MOBO awards founder Kanya King held a press conference today and announced that the 2011 ceremony will take place in Glasgow (Scotland). She also confirmed that the event will be held in Glasgow in 2013, and on it’s the 20th anniversary in 2015. I think that this is a good move. When they held the 2009 event in Glasgow it was a huge success. The show was well organised and the audience was hyped up and lively. But last year’s event in […]
Several months ago it was reported that N-Dubz drummer Aaron Fagan had been found guilty of sexual assault after he groped two women after a gig in Scotland last year. Click HERE to read all about it. Fagen who is now on the Sex Offenders register has now been officially fired from the band. Via AceShowbiz N-Dubz drummer Aaron Fagan has been fired from the band after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two female fans after a gig in Scotland last year. The 25 year […]
Via BBC News The drummer of award-winning band N-Dubz has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in Glasgow. Aaron Fagan, 25, groped the women at Strathclyde University students’ union in John Street on 1 October last year. Speaking following the verdict at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Fagan said he had been “convicted with no facts” by “a white jury”. “I’m a black man and I have been tried by a white jury. It’s pretty clear what happened in that court and […]
Singer Alexandra Burke performed at the intimate venue, Waterside Inn, in Peterhead, Scotland last night. Peterhead won in an online vote of UK towns, organised by Nokia, to win an exclusive show where Alexandra Burke would peform. Singer Hayley C from Watford also got to perform at the show as Alexandra’s opening act after winning a competition with Talenthouse.com [Thanks Kaydine]
Via BBC News About 300 protesters held a candlelit protest outside a Glasgow theatre over the staging of a play which portrays Jesus as a transsexual. The protest was held outside the Tron Theatre, where Jesus Queen of Heaven, in which Christ is a man who wants to become a woman, is being staged. It is part of the Glasgay! arts festival, a celebration of Scotland’s gay, bi-sexual and transsexual culture. Festival organisers said it had not intended to incite or offend […]
Oh dear….. 2009 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) nominee Lady GaGa Well at least the UK’s finest will be there – Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz and JLS. And on the US front…Jermaine Jackson…. CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE
Photograph: WireImage Peter Andre attends the 2009 MOBO nominations launch party that took place on Wednesday in London. I heard that Peter will actually co-host the 2009 MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) Awards ceremony, which will take place in Glasgow (Scotland) on the 30th September. Lady GaGa has received a nomination (she will probably win) and loads of acts who have only managed to scrape out one lowsy single in the last 12 months have been nominated for awards (why?), so at this point anything is possible. Via The […]
[Thanks Ronke] New Magazine has reported that Janet Jackson will perform at the 2009 MOBO Awards ceremony, set to take place in Glasgow on September 30th. The event organisers also plan on paying tribute to Janet’s late brother Michael Jackson. Janet is a music icon in her own right and a previous MOBO presenter. We loved her past involvement with the show and MOBO will continue to support her music and champion her career. ” Michael Jackson was a key catalyst and influence on the […]
Via BBC News A musical about pop star Madonna’s attempts to adopt a young African girl is being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe by a Malawian cast. The 50-year-old star is portrayed in the play Mercy Madonna of Malawi by a black male actor in a blonde wig One of the performers, Shombi Banda, 29, claims he was heckled by the star when he performed for her in Malawi. He said she responded to a play about the African cultural identity by […]
Tickets for the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards 2009, which takes place at the SECC in Glasgow Scotland, will go on sale Friday June 5th. Click here for more details! Soooooooooo… who plans on going to this year’s MOBO Awards then?
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