Happy Halloween

Just wanted to wish you ALL a very Happy Halloween xx

50 Cent

Ooops …. Someone’s gonna get into trouble ‘cos ‘50 Cent's’ new album “Before I Self Destruct” has been leaked online.
The album, which has been delayed for over A YEAR, is not scheduled for release until 23rd November
However, the ENTIRE album surfaced across many file-sharing websites yesterday.
The 16-track album is the follow-up to 2007's “Curtis” and includes a number of guest collaborators including Eminem and R. Kelly.

Foo Fighters

The Foo Fighters have confirmed that their gig at the Studio 606 complex in California will be broadcast live via Facebook.
Following in the footsteps of U2's recent concert on YouTube, The Foo Fighters will broadcast their show at 2am (GMT) on Saturday.
Fans are advised to check the band's official Facebook page for further details.
The Foo Fighters are also releasing their “Greatest Hit’s” on 2nd November.

US Charts

Congratulations to new kid on block Adam Young (AKA: Owl City) who scores his first U.S No.1 single with “Fireflies” which shifted 650,000 in first-week digital downloads.
His electronica alter ego-has been anything but expected. “So far,” says the shy 23-year-old from Owatonna, Minn., “everything has been shocking to me.”

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Jay-Z, Rhianna & Kanye West – “Run this town”
4: Miley Cyrus: “Party in the U.S.A”
3: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”
2: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
1: Owl City – “Fireflies”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Miley Cyrus – “Time of our lives EP”
4: Jay-Z – “The blue print 3”
3: Michael Bublé – “Crazy love”
2: Tim McGraw – “Southern voice”
1: OST – “Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 25) are down 19% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.07million).
Year to date album sales stand at 281.2 million, down 14% compared to the same total at this point last year (325.4million).

George Michael

George Michael will re-release his Christmas single this year (from last year) titled: “December song”- a track he gave away via his website last year - as a one-off release on Island Records.
The song, written with longtime collaborator David Austin, will be available on download from December 13th and physically in stores a day later.
George Michael also releases his “Live in London” DVD on 7th December, he’s also set to make an appearance on this years X Factor final.

U2

U2 have just announced a free live show in Germany to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The group will play in front of the Brandenburg Gate on 5th November (4 days before the 20th anniversary of the demolition of the wall)
The concert will be broadcast at the MTV Europe Music Awards, which is also being held on the same night in Berlin.

David Guetta

2009 has certainly been a fantastic year for David Guetta, with x2 global solo No.1 singles under his belt and a massive global smash producing the Black Eyed Peas hit “I gotta feelin’” he’s bowing out of 2009 with a massive new dance single featuring …Estelle titled “One love” and it’s just as good as the previous two hits:

Click to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCqBCkxmoA This track is due to be released on 23rd November.

Also a brilliant track worth mentioning on his album “One love” is a track called “Memories” featuring … Kid Cudi ~ This is pure class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwIU1bupWY

Them Crooked Vultures

Rock supergroup ‘Them Crooked Vultures’ have premiered their debut single “New Fang” on YouTube yesterday.
The track is taken from Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones' eponymous first album, which is due for release on 17th November.
The band was created earlier this year in Los Angeles as a collaborative project between members of ‘Queens of the Stone Age’, ‘Foo Fighters’ and ‘Led Zeppelin’.
‘Them Crooked Vultures ‘are also preparing to start on a sell-out tour of the UK in December.
Click here to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7_vH3H8LPI

Chris Brown

Here’s the brand new single from Chris Brown titled “I Can Transform Ya” Chris Brown has said that his new album “Graffiti” will be released in December, He made the announcement via his Twitter page, posting: “Official album date: December 15. Graffiti. Now blog about this. Lol.”
Chris also recently unveiled his upcoming “Fan Appreciation” tour dates.
Click to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQX-6nSLjjA

