tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88311430846769695152012-03-25T14:02:29.596-07:00THE NUMBER TWO ON-LINE MUSIC SITE FEATURING NEWS, REVIEWS, INTERVEWS AND ALL THE GOSSIP FROM THE WORLD MUSIC SCENEAndrey Bnoreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831143084676969515.post-49460324770839502232009-05-07T02:11:00.000-07:002009-05-07T02:13:24.921-07:00

Pet Shop Boys release their new single 'Did you see me coming?' on Parlophone Records on June 1st. The track is the second to be taken from the top 5 album 'Yes’.The formats of 'Did you see me coming?' feature brand new tracks 'After the event', 'The former enfant terrible' and 'Up and down' which do not feature on the album. There is also a new mix of album track 'The way it used to be' by

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Norway’s Hove Festivalen is proud to announce that The Prodigy will be smashing out their seminal hits as they take prime position at this year's festival. The groundbreaking UK band have sold over 17 million albums since starting up in 1990, and are reckoned to be one of the pioneers in modern electronic dance music.Almost twenty years after the group formed, The Prodigy are back with a new

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Camden Town’s hugely iconic ska pop / 2 tone band, Madness, celebrate the release of their new album, 'Liberty Of Norton Folgate’, with a free show and signing session at HMV’s flagship store, on Oxford Street in London’s West End on Tuesday 19th May 2009.Showtime starts at 1.00 pm, after which the band will remain in the store to meet fans and sign copies of the new album which is officially

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Yoko Ono has scored her forth number one dance hit on the Billboard Chart.Her new version of her late husband John’s anthem 'Give Peace A Chance’ has topped the American based dance chart this week.Yoko has done it before. She was number one in May 2003 with 'Walking On Thin Ice’, number one in November 2004 with 'Everyman Has A Man Who Loves Him/ Every Woman Has A Woman Who Loves Her’ in

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New Kids on the Block have put their partying lifestyle behind them.The reformed boyband admit they went off the rails when the band split up in 1994 but say their families kept them grounded.Singer Joey McIntyre, 35, said: "We all went through bumpy times in our own ways. Sure, we are going to make mistakes but luckily our close families were there to make sure we didn't fall too hard."We all

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Bette Midler has blasted singers including Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera for not showing any 'emotion' in their performances.The musical legend – who is currently in Las Vegas completing her 'Showgirl Must Go On’ residency – argues young stars need to put more depth into their shows.She said: 'They don't speak. They don't talk to their audience. They may say, 'Hello, New York' or 'Hello

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Gunman had four guns with him; death toll revised to six.A day after 27-year-old gunman Steven Kazmierczak opened fire inside a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois — shooting 21 people and killing six, including himself — officials said that he had become "erratic" in recent weeks after he stopped taking medication and fired more than 50 shots, and perhaps more,

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Producer Polow Da Don takes credit for leaking 'Love in This Club': 'I'm the culprit,' he admits.LOS ANGELES — Usher is confused. Every so often, he looks up, and material from his new album is getting out there before it's supposed to. In some cases, before it's even recorded.A few weeks ago, a song called "Crazy" hit the Internet. On it, R. Kelly references vocals from what was purported to be

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The three actors have signed on to complete film, according to Aintitcoolnews.com.Heath Ledger died last month at the age of 28, but his final performance will live on — thanks to a little creativity and some famous friends.Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have all signed on to film scenes as Ledger's character in Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," a magical re-telling

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'I confronted him, and he denied it, lied to me to my face,' ex-publicist's husband says during radio interview.When R. Kelly's longtime publicist Regina Daniels announced her resignation last November, she didn't give a reason why, other than to say that the singer had "crossed a line." People wondered what that line was, prompting months of speculation and rumors, which centered on Kelly's

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Two-month jaunt, featuring Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D., launches April 16.Two weeks after Kanye West put a concert poster on his blog for the upcoming Glow in the Dark Tour, featuring Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D., his label, Def Jam, announced the dates Thursday (February 14).The two-month trek kicks off April 16 in Seattle and swings through California, making stops in Sacramento, San

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Rapper reportedly rehearsing 'Stronger' and 'Hey Mama,' songs he dedicated to her on European tour.Kanye West has been tapped to perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the Recording Academy announced Friday (February 8).According to reports, the Chicago rapper, who leads this year's pack with eight nominations, has been in rehearsals performing his hit "Stronger" from his recent album,

