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Beyoncé

Beyoncé has picked up yet another award over the weekend, she has been voted “The World's Greatest Popstar” by viewers of ‘4Music’.
Beyoncé fought off competition from nine acts including Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Take That.
Over 100,000 music fans took part in the online vote and Beyoncé was announced as the winner with a special tribute at the T4 ‘Stars Of 2009’ live show at London's Earls Court yesterday.
“We're really excited to announce the winner of our 12 week search to unveil the world's greatest popstar. Pop music remains the cornerstone of great British music and it is only right that we recognise and honour the best talent in this category,” head of T4 Neil McCallum said.
“Beyoncé is a true global superstar and is well known for her flexible artistic style, from her powerful R&B ballads through to her brilliant dance anthems.
“It is no great surprise that she's won the hearts and minds of our audiences and so deserves the title of the World's Greatest Popstar.”
Beyoncé's ‘Crazy In Love’ was also named the best song of the decade by music magazine NME.
I personally voted for Madonna ...

Hey Monday - How You Love Me Now

Ils sont américains, ils sont jeunes, ils sont fous et ils grattent sur des guitares électriques... Voici les Hey Monday ! (Oui encore un nom de groupe qui ferait bien bizarre en français, vous imaginez "Hé Lundi" ?!?)

Mine de rien, avec leur premier album "Hold On Tight" sorti il y a un an, ils se sont offert la 11ème position du top US et ont fait la 1ère partie d'un bout de la tournée des Fall Out Boy.

C'est pop, c'est rocky, c'est acidulé, c'est girly, c'est très teenager... Bref, en français c'est du rock pour ados, mais j'aime beaucoup !

- Écouter HEY MONDAY - How You Love Me Now -

UK Charts

Peter Kay scores yet another No.1, shame it’s a load of rubbish! But hey ~ it’s for charity and it's sold over a massive 142.000 copies in a week!
In the album charts it’s no surprise that Susan Boyle’s debut album went straight in to the No.1 spot! having sold a whopping 420,000 copies!

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
4: The Black Eyed Peas – “Meet me half way”
3: Jason Derulo – “Whatcha Say”
2: The X-Factor Finalists – “You are not alone”
1: Peter Kay’s animated all star band – “Official Children in need medley”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: Leona Lewis – “Echo”
4: Queen – “Absolute greatest”
3: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
2: JLS – “JLS”
1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Beyoncé

Beyoncé's No.1 single “Crazy In Love” has been voted the best song since 2000 by a music magazine.
The song which was released back in 2003 and features the her husband Jay-Z, topped NME magazine's Top 100 Tracks of the Decade poll.
Second in the list was the fantastic MGMT's “Time To Pretend”, followed by “Hard To Explain” by the Strokes and MIA's “Paper Planes”.
Other songs included in the top 20 were Rihanna's “Umbrella”, OutKast's “Hey Ya!” and “Reckoner” by Radiohead.

Jason Derülo - Whatcha Say

"Whatcha Say" est le premier single (qui perce du moins) du jeune américain Jason Derülo. A la production : J.R. Rotem, qui rien que sur les trois dernières années est derrière "S.O.S." de Rihanna, "Better In Time" de Leona Lewis et tous les hits de Sean Kingston.

C'est de là que vient justement cet arrière goût de Sean Kingston. Du déjà vu donc, mais un titre très efficace au point de se classer 6ème aux États-Unis et 3ème en Angleterre. Jason Derülo est aussi auteur de "Replay" d'Iyaz, actuellement top 5 outre-Atlantique.

- Écouter JASON DERÜLO - Whatcha Say -

Edit : "Whatcha Say" va lui aussi bénéficier de sa version "quota français". Un duo avec Fanny J. No comment.

Pussycat Dolls

Today could be a sad day for all ... The Pussycat Dolls have reportedly split.
According to the ‘New York Post’, Nicole Scherzinger's relationship with her band mates has continued to deteriorate after previous rows.
A source said: “It is war. They have broken up for good. None of the other girls are speaking to Nicole, who they believe took the limelight then went off to do her own thing.”
Interscope records though have claimed that the group are only “On a break”and a record label representative did not respond to contact from the newspaper.
Band member Kimberly Wyatt recently admitted in an interview that she does not consider Scherzinger a friend and has also described the group as a “brand”
I for one will be sad to see the end, I went to see them at The O2, Dublin in February and they were brilliant!

Rihanna

If you’re still wondering where to bring in 2010 then here’s a suggestion: Rihanna will reportedly receive $500,000 (£299,000) for her first ever performance in the Middle East
She will be performing at the ‘Emirates Palace Hotel’ in Abu Dhabi this New Year's Eve, (according to Page Six).
A spokeswoman for Rihanna did not comment, however a source said: “She was supposed to perform back in May [in Abu Dhabi], but she cancelled in the aftermath of the assault, this is a make-up date.”

