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August 7th, 2008

Amy Winehouse To Be Agony Aunt On Dad Mitch’s BBC Radio London Show - Sept 1st

Amy Winehouse‘ dad Mitch, an ever present in the media since his daughter started receiving some often unfair criticism and coverage, is to host his own show on BBC Radio London. And guess what - Amy has decided to play agony aunt for the day.
I wasn’t that surprised when I read that Mitch Winehouse had […]

By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments

July 1st, 2008

Long-Lost Beatles Interview With Paul McCartney & John Lennon Uncovered

An interview with The Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney has been discovered and broadcast for the first time since it was recorded in 1964. The interview was on a canister of film found by a film enthusiast in a damp garage in South London.
According to Reuters, film enthusiast Richard Jeffs found the interview […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

March 11th, 2008

Radiohead To Play Free London Gig In April

Radiohead, one of the best British bands of all time, have announced they will be playing a free one-off gig for BBC Radio 2 in April.
According to NME, the gig will be held at the BBC’s Radio Theatre, which is in London’s Broadcasting House, on April 1st.
There is sure to be a rush for tickets […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

March 4th, 2008

Mick Jagger Was Targeted By Hells Angels

A BBC documentary has claimed that Mick Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones, was targeted by the Hells Angels, who allegedly planned an assassination attempt on him.
The Radio 4 documentary, which is part of ‘The FBI at 100‘ series, sees former FBI agent Mark Young reveal the plot to get the ultimate revenge on […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

February 25th, 2008

Rihanna To Release Klaxons Collaboration?

At last week’s Brit Awards, one of the many highlights was the collaboration between Rihanna and Klaxons.
The two artists, whose styles vary wildly, made a mashup of Umbrella and Golden Skans work as if the songs had been written in unison, and were always meant to go together.
Now, Rihanna has expressed an interest in […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

January 4th, 2008

Freddie Mercury’s Queen Named Greatest British Band Ever By BBC Radio 2

There have been some brilliant British bands over the years, with the UK leading the way when it comes to big, over the topm talented bands. I’m sure some Americans may disagree but I don’t think we can be beaten for the number of fantastic bands to have emerged since the sixties.
With that in mind, […]

By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments

December 2nd, 2007

Spice Girls Reunion Tour Kicks Off In Canada | A Look Back At How We Got To This Point

The Spice Girls Reunion tour (or farewell tour depending on how things pan out) finally kicks off tonight in Vancouver, Canada. I’ve covered quite a bit of the build up here on Brit Music Scene (as well as on a couple of other blogs), so thought we should take a look back over how we […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

November 4th, 2007

Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) | Children In Need Single Review

The Spice Girls have now unveiled their new single ‘Headlines’ and the video which accompanies it. The comeback single, in aid of the BBC Children In Need charity, features all five girls doing some sort of approximation of singing, or in Victoria Beckham’s case pouting and looking pretty.
I had the single here on Brit Music […]

By Dave Parrack -- 4 comments

October 31st, 2007

Kaiser Chiefs Hate James Bond

The Kaiser Chiefs have revealed that they hate James Bond and find the movies boring.

The band have recently performed at The BBC Electric Proms, an annual music festival which sees a diverse range of British artists come together to perform sets.
At the event, the Kaiser Chiefs worked with David Arnold, famous for his work […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

October 5th, 2007

Spice Girls To Release New Single Called ‘Headlines’ | Official Children In Need Song

The Spice Girls have officially announced their first new single in seven years. Called ‘Headlines’, it is due to be released on November 19th and is the first new release from the classic pop girl band since ‘Holler’ in 2000.

Geri Halliwell told British breakfast show GMTV:
“Emma Bunton and I initially worked on it with the […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments