INNER MUSIC EST 2011

  Robbie Williams releases new single Lost. Editor Katie Watkin's 5- 8 -22 Can you believe it's been 25 years Robbie Williams being solo artist. The former Take That star has released his brand new single Lost from his forthcoming album XXV celebrating a quarter of a century of hits.   Inspired by his former "reckless behaviour", the new song is produced by Guy Chambers and Richard Flack, and is based on his more "turbulent times". Robbie said about the heartfelt offering: “Lost is about the times in my life when I’ve abandoned myself to reckless behaviour.  "My brand new single Lost is out now. William's took took to social media and post " I hope you all love this track as much as I do. It means a lot to me. I can’t wait to see you all in October. Rob."  The former Take That star announced his new  arena tour  across the UK and Ireland later this year starting with two nights at London’s The O2 on October 9 and going onto wow the crowds ...

 Sugababes announce first UK headline tour as reformed trio in over 20 years: "We're so excited to come full circle. Editor Katie Wartkin's 23/6/22 The Sugababes are back and have come "full circle" and announced their first major UK headline tour in over 20 years  The original Line    Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy have excited fans with there announcement . Since the release of their influential  iconic debut album, One Touch.  Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy have been tip-toeing towards a full-blown comeback for a few years now (first as off-shoot group MKS, now finally reunited with the Sugababes name) and most recently celebrated 20 years of One Touch with a special anniversary release and a performance at this year's Mighty Hoopla festival in London. Now, the orignal line up are back and will be travelling the length and breadth of the UK later this year. Proceedings will kick off in Bristol, conclude at Glasgow and ...

 Robbie Williams Backlash Over Ticket Prices For Announced UK tour Editor Katie Watkins 17/6/22 Former Take that singer Robbie Williams has left fans  fuming at the prices of  up coming Robbie Williams’ XXV tour., or which pre-sale tickets went live earlier today.    It meant some fans had to let their tickets go after sitting in the Ticketmaster queue for more than half an hour, because they simply could not afford them.   Fans took social media with their fustration and said with the cost of living crisis rife and inflation at the highest in 40 years at nine per cent, many of us fans are struggling to even afford their weekly shop, nevermind a £100 plus gig.  It may be a treat, but the general feeling is the tour tickets are extortionate.  Exact prices for Birmingham’s Resorts World gig are unknown, although they range from £64.50 and go all the way up to £165.90.  The singer, 48, kicks off his XXV UK tour in London on October 9 and it...

   Tribute to Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher Editor Katie Warkin's  27/5/22 Tributes have been flooding from fans after hearing that Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher the Depeche Mode’s keyboardist passed away on Friday.   The legendary electronic band announced the news of Fletcher's death via social media, saying they were "shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate."  Fletcher, aged 60, leaves behind his wife of 30 years, Grainne, and their two children.   The death of the keyboardist has come as unexpected news to millions of fans worldwide with many of whom have met Fletcher personally.  Other fans  simply felt close to him through the music of Depeche Mode.  One fan wrote “I grew up in the United Kingdom and found Depeche Mode with my best friend in 1981 through their single 'New Life'. Tributes also came in from other pop icons like Synth-pop duo Pet Sho...

 Harry Styles New Album  'Harry's House ' Tops The iTunes chart in over 20 Countries Editor Katie Watkin's 20/5/22 Pop superstar Harry Styles has stormed the iTunes album charts across the globe. The iconic star released Harry's House at midnight with the album hitting the number 1 spot in over 18 countries so far. including  UK (1)  Austrlia (1)  USA (1)  Austria (1) Denmark (1) Finland (1) France (1) Germany (1) Greece (1)  India (1) Ireland (1) Italy (1) Netherlands (1) New Zealand (1) Norway (1) Poland (1) Sweden (1)  Switzerland (1) South Africa (1) Turkey (1) Belgium (1) Harry Styles with his clearly defined and universally recognizable identity, has transition from skinny jeans-clad boybander to grown-up solo star with astonishing success.  His style is mixture of Marc Bolan and David Bowie in some way revivving the glam rock look. The singer  has co-chaired a Met Gala, hosted Saturday Night Live, graced the covers of Rolling Ston...