Previous performances at the hotel by artists such as Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay and Elton John have attracted up to 15,000 music fans

US Charts

Congratulations to John Mayer who scores his second U.S No. 1 album this week, “Battle Studies” which sold a massive 286,000 copies. The album “Battle Studies” now holds the third-best sales week for a digital release this year with 129,000 downloads

Jay-Z (Featuring Alicia Keys) spends a second week at No.1 in the single singles chart with “Empire State of mind”.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Ke$ha – “Tik tok”
4: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
3: Owl City – “Fireflies”
2: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
1: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: 50 Cent – “Before I self destruct”
4: Casting Crowns – “Until the whole world hears”
3: Norah Jones – “The fall”
2: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
1: John Mayer – “Battle Studies”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending 22nd Nov) are down 16% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (9.45million).
Year to date album sales stand at 309.5 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (357.8 million).

Mika

Mika has said that he wrote the final song that Stephen Gately recorded with ‘Boyzone’ before he died last month.Mika revealed that he often writes material for other acts under a different name.“I wrote a song which Boyzone then recorded,” he told ‘BBC Breakfast’. “I think it was the last thing Stephen Gately recorded before he passed away.“We're waiting to see what happens with that. I think they're putting together something.“I write songs for other people under different names most of the time. I have a little family of three names. One of them has been discovered - it's Alice. I feel like I can step into an alter-ego, it's more fun. I like writing songs and a lot of them aren't necessarily for me.”
Will be interesting to see the credits of the next Boyzone album huh…

Click to hear Mika’s new song “Rain”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKIhtQpa4ME

Adam Lambert

More than 1,500 viewers in the US have complained about Adam Lambert's gay kiss during his live performance at the American Music Awards on Sunday night.
The openly-gay singer kissed a male musician while performing his debut single “For Your Entertainment”
ABC described the number of complaints as “moderate” and the show's producers are yet to comment.
US media pressure group the Parents Television Council (PTC) posted a statement on their website blasting the show as “tasteless” and “vulgar”.
Speaking to CNN, Adam Lambert the performance and insisted that the kiss had been “in the moment”…
I say get a life you sado’s! if that was a man and a woman (or even two women i.e. TATU) there would be nothing said! So what! Men kissing men …. GET OVER IT

Massive Attack

The fantastic ‘Massive Attack’ have announced that their new album “Heligoland” will be released in February 2010.

Massive Attack have teamed up with Damon Albarn among others on the follow-up to 2003's “100th Window”.
The duo have also confirmed three live dates at the Newport Centre on February 8, Brighton Dome on February 9 and London's Hammersmith Apollo on February 11 to promote the album…. Something tells me they could be heading over to Ireland soon!

The full “Heligold” tracklisting is as follows:

1. “Pray For Rain” ft. Tunde Adebimpe

2. “Babel” ft. Martina Topley-Bird

3. “Splitting The Atom” ft. Robert del Naja, Grant Marshall and Horace Andy

4. “Girl I Love You” ft. Horace Andy

5. “Psyche” ft. Martina Topley-Bird

6. “Flat Of The Blade” ft. Guy Garvey

7. “Paradise Circus” ft. Hope Sandoval

8. “Rush Minute” ft. Robert del Naja

9. “Saturday Come Slow” ft. Damon Albarn

10. “Atlas Air” ft. Robert del Naja

Kelly Rowland

David Guetta has revealed that he is working on a number of new songs with Kelly Rowland for her new album (the follow-up to her brilliant Ms. Kelly)
The French DJ, who teamed up with the former Destiny's Child star their massive global No.1 smash “When love takes over” said: “I'm actually already working with her on her next album. We've just done a few songs at the moment and it's all fairly top secret, “We've become really close friends over time. I think she's an amazing singer - one of the best in the industry - and a great person, too.”
Kelly also features on another of David’s track called “It’s the way you love me”

Click to hear the track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZJ2eQPgzM

Duncan James

Take That’s Gary Barlow is being lined up as the writer for the UK’s entry for next years Eurovision Song Contest.

Gary is in talks with the BBC to compose the UK song - with Duncan James tipped to perform it.
Duncan (From boyband ‘Blue’) presented the UK vote at this year’s contest – (the U.K finished in fifth place with ‘It's My Time’, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and sung by Jade Ewen, now a Sugababe).
An insider said: “The BBC is now hoping that someone like Gary with his great pop writing skills can help the UK go all the way.”

