The Killers brought the curtain downcast on this year's Leeds Festival with a headline set on the Main Stage tonight (August 24).
The Las Vegas band once again included a new song - 'Spaceman' - in their arrange, which was the same as last night's headlining set at Reading Festival.
Kicking off with 'For Reasons Unknown', isaac Bashevis Singer Brandon Flowers - wHO took the stage in a flashy green jacket - complimented the honest looks of the crowd.
"You have beautiful eyes and beautiful voices Leeds. Let's keep it going," he said, in front launching into a raucous version of the 2006 single 'Somebody Told Me'.
The band then played Joy Division cover 'Shadowplay', the song they contributed to the soundtrack for the 2007 pic 'Control'.
The slick show once more relied heavily on tracks from B-sides and rarities album 'Sawdust', with tracks 'Tranquilize' and 'Under The Gun' among those included in the set.
During 'When You Were Young', gold fireworks rained down from the roof of the stage, while afterwards in the set fan favourites 'Mr Brightside' and 'Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine' sparked wild scenes, with fans chanting the dustup back at the band and terpsichore and clapping.
An epic 'All These Things That I've Done' closed proceedings, beholding Flowers overturn the mic stand supra his capitulum whilst guitar player Dave Keuning rolled around on the floor and confetti rained down on the crowd.
The Killers played:
'For Reasons Unknown'
'Somebody Told Me'
'Shadowplay'
'Sweet Talk'
'Bones'
'Smile Like You Mean It'
'Tranquilize'
'When You Were Young'
'Under The Gun'
'Sam's Town'
'Read My Mind'
'Spaceman'
'Mr Brightside'
'Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine'
'This River Is Wild'
'All These Things That I've Done'
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Monday 18 August 2008
Mp3 music: Danny Wright
 Artist: Danny Wright: mp3 download Genre(s): New Age Danny Wright's discography:  Healer Of Hearts Cd2 Year: 2003 Tracks: 13  Healer Of Hearts Cd1 Year: 2003 Tracks: 12  Freedom To Love Year: 2003 Tracks: 8  Do You Live Do You Love Year: 2002 Tracks: 11  Soul Mates Year: 2001 Tracks: 11  Curtain Call Year: 1993 Tracks: 13  Black and White 2 Year: 1992 Tracks: 9  Autumn Dreams Year: 1991 Tracks: 12  Time Windows Year: 1987 Tracks: 8  Black And White Year: 1986 Tracks: 10  Honeymoon Suite Year: Tracks: 18  Applause Year: Tracks: 13  An Intimate Christmas Year: Tracks: 12  A Day in the Life ... Year: Tracks: 11 The many recordings of keyboardist/composer Danny Wright are difficult to class. He specializes in trey decided music styles: adult contemporary compositions, Broadway show tunes and motion-picture show themes, and classic music. His original compositions incline to be in the grownup contemporaneous mode and ar ofttimes elysian by classical composers such as Beethoven, Pachelbel and Debussy as well as by such Broadway greats as Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jerome Kern and Stephen Sondheim. Wright was born and raised in Fort Worth, TX. He began playing pianoforte at age four-spot. He and so studied classic piano under Dr. Harris Cavender for ten-spot eld. While poring over, Wright demonstrated a gift for improvising in the exact style he was performing and he has used this natural endowment for making each musical composition unambiguously his. Later he north Korean won a full scholarship to Christian University where he studied music instruction. He dropped knocked out of school at age 22 to begin his professional vocation. Wright began composing his have music in 1985. With Dori and Bob Nichols, he founded the label Nichols-Wright Records (afterwards Moulin D'Or Recordings) to release his have albums. He made his recording debut with Black and White, (1986) which was first base marketed to a quality grouping of friends, relatives, and eating place patrons. It took deuce eld, simply finally the Nichols' got local Dallas/Fort Worth wireless stations to play Wright's songs. His irregular album, Clip Windows (1987) was a showcase of Wright's compositions. This and the first base were sold via mail order. By 1987, his albums were being distributed throughout North America. His third album Phantasys (1988) became ane of his most popular and as well features Wright's own compositions. His 1992 record album Fall Dreams made it to the Top Ten on Billboard's Top Adult Alternative gross sales chart and stayed there for over six months, decent on of the whirligig new age albums of the class. As of the mid-'90s, Wright plays concerts all over the U.S. including benefits for such charitable organizations as the Children's Foundation, and the Humane Society. He continued recording albums for Nichols-Wright on an annual basis ahead moving to Real Music in 2001, where he continued to record albums each year, including the two CD set up he released in 2003 entitled Danny Wright Healer of Hearts. |
Friday 8 August 2008
Shadow King
Artist: Shadow King
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Shadow King
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
Shadow King was a transient sports stadium rock/hard rock confect band that was lED by Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm. When Gramm (born May 2, 1950, Rochester, NY) formed Shadow King in 1991, he was taking a result of absence from the multi-platinum Foreigner. The vocalist had been doing well as a solo artist -- his 1989 solo pleasure trip Long Hard Look was a big hit -- and it was indecipherable whether or not he would be vocalizing with Foreigner once again. Sounding a lap like Foreigner, Shadow King consisted of Gramm on jumper lead story vocals, Vivian Campbell on guitar, Kevin Valentine on drums, and Bruce Turgon on bass part. Shadow King was scarcely the number one time that Gramm and Turgon had worked with each early -- back in Gramm's pre-Foreigner years, they played in concert in a '70s band called Black Sheep (which shouldn't be illogical with the East Coast rap music grouping). Gramm was with Black Sheep until 1976, first as its drummer and and then as its lead isaac M. Singer; that yr, he left Black Sheep (which recorded a few albums for Capitol) to turn Foreigner's jumper lead vocaliser. Reunited in Shadow King, Gramm and Turgon became songwriting partners -- together, they co-wrote to the highest degree of the material on Shadow King's self-titled debut album, which Atlantic released in 1991. Shadow King's first album off out to be its last-place; by 1994, Graham was back with Foreigner -- and Shadow King was history.
