July Has Been A Crazy Month For Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi checked in with fans on her official web site’s blog on Thursday (July 29), discussing her shows in the UK, shooting the ‘Defender’ music video, and performing with Marc Cerrone in October. The Australian pop singer writes:
Today is the first day off I have had in ages…sorry I have been out of reach, July has been a crazy, CRAZY month.
I’ve been mainly been spending my time zooming all around the UK playing MASSIVE radio events, kicking off at the MEN Arena in Manchester! The crowds have been crazy. Thank you to anyone who came to check out my little shows! Hopefully I’ll have a tour of my own coming up, I can’t wait to play a full set and work on a bit more of a show!
Another big deal….I filmed the “Defender Video”!!!!!!! We filmed it in Chelmsford’s water factory. There was lime scale falling from the walls (eww) and it was quite cold and lonely looking, but it had just the right character for the video. The video’s story line follows a girl (that would be moi) leaving behind one world, stripping back everything that hides who she truly is and then going into battle to protect someone or something she believes in….but that’s my little secret ;)
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Britney Spears And Jason Trawick Discussing Wedding Plans?
Britney Spears and boyfriend Jason Trawick could be headed towards marriage, a Hollywood source tells Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times. A spy said the couple were joined by Jason’s parents at LA’s Grafton on Sunset Hotel for dinner, and were talking about the Chelsea Clinton’s upcoming wedding. “They were particularly interested in the tight security and the way the Clintons had stonewalled for Chelsea’s wedding – and it sounded like they were talking about it all in connection with a Britney and Jason wedding,” the source claimed.
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Kate Nash Not Sure She Fit In On Lilith Fair Lineup
Kate Nash checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Wednesday (July 28), discussing various topics like gigs, clothes shopping, Michael Jackson, comic books, and Target. The 23-year-old singer songwriter tells readers:
I’m off to Australia tomorrow, playing splendor festival and a couple of my own shows with the thin kids, should be really cool, looking forward to playing with those guys. I might try swimming with sharks again too.
I got back from Lilith Fair festival last week, I’m not sure I really fit in there. It seemed a little tame, not what I really expected. I thought I would feel much more liberated there. Seeing Mary J. Blige playing ‘No More Drama’ was pretty much basically amazing though. Can’t deny/regret that.
I wish I saw Michael Jackson play before he died, can’t believe I never saw that.
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Jewel Takes Writing Very Seriously
Jewel checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Wednesday (July 28), discussing her tricks of the trade and how she always is pushing herself as a songwriter and expand her boundaries to multiple genres of music. The 36-year-old writes:
I live in Texas because I think it keeps me grounded. I did not want to get distracted by fame or believe in my own hype. The worst thing for a writer is to become arrogant. When you think you know everything, you can’t listen, and if you don’t listen you don’t learn, and if you aren’t learning, you are starving the one thing a writer needs most. I push myself to learn all the time. I read a lot and watch the world around me so I can keep growing as a writer. Most songwriters quit writing well in their 20s. Yet most novelists are the opposite – they do their best work in their 50s and beyond. I think a lot of that has to do with the lifestyle of these two groups.
I take writing very seriously, and it has been a goal to be more than just a ‘hit’ artist, but to be one that produces great writing and who grows as a singer and writer. That’s why I have pushed myself so hard to expand my boundaries. To write pop, country, rock. To explore dance, to write poems and short stories and fiction. I won’t let my creative life be stifled by genre or formula or any boundaries.
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Polly Scattergood “Pretty Much Finished” Writing Second Album
Polly Scattergood checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Wednesday (July 28), discussing work on her second album, releasing her cover of ‘New York, New York’, and enjoying the sunshine. The British singer songwriter tells readers:
The good news is, it’s moving nicely, I have pretty much finished writing it, at the moment its all very fluid and exciting. Although everything in the early stages I have a strong idea of how I want it to sound, and I am very excited for the moment when I hear the sound waves slowly growing into the vision I have inside my head. I don’t want to say to much about how I hear it though, as don’t want to tie myself to anyone’s expectations, I want to be allowed to go to places I may not have even thought of yet, if that makes sense!
