July 18th, 2007
Lily Allen has announced a new set of tour dates for the West Coast of the USA. The British singer, whose cover with Mark Ronson of the Kaiser Chiefs ‘Oh My God’ came out on Monday, is set to play 6 dates starting in San Diego and ending in Seattle.
06 Sept - San Diego CA […]
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July 18th, 2007
This blog is all about the British Music Scene right? Yes, but that doesn’t mean I sit in a room all day just listening to British bands and singers, in fact I love a lot of American music as well as other countries musical output. So I thought I’d share a video which proves that […]
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July 17th, 2007
The Nationwide Mercury Music Prize is the annual award given to the best album by a British or Irish artist. The shortlist for this year is in and reveals some obvious nominees as well as others I didn’t expect to see in the running.
The Arctic Monkeys are again included, giving the distinct possibility of […]
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July 17th, 2007
Prince is American, always has been, always will be, I know this, you don’t need to tell me. So why then am I reviewing his new album Planet Earth on a British Music blog? Well, although I’ll be mainly covering British bands and singers, I reserve the right to occasionally review or talk about bands […]
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July 16th, 2007
Joss Stone appeared and performed at the Live Earth concert in Johannesburg, South Africa. The problem is, according to Popbitch, she may have missed the point of the whole day, that being to raise awareness of Global climate change.
Joss Stone performed at Live Earth Johannesburg. While she stopped to do some interviews for about 20 […]
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July 16th, 2007
As I mentioned yesterday, Prince took the controversial decision to give his new album ‘Planet Earth’ away with a Sunday newspaper in the UK. I of course picked up a copy, and I have it here waiting for one of readers to win.
Whether you live in the UK and missed out on the Mail […]
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July 15th, 2007
You’ve probably all heard about this by now, as Prince’s decision to release his album in full for free in a Sunday newspaper in the UK has been debated and argued over worldwide. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of Prince, I duly went out and bought a copy of The Mail On Sunday […]
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July 14th, 2007
You all remember Kajagoogoo right? What do you mean no? Well for those who weren’t around in the 80s or just stayed away from cheesy pop, they were a group lead by Limahl, he of the big stupid looking multi-coloured hair. This picture of them should jog your memory, and may even give you nightmares.
Their […]
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July 13th, 2007
Those lads from Oasis, they’re a bit on the lairy side aren’t they. The Manchester band would surely smash your house up were they to visit you yes? Well maybe not, but that’s what Tony Blair thought when the prospect of inviting Oasis to Downing Street was mentioned.
Tony Blair’s long term spokesperson/spin doctor Alistair Campbell […]
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July 12th, 2007
We all know single sales have been dropping for a good while, and that to be Number 1 in the charts now takes a lot less effort now than 2 years ago. But it seems that album sales are dropping now too.
Album sales are down by 10% in the first half of 2007, according to […]
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