Rumer has announced a special London show at St. James Church on 24th May 2012

Rumer Joyce (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 Rumer has announced a special London show at St. James Church on 24^th May 2012. Tickets will go on-sale at 9am Friday 20^th April and are available from www.livenation.co.uk and www.ticketmaster.co.uk. A brand new single, ‘P.F Sloan’, will be released via Atlantic Records on May 21. It is the first taster from a new record, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, which is due on May 28, but has already gone Top 10 on Amazon’s pre-orders.

 

‘Boys Don’t Cry’ follows the breakthrough success of Rumer’s debut album, ‘Seasons Of My Soul’, which has sold over a million copies, earned Rumer two Brit nominations and also saw her scoop the Mojo Award for Breakthrough Act. Still, she is in no mood to rest up. With sessions dating back to 2007 (before she was even signed) and completed amidst touring worldwide, Rumer has spent the last year or so quietly completing work on a new album, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’: a stunning collection of lesser-known songs from the 1970’s, all of which were originally sung by men.

 

And it is the mysterious ‘P.F Sloan’ – of the album’s first single, and opening track – who arguably unlocks the meaning of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. Sloan was a huge songwriter in his own right throughout the 60’s, penning Barry McGuire’s ‘Eve Of Destruction’ and composing the riff that would go on to become the Mamas & The Papas’ ‘California Dreaming’. Desperate to sing his own material, however, Sloan gave it all up to record as a solo artist, but failed to sell any records. He disappeared into obscurity, only to be remembered by Jimmy Webb’s own song, ‘P.F Sloan’: one songwriter’s bittersweet tribute to another, documenting the costs of being a true artist. “It’s a song about the great writers who have been forgotten, or sidelined by a commercially-driven music industry,” summarises Rumer. “I think ‘P.F Sloan’ sums up the whole album, and I love the idea of it being on the radio in 2012.”

 

As ‘P.F Sloan’ demonstrates, by using her nascent intuition, and applying a mixture of detachment and interpretative nous, Rumer may be poised to cast a generation of songs into a new light. The cast of characters included across the record is nothing short of formidable, spanning the likes of Todd Rundgren, Townes Van Zandt, Ronnie Lane (and Ronnie Wood) and Tim Hardin. Even the more well-known artists – Leon Russell, Isaac Hayes, Neil Young – have had their relatively forgotten tracks re-imagined.

 

Outside of their original context, though, the songs of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ have proved timeless, and timely. For as the recording process unravelled, Rumer realised that a lot of the stories contained in the record had deeper, more personal echoes for her. Clifford T. Ward’s ‘Home Thoughts From Abroad’ and Paul Williams’ soaring ‘Travelling Boy’ were both about “this idea of the musician away from home, and the nostalgia that comes with that.” Other tracks, albeit via another author, touched upon those pressures of the last year or so. Rumer rightly describes tackling these songs as “like going into the heart of darkness.” And like ‘Seasons Of My Soul’ before it, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is a gorgeous listening experience, but one that contains layers of emotional impact, which emerge upon every revisit.

 

Describing ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Rumer summarises: “this project is about passion, and paying respect to other people’s work. I went on a journey and this music tells that story.”

 

Praise for ‘Seasons Of My Soul’

“An emotional Trojan horse…the most exciting new talent of the moment” Observer

“Profound, intense and penetrating” Mojo, Album Of The Month *****

“Startling…these are songs of yearning and loss” Q ****

“Sensationally good…the hype is justified” Sunday Times Culture

 

For more information please contact:

Rob Chute at Partisan PR

rob.chute@partisanpr.com

 

Tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 20^th April priced at £28.50 (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk and www.ticketmaster.co.uk

GUILLEMOTS AND GLEN HANSARD JOIN SUNDANCE LONDON OPENING NIGHT EVENT AN EVENING WITH ROBERT REDFORD AND T BONE BURNETT

 

A photograph of Glen Hansard of the Frames, at a concert in Vicar Street Dublin on 31st December 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Tickets for 26 April event at The O2 on sale now at www.sundance-london.com

 

London, 12 April 2012 — Sundance Institute and The O2 announced today that BRIT Award-nominated psychedelic pop band Guillemots and Academy Award-winning musician/actor Glen Hansard will join the Opening Night Event An Evening with Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett at the first-ever Sundance London film and music festival on 26 April at The O2. Guillemots and Glen Hansard will perform separately during the event.