Justin Bieber gets caught in a snowy shootout in new Honest music video Editor Katie Watkin's 29/4/22 Candian Pop superstar Justin Bieber takes to the slopes and gets caught in a snowy shootout in the video for his latest single Honest.   The Canadian singer, now 28 and rapper Don Toliver, 27, can be seen snowmobiling off-piste in the mountains with their partners when individuals dressed in all black attack the group.   Justin Bieber fell to the ground as he is shot in the leg, but appears to not be fatally injured as he lies on the ground and smokes. Elsewhere in the video for his new hip hop single, Bieber relaxes in a ski lodge dressed in white loungewear and spilling his coffee as he dances around the room.   He dons an all-white suit and a bright orange balaclava as he sing  as he sings the chorus.  The end of the video sees the group sitting by a blazing campfire after the dramatic altercation in the mountains. The clips also shows the...

   Michael Bublé Begins Vegas Run with Rat Pack Vibe, Raunchy Joke. Editor Katie Watkin's 28/4/22 Michael Bublé  hit's vegas in style and a new dawn of a new day in Las Vegas.   On Wednesday night, Michael Bublé began the first of  his six  intimate shows at the Resorts World Theatre where  Bublé  brought an old school Vegas vibe to a modern-day crowd.   The Grammy Award-winning music icon,  kicked off his show in dramatic fashion, surrounded by a four-tier, 55-person band and orchestra.  In a throwback to Rat Pack-era Vegas, two-top tables bookended the stage, giving several of his  5,000 fans in attendance an up-close-and-personal view of the act.  Bublé said   "I have to tell you honestly, I don't know if you need me, but I needed you. I missed you."  I missed doing this," Bublé, 46, said in reference to the pandemic and lockdown. "We had over two years of us hiding in our apartments, doing Z...

  Sting  - 6 Night Sold Out Shows At London Palladium – still great doesn’t he just know it Editor Steve Hart 24/4/22 Pop Icon Sting - still shows he can pull in the crowd. After he sold out 6 shows at the London Palladium.  Ex police singer opens his set with Russians, a 1985 single about the cold war which he reworked and reissued to raise funds for a Ukraine relief charity Sting told the crowd “I’ve hardly played it in years, because I thought it wasn’t relevant any more,” he sighs. “But, in light of recent events …” Accompanied only by a Ukrainian cellist, Yaroslava Trofymchuk, the black-pleather-clad 70-year-old singer sings the song’s chorus and earnest central message:  “Russians love their children too.” He cautions us: “Don’t forget, a lot of brave Russians are protesting against this war.” It could be mawkish, but Sting carries it off through his evident sincerity and, primarily, its haunting melody, pulled in part from Prokofiev. Sting has always been a di...

  US rapper Travis Scott is facing multiple lawsuits after at least eight people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at his festival Astroworld. Editor Katie Watkin's 8/11/21 The lawsuits include allegations that Scott and surprise performer Drake incited the crowd, and that concert producer Live Nation failed to provide adequate safety measures.   The rappers and Live Nation have not responded directly to the suits.  Scott has said he is working to help the families of the victims.   The youngest of those killed at the Texas festival was just 14 years old.  The surge began at about 21:15 local time on Friday (02:15 GMT Saturday), when panic broke out as the crowd pressed towards the front of the stage during Scott's headline set.   Lucas Naccarati told BBC Radio 5 Live that within three minutes of the rapper coming on stage, he "was pretty sure people [were] going to be dying".  "You couldn't move, you couldn't scratch your...

   THE COMEBACK SPECIAL Editor Katie Watkin's  7-11-2021 What started as an unforgettable live experience, and one of the band’s first performances after 16 years, now turns into an extraordinary live album, film & book as Matt Johnson’s London-based  Cinéola  label teams up with Hamburg-based international label,  earMUSIC  for a series of exciting and exclusive releases. To complete  The Comeback Special  experience,  THE THE  will also be launching a variety of exclusive products, all available in the official album store soon. This includes an exquisitely designed 136-page  Art Book , featuring 6 discs, exclusive photos, audio content plus director Tim Pope’s beautifully shot, unobtrusive film of the show. The Royal Albert Hall concert was the first of a trio of London shows — the others taking place at Brixton Academy and the Troxy — all of which sold out within minutes of going on sale. Performing live  for the f...

