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**** THE ELVIS DURAN SHOW **** Backstreet Boys NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Excitement was in the air Friday morning at Elvis Duran and The Z100 morning show to welcome boy bands Five Seconds of Summer and the Backstreet Boys! Five Seconds of Summer discussed their new album Youngblood, which is out on all media platforms today. During their interview they spoke about how when writing this album they tried to appeal to all different types of fans, and created music that was completely different from their previous sound. They went on to discuss their tour of North America that will begin in September, and encouraged everyone to listen to Youngblood, because the group believes there's music in the album that will resonate with everyone. Backstreet Boys spoke about how heartwarming it is to have such an enthusiastic response by fans old and new regarding their hit, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.” The group currently has a residency at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casin...

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Williams stopped by the Elvis Duran and The Z100 Morning Show to talk about his recent massive success with hit song “Happy,” working with Miley Cyrus and the media’s skewed image of her, and his support of women’s rights. The producer turned solo artist was excited to be at Z100 Studios for the first time promoting his own music. Describing his visit as being a moment for him, he felt it was “a little awkward, a little weird, and a little new” to be interviewed as a solo artist. When talking about the message behind his album ‘GIRL, the music phenomenon said, “At the end of the day, I hope women hear this album and what is at the bottom of the pot is you understand my intention. I’m just saying thank you, you’ve been so good to me.” Pharrell’s album and new single “Come Get It Bae ft. Miley Cyrus” are available for download on iTunes. To watch Pharrell’s interview, visit ElvisDuran.com . ON VISITING Z100 AND ELVIS DURAN AND THE M...

**** ELVIS DURAN AND THE Z100 MORNING SHOW **** Ryan Lewis With Mom On Elvis Duran Multi-Grammy Award winning artist Ryan Lewis stopped by Elvis Duran and The Z100 Morning Show to talk about the launch of the 30/30 Project. Julie Lewis, mother of Ryan and 30-year HIV Survivor, founded this campaign. The 30/30 Project seeks to bring healthcare facilities to communities impacted by HIV/AIDS, as well as offer compressive general healthcare. To celebrate the mark of surviving for 30 years with HIV, Julie, Ryan, and the 30/30 Project seek to build medical centers worldwide that will sustain for at least 30 years. The launch of the 30/30 Project also coincides with this week’s 30th anniversary announcing the discovery that the HIV virus leads to AIDS. During the interview this morning, Elvis donated $5,000.00 on behalf of the Morning Show. When asked about the reasoning behind the project, Julie said, “I want to do something big. The 30/30 Project is that big ide...

5 Seconds Of Summer Perform 'She Looks So Perfect" Australian pop sensation 5 Seconds of Summer performed their smash hit “She Looks So Perfect” on Elvis Duran and The Z100 Morning Show yesterday. The four-piece boy band sensation stopped by to talk about their debut EP that sold 143,000 copies earlier this month, life in the United States, and their success. Opening for One Direction’s North American 2014 summer arena tour, 5 Seconds of Summer have a huge fan base and currently have over 2.5 million Twitter followers. The hashtag #5SosOnElvis was even one of the top Trending Topics on Twitter today! When asked about their fame, the boys said, “We never pay any attention to money at all. Like everyone says that, but genuinely we didn’t have it in the beginning, we don’t have it now, and I don’t care if we ever make it.” ON WAKING UP EARLY “I like to think that the only seven is the one at night!” ON PLAYING MUSIC IN ACROSS THE GLOBE “It’s t...

**** AROUND TOWN **** The King Of New York Elvis Duran The Queen Of NY Johny Pool We love good causes, especially the ones our friends have, and animal rescue causes are very close to our heart at Times Square Gossip. We need to do more to protect all of natures beauty, so when I saw Alex Carr promoting this great event, we thought we would give it a quick writeup. Besides there are not many opportunities in life to help our beloved animals and party with Z-100's Elvis Duran and  radio personality Johny Pool, AKA Uncle Johny. And Alex Carr is a gem. Even know I have only met him a few times, his love and passion for all animals is amazing.What a great night this is going to be on Staten Island. Bigg Ang from Mob Wives along with Donna Maxon as Bette Midler, Rob B as Tina Turner and Charlie Poveromo are performing with Luscious Lola as your host. And it is DJ Connie Fro's birthday bash. All this to benefit The A.C.C. Animal Shelter. There wil...

Lea Michele On Elvis Duran Lea Michele visited Elvis Duran and the Z100 Morning Show to discuss her debut single “Cannonball”. The “Glee” star talked about her upcoming album Louder, the success of Glee, life after the death of boyfriend and “Glee” co-star Cory Monteith, and her upcoming book Brunette Ambition. Lea’s visit was the radio world premiere for her single. Her album is currently available for pre-order, and “Cannonball” can be downloaded on iTunes and Amazon. To see pictures from Lea’s visit, click here . On the Glee cast after the passing of Cory Monteith “You know, a lot of people, really sort of you know were, concerned about us going back to work and wondering what that would be like. But at the end of the day, you know, we are a family and we did go through this together so to be there everyday and to have the support from each other is so important. And like I said, I’m just really grateful for them and what we do everyday we do in memory ...

**** ON THE RADIO WITH Elvis Duran And The Z100 Morning Show **** Lady Gaga On Elvis Duran With over 50 million singles sold Lady Gaga is one of the purveyors of modern pop. Sitting down with “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” this morning after taking a year-long break following a hip injury, she said that when she is not on stage she does not feel alive. On Canceling Her Born This Way Ball She cancelled the US portion of her Born this Way Ball last year, and felt that she was letting down her fans when she made the announcement. “It wasn't until I felt pain onstage that I really knew I couldn't go on anymore, because I never feel pain on stage," she said. On The Passion Behind Creating The New Album ARTPOP With her first new album in two years titled ARTPOP, Gaga revealed that she believes more in this album than anything in the past five years. Her rise to fame has not always been ea...