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Liam Gallagher's new group |
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Oasis' singer Liam Gallagher is forming his own super group with Stone
Roses' guitarist John Squire and George Harrison's son Dhani. According
to the Oasis Fansite, the Oasis frontman is looking for more members
and the band hope to start recording an album by Christmas. Liam will be
the lead vocalist, with Dhani and John on guitars. This will be the
first album for Dhani Harrison, who has played with Sir Paul McCartney,
Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.
However, there is no news of a breakup of the band Oasis, who are
currently recording their sixth album.
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Ricky Martin is the biggest winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards 2004 |
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Superstar Ricky Martin scored triple success on the Latin Billboard
Awards in Miami, Florida which made him the event's biggest winner.
Ricky Martin won the Latin Track Of The Year, Top Male Latin Pop
Airplay Track and top Latin Album awards.
The salsa star Celia Cruz, who died of a brain tumor last year, and
Colombian singer Juanes also won three awards each. Cruz's three awards
were presented to her widower, Pedro Knight, who cried as he accepted one
of the trophies.
Here is the complete winners' list of the 2004 Billboard Latin Music Awards:
Hot Latin Track Of The Year: "Tal Vez," Ricky Martin
Hot Latin Track Of The Year, Vocal Duet: "Fotografia," Juanes With
Nelly Furtado
Hot Latin Tracks Artist Of The Year: Conjunto Primavera
Songwriter Of The Year: Juanes
Producer Of The Year: Rudy Perez
Latin Pop Album Of The Year, Male: "Almas Del Silencio," Ricky Martin
Latin Pop Album Of The Year, Female: "Por Ti," Ednita Nazario
Latin Pop Album Of The Year, Duo Or Group: "4," A.B. Quintanilla III
Presents Kumbia Kings
Latin Pop Album Of The Year, New Artist: "Corazon Latino," David Bisbal
Top Latin Albums Artist Of The Year: Celia Cruz
Latin Rock/Alternative Album Of The Year: "Coming Up (EP)," Ozomatli
Tropical Album Of The Year, Male: "Buenos Hermanos," Ibrahim Ferrer
Tropical Album Of The Year, Female: "Regalo Del Alma," Celia Cruz
Tropical Album Of The Year, Duo Or Group: "Mas Flow," Lunytunes &
Noriega
Tropical Album Of The Year, New Artist: "Mas Flow," Lunytunes & Noriega
Regional Mexican Album Of The Year, Male Solo Artist: "Tu Amor O Tu
Desprecio," Marco Antonio Solis
Regional Mexican Album Of The Year, Male Duo or Group: De Durango A
Chicago," Grupo Montez De Durango
Regional Mexican Album Of The Year, Female Group or Female Solo Artist:
"Dulce Y Salado," Ana Gabriel
Regional Mexican Album Of The Year, New Artist: "Proyecto Akwid," Akwid
Latin Greatest Hits Album Of The Year: "Hits Mix," Celia Cruz
Latin Compilation Album Of The Year: "30 Gruperas De Coleccion,"
Various Artists
Latin Jazz Album Of The Year: "Trumpet Evolution," Arturo Sandoval
Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year: "Seduceme/Seduce Me Now"
(Remixes), India
Latin Dance Single Of The Year: "I'm Glad" (Paul Oakenfold Remix),
Jennifer Lopez
Latin Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year: "Proyecto Akwid," Akwid
Latin Pop Airplay Track Of The Year, Male: "Tal Vez," Ricky Martin
Latin Pop Airplay Track Of The Year, Female: "Hoy," Gloria Estefan
Latin Pop Airplay Track Of The Year, Duo Or Group: "Fotografia," Juanes
& Nelly Furtado
Latin Pop Airplay Track Of The Year, New Artist: "Alucinado," Tiziano
Ferro
Tropical Airplay Track Of The Year, Male: "Si Te Dijeron," Gilberto
Santa Rosa
Tropical Airplay Track Of The Year, Female: "Seduceme," India
Tropical Airplay Track Of The Year, Duo or Group: "Se Nos Perdio El
Amor," El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
Tropical Airplay Track Of The Year, New Artist: "Intentalo Tu," Joe
Veras
Regional Mexican Airplay Track Of The Year, Male Solo Artist: "Quedate
Callada," Jorge Luis Cabrera
Regional Mexican Airplay Track Of The Year, Male Group: "Una Vez Mas,"
Conjunto Primavera
Regional Mexican Airplay Track Of The Year, Female Group or Female Solo
Artist: "Ay! Papacito (Uy! Daddy)," Limite
Regional Mexican Airplay Track Of The Year, New Artist: "Y Como Quieres
Que Te Quiera," Fabian Gomez
Latin Christian/Gospel Album Of The Year: "Milagro," Jaci Velasquez
Latin Tour Of The Year: Luis Miguel
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Prodigy reveal album |
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The Prodigy will release their new album, "Always Outnumbered, Never
Outgunned", in August. It's been seven years since the release of "The
Fat Of The Land".