  Adele sparks fury with Fans  Editor  Katie Watkin's 2/11/21 A dele   fans took to Twitter to complain about the £90 ticket price for her 2022 shows in London’s   Hyde Park . The songstress will take to the stage at Hyde Park for performances on 1st and 22nd July 2022 as part of next year’s Hyde Park festival. It will mark her first shows in five years following the release of her record-breaking  new single Easy On  However, some fans branded the ticket price a “rip off” and one compared spending so much on a concert ticket would be like “watching money fritter away in a breeze” Among the sea of comments, fans wrote: “£90 for Adele tickets??? Nah rip off  #Adele .” Others wrote: “Correct me if I’m wrong but going to watch  #Adele  for anything from £90-£600 is like watching money fritter away in a breeze I don’t doubt her amazing singing quality but it’s not a show is it she’s just standing in one spot singing that’s it I’ll just put t...

Debbie Gibson celebrates her 50th birthday Editor Kate Watkins  Music Journalist 1st/9/20 US Pop icon Debbie Gibson celebrates turning 50 how time sure flies, even for this Electric Youth hitmaker. 80s pop princess Debbie Gibson turned 50 on Monday, and to mark the occasion the chart-topper shared some advice she would tell herself at a younger age if given the chance.In an exclusive interview she gave with  People Magazine , the Foolish Beat hitmaker discussed three major points she considers key to living a happier, more fulfilled life.   'If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to worry less and enjoy more,' Gibson said. 'I always been a perfectionist, especially when preparing for live shows. As I've got older I've learned what we consider the imperfections are actually what make us unique and what makes a one-of-a-kind live performance!' In addition to taking the pop music scene by storm in the late 80s and early 90s – and becoming the youngest-ever...

  The 5 Best Pop Albums of 1989 Katie Watkins ( Music Journalist)  3/01/2011         1- Bros - The Time The Time is the second release and follow up album  by Bros, it was released 1/10/1989 and has certified Gold with sales over 100,000 by BPI and has amassed  sales over 4 Million worldwide. The album is incredible with Matt Goss once again showcasing his amazing vocals, with a new more rock /pop  feel the album has some quality tracks like Too Much, Streetwise, Don't Bite the Hand and Sister. Bros have always been underrated band yet their success speaks for itself .           2- Madonna Like a Prayer   Like a Prayer  is the fourth  studio album  by American recording artist  Madonna , released on March 21, 1989 by  Sire Records . Madonna worked with  Stephen Bray ,  Patrick Leonard , and  Prince  on the album wh...

Prince performs first UK festival Editor Katie Watkin's 4-7-2011  The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.     The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life - unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".  But other aspects of the gig felt more like his infamous "aftershow" parties, with extended instrumental jams featuring an athletic seven-piece band.   The show  opened with a five-minute funk workout - a lightly-borne necessity, as Prince and his band endeavoured to set their sound levels after previous acts, including Tinie Tempah and Larry Graham, suffered from distorted bass and indistinct mixing.   It was a fascinating insight to how the fastidious musician organises his live band - calling on instruments to drop in and out, while issuing inst...

Pulp reunite for 2011 concerts Music News : Katie Watkin's (Music Journalist) 7th Jan 2011 This article is more than 9 years ol Pulp  announced  they are to reunite for 2011 concerts in a short statement the band, which alongside Blur and Oasis defined the Britpop era, promised to play fan favourites as they confirmed dates at the Wireless festival in Hyde Park and at Spain's Primavera Sound festival, both next summer. A tour could follow. Pulp are  just one of the latest band to reform amid a wave of nostalgia, stretching from Led Zeppelin's comeback gig at the O2 arena in London in 2007 to Spandau Ballet's recent world tour.  But perhaps the most successful have been two other stalwarts of the 1990s; Blur, who reunited in 2009, with a headline slot at Glastonbury festival, and Take That, recently reunited with fifth member Robbie Williams.  Pulp appear to be prepared for the onslaught of questions that inevitably accompany news of a band's reunion. Pulp origin...