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On The Cyber Super Highweb
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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 According to the Sun, Britney Spears is to release a new record before the end of the year [The Sun ]
Whitney Houston did well at the Cauldwell Children Legends Ball last night [The London Blog]
Debbie Harry recorded an electro song that makes her sound like everone else. Why, Debbie? [Bigstereo ]
Michelle Williams talks about her new album, video and some wedding. [That Grape Juice]
Girls Aloud failed to impress Times Online with their new tour [Times Online]. The Independent seem to love it though! [The Independent]
Some new tracks by Usher have appeared - Trading Places sort of sounds like Mariah Carey's Touch My Body [Honerable Media]
Excitement builds up around Weezer's new record 'The Red Album' [Stereogum]
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Madonna
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' tour will kick off in Cardiff (UK) on August 23rd 2008
The tour kicks off in Cardiff on August 23rd and is expected to last for at least 50 – 60 dates. There are some highly noticeable gaps in the schedule – 9 days between London and Paris, for example – so expect more dates to be added due to ‘phenomenal public demand’.
WAPS desperately wants to go but is waiting to hear the ticket prices first. Let’s face it, there are far more terrible seats in stadiums than good ones.
Don’t forget: Radio1’s annual Big Weekend (headlined by Madge this Saturday, 10th May) will be covered live on radio and television so with any luck you can catch some Madge for free.
» Show me all tour dates and when the tickets go on sale
» Official tour press release
» Radio 1’s Big Weekend broadcast info |
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Lindsay Lohan
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
Wait! Come back! It’s not a Kelis cover!
Sorry, hope we didn’t scare you. Troubled starlet Lohan reportedly wanted her third album to have a ‘Kylie meets Rihanna’ feel, and judging from this new clip she just might have pulled it off. The intro is a little shaky (though this is presumably a demo) and at first she sounds very much like Rihanna with a cold…but then the chorus wraps its way around you and doesn’t seem to want to let go. Promising. What with this and her forthcoming ‘Ugly Betty’ role, could 2008 be Lindsay’s big comeback year?
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On The Cyber Super Highweb
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
Lindsay Lohan has begun filming on ‘Ugly Betty’. This will be ace – oh yes. [WWTDD]
Boyzone broke up because they hated each other – but they don’t anymore, OK? [News of the World]
U2’s The Edge hangs out with Brangelina and their 7 billion children [Dlisted]
Mariah Carey is still a shy and retiring wallflower. [PerezHilton]
Everyone is getting terribly excited about Santogold. [Guardian] We liked Santogold before you.
Madonna does the double in the UK – ‘Hard Candy’ flop predictors feel silly [NME]
Britney reprises her role on ‘How I Met Your Mother’. Release ‘Toy Soldier’ already, dammit! [Faded Youth]
Things are returning to normal for Miley Cyrus. Who no one outside of the US had heard of a week ago. [The Superficial] |
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Wiley
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Not really sure where Mr Wiley was on the day of filming, but things took a decidedly Mighty Boosh-esque turn on the set of his video for ‘Wearing My Rolex’.
Anyway, someone had the frankly excellent idea of getting a load of dancing girls wearing big cats heads and who are we to complain, eh?
Check out the video for ‘Wearing My Rolex’ and see what you think. WAPS is erring on the side of ‘banging’. Could a number one be on the cards?
» Wiley on MySpace |
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Madonna
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
After a relatively low-key promo campaign for ‘4 Minutes’ (a bunch of magazine covers and an appearance on Japanese TV), the material girl is well and truly pulling out the stops now parent album ‘Hard Candy’ has hit the shelves. Last night (April 30th) Madonna teamed up with MSN to stage a half-hour, 6-song spectacular in NYC’s iconic Roseland Ballroom. This kind of thing is nothing new for Madge (see her intimate Brixton and Camden shows in support of ‘Music’ and ‘Confessions’), but it’s easy to forget her winning way with these one-off events. She doesn’t mess about, our Madge.
No expense was spared on the innovative stage design, which featured a large video backdrop plus numerous moving screens and floor panels. Dancers appeared from nowhere as revolving pylons span them into view, and a stunning light display combined to make this feel like a stadium gig squashed brilliantly into a theatre. It’s still TBC but a Portuguese Warner employee reportedly leaked the news that a stadium tour is planned for around September - could this be the direction her Madgesty is heading in? You’re in for a treat if so. US readers can stream the show on MSN here, but UK readers will have to wait until May 15th for the link to work. Sorry!
» Read the full review and watch a live clip of 'Candy Shop'
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Kylie Minogue
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
 Kylie as a Geisha for the X Tour
Bjork was famously glad to be geisha on the cover of 1997’s ‘Homogenic’ and – of course – Madonna also got a piece of the action in 1999 with the 'Nothing Really Matters' video. Before all of these was Boy George, who frequently went geisha during Culture Club’s heyday.
Drop WAPS a line if you can think of any more geishas in pop!
Sayonara, slaguettes.
» View a short behind the scenes clip on Kylie.com |
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Weekly singles
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
 Kelly Rowland ft Travis McCoy ‘Daylight’
This is ‘old-skool’ or ‘nu-soul’ or something like that. It’s got a bit in it that sounds like Shanice’s ‘I Love Your Smile’. It would be merely inoffensive, except for the inclusion of that kooky twat from Gym Class Heroes who adds a totally pointless and irritating rap to Kelly’s latest sure-fire megaflop. Somebody call the Freemasonzzzzz...
Hadouken ‘Declaration of War’
In which the band shamelessly recycle the verses from their one good song (‘That Boy That Girl’) and remove all the punchy urgency of its chorus – ‘Declaration of War’ is serious(ly shit), whereas ‘That Boy That Girl’ was amazing and fun. Download that instead, they’re unlikely to better it.
One Night Only ‘It’s About Time’
Great news everyone - another Kooks. Because the world needs more corporate indie, right? Oh – to be fair they’re not quite as bad as The Kooks but that’s not saying a lot, is it? Imagine that on your gravestone.
Pendulum ‘Propane Nightmare’
Pendulum are weird – they’ve not only managed to fool people into thinking they’ve invented drum and bass, but also the concept of dance music with guitars on it. Fair play, really. But the really odd thing about this though, is that the vocals sound a bit like Danny McNamara from Embrace. Drum and Embrace, if you will. This track would sound totally amazing if you were 16 and pissed and pushing your mates into hedges. It makes no sense whatsoever in any other context.
Yoav ‘Club Thing’
Somewhat edgy, minimal chillout with a cool chorus from a man who could easily fall back on modelling if the music thing goes tits-up. This is not so much club music as sex music. Has a good chance of appealing to Sam Sparro fans. Check out the video for 'Club Thing' - but you might find Yoav’s prettiness distracts you from the song.
Single of the week: none of them really deserve it. Apparently some bird called Madonna’s got a new record out this week, though... |
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