 

These performances will enhance the conversation between filmmaker, actor and Sundance founder Robert Redford and 12-time Grammy Award winning musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer T Bone Burnett about the relationship between film and music. Redford and Burnett will share their recollections of achieving great musical moments with the many filmmakers, actors and musicians they’ve collaborated with throughout their storied careers. Joined on stage by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), who will moderate the evening, the two artists of ‘sound and screen’ will utilise film clips from some of the many films they’ve worked on for which music made an indelible contribution. Redford and Burnett will also discuss some of their favourite musical moments from other great films that have influenced their work.

 

Guillemots are: Fyfe Dangerfield, Magrão, Aristazabal Hawkes and Greig Stewart. Formed in 2004, they make music that works and moves on many levels, for many people. Their Mercury-nominated 2006 debut album, Through The Windowpane, broke into the Top 20 and eased their 2008 follow-up, Red, into the Top 10. The quartet’s third album, Walk The River, is a collection as elemental, timeless and awe-inspiring as the deep, green countryside surroundings in which it was created.

 

Guillemots said: “Would Guillemots like to hang out onstage with Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett and play a few songs too? Well, yes, we would actually! This is definitely a pretty good way to spend an evening.”

 

Hansard is best known as the principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and as one half of acclaimed duo The Swell Season. His acting credits include appearing in BAFTA-winning film The Commitments, as well as starring in Once, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. His song “Falling Slowly” from Once, co-written with Markéta Irglová, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2007 and earned him several other major nominations or awards. In recent months Hansard has been seen in the documentary The Swell Season, contributed two songs to the blockbuster soundtrack, The Hunger Games, and been active in the promotion of Once, The Musical, which opened on Broadway. His first solo album, Rhythm and Repose, will be released June 18.

 

About his experience at the Sundance Film Festival, Hansard said: “The Sundance Film Festival was the springboard for Once and all its subsequent success. We will be forever grateful to Sundance for seeing the potential in our film when no other film festival did.”

 

Previously announced events and performances for Sundance London include: a rare intimate concert performance by Placebo; Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird performing Maxinquaye; a performance by Rufus and Martha Wainwright following the world premiere of Lian Lunson’s film about the music of their mother, folk singer Kate McGarrigle; and screenings of 14 feature-length and eight short films from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A.

 

Sundance London, supported by Presenting Partner Sony Entertainment Network, takes place 26-29 April at The O2. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.sundance-london.com.

 

MOON NAZIS BRING HOME 3 MILLION USD OVER EASTER

Morocco and Spain (NASA, International Space Station, 12/31/11) (Photo credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)

Finnish-German-Australian Moon Nazi comedy Iron Sky was released on April 4th in Finland (Buena Vista Finland) and Norway (Euforia), and the next day in German-speaking Europe (Polyband), on 340 screens, and gathered more than 250.000 admissions over the Easter weekend. The results are very promising also for the hundreds of fans who have invested money in Iron Sky.

In Finland the film was clearly nr. 1, with close to 75.000 admissions.
In Germany Iron Sky made double screen average than most of its competitors, opening in 164 screens and gaining over 140.000 admissions – so much that the German distributor is upping the amount of screens.

“The opening was great”, the producer of Iron Sky, Tero Kaukomaa from
Blind Spot Pictures says. “This is a great opportunity to build further, and those territories who did not yet decide the final release strategy and size got some encouraging news. This opening indicates us millions of cinema admissions around the world. Our next task is to make sure this news is distributed everywhere by our fans and followers.”

Swetlana Winkel , CEO of the german distributor Polyband says; ”We are very glad that so many fans of Iron Sky went to see the film although it was easter holidays and very cold. We will increase the screens to follow the huge demand all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland and we say thank you to all Iron Sky Fans”.

