A lot of talk has been going on about the reunion of the New Kids on the Block. But before you go back to your teenybopper years, one of the former band members says that it’s not going to happen.
Danny Wood just sent a bulletin to all his MySpace friends saying “Hello to everyone. Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the New Year. I wanted to address the rumors of the NKOTB Reunion Tour. There has been no talk of this and you are getting it from source directly. Never say never, and you can’t believe everything you read.”
According to a report from CNN, a suicide plot to attack Miley Cyrus has been uncovered. Reports say that a teenager on board a Southwest Airline flight planned to take over the plane and fly it into a Lafayette, Louisiana building where a ‘Hannah Montana’ concert was to be performed. It’s unclear why he targeted Miley.
The teenager was caught with some handcuffs, duct tape and rope in the plane. The kid has since been placed under arrest and is being held and will face numerous charges. It’s unclear how authorities uncovered the plot but a spokesperson for Southwest airlines says that at no time was the flight ever in any danger.
The Jonas Brothers pulled a fast one again by showing up for their concert ticket sales in Dallas on Saturday. The band of brothers surprised their throngs of screaming teenybopper fans by playing on an awning above the NOKIA Theater along with camera crews of ‘Ellen’ in tow.
After their surprise show, the boys were nice enough to stop on their way out to shake hands with some fans. Isn’t it nice to have some positive role models for the kids? Let’s just hope that they wouldn’t grow up to be like Britney Spears. And let’s hope that the boys would stay cute forever.
Melanie Chisolm, more famously known as Sporty Spice, is arguably the most talented Spice Girl out of the five and she is looking to make more people believe that with a solo show that she has scheduled in Manhattan. Just as she did with her solo gig in LA, the singer will be playing her own material with her band during a night off from the Spice Girls reunion tour. The gig will be on February 9th, a Saturday, at The Grand Ballroom in Manhattan Center. Tickets go for $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster and Live Nation of January 18th. Sporty will take the stage at 9:15PM.
Parents who shelled out hundreds of dollars for their girls to see Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus are in an uproar over a possible Miley/Hannah imposter.
According to concert goers, there is a point in the show where Hannah Montana is surrounded by her dancers and then covered with a black sheet. She then slips out a stage door and reenters through a different door. Thing is, it isn’t the real Hannah Montana that comes back.
Instead, according to OK! magazine, a body double comes in while Miley does a costume change. Many who paid high dollar for the concert are upset because they believe they were taken advantage of and treated like fools.
Parents everywhere are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Maybe Christmas isn’t ruined after all.
It has been announced that Miley Cyrus, a.k.a. Hannah Montana, is extending her extremely popular tour and adding 14 more shows. The shows begin January 11 in Detroit and go until January 31 in Miami.
Disney says it was an overwhelming response from fans that made them decide to add the additional shows. I’m sure it had nothing to do with the fact that it’s a huge revenue maker.
One downfall - the Jonas Brothers, who are touring with Miley, will not be on the added shows. Instead, Aly & AJ will join Miley from January 11 to January 24, with another “special guest” appearing for the remainder of the shows.
Avril Lavigne went to a great low when she had a free concert in Canada this past weekend for the opening of a Best Buy. The only thing that gets lower than that is if it happened to be a disaster – which it was!
A fan turned non-fan said that the show was a joke especially after Avril showed up nearly two hours late while her fans stayed out in the freezing cold and snow just to see her outdoor concert. The show was scheduled to start at 1PM but an announcement came at 1:50PM that she was only to arrive in 15 minutes. Shame on her!
Spice Girls mania is alive and kicking in the US, a little quiet in the UK and close to dead in South America. The girls have cancelled the only announced concert in South America. They sent an email to fans that had already signed up for tickets to the Buenos Aires show in explanation.
They say that due to their solo projects and family obligations, they are unable to extend the tour and that the Buenos Aires date is one that they are finding hard to fit into their schedules. As some sort of consolation, the girls will be holding contests for South American fans. The prize of which is a trip to London, flight and accommodations taken care of, to watch one of their shows.
Kylie has released her 10th studio album with more confidence than ever. And she has scooted off to Germany to promote it.
The miniature singer, most recently in the news for being humiliated by a saucy statue created by Madame Tussauds, was cleared last year of the horrible disease; Breast Cancer, which knocked her down in 2005.
And now as she promotes her new album X, she says, “I think it’s not so difficult to write a decent song but to write a great song is a difficult thing. I like the challenge of trying to find that and at the very least, writing something that I enjoy singing and all people love. It took me a number of years to find my confidence to do that but now it’s just part of me.”
