Guess who's coming to Wisteria Lane to stir up some
shiz for the Desperate Housewives!!
It's Vanessa "Wilhelmena"
Williams! Woot Woot!
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Arcade Fire release their new album
The Suburbs on August 3rd! And even better,
they've 'announced' a secret and intimate London gig
first week of July for some fans who pre-order their
new album!!
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An
obviously good line up for London Festival in Clapham
Common this August Bank Holiday weekend! No camping,
just good music! www.southwestfour.com
Hey dudes... guess what! Bestival
has SOLD OUT! Hope you got your tickets!!! www.bestival.net
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Londoners
- there's a festival in town this week... Friday Night
sees Stag and Dagger hit the venues
of East London. Ace bands including DJ sets from Simian
Mobile Disco, Little Boots, Miike Snow, and live acts
including These New Puritans, Archie Bronson Outfit,
We Have Band and SO many more to check out in Shoreditch!
www.staganddagger.com
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While on the topic of festivals, Guilfest
has a few more announcments regarding their lineup....
Ali Campbell's UB40, Alvin Stardust, Young Knives,
and more join the already announced lineup of Orbital,
The Human League, Status Quo, N – Dubz, Hadouken!,
Seth Lakeman, The Wonderstuff, and many more! www.guilfest.co.uk
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Any Losties like me DEVASTATED that the SERIES FINALE
is airing this weekend??? ABC is having a "LOST
WEEKEND" which will result in the END
OF LOST!!!!!! The Series finale airs
on Sunday May 23rd, with Jimmy Kimmel
holding a post mortem entitled "Aloha To
Lost". I am heartbroken. This show has been
with us for 6 years and never a dull moment. Conspiracy
theories, theological metaphors, and hot dudes without
shirts! Aloha to Lost indeed... You will be missed!!!!!
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Folk crooner Johnny Flynn has caught
man flu and has had to postpone a couple of his tourdates:
Wednesday 19th May - Manchester Academy 3
Thursday 20th May - Glasgow Oran Mor
are now rescheduled as follows:
Tuesday 29th June - Manchester Academy 3
Wednesday 30th June - Glasgow Oran Mor
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April
20, 2010
Ho
hum... another day, another celebrity scandal....
My
second favourite pianist Ben Folds
shows us what fun can be had on Chatroulette
- impro style:
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Supergrass is DONE after 17 years as a pretty
cool band. They'll play a few 'farewell' UK gigs in
Glasgow, Manchester and London before their final
gig in Paris on June 11th. Bye bye Gaz and the gang.
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Speaking of goodbyes, it's time to say goodbye to
Jack Bauer as 24 is
in its last season!!! The two hour series finale will
air on May 24th on Fox. Thanks for
the memories Jack.... Especially the 24
Christmas Special:
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Lovebox
festval has recently announced a few additions
to their awesome bill: Paloma Faith, Yeasayer,
Mystery Jets, Tim Westwood, Padded Cell and
Holy Ghost! This is in addition to
the already stellar lineup of Roxy Music,
Grace Jones, Dizzee Rascal, Mark Ronson and the Business,
Hot Chip, Peaches, CHROMEO!!!!!, Wild Beasts, Noisettes
and so many more. SWEET!!!
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New festival alert for Londoners!!! London
Electronic Dance Festival (L.E.D.)
Is coming to Victoria Park on the August Bank Holiday
weekend!!! Starring David Guetta
& Leftfield for starters!!
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Speaking of festivals.... news from an old favourite
- ROSKILDE Festival in Denmark has
just added PRINCE to their lineup!!
wowzers. This is in addition to other amazing acts
like Gorillaz, Muse...
too many to mention... see
for yourself!
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March
14, 2010
Did
anybody watch The Oscars last weekend?
Me neither... All I saw was the amazing Ben
Stiller:
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The world lost yet another celeb, a troubled star,
an 80's icon.... the legendary Corey Haim.
I'll refrain from respreading the gossip I as a Torontonian
have heard of him over the years... instead here are
some fonder memories of a tragic child actor in his
prime...
Get out of my dreams, and into my car
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With
Haim's passing, the other Corey (Feldman)
has spoken to the press regarding his friend and frequent-co-star's
death.
"I
was awakened at 8:30 this morning by my brother and
sister knocking on my bedroom door. They informed
me of the loss of my brother Corey Haim. My eyes weren't
even open all the way when the tears started streaming
down my face. I am so sorry for Corey, his mother
Judy, his family, my family, all of our fans, and
of course my son who I will have to find a way to
explain this to when he gets home from school. This
is a tragic loss of a wonderful,beautiful,tormented
soul, who will always be my brother,family, and best
friend. We must all take this as a lesson in how we
treat the people we share this world with while they
are still here to make a difference. Please respect
our families as we struggle and grieve through this
difficult time. I hope the art Corey has left behind
will be remembered as the passion of that for which
he truly lived."
