• Seems like the boys from British man band Take That are still extraordinarily popular in their homeland, with demand for tickets for their ‘Progress Live 2011′ causing sellers’ websites to crash and burn yesterday. Though some tickets were still available late yesterday local time, some have taken to scalping them online already, with some already fetching exorbitant amounts on eBay. Extra dates have already been added to cope with demand.
• Iconic Aussie outfit Choirboys have announced four concerts. The band will mark their return to the stage with the 30th Anniversary ‘Never Gonna Die’ tour, which will hit Launceston Country Club on November 26, Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide on January 28, The Palms At Crown in Melbourne on January 29 and the Twin Towns Services Club in Tweed Heads on February 05.
• Despite Cheryl Cole’s new single ‘Promise This’ not being readily embraced by Australian radio in its first week, the single looks very much on track to debut strongly at No.1 on the UK singles chart come Monday.
• The gang from Bimbo Jones are crowing at their nomination for ‘Best Remix’ in the prestigious Radio FG Awards, to be held in Monaco next month. They’ve been nominated for their work on the Lady Gaga track ‘Alejandro’.
• Central Station Records have announced that they’ll take ‘Ill Behaviour’ – the brand new single from UK based drum ‘n’ bass performer Danny Byrd – to radio first thing on Monday morning. Already getting some airplay love on Triple J, Danny’s expected to make a trip to Australia for some performance time in the new year.
• With yet another version of David Guetta’s ‘One Love’ album due later this year (it’s called ‘One More Love’), EMI has confirmed with us this week that the first highlight single from it – ‘Who’s That Chick’, featuring the vocals of Rihanna, will hit radio locally on Monday November 22.
• Melbourne’s Face The Music Festival, to be held at the city’s Arts Centre next month, has announced its fourth and final round of speakers. Evermore lead singer Jon Hume will be there, along with Aussie songstress Deborah Conway, Spicks & Specks star Myf Warhurst, Jen Cloher and many more. All the guff from www.thepush.com.au.
• Aussie DJ Beni has joined the Modular stable. The label made the announcement this week, saying that the DJ and producer would release his fabulous star-studded debut album before the year was out.
• In the United States, The Far East Movement can do no wrong, with ‘Like A G6’ remaining steady in the No.1 spot on the Billboard singles chart for a second week. Pink’s ‘Raise Your Glass’ pops its head into the top ten for the first time.
• On the Billboard 200 albums chart, it’s all Sugarland, with a huge No.1 debut for their new album ‘The Incredible Machine’. Kings Of Leon debut in the No.2 position with ‘Come Around Sundown’, Elton John and Leon Russell debut at No.3 with ‘The Union’ and Rod Stewart comes in at No.4 with the fifth in his ‘Great American Songbook’ series. Debuts also at Nos.6, 7 and 9 for Glee, Shakira and Third Day respectively.
• And MTV will launch two brand new channels in Australia this week. MTVN HD will be housed on channel 252 and will feature a selection of live performance programs and special events such as the MTV EMAs, while MTV HITS (pictured below, on channel 808) will feature the hottest new tracks put together for an 13-24 year old audience. Both launch in Australia on Monday.
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