What a trooper. I remember listening to Kylie when I was a kid and she is still going strong; with the right attitude and music that pleases the new generations as the times move on. You go girl!
We should already come to expect that after showing up for their first show together and the fact that their reunion tour is just around the corner, another Spice Girls blog would be up. This time around, it’s from Sporty Mel C. She talked about rehearsing, performing and even nerves.
She’s incredibly excited about their upcoming tour and spoke about the rehearsals saying that she thinks after all of it, they may just as well run a marathon. She also talked about the rush of being on stage at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last week but said that she was incredibly nervous and even shaking the whole time.
I’m sure the nerves will be gone come the start of their tour.
Amy Winehouse parties so hard during tour that her tour manager just can’t hang with her anymore. Thom Stone has reportedly quit as her tour manager because he is worried about that Amy is ruining his health. Haha, we all knew this was coming and let me tell you fans out there who think she might be able to claw back, this is only the beginning and there are more lows for her to come. Winehouse disappointed fans that were anxious to see her at the opening night of her U.K. tour in England, on Wednesday. Many of the anxious fans were so pissed at her lackluster performance that they walked out mid-show and demanded a refund. Just as I said there are more lows from her to come and she really is headed the Britney way, lackluster music and bad performance, dipping ratings and a complete trainwreck that’s what she is headed towards.
The opening chords made their entrance and struck a chord with me. Like a sexy stranger in a hot fiery club he entered, opening to a spectacular of lights and sexual freedom. I don’t know what it is exactly that strikes you, is it the accent, the hype…for me no. The man oozes sex, that’s it. In a very free and honest way, you can feel what his energy is trying to give. For me, that is the kind of honesty I like in an artist. It felt like Enrique the man was on stage without the preconceptions of old.
The first song was Ring My Bells from his second album Insomniac released in June. It is a bit of a move on for Enrique, it’s a stronger beat than he’s used to and pulled me into what he could be. It stopped my judgment immediately; he truly is a raw honest persona. We are then graced with the bracing salsa beat of Love to See You Cry, a favorite staple in the artist’s workbook. This turned into the winter warmer that is Bailamos…even I liked that one in my un-Enrique days, its classic Spanish good!
A very good night was had by all, the girlies, the couples and the boys. And me, I feel a little energised by the experience and feel like I just want to go and live a life of hot and sweaty freedom in South America for a couple years with the love of my life and just enjoy every second and surrounding I’m in. I vow never to judge too quickly and broadly again…well maybe that’s just the glitter talking.
Pony Up! are an all-female four piece hailing out of Montreal, Canada. They apparently formed on New Year’s Eve 2002 and since then have been busy touring Australia, North America, and now the United Kingdom.
Perhaps there is something special here then that did not reveal itself on the night. Perhaps it was just the bad P.A. system that made them sound boring, nervous and not particularly interesting to watch or listen to.
To be fair to the girls, every now and then you do hear a lot of potential in their playing, and they do have a few decent songs. The only problem seems to be that because they are quite a novelty in the world of rock ‘n’ roll, a girl band who are not pop - it seems that perhaps they have been let off more easily than their male counterparts would be. Sleater-Kinney they are not, though they seem to be compared to them quite often. Another part of the ‘not enough girls with guitars’ problem one must assume.
The only ray of sunshine in the band was guitarist Sarah Moundroukas who seemed to be a very talented performer. Any time she took up the reins of a song, the interest of the crowd seemed to perk up just a little bit more than usual.
Perhaps if she were the lead singer in the group the whole quality of the band would be much better. Sadly the real lead vocalist Laura Wills seems to enjoy being the centre of attention far too much for that to ever happen, even if she cannot sing very well.
We first saw Sheryl Crow do it with adopted son Wyatt, then we saw Liv Tyler do it with her son and her father and now we have Gwen Stefani. For the last concert of The Sweet Escape Tour on Saturday at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California, the platinum blonde singer brought out her 17-month old son Kingston on stage with her.
Kingston wore the same kid-friendly noise-canceling headphones that the other babies did when they were brought on stage. A video of his on-stage appearance has made it onto YouTube. There was an ‘aww’ moment when the littly tyke started banging on the keyboard on stage. How cute!
Sad news for those that have been looking forward to seeing Kylie Minogue in concert. The Australian singer has nixed plans for a world tour next year.