Not quite sure if this is a good thing or a bad ...

iPod Selection #06 - 23.11.2009

Je suis vraiment désolé, ça fait un mois que je n'ai pas posté d'iPod Selection ! Tout simplement parce que je n'y pensais plus :o)

Voici donc la liste des sons qui sont rentrés (et pour certain ressortis) dans mon iPod depuis 3/4 semaines et dont je n'ai pas encore parlé par le biais d'un article dédié. En gras : ceux que j'aime le plus :)


. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
. Aqua - Back To The 80's (écouter)
. Beyonce & Lady GaGa - Video Phone
. Bob Sinclar - New New New
. Chris Brown - Crawl (écouter)
. Chris Richardson - Floating Off The Ground (écouter)
. David Guetta & Kid Cudi - Memories
. Emmanuel Moire - Promis (écouter)
. Enrique Iglesias - Baila Senorita
. Flo-Rida - Touch Me
. Hey Monday - How You Love Me Now (écouter)
. James Morrison - Get To You (écouter)
. Jamie Cullum - I'm All Over It
. Jay Sean (sans Lil Wayne - no rap edit) - Down
. Jay Sean ft. Sean Paul & Lil Jon - Do You Remember

. Jennifer Lopez - Louboutins
. Jeremih - Imma Star
. Joss Stone - Free Me
. Kool Shen - Vivre Dans L'Urgence
. Leona Lewis - Outta My Head (écouter)
. LifeHouse - Halfway Gone
. Lily Allen - Who'd Have Known
. Lina - Into My World
. Lizzie Bright - Chocolate
. Louis Corte - Mathilde A
. Madonna & Akon - Celebration (remix) (écouter)
. Mary J Blige - As I Am
. Nelly Furtado - Mas
. Pitbull & Akon - Shut It Down (écouter)
. Pixie Lott - Boys And Girls (écouter)
. Quentin Mosimann - Toc Toc (écouter)
. Rihanna ft. Jeezy - Hard
. Rihanna - Wait Your Turn (écouter)
. Robbie Williams - Morning Sun (écouter)
. Robbie Williams - You Know Me (écouter)
. Seal - I Am Your Man
. Shakira ft. Lil Wayne & Timbaland - Give It Up To Me
. Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes (écouter)
. The Noisettes - Never Forget You
. Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & SoShy - Morning After Dark (+ version française ft. SoShy seulement)
. Tiziano Ferro & Kelly Rowland - Breathe Gentle (écouter)
. Tokio Hotel - World Behind My Wall (écouter)
. Ycare - J'y Crois Encore (nouvel edit) (écouter)
. Yves Larock - Million Miles

Glastonbury 2010

Next years line-up for Glastonbury just keeps getting better and better! Now it’s reported that U2 have been booked to play next year.
According to ‘The Sun’, U2 will headline the ‘Pyramid Stage’ at the festival on the Friday night.
A source said: “Everyone is over the moon that the deal has been done.
“Michael really wanted a huge name for the 40th anniversary and the fact U2 have never played Glastonbury in their 32-year career only adds to the mystique.”
“In fact Michael Eavis has been asking them for a while now and really stepped up the effort this year. This could be an iconic moment.”
Other bands rumoured to be playing next year's 40th anniversary event include ‘The Rolling Stones’, ‘Coldplay’, ‘David Bowie’ and ‘Muse’.
Glastonbury 2010 takes place from June 23 to 27, 2010 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK

UK Charts

The X-Factor finalist of 2009 have done what last years finalist did (apart from murdering a song!) they’ve gone straight to No.1 in the UK & Ireland singles charts!
On the up-side, it’s for charity (that’s probably the only good thing about this record)
In the album charts, Leona Lewis follows up her 6.5 MILLION debut album with “Echo” and score’s her second No.1 album with “Echo”

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Cheryl Cole – “Fight for this love”
4: Leona Lewis – “Happy”
3: Jason Derulo – “Whatcha Say”
2: The Black Eyed Peas – “Meet me half way”
1: The X-Factor Finalists – “You are not alone”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
4: Robbie Williams – “Reality killed the video star”
3: Queen – “Absolute greatest”
2: JLS – “JLS”
1: Leona Lewis – “Echo”

Alphabeat

Alphabeat have been confirmed as the support act on the UK and Irish leg of Lady GaGa's “Monster Ball” tour next year

Alphabeat said they are “thrilled” to join GaGa for the 13 dates. “She is a true megastar, light years ahead of everyone else. We are extremely thrilled to be going on tour with Lady GaGa,” singer Anders Bonlokke said.Anders Reinholdt added: “GaGa is the new Madonna - but with glasses.” … Should be a good night!

You can see the concert at The O2, Dublin on Sunday 21st febrauary 2010 simply log onto www.ticketmaster.ie for tickets – Also checkout www.o2blueroom.ie too!

Enrique Iglesias

Unless you’ve been living in a cave all week you would of seen the buzz (and hopefully some stills) from Enrique Iglesias’s video for the single “Sad Eyes”
If you were in a cave fear not! ‘cos Alan Whiteman has the video below for you in full… Be warned... it's not for the faint hearted ~ but it's flippin' good huh!
As for the song… what song, I wasn’t listening!
Click the link before it gets removed!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NH0hEoIk8k

Mini Viva

Mini Viva are back with their new single titled: “I wish”, although a dance song it’s far from as good as “I left my heart in Tokyo” – (Yes, I actually like that song! ~ Lol)
It should actually chart pretty well because of the younger crowd that may have seen them supporting “The Saturday” on tour this year.
The single is released on 7th December.