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Tuesday 1 July 2008
The Daily Trailer: Kung Fu Panda
Jack Black is back as the voice of Po, the central character in the new animated feature 'Kung Fu Panda', which opened in the U.S. this week (June 6) and also stars Anglina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogan, Lucy Lui and Jackie Chan.
Watch the trailer below.
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Picture courtesy of DreamWorks.
Thursday 19 June 2008
Why? Announce Rescheduled Live Dates
Why? have re-arranged those postponed UK dates, that were axed after mainman Yoni Wolf became ill earlier this month.
Returning to the UK at the end of June to play two shows, July will then see a further four nights and a final appearance at the Wireless Festival. Tickets for original dates remain valid for the new gigs.
Why? are still supporting the release of their acclaimed third album 'Alopecia', which came out at the beginning of the year.
June Dates:
29 - London Madame JoJos
30 - London Cargo
July Dates:
1 - Brighton Audio
2 - Nottingham Bodega
3 - Leeds Faversham
4 - Manchester Roadhouse
5 - London Wireless Festival
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Wednesday 11 June 2008
Zhang Angry At Ignorant Cannes Attendees
Actress Ziyi Zhang was left enraged during her visit to France's Cannes Film Festival, when she encountered a group of people who knew nothing about the recent Chinese earthquake, which has devastated her native country. The Memoirs of a Geisha star turned her trip to Cannes into a fundraising mission in a bid to raise money to help the victims of the quake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale when it struck China earlier this month . She even made a pamphlet about the natural disaster, which has left almost 60,000 dead and more than five million homeless. Zhang has made a personal donation of $144,000 (£72,000) to help the relief efforts, and has also secured a $100,000 (£50,000) pledge from media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, who was born in China. But the 29-year-old was shocked when she came across a group of festival-goers who were ignorant of world events. Recalling the meeting, she says, "I was as angry as a madwoman. I said, 'Are you idiots? You are well-dressed people who look like you identify with society, but you don't know what's going on on planet Earth.' It's incredible!"
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Thursday 5 June 2008
Hariprasad Chaurasia and Amareesh Leib
Artist: Hariprasad Chaurasia and Amareesh Leib
Genre(s):
Instrumental
Discography:
Now
Year: 1999
Tracks: 8
Monday 2 June 2008
Farrah Fawcett - Fawcett Optimistic About Cancer Battle
Actress FARRAH FAWCETT is "optimistic" she can beat anal cancer.
The star was diagnosed with the disease in 2006, and has been jetting to Germany to be treated in a specialist clinic.
Craig Nevius, who directed Fawcett, 61, in the new documentary about her battle, A Wing and a Prayer, reveals, "She is cautiously optimistic. Farrah has learned the hard way that with cancer, the test is time."
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Music highlights for May 28, 2008
Psychedelic funk-rock ensemble Gravity A plays at Banks Street Bar & Grill. Hear jazz groove band TriFuncTa at Blue Nile. Progressive rockers Bipolaroid, followed by The Way, hit up the Hi-Ho Lounge. One Eyed Jacks hosts the Whirly Bones Variety...
Piers Morgan slams Keira Knightley
'Britain's Got Talent' judge Piers Morgan has hit out at actress Keira Knightley for complaining about being famous.
The newspaper editor and television star suggested that it was hypocritical of Knightley to complain about media intrusion into her life and then pose for photo shoots for magazines.
Morgan told Closer magazine: "She moans about being famous and then does endless photo sessions. You can't use the media to promote yourself and then attack them."
"My message to Keira is: 'If you'd like me to get off your case, stop bleating!' Most people would change their lives in a flash to have a tenth of what people like her have. Being famous is brilliant."
The newspaper editor and television star suggested that it was hypocritical of Knightley to complain about media intrusion into her life and then pose for photo shoots for magazines.
Morgan told Closer magazine: "She moans about being famous and then does endless photo sessions. You can't use the media to promote yourself and then attack them."
"My message to Keira is: 'If you'd like me to get off your case, stop bleating!' Most people would change their lives in a flash to have a tenth of what people like her have. Being famous is brilliant."
