” One Direction

9. “Dance Again (feat. Pitbull),” Jennifer Lopez

10. “Drive By,” Train

Top Albums:

1. “Trespassing,” Adam Lambert

2. “Rize of the Fenix,” Tenacious D

3. “Born and Raised,” John Mayer

4. “Bloom,” Beach House

5. “Not Your Kind of People,” Garbage

6. “Blown Away,” Carrie Underwood

7. “21,” ADELE

8. “Glee: The Music – The Graduation Album,” Glee Cast

9. “Up All Night,” One Direction

10. “The Music of SMASH (Soundtrack),” SMASH Cast

Pearl Jam, Skrillex and D’Angelo are among the performers scheduled to take the stage at the music festival Jay-Z is curating in Philadelphia in September.

Jay-Z will also perform, as will Janelle Monae, Passion Pit, Odd Future, Santigold, Afrojack, Calvin Harris and Rick Ross and his Maybach Music group.

The festival will feature 28 acts over Labor Day weekend. Tickets for the two-day festival are to go on sale Wednesday.

Jay-Z announced plans for the event last week atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Proceeds will benefit the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.

More performers will be announced later.

Hailey Reinhart may not have won season 10 of American Idol, but her third-place finish, memorable performances, and celebrity fans all but ensured her continued success.

Her debut album Listen Up! hits stores today— you can order it now here— and is a solid step into solo stardom with its mix of infectious, summer-ready tunes, soulful melodies, and artistic riffs.

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“It’s sultry and stretches between several different genres,” Reinhart, 21, told Parade.com.

“It’s R&B, funk, and rock. It’s real-life experiences and I wanted to take people on a journey.”

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On being hands-on.
“I wanted to create an album that I was a part of and could define me as the artist I’ve always wanted to be. I want people to be able to relate to it. I want it to have me written all over it. I was really lucky enough and adamant about the writing process. I recorded a song on the tour and the rest of the songs I jumped into the writing process and co-wrote the rest of them. I am attached to all of the songs and there is one I even have my dad playing guitar on. It’s called ‘Keep Coming Back.’

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