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Uniondale, New York, might not the world's most popular vacation destination but that wasn't the case this past weekend when the inaugural Pop-Con music festival descended upon Nassau Coliseum and the city was filled with screaming Justin Bieber fans.

That's right, The Bieb—along with fellow pop peers like Selena Gomez, Nat & Alex Wolff (from the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band), Push Play, Meaghan Martin, Mercy Mercedes and Sean Kingston—took the stage to snap, crackle and pop for thousands of tweens (and probably a couple hundred parents, as well).

Are you kicking yourself for missing the action? Don't pummel yourself too hard because we've got all the photographic goodness here!

Justin Bieber. Duh. (Photo credit: Kevin Kane / WireImage)

Radio Disney newcomer Tiffany Giardina. (Photo credit: Kevin Kane / WireImage)

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Tags Alex Wolff, justin bieber, Meaghan Martin, Mercy Mercedes, Nat Wolff, Push Play, Sean Kingston, Selena Gomez, The Naked Brothers Band, Tiffany Giardina

I hope you ordered heavy-on-the-"whoas," with extra Ryan Cabrera hair, because that's what's on the menu in Push Play's new video, "Midnight Romeo." For the Long Island group's upcoming Found album, lead singer CJ Baran offers... well, I'm not going to call it a "serenade," despite the "Midnight Romeo" title. Why? "Tonight your dinner's free; what's in it for me?" hardly qualifies as "sweet nothings." By the way, Push Play's touring with Jessie James throughout October, so hopefully she'll keep 'em in line.

"Midnight Romeo" takes the garage band, and moves it up to the attic -- an attic that houses none other than Emily Osment, a.k.a. Lilly Truscott from Hannah Montana. The video's also directed by Roman White, who's behind Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me," (... oh yeah, that video), as well as some Carrie Underwood classics like "Before He Cheats." White also directed Osment's video for her upcoming All The Right Wrongs album.

Tags Carrie Underwood, jessie james, Push Play, Taylor Swift, video

I'm not gonna tell you a million things you already know about Tiffany Giardina. I mean, I'm not your mom, you know? OBVIOUSLY you already love her, and she's in your top 8, and you know that her album's called No Average Angel and that she's pals with the Jonas Brothers and that she even SPENT CHRISTMAS WITH THE JONAS BROTHERS!!! Because life is just no fairsies.

So I ALSO don't need to tell you that Andrew Bennett, who directed the Jonas Brothers' "Year 3000" video also directed Tiffany's "No Average Angel" video.

But I AM gonna tell you five things I LOVE about Tiffany Giardina. Ahem...

1.) The fact that Tiffany subtly references the VMAs makes me hope she gets a VMA nomination this year. Or at least an invite. (Um, I'll see what I can do?)

2.) Totally selfish reason here: Tiffany's "No Average Angel" was filmed in BROOKLYN! Where I live! w00t! That means that Tiffany and I have ONE MORE THING in common with Biggie!

3.) While some celebrities ARE charity cases (I won't name names, but their names sound an awful lot like Mindsay Mohan), Tiffany spends her time GIVING to charity and charitable causes, like the Ronald McDonald House. And, even though school can be super boring, it's still important and whatevskies. And Tiffany's probably smarter than us (and by "us," I mean "me") since she did a music education tour and toured middle schools, which is cool but doesn't sound as fun as the summer camp tour she did. Because everybody knows that summer is more fun than school.

3.) Tiffany is on Twitter! Follow her at @TiffanyGiardina. I do!

4.) Not only is she friends with Drew Seeley, (see?) but Tiffany's friends and tourmates with Push Play! And they're both performing at Bamboozle this weekend!

5.) Three words: You. Better. Run. Two more: Pat. Benetar... I can't resist a good Pat Benetar cover! ("You Better Run" is a Pat Benetar cover... But you already knew that.)

Watch Tiffany Giardina's "No Average Angel" video after the jump, and tell me what YOU love about her.

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Tags Andrew Bennett, Bamboozle, Drew Seeley, Jonas Brothers, Lindsay Lohan, Pat Benetar, Push Play, Tiffany Giardina, Twitter

Mark our words: Push Play is one of the bestest, most exciting pop punk groups you've never heard of. Not that it's your fault. The guys (CJ Baran, Nick DeTurris, Steve Scarola and Derek Ries) put out their first album, Deserted, about a year ago and are only just now starting to get the recognition they (SO! TOTALLY!) deserve.

So show them some much-overdue love by heading to their MySpace, checking out their funky, All Time Low-ish sound and reading on for five fun factoids about the native New Yawk foursome.

Fun Fact #5. They're fashion forward. Lead singer CJ Baran designs his own outfits (like Kanye, except without the 'tude!) and drummer Derek "D-Rock" Ries says he's way into Dolce & Gabbana. Hmm, wonder which one of the boys is responsible for that "I Love PP" t-shirt ...

Fun Fact #4. They're thisclose to Miley Cyrus. The boys share a manager with MyCy -- although, thankfully, not her passion for trying to pass off pj's as outerwear/churning out Jonas-inspired revenge songs. Natch, we're assuming this close proximity to Miley means they'll eventually open for/tour with/marry her (although necessarily in that order).

Fun Fact #3. They've got their priorities straight. Dudes got themselves added to the Zootopia lineup back in May, and even scored the same dressing room as Metro Station (DING! Another Miley connection!) And while most of the band's influences are punk rockish (i.e. All-American Rejects, Brand New), Push Play said they were MOST excited about seeing the Jo Bros take the stage. (PP? We like where your head's at.)

Fun Fact #2. They're all Hottie McHottersons. We know, we know, crushworthiness can't make or break a band. Then again, Steve Scarola's dimples (above, far left) have GOTTA count for something. C'mon, worked for ABDC host Mario Lopez, right?!

Fun Fact #1. They always put their fans first. Got a hot date on Valentine's Day? So does Push Play! The guys'll be playing a show in Farmingdale, New York. Feel free to surprise them by showing up with a cheesy Hallmark card, a box of chocolates and a giant totally-not-creepy sandwich board that reads "BE MINE."

Tags All Time Low, All-American-Rejects, Brand New, Mario Lopez, Metro Station, Miley Cyrus, Push Play