Five
Artist: Five
Genre(s):
Pop
Rock: Pop-Rock
Discography:
Kingsize
Year: 2001
Tracks: 15
Greatest Hits
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Greatest Hits 2000
Year: 2000
Tracks: 21
Five
Year: 1998
Tracks: 12
T.I. Aims To Defy Expectations As 'Meticulous' Producer; Tha Dogg Pound Get Gangsta 'Grizz-ills,' In Mixtape Monday
T.I. tests his boundaries as a producer, Tha Dogg Pound come out with a Gangsta Grillz mixtape and more in Mixtape Monday.
Heath Ledger post-mortem results inconclusive
Results of a post-mortem on Hollywood star Heath Ledger are inconclusive, US authorities said today.
The 28-year-old actor was found dead at his New York apartment yesterday.
Police are treating his death as possibly drug-related and said sleeping pills were found close to his body.
But a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said an autopsy had proved inconclusive and further tests were needed - which could take around 10 days.
There were unconfirmed reports today that the 'Brokeback Mountain' star was suffering from pneumonia at the time of his death.
The actor's family have said that his death was a tragic accident.
Reading a statement outside the family home in Perth, his father Kim said: "We, Heath's family, can confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda."
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said: "We are investigating the possibility of an overdose... There were pills within the vicinity of the bed." He added that the prescription medicine included sleeping pills.
The star's housekeeper found him at 3:26pm (US time) yesterday, and tried to wake him for his appointment with a masseuse.
Paying tribute to Heath Ledger, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said: "Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor."
The actor's compatriot and 'The Patriot' co-star Mel Gibson said: "I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss."
Australian actress Nicole Kidman said: "What a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to his family."
The bosses of Warner Bros, Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov, said: "The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends."
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his part in the film 'Brokeback Mountain' and had recently finished work on the Warner Bros blockbuster 'The Dark Knight'.
Last year he broke up with actress Michelle Williams, who played his wife in 'Brokeback Mountain' and was the mother of their two-year-old daughter.
The actor had recently been working on 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' with director Terry Gilliam; they previously collaborated on 'The Brothers Grimm'.
To view our photo gallery on the life and career of Heath Ledger click here.
The 28-year-old actor was found dead at his New York apartment yesterday.
Police are treating his death as possibly drug-related and said sleeping pills were found close to his body.
But a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said an autopsy had proved inconclusive and further tests were needed - which could take around 10 days.
There were unconfirmed reports today that the 'Brokeback Mountain' star was suffering from pneumonia at the time of his death.
The actor's family have said that his death was a tragic accident.
Reading a statement outside the family home in Perth, his father Kim said: "We, Heath's family, can confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda."
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said: "We are investigating the possibility of an overdose... There were pills within the vicinity of the bed." He added that the prescription medicine included sleeping pills.
The star's housekeeper found him at 3:26pm (US time) yesterday, and tried to wake him for his appointment with a masseuse.
Paying tribute to Heath Ledger, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said: "Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor."
The actor's compatriot and 'The Patriot' co-star Mel Gibson said: "I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss."
Australian actress Nicole Kidman said: "What a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to his family."
The bosses of Warner Bros, Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov, said: "The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends."
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his part in the film 'Brokeback Mountain' and had recently finished work on the Warner Bros blockbuster 'The Dark Knight'.
Last year he broke up with actress Michelle Williams, who played his wife in 'Brokeback Mountain' and was the mother of their two-year-old daughter.
The actor had recently been working on 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' with director Terry Gilliam; they previously collaborated on 'The Brothers Grimm'.
To view our photo gallery on the life and career of Heath Ledger click here.
50 Cent To Sign $300 Million Murdoch Deal
Rap superstar 50 CENT is on the verge of signing a new branding deal with media mogul RUPERT MURDOCH's company - worth a cool $300 million (GBP150 million).
The In Da Club hitmaker is in final negotiations with Murdoch's News Corp firm - which owns social networking site MySpace - for a large stake in all aspects of the 50 Cent brand, including music, concerts, books and his label G-Unit Records.
If the agreement goes ahead, G-Unit Records and its roster of artists will move under News Corp's MySpace Records umbrella.
According to reports, half of the $300 million deal will be in stock, potentially making 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - one of the biggest News Corp shareholders.
However, the deal is not expected to be finalised until next year (09) - allowing the star to fulfil all of his contractual obligations with his current label, Interscope Records.
The In Da Club hitmaker is in final negotiations with Murdoch's News Corp firm - which owns social networking site MySpace - for a large stake in all aspects of the 50 Cent brand, including music, concerts, books and his label G-Unit Records.
If the agreement goes ahead, G-Unit Records and its roster of artists will move under News Corp's MySpace Records umbrella.
According to reports, half of the $300 million deal will be in stock, potentially making 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - one of the biggest News Corp shareholders.
However, the deal is not expected to be finalised until next year (09) - allowing the star to fulfil all of his contractual obligations with his current label, Interscope Records.
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