Dannii Minogue

Dannii Minogue has announced that she’s going to release an unheard album that she originally recorded way back in 1995.
Dannii Minogue started putting her (then 3rd) studio disc together 14 years ago, but the project was eventually scrapped when she parted company with MCA Records.
“Girl”, which contained the massive hit singles “All I Wanna Do” and “Disremembrance”, eventually became Dannii’s third release two years later, but these 1995 recordings remained on the shelf.
These recordings will now be released on 23rd November.
Dannii is also planning to re-release her 1991 debut album “Love And Kisses” and 1993 follow-up “Get Into You” on the same date.
Dannii wrote on her Twitter: “They are still getting tweaked so we give you the best possible product. Hope you like them.”

I for one can't wait! i personnally think that Dannii has released some of the best club / dance songs around!

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is coming back to Dublin this year! He’s announced he’s to play 'The O2' on 20th December 2009
Pre sale tickets go on-sale tomorrow morning at 9:00am (BST)
- (Monday 26th) General sale Wednesday 28th.
I saw his “Back in the world” tour in the RDS years ago and it was AMAZIN’! He played for over 3 solid hours... He’s expensive but well worth the €90.00+ per ticket.
Log onto www.ticketmaster.ie for tickets and venue info!

UK Charts

Congratulations to Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole who’s debut single “Fight for this love” goes straight in at No.1 (She has previously sung on Will.i.am’s Top 5 hit “heartbreaker”)
Cheryl’s single has smashed all the records by selling over a MASSIVE 250,000 copies (290,000 actually) in it’s first week alone! (No pressure on the rest of Girls Aloud then huh with their debut release’s...)

Top 5 U.K. Singles:

5: Whitney Houston – “Million Dollar Bill”

4: Robbie Williams – “Bodies”

3: Chipmunk – “Oopsy Daisy”

2: Alexandra Burke feat… Flo Rida – “Bad boys”

1: Cheryl Cole – “Fight for this love”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:

5: Paolo Nutini – “Sunny side up”
4: Seasick Steve - “Man from another time”

3: Whitney Houston – “I look to You”
2: Michael Bublé – “Crazy love”
1: Alexandra Burke – “Overcome”

Westlife Vs Daughtry

Westlife are nothing more than a covers band!
Yes, i admit ... a successful one (after shifting over 40 million records), but still, after hearing there new single “What about now” i couldn’t believe they yet again ripped off a classic exept this time from American Idol’s ‘Daughtry’
Click to hear the two ... i know which i prefer:

Westlife “What about now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSn9taoLWiI

Daughtry “What about now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylgchWR-Ig

X-Factor

Okay folks cover your ears ‘cos the 12 finalists are about to murder ... sorry, I meant release a cover of Michael Jacksons “You are not alone” ... on the up side though, it is for charity!
The finial 12 will perform the song on Sunday 15th November, the trak goes on sale Monday 16th November.
Last year's first X Factor charity single - a cover of Mariah Carey's Hero - raised more than £1m for the Help For Heroes charity.

US Charts

UK artist ‘Jay Sean’ goes back to the No.1 spot on the singles chart.On the album front Michael Bublé keeps his No.1 spot with a total sales of 203,000 copies.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:

5: Britney Spears – “3”
4: Jay-Z, Rhianna & Kanye West – “Run this town”

3: Miley Cyrus: “Party in the U.S.A”

2: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”

1: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:

5: Miley Cryus – “Time of our lives EP”

4: Barbra Streisand – “Love is the Answer”
3: Jay-Z – “The blue print 3”

2: OST– “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

1: Michael Bublé – “Crazy love”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 18) are down 7% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (6.27 million).Year to date album sales stand at 275.6 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (318.3 million).

Sorry

Sorry folks, Just wanted to check-in and let ye all know that I’ve not disappeared...
I’ve been very sick since Tuesday and only now mustard up the energy to log a post ... Hopefully i’ll pop a few things up tomorrow! Thanks for reading!

