Schumacher, playing an instrumental number while two fetish clad females attempted to look suitably

Schumacher, playing an instrumental number while two fetish clad
females attempted to look suitably sleazy. But plastic does not a
poseur make and this pair simply came across as rather sad and out of
place as they sheepishly left the stage shortly after the arrival of
Kiria, resplendent in a figure hugging scarlet leather number it should
be said. Sorry about spending so many words on the sartorial elegance
or otherwise at this event; the truth is that the music was
unremarkable. It’s not the worst example of power pop that’s ever been
heard, but it is far from the best. On their latest single 'Sex on
Stage’ they protest that it 'is not about the music’. To misquote
President Clinton, it is about the music, stupid. The world is full of
average guitar bands searching for a break into the big time. Passion
is out of fashion. Music is mammon with thousands of spotty faced kids
eager to secure their place on the gravy train. Kiria has been looking
to reserve her seat for some time and although she has some talent (she
plays all the instruments bar the drums on the single) that train

You may well be reading this having not seen Kiria perform

You may well be reading this having not seen Kiria perform.
Unfortunately, you probably have seen her perform, if not Kiria
herself, then one of the hundreds of other average looking bottle
blonde wannabes driven to take the stage by force of ego alone. She is
a 'stacked’ woman and shamelessly uses her sexuality to mask a deficit
of talent. Nothing wrong with that, you say; other performers have been
doing that for years. That’s my point exactly. There is nothing new here

The winner of the BBC’s Any Dream

The winner of the BBC’s Any Dream Will Do treads on safe ground with
his version of the 1974 David Essex classic, Gonna Make You A Star.
Mead shot to stardom in the gruelling reality show, beating off all
comers to land the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The BBC has helped make the 26 year old a star, and his
rendition is a polished respectful nod to the original, though it lacks
Mr Essex’s cheeky chappy delivery and unique style. That said, Mead is
a West End musical star in the making, enjoying rave reviews for his
stage performances, and his first single release for Polydor owned
label, Fascination, will please his fan base.

I Don’t Like The Vibe In The VIP

Listening to the ear-shatteringly vibrant, in-your-face tones of
Electrovamp’s debut single 'I Don’t Like The Vibe In The VIP', it would
be easy to assume that the duo were tough-talking booty bass
electro-rock chicks , and you’d be right! In fact, they’re two of the
sexiest, sassiest, stunningest sisters from somewhere unpronounceable
in South Wales who just happen to have enough attitude for the entire
country!

Wilberforce 200 'A Cha' nge is Gonna Come

Wilberforce 200 'A Cha' nge is Gonna Come is the charity album created
to commemorate the bi-centenary of the abolition of the slave trade.

The
CD features performances by legendary acts such as Billy Ocean and Ruby
Turner as well as younger well known musical figures such as Roachford
and the X Factor's Maria Lawson and Voices With Soul. The album
features both new songs and classics such as 'You've Got A Friend' and
'Respect'.

The album is set for release on the 25th February
2008. All the proceeds of the album will be donated to the charities
Save the Children, Freetown Society and the Prince's Trust.

Jam were always more than Paul Weller

Now the original Jam were always more than Paul Weller and backing
musicians – Bruce Foxton was and is a superb bass player and his
stygian sound hasn’t dimmed in the passing years, Rick Buckler is a
sticksman of real power and precision and these two were the fulcrum
around which Wellers songs were created. No Foxton & Buckler =
softer and less affecting songs = no Jam. Foxton was always a jumping
jack on stage and he still is, always on the move and, with his white
shoes and drainpipe trousers, a focal point for the audience and when
the band are chucking the hits out one after the other - 'Modern
World’, 'News Of The World’, 'Eton Rifles’, 'That’s Entertainment’,
'Going Underground’ – and the crowd is pogoing and doing the 'Weller
Walk’ – shoulders back, elbows bent and fists at waist level – it is
1978 all over again.

They finally encore with 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight’ with the whole crowd singing 'OooH Oooh Eeee’ with the band.

The
ghost of Paul Weller still manages to hang over From The Jam but they
managed to exorcise him for a good hour and a quarter last night and
The Jam were back and all was right in the world.

Reggae icon Ziggy Marley

Reggae icon Ziggy Marley releases a full-length live concert DVD on 11th February 2008.

The
Love Is My Religion DVD was taped live at Los Angeles’ Avalon Theatre
in December 2006. The most extensive worldwide tour of his career that
wrapped in December 2007, the Avalon show and the entire LIMR World
Tour was heralded as some of Marleys’ finest work ever.

Ziggy
appears in rare form throughout the DVD’s 19 tracks and nearly two
hours of live footage. With his voice and his band honed to precision
after months on the road, from the United States and abroad, the live
DVD captures the tours momentum in support of the Grammy Award-winning
album.