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- Reporter’s Notebook: Sapphire Sets Stage For A Different Kind Of…
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- Billboard Bits: Siren Festival Nelson Mandela Gang Of Four Tilly…
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Reporter’s Notebook: Sapphire Sets Stage For A Different Kind Of…
InformationWeek – May 7, 2008
Still I’ve never seen him so relaxed happy and confident. Earlier on Tuesday Henning and Leo were seated on couches on a stage waiting for a press conference to begin and Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up” started blaring through the speakers. It was an odd moment — suited executives sitting on stage with this quasi-punk music blaring — and Henning broke the tension by starting to bounce like a 5-year-old up and down on the couch to the beat of the music. We all got a good chuckle out of that. A few months ago SAP named both Henning and Leo co-CEOs; Leo will be (as far as we know) the company’s only CEO at Sapphire 2009. One SAP handler who knows them both very well describes “Leo as the customer guy and Henning as the product guy. ” Henning is a brilliant professorial instantly likable guy but I think Leo’s witty extroverted persona is going to bring something new to SAP.
… Castro Visits The Hall Of Shame – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – May 7, 2008
I guess that recent Entertainment Weekly article about Castro saying he’s ready to leave the show was accurate. But Jason’s reckless display was so disrespectful to the more deserving “Idol” contestants (like. King’s “Stand by Me” and Norah Jones’ version of Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender”Verdict: The velvet crusherArchAngels rejoice! Little David easily dominated the night starting with a self-assured and surprising “Stand by Me. ” The prodigy proved that you can run all over a simple melody but still make it recognizable (take note Josiah!). Then just to keep us on our toes David slipped in a line from Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls” instantly making the ancient track sound fresh and new without relying on flashy distortion or emo-whine. (Am I the only one who read Arch’s quick reworking as a subtle jab at competitor David Cook?) Looks like all those hours spent alone in his room singing “Stand by Me” to himself “or to [his] dog or something” paid off.
Billboard Bits: Siren Festival Nelson Mandela Gang Of Four Tilly…
Billboard – May 7, 2008
Other international performers include Leona Lewis Dame Shirley Bassey Razorlight Sugababes Andrea and Sharon Corr Eddy Grant and Jamelia along with 46664 Ambassadors Italy’s Zucchero and Spain’s Amaral. Johnny Clegg Sipho Mabuse multi-South African Music Awards winner Loyiso and Kurt Darren are among the African acts participating. They will join other African artists such as the Soweto Gospel Choir AIDS orphan choir the Children of Agape (subject of award-winning feature film “We Are Together”) Papa Wemba and Sudanese “war child” rapper Emmanuel Jal. — Diane Coetzer Johannesburg The original lineup of esteemed post-punk group Gang Of Four which reunited in 2005 has been split in half. Bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham have left the group although singer Jon King and guitarist Andy Gill plan to continue writing and recording new music as Gang Of Four. Allen said his “thinking about contemporary music distribution” left him “conflicted about how [Gang Of Four's] new music should be released… Johnny Clegg Sipho Mabuse multi-South African Music Awards winner Loyiso and Kurt Darren are among the African acts participating. They will join other African artists such as the Soweto Gospel Choir AIDS orphan choir the Children of Agape (subject of award-winning feature film “We Are Together”) Papa Wemba and Sudanese “war child” rapper Emmanuel Jal. — Diane Coetzer Johannesburg The original lineup of esteemed post-punk group Gang Of Four which reunited in 2005 has been split in half. Bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham have left the group although singer Jon King and guitarist Andy Gill plan to continue writing and recording new music as Gang Of Four. Allen said his “thinking about contemporary music distribution” left him “conflicted about how [Gang Of Four's] new music should be released. ” He added that “to retain any credibility” he had “to move on and not hold back Jon and Andy’s music plans. Allen is working on a side project with John Askew of Tracker and Danny Stein of Menomena called Faux Hoax.
Response Source | Press Releases – And The Final 14 Bands Are’ |…
Response Source – Response Source (press release) – May 7, 2008
The competition was fierce this year with a huge variety of. ? the list goes on. And the final 14 are:Imperial Leisure Flashguns Idle Lovers Mama Shamone The More Assured Walk. Matt Trakker The Wireless Married To The Sea Alexis Blue The Rebs Situationists KC and The Shallow Call… com where there will be exclusive backstage footage music downloads message-boards forums and interviews with the bands. If you?ve got Virgin Media at home then the super-fast broadband connection will get you there even quicker. Staying with Virgin Media if you?re a total music fan you can check out the last four years of. Even on the road you can download all the cool stuff as Sony Ericsson following on the success of last year are Virgin Mobile?s official partner for.