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Nickelback Dark Horse Tour – new dates announced

Matt — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:04 +0000

Even though their last album Dark Horse came out November 2008, the Canadian quartet is still touring the world. Yesterday few new dates were announced proving that the boys are still in play and are enjoying themselves travelling around the globe. Also few special guests have been mentioned, featuring Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin as opening acts.

First date was scheduled for April 6 next year in London (all those of you who missed Nickelback playing at Manchester MEN Arena this year can now start preparing for the trip to London), but then the band will concentrate on the eastern side of the US: Washington, DC (13th April), Orlando (19th April) and Atlanta (21th April). The current version states that the tour will finish in Tulsa, OK (24th April), but according to the press release more dates will be added so I suggest you to book some time in your calendar.

The latest album follows 2005’s release “All The Right Reasons”. The newest single “Never Gonna Be Alone” is currently hitting airwaves and its video is available to view from the bands official website.

Just to mention: “Dark Horse” is the sixth studio album, which has started as number two on US Billboard 200.

Dizzee Rascal

Matt — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:22:00 +0000

A UK rapper who has burst onto the scene in 2009 but how did he do it? Well i don’t know him so i cant ask him but i have a theory!

I have never been a fan of Dizzee Rascal and i don’t really like rap music. Jaz-Z singing in front of me would be the worst day of my life! (no offence meant Mr Z). I can tell you what i do like though and that’s dance music, radio 1 and cooking!

Over the last 12 months or so Dizzee has got himself in my face from all three angles, Ok he hasn’t got his own cooking show but he was on the F word with Gordon Ramsey which was good.

He has had massive support from the BBC over the last year or so, I don’t know how the BBC pick who to support but it seems like they pick him cause he is popular yet he is popular because he is getting on the BBC so much. He has performed on the Jools Holland show and he recently performed at the electric proms.

The final angle he has come in from is with his latest album, For Dizzee and his popularity the new album could not have been any better, he has collaborated with people such as Calvin Harris who is a man of the moment as well as Armin Van Helden who has done tracks that give his album a more dance music edge, Dizzee has filled in gaps and i think he has broken way from the traditional rap image and sound with an amazing success. He also toured with the Prodigy playing before them in their arena tour. Add all these factors together as well the fact he seems to be a genuinely nice guy and you have a winning formula!

Miami Winter Music

Matt — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:46:00 +0000

Every year the music industry congregate in Miami and decide what is going to be the hot new thing for that year, its a tradition that has gone on for many years and it attracts all the best Dj’s and record labels from around the world to show of their talent and ability to throw a party.

The Winter music conference will throw parties and have talks and conferences with the industry leaders and major players, Some of the seminars may cover things such as the impact of the internet on the recording industry or different online marketing methods that can be used for an artist or record label. On the flip side there are the parties with the most famous one being the Ultra Music Festival. This is a two day festival in Miami which WILL sell out and will usually have the cream of the dance music industry performing.

Cheryl Cole World Domination

Matt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:11:00 +0000

Cheryl Cole is a household name to everybody, she has been in one of the countries most successful girl bands and she is on one of the countries favourite programs week in and week out. She has recently stormed the charts with her debut solo single. She has recently done a news feature for the BBC which has prompted me to write about her as she is stunningly good looking yet its hard to look at her the way many people would look at say Jordan or other famous girls that have come from the glamour side of the fame industry.

This i think is more appealing because she has worked hard keeping her clothes on and still kicking arse in the looks department from the glamour girls.

Simon Cowel was criticised for bringing in Danni Minougue which i agree with, Cheryl on the other hand was a stroke of genius from Simon and from Cheryl! she has boosted her career (her bank balance!) and her popularity, lets just hope she remembers her band mates with all this success!