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Singer's performance will be beamed in from a London studio; her visa was rejected Thursday.After months of speculation and suspense over whether Amy Winehouse would perform at Sunday's Grammy Awards — where she is nominated for six awards — the Recording Academy issued a statement on Friday (February 8) confirming that the singer will perform at the event via satellite from a London studio."I'm

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'We had no direction at all,' Danjahandz tells MTV News of the song, adding that Timbaland supplied JT with Prince tunes and lasagna.When Justin Timberlake set out to craft "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" — which is up for this year's Record of the Year Grammy — he didn't say he wanted a karmic tale of romance and revenge. He didn't say he wanted to make a statement about a particular woman

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'They contacted me with the offer,' Danish businessman Claus Hjelmbak insists; magazine stands by its story.Unless you're a paparazzo, it's next-to-impossible to get an audience with Britney Spears — she bails on her court hearings, backs out of booked cover stories with magazines, and hasn't had a publicist in ages. So what do you do if you're trying to get an interview with her?Rolling Stone

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We roll out our predictions for Sunday's show ... but in case you don't trust us, we talked with some betting pros too.We love gambling. Like, really love it. In fact, we're starting to get the shakes just thinking about some sweet, sweet wagering right now (some people might think that uncontrollable spasms are a sign that we have a problem ... we prefer to think of them as nothing more than our

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MC is set to partner with longtime business associate Steve Stoute to launch Translation Advertising.It certainly didn't take long for Jay-Z to find a new job.Make that another job, to add to his growing list of interests, such as co-owner of the New Jersey Nets, the string of 40/40 nightclubs he heads up, or the luxury hotel in New York he hopes to break ground on soon — not to mention the North

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Aguilera says she 'laughed off' Paris Hilton's blabbing; Danjahandz wants to work with Spears again; B to duet with Tina Turner at Grammys.Lindsay Lohan just spoke publicly for the first time since leaving rehab in early October — she gave an interview to the U.K. edition of Glamour for its new cover story — but the starlet has more to say. She told Harper's Bazaar for its own LiLo cover story

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The 25-date trek will begin March 22 in Miami.Now this is truly the best of both worlds. Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige have announced a 25-date North American co-headlining tour that will kick off March 22 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.The tour, which will be called "Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z: Heart of the City," was touted in a press release as "the first time in more than 15 years that African

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'We're on the brink, and we're almost finally able to survive off the band,' guitarist Lorenzo Antonucci says.Sometimes bands spend years trying to make it. From one basement gig to the next, these bands struggle to make a name for themselves — and to make ends meet — only to end up calling it quits after one too many crushing disappointments, and often after they've dug themselves into a sinking

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Singer gave special Thursday performance for media and contest winners on jet taking him to Los Angeles for the big show.On Thursday morning (February 7), my good friend Sway and I hit New York's JFK airport for a flight to Los Angeles, where we'll be covering the Grammys this weekend. To celebrate their new partnership with the Grammy Awards, Delta invited a few dozen contest winners onboard to

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The all-female tribute band's guitarist comments on the hubbub surrounding the festival's recent press release.It was perhaps one of the bigger music-press snafus in recent memory, and it began at midnight Wednesday, when the press release for this year's Bonnaroo festival was distributed via e-mail to various members of the media. Along with news that Kanye West, Pearl Jam and Metallica would be

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'I'm in my zone,' says rapper/producer, who's also hooking up with Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Macy Gray.If you thought DMX was full of bull about doing his gospel album, he's apparently not. The Dog is still working on the project, which will be a double-LP of traditional X and nonsecular tunes called Walk With Me Now, Fly With Me Later. He's barking at two of the most influential producers in the game

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Rapper puts concert poster in his blog; no dates have been announced.After dropping more than enough hints over the past few months about his tour, Kanye West announced on his blog Wednesday (January 30) that the U.S. and Canadian leg of his Glow in the Dark Tour is set to feature N.E.R.D., Rihanna and Lupe Fiasco in supporting roles.In two separate, sparse posts on his blog, West delivered the

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Mastodon, DragonForce, Sevendust added to rival Ozzfest trek.Since the mid-1990s, Kevin Lyman's Warped Tour and Sharon Osbourne's Ozzfest have both managed to coexist amiably within a cutthroat summer touring market rife with competition. While Warped — which turns 14 this summer — has long catered to the needs of the punk and emo faithful, Ozzfest — now entering its 12th year of existence — has

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