Sandwiched between Usher on May 18 and a "special Thursday" performance by the future American Idol champ and runner-up on May 31, Pitbull has been added to the mainstream list of musical acts tackling the Today Show stage as one of several participating in the year's Toyota Summer Concert Series.

Mr. Worldwide is scheduled to hit Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, May 25, the same day Men in Black III opens in theaters, where he'll likely perform that film's theme, Back in Time, and rep Miami to nth degree.

However, he's not the only Summer Concert Series act claiming 305.
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​The never-ending awards show season reaches its apex next week when Univision beams the Premio Lo Nuestro to millions of families all across the Americas.

On Thursday, February 16, the Spanish-language network will honor a cross-section of Latin music artists at the American Airlines Arena. Among them, Miami's own Pitbull, who's up for a pair of Urbano awards including both album and artist of the year.

While we would've preferred locking down an interview with Armando Christian Perez for this piece, getting the Dr. Pepper spokesman on the phone is incredibly difficult. So here's Plan B, our arbitrary Premio Lo Nuestro predictions.
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The Blood boys rompin' at 30 Rock.

​We here at Crossfade provided plenty of advance warning that West Palm fuzz rockers Surfer Blood would be jamming out to "Miranda," a single off last year's Tarot Classics EP, during last night's episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

But maybe you came down with a real nasty case of the Mondays, passed out at 12:34 a.m. on your fave J.P. Pitts poster, and totally forgot to pre-program your DVR for the Blood boys' late-night romp around studio 6B at 30 Rock?

That's cool ... 'Cause Crossfade (and the internet) have got all y'all Surfer Blood superfans covered. Just check the cut for a video of "Miranda" on Fallon.
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​OMG! Surfer Blood's gone late night!

About 15 hours ago, West Palm Beach-based Surfer Blood sent out an ecstatic tweet to their 6,894 fans announcing a January 9 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Several minutes ago, Crossfade's inbox was hit with a press release confirming the good news.

Surfer Blood will perform "Miranda," a single off last year's Tarot Classics EP, on Monday night's episode of Fallon's variety program. Over 130 people on Facebook "Like" that John Paul Pitts and company are heading to New York City for a late-night romp around studio 6B at 30 Rock.
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