And
to Larry King, Feldman says:
"At
the end of the day, Larry, where were all these people
the last 10 years, the last 15 years of Corey's life?...Where
were all these people to lend a hand out, to reach
out to him and say, you know, you're a legend, you're
- you're an amazingly talented, wonderful person who's
really never gone out of his way to hurt anybody other
than himself?.... You see these people making great
statements and that's wonderful and I hope they're
all there for the memorial and I hope they're all
there for the funeral. But where were they during
his life?"
Tragedy.
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According
to Feldman, Haim
died with little money to his name. Likely true as
he spent most of it during his drug-induced heyday.
The city of Toronto (Corey Haim's
hometown and mine) will be covering the cost of Haim's
funeral which is set for Tuesday.
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Onto
happier, non-Corey related news....
She & Him will be playing shows
across the UK and Europe for the very first time this
Spring. SHE is Zoeey Deschanel and
HE is M Ward. They'll be performing
songs from their forthcoming LP, Volume Two
as well as their debut, Volume One. Date
to note is May 7th in LONDON!!
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Bestival is back!!! And The
Prodigy has been announced as the Sunday
Headliners. There will also be performances from my
new fave WILD BEASTS and many more!!!
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Gaymers
Camden Crawl has announced the headline line
up of artists performing at the MTV hosted stage at
the Roundhouse this year. Too many things to list
for Camden Crawl, so if you're a music lover and live
in London, check out their lineup here: www.thecamdencrawl.com/line-up
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MGMT
have announced they will be releasing their new album
Congratulations, on Monday 12th April
in the UK. The band are giving away a free Mp3 of
their new track 'Flash Delirium' from www.whoismgmt.com.
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EAST END FILM FESTIVAL is taking
place from April 22-30. Some highlights will include
Carl Barat (Libertines)
featuring in THE RIME OF THE MODERN MARINER film premiere
+ live performance/party on Friday 23 April at St
Annes Church in Limehouse. Founded in 2000, the East
End Film Festival is offers screenings as well as
film-focused music and arts events spread across thirty
locations across the trendy East London.
STAG
& DAGGER 2010
LONDON: FRIDAY 21 MAY
GLASGOW: SATURDAY 22 MAY www.staganddagger.com
Featuring
tons of cool bands including that fave I keep mentioning
WILD BEASTS, Stag and Dagger returns
to London and Glasgow for its third year.
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The
stunning vocal talents of Fyfe
Dangerfield will be returning to the airwaves
with his new single ‘Faster Than The Setting
Sun’ which is out on April 26th. This new
single is taken from his debut solo album 'Fly
Yellow Moon'. You probably recognize Fyfe from
his day job as singer of the Guillemots.
He's one multi-talented dude. And he's also playing
live....
March
Sat 27th LEEDS, Met University
Mon 29th GLASGOW, Oran Mor
Tue 30th LEAMINGTON SPA, Assembly Rooms
April
Sat 27th LONDON, Bloomsbury Theatre
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Oxegen festival in Ireland has announced
a great lineup, with Canuck crooners Arcade
Fire (swoon) as the headliners! They'll be
joining an already stellar lineup including Fatboy
Slim, Eminem, Muse, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Calvin
Harris, Goldfrapp, Simian Mobile Disco, Broken Social
Scene, Two Door Cinema Club, The Temper Trap, Jay-Z,
Black Eyed Peas, La Roux, John Mayer, Hot Chip, Vampire
Weekend, Wolfmother, and many more. Possibly
the best festival lineup of the year!!!
New artist alert: Pete Lawrie is
a young singer/songwriter who just signed to Field/Island
Records.
He'll
be touring with Turin Brakes on the
dates below:
MARCH TOUR
09/03 / Birmingham, Glee Club
10/03 / Bristol, St Georges
11/03 / Oxford, Academy 2
13/03 / Manchester Academy
14/03 / York Duchess
16/03 / Gateshead Sage
17/03 / Sheffield City Hall
19/03 / Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire
20/03 / Glasgow Classic Grand
21/03 / Nottingham Rescue Room
23/03 / Southampton Brooks University
24/03 / Milton Keynes Stables
26/03 / London Shepherd's Bush Empire
27/03 / Brighton Concorde 2
Get out of my dreams, and into my car