Next Iron Sky is to open in Iceland (Greenlight), Sweden (Noble Entertainment), Denmark (MisLabel), UK (Revolver), Poland (Kino Swiat), Slovenia & Serbia (Discovery), Australia & New Zealand (Hoytts), US & Canada (Entertainment One), France (Synergy Cinema), Korea (Zamie Pictures), Israel (Shovel Film) and Japan (Presidio), among other territories. Iron Sky team is updating a release map for all the fans to follow when to expect the film to their home territory. The map can be found here; http://www.ironsky.net/site/film/releasedates/

Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola enjoyes the start, but reminds that the work is far from done: ”We get requests constantly from Spain, Italy and Latin America to get the film to theaters there as well, and we are working furiously to get the distributors to understand the power of the fan community and the awesome word-of-mouth the film is gaining. The best way to get the word out there is to ask to see Iron Sky in these areas, and our Demand-service is a tool just for that.”

Stealth Media Group has sold the world out apart from Portugal, Italy, Spain, Latin America and South Africa. Iron Sky can be demanded to be seen in the theater near you here; http://www.ironsky.net/demand

LADY GAGA THE BORN THIS WAY BALL EUROPEAN LEG

 

Lady GaGa (Photo credit: ama_lia)

WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS THE DARKNESS & LADY STARLIGHT

 

London – Twickenham Stadium – 8^th September

Manchester – Manchester Arena – 11^th September

Tickets go on-sale 13^th April at 9am and are available from LiveNation.co.uk

 

April 10, 2012 – five-time Grammy Award winner LADY GAGA is set to make her triumphant return to the stage this Spring with THE BORN THIS WAY BALL. In this brand new tour, Lady Gaga will perform her latest album Born This Way as well as music from both The Fame and The Fame Monster. The Born This Way Ball, produced globally by Live Nation, will begin on April 27^th, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Today, The Born This Way Ball announces performances in 21 European cities, following overwhelming ticket on-sales throughout Australia and Asia, including multiple sell outs in Melbourne, Auckland, Hong Kong, Singapore and more. The European leg of the tour begins August 14^th in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

Famed German electronic dance music DJ and producer ZEDD will join the tour as Lady Gaga’s special guest for all concerts in Asia starting April 27^th in Seoul and ending June 3^rd in Jakarta, Indonesia. Supporting Lady Gaga for the European leg of The Born This Way Ball will be the newly reformed British rock band THE DARKNESS. Lady Gaga’s longtime performance partner and DJ, LADY STARLIGHT, has been confirmed as a special guest DJ for all concert dates in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

 

Lady Gaga’s last tour – The Monster Ball – captivated audiences around the globe, receiving rave reviews in every city. The Sun called it “the best live show you will see this year,” and The Observerpraised it as “a performance of truly gargantuan proportions”.

 

“The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage,” said Lady Gaga. “The Born This Way Ball is an Electro-Metal Pop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame. How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating.”

 

The Born This Way Ball will be Lady Gaga’s first tour since the release of her album Born This Way (Streamline/Konlive/Interscope), which has sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide since its release in May 2011.The album is the follow-up to back-to-back Grammy Award-winning albums 2009’s The Fame Monster, and 2008’s The Fame. Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 15 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga’s hit singles have combined sales of over 65 million worldwide.

 

Gaga was named Forbes’ Most Powerful Woman in the World 2011 and was included in Time’s annual “The 2010 Time 100″ list of the most influential people in the world. With over 2.2 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living people on Facebook with over 49 million ‘likes’ and is #1 on Twitter with over 22 million followers. Lady Gaga is the only artist in the digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with her first two hits.

 

Tickets for The Born This Way Ball go on-sale for London & Manchester at 9m on 13^th April. Ticket prices will range from £50 – £80 for London and £60 – £80 for Manchester, and be available at www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.LiveNation.co.uk

For VIP Experiences and Hospitality buy online at www.LiveNationExperience.co.uk

or call 0207 009 3484

 

See over for full THE BORN THIS WAY BALL 2012 European Tour itinerary

 

LADY GAGA

THE BORN THIS WAY BALL

2012 European Tour Itinerary

 

 

Aug 14 Sofia, Bulgaria Vasil Levski National Stadium On sale Apr 27

Aug 16 Bucharest, Romania Arena Nationala Stadium On sale Apr 27

Aug 18 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle On sale Apr 21

Aug 21 Vilnius, Lithuania Vingis Park On sale Apr 30

Aug 23 Riga, Latvia Riga Mezaparks On sale Apr 30

Aug 25 Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds On sale Apr 30

Aug 27 Helsinki, Finland Hartwall Areena On sale Apr 16

Aug 30 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe On sale Apr 20

 

