xled Warriors Project- %ND AND 00/100 is Proving it's not always just about rock'n'roll, Hard Rock Cafe International celebrated the - The day after appearing on Nickelodeon's 2012 Kids' Choice Awards (March 31), boy band One Direction grand reopening of its San Antonio venue (March 23) by presenting a check for $10,000 to brought its infectious pop to Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre for an exclusive showcase. Taped April 1 as part the Wounded Warriors Project. Ruling center stage with a performance that evening were of Vevo's emerging -artist program "Lift," the performance will be available for on -demand viewing across the All-American Rejects. Helping Hard Rock Cafe International president/CEO Hamish Vevo. Pictured during a quiet pre -showcase moment are (from left) One Direction's Louis Tomlinson, Mall

Dodds (second from right) with some heavy lifting are (from left) the All-American Rejects' . Horan, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik, Vevo senior VP of music programming, talent and operations Doug Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter, Wounded Warriors representative Juan Arredondo, and the McVehil; One Direction's Harry Styles and manager Will Bloomfield. Next up on the band's whirlwind band's Chris Gaylor and Mike Kennerty. PHOTO' DARREN ABATE/AP IMAGES FOR HARD ROCK CAFE ' schedule is "Saturday Night Live" on April 7. PHOTO MICHAEL KOVAC/WIREIMAGE ..W1141 TV fRADIO 'TY RADiu RADIO

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The Wanted, fun., K'naan and Ka rmin headlined iHeartRadio's Future of Music-The Class of 2012 showcase. Presented March 27 by Clear Channel at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the live performance soiree was part of the Transformation LA 2012 conference. Singled out on the red carpet are (from left) CC Media Holdings CEO Bob Pittman, Five songs from Lisa Marie Presley's Storm and Grace, her first album in five years, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises president John Sykes, radio personality/ were played March 28 at Los Angeles recording studio the Village. Among the 40 TV host/producer Ryan Seacrest and Clear Channel president of national program- or so people on hand were a half -dozen music supervisors and Universal Republic ming platforms Tom Poleman. In addition to returning as one of the hosts for Clear executives, including (from left) VP of national promotion Trina Tombrink, VP of Channel's second iHeartRadio Music Festival (Sept. 21-22) in Las Vegas, Seacrest has marketing Frank Arigo, executive VP of A&R Tom Mackay, Presley and executive VP been tapped to help cover the summer Olympics for NBC. PHOTO' MARK DAVIS/GETTY IMAGES of marketing Jim Roppo. Produced by T Bone Burnett, Presley's XIX Recordings/ Universal Republic debut arrives May 15. PHOTO: JEFF FASANO

Lionel Richie is riding high right now thanks to the first -week success of his all-star country collaborations covers album, Tuskegee. The set debuts at No. 2 on the Melanie Fiona is definitely on a roll. The singer/songwriter won two Grammy Awards this year, Billboard 200 and No.1 on Top Country Albums, and is the icon's highest -charting including best R&B song for "Fool for You" with Cee Lo Green. And this week Fiona claims release since 1986. Propelling the momentum were myriad TV appearances her first No.1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with the Title 9/SRC/Universal including Richie's March 16 launch of the concert series "HSN Live" with (from Republic sophomore set The MF Life. Flanking the singer (center) during a release party at the left) In House Management day-to-day manager Michelle Tafoya, Richie manager Darby in New York are members of Team Fiona, including (from left) Title 9 co -CEOs Diallobe Michael Richardson of In House, HSN Inc. CEO Mindy Grossman, HSN executive Johnson and Michael Michel, Universal Republic president/CEO Monte Lipman, SRC founder/ VP of TV/executive creative director Andy Sheldon and Universal Music Group CEO Steve Rifkind, Island Def Jam/Universal Republic chairman/CEO Barry Weiss and Title 9 Nashville VP of marketing Tom Lord. PHOTO' BRIAN BLANCO/HSN founder/co-GEO Carmen Murray. PHOTO: JOHNNY NUNEZ 1111.....- Ii Composers were front and center during the third "Behind the Music" WanderCon VI Wondefoq panel staged at WonderCon 2012 in Wonder(1. sd Anaheim, Calif. Moderating the session WojerCoo at the Anaheim Convention Center was co "Pushing Daises"/"Little Shop of Horrors" star Ellen Greene. Sharing insights about their work in the land of sci-fi, fantasy, action and animated TV series were (from Wo,,,lerCora left) Jim Dooley (FX's "Wilfred"), Mark (sham (ABC's "Once Upon a Time"), Nathan Barr (HBO's "True Blood"), Danny Jacob (Disney Channel's "Phineas and Ferb"), Robert Duncan (ABC's "Castle"), Blake Neely (CBS' "The Mentalist") and David Ari Leon (Disney XD and Marvel Entertainment's "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes"). Another WonderCon music -oriented panel, "Famous TV Theme Music," featured composing duo Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman ("Touch," "Nurse Jackie") and Charles Fox, the composer behind several TV theme song touchstones including "Happy Days." PHOTO: CW3PR

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