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:: Pop music fans across the pond have better get ready for this jelly — Beyoncé will headline Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. this June, just three years after her hubby Jay-Z headlined the fest. Other unconfirmed acts for Glastonbury include U2 and Coldplay. [Billboard]
:: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is releasing a big band album called Music Is Better Than Words, featuring collaborations with Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles. What, no Stewie and Brian duet? [EW Music Mix]
:: Rihanna has agreed to lift her restraining order against Chris Brown to a level 1, meaning they can interact as long as he doesn't "annoy, molest or harass" her. We don't think he'll be attempting any one of those any time soon, unless he wants to rehabilitate his image for a second time. [E! Online]
:: Have a sneak peak at Trey Songz's "Love Faces" video. It's safe to watch at work, unlike his other love faces. [MTV Buzzworthy]
:: James Blunt attempts to stay relevant by covering Katy Perry's "California Gurls", a song that reached its peak about 10 months ago. Try again, James. [PopEater]
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Posts Tagged ‘James Blunt’
Justin Bieber Sings Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” With James Blunt & Ellen
Wed Feb 9 2011 by Robbie Daw
How much of a maddening frenzy are people being driven to while anticipating Lady Gaga's new single "Born This Way"? For starters, Ellen DeGeneres actually sat down at a piano with the tune's lyrics on her show and tried to predict how the Grammy nominee's new jam will sound ("Born This Way" is set to premiere on Friday). Yes—Ellen actually sang (with Auto Tune). But that was all before she called out Justin Bieber and James Blunt, who each had their own take on how Gaga's song will sound.
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Watch Susan Boyle And Leona Lewis In The Helping Haiti “Everybody Hurts” Video
Mon Feb 8 2010 by Robbie Daw
The Helping Haiti video for "Everybody Hurts" is pretty much standard charity single fare—clips of the stars singing interspersed with (often graphic) footage of victims of the disastrous earthquake that rocked Haiti last month.
Simon Cowell organized the project, and wrangled in the likes of Susan Boyle, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Bon Jovi, Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, JLS, James Blunt, Joe McElderry and Alexandra Burke to sing on the R.E.M. cover. The song was made available on UK iTunes Sunday, and shot to #1 there by the afternoon.
Catch the video after the jump. (Again, some of the images are graphic.) More »
Simon Cowell organized the project, and wrangled in the likes of Susan Boyle, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Bon Jovi, Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, JLS, James Blunt, Joe McElderry and Alexandra Burke to sing on the R.E.M. cover. The song was made available on UK iTunes Sunday, and shot to #1 there by the afternoon.
Catch the video after the jump. (Again, some of the images are graphic.) More »
Hear The All Star Helping Haiti Version Of “Everybody Hurts”
Tue Feb 2 2010 by Robbie Daw
BBC 1 Radio premiered the Simon Cowell-organized all star cover version of "Everybody Hurts"—billed as Helping Haiti—this morning. Among the singers who lent vocals to the track are Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Miley Cyrus, Susan Boyle, Take That, Rod Stewart, Mika, Bon Jovi, James Blunt and Cheryl Cole, as well as X Factor alums Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry and JLS.
The track itself, produced by Steve Robson, stays pretty faithful to R.E.M.'s original 1992 version. And, of course, the inner Anglophile in us is reveling in the fact that this marks the first time all five original members of Take That have appeared on a song together since Robbie Williams split from the seminal Brit boy band in 1995. (Though only Gary Barlow and Robbie appear to have prominent lines here.)
Hop below to hear the new Helping Haiti version of "Everybody Hurts." More »
The track itself, produced by Steve Robson, stays pretty faithful to R.E.M.'s original 1992 version. And, of course, the inner Anglophile in us is reveling in the fact that this marks the first time all five original members of Take That have appeared on a song together since Robbie Williams split from the seminal Brit boy band in 1995. (Though only Gary Barlow and Robbie appear to have prominent lines here.)
Hop below to hear the new Helping Haiti version of "Everybody Hurts." More »
No. 45: James Blunt, “You’re Beautiful”
Wed Oct 21 2009 by Maura
And now, 45 answers to the question that will no doubt result from this entry: “How is James Blunt’s 2005 ode to a stolen glance on the Underground not higher than No. 45 on a worst songs of the ’00s list? Really now.” More »
This Just In: James Blunt Still Sucks
Wed Jul 22 2009 by Maura
Accordion-wielding parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic is compiling another greatest-hits collection for release this fall, and he wants your help as far as song-selection goes. One song that definitely won’t be on the collection, however, is “You’re Pitiful.” Yankovic’s remake of James Blunt’s mewly, unkillable “You’re Beautiful,” which centers on a guy who takes being white and nerdy to an uncomfortable, Slurpee-filled level, was an “unofficial” “Weird Al” release thanks to Atlantic Records, Blunt’s label, barring its release back in 2006—even though at the time, the singer himself had been OK with the release of the track: More »
Tue Apr 8 2008 by Jess Harvell
“Britons like a dose of music from the rock band Coldplay to help them fall asleep, a survey from hotel chain Travelodge found on Monday…Other artists chosen for their slumber-inducing qualities were James Blunt, Snow Patrol, Take That, and Norah Jones.” More »
Linda Perry To Warner Music Group: “What’s Up With The Money You Owe Me?”
Thu Mar 6 2008 by Maura
Linda Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman who went on to produce songs for Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Gwen Stefani, is suing Warner Music Group for royalties she believes she is owed on James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam, which came out on her imprint Custard Records. More »
MySpace To Clutter Its Music Page Even More With “Exclusive Performances”
Tue Dec 4 2007 by Maura
It’s not on the site yet, but later today, the few remaining James Blunt fans (there are some out there, right?) will be able to purchase downloadable videos of exclusive performances by the scruffy singer-songwriter from MySpace’s music section. The performances are the inaugural offering in Transmissions, a the social-networking site’s latest attempt to stay relevant connect its users to the musicians they loved. Or used to, anyway, before that “You’re Beautiful” song became inescapable.
Tue Nov 27 2007 by jharv
Proving the sampler really can squeeze the awful out of just about anything, the producer on the new Beanie Sigel single finds the world’s first legitimate use for a James Blunt chorus. We guess sampling Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” would have been too meta/ironic for Beans. More »
