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Archive for September 2008

September 30th, 2008

Oasis ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ As Good As The Beatles ‘Revolver’ - Find Out On MySpace

The new Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, is as good as The Beatles classic album, Revolver, often cited as the Fab Four’s best long player.
At least that’s the opinion on Alan McGee, the former boss of Creation records who signed Oasis to his record label after seeing them play live in Glasgow in […]

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September 29th, 2008

No Led Zeppelin Reunion Tour For Two Years | Robert Plant Denies Newspaper Reports

Friday morning saw the news we’d all been waiting for finally come to pass: Led Zeppelin were set to tour and Robert Plant had agreed to be a part of it. Except it wasn’t actually true, and Plant has now not only denied the story but also ruled out being part of any reunion tour […]

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September 28th, 2008

Paul McCartney Plays Israel Gig | Peace Protest or Pretentious Publicity Stunt?

Paul McCartney finally played live in Israel on Thursday September 25th, 2008, over 40 years since The Beatles were banned from the country for their potential to corrupt the country’s young people. But, was this high profile gig an honourable peace protest, or was it just a pretentious publicity stunt from McCartney?

Israel banned The Beatles […]

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September 27th, 2008

Keane - ‘Spiralling’ Live On Jonathan Ross

The new Keane album, Perfect Symmetry, is due out on October 13th, and this song, Spiralling, is the first single to be released from it. In the absence of any kind of official video (at least from what I’ve found online), I’ve had to make do with a video of the band performing the song […]

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September 27th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Close To Death? | Wino: “Life can’t go on - I can’t do this anymore”

We all know Amy Winehouse hasn’t exactly been healthy for the last couple of years, with the continued drink and drugs abuse really taking a toll on her body. But there are new fears over the state of her health after her latest public appearance where she looked almost on the verge of death.

Winehouse’s year […]

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September 26th, 2008

Led Zeppelin Tour Now On? | Reports Suggest Robert Plant Has Come On Board

Led Zeppelin could be about to tour once again, with reports suggesting that a full reunion is now back on the cards after lead singer Robert Plant finally agreeing to come on board. There has been no official word from the band as of yet, but if this is true, it could see Led Zeppelin […]

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September 25th, 2008

Will Young - ‘Changes’ Music Video Review

Will Young is one of the few winners of the whole Simon Cowell reality show (Pop Idol, X-Factor) phenomenon to emerge from it all with a career. Not only that but he’s become accepted as an artist in his own right rather than merely the winner of Pop Idol 2002. Well, at least until folk […]

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September 25th, 2008

The Police Are Considerably Richer Than You

The Police have topped the Forbes Magazine poll to find the highest-earning musicians of 2008. The British rockers beat the likes of Beyonce Knowles and Madonna to come first in the list. Only one other British act featured in the top ten, with Genesis making it to number nine.
The Police managed to rack up income […]

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September 24th, 2008

George Michael’s Penchant For Drugs & Toilets | Is This The End Of His Career?

George Michael’s latest arrest in a public toilet on suspicion of drug possession is just the latest in a long line of embarrassing and quite openly illegal acts committed by the British singer. But he always seems to comes back from them. Could this finally be the incident that kills his career?

I’ve never really been […]

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September 23rd, 2008

Blur Reunion Rift Continues | Damon Albarn Claims “Blur Is Over” - Coxon Responds

It’s been almost a year since I last wrote about Blur, mainly because the band doesn’t exist at the moment after going on an indefinite hiatus in 2003. Last October saw the four original members of the band meet up for lunch but that was as far it went, with no hint of a studio […]

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