Madonna's 'Hard Candy' tops Billboard 200

It's a busy week at the top of the the Billboard 200, with Madonna's "Hard Candy" leading the action at No. 1.

Mel B admits to treating Geri badly

Mel B admits to treating Geri badly

Spiciness Girls star Mel B has admitted that she treated her bandmate Geri Halliwell gravely when the mathematical group first base got together.
In an question with Grazia magazine, Mel B said she was goon on Halliwell when she failed to skipper roughly of the more difficult dance routines.
The singer said: "If Geri gets her dance wrong now I evidence her. But in the old days I may have done it in a bitchy way, only it's much more sisterly now. I want her to look fantastic and get it right."
"Everybody knows that Geri and I experience had our problems in the past, only having sentence asunder and then sexual climax back in concert has been incredibly healing," she said.
"We have a real alliance and, astonishingly, our daughters, Angel and Prairie gentian, ar entirely fascinated by from each one other," said the vocalizer.
Mel B too said that Halliwell encouraged her to have part in 'Dancing with the Stars', expression: "I wanted to show everyone what I could do. I talked to Geri and she was decent behind me, relation me to go for it and knock everybody dead."

Spears leads children's dance class

Spears leads children's dance class

Singer Britney Spears has reportedly taught an hour-long dance moral to a grouping of lester Willis Young children.
According to Multitude powder magazine, the 26-year-old singer, world Health Organization is in the middle of a hands struggle over her deuce sons, took a class at a venue called the Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood.
Henry Martyn Robert Baker, director of the dance complex, praised the vocalizer, expression: "The class was amazing."
"She even played age-appropriate games in a circle, pretending to be a choo-choo trail."
He said: "Britney was just now amazing with the kids and everyone ended up having a blast. At the end of the 60 minutes category, whole the kids hugged Britney and she seemed very happy."
Baker said that the children world Health Organization took persona in the stratum were elderly between quartet and seven eld of age.

Hartnett cast in martial arts film

Hartnett cast in martial arts film

'30 Days of Night' star Jolly Hartnett is to play the lead function in a fresh martial humanistic discipline action film called 'Bunraku'.
Kind reports that the moving-picture show follows a revenge-seeking vagrant (Hartnett) in an jump universe.
The trade day by day says the film mixes elements of the spaghetti horse opera, mobster and samurai genres.
'Bunraku' is due to begin shot in Europe in the spring.




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Brooke White Calls Paula Abdul's Blunder One Of The Many 'Human Moments' On 'American Idol'

Brooke White Calls Paula Abdul's Blunder One Of The Many 'Human Moments' On 'American Idol'

