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Coldplay

Coldplay has expressed their desire to play with Take That. They are planning to perform on a big stadium show. Coldplay frontman has posted on the band’s website : “I would open for Take That. We were in the dressing room the other day and, for whatever reason, we started singing ‘Back For Good.’” Chris has written that he would love to perform in a show next summer.

Chris Martin wants to use the Coldplay website as their platform to “…announce that if Take That want us to open for them, we’ll do it…”

Coldplay had failed in an attempt to book legendary concert venue Knebworth House, in Hertfordshire, England. They had planned long before for their proposed 2009 tour. Presently they are looking for the right venue. Take That will perform at London’s Wembley Stadium, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and Sunderland’s Stadium of Light.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson has opted out of a rumoured Jackson 5 reunion tour. Michael denied on Thursday that he would be a part of the alleged reunion of the famed Motown singing group. His elder brother Jermaine had said that Michael was “on board”. There were several opinions being generated on the reunion. The definitive denial comes as a surprise for the recent hot gossip topic. After all Michael is not inclined to make music with his brothers, it seems.

But it seems that a Jackson 5 reunion is not quite easy after so many years. Michael continued his agenda to crash all hopes of reuniting with Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito on a Jackson 5 reunion tour. The pop royalty rejuvenation dream is after all a distant reality. All courtesy to troubled pop star Michael Jackson. Jackson,50, said that he was in the studio busy producing to come up with “new and exciting projects.”

Jackson 5

Jackson said in a statement released by rep Dr. Tohme : “My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and we’ve certainly shared many great experiences, but at this time I have no plans to record or tour with them.” Jermaine Jackson, 53, was in Australia when he said in a statement on Wednesday that he and his band was working together on their music for the tour scheduled next year. “It is going to be more like a family affair,” he told the Australian Associated Press. “(Younger sister) Janet’s going to open and, of course, the original Jackson 5 … Michael, Randy and the whole family. … We’re in the studio, we’re planning on being out there next year.” Michael has all along shunned public appearances with his brothers. He has never shown encouragement for a reunion talk. He was not even present to collect a lifetime achievement award in Los Angeles in September in order to avoid showing up with his brothers. The Jackson 5 rose to fame in the early 1970s. They had belted out singles like “I Want You Back,” “ABC” and “I’ll Be There.” The group had their last tour in 1984, by which time Michael Jackson was a huge star in his own right.
Till then Michael can sooth his musical pursuit in his sweet old studio and all he can say about it is, “…developing new and exciting projects that I look forward to sharing with my fans in concert soon.”

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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen, one the most influential songwriters and known names of his generation, will be playing in New Zealand in the coming year.

This 74 year old Canadian musician is loved for his deep, dark voice. Besides being a musician Leonard Cohen is also a poet, novelist and, briefly, Buddhist monk. He will be playing at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Thursday January 22 and Wellington’s TSB Arena on Tuesday January 20.

Leonard Cohen’s first album,  The Songs of Leonard Cohen was released in 1967. Since then this great music creator has the fame of releasing only 11 albums all of which were highly appreciated by the audiences.

Bird on a Wire and Hallelujah, the two of his most popular songs, have been recorded many times by various artists such as the Neville Brothers and the late Jeff Buckley. The other voices of his songs have included Bob Dylan, Tori Amos, and New Zealand’s own Straitjacket Fits, who released So Long Marianne as a single.

In the beginning of 2008 Cohen was initiated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Lou Reed. Reed, when questioned about the Cohen’s baritone voice said, “Cohen’s is the voice of the gravel crunching under your shoe. He’s the voice of the rickety rocking chair creaking on the porch. There’s nothing sweet about that voice. It socks you in the gut the way good noises should”.

Cohen will be accompanied at his shows in New Zealand by the popular Kiwi poet Sam Hunt. Tickets will be on sale from Monday, November 10th 2008.

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Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant is being left out. The British Rockers Led Zeppelin is planning a possible tour without the lead and frontman Robert Plant, who refused to unite with his former band despite outside pressure to reunite with his band mates.

Jimmy Page, the Guitarist and John Paul Jones, the bassist/instrumentalist were the ones most interested to return to the stage circuit. Along with Page and Jones, Jason Bonham,the drummer is also keen to return to the stage arena.  A grand affair is in its way to hit the main stream music.

BBC has had reported about the grand affair. BBC’s Radio Devon has been told by Jones that the band had tried to find a possible replacement for Plant. “We want to do it. It’s sounding great and we want to get on and get out there,” he said at a guitar show in Exeter, southwest England.

Led Zeppelin the legendary Rock band who were famous for infusing several genres together to bring out a good compiled music with rich musical tones saw a break up in 1980. Led Zeppelin was the only band that did not believe in bringing out their singles individually from their albums. They had always planned to develop the concept of album-oriented rock. Led Zeppelin is still fresh in the minds of music fanatics who remember the band for their tremendous musical achievements, experiments,commercial success and broad influence. The band have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. Jones has revelaed the band’s pnals to tour and bring out a new record.

