Over on the Wondaland Arts Society blog, Janelle Monae will be playing three dates with Erykah Badu: May 30 in Phoenix, May 31 in Las Vegas and June 6 in San Francisco. Buy tickets now.

Check out the footage below from Janelle Monae's recent performance in New York City at the opening of Private Park at the Hudson Hotel.


Via SOHH.com.

On May 19, CNN published a feature on Janelle Monae. There's not much that we didn't already know. But, there are two noteworthy details:

Janelle Monae's stint on "Stargate Universe" this fall will be two episodes long.

Finally, Monae will be performing with Adele and Etta James at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on June 28.

Janelle Monae's MySpace reports that "Open Happiness," her collaboration with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Travis McCoy of Gym Glass Heroes, Brandon Urie of Panic At the Disco and Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley for Coca-Cola will be featured on the season finale of American Idol on Tuesday, May 19.

A music video for the song is coming, as well. Check out a behind the scenes video below.


Finally, on the blog post, you can download some photos from the shoot, as well.

The Wondaland Arts Society blog has details on Janelle Monae's upcoming performance in New York City on May 12, to celebrate the opening of Private Park at Hudson. RSVP online.

Janelle Monae's MySpace blog has a scan from her feature in the May 2009 issue of Interview Magazine. Check it out online, as well.