Adam Lambert

American Idol runner up Adam Lambert's debut single called “Time for Miracles” has been leaked on the internet a week before its planned premiere on October 27.

“Time for Miracles” was suppose to be launched at the screenings of Michael Jackson's “This is it” movie, but was accidentally placed on the Italian iTunes.
“Time for miracles” will be on the soundtrack to forthcoming apocalypse film 2012
Adam Lambert has also collaborated with Pink and Linda Perry on his new album due for release on November 23rd

Click to listen to the track and to view the movie trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfpdC0-T8c

U2

U2 will stream their concert live via the internet this weekend, a ‘YouTube’ promo announced that the band's forthcoming show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be streamed on the video site.
The show starts at 4.30am BST on Sunday (25th October).

Click the below link to see U2's YouTube channel with the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/u2official#p/u

Timberland

Timberland has debuted his new single from his new album: “Shock Value II” on Ryan Seacrest’s radio programme.
The synth and bass heavy “Morning After Dark” and it features French-American singer ‘SoShy’
As with his first album: “Shock Value I,” Timbaland teams up with a number of artists including: Justin Timberlake, Daughtry, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Keri Hilson, All American Rejects, Brandy and Nickelback… plus many more!
The new album will be released November 24th

Click to listen to the fantastic new single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqiXO35rVU

UK Charts

Alexandra Burke has beaten Robbie Williams to the top of the UK singles chart.“Bad Boys”, sold 187,100 copies last week to become the fastest-selling single of the year so far.
Robbie Williams went in at No.2 selling 89,238 copies, which is his 27th Top 10 hit since 1996.

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire state of mind”
4: Taio Cruz – “Break your heart”
3: Chipmunk – “Oopsy Daisy”
2: Robbie Williams – “Bodies”
1: Alexandra Burke feat… Flo Rida – “Bad boys”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: Paolo Nutini – “Sunny side up”
4: Shakira – “She wolf”
3: Madonna – “Celebration – The greatest hits collection”
2: Chipmunk – “I am Chipmink”
1: Editors – “In this light and on this evening”

US Charts

Congratulations go to Britney Spears this week, she scores her third U.S No.1 single which shifted 255,000 in first-week digital downloads.
On the album front Michael Bublé beat Kiss’s album with sales of 132,000 in just 3 DAY’s

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Jay-Z, Rhianna & Kanye West – “Run this town”
4: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
3: Miley Cyrus: “Party in the U.S.A”
2: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”
1: Britney Spears – “3”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Jay-Z – “The blue print 3”
4: Barbra Streisand – “Love is the Answer”
3: Toby Keith – “American ride”
2: Kiss – “Sonic boom”
1: Michael Bublé – “Crazy love”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 4) are down 9% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (6.41 million).
Year to date album sales stand at 269.7 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (311.7 million).

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston has announced a Dublin date on her tour!
She will perform at ‘The O2’ on Saturday 17th April 2010.
Tickets go on-sale Thursday 22nd October, or if you register with www.o2blueroom.ie you can purchase pre-sale tickets from Tuesday (20th)
I’ll be first in line to get one!

Rihanna

Rihanna has confirmed that she will release her new album next month, Rihanna posted a message on her Twitter page: “The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09.”
A representative for Rihanna later confirmed the date as when her fourth studio record is released.
The name and track listing are still under wraps, but Rihanna has worked with: Ne-Yo, Akon, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Pharrell on the new album.

Pink

I went to see ‘Pink’s “Funhouse” concert last night in “The O2”, Dublin and it was fantastic!
I was actually quite surprised how many ‘Pink’ songs I love, she’s certainly got a good set of lungs on her and to say she’s physically fit would be an understatement... from the acrobatic entrance to her free falling into a swimming pool … 2 hours of pure entertainment!
If she’s in your city, GET A TICKET!