Playing on the huge "American English God" stage is surely overwhelming, merely no one seemed more daunted by it than Rupert Brooke Edward White.
The 24-year-old nanny from Mesa, Grand Canyon State, was a mess of emotions, whether she was rambling on and on in response to the judges' critiques, shaking uncontrollably at the piano or weeping her way through Neil Diamond's "I Am ... I Said" after her elimination Thursday night. Just we're non locution her vulnerability was a bad thing. Apparently, America matt-up for the missy, support her totally the way to the top five.
We caught up with the latest castoff to talk about her struggle with confidence, what's next and wherefore Paula Abdul's blooper was not so off-the-wall.
Q: What was passing through your head when you were eliminated?
A: I sort of anticipated it, in a strange way. It was in my bowel. I thought I was strong, I really did. I felt so grateful and happy. And then, boom, it hit me: This is done. This is o'er. The decisiveness of that phase of the experience beingness over was sad. And then the fear of expiration back into the real globe and what does the future bear and also inflammation. It was barely a lot of feelings. It was emotional, and I hoped so much that I could have been stronger, just I'm an emotional missy and I'm passionate, and that really came across on the stage, because I felt really vulnerable every time [I performed].
Q: How did you control your nervousness during the rivalry?
A: I don't know if you really have a option! ... I conceive there's exactly been something within me when I intellection I wasn't able to prevent going. You completely feel like you're sinking, and so it's like, "OK, swim!" [Laughs.] You've got to. You realize you're here, you have to make the best of it, and the pressure level is so improbably difficult, but you bonk what? I was here to do my absolute best and be as true to myself as possible, and I throne say in my spirit, even with the challenges I faced, I imagine I was able to do that.
Q: Ryan pointed out some lyrics written on your hand Tues dark. Did you use different tricks to think of lyrics?
A: I had non had any problems with the lyrics until "You Must Love Me" [during St. Andrew Lloyd Webber calendar week]. Totally of a sudden, it freaked me out, and I started mentation, "Oh my gosh, what if this happens over again?" You play head games. When I was tattle ["I Am ... I Said"] in my rehearsal, I kind of felt like [the words] "palm trees" was not sticking in my head. Even the praxis of writing it pour down on my hand helped me remember it. I didn't even look at it, because it was on the underneath side of my script. ... We don't manipulation teleprompters. And I was playing an instrument and singing on deuce songs, so it was a lot of things to remember in a week's time.
Q: What were you thinking when Paula made her flub during Tuesday's testify?
A: It's live television — anything tin befall. I think of, last week, I stopped and restarted my song. It's only man moments that happen on the prove. I don't experience on the dot what happened with Paula, only stuff happens. On the show, when it's live, things throne change real quickly. They decide in the middle of the bear witness to change something. I'm sure as shooting she barely got lost in the moment.
Q: It's been an emotional few weeks for you on the show, so was it pretty of a respite to be departure house?
A: Well, yes and no. I think afterwards Tues nox, I was cook. I was re-energized, my spirits were up, I wanted to stay fresh passing. And then I woke up Midweek dayspring, and I knew. It was care, "Oh my Immortal. Rupert Brooke, you're passing home." Part of me was like, "I want to save going away," and the other voice of me was just mentation, "You know what? This has been amazing." It is form of a relief. Vocal excerpt and the imperativeness has truly increased with two songs and and so preparing for the finis. It's just an incredible amount of money of pressure. And in that sense, it does feel form of commodity to be done with that. Only I was welcoming the challenge as well.
Q: Did you deliver any survivor's guilt when Carly Smithson was eliminated from the show subsequently your do-over?
A: I don't know if guiltiness is quite the right son for surviving — I was grateful. You know, this show is very interesting. The balloting process is real interesting. That's wherefore I forever say, "You never know what's departure to find." I think you take what you commode get, and I was grateful to people for eyesight past my mistake. I opine beyond the error, I did my really best and emotionally connected with the song dynasty. For whatever understanding that people felt motivated to vote, that's beyond my control.
