Cardiff's Millennium Stadium played host to the first night of Madonna's 51-date world tour yesterday evening.
After the
Thursday 4 September 2008
Madonna - Madonna Kicks Off World Tour In Cardiff
Friday 15 August 2008
Download Los Askis
 Artist: Los Askis: mp3 download Genre(s): Latin Other Discography:  Cumbia Total Year: 2005 Tracks: 12  Ay! El Amor Year: 1998 Tracks: 12  Cuando Llega El Amor Year: 1997 Tracks: 12  Lo Nuevo Y Lo Mejor Year: Tracks: 24 One of the virtually popular groups in the Mexican music scene, Los Askis are unparalleled in their blend of new Cumbia and traditional Andean music. Similarly, the group performs in traditional Mayan attire and incorporates rite dance elements into their shows. The group's EMI debut, ?Quien Te Robo el Corazon?, came tabu in 1999; Pasion y Cumbia appeared a year afterward, and Frente a Frente surfaced in |
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Friday 27 June 2008
Catered Affair To Close On Broadway
Broadway musical A CATERED AFFAIR will become the second New York show to close after failing at the Tony Awards.
The theatre adaptation of the classic 1950s movie opened in April (08) to mixed reviews, but attracted eight nominations at last weeks (beg09Jun08) Tonys.
The show's producers walked away empty handed, and just days later bosses have announced it will close on 27 July (08) after 116 performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Writer and star Harvey Fierstein claims the show was too complicated for Broadway audiences: "A lot maybe thought it was too challenging or didn't get it at all. It took some people multiple viewings to get it."
The news comes just days after John Waters musical Cry-Baby was axed.
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Monday 23 June 2008
Stan Winston -- Special-Effects Artist Behind 'Iron Man,' 'Jurassic Park,' 'Aliens' -- Dies
He's the man who blessed moviegoers with the "Terminator" robots, the "Jurassic Park" dinosaurs, Edward Scissorhands and most recently, Robert Downey Jr.'s suit in "Iron Man." Now word is spreading across Hollywood of the passing of legendary special-effects and makeup artist Stan Winston.
Representatives for the 62-year-old blockbuster king have confirmed to MTV News that Winston succumbed to cancer Sunday evening.
Born in 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, Winston studied painting and sculpture at the University of Virginia but moved to Hollywood in 1968 with dreams of becoming an actor. Finding jobs few and far between, he became an apprentice at Walt Disney Studios' makeup department, a path that would bring him four Oscars, two Emmys and millions of movie fans in debt to his enormous imagination.
Winston's filmography reads like a list of the best science-fiction films from the last quarter-century — The "Terminator" and "Jurassic Park" films, "Predator," "Aliens," "The Thing" and "A.I." included. A frequent collaborator with Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, in 1993 Winston teamed with the latter to co-found Digital Domain, a company that would become one of Hollywood's foremost digital and visual effects studios. His Stan Winston Studios would fuel everything from "Pearl Harbor" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" to the upcoming "G.I. Joe" and "Avatar."
Having spent several decades as the go-to talent for fantastical blockbusters' top-notch creations, Winston did much more than simply stick those "Scissorhands" claws on Johnny Depp. He inspired countless artists, launched untold careers in the industry and will be sorely missed.
At the time of his death, Winston and his company had been working on Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island," Cameron's "Avatar" and several other projects. He was also planning to return to his beloved dinosaurs soon, as visual effects supervisor on "Jurassic Park IV." The degree to which Winston's work on such films was completed remains unclear at this time.
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T Bone Burnett
Artist: T Bone Burnett
Genre(s):
Pop
Rock: Folk-Rock
Rock
Discography:
Proof Through the Night (Promo)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Twenty Twenty: the Essential T-Bone Burnett CD2
Year: 2006
Tracks: 20
Twenty Twenty - The Essential T Bone Burnett CD1
Year: 2006
Tracks: 20
The True False Identity
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
The True False Identity
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Truth Decay
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Behind the Trap Door
Year: 1994
Tracks: 6
Proof Through The Night
Year: 1983
Tracks: 11
Despite critical herald as a performing artist, the rootsy singer/songwriter T Bone Burnett earned his superlative celebrity as a producer, helming recording roger Huntington Sessions for acts ranging from Roy Orbison and Elvis Costello to Counting Crows and Sam Phillips. Born Joseph Henry Burnett on January 14, 1948, in St. Louis, MO, he grew up in Fort Worth, TX, soak in the area's autochthonic blend of blues, R&B, and Tex-Mex sounds. Instead of attention college, he opted to open his own Fort Worth recording studio apartment, patch besides playing in a series of blue devils bands; in the early '70s he relocated to Los Angeles, producing sessions for Glen Clark and Delbert McClinton.