Kylie recently overcame a battle with breast cancer so it’s understandable that she’s concerned that the rigors of touring would take too much of a toll on her health. On the advice of her doctors, she has decided that she will not go on the road.
Kylie has released a statement regarding the matter saying “The tour is not going to happen, it is far too soon. I can’t do it next year. It kind of breaks my heart because that is what I’m in this business for. Not being able to go ahead with my plans is a real downer. Every woman has to face up to new priorities, near the top is health. I take my health very seriously but not obsessively. Everything is about pacing yourself.”
Polysics and Young Love are all out on the road together
Here are the tour dates:
November 1 Providence, RI Heartbreak Hotel
November 2 Gettysburg, PA Gettysburg College
November 3 Emmitsburg, MD St. Mary University
November 4 Raleigh, NC Disco Rodeo
November 6 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
November 7 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Jackie Gleason Theater
November 9 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
November 10 Dallas, TX Palladium
November 11 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
November 13 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
November 14 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee Theatre
November 16 San Francisco, CA Warfield
November 17 San Diego, CA SOMA
November 18 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre
November 19 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre
November 20 Orange County, CA The Grove
November 23 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Roisin Murphy suffered a horrible accident when she was performing at a concert in Moscow on Saturday night. During one of the songs, the singer was rocking really hard and ended up hitting her forehead on a chair that was meant to be a stage prop.
Roisin was rushed to the hospital to get the injury examined. Doctors revealed that she broke her supercilliary bone, which is right above the eye socket.
Get well soon Roisin! Maybe next time you shouldn’t head-bang too hard. I guess we all learned that too much head-banging can literally have you bang your head.
Public image is vital to pop stars, but few stars have been so inextricably tied to their image as Britney Spears. Think back to “…Baby One More Time” — it has an indelible hook. Every one of Britney’s hits had an accompanying image, as she relied on her carefully sculpted sexpot-next-door persona as much as she did on her records, but what happens when the image turns sour, as it certainly did for Britney in the years following the release of In the Zone?
Emotionally, this isn’t a progression from In the Zone, but it is a cannily contemporary dance album, sounding nearly as fresh as Rihanna and JT, even if it’s hardly as trend-setting as either. Those producers turn Blackout into a sleek, shiny collection of 12 guiltily addictive dance tracks where the only weak link is Britney herself.
Blackout is state-of-the-art dance-pop, a testament to the skills of the producers and perhaps even Britney being somehow cognizant enough to realize she should hire the best, even if she’s not at her best.
The Black Eyed Peas had a concert in El Salvador last Friday. However, Fergie was noticeable absent for a good portion of the show. She did come out for a while wearing sweats, a cap and dark sunglasses and told the crowd that she got food poisoning and was not feeling well.
Fergie addressed the crowd and said “I’m not one of those singers that cancels a show due to exhaustion” and then proceeded to wreck her own song ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’. I just gained new respect for her though because she at least tried.
The band has already said they will make it up for it and will schedule another concert in El Salvador real soon.
If you ever heard the phrase ‘selling like hotcakes’, this one just has to take the cake. It’s so insane that we may just have to change some words in that phrase.
Tickets for the Spice Girls’ reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena recently went on sale and it immediately sold out. How immediate? Get this, 38 seconds! The demand was so high that they even had to add three other London shows and a second show in Los Angeles. Those dates have already been added with the tickets already going on sale.
Gwen Stefani was willing to yield for the Muslims but Beyonce is not having it. Her Kuala Lumpur concert that was supposed to take place on November 1 has been canceled due to protests by Muslim groups. These Muslims are very hardcore people and they always have objections to stage show performances by international artist. Gwen might have made some prior commitments so she just went through the routines during her show in Kuala Lumpur but I am more of the Beyonce thought that if you are not going to be able to perform as your usual self then there is no point in doing the show. If y’all remember Gwen had some strict rules to abide by such as no hugging or kissing audience members, no jumping or shouting, and no revealing clothing. Beyonce is too diva to let anyone tell her what she can’t do, wear or say.
Justin Timberlake made thousands of lucky fans sweat and millions more completely jealous when he stripped off his shirt at his concert held at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California on Tuesday night. Apparently, it was a thank you to his concert-goers.
But fans that didn’t get to see it live don’t have to fret because there’s a video going around of JT taking his sweaty shirt off and throwing it to the audience. That action, of course, made people go wild. Justin then throws up double peace signs and disappears backstage.
Yummy! Now if he could lose the pants with the shirt, I could die happy.