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson has announced that she’s is releasing a greatest hits album on November titled “The best” which will be a collection of 34 of Janet’s biggest hits and also a new track titled: “Make Me” which she has recorded with Rodney Jerkins. Janet Jackson has sold more than 100 million records worldwide since releasing her first album in 1982.

She has notched up 17 UK Top 10 hits in that time, She has released a previous greatest hits compilation “Design Of A Decade” in 1995 … 14 YEARS AGO!
The UK track-listing in full:

CD 1:
“What Have You Done For Me Lately”
“Nasty”
“When I Think Of You”
“Control”
“Let's Wait Awhile”
“The Pleasure Principle”
“Diamonds” (with Herb Alpert)
“Miss You Much”
“Rhythm Nation”
“Escapade”
“Alright”
“Come Back To Me”
“Black Cat”
“Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
“The Best Things In Life Are Free” (with Luther Vandross)
“That's The Way Love Goes”
“When I Think of You” (Morales House Mix)

CD2:
“If'”
“Again”
“Because Of Love”
“Any Time, Any Place”
“Scream” (with Michael Jackson)
“Runaway”
“Got 'Til Its Gone” (with Joni Mitchell, Q-Tip)
“Together Again”
“I Get Lonely” (with BLACKstreet)
“Go Deep”
“What's It Gonna Be” (with Busta Rhymes)
“Doesn't Really Matter”
“All For You”
“Someone To Call My Lover”
“All Nite (Don't Stop)”
“Call On Me” (with Nelly)
“Feedback”
“Whoops Now”
“Make Me”

Alexandra Burke

Alexandra Burke is winning this weeks fight with Robbie Williams the No.1 single spot in the UK on Sunday, She’s actually outselling Robbie by more than two-to-one.
Alexandra’s single “Bad Boys”, (which features Flo Rida) sold just under 90,000 copies on Monday alone, (Alexandra should go on to shift well over 200,000 copies of the song by Sunday) putting her well on course for the biggest selling single of 2009 in the UK.
Currently held by Lady GaGa (feat...Colby O'Donis) with her single “Just Dance” which has sold 598,695 copies.

Click to watch Alex’s performance (complete with Flo Rida) on last weeks X Factor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID5BsimM3dM

Frankmusik

I’ve been listening to Frankmusik’s album now for a week of so and I swear it’s brilliant!
This guy is one of my favourite artists of 2009, His debut album is called: “Complete me”. I was surprised to hear a sample of “Golden brown” (By The Stranglers) on his song: “When your around” … Which is fantastic! And so is his single “Confusion girl”
Seriously you have to purchase this album!
Frankmusik is a 24 year old guy from Croydon, England and his real name is Vincent Turner.

His new single “3 Little Words” was released yesterday! Click to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPQQMsbcAYg

Pixie Lott

Congratulations to Pixie Lott who beat stuff competition from the likes of: Florence and the Machine, La Roux, The Saturdays and Tinchy Stryder to be named “Best New Act for UK and Ireland” ahead of the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs).
Pixie will now go forward to face 21 other acts from across Europe to compete to win the award for: “Best European Act”

The MTV Europe Music Awards takes place next month in Berlin on November 5th

Childline Concert

The line-up for the Childline Concert has just been released: Westlife, Cascada, JLS, Taio Cruz and The Saturdays will be among the guests and performers at The O2, Dublin on 18th November 09.
For your chance to buy tickets before general release log onto www.O2blueroom.ie
tomorrow: Wednesday 14th of October at 9am and tickets are priced from €45.00

The show will be the first live public appearance by Westlife since their sold out Croke Park show in 2008 where they played to an audience of more than 82,000.