Sept 2 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stadium On sale Apr 20

Sept 4 Koln, Germany Lanxess Arena On sale Apr 20

Sept 8 London, UK Twickenham Stadium On sale Apr 13

Sept 11 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena On sale Apr 13

Sept 15 Dublin, Ireland Aviva Stadium On sale Apr 16

Sept 17 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome On sale Apr 16

Sept 22 Paris, France Stade de France On sale Apr 16

Sept 24 Hannover, Germany TUI Arena On sale Apr 20

Sept 26 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion Zurich On sale Apr 20

Sept 29 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis On sale Apr 13

 

Oct 2 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum On sale Apr 20

Oct 4 Nice, France Stade Charles-Ehrmann On sale Apr 16

Oct 6 Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi On sale Apr 19

 

 

Itinerary subject to change

More dates to be announced

 

 

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.ladygaga.com and www.livenation.co.uk

Stevie Wonder (and line up so far) at bestival 2012

this is the festival your looking for book it now before it sells out

bestival 2012 line up so far

click here to see some of the photos from bestival and camp bestival http://celebrityphotosuk.photoshelter.com/gallery/bestival/G0000X85VfeH8Wqg/

Stevie Wonder,New Order,THE XX ,Sigur Rós,FRIENDLY FIRES,2MANYDJS – LIVE,SOULWAX,,JUSTICE,TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB,HOT CHIP,BAT FOR LASHES,NERO,EMELI SANDÉ,ORBITAL,SBTRKT,WARPAINT,DE LA SOUL,ROOTS MANUVA,MAJOR LAZER,SISTER SLEDGE,GARY NUMAN,THE HORRORS,SPIRITUALIZED,DEATH IN VEGAS,DOOM,BEN HOWARD,MICHAEL KIWANUKA,SUB FOCUS,AZEALIA BANKS,ALABAMA SHAKES,KEVIN SAUNDERSON FEAT. INNER CITY LIVE,GALLOWS,RIZZLE KICKS,BURAKA SOM SISTEMA,SAGE FRANCIS,GRIMES,BELLOWHEAD,EARTH WIND & FIRE EXPERIENCE FEAT AL MCKAY,DJANGO DJANGO,LITTLE DRAGON,GOLD PANDA,ADAM ANT & THE GOOD, THE MAD AND THE LOVELY POSSE,THE CUBAN BROTHERS,TOP CAT FEAT SIR COXSONE OUTERNATIONAL,CHAIRLIFT,ICEAGE,REN HARVIEU,JOHN TALABOT,LIANNE LA HAVAS,DELILAH,FIRST AID KIT,GESAFFELSTEIN,DAUGHTER,ZULU WINTER,ANE BRUN,FRIENDS,TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS,KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES,THE JAPANESE POPSTARS,CHAS & DAVE,DUB PISTOLS,FACTORY FLOOR,CHARLI XCX,ERRORS,LUCY ROSE,KING KRULE,TOY,KINDNESS,DISMANTLE,DIRTY BEACHES,DRUMS OF DEATH,JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD,GENERAL LEVY,SLAGSMÅLSKLUBBEN,JAIPUR KAWA BRASS BAND,FIELD MUSIC,JINJA SAFARI,KAWA CIRCUS,B.DOLAN’S CHURCH OF LOVE & RUIN,2:54,FRANKIE ROSE,PORCELAIN RAFT,MILAGRES,THREE BONZOS & A PIANO,PRINCE FATTY,LIZ GREEN,TRAILER TRASH TRACYS,FOREST SWORDS,ALT-J,SKINNY LISTER,JOSH KUMRA,RYAN KEEN,STAY+,JAMIE N COMMONS,NINA NESBITT,BIGKIDS,GABRIELLE APLIN,KWES,DIAGRAMS,FICTION,TURBOWOLF,MARY EPWORTH,WET NUNS,MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE,THIS IS THE KIT,STEALING SHEEP,CLOCK OPERA,YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS,PATTERNS,GHOST OUTFIT,L.A. SALAMI,TO KILL A KING,DINGUS KHAN,EMILY BARKER & THE RED CLAY HALO,HEATH:WARD,LAUREL COLLECTIVE,AHAB,GECKO,MODEL SOCIETY,ANOTHERS BLOOD,TOM WILLIAMS AND THE BOAT,SKY SPHERE,BLACKHOUSE CROW,THE LOVELY EGGS,ST SPIRIT,CHARMING,SHEPHERDS,CHERISHPORT,SEÁN MCGOWAN,THE WIDOWMAKER

