Today In Music…………

As our hyper Saturday slowly fades away into resting Sunday, heres a little reminder of what has happened in Music over the past years.

2008: Amy Winehouse was told she wasn’t allowed to perform at this year’s Grammy Awards Ceremony because of her US Visa application being rejected by the Embassy in London.

2006: The Darkness kicked off a 9-Date tour at Alexandra palace in London.

2005: Michael Jackson’s Thriller video was claimed as the Top Pop Video in a poll of Channel 4 viewers.

2004: Queen’s Single ‘We Will Rock You’ topped a poll of Music fans to find the greatest Rock anthem of all time.

2001: U2 played a ‘Secret’ gig at London’s Astoria. Stars attending the show included actor John Hurt, Queen’s Roger Taylor,Mick Jagger, Bob Geldof, Chris Evans and members of Toploader.

1998: Aqua scored their second UK No.1 with their hit single ‘Doctor Jones’.

1987: Madonna went to No.1 on the US Single’s chart with ‘Open Your Heart’, her fifth US No.1. A No.4 hit in the UK.

White Lies & Florence duet?

Last night at the Shockwaves NME Awards Show indie hopefuls White Lies performed a duet with Florence And The Machine. Both artists performed the opening song for the show which was White Lies’ song ‘Unfinished Business’, although Florence came and sung mid way through the song. Overall the song was a great success for the artists, as Florence’s unique touch made it sound more edgy, even White Lies front man Harry McVeigh admitted that Florence’s voice was the best during the whole of the NME tour. You can catch footage of the Live performance here. 

Ladytron Get Ready For The Road…………

Ladytron have recently annoucned that they will be Co-heading a tour with ‘The Faint’ this Spring. The foursome have also revealed that they have been hitting the studio with well known hit selling artist Christina Aguilera. The band will be supporting their latest album ‘Velocifero’ on the tour, which should be a triumph as both bands have many groupies as well as hundreds of fans. The tour will go underway in April before finishing in the early stages of May; so a bit of trek for the youngstes eh? Ladytron will play:

• Milwaukee, WI Tuner (April 1)
• Minneapolis, MN First Avenue (2)
• Chicago, IL Metro (3, 4)
• Toronto, ON Phoenix (6)
• Montreal, QB Theatre Telus (7)
• Boston, MA House of Blues (8 )
• New York, NY Webster Hall (10, 11)
• New York, NY Webster Hall (13)
• Philadelphia, PA Trocadero (13)
• Washington, DC 9:30 Club (14)
• Baltimore, MD Sonar (15)
• Asheville, NC Orang Peel (17)
• Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse (18 )
• Houston, TX Warehouse Live (20)
• Austin, TX Stubb’s (21)
• Dallas, TX Granada (22)
• Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre (24)
• Anaheim, CA The Grove (25)
• Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda (26)
• San Francisco, CA Fillmore (29, 30)
• Portland, OR Roseland (May 1)
• Seattle, WA Showbox SODO (2)
• Vancouver, BC Commodore (3)
• Denver, CO Ogden (5)

Kings Of Leon Hit The Road?

Alternative hit artists Kings Of leon (KOL)have recently announced dates for their most biggest North America tour ever.  Kicking off in the late autumn month April, the hit selling artists will be performing in states such as Boston, Toronto, Philadelphia, Miami and even Orlando!!!! The tour dates are a follow up to their No.1 album ‘Only By The Night’, which included also No.1 hits like ‘Sex On Fire’ and still No.1 in the Alternative Itunes Chart ‘Use Somebody’. KOL will play:

 

 

 

 

• Boston, MA Agganis Arena (April 19)
• Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre (21)
• Pittsburgh, PA Palumbo (22)
• Fairfax, VA Patriot Center (24)
• Philadelphia, PA Spectrum (25)
• Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Centre @ ODU (27)
• Raleigh, NC Koka Booth Amphitheatre (28 )
• Charlotte, NC Bojangles’ Coliseum (30)
• St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre (May 4)
• Orlando, FL UCF Arena (5)
• Miami, FL Bank United Center (7)
• Tampa, FL Sundome (8 )
• Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum (10)
• Cincinnati, OH National City Pavilion (12)
• Cleveland, OH Tower City (13)
• Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre (19)
• San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (21