Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

U2 concert at Pasadena Rose Bowl in California this Sunday will be streamed live on the U2 channel on YouTube.

However, it can only be watched if you live in Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and the United States.

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These days, you can do almost anything online for free and that includes listening to your favorite songs without paying a single cent. Below we have listed the top 5 sites you can listen and groove to your favorite track for free (well, almost all). Check it out: -

Grooveshark (http://listen.grooveshark.com/)

Grooveshark is one of the best places to listen to music online for free. There are millions of songs in their collection. The only downside is there will be a 160×600px banner ad which will keep showing you ads (which can be removed at $3/mo). On the other hand, you don’t have to look at the screen once you have added all the songs you want to listen to the queue. You can even save those songs to a playlist and embed the playlist to your iGoogle, Blogger, MySpace, Hi5, Typepad, Wordpress, Orkut and so on.

Pros: Million of songs, Fast and smooth streaming, Ability to save playlist and embed the playlist as widgets to social networking sites and blogs.
Cons: No continuous play.

Jango (www.jango.com/)

Jango used to be my favorite music site until recently where it started to collaborate with Rhapsody. Unlike Grooveshark, Jango limits the number of songs you are able to listen to although they list down all the songs from an artist. And if you are lucky, you may be able to listen to your favorite track by your favorite artist.

Pros: A huge collection of songs, Pretty good streaming most of the time, Continuous play according to your what you have previously searched.
Cons: Only selected tracks are available for streaming randomly.

Napster (http://free.napster.com/)

Napster, these days is your source of legal music. There is a free section on Napster where you can stream your favorite music for free. But in order to listen to full length tracks, you must reside in the US. Otherwise, you’ll only be able to listen to your favorite track for only 30 seconds.

Pros: A huge collection of songs.
Cons: Only available to the US residents (others can only listen to a 30-second snippets). Even so users can only listen to any particular song up to three times, after which the users will need to subscribe to Napster or purchase the song to play it in full again.

Last FM (www.last.fm)

Last FM is one of the most popular music sites around with the ability to recommend you tracks based on what you listen to — the more you listen, the more Last FM will learn about you and the more personalized your radio station will become. However, like Napster, there is a limitation. For users living outside US, UK and Germany, you only get to listen to the radio for 30 days for free, which afterwards, you must subscribe to continue. For users in the US, UK and Germany, you can listen to Last FM for free with the exception of subscription premium radio features: listening to playlists and stations of music you’ve loved or tagged.

Pros: A huge collection of songs, Personalized radio, Ability to download a scrobbler and listen without login to the browser, Ability to listen on your iPod, Selected MP3’s available for download for free.
Cons: Available only to residents of US, UK and Germany whereas others can only listen for free for 30 days.

YouTube (www.youtube.com/

Although YouTube is a video streaming site, there are millions of music videos available in YouTube. With the playlist, you can add all your favorite tracks into one place and let it run in the background, and voila, your own jukebox with videos!

Pros: A huge collection of songs (music videos), Can watch the music videos while listening to your favorite tracks.
Cons: Slower streaming, Not available in some countries, i.e. China.

Honorable mentions: VH1 Radio, Yahoo! Music, MySpace.

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A few days ago, Miley Cyrus quited Twitter and she rapped about it in YouTube. She can just never stop getting our attention, can she?

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Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson danced all the way on the aisle during their wedding which include seven bridesmaids, five groomsmen and four ushers. Kevin posted the wedding dance routine on YouTube and it quickly becomes an Internet sensation as it has now over 6 million views.

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Now, you can play Street Fighter on a YouTube video. Fun.

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If you have missed YouTube Live, which was broadcasted live on YouTube on November 22, 2008, you can view the full show now all at one go.

The duration for the full show is 2 hours and 6 minutes, therefore, you may want to grab some soda and chips and enjoy the show. If you prefer just to watch the highlights, you can still head over to http://www.youtube.com/live.

Check out the full show below: -

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Are you ready for the biggest ever live-streaming event?

YouTube goes LIVE for the first time ever tomorrow, Saturday, November 22nd at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT.

With artists such as Akon, Katy Perry, will.i.am, Soulja Boys, Joe Satriani, Mythbusters and many more confirmed, this "Live" event will be the first ever YouTube LIVE STREAM. Part concert, part variety show and part party, the event will bring to life many of the amazing videos and talent that YouTube viewers have already made popular.

Check out YouTube Live channel.

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Miley Cyrus death hoax spreads after her YouTube account is allegedly hacked. Earlier this year, Cyrus’ racy photos scandal dominated the Internet headlines.

On Sunday, the teen star was the victim of a more malicious attack that claimed she had been killed by a drunk driver. This is also the second time this year the rumor of the "Hannah Montana" star death has publicized.

A two-minute video was featured on Cyrus’ "Miley and Mandy Show" YouTube page that opened with the sounds of Cyrus’ sentimental new ballad, "Goodbye," and a somber message from Mandy Jiroux early Sunday morning. The video has since been taken down, but it’s still available on Videogum.com.

The video features a note supposedly from Cyrus’ friend which says, "Hey, guys, this is Mandy and I have some very sad news :( …We’re very hurt to tell everyone this, but Miley died this morning after being hit by a drunk driver. Miley told us if anything ever happened to her, then we should let her fans know before the public…R.I.P. honey, we will miss you so much."

We will miss her. Indeed.

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Google has announced on its YouTube blog that it will begin offering full-length TV episodes, including classic shows such as "MacGyver" and "Beverly Hills: 90120" and newer shows such as "Dexter" and "Californication" through its YouTube platform beginning this week.

The videos will be free to YouTube users but will have advertisement before, during and after the episode, similar to rival video site Hulu which promotes NBC Universal content.

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Good day and Happy Independence Day, USA!

• Transgender man gave birth! Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but after surgery and hormone treatment lives as a man. He kept female reproductive organs and gave birth to a girl.
• Still want that meatball after watching Hancock? Well, Nesbraka beef recall is now expanded to 2,650 tons.
• Judge orders Google to turn over YouTube view to Viacom. Now, that’s scary!

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