Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Cheryl and Band Aid 30 scoop double at The Maloneys


 Cheryl Fernandez -Versini and Band Aid 30 were the big winners at this years Maloneys. The Geordie powrrhouse vocalist and the Ebola single , both won 2 awards apiece at the public voted ceremony.

Now in its third year , The Maloney's celebrate and mock the very worst in British music ahead of the BRIT Awards. Past winners include Tulisa , Union J and Kimberley Walsh.






 Voting has been ongoing for the past month via Twitter , with Cheryl and Jessie J leading the nominations for their horrendous contributions to music in 2014.

Here in full are all the winners of THE MALONEYS 2015




  • TESCO CLUBCARD WORST BRITISH ALBUM


 JESSIE J -Sweet Talker


Jessie beat off stiff competition from Sam Bailey to follow in the footsteps of Tulisa and Kimberley Walsh to scoop the prestigious Worst British Album.
The former lesbian hit new heights of musical abomination of this overproduced . pandering to the American market , screechy mess.

Newly unemployed Sam Bailey ran her a close second but it was more bad news for the former X Factor winner , recently dumped by Syco.

Fellow nominees Cheryl, Pixie Lott and Union J were left trailing behind


  • ALDI WORST BRITISH SINGLE

  • WORST BRITISH VIDEO




 Band Aid 30 -Do They know Its Christmas


Bob Geldof trotted Do they Know Its Christmas out again last November as a potential cure for Ebola. The loud mouthed scruff made an embarrassing appeal whilst on the X Factor ,for people to buy copies and use them as coasters , Christmas decorations , Frisbees , place mats, nail sharpeners all in the name of Ebola.
Not even an all star cast of Ed Sheeran , Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding could save this sanctimonious mess , with its patronising lyrics -'where a kiss of love can kill you '

The song was the overwhelming winner of Worst British Single with Mike Read's atrociously racist UKIP Calypso , running a distant second.

The accompanying video was also the clear winner of Worst British Video. Studio footage of millionaires One Direction trying to look artistic and Zoella pretending to be a singer was awful. Spare a thought for Jessie Ware who looked a spare prick who was given no lines to sing whilst 90's relics Seal and Sinead O'Connor got large chunks each. Then theres the intolerable Rita Ora who'd get her fanny anywhere for a hit


WORST BRITISH GROUP

KINGSLSLAND ROAD

 
The X Factor rejects beat Union J, Collabro , The Overtones and One Direction to scoop Worst British Group.
They follow in the footsteps of previous winners JLS and Union J , who came close to a second consecutive win.
Kingland Road failed to set the charts alight with Dirty Dancer in the summer. Not even getting naked for Gay Times magazine could whip up any interest. In fact their arses are more appealing than their music. Especially Matt.
By the end of the year , the black one had left. It was reported that absolutely nobody was anticipating any new music soon
 
 
 
  • WORST BRITISH FEMALE (in association with Vagisil)

  • WORST BRITISH LIVE ACT



CHERYL FERNANDEZ-VERSINI


The toilet attendant bashing Geordie has scooped two awards. Her appalling singles Crazy Stupid Love and I Don't Care see her win Worst British Female. She follows in the footsteps of Tulisa and her Girls Aloud mate Kimberley Walsh.
The equally awful Jessie J was a close second , whilst Sam Bailey , Pixie Lott & Rita Ora all polled respectively.

Cheryl's other award came for Worst British Live Act , where she narrowly beat Big Reunion's washed up manband Fifth Story.
The Macel Marceau of British pop probably wont be asked to sing at the Academy Awards anytime soon. In fact , she'd be lucky to get asked to sing at the Glamour Awards,



  •  WORST BRITISH MALE


JAMES ARTHUR
 
 
For the second year in a row , former X Factor winner and charm school graduate James Arthur has been named Worst British Male.  Arthur now owns 3 Maloneys , but not a bar of soap.
 
 
  • WORST BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH

 
BEN HAENOW
 
 
 
The X Factor winner was the runaway winner of Worst British Breakthrough , following in the foottsteps of The Voice winner Leanne Mitchell and Union J.
With Sam Bailey having been ditched by Syco , we'd suggest Haenow hold on to that white van he milked to death on X Factor and that lovely Croydon flat.
 
 
 
 

WORST INTERNATIONAL MALE



KIAN EGAN

Former Westlife member and I'm A Celebrity winner , the always down to earth Kian Egan was the clear winner of Worst International Male. His long forgotten solo efforts saw Egan try to pass himself off as some middle of the road ,  Irish answer to Bryan Adams. Instead he looked like a tuneless dickhead.


WORST INTERNATIONAL FEMALE


 AZEALIA BANKS

Homophobic non-entity Azealia Banks beat off pop's newest heffer Meghan Trainor to win  Worst International Female for the second consecutive year.
The American rapper apparently took time out from spewing bile on Twitter and actually managed to release her album last year. As expected , nobody cared.




  • WORST INTERNATIONAL GROUP

 

A late category saw 90s boyband Boyzone beat fellow countrymen U2 and The Script as well as Magic and Fifth Harmony to Worst International Group.
Despite the fact they should have had their reunion and then packed it in , Boyxone continued to flog a dead horse with an horrendous Motown covers album.
Expect the neverending reunion to continue as Keith Duffy waits for a phone call from a Coronation Street casting executive , Ronan has another affair and the other two inevitably appear on The Jump or Celebrity Big Brother.

Brandon Flowers has The Desired Effect


Brandon Flowers has revealed the details of his forthcoming second studio album. The Killers frontman will release The Desired Effect on May 18th.


It comes almost five years after 2010's debit solo outing Flamingo , which spawned the glorious single Crossfire.
Flowers has teased a new musical direction on the album whilst reiterating that The Killers are still together.
The Las Vegas band released their last album Battle Born in 2012 and a released a career spanning retrospective Direct Hits in 2013.


Flowers has given a taster of the new album with new track KEYS which can be heard below





Watch the video for Flowers 2010 solo smash Crossfire below

Beauty Remains for Paloma Faith



Ahead of both her performance and likely coronation as Best Britsh Female at tomorrow nights BRIT Awards , Paloma Faith has unveiled her brand new video.

Beauty Remains is another suitably lavish and cinematic promo from Faith , with its stunning visuals.
The track is the sixth to be taken from last years A Perfect Contradiction , first appearing on November's repackaged Outsiders Edition.

It follows the singles Cant Rely On You , Only Love Can Hurt Like This , Trouble With My Baby , Ready For The Good Life and Leave While I'm Not Looking.


Paloma Faith performs at tomorrow nights BRIT Awards live on ITV.

Watch the video for Beauty Remains below



Monday, 23 February 2015

Jess Glynne debuts Hold My Hand video



Jess Glynne has debuted the video for the fantastic Hold My Hand. The British singer releases the track in March ahead of her hotly anticipated debut album later this year.

Glynne had a stellar breakout year in 2014 , providing the inescapable vocals for Clean Bandit's massive Rather Be as well as bagging another Number 1 as the voice of Route 94's floorfiller My Love.
She also enjoyed a summer solo smash with Right Here.

Look for Glynne to consolidate last years success with her forthcoming solo album.


Watch the video for Hold My Hand below


Thursday, 19 February 2015

Ed Sheeran to play Croke Park



Following a string of sold out shows due for Wembley Stadium this summer , Ed Sheeran will play his biggest Irish date yet at Croke Park.
Sheeran will play what is likely to be an instant sell out , on Friday July 24th. The 24 year old recently played an intimate gig at Whelans in Dublin for VH1 and has long been vocal about his love for Irish audiences.


“I always love coming back to Ireland. Irish audiences really are among the best in the world. I am so looking forward to stepping onto that stage in the magnificent stadium that is Croke Park on Friday 24 July”

Sheeran is nominated for 4 BRIT Awards next week for the world conquering X album which continues to sell by the truckload. His gigs at Wembley Stadium and Croke Park will cap off a remarkable twelve months for the ginger troubadour. He scored 2 UK Number1 singles and had the biggest selling album of the year.

Tickets for Sheeran's Croke Park gig go on sale next Thursday February 26th at 9am



Foo Fighters set to headline Glastonbury



Almost twenty years after their debut album , the Foo Fighters will headline the Friday night at this years Glastonbury.
After much speculation , Dave Grohl and his cohorts will take to the Pyramid Stage this June. The band teased the news when picking up Best International Band at last nights NME Awards. The news has since been confirmed by Glastonbury organisers.

The Foo's released their most recent album Sonic Highways , in November. After a near 20 year career , fans can look forward to a career spanning set featuring classics such as Everlong , Learn To Fly , Best Of You, Big Me and Monkey Wrench.


Since 1994 , the Foo Fighters have released eight albums and have become one of the biggest rock band sin the world.
Watch the classic video for 1995's Big Me below





Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Roisin Murphy announces new album


Former Moloko frontwoman Roisin Murphy is set to release her new album , after a gap of eight years.
The Irish singer will release Hairless Toys on May 11th. It's her third solo outing following 2007's Overpowered.
That underrated gem saw Murphy find success with the tracks Moviestar , Let Me Know and the stunning title track.


Gone Fishin , an electro-folk ballad , acts as the singers new single previewing the forthcoming opus.



Murphy will play Bestival on the Isle of Wight in the UK as well as the Electric Picnic festival in Laois , Rep Ireland in September.

The full tracklisting for Hairless Toys out May 11th is
01. Gone Fishing
02. Evil Eyes
03. Exploitation
04. Uninvited Guest
05. Exile
06. House of Glass
07. Hairless Toys (Gotta Hurt)
08. Unputdownable




Watch the video for Roisin Murphy's 2007 hit Overpowered below