Archive for June, 2008

Ne-Yo Live In Concert

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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Ne-yo Live in Concert on the 24th Of July with Full Band at the Indigo O2

Star come out in June

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

• Radiohead Victoria Park, London E9, tonight, tomorrow

Sold out, but a huge number of tickets are available at face value and less on ebay.co.uk and gumtree.com

• Dolly Parton Odyssey Arena, Belfast, tonight, tomorrow; SECC Glasgow, Fri; MEN Arena Manchester, Sat

• Lou Reed Waterfront Hall Auditorium, Belfast, tonight; Playhouse, Edinburgh, tomorrow; Royal Centre, Nottingham, Thurs

• Neil Diamond The O2, London SE10, tonight; Wembley Arena, Fri

• Brian Wilson Kenwood House, London NW3, Sat; Regent Theatre, Ipswich, Sun

• Kylie Minogue Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Thurs, Fri, Sun

• Queen, Annie Lennox, Shirley Bassey Nelson Mandela Tribute, Hyde Park, London W2, Fri

• The Police, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, London W2, Sat, Sun Tickets: hardrockcalling.co.uk

• Leonard Cohen, Jay-Z, the Verve Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Fri, Sat, Sun

Boo’s For Kayne

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Rapper Kanye West was booed after appearing over an hour and a half late at the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee.

Angry fans, who had to wait well into the early hours to see him, responded by chanting “Kanye sucks” and pelting the empty stage with glow sticks.

The delay was blamed on problems setting up a glow-in-the-dark backdrop for West’s set

The four-day festival saw performances from over 150 acts, including The Raconteurs and comedian Chris Rock.

Naomi Campbell gets community service

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours’ community service after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers.

Ms Campbell, 38, admitted kicking and spitting at the officers on board a plane at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5.

She was removed from a BA flight bound for Los Angeles on 3 April.

Magistrates in Uxbridge also ordered her to pay £200 compensation to each of the officers and £150 to the plane’s captain, Miles Sutherland.

She must also pay fines totalling £2,300.

Chairman of the magistrates’ Peter Yiacoumi said he had given Ms Campbell credit for her guilty pleas and previous good character.

Mr Yiacoumi said: “These offences are aggravated because they were committed within a lengthy incident in a confined space on an aircraft.

“Whilst we accept that the loss of your suitcase would have been stressful your subsequent behaviour cannot be justified.”

31 days. 60 bands. One venue. Get ready for the iTunes Festival 2008!

Friday, June 20th, 2008

From July 1st 2008, iTunes takes over London’s legendary KOKO for a month-long extravaganza of live music.

iTunes Live: London Festival ‘08 will feature exclusive gigs from international acts such as N*E*R*D and James Blunt as well as hot up and comers such as Hadouken! and The Ting Tings. Each performance will be recorded and made available for sale on iTunes.

Tickets to the festival are free and available only to competition winners. The line up is as follows:

July 1st - N*E*R*D
July 3rd- Hadouken!
July 4th - The Feeling and Gabriella Cilmi
July 8th - Lightspeed Champion and Pete & The Pirates
July 9th - The Ting Tings and Florence & the Machine
July 10th - Jamie Lidell and Yelle
July 12th - James Blunt and Beth Rowley
July 14th - Death Cab For Cutie and I Was A Cub Scout
July 15th - The Zutons and Red Light Company
July 16th - CSS and Alphabeat
July 17th - Guillemots and Lykke Li
July 19th - Feeder and Infadels
July 22nd - Suzanne Vega
July 23rd - The Script and Sam Beeton
July 24th - McFly
July 26th - Chaka Khan
July 28th - Pendulum and INME

50 Cent in a Rage

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Rap superstar 50 Cent is outraged by fast food company Taco Bell’s “sleazy” bid to land him for an advertising campaign, and is threatening legal action. The firm offered to make a $10,000 donation to a charity of 50 Cent’s choice if he agreed to change his name for one day.

They stipulated he must stop by one of the chain’s restaurants and rap his order at the drive-thru window - using a new moniker: 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent.

But the star is not amused. A rep tells OK! magazine, “This is a sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt by Taco Bell’s president, Greg Creed, whose disingenuous offer was leaked to the press before it was even presented to 50 Cent’s agent yesterday.”

And 50 Cent himself warns, “When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new corporate slogan: ‘We messed with the bull and got the horns!’”