Stevie Nicks is a total classic. I respect her and her needs. I am hoping she will make a comeback in a very big big way! I wait. She is appearing this Friday at The Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont Il, tickets up to $500+. Was on tour with Fleetwood Mac last year and they will do another tour next year. There is a time in everyone’s career when you are at a junction trying to make up your mind whether to choose between career or family. She made hers’ and tells that she has no regrets as well, so that about it. When you take a decision you take it and move on with it there’s no looking back and saying I missed on those things because you keeping gaining a few other thing and that’s what you wanted Nicks and you got it. But Stevie all not lost, if you still decide to give up the touring you do and find a man you’d like to stay home with and go shopping for small little thing with then dear make that change life and experience something you haven’t as yet. It could make you very happy and satisfied.
It may not have been her summer, but it’s gearing up to be Kelly Clarkson’s December. Although previous plans for an arena tour fizzled in the face of lackluster ticket sales, the pop star is now ready to hit the road in support of her latest album, My December. It has held its own on the charts, despite her label’s concerns that the tracks were too edgy for Clarkson’s fan base. Kelly’s not a consistently good song writer. She’s pretty much up and down. This album would’ve done better had she not been so stubborn about all of the songs being hers. Still, you gotta love her. And her curves, which she steadfastly refuses to abandon despite the increasing media pressure. But also you have to give it to her, if she has to make it to the top and remain there then she has to do what she believes is the right, things might not always work out the way she wants but that’s the only way she can get it right – by being herself.
She needs to stop making excuses about her idiot boyfriend and get away from both him and the drugs. Long ago I have said that the regulators of music industry need to put a brake on the work that these music artist and movies stars do on an year to year period. At times they are not working for years on the trot which is good like a much needed break. But when they are set to release an album and they start with the promotions that’s the time when they are exhausted like Amy was reported to before she checked into the rehab. In other words I think exhaustion today is a synonym for drugs. They need a stress buster and drugs work well for them. Look at what state she is as of today, she can’t give a live performance. But since she is a star singer she is being written about. Why doesn’t someone pick her up and dump her in the garbage tin outside her own house and get her thrown away at a remote destination. So by the time she walks back home some of that exhaustion is turned into legs paining.
57 year old Gloria Gaynor is looking like a disco version of Barney. She donned her electric blue bathrobe and pajamas for a nightclub performance is Forte dei Marmi in Italy. The crowd was less than enthused with the show.
As Gloria sang her 1979 hit, probably the only one, ‘I Will Survive’, the audience looked as if they’d caught hay fever. Some even looked like they were wondering if they would survive through the whole performance. And some were close to falling asleep.
Gloria can never say arrivederci apparently. What was she doing in Italy anyway? Someone actually booked her?
Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters has been spotted around San Francisco in the past two weeks as she takes some time off after the massive world tour for promotion of their last album.
Last Saturdsay, the buxom singer was seen at Cold Steel on Haight Street and got the inside of her lower lip tattooed with the word ‘Staunch’. First off, ouch. Second, what the hell is staunch?
Sources close to Miss Matronic say that ‘staunch’ is actually a reference to the cult classic documentary ‘Grey Gardens’. Obviously, it’s one of her favorite things.
It seems that the Spice Girls are determined to make their reunion bombastic in all ways possible, though I think what they are trying to achieve here is almost the making of a Mission Impossible-4 like thing, they have been of the seen for nearly 7 years now and the way new singers have crowded the calendar they would have the going tough. The latest addition to the comeback process is a brand new shimmering cover of the band’s greatest hit album. Similar to the cover of their debut album Spice, the new cover has letters carved out of precious jewels a million Pounds. In the work by top jewelry designer David Morris, each letter symbolizes one of the Spice Girls, as they did it in their debut cover. Well it’s clear that they want to try and repeat history and achieve the same super success one last time. Their nothing bad in trying and one should try hard to achieve success. I only think that they should do a reality check that once time goes by it never comes back, times have changed and they do not fit in today.
When Amy Winehouse said, “no, no, no” to rehab, she meant it. Taking better care of herself is a different matter, though. The 23-year-old British soul singer has decided to cancel her scheduled August concerts for health reasons, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
“Amy Winehouse is putting all her touring commitments for this month on hold until further notice in order to address her health issues,” Tracey Miller said in a statement. “Amy will now not be performing at this weekend’s V Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire. Her family has requested that the media respect Amy’s privacy at this time. There will be no further comment.”
Winehouse was hospitalized last week for “severe exhaustion.” She is scheduled to begin a North American tour in September