The album will contain tracks such as "Girlz", "Get Up Get Off", "Wake
Up", "Ice" and "1965" . It seems that the tracks suggest an aggressive,
industrial electro blueprint of vicious quality, bearing the handprints
of Liam Howlett's familiar production. However, none of the tracks seem
to feature either Maxim or Keith Flint, the remaining members of The
Prodigy, with many tracks featuring looped vocal samples. Howlett
confirmed during an interview that "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned" is
virtually a solo project. He said that Keef and Maxim weren’t involved
musically and they are not on this album.
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Lennon: The musical |
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A musical based on the life of John Lennon is currently in production
and will open in the US next year. It will be entitled "Lennon", the
Broadway musical has been given the blessing of the music legend's widow
Yoko Ono, and will feature a number of tracks from his solo career. The
show will depict the entire course of Lennon's life, following his
childhood in Liverpool, the formation and world domination of The Beatles
and through to his assassination in New York City in 1980.
The musical is due to open in San Francisco on February 1, 2005, and
move onto New York seven days later.
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The Cure are back |
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The Cure's first album in four years will be released in June 29. The
groups' first single will be entitled "The End of the World".
The album is called "The Cure" and the classic Cure sound is evident on
such tracks as "Before 3", "Taking Off" and "I Don't Know What's Going
On", which sport great melodies and foot-tapping tempos. The 12th
track, the tentatively titled "Jason #3" provides the album with a late shot
of energy thanks to a clever, melodically ascending chorus.The album
has its share of dark and intense material, particularly the track "The
Promise", "Us Or Them" matches its confrontational title with an
emphatic chorus ("I don't want you anywhere near me"), while "Going Nowhere"
wraps things up with sad, dreamy production accented by piano.
Robert Smith revealed that former guitarist Porl Thompson, who left the
Cure in 1993, recorded parts for a couple of tracks. Welcome back The Cure.
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Take That re-united ! |
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Take That might re-form at the end of the year but probably without
Robbie Williams. The members of the band, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason
Orange and Howard Donald will team up for the first time in six years.
They might consider a one-off live performance and a series of TV
appearances.
Former manager Nigel Martin Smith claimed that the band's record label
BMG came with the idea of releasing live footage of their old concerts.
They would put out a live DVD complete with Robbie to coincide with the
re-release of the band's digitally remastered back catalogue.
The last time Take That stood on a British stage together was at
London's Earls Court in August 1995. Since then Mark has gone solo, Howard
has become a DJ, Gary is a successful songwriter and Jason a property tycoon.
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The Corrs' new album |
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With their first studio album since 2000 soon due in stores, Irish
quartet The Corrs has lined up more than a month of North American tour dates.
The trek gets underway in Calgary on Aug. 2, and visits about two dozen
cities in the U.S. and Canada through early September.
