• There’s no slowing down EMI Australia with the Naughty Boy project. Even though his current single ‘La La La’ (one of our favourite songs of 2013) is still doing the rounds in the ARIA top five, they’re moving on with the next tune – the Emeli Sandé-featuring single ‘Lifted’. He and Emeli have collaborated often; his fingers are all over her debut album ‘Our Version Of Events’.
• There’s plenty more new music rattling around radio this week, including aforementioned tracks from Katy Perry (‘Roar’), Lady Gaga (‘Applause’), Jason Singh (‘Hold On Forever’) and Bonnie McKee (‘American Girl’). There are also new tunes from Arctic Monkeys, Drake and Far East Movement and naturally, we’ll have that more comprehensive weekly list available on our FACEBOOK page tomorrow!
• A couple of album announcements this week; Johnathan Rice will release his new LP ‘Good Graces’ on September 20, the new Korn album ‘The Paradigm Shift’ will drop in Australia on Friday October 04 and though there’s no specific date, The Bloody Beetroots will drop their new album in the same month.
• British singer songwriter Cosmo Jarvis will return to Australia later this year for a series of live dates. In addition to appearances at Newcastle’s Fat As Butter Festival and Townsville’s Full Noise Festival, Cosmo will play a date at Brisbane’s Beetle Bar, along with metro and regional dates in New South Wales and Victoria. Tickets are on sale now.
• Chugg Entertainment has announced three East Coast shows for Irish performer Foy Vance in October. In his first ever Australian visit, he’ll play The Basement in Sydney on October 10, The HiFi in Melbourne on October 12 and Lizotte’s in Newcastle on October 13. Tickets for all three are on sale tomorrow morning from 9am.
• British outfit Stereophonics filmed an exclusive TV special for MAX channel on their recent Australian visit. MAX has announced that said live concert will premiere on the network on Wednesday September 04 from 9pm. The show features a selection of songs from their latest album ‘Graffiti On The Train’ along with a selection of back catalogue favourites.
• Miley Cyrus has scored herself her first ever No.1 UK hit with her new single ‘We Can’t Stop’. In premiering in the top spot, she knocks off Avicii’s global smash ‘Wake Me Up’, which slips to No.2 after three weeks at No.1. Tinie Tempah’s new single ‘Trampoline’ bounces into the No.3 position and Jay Z’s ‘Holy Grail’ enters the top ten.
• ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ siblings Richard and Adam maintain their No.1 heading on the British albums chart for the second successive week, holding off the challenge from The Civil Wars’ album ‘The Civil Wars’, which premieres at No.2. It’s the only new entry in the British top ten this week, with the next highest debut coming at No.11 (Example’s ‘Hits’).
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