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By Rick Fulton THEY may not be very new any more and are three decades from being children but New Kids On The Block are back and causing quite a stir. Sinking their own cash into the comeback is already paying dividends for the group, who, back in the Eighties, kick-started the rise of boybands began by The Monkees in the Sixties and reaching a peak in the Nineties with Take That, Boyzone, BackstreetBoys and *NSYNC. Two weeks after announcing their first US arena tour in nearly 15 years,...
By Kim Margolis Staff Writer KETTERING -- All week, commercials ran on Miami Valley television hyping the appearance of the Backstreet Boys at the Fraze Pavilion. They lauded the 1990s boy band as having "changed pop culture." All week, I vowed that I would make the Fraze and the Backstreet Boys pay for that overblown claim. While I am not willing to say they changed pop culture, they did put on a really good show. On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Fraze was filled with many young girls, but also...
U.S. pop stars Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato are set to headline a concert to benefit City of Hope, the charity has announced. "Disney's Concert for Hope," an event supporting cancer research and treatment programs at City of Hope, is scheduled for Sept. 14 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. Tickets for the concert will be available starting Aug. 16 through LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster retail outlets including all Macy's, FYE...
Miley Cyrus' Breakout is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart, Billboard.com reported Wednesday. Coming in at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 is Sugarland's Love on the Inside, followed by the soundtrack to the movie musical Mamma Mia! at No. 3, Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus at No. 4 and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends at No. 6, the soundtrack to Disney's Camp Rock at No. 7, Nas's untitled album at No. 8, the...
By Jessica Meyers, The Dallas Morning News Jul. 22--WESTLAKE -- Ohmygod! The Jonas Brothers are moving to North Texas? For real? Tarrant County records indicate that members of the Jonas Brothers -- the brother band turned pop cult craze -- granted power of attorney to their mother, Denise Jonas, for the purpose of buying a six-bedroom house in Vaquero, a gated community in Westlake. The documents were signed June 12. The real estate agent who listed the house on Wisteria Way at more...
By Elisa Bray It takes some guts to call your band Hamfatter. While unpleasantly conjuring up cured meat, it's also a term in theatrical slang meaning a third-rate performer. It suggests this Cambridge- educated trio have a good sense of humour. Apply this sentiment to their songs - light-hearted numbers that are more chart friendly than the indie sound they claim on their MySpace page - and Hamfatter serve up a refreshing burst of guitar pop. The single "The Girl I Love" is a buoyant song...
A SCHOOL of rock is being held in the Capital for budding musicians. Teenagers are being given the chance to learn from talented musicians as part of the week-long rock school at Napier University. Four well-known professionals, who have toured and performed worldwide with stars including Hue and Cry, Deacon Blue and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, will be giving the 14 to 18-year- olds lessons in guitar, bass, drums, singing and composition. Students' vocal and composition skills...
By Guy Adams Star-spotting and the pursuit of physical fitness are Hollywood's twin obsessions. Guy Adams experiences the latest way to combine the two We nearly didn't notice Larry King, as he wandered down Beverly Drive clutching a cup of coffee. He looked old and thin, and somehow more vulnerable than the pugnacious chat-show host who invades America's living rooms at midnight. Cheryl Anker was convinced, though. To her expert eye, that hunched figure on the far pavement was definitely...
By Heather Warlick and Amber Gillmore, The Oklahoman Jul. 9--The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato rocked The Ford Center in Oklahoma City Tuesday night on the fourth stop of their summer-long "Burnin' Up" tour. The three brothers stirred up a frenzy of shrieking teens, tweens and pretweens with their mere presence, my own 14-year-old daughter, Amber Gillmore included. She is usually too-cool-for-school, emo-ing out to Fall Out Boy and Panic At The Disco style artists but Tuesday night, she...
By Kerstin Gehmlich PARIS (Reuters) - A flying penis, voluminous robes and a call to release a convicted prisoner -- British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood brought it all to Paris in a shrill show on Tuesday. In an autumn-winter collection inspired by Greek themes, 64-year-old Westwood paraded models in long, gold shimmering coats and girls showing off colorful tights under bright purple layered dresses with the word "Innocent" printed on them. "I think it is terribly important to...