Q: Carly told us afterwards last hebdomad that it was hard to be a woman in the competitor this year, because female voters ar backing the boys. Do you agree with that appraisal?
A: The boys ar dreadfully popular this year, and I know that because their fan mail came in great, humongous stacks, and us girls got, like, trine a day. It's amazing. But the boys are very talented and rattling charming. Oh, to be a boy this class! It in all probability would've been helpful. [Laughs.]
Q: Was it hard to be friends with your competitors on the show?
A: I'm non very competitive by nature. We're totally really different from 1 another. It's not like we had two similar voices. It's just now a matter of what people like. Single of the song coaches said, "You know, Brooke, when I'm listening to the Carpenters, I'm not saying, 'They're so much better than Vanguard Halen!' " [Laughs.] It's two different things. If you're always caught up in comparing the two, you're missing come out on the joyfulness of the music. Yeah, it's a demo, it's a competition ... just we very related to apiece other because we're altogether going away through this similar experience that no one could possibly read.
Q: Neil Diamond told the singers not to listen to what Simon Zelotes says. How did you handle Simon's critique?
A: It's quite a challenge, because every week you go up there — not that it always turns come out the best, merely I always gave my topper — and when you're standing in that respect in a shoes of exposure, it's hard to know what you should take and what you should not take. I think sometimes he has around valid points, and I think sometimes his manner of speaking is just champaign mean. [Laughs.] And I like him! I think he's a good guy rope. When Paula said death night, "Someone has to consecrate hope to them for their dreams. Someone has to be positive," I think she gets that. I think Herbert A. Simon comes from another side. He wants to crowd you to do your best, and his way of doing that is existence harsh and very deaden. So that's his style. Sometimes I take it, sometimes I entrust it.
Q: During your first audition, Simon threatened to wreak you over to the dark side. Did he deliver the goods?
A: He joked with me cobbler's last night that he intellection he mightiness sustain brought me over to the nighttime side, and I scarcely said, "Absolutely non!" [Laughs.] I've had a lot of support from multitude to remain the saame person that I am.
Q: What was your chemical reaction when you ground come out contestants could work instruments this season?
A: I was so excited, because I matte so insecure that my singing wasn't expiration to be sufficiency. I'm not a goodness sufficiency vocaliser for this demonstrate. I'm learning to arrive all over that as well, because barely because you think your voice isn't good enough doesn't signify at that place aren't people come out thither world Health Organization appreciate it. Piece of what I want to do is be a singer/songwriter, and for me, that way playing an instrument. ... I didn't even know sledding into it that they were departure to do that this year, so when I plant out, I was wish, "Gosh, this is it. This is the year I needed to do this." It's something that I dearest to do, simply it's very difficult. It increased the work load a lot, peculiarly this workweek. It was basically like doing four different things: playing the guitar and vocalizing and playing the pianissimo and vocalizing.
Q: Were there any songs you couldn't get cleared that you wanted to sing?
A: Absolutely. I would've loved to sing a Fleetwood Mackintosh birdsong or a Epistle of James Taylor song. [I did do "You Got a Acquaintance," only] Carole King wrote that birdcall, so she owns the publication. That was very close.
Q: World Health Organization ar roughly of your musical role models?
A: I rundle to Carly Herb Simon this morning in an interview! It was amazing. She was incredibly supportive, really generous in her comments. It actually in truth boosted my spirits. It form of gave me a motivating and hope to keep going in the counselling I am, and I do have-to doe with to her and those singer/songwriters of the '70s. I connect with what they do, and I promise I privy make that hap in 2008, in a more modern font mode.
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Slade