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston is embarking on her first major UK tour in more than a decade.
Whitney will play five dates (for now) across the UK in April. She said: “This is my first full tour since 1999, “I cannot wait to perform songs from my new album along with favourites”
The concerts will start at Manchester's MEN Arena on April 8th before taking in Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and London's O2 on April 25th
Whitney will also be on “The X Factor” this weekend (October 18)

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey has confirmed that she is recording a new Christmas song… with her mother!
Mariah Carey had a massive Christmas hit in 1994 with “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, has said that she is teaming up with her former opera singer mother Patricia for the new song.
Mariah said: “I'm going to record another Christmas song, with my mother. I'm going to sing in my style, and she is going to sing operatic, which is her style.” … Hopefully the song is a good as “All I Want For Christmas Is You” which is one of the best Christmas songs EVER!

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s new song “This is it” was release at 4am this morning and was delivered to radio stations around the UK & Ireland amid tight security. BBC Radio 1 confirmed it would be adding the song to their play list (which will guarantee the song to be a sure fire No.1 smash)
The song will hit the shops on October 26th also the album will include a 36-page, commemorative booklet featuring exclusive photos of Michael Jackson during his last rehearsal.
Click to listen: http://www.michaeljackson.com/ie/node/326415

UK Charts

Barbra Streisand climbs 4 places this week in the album charts in snatch the No.1 spot from US rockers Paramore.
On the single’s front The Saturday's missed out on thier first number one to Chipmunk, who also scores his first UK No.1

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: David Guetta feat ... Akon – “Sexy chick”
4: Taio Cruz – “Break your heart”
3: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire state of mind”
2: The Saturdays – “Forever is over”
1: Chipmunk – “Oopsy Daisy”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: Very Lynn – “We’ll meet again – The very best”
4: Cliff Richard and The Shadows – “Reunited”
3: Paramore – “Brand new eyes”
2: Madonna – “Celebration – The greatest hits collection”
1: Barbra Streisand– “Love is the answer”

Lady Gaga

If there’s one thing I dislike, it’s when artist “re-issues” an album ... and guess who’s the next artist ... Yep it’s: Lady Gaga!
She’s confirmed that she will release a two-disc version of “The Fame” on 23rd November
“The Fame Monster” is Lady Gaga's ENTIRE 1st album but with another disc containing eight new songs which apparently deal with the “seamier side of fame”. Lady Gaga say’s: "On my re-release “The Fame Monster”, I wrote about everything I didn't write on “The Fame”.
“While travelling the world for two years, I've encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record: my “Fear of Sex Monster,” my “Fear of Alcohol Monster,” my “Fear of Love Monster,” my “Fear of Death Monster” my “Fear of Loneliness Monster”... you get the idea huh... but wait, there’s more ...
“I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, '90s dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of '80s melancholic pop and the runway.”
Lady Gaga's new single: “Bad Romance”, is released on the same day as the album.
The re-issued album's full track listing has yet to be revealed.... but I can’t help thinking, why isn’t this just her 2nd album....? instead of ripping off her fans...?

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

Ok … ignore the video, In fact don’t even look at the video, just listen to this new track “Ou Est Le Swimming Pool: “Dance The Way I Feel” which is out on November 9th
This 80’s electronic style is brilliant! (Some people are saying it’s like The Pet Shop Boys … Personally I don’t think it sounds anything like them)

Click to listen (but not watch the video… Lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLLlSDpdPdE

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi are back with the release of their new single “We Weren’t Born To Follow” (which is released at the end of this month) and it’s taken from the forthcoming album “The Circle” which is out on the 6th November, If it’s anything like their last album “Lost Highway” then it’s going to be brilliant!
Click to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GIobhhh5w

Bon Jovi have been together for a massive 26 YEARS! ~ And they've sold over a massive 120 MILLION albums worldwide … Can’t wait to hear the album boys!

Jamie T

Jamie T has been forced to cancel all the scheduled dates for his UK and Ireland tour!

