Girls Can't Catch

Well they didn’t last long huh ... Girls Can't Catch have confirmed that they have split up.
Fans (did they have any?) were made aware of the split when a spokesperson for their record label, Fascination, told a teen mag that the group ‘unfortunately are no longer signed to us’.
The band consisting of: Daizy Agnew, Phoebe Brown and Jess Stickley, released their debut single ‘Keep your head up’ (which peaked at number 26 in the charts), last August. Follow-up single ‘Echo’ didn't do much better, peaking at number 19 in January.
Posting on her Twitter account Daizy said: “Sadly its over for GCC. We have an incredible year! Thank you so much for your support. It was a pleasure to share this experience with Jess and Phoebe. I will pursue other projects. I don't believe in giving up. Thank you once again for everything,” ... “And yes I will be going solo, I've got this far I'm not going to stop now. I wish the girls the best of luck, they are fantastic people.”

Girls Can’t Catch supported both Girls Aloud and the Jonas Brothers on their most recent tours, had been expected to release their debut album later this year.

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers have revealed plans to launch their new album with a gig in London this August.
Bassist Nicky Wire confirmed the concert before the band's Bilbao BBK Live festival performance.
Asked if the group would play any new music at the show, Nick said: “To be honest, I think we've got our launch gig in London and that's when we'll play the new stuff, in August...
“Today's just about a bit of payback for the fans that have stuck with us, so pretty much something from every album we try to do.”
Manic Street Preachers will release their 10th album: ‘Postcards From A Young Man’ on September 27.
Can't wait - Love this band!

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi's current tour around the U.S has made them the highest earners of the year so far, in a poll of the most profitable road shows of the region.
The band made a gross profit of $52.8m (£35m) from ‘The Circle’, which has sold out dates in the US and Canada.
The band performed at 38 shows in the first six months of this year, ranking them top on ‘Pollstar’s’ Top.100 North American tours list.
James Taylor and Carole King’s joint concerts was No.2 with $41m (£27m), and country singer Taylor Swift was No.3.

Musicians such as the Jonas Brothers and Rihanna have recently been forced to cancel concerts as a result of poor ticket sales

Eminem

Mmm, Here’s the official explanation as to why Eminem's performance at last weekend's T In The Park festival in Scotland was delayed for 40 minutes... laser pens.
Police were reportedly searching for a group of people who were pointing the illegal lasers at the stage.
Eminem was held from going on stage until the lasers were found.
An insider told a national newspaper that “Eminem was desperate to go on stage but he was held back for his own safety... “Police and security staff are instructed to clamp down heavily on people who arrive with malicious intent.”

Concert news: Soul shows on the horizon

Budweiser, Live Nation and Haymon Events announced today the revival of Budweiser Superfest, a soul and R&B concert series that will visit 18 cities this summer -- including Charlotte on Sept. 2.

The 2010 tour will feature Anthony Hamilton, Kem, Jaheim, Raheem DeVaughn, Abraham McDonald and Hal Linton, with more to be announced.

During its two-decade run -- 1979 through 1999 -- the Budweiser Superfest featured headliners such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, TLC, Parliament and Luther Vandross.

The Charlotte concert will be at Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre at the N.C. Music Factory and will go on sale Saturday. Details: www.LiveNation.com.

ALSO COMING TO THE N.C. MUSIC FACTORY: Corinne Bailey Rae, the British songwriter and guitarist behind blues-pop hits such as "Like a Star," will play the Fillmore Charlotte on Sept. 8.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and are available at LiveNation.com, the Fillmore Charlotte box office, Ticketmaster or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

Usher

How here’s something that’s far from easy ... it’s hard enough speaking in Chinese never mind singing (i think i only know one word, and thats 'Hello') but Usher performed a song in Chinese during his debut concert in the country.
Usher performed a duet of ‘My One And Only’ with Asian singer Lee-Hom Wang and learnt his lyrics in Chinese in a bid to impress fans over there
He told a newspaper “I wanted to make a great impression, so I wanted to do something very special. After hearing [Wang’s] music, I wanted to collaborate with him.”
Usher also said that he wanted to perform in China because he knew there was an audience there for him, claiming that a crowd in Asia is more respectful of a singer on stage.

UK Charts

JLS go straight to No.1 with their new single ‘The club is alive’ (which is actually the only record on their album they didn’t have a hand in writing) This gives the lads their third UK No.1
Kylie Minogue scores her fifth UK No.1 album this week with ‘Aphrodite’ 22 YEARS after her debut ‘Kylie’ went straight to No.1


Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Yolanda be cool & D-Cup – ‘We speak no Americano’
4: Eminem & Rihanna – ‘Love the way you lie’
3: B.o.b – ‘Airplanes’
2: Katy Perry – ‘California Gurls’
1: JLS – ‘The club is alive’

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: Alicia Keys – ‘The Element of Freedom’
4: Scissor Sisters – ‘Night work’
3: Plan B – ‘Deformation of Strickland banks’
2: Eminem – ‘Recovery’
1: Kylie Minogue – ‘Aphrodite’