Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Will.I.Am and Britney Scream And Shout up ITunes



Pop's latest heavyweight hook up between Will.I Am and Britney Spears has stormed the US iTunes Chart. Scream And Shout , the follow up to the massive Eva Simmons assisted Is This Love , took the Number 3 spot after just 24 hours on sale.
The track trails Will I Am's forthcoming WillPower album. It's video will premiere later tonight on X Factor USA


Rudimental Unveil New Single




Having had one of the biggest hits of the year with summer anthem Feel The Love , Hackney's Rudimental have unveiled a free download.
Hell Could Freeze Over featuring Angel Haze premiered on Zane Lowe's Rado 1 show last night. It's the third release from their forthcoming , as yet intitled album , due for release next year.

The collective are currently riding high with current hit Not Giving In featuring John Newman and Alex Clare.

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Stone Roses For Isle Of Wight



The Stone Roses triumphant comeback continues , with news they are to headline next Junes' Isle of Wight Festival.
Following a storming live comeback this year , the Madchester icons will play their only UK festival date on Friday June 14th 2013 at the legendary festival.
In addition to a one-off gig in Dubai at the Media City Amphitheatre on February 21, 2013, the band will also play two shows at Finsbury Park in London and another at Glasgow Green in June 2013. Support for the Glasgow show includes Primal Scream, Jake Bugg and The View. Support for the London shows will be announced shortly.

Tickets for next Junes' Isle of wight Festival go on sale tomorrow (November 28th )


Stupid Girl -Another Day , Another Twitter outburst



It may not have been as vulgar or vitriolic as Chris Brown's tasteless tirade , but Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson is the latest musician to vent on Twitter.
Following a performance in Koln , Germany , a miffed Manson took to the social networking site to lament the subdued reaction from that night;s crowd.
She tweeted -Koln you were so strangely subdued! Sold out show but so cold? Funny. I know you love us but why couldn't you show it? We still love you. Sx"

When cornered by a fan over her comments , she responded " Oh puhlease........BLOW ME " After another fan waded in , the fiesty Scotswoman replied "You can BLOW me too "
As it escalated Manson tweeted "YUP FUCK OFF DUDE. I'm not in the LEAST charming. Never said I was. Ha ha ha ha.....goodbye...sad you are so sensitive HA! sx

When pressed for an apology , Manson similarly tweeted " Blow Me ...you owe me an apology "

Gatbage were one of the biggest bands of the mid-90's with classics such as Stupid Girl , Only Happy When It Rains and I Think I'm Paranoid
Following a seven year absence , Garbage returned this year with Not Your Kind.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Robbie For Croker ??


Robbie Williams will hit the road next summer on a 17 date jaunt of Europe. Following the massive success of new album Take The Crown , Robbie kicks off at Manchester City's homeground the Etihad Stadium on June 19th next.
Dates in Scotland's Hampden Park and London's Wembley Stadium follow towards the end of June. With a small gap in his hectic schedule between June 19th and 30th , speculation is rife over a return date at Dublin's Croke Park.
With Slane already taken by Bon Jovi , Croke Park would be a fitting venue to cap another remarkable comeback from the Robster. And the show would be guaranteed to sell out.

Williams is certainly in a rich vein of form at the moment , having wowed London's 02 Arena at the weekend.
Support on the tour comes from none other than Olly Murs who announced the news via his Twitter earlier today. Murs famously duetted with Robbie back in 2009 on the X Factor final.


As yet , no Irish dates have been announced , but dont rule out a triumphant return to Croke Park for robbie next summer.

Your Christmas Number 1 ?


Liverpool may not be atop the Premiership this coming Yuletide , but you can be certain a Scouser will be topping the charts this Christmas. And we dont mean permatanned cheese monger Christopher Maloney.

A heavyweight mix of stars have come together under the banner , The Justice Collective to record The Hollies poignant classic He Aint Heavy , He's My Brother. All proceeds raised will go towards the Hillsborough Families legal costs in their ongoing quest for the 96 who perished in April 1989 at Hillsborough.

Sir Paul McCartney leads the stars alongside Robbie Williams , Beverley Knight , Paloma Faith and Eliza Doolittle.
Alongside them are a raft of Liverpudlian talent such as Rebecca Ferguson , Holly Johnson of  Frankie Goes To Hollywood , Spice Girl Melanie C , Lawson's Andy Brown , Paul Heaton formerly of Beautiful South.
Add to that John Power of Cast and The La,s , Dave McCabe of The Zutons , legendary Mick Jones of The Clash , Squeeze's Glen Tillbrook , Peter Hooton of The Farm and the great Jon McClure of Reverend And The Makes,
Fittingly , the line up is completed by Scouse legend Gerry Marsden of Gerry & The Pacemakers.

With the X Factor in decline , The Justice Collective are a sure thing for the Christmas top spot , when the final chart is announced on December 23rd.
The Justice Collective's He Aint Heavy , He's My Brother is available from December 17th

2013 - The Year Of Mutya , Keisha , Siobhan




It's incredible to think that 13 years after they served as the original and best incarnation of the Sugababes. That Mutya Buena , Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy would ever set foot in a studio together again , let alone for it to be the most anticipated pop event of next year.
The Originals , now known simply as Mutya , Keisha , Siobhan have claimed the new album is better than 2000 gem One Touch.

The girls have reportedly been in the studio with Professor Green , Emeli Sande and Naughty Boy. As well as original producer Cameron McVey. That's a pretty stellar line up , and I am positively salivating at the prospect of this new album.
No release date has yet been announced but I'm confident this second coming of this uniquely talented , battle worn trio will be a triumph.
" Eclectic " and "special " were just two adjectives  the girls have used to describe the upcoming opus.



MKS will surely slay all before them in 2013. And I , for one , cant wait.