Jamie was originally forced to postpone the first six dates after suffering from laryngitis while his was in Australia.
But now all of his UK and Ireland shows are now being rescheduled in order to allow the star time to recover and rest his voice.
A spokesperson said: “The cancelled shows will be rescheduled at the earliest opportunity and original tickets will be valid. Refunds will be available from the point of purchase”.
The postponed dates are:

Bristol, O2 Academy
Southampton, Guildhall
Birmingham, O2 Academy
Newcastle, Northumbria University
Nottingham, Rock City
Norwich, UEA
Glasgow, Barrowland (9)
Preston, 53 Degrees (10)
Sheffield, O2 Academy (11)
Manchester, Academy (13)
Leeds, O2 Academy (14)
London, Brixton O2 Academy (15)
Belfast, Limelight (23)
Dublin, Whelan's (24)

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston will perform on The X-Factor on 18th October, making her first UK performance in 12 YEARS!
This weekend’s show has performances from Robbie Williams and Alexandra Burke … also popping in to say “hello” and helping to mentor the final 12 contestants is Taio Cruz (Who been No.1 in the UK singles charts for the last 3 weeks)

Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis has slicked-back hair and glossy red lips for this shot, which is actually the cover sleeve for her second album “Echo”.
The follow-up to her debut album “Spirit” is out on 16th November!

US Charts

CONGRATULATIONS to U.K star Jay Sean who ended The Black Eyed Peas record breaking reign at No.1

The BEPs have been at No.1 for 26 straight weeks with “Boom Boom Pow” (12 weeks) and “I Gotta Feelin’” (14 weeks), (smashing the prior mark of 19 straight No. 1 frames earned by Usher with a pair of his tracks in 2004).
On the album front Barbra Streisand has beaten Paramore, Mariah Carey and Madonna to the No.1 spot the US albums chart.
“Love is the answer” sold 180,000 copies last week to debut at the summit of the Billboard 200. It’s Barbra Streisands 9th No.1 album and her first since 1997.
Paramore's sold 175,000 copies, and Mariah Carey had sales of 168,000 also Madonna has to settle for No.7 with her greatest hits collection, selling 72,000.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Black Eyed Peas – “I gotta feelin”
4: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
3: Jay-Z, Rhianna & Kanye West – “Run this town”
2: Miley Cyrus: “Party in the U.S.A”
1: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Alice in Chains – “Black gives way to blue”
4: Breaking Benjamin – “Dear agony”
3: Mariah Carey – “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel”
2: Paramore – “Brand new eyes”
1: Barbra Streisand – “Love is the Answer”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 4) are down 8% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.50 million).
Year to date album sales stand at 263.4 million, down 14% compared to the same total at this point last year (305.3 million).

Eminem

Eminem has spoken about his forthcoming album “Relapse 2”, The album will be the follow-up to 2009's “Relapse” and is pencilled in to be released before the end of the year.
According to “Gigwise”, during a recent radio interview, Eminem revealed that “Relapse 2” would feature a head-to-head collaboration with 50 Cent”.
“We've kind of done it on other records, but not like to the extent on this one
While “Relapse” was produced mainly by Dr Dre, Eminem said that the sequel featured a team of producers, “The way that it is going right now, Denaun has two tracks on the album, and Just Blaze has four, possibly five,”
However, Eminem remained tight-lipped about the influences for the album, only admitting that he was in “a different space” compared to when he wrote the original.
He also ruled out the possibility of touring before the album's release… (Mmm... every cloud… Oops did i say that out load!)

Sugababes

Sugababes have pulled out of a headline performance at the “Scottish Royal Variety Show” on Thursday (8th) because of “legal issues”.
It was to be their first live show since Jade Ewen replaced Keisha Buchanan last month,
A statement issued on behalf of the group reads: “Following the recent and well documented change of lineup to Sugababes, there are a number of legal issues to be finalised by all parties in order that the band can move forward”.
“Sadly, whilst these negotiations are approaching completion, it will not be possible for the band to finalise its business affairs prior to Thursday's event”.
Sugababes release new single 'About A Girl' on November 9. Their album Sweet 7 follows on November 23. and I’m sure if thwe single doesn’t perform well in the charts their days could be numbered…

