Intergalactic star Lights went from strength to strength back in 2009, starting out the year with a Juno Award for Best New Artist (previous recipients include Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne) and ending it on a high with the release of her debut album The Listening. Jump to the present and the young Canadian has once again been nominated for a Juno Award, this year in the ‘Pop Album of the Year’ category alongside Michael Buble and Justin Bieber. Currently on tour with chart sensation Owl City for five months (January – May 2010) followed by a brief tour of the UK, Lights travels mean you have no excuse not to make it out to a show, unless of course – like many – they’re already sold out! 2010 is going to be a big year for the rather little Canadian artist.
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“I’ve got a lot of surprises for you tonight,” Justin Bieber promised fans at the start of his sold-out, first-ever headlining concert at Madison Square Garden (Aug. 31)– and he wasn’t kidding. Everyone from Miley Cyrus, Sean Kingston and Jaden Smith to Boyz II Men, Usher and Ludacris joined the 16-year-old pop phenom onstage for a show frantically paced and carefully calibrated to hold the attention of his tween army.
The surplus of guest appearances was no coincidence. Bieber’s MSG show was being taped for his upcoming 3-D biopic (“Everyone in this audience is gonna be in my movie!” he told the crowd), and the singer appropriately pulled out all the stops for the cameras. After kicking off his under two-hour set with the Cardigans-inspired “Love Me” — from his debut album “My World,” released less than one year ago — Bieber introduced Boyz II Men to assist him on new single “U Smile,” which this week marks his highest debut to date on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart (No. 33). Bieber then returned the favor by introducing a new generation to Boyz II Men’s hit ballad “On Bended Knee,” singing it with the group a cappella. “These people are the ones who made me want to start singing,” he explained, dedicating the song to his mother.
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It’s the first ad that Richie, known for hits such as ‘Hello’ and ‘Dancing On The Ceiling,’ has appeared in for 30 years.
He explained why he decided to agree to the project. “Once I found out that it came with enough laughs to make your sides split, then I said, ‘I’m in.’ Because it’s got to be humorous.”
Whats next, you’re once, twice, three times as crunchy…
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Seminal thrash metal act Megadeth will headline heavy music festival No Sleep Til, arriving in Auckland in December.
No Sleep Til Auckland will also feature punk rock legends NOFX and Dropkick Murphys.
Other American bands coming to the festival include comedy metal act Gwar, punk rockers Alkaline Trio, deathcore band Suicide Silence, metalcore band August Burns Red and post-hardcore group We Came As Romans.
Also on the line-up are Swedish doom metal band Katatonia and Canadian classic metal band 3 Inches of Blood.
Representing Australia at No Sleep Til Auckland are metalcore act Parkway Drive and punk rockers Frenzal Rhomb.
Local acts playing the festival include Antagonist AD, The Outsiders, Shitrippers and Leeches – a new band formed from past members of Bleeders, Goodnight Nurse, Antagonist AD and Brick Vs Face.
Headline act Megadeth was formed by frontman Dave Mustaine after he was kicked out of Metallica in 1983.
Mustaine is widely regarded as one of the most gifted metal guitarists of all time, both as a rhythm and a lead player. In 2009 he was ranked No. 1 in Joel McIver’s book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.
Megadeth have recently performed a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 1990 Rust in Peace album, performing the album in its entirety. Kiwi fans will experience this for themselves at No Sleep Til Auckland.
Rust in Peace includes the classic thrash hits ‘Holy Wars… The Punishment Due’ and ‘Hangar 18’ and the 20th anniversary marked the first time other tracks from the album had ever been performed live such as ‘Five Magics’, ‘Poison Was the Cure’ and ‘Rust in Peace… Polaris’.
Megadeth last played in Auckland in 2009 alongside Slayer. At the time, David Farrier caught up with Mustaine – watch the full interview.
“It’s such an exciting opportunity to be working with such an amazing line-up of not only some of the biggest names in alternative music, but a team of people dedicated and passionate about bringing this music to Kiwi fans,” says Katie Macrae of Chicks that Scream, NZ representatives for No Sleep Til Auckland.
“Bands love coming to New Zealand and we love having them here – best December ever!”
The festival will take place at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds on December 10.
Tickets go on sale midday September 9.
For more information visit the No Sleep Till website.
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Lady Gaga has officially surpasses Britney Spears for the title of Most Followers on Twitter: Gaga has over 5.780 million Little Monsters following her account, while Spears currently has 5.704 million followers. [Lady Gaga Twitter]
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The Irish band yesterday confirmed they will perform at Mt Smart Stadium in November followed by four concerts in Australia.
Hip hop star Jay Z is to join U2 for the band’s tour of Australia and New Zealand later this year.
Jay Z last played in Australia in 2006 and has never played in New Zealand.
New Zealand event spokeswoman Bridget de Laundry says about 54 percent of tickets are priced under $100, starting at $39.90.
The low prices are due to the specially built 50m-high stage with a rotating bridges and giant video system.
“The extra capacity U2 360 gives us means that there are a large number, several thousand in fact, of low priced tickets at every show,” says U2 tour producer/promoter Arthur Fogel, CEO of Live Nation Global Touring.
Organisers are expecting the more than 50,000 tickets to sell out quickly, and a second concert has not been ruled out.
“A second show is not confirmed. There are only three stages in use on the Australasian tour and they leapfrog from city to city, it takes eight days to build them and three-four to remove them, either side of the performance days,” says de Launay.
Tickets go on sale Friday, September 3 but U2.com subscribers will be able to buy tickets about five days ahead of the public.
U2 360 has already played to over 4 million people and is set to smash all previous records and become the highest-attended concert tour of all time.
Bringing the U2 360 production to New Zealand is no small feat. Six 747 freighters are required to fly the production to New Zealand.
The stage weighs 590 tonnes with all of the production gear hanging from it, and covers 6000 square meters.
‘The Claw’ itself stands 30.53m high, and with the pylon its 51.8m. That means it’s higher than most stadium roofs. Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium roof will have to be “cracked” and stay open to allow the pylon to be installed.
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Another of 2010’s early breakthrough artists, Marina & The Diamonds was already dominating the charts in the UK with her debut album The Family Jewels and infectious first single ‘Hollywood’. The glamorous Welsh star may come second to fellow artist Ellie Goulding in some critics eyes – Diamandis came runner up to Goulding in both the BBC Sound Poll and Brit Awards – but to her loyal fans, also referred to as her ‘Diamonds’, she will always be number one. Luckily for Diamandis her ‘Diamonds’ can be found across the world and aren’t quite so difficult to find, so much so that her entire first headlining tour sold out before the release of The Family Jewels meaning her shows across Europe and United States will be packed full of treasure. For those impatient to hear new material from the 24-year old- fear not, the singer has been working with producer of the moment Benny Blanco (Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Britney Spears) in LA and has dropped hints that she may release an extended edition of her debut album, similar to Lady Gaga’s re-release of Fame Monster.
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First two sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler had already worked out a deal to judge the next season of American Idol. Now Aerosmith bassist Todd Hamilton is also confirming the news:
American Idol producers won’t announce the season 10 judges panel until next month, but Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has all but confirmed that Steven Tyler will be occupying one of the seats left by Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell. “Steven is doing American Idol. The ink is dry on that,” Hamilton told the Newark Star-Ledger . “Steven is someone who absolutely lives to be in front of an audience, and the people closest to him know how witty and entertaining he can be. I don’t know if American Idol will be rock ‘n’ roll enough for him, but it is an opportunity for millions of people to see another side of Steven Tyler.”
Read the full story at Rolling Stone.
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