Click to watch the video and hear it for yourself: Watcha think? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BssY0Hq9Ag

Simon Curtis - Delusional

C'est un son que j'écoute depuis à peine plus de deux semaines et je me rend compte qu'il est déjà parmi ceux qui tournent le plus régulièrement sur mon iPod. Rien de bien révolutionnaire, c'est un bon titre RnB surproduit (avec l'intégralité de l'attirail du petit chimiste de la production US) porté par une voix de mec comme on en a déjà entendu, mais il fonctionne bien je trouve.


Simon Curtis a tout du surdoué. Repéré tout petit, porté par Disney qui lui a fait chanter un de ses hymnes, comédien/chanteur dans le "High School Musical" de Nickelodeon en début d'année, vainqueur ou finaliste de quelques concours pas si nazes (dont un organisé par Samsung en 2002)... Ouais le Simon il a un joli CV. Et un album quasi prêt.

Afin de créer le buzz, Simon Curtis propose aux internautes le deal suivant : tous les 800 followers (abonnés) de son compte Twitter (@simoncurtis), il révèle un nouveau single; au bout de 8000 followers, il ouvrira son site web officiel; dès lors un lien de téléchargement de son album y sera posté.

Et au vu de ce premier single que j'aime vraiment beaucoup (même si la fin est redondante, y'a bien une trentaine de secondes en trop à mon sens), il a de quoi être impatient d'écouter la suite. Single qui, d'ailleurs, n'a même pas encore percé aux Etats-Unis... A suivre !

- Écouter SIMON CURTIS - Delusional -

Monster Jam returns to Charlotte

From a Bobcats Sports & Entertainment press release that just popped into our inbox:

Feld Motor Sports announced today that Monster Jam®, the world’s premier monster truck series, will take over Time Warner Cable Arena for three shows February 12 (7:30 p.m.) & 13 (2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.), 2010, featuring freestyle and racing competition. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

Approximately 12 feet tall and about 12 feet wide, monster trucks are custom-designed machines that sit atop 66-inch-tall tires and weigh a minimum of 10,000 pounds. Built for short, high-powered bursts of speed, monster trucks generate 1,500 to 2,000 horsepower and are capable of speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. Monster trucks can fly up to 125 to 130 feet (a distance greater than 14 cars side by side) and up to 35 feet in the air. The list of trucks includes: Grave Digger, Maximum Destruction, Blue Thunder, Superman, El Toro Loco, Eradicator, Backdraft, and Gunslinger.

The Built Ford Tough Party in the Pits on Friday (5 – 6:30 p.m.) and Saturday (11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.) will give fans the opportunity to get a view of the trucks up close and meet the drivers of the massive monster trucks. Pit Party Passes will be available at Advance Auto Parts from 1/25 – 2/11/2010 while supplies last.

Monster Jam® events are affordably priced for the whole family with Adult tickets starting at $18. All Kids 12 and under tickets are just $10. Note that ALL ticket prices increase $2 Day of Show. Beginning December 25th, Wendy’s is offering discount coupons for $5 off Adult Tickets with certain restrictions applying. Tickets are also available at the Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets.

Monster Jam®, sanctioned by the United States Hot Rod Association®, is the most popular monster truck tour, performing to over 4 million fans annually at the most prestigious arenas and stadiums throughout the world. Monster Jam® shows consist of three main fan-favorite elements – the pit party, racing and freestyle. The pre-show pit party gives all fans a chance to meet the stars of Monster Jam® up-close while taking pictures and getting autographs. The pit parties typically are held on the arena and stadium floors several hours prior to the start of the show.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. through timewarnercablearena.com, ticketmaster.com, the Time Warner Cable Arena box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 800-745-3000.

For media requests, please contact Tfranzen@mindspring.com or 919.210.5150 to arrange interviews and photo opportunities. For more information on Monster Jam, log on to www.MonsterJam.com.

Timbaland

I’ve heard two tracks from Timbaland’s new album “Shock value II” and let me tell you I can’t wait to hear the rest! This guy is just a genius!
He’s following on with the same sound as the multi million selling “Shock Value” and has enlisted the likes of Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake & Keri Hilson again. The album is released on 23rd November.