Many other legendary rock bands have had their share of replacements like the Queen who has worked Paul Rodgers on lead vocals instead of Freddie Mercury. So quite obviously Jones believed, “It’s got to be right. There’s no point in just finding another Robert. You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don’t want to be our own tribute band.” It was like a self realisation when he was talking to BBC Radio. A full reunion tour is on its way leading to calls from fans all over the world.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson the fallen star/pop legend plans a super comeback. The big comeback will supposedly have a 30 days live spectacular around the globe. Jackson’s last album was in 2001. The King of Pop had his last major tour in 1996. Rumours surfaced that Jackson was planning an Elvis-style Vegas comeback. Jackson will be releasing an LP in Las Vegas. He is surely going to stun the music world with his surprise package. His massive world tour is to come up next year (09). Jackson lived the life of a recluse for a long time after the child abuse case that made a mess of his cult status.

His 2005 allegations marred his image as well as his future albums and plans. After he was cleared of all the allegations of child abuse the Thriller star set his goal for a grand opening, a rechristening of his fallen career. But his real plans were allegedly slipped by him during a visit to an antiques store in Hollywood on Thursday (23Oct08). His comeback will be for his kids. A close source adds , “He wants them to see what he does, and he wants to take them on the road. He said he was on his way to Los Angeles to finalise the details.”  An onlooker at the antiques store revealed, “Michael said he wasn’t doing a Vegas residency but was going on a world tour, taking in 30 cities next year…” His real plans were after all made to be slipped off for the benefit of all Jackson lovers and the ones who have waited for years missing already to get a glimpse of the next album of the legend.

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Feeder

Feeder members narrowly escaped death when their tour bus turned,crashed and exploded. It was a narrow escape on a a British motorway on Friday. The British Rock band came to fame after their third album, Echo Park (2001). Its first single “Buck Rogers” earned huge media attention for the first time after the band came into the limelight. The band was travelling for their scheduled show in Lincoln in east England.

They had earlier performed in Glasgow, Scotland. The accident happened on their way for the show. The band members are unhurt.Their coach crashed on the M62 motorway and blew apart. The crew are also reported unhurt.

The horrific accident is not to be regarded as a blemish for the current U.K. tour concerning the band. A spokesman for the Welsh Rockers said, “Everybody is safe. But all the merchandising and catering is destroyed. All the crew were left in their pants - (sports store) JD Sports kindly dressed them all today.”

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Last Chance Harvey celebrates a new beginning towards a happy and peaceful life through some very romantic phenomenon. Starred by Academy Award winners Dustin Hoffman (for Rain Man) and Emma Thompson (for Sense and  Sensibility) the film has a fresh new way of speaking the language of love. Last Chance Harvey is written and  directed by Joel Hopkins (who is well known for his film Jump Tomorrow).

Dustin Hoffman plays the role of a New Yorker, Harvey Shine, who would lose his job of a jingle writer soon. After being warned by his boss (played by Richard Schiff), who tells him that he is only left with a chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter’s (played by Liane Balaban) wedding. He promises to come back by Monday morning to make an important meeting or else he will lose the job.

Last Chance Harvey

On his arrival to London Harvey learns that his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather (played by James Brolin) walk her down the aisle in her wedding instead of him. He does everything he could to hide his desolating heart and leaves the wedding before the ceremony. He heads towards the airport to catch his flight on time, but misses it anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot.

Succumbed  in his mournful situation at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate (played by Emma Thompson), a 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate is touched by Harvey, who finds solace in her intelligence and compassion and they end up transforming each other’s life into happiness.

Cast and Crew

Director : Joel Hopkins
Writer : Joel Hopkins (writer)
Dustin Hoffman as Harvey Shine
Emma Thompson as Kate
Liane Balaban as Susan
Michael Landes as Pete
Alex Avery as Andrew
Patrick Baladi as Simon

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The Carpenters are all set to return in the mainstream music circuit with a new vocal to match Late.Karen Carpenters. Timeless classics like Mr. Postman, Solitaire, Rainy days and Mondays have been memorable in the music lovers’ ears. Richard Carpenters has expressed his desire to return to mainstream music. He feels confident and he wants another singer to fill the empty spot of The Carpenters after sister Karen’s death. Richard held a press conference in Tokyo, on his 62nd birthday to announce his plans for his tribute album to be launched in 2009. It will be a Christmas album and new material. He said that he wants to find  a replacement for Karen because even today he writes duets. The meteoric rise of Carpenters was jolted due to Karen’s death in 1983. Richard further elaborated his singing desires in the press conference. He said that he was ready to sing but he needed a matching singer to fit the bill. Even today he preferred singing duets. “I’m looking for someone who has her great talent but does not - doesn’t try to - sound like Karen,” he said. “I’ve been looking for years,” Richard said. He also said that his songs was still ijn the lines of soft rock. He expressed his keen desore to flood the music market with his humming melodies like the old days. “There is always a market for a good song and a good melody,” is what Richard feels. He also expressed his huge loss which he still feels today even after so many years. He could never get over his sister’s death. He just wants to strike differently in the changing face of music these days.He said how different the scenario was from the starting days when he and his sister had started off. His plans to get into the music business for the second time will see him produce and perform on a tribute album of Carpenter covers due out late next year, then work on a Christmas album before finally releasing a solo collection of largely original material.

