Quick 2 Minutes This week Kickstart the Season have been recording some new songs which they have released on youtube, they sound amazing and I would very much recommend you having a listen. I'll put a video below this for you to listen to. This is a sample of their song Right Now.
Also this week BBC Sound of 2012 nominees have been announced. And from my view I am over the moon that the wonderful Spector are involved. The other acts involved are
It is getting close to that Christmas stage where everyone gets jolly and spends way too much money. Also it was the final of the X Factor this weekend and it was wonderful to see that Little Mix won. Although the X Factor winner never seems to do as well as the runner up but hopefully Little Mix can change that too.
UK Chart
This weeks number three is Dedication to my Ex by Lloyd, second is the X Factor Finalists with their charity single Wishing on a Star and this weeks UK number 1 I am proud to say is Dance with me Tonight by Olly Murs.
It is officially December and the count down to Christmas begins. It's finally the time where people can start to get festive and enjoy the christmas cheer. I've actually had a very festive weekend, on Saturday I went to a school christmas fair but on Sunday I went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. There was so much christmas all going on in one place, it was brilliant. It is amazing the attention to detail up there and I got to see some snow which was brilliant.
Quick 2 minutes This week I have been getting into the summer festival spirit, mainly because the Download festival line up has been released although I must say that I am not extatic about it yet. Although I am tempted to try Reading for once, just to go to one of the big festivals. The rumoured line up for Reading is currently sounding too good to be true, with names such as Foo Fighters, Green Day, Artic Monkeys, The Killers, Jay-Z, Florence and the Machine, Mumford and Sons but also the lovely Spector are rumoured to be taking part in the festival. If that is the line up then it will be an amzing festival, especially as there is no Glastonbury in 2012 which means that Reading will be competing for top festival spot. Everyone seems to be getting into the festival fever, especially with all the ticket pre-sales for Lovebox, Reading, Wireless and such but I think next year will be a good festival year. A year to enjoy the live music. This all took me longer than two minutes to write so I guess that will have to do for this time round. oh, also just a sneaky little extra Kick Start the Season is currently working on their EP and I have been informed this from one of the band members through the world of twitter so it is definetly happening so keeps your eyes or ears pealed for that one.
UK Chart This weeks UK number three is We Found Love by Rihanna, number two is Olly Murs with Dance with me Tonight and of course this weeks UK number one is none other than charity single Wishing on a Star by the X Factor 2011 Finalists. Seeing as the video for it is blocked for all UK youtube users this is the link to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU4xeswnHyI as it won't embed into the post.
I want to apologise for my lack of knowledge of everything in the music world this week, I've had such a crazy week with organising back to school and everything that comes up in that.
This weekly update is going to be very Sainsbury's Super Saturday dominated.
I was fortunate enough to win tickets to this amazing event, I entered a competition that channel 4 were hosting thinking that I would never win it and then two days before the event I had tickets arrive. I was incredibly surprised and very freaked out. I had to ring and beg my boss to let me have the day off of work which she lovingly did and find some friends to take. I ended up going with one of my best friends and my cousin and her friend. I cannot explain to you how amazing the day was. Especially to win tickets which for an adult ticket cost people £30.00 was even better. We arrived and ended up running towards T4's presenting stage when we realised that The Wanted were standing up there. I'd say we got about a metre away from them. It was a very good day. Then later on, we managed to get a wave from Jay and Max, we were very happy of that achievement.
The running order of the day consisted of Nicola Roberts (she opened the day with a bang), Cadbury Pumped Karaoke (which was a good way of getting everyone involved), Olly Murs (he was amazing and knows how to appeal to a crowd incredibly well), The Wanted (amazing as expected), Will Young (a very interesting performer), Pixie Lott (sadly only performed two songs but she did have a lipstick situation and smudged it), Dappy (very lively and got everyone pumped), Sugababes (it rained a lot during their performance but it got everyone more in the mood I think), The Saturdays (they were amazing, how they do those dances in their killer heels will amaze me), I think in this gap we had two very strange performances by London performers - they were nothing exciting, Chipmunk (he was amazing, he got everyone involved and his laugh just made you want to laugh) and finally we had Taio Cruz (incredible, I actually knew all of his songs which I wasn't expecting). It was such a brilliant day, and with all of that there was also the chance to try out some of the paralympic activities. Seeing as the day was to mark one year until London hosts the 2012 Paralympic Games. It was so nice to see so many competitors there enjoy themselves all day and to even see them showing off at their sports. It was honestly one of the best days ever. This is a video I recorded of Chipmunk performing Lights in the air.
This is another video that I managed to film of Olly Murs performing Heart Skip A Beat, he was honestly amazing and I don't think I've screamed at one person quite so much.
On a serious and normal weekly update note we have this weeks top three, in third place is The Saturdays with All Fired Up, Second is Maroon 5 with Move Like Jagger and in first place with All About Tonight is Pixie Lott. I can currently say I have seen her perform her number one single.
A lot has happened this week, we've had A Level results, it's amazing the effect a piece of paper can have and in the world of TV, we've had the V Festival highlights and performances being shown. Which look amazing, I really wish I was there. I am very jealous of some friends that went. X factor is back on our screens, it won't be long before we get the final few and everyone starts picking their favourites. We've seen some talented auditions already. I have to say that I am liking the Xtra Factor a big more hosted by Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, I just wish I could hear them chatting all day long. And of course there is Big Brother, which this is my first time ever watching and I am only watching in all honesty to see Jedward. It looks like it'll be an interesting series.
Broken Hands have released information on gigs appearing in Deal, London and Canterbury tickets of which are very cheap. They are hoping to get as much interest in them as possible.Spector are going to be playing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals performing on the BBC Introducing stages. Room 94 have announced they are joining the Stop, Drop, Rock tour, tickets only cost £5/£6 (£8 in London) and they are coming to places all over the UK. Hopefully I will get to see them this time. Room 94 are playing with a number of other unsigned bands at these venues, I'll look into them and give you a post about each of the bands when I get a chance too.
Olly Murs has released his new single Heart Skips A Beat; it came out in the early hours of today. And One Direction also released their new song; What Makes You Beautiful this week. I'll be honest, I thought the video would be a lot better than it actually is especially after the large hype which has been generated by it.
Rumours of Cheryl Cole appearing in Glee have now all been denied and the whole thing was a rumour. Matt Cardle has released information that he is planning his debut album release. Justin Bieber gets a street named after him in Texas. Lady Gaga has released her You and I music video many days before it's official release date after tweeting a link to the video.
This week's top three is, third is She Makes Me Wanna by JLS, second is Promises by Nero. And current number one which I have already mentioned is What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction. I shall leave you with your number one from this week.
Any X Factor fan will know who Olly Murs is the male singer. He is even set to present this years xtra factor. Olly Murs is a solo artist and he sings pop with a reggae fusion side almost a swing style to his music. I think that this is really good to the music industry as Olly Murs is bringing back an older style of music and making it cool once again. Although he is famous for his hat wearing ability and always having a different hat on he is his own character. He always appears to be a warm hearted individual. He has released his debut album entitled Olly Murs and is in the process of completing his second album.
I am hoping that one day I will get to see Olly Murs live, I've heard that he puts on quite a show and that he puts on a good show for anyone to see. Let me know if any of you have seen him, what your opinions are of him performing live? This is Olly Murs performing Heart on my sleeve.