Click the link to heat his brilliant new single "Morning after dark" which is out on 30th November: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYx2m54Ni5s&feature=related

Susan Boyle

Mmm… I bet Simon Cowell (and his bank manager) will be happy with the news that Susan Boyle's new debut album “I Dreamed A Dream” has achieved the largest global CD pre-orders in the history of Amazon.
The album, which is released on 23rd November, has exceeded the previous record set by Japanese rock group ‘Mr Children's’ “Supermarket Fantasy” in 2008.
“Just eight months ago, no-one was aware of the talents of Susan Boyle. Now, she has generated more Amazon pre-order CD sales globally than any other artist,” Julian Monaghan said.
“That is an incredible achievement and is testament to the fact that she has captured the hearts of people all over Britain, America and the rest of the world.”
Columbia Records Chairman Steve Barnett added: “One of the things that is so unique about Susan Boyle is her ability to touch people around the world. We're excited that “I Dreamed A Dream” holds the new record for global pre-orders and that Amazon's customers have supported her album in this way.”

Click to hear / watch Susan Boyle perform her new single “Wild Horses”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJIDr15duZk

US Charts

Congatulations to the fabulous Jay-Z who today scores his 4th U.S No.1 single (Featuring Alicia Keys) with “Empire State of mind”.

Bon Jovi have scored their fourth U.S No. 1 album having sold 163,000 copies, It's Bon Jovi's second chart-topper in a row, following the brillant album “Lost Highway” which was released back in 2007

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Lady Antebellum – “Need you now”
4: Iyaz – “Replay”
3: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
2: Owl City – “Fireflies”
1: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Taylor Swift – “Fearless”
4: Michael Jackson – “This is it”
3: Carrie Underwood – “Play on”
2: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
1: Bon Jovi – “The Circle”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending 15th Nov) are down 21% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (8.90million).
Year to date album sales stand at 301.5 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (348.3 million).

Ne-Yo

The fantastic Ne-Yo brings his show to The O2, Dublin on Thursday February 11th 2010.
His last album “Year of the gentleman” just shows how talented this guy is, and to see him perform the songs live would just be amazing!
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (19th November) log on to http://www.ticketmaster.ie/ tickets are priced at €49.50+

Rihanna

Rihanna (Who has sold a massive 12 million albums to date) wanted to make a move from her R’n’B / Pop roots to a heavy metal sound on her new album Rated R,
Rihanna reportedly asked guitarist Nuno Bettencourt from US band ‘Extreme’ to work with her, but was persuaded by her record label to choose other producers.
“I've been asked to play with pop artists in the past but turned them down because they didn't really get the vibe,” Bettencourt is quote as saying “But when I spoke to Rihanna she was totally into transforming herself into a heavy rock chick. She was listening to ‘Led Zeppelin’ and new acts like ‘Paramore’ and said that was the direction she wanted to go, so I said yes.
I think the label had a seizure, so they went down another route.”
Thank god is what I say! – her last album “Good girl gone bad” was just a master pieceRihanna releases new album “Rated R” on 23rd November and I hope to find it in my Christmas stocking

Discovery Place announces new exhibition

From a Discovery Place press release that just popped into our inbox:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Discovery Place is elevating its cool factor! The Museum introduces Cool Stuff, the first in a series of exhibition openings featuring all-new exhibits on Friday, Nov. 27. Also premiering is Explore More Stuff, a brand-new, interactive lab area.

Cool Stuff kicks off the transformation of Discovery Place as part of the largest renovation in the Museum’s 28-year history.

“This is a major milestone for Discovery Place as we reveal the first step towards the complete transformation of the Museum,” said John Mackay, president and CEO for Discovery Place. “Guests will be amazed at the changes they experience in the Museum. And this is only the beginning as we continue to unveil all-new exhibitions from now through June 2010.”

Designed to demonstrate physical phenomenon in unique and eccentric ways, Cool Stuff allows visitors to launch objects into the air, lie on a bed of nails, crush a garbage can or use a laser to listen to secret messages.*

Featuring a gallery of interactive displays and contraptions, Cool Stuff allows guests to experience physics phenomena through hands-on participation and applications that demonstrate why things do the things they do.

Visitors become involved in their science lesson and achieve an understanding of scientific concepts through interaction and experimentation, mixed with an element of surprise. Secret features embedded within exhibit pieces provide an element of mystery to be solved by avid participants.

“With the renovation, we wanted to demonstrate that science is everywhere and the scientific process is always revealing new ideas,” said Mackay. “Cool Stuff shows guests what’s fun about science, what’s important about science and ultimately, what’s cool about science.”

The collection of multi-dimensional exhibits allows guests to uncover the extraordinary wonders of science, math, technology and more. Visitors can discover the beauty and strangeness of physics; look at the world in new ways; become aware of new scientific concepts and discover the science behind why things do the things they do.

Cool Stuff is highlighted by three, main areas:

LIFT

“What goes up, must come down” is a fundamental but fun principle of physics. Activities in this area focus on the physics of lifting - making things go up and the challenge of keeping them up against the inevitable force of gravity. Participants can launch objects by utilizing electromagnetic forces or by the explosive force of a chemical reaction. Guests also can experience “full body lift” with an all-new, vacuum-powered chairlift.