DJ sets from Rob da Bank and friends

ANNIE MAC PRESENTS,FOUR TET B2B CARIBOU,THE 2 BEARS,DAVID RODIGAN MBE PRESENTS RAM JAM ,DIRTYBIRD SHOWCASE FEAT. CLAUDE VONSTROKE, JUSTIN MARTIN & EATS EVERYTHING,FRANÇOIS KEVORKIAN,MOODYMANN,DJ YODA,MAYA JANE COLES,SCUBA,KAVINSKY,JULIO BASHMORE,LTJ BUKEM,JAMIE XX,PLASTICIAN,GREG WILSON,DOCTOR P,PEARSON SOUND,BORGORE,FLUX PAVILION,MAX COOPER,GEMINI,KRYSTAL KLEAR,PANGAEA,BILLY DANIEL BUNTER,PARIAH,TROLLEY SNATCHA,WARM & ELECTRIC MINDS,SCRATCH PERVERTS,KOAN SOUND,CAMO & KROOKED,GILES SMITH & JAMES PRIESTLEY (SECRETSUNDAZE),MOSCA,NUMBERS SHOWCASE: ONEMAN B2B JACKMASTER, DEADBOY, SPENCER, REDINHO,B TRAITS,BEN UFO,PBR STREETGANG,JAGUAR SKILLS & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS,BLAWAN,LEO ZERO,DR ALEX PATERSON,EVIAN CHRIST,GIRL UNIT,LUV*JAM,CHRIS COCO,PETE GOODING,PHIL MISON,MIXMASTER MORRIS,REV MILO SPEEDWAGON,GRAEME FISHER (BALEARICA),DJ CABLE,PATHAAN,FOAMO,DJ SHEPDOG,THE SHELLAC COLLECTIVEDJ CHARGE,THYTHE VS MOJO FILTER,SINK THE PINK,GEORGE B

It’s not all about the music…

Scroobius Pip presents the Satin Lizard Lounge

Gideon Reeling present ‘The Put Up Job’

Four Screws Loose

Max and Ivan are Holmes and Watson

Copperdollar presents Spidora

OWDYADO THEATRE PRESENT ‘ABOUT A BENCH’

ROUNDHOUSE POETRY COLLECTIVE

RSA SHARINGS BY ENLIGHTENED THINKERS

THE UNEXPECTED ITEMS

EASTENDER Pam St Clement open Lookout Lodge at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

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Actress Pam St Clement – best known for playing Pat Butcher in EastEnders - will be visiting old friends at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo  as she launched the Zoo’s new overnight experience, Lookout Lodge.to view all the photos click here http://celebrityphotosuk.photoshelter.com/gallery-list

An animal lover and keen conservationist, Pam had a sneak peak of the eight lodges nestled at the heart of the Zoo which give visitors a once-in-a-lifetime chance to sleep surrounded by wild animals and spectacular scenery – look one way and you’ll see a herd of white rhinos, look the other and you’ll take in the breathtaking views across the Chiltern Downs.Lookout Lodge gives visitors a chance to experience the magic of the zoo at night and includes an evening tour led by one of the Zoo’s experienced keepers who will give visitors a unique insight into what they do as they introduce some of Whipsnade’s 2,500 animals.The tour is followed by a mouth-watering barbecue opposite the tiger enclosure, a torchlit walk back to the lodges to check which animals are still awake and to search the skies for bats, followed by hot chocolate and marshmallows before bed time. The next day, after awaking to the sounds of the wild and enjoying breakfast, a morning tour of the Zoo takes place to see the animals waking up before everyone else arrives.Pam, who presented three series of the television show Whipsnade and is This Morning’s new animal expert, will be meeting some of  the Zoo’s animals on Wednesday after launching Lookout Lodge, including meerkats Ringo, George and Paul, and the Zoo’s new baby bongo, Grace.

