Topix — Usher, Lady Gaga and John Mayer are amongst the performers for iHeartRadio Festival. more info

People.com — • What a sweet dad! Usher and his sons Usher V and Naviyd took a sunny vacation at Acqualina Resort & Spa in Miami Beach. The singer was spotted working out at the hotel's gym and also clocked time with his boys in an oceanfront pool. "They were so... more info

CNN Showbiz — After back-to-back stomach clutching renditions of "Not Gon' Cry" and "I'm Going Down" at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans Sunday night, Mary J. Blige pulled off an Oprah-worthy seminar on affirmation with "Just Fine" to close out the three-... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonGregg Allman had a liver transplant just over a year ago and faces further surgery this summer, but you would never have guessed it. With his hair in a ponytail and dressed in jeans and denim shirt, he sat behind his Hammond B-3 organ... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Michael Jackson, Usher, AOL Music Usher closed out the first day of the Essence Music Festival on Friday (July 1), with a rousing two hour performance in which he paid homage to the late Michael Jackson. Shocking the audie... more info

ContactMusic — Usher wants a woman in his life to make him a "better man". The 'OMG' hitmaker - who divorced Tameka Foster, the mother of his two sons, in 2009 - explained while he thinks Rihanna is "beautiful", he won't be attempting to romance her any time soon a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Each performer took to the stage in their own ways: Fantasia's round-the-way style, Hudson hindered by the razzle-dazzle, and Usher's 'last' Michael Jackson tribute.Each performer took to the stage in their own ways: Fantasia's round-the-way style, H... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Day one of Essence Music Festival. Fantasia, Usher command largely empty crowds more info

People.com — The power acts will join New Edition, who will reunite for the event after 30 years more info

Guardian Music — Model, actor and musical polymathWho is he?A 20-year-old music biz polymath, the Londoner is ready to fill British urban music's yawning Usher and Michael Jackson-shaped solo male singer gap.Didn't I see him on TV somewhere?Yes, probably. He had a ... more info