LOOK/MOVE

Focusing on the strange and beautiful feats of physics that involve motion, light and heat, exhibits featured in this section illuminate bizarre aspects of the physical world. Using basic tools of science – observation and manipulation – visitors will experience a zone of weird happenings that delight the mind and senses. Guests can explore the invisible light that the human body radiates all day long or bend light around a corner using fiber optics. Other features introduce the element of spin to a seemingly mundane object, only to produce bizarre forces and motion that are totally unexpected.

PUSH

Visitors can explore concepts of mechanical advantage, energy transfer and air pressure in PUSH. Examining how forces make objects move, visitors can perform amazing feats of strength such as crushing a garbage can, winning an impossible tug of war match and shooting a powerful basketball-sized pocket of air that can be felt 30 feet away.

To cool down from “lifting”, “looking” and “pushing”, guests can further investigate and view more applications of chemistry, physics and engineering at Explore More Stuff. Located across from Cool Stuff, Explore More Stuff presents a lab-like environment where matter and energy are explored and tested. Facilitated by experts, kids and adults can experiment with forces that are controlled only by the laws of physics and chemistry.

Participants can design, create and implement their own projects and experiments using

real tools of science. New eureka moments can be experienced in Explore More Stuff as the topics and themes change monthly. Programs present three to six different inquiry-based design challenges allowing guests to become hands-on participants. Science themes include forces, chemical reactions, engineering, robotics, solar power, magnetism and electricity and more.

Cool Stuff marks the first of all-new exhibition areas to be showcased in a completely renovated and revitalized Discovery Place. At the completion of the renovation, set to conclude in June 2010, Discovery Place will showcase all-new, interactive exhibitions that present science and technology in a contemporary way. The renovation also features an improved infrastructure and a brighter, fresher look for the Museum.

Beginning, Friday, Nov. 27, admission to Discovery Place will be $10 for adults (14-59); $8 for seniors (60 and older) and children (2-13); free for children younger than 2. Discounts are available for Discovery Place Members and for groups of 15 or more.

Sugababes

The original members of the Sugababes have reportedly hired Peter Andre's manager Claire Powell to help them make a comeback!
According to the UK newspaper ‘The Sun’, the three girls: Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy met last week and have decided to move ahead with a planned reunion.
A record label source said: “The comeback is gathering momentum, Mutya had a lot of convincing to do to get the girls around the table to sort things out. That happened last week and they are all game to give it a go”
They added: “Mutya's manager knows he needs some muscle to make it a commercial success and he's called in his old pal Claire.
“The other girls are delighted to be back in touch. They are bang up for it with the new management team. They are now looking for a record deal and have started planning for a big launch next year.”
This is dispite Keisha’s manger saying earlier this month that she’s concentrating on her solo career and “is definitely, 100% not going to be involved in any kind of Sugababes reformation”.
Watch this space is all I can say …

Bill Coleman

Here’s an artist you may not have heard of before who’s certainly well worth a listen!
Bill Coleman is from Cork, Ireland who is currently working on his second album, in the meantime check out his new single “Welcome to the breakdown” it’s brilliant!
Let me know what you think!
Click the link to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPh7SBUoec

Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole’s next song to be released “3 Words” (Feat… Will.i.am) will also contain a song written by Adele called “Boys” .
The single will be made available on January 11.
Cheryl Cole's solo album has already gone platinum in the UK, selling more than 300,000 copies in its first two weeks on release.
Click to listen to the new single “3 words”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=PpjytYC97lI

Samantha Fox

How convenient … I'm A Celebrity contestant Samantha Fox has confirmed that she is releasing a new Greatest Hits CD in December.
Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now: Greatest Hits is scheduled for release on December 14.
Available in single and double CD editions, it includes her three Top 10 hits “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)”, “Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now” and “Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)”
It will also feature her new track “Tomorrow”,

UK Charts

Congratulations to JLS whose debut album has gone straight to No.1 in the UK and also in the Irish album charts, they missed out on the double though to The Black Eyed Peas, they now have had a massive 3 No.1’s from their album “The E.N.D”

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: N-Dubz – “I need you”
4: Cheryl Cole – “Fight for this love”
3: JLS – “Everybody in love”
2: Leona Lewis – “Happy”
1: The Black Eyed Peas – “Meet me half way”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
4: The Solders – “Coming home”
3: Snow Patrol – “Up to now – The greatest hits”
2: Robbie Williams – “Reality killed the video star”
1: JLS – “JLS”

Lady Gaga

What ever your thoughts are on Lady Gaga you have to admit she sure knows how to churn out a massive pop hit and her latest single is no different!
It’s absolutely brilliant; it’s from her re-issued album “The Fame Monster” which contains new tracks, and what’s more Lady Gaga has said she’s going to release an affordable version of it, which will just contain all the new tracks. (So if you already own “The Fame” you don’t need to re-buy it)
Click to listen to “Bad Romance”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsthwTUTylQ

Leona Lewis - Echo

Après un premier album écoulé à plus de 6 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde, Leona Lewis est attendue au tournant avec son nouveau projet. "Echo" fera donc suite à "Spirit". J'ai eu la chance de l'écouter avant sa sortie lundi partout dans le monde. Voici mes impressions.


