January 26, 2009
Via BBC News Janet Jackson’s tour of Japan has been postponed, with promoters blaming the global financial crisis. Japanese concert promoter Kyodo Yokohama said the singer cancelled five concerts due to take place in February. The 42-year-old Grammy Award winner had planned to perform in several major cities, including Nagoya and Osaka. Jackson, on her first world tour in nearly seven years, cancelled seven performances in the US in 2008 because of a bout of vertigo. The gigs in Japan will […]
January 26, 2009
Kanye West attended the Lanvin fashion show during Paris week Menswear Autumn/Winter 2009 event, last night (January 25th) Oh the shallowness of it all…… Kanye West surrounded by fellow wankers. Kanye with the crypt keeper/designer Karl Lagerfeld TWAT! Photographs: WireImage/Eric Ryan
January 26, 2009
Via The Metro A teenager was stabbed to death in a ‘postcode war’ gang killing shortly after leaving a party held by campaigners against black youth violence. Steven Lewis, 15, was set upon by a group of youths, knifed repeatedly in the chest and left to die in his 16-year-old sister’s arms. Friends of the teenager on Sunday linked the killing to a gang from a neighbouring area in East London. ‘There is rivalry. It is neighbourhoods, postcodes – E13 versus E16,’ […]
January 25, 2009
The Kenyan Choir Via BBC News An African youth choir has been signed by Universal Music after performing at President Barack Obama’s inauguration celebrations in the US. The Boys Choir of Kenya signed the deal in the transit lounge at London’s Heathrow Airport as they returned home to Nairobi from Washington DC. They were the only international choir to sing at the inauguration. The choir, who are aged between 13 and 24, put on an impromptu performance for passengers before flying on […]
January 24, 2009
This guy is HILARIOUS, and he has even invented a new word for B.O (body odour). It’s called ‘BD’ (Body Disorganisation) This is our next YouTube superstar! LOL!!!! [Thanks Caz]
January 24, 2009
In Japan, Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall music is HUGE!!!! And if you don’t believe me then just watch this. The footage below was filmed at an event that took place last year, in Osaka Japan. I remember back in the 90s when it was thought that if the Reggae art form wanted to achieve international success/popularity (Like Rap/Hip Hop has) then it’s artists had to make the move to America and then sign to major labels. Label executives (who knew nothing about the genre/culture) would then team up reggae artists with Hip Hop/R&B acts and attempt to water down […]
January 23, 2009
Via The London Paper LITTLE Faith Mwape was born with the feet of her conjoined twin poking out from her buttocks – and may never walk as a result. Surgeons will perform a five-hour operation to remove the Zambian baby’s underdeveloped brother or sister at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka next Wednesday. Faith, who was born last April, will only have a chance at a normal life if the legs are separated Her mother Mercy Lenganji, 18, faces an anxious wait […]
January 23, 2009
Yes it’s almost that time again folks when the British music industry dishes out awards to the lame and the good. Check out the list of nominees for the up and coming 2009 Brit Awards… MasterCard British Album Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Duffy – Rockferry Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid Radiohead – In Rainbows The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing British Group Coldplay Elbow Girls Aloud Radiohead Take That British Single Top 10 British singles by airplay and […]
January 22, 2009
Via Digital Spy Jade Goody has admitted that she feels disappointed after being snubbed by celebrities since being diagnosed with cancer. The reality TV star told The Mirror that the only offer of support has come from Elton John, who has invited her to stay at his French villa while she recuperates. “I’ve not really heard from any other celebrities though,” she continued. “But then I never had many celebrity friends. I loved Jonathan Ross and going on his show and it […]
January 22, 2009
Yana Johnson Founder of Yana Cosmetics and successful business woman Yana Johnson has been awarded an MBE for “outstanding achievement and service to the cosmetics industry” in the 2009 New Years Honours List. Yana Johnson MBE has been supplying women of all shades with cosmetics for 7 years and in that time she has put the UK on the map in the International cosmetics industry. She has won a string of National and International awards for her business prowess and entrepreneurship including […]
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