The BRIT Awards took place last night, with stars like Rihanna, Ed Sheeran and One Direction taking home awards. Adele won the coveted Best British Album after sweeping up 6 Grammys last week, and was understandably honoured and speechless when she arrived on stage. She allowed fans to cheer for nearly 25 seconds before she [...]
February 17, 2012
After Simon Cowell cleared house of just about everyone that was involved with X Factor, it’s time to start looking at who will take their place. There are 3 spots available on the judging panel, and they are going to have to get in a new host after Steve Jones was also given his marching [...]
February 9, 2012
The latest crop of X Factor alumni aren’t done with us yet! Yes, it’s that time of year again when the contestants take the show on the road to a theatre near you. Beside this year’s winners Little Mix, the tour’s featuring Misha B, Janet Devlin, Marcus Collins, Craig Colton, The Risk, Amelia Lily, Johnny [...]
February 8, 2012
A popular song by up and coming singer/songwriter Elizabeth Grant, better known by her stage name as Lana Del Rey has been turned into a humorous parody. ‘Video Games‘ has been hilariously covered by internet personality and comedienne Holly Laurent. Holly has changed the title and lyrics so that they are based on the massively anticipated book-to-movie [...]
February 8, 2012
Kasabian have had a rocking year around the world, having played some amazing festival sets across Europe this summer, the Isle of Wight, RockNess – to name but a few. They also released their 4th record Velociraptor! and now on the return from their Big Day Out tour in Australia they will play their first gig in the Middle East at [...]
February 3, 2012
The BBC has announced the dates and line-up for its Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – and it’s shaping up to be quite the event! Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles announced that a plethora of top stars – including Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Professor Green and Leona Lewis – will appear at the event, [...]
February 3, 2012
In one of the more confidence-inspiring moves since the inception of Les Miz Casting Saga 2012, the production has decided that country music popstar and America’s Dixiest Barbie Taylor Swift was not the perfect fit for the part of Éponine, the daughter of a once-wealthy innkeeper whose voice has become, according to Hugo’s original, like “a drunken [...]
January 24, 2012
Are you thinking about X Factor 2012 already? I know…who is right?! Well obviously a certain someone who HAS to think about it is Mr Cowell himself, especially after the disappointing ratings of last year and it seems his thoughts are already turning to just who will be on the judging panel. If you were [...]
January 20, 2012
Like we didn’t already know it, but Pro Green confirms everyone’s suspicions – Chris Martin is nice. Gasp! With all of the charity work he does, you can tell it isn’t for show. He’s yet to have a Bob Geldolf moment and demand money from people, but he shows he cares in other ways. Professor [...]
January 12, 2012
The business of new music is a peculiar economy of buzz, marketing, and – on happy occasions – decent tunes. So when an institution with the stature and reach of the Beeb declares its most-anticipated new artists of the coming months, one tends to lend an ear. Last week it awarded soft-spoken Londoner Michael Kiwanuka [...]
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February 22, 2012
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