Subsequently recording his have 1972 debut, The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks, Burnett toured with Delaney & Bonnie earlier befriending Bob Neuwirth, a singer/songwriter known for his ties to Bob Dylan. Three eld by and by, Dylan invited Burnett to play guitar on his Rolling Thunder Revue tour. After the Revue complete, he and comrade Rolling Thunder alumni Dave Mansfield and Steve Soles founded the Alpha Band, cathartic their eponymous debut in 1977. Spark in the Dark followed subsequently that year, and like its predecessor failed to find commercial favour; when 1978's Statue Makers of Hollywood met a similar destiny, the Alpha Band split, and Burnett returned to his solo vocation.
He resurfaced in 1980 with the acclaimed True statement Decay, which, like all of his solo sour, set up its lyrical center in his unearthly concerns. A move to Warner Bros. followed for 1982's Trap Door EP, and 1983's full-length Proof Through the Night featured guests Pete Townshend, Ry Cooder, and Richard Thompson. Still, commercial success eluded him, and so he continued running as a producer, overseeing highly regarded records like Los Lobos' How Will the Wolf Survive?, Marshall Crenshaw's Business district, and the BoDeans' Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams.
Subsequently recording a self-titled 1986 solo feat, Burnett in agreement to produce The Turning, an album for the successful Christian pop isaac Bashevis Singer Leslie Phillips. The album won wide hail regular from secular outposts, only it was to be Phillips' last overtly religious waiver; alternatively, she began playacting under her byname, Sam, and with Burnett's assist landed a deal with the Virgin label for 1987's acclaimed The Indescribable Wow. Prior to transcription her 1991 LP, Brutal Inventions, Phillips and Burnett wed, and he remained in the producer's seat for her afterwards efforts, including 1994's Martinis & Bikinis and 1996's Omnipop.
Despite his additional success manning albums like Elvis Costello's masterful 1986 endeavor Rex of America as well as producing the star-studded 1987 Roy Orbison tribute Black & White Night, Burnett continued his solo vocation; like earlier efforts, 1988's The Talking Animals won raves from the press only failed to find an audience outside of his devoted cult next. His output dwindled as his production work increased, and solely in 1992 did he release a review, the spartan Criminal Under My Own Hat. Instead, Burnett remained 1 of the almost prolific and typical producers of his 24-hour interval, crafting successes care Costello's Spike, Counting Crows' Revered and Everything After, the Wallflowers' Bringing Down the Horse, and Gillian Welch's Revival meeting.
Burnett's populace profile took a brobdingnagian leap in 2001 when he served as composer and music producer for the Coen Brothers' picture show O Brother, Where Art Thou? as well as producing the soundtrack album from the photographic film, which became slightly of a cultural phenomenon, marketing close to nine-spot meg copies and earning Burnett four Grammy awards. He partnered with the Coen Brothers to form DMZ Records in 2002, and the label has released several soundtrack albums either produced or executive produced by Burnett, including Cold Mountain, A Mighty Wind, Crossing Jordan, and The Ladykillers.
Frances Hodgson Burnett lastly released an album of unexampled original material, The True False Identity, in 2006 on Sony, which that same year likewise released a 40-song retrospective set spanning Burnett's entire career, XX Twenty: The Esssential T Bone Burnett.
Jem's 'Earth' landing in September
'Sex and the City' soundtrack hosts first single
NEW YORK -- Welsh rock artist Jem will follow up her breakthrough 2004 debut with a new album, "Down to Earth," in September via ATO Records. The first single, "It's Amazing," can be found on New Line's "Sex and the City" soundtrack.
Among the contributors on "Down to Earth" are hip-hop producer Jeff Bass and Greg Kurstin, the latter known for his work with Kylie Minogue and Lily Allen.
South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela duets with Jem on "You Will Make It," while "I Want You To ..." is described as a Latin-flavored song originally intended for a Cut Chemist album.
Jem's debut, "Finally Woken," reached No. 11 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The single "24" reached No. 27 on the Adult top 40 tally.
Here is the track list for "Down to Earth":
"Down to Earth""Crazy""I Want You To...""It's Amazing""Keep on Walking""You Will Make It""I Always Knew""Got It Good""Aciiid!""How Would You Like It""And So I Pray""On Top of the World"
NEW YORK -- Welsh rock artist Jem will follow up her breakthrough 2004 debut with a new album, "Down to Earth," in September via ATO Records. The first single, "It's Amazing," can be found on New Line's "Sex and the City" soundtrack.
Among the contributors on "Down to Earth" are hip-hop producer Jeff Bass and Greg Kurstin, the latter known for his work with Kylie Minogue and Lily Allen.
South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela duets with Jem on "You Will Make It," while "I Want You To ..." is described as a Latin-flavored song originally intended for a Cut Chemist album.
Jem's debut, "Finally Woken," reached No. 11 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The single "24" reached No. 27 on the Adult top 40 tally.
Here is the track list for "Down to Earth":
"Down to Earth""Crazy""I Want You To...""It's Amazing""Keep on Walking""You Will Make It""I Always Knew""Got It Good""Aciiid!""How Would You Like It""And So I Pray""On Top of the World"
Rihanna - The Things They Say 8340
"He reached out to me and was like, 'You're going to be the only lady on tour.' Kanye always gets what he wants." Pop-princess RIHANNA couldn't say no to KANYE WEST when the hip-hop star requested her presence on his ongoing GLOW IN THE DARK tour.
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'Beyonce Knowles IS Pregnant'
Kelly Rowland dismissed rumours that her former Destiny’s Child bandmate Beyonce Knowles is pregnant, but sources insist that she is certainly expecting her first child with husband Jay-Z.
The Bootylicious star, who got married to the hip-hop mogul in a secret ceremony last month still won’t confirm that he is a kept women, so a pregnancy announcement seems unlikely.
However, a friend of the couple tells Page Six: "She has gained a lot of pregnancy weight. When she gains weight, she normally does the Def Jam detox, but not now."
When questioned about the pregnancy rumours, a rep for Beyonce said: "I don't know if she's pregnant. Let me perform an ultrasound and get back to you."
Do you think Beyonce is pregnant? Be sure to leave your comments below.
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Ashley Olsen - Olsen Twins Deny Coffee Scandal
MARY KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN have laughed off rumours a barista at their local coffee shop has been secretly trying to fatten up the stars - by substituting their usual skimmed milk with a full fat version.
A worker at the twins' local Starbucks outlet in New York has reportedly confessed to altering the stars' morning drinks because he was concerned about their skinny frames.
According to U.S. magazine OK!, the girls regularly ordered fat-free beverages but, "the barista thought the Olsens were too thin, so whenever they ordered their usual drink, he would replace the skim milk with full-fat."
But a representative for the actresses has blasted the claims, insisting the story is "ridiculous".
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Najma
Artist: Najma
Genre(s):
Folk
Miscellaneous
Discography:
Ghazals By Najma
Year: 1988
Tracks: 9
Atish
Year:
Tracks: 8
Najma (born: Najma Akhtar) has apace risen to the upper berth echelon of Indian music. Although born in England, Najma has remained rooted in the pop and movie music of her patrimonial base. Songs from her 1987 debut album, Qareeb, were featured in Hanif Quereishi's moving picture, Sammy and Rose Gets Laid. Her 1988 record album, Ghazals By Najma, featured her interpretations of the traditional Eastern poetical form, while she recorded an album of songs by Indian moving picture composer S. D. Berman, Forbidden Kiss, in 1996.
The Western world has shown their appreciation for Najma's talents, as easily. In addition to tattle harmony with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on their rendering of "The Battle of Evermore" on their 1994 MTV Unplugged special, she made various invitee appearances on their No Quarter world enlistment. Najma has likewise collaborated with Jah Wobble, Andy Summers, Carol Grimes, and Maartin Allcock. A song that she recorded with Jah Wobble, "Raga," was heard in Robert Altman's moving picture, Pret a Porter.
A chemic engineering graduate, Najma gave small thinking to a career in euphony until victorious an Asian song contest in 1984. Her transcription debut on the number 1 WOMAD/RealWorld digest followed shortly afterwards. Najma's popularity has continued to uprise. In 1991, her s album, Atish, reached the number quadruplet position on the humans music chart compiled by Billboard. Her third album, Pukar (Vocation You), which sold more than 50 1000 copies in Japan alone, was released in North and South America by Miles Copeland's Mondo Melodia label.
Ozzy Osbourne accepts libel damages
LONDON -- Ozzy Osbourne has accepted undisclosed libel damages and an apology over a newspaper claim that he was ill at the Brit Awards.