Jackson 5

Motown & UMe is celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Jackson 5’s 1st single with “I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters,”
A collection of 12 songs (due for release on 10th November) A single called: “That's How Love Is,” was released on “iTunes” yesterday.
“That's How Love Is” is also streaming at www.jackson5.com

Westlife

Westlife have confirmed that they will release their next album before the end of this year (I predict an appearance on “X-Factor” then, purley not for promotional purposes of course …)
It’s been over 2 YEARS since we’ve heard any material from the Irish boys
Announced!
In a statement on their official website, they said: “It's been a while. We have much to tell you! Earlier this year there was a meeting in London. Not long after that meeting, the search for new songs began. We searched far and wide”.
“Our search proved to be very successful and we can't conceal our excitement any longer!.
“It is our great pleasure to announce the following... there will be a new album this year. We are very happy with all the new songs and simply cannot wait to hear what you think of them!”

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse will perform with her goddaughter on the UK show “Strictly Come Dancing” this weekend.
Dionne Bromfield, 13, will make her TV debut performing her first single “Mama Said” and Amy Winehouse will provide backing vocals.
“Mama Said” is released on November 2nd in the UK and you can see the performance on BBC One at 7pm (Saturday October 10th)

The Saturdays

The Saturdays have revealed that their new single “Forever is over” (which I blogged about last month) was originally written for Kelly Clarkson!
“Forever is over” is written by former “Busted” member James Bourne, was snapped up by the girls as their first release from their second album titled “Wordshaker”
“We heard the song playing while at our record company and went into the office where James was talking to the head of the label,” Mollie King told the Daily Star.
“We said: 'We have to have that song'. Then we found out that Kelly Clarkson was fighting for it but he gave it to us. James is lovely...” – This would explain why I said the track sounds like they were screaming … The key in which it was meant to be sung is obviously for someone who can hit it … like Kelly Clarkson!

UK Charts

U.S rock band “Paramore” go straight to No.1 album in the U.K with their 3rd studio album.
On the single’s front Taio Cruz manages a third week at No.1 with his track “Break your heart”

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Black Eyed Peas – “I gotta feelin’”
4: Shakira – “She wolf”
3: David Guetta feat ... Akon – “Sexy chick”
2: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire state of mind”
1: Taio Cruz – “Break your heart”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: Muse – “The resistance”
4: Barbra Streisand– “Love is the answer”
3: Newton Faulkner – “Rebuilt by robots”
2: Madonna – “Celebration – The greatest hits collection”
1: Paramore – “Brand new eyes”

Young Soul Rebels

“War Child” are releasing “I got soul” (a cover version of “The Killers” CLASSIC) The artist though are going under the name: “Young Soul Rebels”.
“Young Soul Rebels” are made up of some of today’s biggest stars, including: Pixie Lott (Whos had x2 No.1s in 2009), N-Dubz (who’s had x1 No.1 in 2009), Tinchy Stryder (Who’s had x2 No1’s in 2009), Frankmusik, V.V. Brown, Chipmunk, Ironik and the London Community Gospel Choir.
This charity single is out on the October 19th and all profits go to War Child! – and let me tel ya, i actually like this version! – so get out and buy it!
Click to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJdV5SqT68

Milow

Let me be one of the first people to introduce you (in the western side of the globe anyway... i hope!) to a Belgian artist called “Milow” he’s done a cover of (probably 50 Cent’s second only good song) “Ayo Technology” and ... it’s absolutely brilliant!
if he keeps releasing tracks as good as this, then i predict great things from this dude! (even though he’s actually been releasing material in Europe since 2005
Click to hear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV11oDLtlmc

David Gray

David Gray has just been confirmed to play "The O2" in Dublin on Saturday 19th December, Tickets go on Sale this Friday 9th October - BUT … for pre-sale tickets log onto: www.o2blueroom.ie which can be bought (once registered) from Wednesday (7th) at 9:00am