I don’t know when it will be out yet, at a guess I would say first half of next year!- So Please bare with me as I play in the studio bubble for a while. I promise not to loose myself for 3 years like I did with the first album!
And with my cover of New York New York,the artwork is done, and the track is ready to go, but I am just waiting to hear a release date from my record company. As soon as I know that I will let you all know!- Sorry I know it’s taking agers.
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Kylie Minogue & Scissor Sisters ‘All The Lovers’ Bluegrass Performance
Scissor Sisters were joined by special guest Kylie Minogue to perform a bluegrass version of her hit song ‘All The Lovers’ at Melbourne Festival Hall on Monday (July 26). Watch it via YouTube below.
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Apologetic Selena Gomez Cancels Tour Dates Due To Strained Vocal Cords
Selena Gomez checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Wednesday (July 28), apologizing for having to cancel some tour dates due to strained vocal cords. The 18-year-old writes:
Hey guys, by now I’m sure most of you know that my voice is gone and that I had to cancel some of my upcoming shows. After my 2 week promo tour with Joey I started to feel pain in my throat from talking too much. As soon as I came home I went to see my doctor and he said that I had damaged my vocal chords and that I had acid reflux (probably from pickles). He put me on medication and wanted to see me in a few days. When I went back my voice had gotten much worse. He then told me that I had to cancel my shows and be on vocal rest for a week. I felt so horrible that I couldn’t perform. I begged the doctor to give me more medication to last me through these shows, he said if I went I could lose my voice completely and have permanent damage. I had to give up and agree to not go but I WILL make it up. We are doing the best we can to reschedule all of the shows and I will do a 2 hour meet and greet in each city that I missed when I come back into town. We are also trying to see who was planning on coming to the shows so we can give you all tickets to the rescheduled shows. I am SO sorry about all of this and really hope I can see you all when I’m better.
The show in Columbus, OH has already been rescheduled for November 6th.
The shows that have been cancelled are:
Delaware State Fair 7/28/10
Lilith Fair Tour in Holmdel, NJ 7/31 and Hartford, CT 8/01I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. :(
I love you all so much and can’t wait to see you. Thank you for understanding. It means so much.Sel
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Jason Mraz: Life Is Just A Kaleidoscope
Jason Mraz is offering his thoughts on how he relates to the infamous “double rainbow” YouTube video in his latest blog at MySpace. The singer songwriter and environmental activist writes:
Quite honestly, this is how I feel in relationship these days. Even more disgustingly, the word “creationship” comes to mind when referring to what my partner and I have – both of us in full-on dream/manifesting mode – that which is both the cause of our reunion and the cleverness of our daily progress.
What I’ve come to see is how life is just a kaleidoscope, light bouncing off of light – people being mirrors for everyone else’s light. I’m starting to realize our God and Goddess power by allowing our two dreams to merging as one. I suppose the deeper we go in this creation game we’ll end up with a baby. Is there anything more creative than that?
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Tamar Kaprelian: ‘Sinner Or A Saint’ Is Positive, Honest & Sexy
Hollywood Dame recently spoke with Tamar Kaprelian in a Q&A, asking the singer about what fans can expect with her debut album ‘Sinner or a Saint’ when it is released August 24th on Interscope Records. “I was influenced by the classics and really wanted to make a timeless record,” the 23-year-old said. “Songwriting is an art and I wanted to make sure that I created a body of work that represented who I am as a person and who I am as an artist. It’s a very positive, honest, and sexy record. I think the quality of my songwriting will set me apart from other artists in my genre. I am proud to say, that every single one of my songs on this album can be stripped down to a single instrument and still sound really great. That’s something that not many people can do.”
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Uma ‘A Plan In My Head’ Video
Uma, Sarah DeCourcy’s new music project, is out with the video to her debut single ‘A Plan In My Head’. Watch it via YouTube below.
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