Osbourne sued over a story in the Daily Star that alleged he had toppled over twice just before the televised ceremony and that he was moved around the awards in an electric buggy.
Osbourne's lawyer, John Kelly, told a court in London on Thursday that none of the allegations were put to Osbourne or his representatives before they were published.
Express Newspapers' lawyer Kate Wilson said the publisher now accepts that the allegations were untrue.
Osbourne sued over a story in the Daily Star that alleged he had toppled over twice just before the televised ceremony and that he was moved around the awards in an electric buggy.
Osbourne's lawyer, John Kelly, told a court in London on Thursday that none of the allegations were put to Osbourne or his representatives before they were published.
Express Newspapers' lawyer Kate Wilson said the publisher now accepts that the allegations were untrue.
Soulsavers
Artist: Soulsavers
Genre(s):
Rock
Dance
Discography:
It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
British downtempo electronica duette with careen, gospel, and country influences formed by producers-remixers Rich Machin and Ian Glover. After a series of well-received 7" EPs, the geminate released their first album in 2003, Sturdy Guys Don't Dance. Their indorsement album, It's Not How Far You Fall, It's How You Land, appeared in 2007. The phonograph recording john Drew attention from the specialized press, thanks in office to featuring vocals by Mark Lanegan, as comfortably as a cameo involvement from Will Oldham.
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Beverley Knight
Artist: Beverley Knight
Genre(s):
Pop
R&B: Soul
Dance: Pop
Discography:
Voice: Best Of
Year: 2006
Tracks: 15
Come As You Are
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Affirmation
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
Who I Am
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Prodigal Sista
Year: 1999
Tracks: 16
The B-Funk
Year: 1995
Tracks: 14
Neo-soul prima donna Beverley Knight channeled the sound and disembodied spirit of classical R&B to emerge as unitary of Britain's biggest new pop stars of the '90s. Born Beverley Anne Smith to Jamaican parents in Wolverhampton, England, on March 22, 1973, she grew up in a rigorous Pentecostal surroundings and sang in her christian church choir throughout adolescence. Raised on a steady dieting of gospel truth music and tabu to heed to its profane counterpart, she yet observed crossover legends Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin and began composition her have original songs at historic period 13. By 17, Knight was headlining local nightclubs and singing advertisement jingles for a local wireless station; the exposure earned her a recording shrink proffer, but she declined, instead poring over religious theory and philosophy at the University of Wolverhampton.
In late 1994, Knight signed to the independent label Dome, teaming with London production 3 2BE3 to cut her debut LP, The B-Funk. A critical smash up that earned acclamation for its adhesion to old school soul output and sensibilities, the album south Korean won a number of media and industriousness awards only failed to translate its acclaim into commercial success. The individual "Flavor of the Old School" nevertheless buggy the U.K. Top 40 following a 1996 re-release, merely shortly after, Knight split with Dome in the wake of creative tensions and signed with EMI's Parlophone subsidiary company to tone ending Profligate Sista in the summer of 1998. The album generated five Top 40 smashes, chieftain among them "Sterling Day" and "Score It Back '99," a collaborationism with U.S. doorknocker Redman, and was well on its way to winning Best Album honors at the yearly MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards.
The graph smashes "Grow Up!" and "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" awaited the leaping 2002 outlet of Knight's third base LP, World Health Organization I Am, a Top Ten strike and Mercury Music Prize candidate historied as the singer's nigh deeply personal drive up to that point. She next teamed with pop producers Guy Chambers and Peter-John Vettese for 2004's Assertion, which boasted a polished, mainstream sound that disoriented a meaning section of her urban audience. The record still became Knight's biggest-selling loss nevertheless, buoyed by the hits "Non Too Late for Love" and "Keep This Fire Burning." Affirmation was profoundly divine by her relationship with platonic soulmate Tyrone Jamison, host of the BBC programme The Gay Show, wHO lost his conflict with HIV in 2003. Knight would get an ambassador for charities including the Stop AIDS Campaign, Christian Aid, and the Terrence Higgins Trust, and in 2006 was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her originative and charitable contributions.
That same year, Knight co-starred in the BBC1 music showcase Just the Two of Us and issued the retrospective Voice: The Best of Beverley Knight, enjoying a Top 20 gain with her comprehend of Erma Franklin's soulfulness classic "Piece of My Heart."
Simon Cowell - Mel B To Replace Osbourne On X Factor
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