Archive | music

05 October 2010 ~ 75 Comments

“Grouchy” individual attacks Elmo in guitar store. Elmo wins.

Long-time Sesame Street star Elmo has proved that you don’t want to mess with him, after he came out on top in a ruckus that took place in a Floridian guitar shop. Jeramie Trespalacios was entertaining children in the store while dressed as the popular character, before an individual entered and attacked him, as well [...]

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20 September 2010 ~ 89 Comments

Scottish singer-songwriter wins Sky’s Must Be The Music

27-year-old Emma Gillespie, who performs as Emma’s Imagination, has became the first ever winner of Sky 1’s Must Be The Music. The Scottish singer-songwriter, who prior to the competition had been performing as a busker on the streets of Glasgow, beat off stiff competition to win the contest (and a £100,000 prize) in front of [...]

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20 September 2010 ~ 84 Comments

Australian DJ – "I discovered Lady Gaga"

Kyle Sandilands, an Australian radio personality, has claimed that he is responsible for launching the career of Lady Gaga. Sandilands, a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor, said: “”I was the first person to hit play on a CD of a Lady Gaga song anywhere in the world. “It took off here [...]

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12 February 2010 ~ 78 Comments

Closed music blogs getting back online

Image via CrunchBase The six music blogs unceremoniously dumped by Google are in the process of getting back online. All bar one have of the blogs has been restored, or moved to alternate webhosting after Google’s Blogger service pulled the plug on the six blogs amid claims of illegal hosting of copyrighted content. The six [...]

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29 January 2010 ~ 39 Comments

Pete Waterman to pen UK Eurovision entry

Image via Wikipedia Gigwise report that the man who gave the world Rick Astley, The Reynolds Girls, Steps and Sonia will be the man responsible for the UK’s 2010 Eurovision Song Contest entry. The man in question is music mogul Pete Waterman who has written hit songs in the past for acts including Westlife and [...]

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22 January 2010 ~ 166 Comments

Radiohead guitarist blasts music industry over piracy

Image by angela n. via Flickr Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has taken a swipe at the music industry for not moving quickly enough in the digital era says Music-news.com. The debate surrounding music piracy in the digital age has been raging back-and-forth since the early days of Napster, but O’Brien nailed his colours onto the [...]

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21 January 2010 ~ 90 Comments

Jedward to release debut single in February

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Incessantly annoying X-Factor failures Jedward have issued the news that people dreaded to hear: the bee-hived twin duo are to release their debut single next month. The twins, who have probably kept hair-gel sales for L’Oreal up for the next five years have teamed with failed rapper Vanilla Ice [...]

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21 January 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Nugent: Obama's a Communist!

Image via Wikipedia Rocker Ted Nugent has never been one to shy away from causing a little controversy, but his latest outburst has been centred towards Barack Obama, the United States president. Nugent’s latest tirade came as he spoke on the Fox Business Channel, as reported by Classic Rock Magazine. Nugent ranted about Obama and [...]

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15 January 2010 ~ 54 Comments

N'Dubz star apologises over threatening text message

N'Dubz star apologises over threatening text message

N-Dubz star Dappy has issued an apology to a woman for sending threatening text messages to her mobile phone. During a N-Dubz interview on The Chris Moyles show, Chloe Moody sent in a text labelling the band as ‘losers’ and describing Dappy as ‘repulsive’. However, the next day she received a threatening message from Dappy [...]

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14 January 2010 ~ 270 Comments

BBC land in hot water over U2 album launch

BBC land in hot water over U2 album launch

The BBC has landed in hot water following its tie-up with U2. The Beeb has admitted that it breached its own guidelines by giving ‘undue prominence for commercial products or organisations’. The BBC received numerous complaints following coverage of last year’s album launch of U2’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’ which included a concert on [...]

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