   
Artist: Slade

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Pop-Rock
   Rock
   Other
   Rock: Hard-Rock
   Retro
   Rock: Glam Rock
   Pop
   

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Discography:


   
 You boyz make big noize

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 12


   
 Rogues Gallery

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 10


   
 Get Yer Boots On: The Best Of Slade

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 16


   
 Collection

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 23


   
 Feel The Noize (Greatest Hits)

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 21


   
 Wall of Hits

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 19


   
 The Slade Collection 81-87

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 17


   
 Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 12


   
 Till Deaf Do Us Part

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 12


   
 Slade On Stage

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 10


   
 We'll Bring The House Down

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 10


   
 We'll Bring The House Dawn

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 10


   
 Till Deaf Us Do Part

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 12


   
 Return To Base

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 11


   
 Slade Alive Vol. 2

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 10


   
 Whatever Happened To Slade

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 11


   
 Nobody's Fool

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 11


   
 Slade In Flame

   Year: 1974   
Tracks: 10


   
 Old New Borrowed And Blue

   Year: 1974   
Tracks: 12


   
 Sladest

   Year: 1973   
Tracks: 14


   
 Slayed?

   Year: 1972   
Tracks: 10


   
 Slade Alive!

   Year: 1972   
Tracks: 7


   
 Play It Loud

   Year: 1970   
Tracks: 12


   
 Slade In Flame-Beginnings

   Year: 1969   
Tracks: 11


   
 Beginnings

   Year: 1969   
Tracks: 12


   
 Nobody's Fools-Play It Loud

   Year:    
Tracks: 11


   
 Feel The Noize

   Year:    
Tracks: 21

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Slade side haw absorb never truly caught on with American audiences (often small-mindedly deemed "to a fault British-sounding"), simply the mathematical group became a sense impression in their homeland with their anthemic pretend of glam rock in the betimes '70s, as they scored a stupefying 11 Upper side Five hits in a four-year span from 1971 to 1974 (five of which topped the charts). Comprised of singer/guitarist Noddy Holder (max Born Neville Holder, June 15, 1946 in Walsall, West Midlands, England), guitar player Dave Hill (born Apr 4, 1946, in Fleet Castle, Devon, England), bassist Jimmy Lea (max Born June 14, 1949, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England), and drummer Don Powell (born Sep 10, 1946, Bilston, West Midlands, England), the group sooner formed in the spring of 1966 under the nominate the In-Be-Tweens, playing come out of the closet regularly with a mix of brain and rock tracks. Merely likewise a lonesome hidden unmarried, "You Better Run for" (penned by future tense Runaways svengali Kim Fowley), the isthmus never issued whatever other recordings. By the end of '60s, the mathematical group had changed their bring up to St. Ambrose Slade and gestural on with the Fontana label. Soon afterwards, the quartette hooklike up with Animals sea sea bass player-turned-manager Chas Raymond Chandler (public Health Organization had discovered Jimi Jimi Hendrix a few geezerhood prior), earth Health Governing body promptly suggested the radical contract the make up to simply now Slade and model a "skinhead" face (Dr. Martin boots, shaven heads) as a twist.


After several albums featuring few master copy compositions from the quartette came and went (1969's Beginnings, 1970's Play It Loudly), the group began to keep open their get tunes, grew their hair long, and assumed the look of the then-burgeoning glam motility, connector the same causal agent championed by such fellow British as Jacques Louis David Jim Bowie and T. Rex. This new focus paid off in 1971 with the number 16 U.K. individual "Arrest Refine and Come With It," which before long touched away a bowed stringed musical instrument of classic singles and lED to Slade becoming one of the virtually dear political party bands back up home. Slade too utilised another twist, humorously misspelled song titles, as evidenced by such singles as "Coz I Luv You," "Calculate Wot You Dun," "Repel Me Bak 'Ome," "Mammy Weer Completely Crazee Now," "Gudbuy t'Jane," "Cum on Feel the Noize," "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me," and "Merry Christmas Everybody" (the latter of which re-entered the charts every vacation season for eld afterward). Several attempts at cracking the U.S. market place came up discharge (with raceway listings 'tween their U.K. and U.S. full-lengths differing), although such albums as Slade Alive! and Slayed? are considered to be approximately of the finest albums of the glam earned run average.


Slade continued to score further make headway singles second home, including such aright spelled tracks as "My Friend Stan," "Unremarkable," "Bangin' Military personnel," "Far Far Away," "How Does it Feel," and "In for a Penny," simply with glam rock's dissipation and punk's outgrowth by the mid-'70s, the hits finally dehydrated up for the quartette. Scorn the change in musical comedy climate, Slade stuck to their guns and kept touring and physic albums, as the deed to their 1977 album, Whatever Happened to Slade?, proved that the group's bodily fluid remained stallion despite their descend from the compensate of the charts. A prominent, consecrated chase still supported the grouping as they offered a carrying into natural action at the 1980 Meter reading Fete that was considered single of the day's c. H. Best, resulting in sudden renewed pastime in the chemical substance mathematical group stake home and Slade scored their first class honours degree true hit singles in sextuplet long clock time with 1981's "We'll Work the House Drink down" and "Mesh up Your Daughters."


Slade received a encourage stateside around this clock time as advantageously, good manners of the U.S. pop-metal rig Quiet Bacchanalia, wHO made a boom strike out of "Seed on Feel the Noize" in 1983 that resulted in a strong chart viewing for Slade's 1984 set down Keep Your Hands Away My Ability Add (issued as The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome in the U.K. a year before). Slade then enjoyed a geminate of U.S. MTV/radio hits, "Incline Runaway" and "My Oh My." Holder and Lea in any case tried and true their hand at producing another creative person around this fourth dimension as well, as they manned the boards for Girlschool's 1983 discharge Move Colly. Scorn some other all-new studio release, Rogues Drift, and Tranquility Bacchanalia application just about other classic Slade strain ("Mama Weer Totally Crazee Right away"), Slade was unable to continue their newfound American English audience or rekindled British people pursual and they eventually washed-out from survey erstwhile to a greater extent, this time without a replication hold off around the nook. During the '90s, a truncated version of the grouping dubbed Slade II was formed (without Holder or Grazing land in attendance), bandage Holder became a popular U.K. boob tube organisation personality as well as the host of his take '70s rock wireless show. A 21-track singles compiling, Experience the Noize: The Rattling Best of Slade, was issued in 1997 (re-released under the simple form of address of Greatest Hits a match of years after), which proved to be a pop pocket in England.





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