A June 1 release date is scheduled in Canada for the new album, titled
"Borrowed Heaven," and a June 8 release is planned for the U.S. The
set's first single, "Summer Sunshine," is streaming along with its
companion video at The Corrs' official website.
"Borrowed Heaven" is the group's first studio album since 2000's
platinum-certified "In Blue." The new set was recorded in Dublin and Los
Angeles, and was produced by Olle Romo.
The quartet--which consists of three sisters and one brother--wrote all
of the tracks on "Borrowed Heaven" except for "Time Enough for Tears,"
the Golden Globe-nominated theme for the 2003 film "In America." U2's
Bono co-wrote that song with Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer; Andrea
Corr performed it on the movie's soundtrack.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo contributes backup vocals to "Borrowed
Heaven"'s title track.
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Axl Rose Sued By Ex-Guns N' Roses Bandmates |
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Slash, Duff McKagan seek at least $1 million; accuse singer of turning
down lucrative offers without their consent. They want to prevent the
release of a Guns N' Roses greatest-hits album. But they lost. Now,
Slash, McKagan and Rose again have their names on a legal document, only
this time their union is adversarial: the two members of Velvet Revolver
are suing Axl for at least $1 million, according to "Celebrity Justice."
In the suit, Rose is accused of rejecting requests to use old Guns N'
Roses songs in major motion pictures even though he lacks controlling
interest in the material. Slash and McKagan added that they weren't
consulted when their ex-bandmate nixed lucrative offers from the makers of
"We Were Soldiers," "Death to Smoochy," "Old School" and "Just Married."
The suit also claims Rose killed negotiations with the producers of
"Black Hawk Down," who wanted to use "Welcome to the Jungle" in their
movie. He allegedly had wanted to re-record the track with the new members
of GN'R he had hired so Slash and McKagan wouldn't receive any
licensing payment.
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NEWS [Round-Up]
Hilary Duff, Matchbox Twenty, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera,
Jessica Simpson, Limp Bizkit, Fleetwood Mac, Kelis...
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* Hilary Duff will be releasing a single and video for her version of the
Go Go's hit "Our Lips Are Sealed", which originally made the charts in
1982 - five years before Ms. Duff was born. The single will be one of
four new songs recorded by Hilary for the soundtrack of her upcoming
film, "A Cinderella Story" due in stores on July 13, and the film--which
also stars Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray and Regina King--opens on July 16.
* The forthcoming Matchbox Twenty concert DVD "Show: A Night in the Life
of Matchbox Twenty," due in stores on May 25, will premiere the day
before its release with showings at 40 Regal Entertainment Group theaters in the U.S.
* Britney Spears has claimed she wants to sing with Robbie Williams and
help him achieve fame in the US. She wants to collaborate with Robbie
because he's hot and really sexy. Britney is currently touring Britain,
she has denied that the controversial video for her new single
"Everytime" was about suicide. She said the video was about getting hit by a camera.
* Christina Aguilera has cancelled her North American tour because she
has strained her vocal cords. Aguilera apparently hurt her voice while in
the studio and doctors told her to immediately rest and give her voice
time to fully recover. Refunds can be obtained at point of purchase.
* Jessica Simpson will perform at a benefit concert on May 22nd in New
York City's Central Park. It's a concert "Play Safe" that will donate
partial proceeds to the Skin Cancer Foundation.
* Limp Bizkit are not splitting as it was rumoured. The singer of the
group has also denied rumors that Limp Bizkit has been dropped from
Interscope Records.
* "Live in Boston," a Fleetwood Mac concert CD that the group recorded
last September, is set to hit stores on June 15. The band will also issue
a companion DVD.
* Kelis' new single, the follow-up to the smash hit 'MILKSHAKE', is
'Trick Me' and it will be released by Virgin on May 24, as the second
single from her third album 'Tasty'.
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