June 28th, 2008
Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday concert, held to pay tribute to the freedom fighter and former President of South Africa, as well as to draw attention to raise funding for and awareness of the 46664 Campaign, Mandela’s HIV and Aids charity.
The concert included appearances from the cream of the crop of British music talent. This included […]
By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments
March 28th, 2008
It’s a long way from being a contestant on a Simon Cowell produced reality show to becoming a number one artist on the US Billboard charts, but that is exactly what Leona Lewis has achieved, and oh, how she deserves her success.
Lewis, from Hackney, in East London, entered The X-Factor competition in 2006, and instantly […]
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February 20th, 2008
9.00pm - Leona Lewis performs Bleeding Love after a fawning eulogy from Ms Osbourne. She doesn’t put a step wrong, but there’s no excitement, just a purple dress.
9.05pm - Denise Van Outen and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber come on stage to present the award for Best International Group.
Nominations - Kings Of Leon, Foo Fighters, Arcade […]
By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment
January 14th, 2008
The nominations for this year’s Brit awards have been revealed, and the wealth of nominees prove conclusively what a great year for British music 2007 was.
The Brit awards ceremony will be held at Earl’s Court in London on February 20th, and be hosted by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
The front runners for awards this year are […]
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December 23rd, 2007
Leon Jackson has made it to the top of the charts, and thus continued the trend for X Factor winners grabbing the Christmas number one.
Leona Lewis is still sitting at number one in the album charts, making it a clean sweep for the ITV music reality television show.
Leon won The X Factor last Saturday, […]
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November 21st, 2007
X Factor 2006 winner Leona Lewis has broken another record, this time for the fastest selling British début album of all time.
She already held one record previous to this week, after her debut single ‘A Moment Like This’ was downloaded 50,000 times in the first half hour of its release last December and sold […]
By Dave Parrack -- 3 comments
November 1st, 2007
Leona Lewis, currently sitting pretty at number one in the UK singles chart, has an unlikely celebrity fan.
Lily Allen, someone who I would associate with the more independent side of the pop industry wouldn’t be my first guess at being a fan of reality show winner Lewis.
Leona won last year’s X Factor show and […]
By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment
September 16th, 2007
Leona Lewis won last year’s X Factor UK, and seemed destined for great things. But despite releasing ‘A Moment Like This’ immediately after the final of the reality show, we haven’t heard much from her since.
I actually thought she’d dropped off the face of the planet at one point as months went by with […]
By Dave Parrack -- 11 comments
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