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Britney Spears has started off on her fast track second phase of her singing career. She is getting a strong hold wherever she is setting her eyes.

Presently her musical comeback is seeing a boost up with her new single,”Womanizer” from her yet to release album becoming a huge hit already. “Womanizer” broke all records jumping at the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart on Wednesday. This at last is a great news. A long battle was fought by the superstar pop diva who was surviving on personal woes and several other things that made negative news.

Her life was miserably low when she turned around to set things right. The 3 MTV VM Awards set the stage and there seems no looking back for Britney.

Her new album which is slated to release on December 2, will feature on her upcoming tour, the first since she went into oblivion in 2004.

Billboard said that her new single has jumped straight from No.96 to No.1 in the past week. Her “Womanizer” is also listed No. 1 on iTunes charts in Canada, France, Spain and Sweden.

Billboard reasons the sudden leap as the result of the rise in first-week download sales of 286,000 which Billboard feels, is the biggest opening week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003.

The release of the song would definitely go on to settle things as the album release and its future would be determined by the popularity of the singles, much before the album actually releases officially.

charts were released to support her upcoming tour in 2009 and her album “Circus” which is to be released in December.

Spears who had hit the wrong end of the media by fending off paparazzi with an umbrella,shaving her head,sex tape scare, custody battles of her son and several other news, is on the mending road. A 90-minute documentary is to be aired on MTV on November 30 to gain public support and popularity. Britney’s 2007 song “Piece of Me” won three awards at the MTV video music awards.

We should remember Spears’ outstanding contribution in music and teen stardom. She was one of the top ranking superstars in the list of the best-selling international artists of the last decade with sales of more than 62 million albums which is surely to be regarded as an achievement at such an early age like hers.

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Kevin Costner, actor,producer and movies director had a dream to bring out his own album as a country
star. He is reportedly planning to bring out
his first album.

Costner is the singer for “Modern West” a rock/country band
which he had formed with the help of his wife. He has been playing music
with his band for nearly 20 years.

He had started off with music
but his stunnig film career
had conked his music career.
But in the recent days he is planning to revive his devotion for music.

The band is planning for a tour this year end and into in 2009.

Kevin has expressed his passion for his present music status as he had to stall his music field.
Since he is on with his music now, he says that he feels the same passion while he looks around in the crowd, when he used to play long back.

Costner,53,said in a statement, “This just feels right,” about his present wishes,dreams,plans…

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Last Saturday Bon Jovi gave a live concert to his fans by performing free at Central Park. The show was part of the last leg of a grueling tour that started in New Jersey. As part of its “Lost Highway” tour Bon Jovi and company will also perform at Madison Square Garden on Monday and Tuesday.

Central Park has been a host to only a handful of performances like that of Garth Brooks, Pope John Paul II, Paul Simon and Barbra Streisand. The band therefore felt that they were privileged to be up there with the greats since only a handful of performances took place on the venue. Even though the tickets of the said concerts were free and New York City officials had distributed some 60,000 of them yet there were still some who hawked their tickets on eBay for as much as $1500 for two.  However this didn’t act as a damper to the New York spirit. According to Bon Jovi they tried to share the experience with their fans and they did what they do best belting out char busters like “Livin’ on a Prayer” “Born to be my Baby,” “Lost Highway,” and “Runaway.” The band has been entertaining their fans for almost 2 decades now with sales up to a 100 million records worldwide.

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Madonna wants Britney Spears to accompany her on her upcoming Sticky and Sweet tour that kicks of in a few weeks. The 49 year old material girl also wants the troubled singer to record a video with her. The same would be broadcasted for the first time as part of Madonna’s show on the 23rd of August. Madonna has also requested the Toxic singer to accompany her for some of the world tour dates.

If this comes through Madge and Britney fans can expect some fireworks onstage just like they had seen on the 20th MTV Video Music Awards. The French kiss that both shared on stage was the most talked about event in the VMA that year even after days. Does the material girl really want to help Britney to get her flagging career rolling again? Or is this just another marketing ploy? No matter what it is the fans are sure to have an eyeful of both with this performance that is sure to be much more than just Toxic!

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