Nickelback have added a second London date

 

 

 

 

– Due to huge demand for tickets in the capital, Nickelback have added a second London date to their Here & Now Tour. After starting the UK leg at the O2 Arena, the band will then return to fans a week later , this time to rock Wembley Arena on Monday 8^th October.

 

Proving their ongoing popularity with their European fans and championed by the likes of Chris Martin and Timbaland, the rockers are honoured to announce this extra date to what is already one of the biggest tours of 2012.

 

Over their career, the band have achieved five Grammy nominations, three American Music Awards as well as 12 Juno awards and were named “Group of the Decade” by Billboard magazine in 2009. With multi-platinum hit albums and singles all over Europe and almost 45 million albums sold worldwide, it is clear that fans are thirsty for more from the Canadian foursome.

 

Massive hits including How You Remind Me and Rockstar join new favourites from the Roadrunner Records released Here And Now album – like When We Stand Together, the ultimate party anthem Bottoms Up and current single Lullaby – for a Nickelback show to remember. Hard rocking, with worldwide radio anthems, this is a band with a reputation for providing a party wherever they go.

 

As Chad says, “We can’t wait to get back and play in the UK. Our shows there have always been some of the most memorable for us and it’s all because of the fans.”

 

The band will be touring Europe, connecting with audiences old and new, rocking arenas for the masses and playing more intimate shows in countries where they make a long awaited return.

 

Wembley Arena, 8^th October – Experience Nickelback Here & Now…..

 

 

Mon 01 Oct London, O2 Arena

Tue 02 Oct Birmingham, NIA

Thu 04 Oct Manchester Arena

Fri 05 Oct Newcastle Metro Arena

Sun 07 Oct Sheffield Motorpoint Arena

Mon 08 Oct * NEW DATE * London, Wembley Arena

 

Tickets for Wembley Arena go on sale 9am on Thursday 5^th April (subject to booking fee) all other dates are available now from www.livenation.co.uk

 

JASON MRAZ ANNOUNCES LONDON O2 ARENA SHOW AS PART OF ‘TOUR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD’ WORLDWIDE CONCERT TOUR

Jason Mraz performing at the February 28 - March 4, 2011 TED Conference. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

 

First headlining invasion in London’s O2 Arena on Saturday 1^st December 2012

 

Hugely anticipated new album; “Love Is A Four Letter Word” – April 17^th

 

Watch the video announcement from Jason himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev02KEPKmp4

 

Tuesday 3^rd April 2012 - Atlantic recording artist Jason Mrazhas announced plans for a major worldwide tour, dubbed “Tour Is A Four Letter Word.” The newly announced dates will celebrate the upcoming release of his hugely anticipated new album, “Love Is A Four Letter Word.” Jason Mraz tickets for London’s O2 Arena will go on sale on Friday 13^th April at 9am and will be available from www.livenation.co.uk

 

The album – which features the hit single, “I Won’t Give Up” – arrives in U.S. stores and at all online retailers on April 17^th, while “simultaneously” being released worldwide on dates ranging from April 14 (Germany/Australia) and April 16 (UK and most of Europe).The global trek, which sees Atlantic Records labelmate Christina Perri opening on the North American leg, will get underway in early June with a series of Asian dates that includes shows in South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. From there, Mraz will return home for his biggest North American tour to date, kicking off August 10^th at New Orleans’ Lakefront Arena. Further highlights include stops at Denver’s world famous Red Rocks Amphitheater (slated for September 24^th) and Los Angeles’ one-and-only Hollywood Bowl (on October 5^th). The global journey closes out in Europe with stops that include France, Germany, and the famed O2 Arena in London. Tickets will be on-sale beginning April 13^th. There will be presale ticket opportunities in many U.S. markets. For complete details, please visit http://jasonmraz.com/tour. In North America, Jason has worked closely with Ticketmaster to implement their “paperless ticketing” system in most venues, in order to attempt to get the tickets in the hands of “our real fans, without the inflated pricing we’ve seen in so many recent tours. I know we could be charging more for the best seats in the house, but I want all our fans to get an equal chance to afford and buy our tickets.”

