UK NEWS: ALEXANDRA BURKE’S MOTHER FIRES BACK AT THE X-FACTOR WINNER

It looks like Alexandra’s ‘explosive’ interview with Marie Claire hasn’t gone down too well on the home front! Via The Sunday Mirror Melissa Bell, a singer with Eighties group Soul II Soul – spoke out just days after X Factor winner Alexandra, 21, attacked her in an interview. Alexandra claimed Melissa was filled with jealousy after Alexandra won the ITV show and then went on to have a Christmas No1 with Hallelujah, her only hit so far. But seriously-ill Melissa, 45, said the []

REGGAE / DANCEHALL FLASH BACK (1990s)

This post is dedicated to Reggae/Dancehall hits from the 1990s. Frighty & Colonel Mite – ‘Life Is What You Make It’ (1990) I haven’t heard this track in YEARS!!! I didn’t even know they made a video! Wow memories! [Thanks Nessa] Patra – ‘Dip & Fall Back’ I was never a big Patra fan but I liked this track. Cutty Ranks – ‘Who Seh Me Done’ and ‘Limb By Limb’ (1992) I used to listen to both tracks every morning before I []

UK EVENT: BRRRAP PACK TOUR CANCELLED

The word on the Twitter street is that the highly anticipated Brrrap Pack Tour featuring a host of UK “Urban” acts has been cancelled.   Sources say the venues insurance costs were too high, and that ‘s the reason behind the tours sudden cancellation. Oh dear not even backing from that tabloid rag The Sun could save this baby.

UK MUSIC NEWS: JLS ADDRESS GAY RUMOURS

When questioned about those pesky gay rumours, members from boy-band JLS had this to say.. Via Gay Times Magazine Rumours that one or more members of the band are gay, Aston says, “We always get the same thing from straight guys. Just because we like to take care of ourselves and get a lot of female attention, they’re first response is ‘you’re gay’.” Marvin: “I met a girl in a club recently who was convinced that we were all gay – just []

VIDEO:FAT JOE FT PLEASURE P & RICO LOVE – ‘ALOHA’

Rapper Fat Joe’s new single Aloha is taken from his new album Jealous One’s Still Envy 2. I am actually a fan of the first Jealous One’s Still Envy which dropped in 2001, so will definitely listen to part 2. As for this new single…. I quite like it! Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

SINGER KELLY ROWLAND FURIOUS OVER MOBO SOUND PROBLEMS

Oh dear….. Via Digital Spy Kelly Rowland has called for an apology from MOBO organisers, claiming that her performance at the awards ceremony was affected by poor sound quality. The former Destiny’s Child star, who sang her David Guetta collaboration ‘When Love Takes Over’ at the event in Glasgow, admitted that she “struggled” because of the technical problems. Rowland momentarily stopped singing at the start of the track and appeared confused as she continued. Writing on Twitter after the show, she said: []