For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, here is a look at Madonna's "creepy" new video for "Give Me All your Luvin".
Creepy for a number of reasons; Madonna was born in 1958 and appears in the video as though she was born in 1988 (she looks roughly to be the same age if not younger than M.I.A and Nicki Minaj), bizarre scenes of Madonna faux breast-feeding a doll, sailor-moon styled all dancing, all pashing, all drinking cheerleading clones. There is plenty of other stuff going on, however the listed are the apects of the video that may induce nightmares in some viewers as they try to sleep at night.
The video, not surprisingly, has already had over 6 million views on Youtube and is yet another example of Madonna's genius for self promotion.
The Cult will release their first studio album in 5 years on May 25th 2012.
The album was written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, recorded in New York City, Los Angeles, the California high desert, and the band’s Witch Mountain studios in the Hollywood Hills between July and December 2011. The new release features founding members Astbury on vocals and Duffy on guitars, with drummer John Tempesta and bassist Chris Wyse. For fans that want to hear what's on offer the band have released an album track " Lucifer" on their website as a free download. www.thecult.us or you can check it out below.
Lost guitar solo found on Beatles "Here Comes the Sun"
by SALLY BAILEY
After 43 years a track containg a guitar solo for " Here Comes The Sun" has been discovered by George Harrisons son Dhani, producer George Martin and his son Giles.
The trio came across the rarity on a visit to Abbey Road Studios. While listening and fiddling aroud with the original mix they accidentally reveal the lost guitar solo that up until then, no one knew existed.
In the video below you can see George Martin, Giles Martin (his son), and Dhani Harrison listening to the mix of "Here Comes The Sun" and what happened next....
Happy Mondays: Original line up reunited, tour dates in
The original line up of Factory legends, Happy Mondays, will tour the UK and Ireland later this year.
Bez, Gary Whelan, Mark Day, Paul Davies, Paul Ryder, Rowetta and Shaun Ryder are set to reunite for the first time in almost 20 years to play 11 dates in May.
Here's Shaun Ryder: "We all met up last week and some of the lads haven't seen each other in over 10, 15 years. It's as if we've never been apart - so good to all be in the same room again. We can't wait now to get on tour and play the songs that made us famous."
The band will be supported by fellow Manchester stalwarts, Inspiral Carpets.
Newcastle O2 Academy (May 3)
Glasgow O2 Academy (4)
Manchester Arena (5)
Sheffield O2 Academy (6)
Bournemouth O2 Academy (9)
London O2 Academy Brixton (10)
London O2 Academy Brixton (11)
Birmingham O2 Academy (12)
Dublin Olympia (15)
Leeds O2 Academy (17)
Nottingham Rock City (18)
Lou Reed wil tour Europe this year and perform songs ranging from Velvet Underground to his latest work with Metaliica.
The aptly titled " From VU To Lulu Tour" will start in Luxemborg on Wednesday 6th June and will take in several festivals, including Switzerland's Caribana Festival, France's Montereau Festival, Berlin's Citadel Music Festival and Slovakia's renowned Pohoda Festival. Lou will also perform several concerts in France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany.
The tour will feature a 5-piece band, including Lou Reed, Tony 'Thunder' Smith (drums), Rob Wasserman (bass), Kevin Hearn (keyboards), and Aram Bajakian (guitar). Lou and band will perform material from Reed's entire cannon of songs ranging from the Velvet Underground to his recent Metallica collaborative album LULU.
LOU REED – FROM VU TO LULU
EUROPEAN 2012 TOUR DATES
– Luxembourg – Rockhal (June 6)
– Nyon, Switzerland – Caribana Festival (June 8)
– France – Montereau Festival (June 9)
– Paris – Olympia (June 11)
– Lille, France – L'Aeronef (June 12)
– Amsterdam – Heineken Music Hall (June 14)
– Brussels – Ancienne Belgique (June 15)
– Copenhagen – Falconer Salen (June 18)
– Berlin – Citadel Music Festival (June 20)
– Mainz, Germany – Zollhafen/Nordmole (June 23)
– Clermont Ferrand, France – Cooperative de Mai (June 25)
– Bordeaux, France – Fete le Vin (June 26)
– Bonn, Germany – Kunst!Rasen (June 29)
– Dresden – Filmnächte am Elbufer (June 30)
– Munich – Tollwood Festival, Olympic Park (July 1)
– Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival (July 5)
New Order have added second shows in Manchester and London to their April UK tour.
The band will play two hometown shows at Manchester's O2 Apollo on April 26 and 27, two shows at London's O2 Academy Brixton on May 2 and 3, and gigs in Birmingham and Glasgow on the tour.
New Order, who are also set to play a series of European festivals during this summer, announced in late 2011 that they had reformed, but that founding member and bass player Peter Hook would not be part of their line-up.
Instead keyboard player Gillian Gilbert, who hadn't performed with the band for over 10 years, rejoined and bass duties were taken up by Tom Chapman, who was part of frontman Bernard Sumner's recent project Bad Lieutenant.
The tour is the band's first in the UK for over five years.
New Order will now play:
O2 Apollo Manchester (April 26, 27)
Birmingham Ballroom (29)
O2 Academy Brixton (May 2, 3)
O2 Academy Glasgow (5)
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