 

In addition to the imminent tour, Mraz has scheduled a number of high profile TV appearances to herald the release of “Love Is A Four Letter Word.” Among the highlights are visits to PBS’ Tavis Smiley and the nationally syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show (both on April 17^th), ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 18^th, and E!’s Chelsea Lately on April 24^th. This spring, Mraz will appear on VH1’s Storytellers, and, later this year, he’ll perform on the popular webcast, Live From Daryl’s House. The appearances follow Mraz’s recent performances on NBC’s Today and CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman, as well as an additional installment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Mraz and Christina Perri recently performed Perri’s “Distance,” creating a special moment during the German Echo Awards. This was followed by Mraz’s many other international television performances that include Taratata in France and Numero 1 in Spain.

 

Produced by multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, Christina Perri, My Morning Jacket), “Love Is A Four Letter Word” marks Mraz’s finest, most fully realized collection to date. Fueled by magnificently textured arrangements and distinctive vocal landscapes, the album – Mraz’s fourth studio release and first new collection since 2008’s epochal “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.” – fully confirms the San Diego-based singer/songwriter as one of modern pop’s most vibrant and inventive artists.

 

“Love Is A Four Letter Word” is available now for pre-order via http://jasonmraz.com/preorder. A variety of unique packages offer fans the opportunity for first access to ticket pre-sales for Jason’s upcoming tour–available only to people who pre-order through jasonmraz.com. Packages include exciting extras such as a limited edition t-shirt featuring Jason’s own Instagram photos, a hand-numbered lithographed poster, a bumper sticker, a tote bag, a magnet set, an instant download of the recently released “Live Is A Four Letter Word” EP, and an array of additional album content such as demos, videos, and special bonus tracks. All pre-order packages will also include an exclusive track, entitled “Collapsible Plans,” which is not available anywhere else.

Meanwhile, “I Won’t Give Up” is proving another pop smash for Mraz, having arrived as the week’s #1 most added track at Hot AC radio outlets nationwide upon its February impact date. The track is currently bulleting its way towards the top 10 at Hot AC, while also earning major airplay at Triple A outlets across the country.

With worldwide sales nearing 1 million, “I Won’t Give Up” debuted in the #1 slot on Billboard’s “Digital Songs” chart one week before its January release – the first #1 “Digital Songs” debut since Lil’ Wayne’s “She Will (Feat. Drake)” topped the chart in August 2011.

The song also quickly ascended to #1 on iTunes’ “Top Songs” and “Top Pop Songs” charts, while simultaneously topping digital retailer charts around the world.

The “I Won’t Give Up” companion video – directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mark Pellington (Bruce Springsteen, U2, Pearl Jam) – has just been added at VH1, where it is currently #7 on the channel’s Top 20 Music Video Countdown. The clip has further drawn more than 2 million individual views at Mraz’ official YouTube channel, located at www.youtube.com/user/OfficialJasonMraz. In addition, the “I Won’t Give Up” lyric video has seen over 13 million individual views since its surprise arrival earlier this year.

 

Three tracks from “Love Is A Four Letter Word” will be unveiled in the weeks leading up to the album’s release, beginning with “The Freedom Song,” which is available now exclusively via iTunes. Penned by Seattle-based singer/songwriter Luc Reynaud – whom Jason hails as “a kindred spirit in a time of healing”– the track marks the first cover version to be included on a Mraz studio release. An official lyric video for “The Freedom Song” is streaming now at both YouTube and http://jasonmraz.com. Last week, Mraz released the second preview track titled “93 Million Miles.” The track is currently available on iTunes and also is accompanied by a lyric video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5WiqJFq2-o. A third track and lyric video, “Everything is Sound,” will be unveiled on April 10.

In February, Mraz released an iTunes exclusive EP, entitled “Live Is A Four Letter Word.” The four track collection – featuring live acoustic renditions of two songs from “Love Is A Four Letter Word” alongside longtime favorites, “I Never Knew You” and “You Fckn Did It” – was an instant sensation, reaching #2 on the iTunes “Top Pop Albums” chart as well as #5 on the overall “Top Albums” ranking.

Furthermore, a very special Tangrams online game has just launched on Mraz’s official website, offering fans a weekly puzzle based upon the striking artwork featured on “Love Is A Four Letter Word.” Upon solving each week’s puzzle, fans will receive an exclusive track or acoustic video featuring songs from the new album. For more, please see http://jasonmraz.com/puzzle.

 

One of the modern era’s most gifted pop troubadours, Jason Mraz’s extraordinary musical journey has taken him from coffee houses to stadiums all over the world, with two Grammy® Awards and six nominations already to his credit. His 2008 third album, “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.” was an indelible global blockbuster, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications in 21 countries around the world. The album’s lead single, “I’m Yours” was ASCAP’s 2010 “Song of the Year” and also holds the record for being the longest-running song in the history of the Billboard “Hot 100” chart. A prolific songwriter, Mraz has been feted with a number of honors, including the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s esteemed “Hal David Starlight Award,” presented to gifted songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry via their original songs.

Mraz spent much of 2011 road-testing the songs from his as-yet-untitled new album touring alongside his longtime friend, percussionist Noel “Toca” Rivera. The worldwide trek – which included performances in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia – saw Mraz celebrating music’s lasting power to inspire change and help others through global citizenship. Among the journey’s many highlights were multiple sold out shows at such iconic venues as Australia’s Sydney Opera House, New York City’s Carnegie Hall, and Spreckels Theatre in Mraz’s adopted hometown of San Diego.

Long known for his many philanthropic activities, Mraz recently announced the establishment of the Jason Mraz Foundation (http://jasonmraz.com/foundation/), devoted to supporting a number of charities for which he has been a dedicated and impassioned advocate.

 

For more, please see www.jasonmraz.com and www.atlanticrecords.com

 

Jason Mraz

1^st December 2012 O2 Arena, London

 

 

 

Tickets go on sale 9am on Friday 13^th April priced at £32.00 (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk

SPECIAL ‘GIRL-ONLY’ GIG FOR GIRLGUIDING UK

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TOP ACTS PERFORM FOR GUIDES AT SPECIAL ‘GIRL-ONLY’ GIG FOR GIRLGUIDING UK

Girls from right across the UK witnessed some of the top music acts at Birmingham’s LG

Arena on Saturday (31 March) at Girlguiding UK’s Big Gig 2012.to view all the photos click here http://celebrityphotosuk.photoshelter.com/gallery-list

Olly Murs, Rizzle Kicks, Matt Cardle, Alexandra Burke and a host of other special guests

wowed the ‘girl-only’ audience at the exclusive event for Guides, all aged 10 and above.

The event was hosted by children’s TV presenter, former Brownie and daredevil Helen

Skelton.

Girls travelled from across the UK to attend the event – from North Devon to North

Yorkshire. The gig has become a firm favourite in the guiding calendar since it was

established 12 years ago.

Tracey Murray, Chair of Guiding Development, said: “People often ask me what Guides do

– I wish I could take them to the Big Gig to show them!

“Because it’s just the girls, they feel completely uninhibited so there’s lots of screaming!

“We keep the guiding programme fresh by asking the girls what they want to do and so

our diverse programme offers the adventures that are relevant to today’s girls, from rock

climbing and quad biking to watching Olly Murs perform live.”

For further information on how to join Girlguiding UK, go to: www.girlguiding.org.uk/join

or call 0800 1 69 59 01.

bicester runs out of Petrol

David Cameron sought to reassure motorists that petrol supplies will not run out after a serious fire involving a woman decanting petrol in her kitchen cast doubt on the government’s decision to encourage stockpiling.

Diane Hill, 46, was in a critical but stable condition in hospital with 40% burns after pouring petrol from a jerry can into a jug in her kitchen in York because her daughter needed fuel for her car.

The accident happened on Thursday night, a day after Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, said the proposed tanker drivers’ strike meant that “a bit of extra fuel in a jerry can in the garage is a sensible precaution to take”. Some Labour figures blamed Maude personally for the accident and called for his resignation.

well Mr Cameron i have a bit of news for you bicester is out of petrol ,we are only a few miles from your house come on over and find out whats going on in your country!

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