Leona Lewis a une voix exceptionnelle. Ses producteurs le savent. Peut-être trop. Au point qu'ils la font hurler sur toute la première moitié du disque. C'en est presque incommondant. Un manque de nuances lourd mais auquel il ne faut pas s'arrêter (bien qu'il ait complètement plombé ma première écoute de l'album). Les titres "I Got You", "Can't Breathe" et "Outta My Head" du grand Max Martin sonnent moins faux que les autres dans cet exercice (j'inclus le premier single officiel "Happy" avec lequel j'ai encore du mal).


On constate dès lors que le virage pris il y a un an avec "Forgive Me" (produit par Akon) se confirme. Leona Lewis semble alterner les ballades assez "épiques" et les titres plus RnB. Attention, je ne critique pas vraiment ces "ballades épiques". Dans "Spirit", je trouvais que Leona Lewis faisait tout ce que Mariah Carey ne sait plus faire depuis 15 ans sans avoir l'air complètement ridicule (exemple : "I Want To Know What Love Is"). Seulement ici, je n'ai que trop l'impression dans les premiers titres que c'est la surenchère à l'égosille.

La finesse s'installe un peu plus dans la deuxième moitié de l'album. Les titres restent essentiellement des ballades, mais on retrouve une Leona qui ne hurle pas passées à peine vingt secondes d'introduction. L'ensemble est plus posé, plus enlevé, mieux construit je trouve. Un grand merci donc à Justin Timberlake pour "Don't Let Me Down", Julian Bunetta & Andrew Frampton pour la très belle piste cachée "Stone Hearts & Hand Grenades", Oasis aussi dont elle reprend merveilleusement "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" et à Ryan Tedder de OneRepublic pour "Lost When Found".

Ainsi, "Echo" reste un plutôt bon deuxième album, mais dont le manque de finesse des premiers titres laisse un goût un peu amer (peut-être aurait il fallu étudier différemment le tracklisting).

Leona Lewis chante bien, très bien, des chansons d'amour toujours, mais pas vraiment de titre up-tempo (plus rythmés). Je me demande donc si elle trouvera sa place sur des radios Top40 comme celle sur laquelle je travaille (NRJ). Le pire à mon goût étant sans doute de n'avoir pas retrouvé toute la magie de "Spirit" (mes préférées : "Yesterday", "I Will Be", "Footprints In The Sand", "Take A Bow", "Run", "Forgive Me", "The Best You Never Had" et "Bleeding Love").

Voici d'après moi les singles potentiels : "Lost When Found", "Outta My Head", "Stop Crying Your Heart Out".

Nickelback - Never Gonna Be Alone

J'adore Nickelback.

Oui avec ce morceau, ils se servent encore et toujours de la même recette. Oui le clip est totalement cliché. Oui je vous en reparle encore une fois. Mais booooooon : la voix de Chad Kroeger, les ptits riffounets de guitares, les paroles qui parlent d'amouuuur et de beaux sentiments. Il ne m'en faut pas plus. A chaque fois j'adore (d'ailleurs je ne me suis toujours pas remis du non-succès de Gotta Be Somebody l'an dernier en France, pourtant starté par NRJ mais joué peu de temps).

J'adore Nickelback.

> Regarder le clip de NICKELBACK - Never Gonna Be Alone <

Album : "Dark Horses" (dispo depuis l'automne 2008).

Sarah Harding

Another Girls Aloud member breaks away from the band to record solo material, this time it’s the turn of Sarah Harding.
She has recorded three solo songs for the soundtrack to her upcoming movie St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold.
The tracks “Too Bad”, “Make It Easy” and a cover of David Bowie's “Boys Keep Swinging”
“We can now announce that Sarah has recorded three exclusive tracks for the soundtrack to her new film St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold,” a message on Girls Aloud's MySpace reads.
“As well as playing the character of Roxy, Sarah has worked with Xenomania on three songs for the album” … also on the album is Girls Aloud's live performance of Kaiser Chiefs' “I Predict A Riot” at Wembley.
The original soundtrack to St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold is scheduled for release on December 14.
Bad time for her to release anything considering the success Cheryl Cole has had huh … Do you think she can be as big?

Madonna

Unless you have Madonna’s “Greatest Hits” collection you probably haven’t heard this track so here it is …
Madonna Feat… Lil Wayne “Revolver” It’s a brilliant track and I only hope she releases it as her next single!

