Wednesday, 11 June 2008
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Erykah Badu tours 'Amerykah'
The Roots will join Badu on the majority of the outing, which is set to launch May 4 in Detroit. The performers will visit US cities from coast to coast, as well as a few Canadian provinces, and Badu will veer off for gigs in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean island of Aruba. Details are listed below.
After a lengthy hiatus from recording, Badu got back to business with her fourth studio set, "New Amerykah," which dropped on her 37th birthday in February and landed at No. 2 on The Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "Honey," was released late last year to coincide with the singer's 10-year anniversary in the music biz, and it's still making waves on R&B/hip-hop charts.
The new record marks Badu's first full-length in seven years. Her previous studio effort was 2003's gold-certified EP "Worldwide Underground," which also debuted in the Top 5 on The Billboard 200.
The four-time Grammy winner picked up her first couple of gold statues for her 1997 debut, "Baduizm," which has achieved multi-platinum status.
When she's not making music, Badu has a second career as an actress. She's appeared in films including "Blues Brothers 2000" and "Cider House Rules."
The Dallas-based songstress is also a humanitarian: She serves as a spokesperson for the AIDS Arms LifeWalk and she formed the nonprofit group B.L.I.N.D. (Beautiful Love Incorporated Non Profit Development), which works to create social change through economic, artistic and cultural development.
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Ferry Corsten
Artist: Ferry Corsten
Genre(s):
Trance
Other
Discography:
Revive More Sleepless Nights EP
Year: 2007
Tracks: 8
Passport United States Of America
Year: 2007
Tracks: 15
Live at Dance Tour
Year: 2007
Tracks: 1
Beautiful (Dancetour Anthem 2007) CDS
Year: 2007
Tracks: 2
Sensation White
Year: 2006
Tracks: 1
Star Traveller - Incl Hydroid Remix-(TSU6058) Vinyl
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Slinkey
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Rock Your Body Rock
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
Right of Way CD2
Year: 2004
Tracks: 6
Right of Way CD1
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
Mix By DJ Oliver Volume1
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
Live At Dance Valley
Year: 2002
Tracks: 1
Live
Year: 2002
Tracks: 1
Live At Innercity - Amsterdam Rai
Year: 1999
Tracks: 16
Solar Serenades
Year:
Tracks: 15
Otherwise known as System F, Ferry Corsten blush wine to excrescence in the late '90s as unitary of Europe's top trance DJs, highlighted by an anthem-filled appearance on Ministry of Sound's first Trance Nation album. Before attaining such acknowledgement, Corsten began his DJing at the early eld of 15, when he would spin at schoolhouse parties. By his late teens, he was perusal to be an electrical engineer, an dream that was presently eclipsed by his growing interestingness in electronic dance music. Soon he was getting sound gear to produce his have tracks and started releasing his music under monikers such as Moonman, Pulp Victim, Vera Cocha, Gouryella (with DJ Tiesto), and System F, highlighted by the winner of his single "Extinct of the Blue," which entered the U.K.'s Top 20. Yet his almost successful make is undoubtably his cartroad "Air," under the pretence of Albion, a data track that has been championed by many of the world's top DJs (including Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed on their Globose Underground albums) and has since been re-released in 2000 as Aura 2000 on Platipus with additional remixes by artists such as Oliver Lieb and Hybrid. Meanwhile, Corsten likewise won good deal of attention for his high profile remix of Art of Trance's graeco-Roman "Republic of Madagascar." And even though his appearance as the guest DJ on Ministry of Sound's anthem-filled Trance Nation debut wasn't the sort of well-composed plant one would require from an experient DJ such as Corsten, it did help impel his identify farther into his audience's consciousness.
Winehouse leaves rehab to apply for visa
According to reports, Winehouse left her London clinic for a few hours to meet with officials at the US Embassy.
She was accompanied by her father Mitch and a nurse, as the terms of her treatment require her to remain under supervision at all times.
Winehouse sported her custom black beehive, which had not made an appearance in recent weeks, after the star cut her hair and bleached it blonde.
It is thought that Winehouse is seeking a US visa in order to travel to Los Angeles to perform at the Grammys on 10 February. She is nominated for six awards at the ceremony.
The singer's visa application will not be simple due to the fact that she was arrested and fined in Norway for possession of cannabis.
A spokesperson for Winehouse said: "The appointment at the US Embassy was made some time ago and was part of process for obtaining a visa. No decision has been made about the Grammys."
"Amy was accompanied by a nurse as the appointment was under supervision. She has not left rehab and remains under the care of the clinic."
Kelsey Grammer Suffers Heart Attack In Hawaii
The star of television's 'Frasier', Kelsey Grammer, has been hospitalized in Hawaii after suffering a mild heart attack over the weekend his rep has confirmed.
A statement released on Monday (June 2) says the 53-year-old "experienced symptoms Saturday morning after paddle boarding with his wife Camille at their Hawaiian home. Grammer was immediately taken to an area hospital where it was determined that he had a mild heart attack."
The rep adds that the actor is "resting comfortably" and is expected to be released this week.
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Keith Urban - Urban Wants Baby To Go On Tour
Country star KEITH URBAN is keen not to spend too much time away from his expectant wife NICOLE KIDMAN - he wants the actress to join him on tour after she gives birth to their first child.
The Hours actress is expecting her first-biological child with Urban in summer (08), and the singer would love the mother and tot to accompany him on the road.
However, Urban understands the strain of being a new mum may hamper his plans to have a family orientated tour bus.
Urban tells People.com, "I love having her (Kidman) with me when I tour, but at the same time, it's work. You don't want to ask too much of your family."
"We'll just have to see what works for us."
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