Even if your not a Madonna fan, you’ve got to admit that this track is just FANTASTIC!
Click on the link to list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHR1LHF2Vs

Leona Lewis

Wooo Whooo... Leona Lewis is coming to Ireland!

It was announced today that Leona Lewis will be playing The O2 in Dublin on 27th June 2010 as part of her UK and Ireland tour.

Tickets on sale Friday 27th November at 9.30am from: http://www.ticketmaster.ie

Cleopatra

90’s girl band ‘Cleopatra’ have announced details of a live comeback show for next week.
The girls made up of sisters Cleo, Yonah and Zainam, will do a show at ‘Embassy’ in London on 17th November.
Cleo said “We are here to reclaim our true position in the pop world,” Yonah added: “Our natural connection as sisters is so much stronger; it shows in our music and live performances. We're hotter, solid and tighter than ever.”
Cleopatra had massive success in the later 90’s with Top 10 singles like “Cleopatra's Theme”, “Life Ain't Easy” and “I Want You Back” in 1998.
They were even snapped up by Madonna's Maverick record label in the US. I still think “Cleopatra’s theme” is a great pop song! ~ Tickets are priced from £7 and are available now.
Click to listen to “Cleopatra’s theme”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb-Ff4piZIg

US Charts

Owl City returns back to the US No.1 spot for a second time in it’s chart run.
Also congratulations also goes to a previous American Idol winner Carrie Underwood who sold a massive 318,000 copies of her second album “Play on” “Play On” is the largest sales week for an album by a woman in 2009 and the second-best sales week for a country release behind Rascal Flatt’s “Unstoppable” which sold 351,000 in the first week of release.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”
4: Iyaz – “Replay”
3: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
2: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”
1: Owl City – “Fireflies”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Various Artists – “Now 31”
4: Various Artists – “Glee: The music Vol…1”
3: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
2: Michael Jackson – “This is it”
1: Carrie Underwood – “Play on”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending 8th Nov) are down 2% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.02 million).
Year to date album sales stand at 294.4 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (339.3 million).

Avril Lavigne - I Will Be

Dernier single exploité par Leona Lewis pour son prodigieux premier album "Spirit", I Will Be est en fait une chanson d'Avril Lavigne, originellement parue en bonus sur le dernier opus de la rockeuse canadienne.


Écrite et composée par Avril elle-même et Max Martin (grand producteur Suédois à qui l'on doit notamment les plus gros hits de Britney Spears, P!nk et Kelly Clarkson), cette ballade n'est donc pas une nouveauté, mais je voulais la partager ici parce que c'est une de celles qui me font vraiment frissonner.


J'adore Leona Lewis - on l'aura compris - mais curieusement je préfère l'interprétation d'Avril Lavigne. Sa voix est moins dans la démonstration (question de registre on est d'accord) et je trouve qu'elle sert mieux l'instrumentalisation et les paroles. La belle instrumentalisation et les jolies paroles devrais-je dire.

Et puis j'aime bien la Avril Lavigne qui arrête de sautiller partout, la jeune femme sur la corde sensible, qui se pose au piano pour chanter avec sa voix parfois éraillée mais toujours puissante. Je vous laisse juger et je l'espère apprécier.

> Écouter AVRIL LAVIGNE - I Will Be (version originale) <

> Écouter LEONA LEWIS - I Will Be (la reprise) <

> LEONA LEWIS ft. AVRIL LAVIGNE - I Will Be <
(très sympa montage de fans)

Rihanna

Rihanna has been confirmed to be a mentor and she’ll be performing on ‘The X Factor’ later this month.
Rihanna is expected to sing her new single “Russian Roulette” from her fourth studio album titled “Rated R” (which is released on 23rd November).
Rihanna said: “I am beyond excited - it was the easiest decision I've ever made. A lot of people watch the show over here on YouTube and I personally caught a lot of it when Leona Lewis was on, who's an amazing artist. So to say yes to Simon was an honour, especially as I know the show so well.”
Shakira will be the celebrity guest on this Sunday's show, and Susan Boyle will perform her debut single: “Wild Horses” on the 22nd.
Click to hear Rihanna’s new single “Russian roulette” … I’m still on the fence with this one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zln0wp98LKs

The Ting Tings

Things are looking even more promising for ‘The Ting Tings’ to break into the US market as they’ve been working with Jay-Z on new material and they signed to his ‘Roc Nation’ record label in America.
The Ting Tings have spent the last six months writing songs for their second album, due for release in spring 2010. Jay-Z will be producing a number of tracks for the duo from Manchester.
“Jay is hoping to lend his production skills to some of the new material,” a source told the Daily Star. “The staccato rhythmic style of The Ting Tings sits well with what he does best, so that was the attraction.
“Jay can make them one of the biggest British bands in America”… I certainly agree and I hope their follow up is just as good as their debut! ~ Can’t wait!

Click to listen to their classic “That’s not my name”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s