New Details On Lady Gaga’s Upcoming Album

Producer RedOne has been dishing out some new details this week on Lady Gaga’s upcoming third album.

RedOne told Billboard:

“It’s going to be shocking, shocking, shocking!”

“You never want to go too far from your brand — people love you for a reason. But we still want to give them something with a kick, something that makes them say, ‘Oh my God! We didn’t expect this!’

“When you heard ‘Bad Romance’ after ‘Poker Face,’ it was like the best thing you’ve ever heard,” he continues. “We want that type of reaction. I think that’s part of my job and her job — to keep her evolving. “

“It [Bad Romance] was really good musically but it was a bit too left. I asked her if we could take it more to the middle, and she said, ‘I’m open. Let’s do it,’”

RedOne told the BBC:

“When you see everyone singing along to something – that’s the goal. You know that the song is good. Especially in countries that don’t speak English.”

BBC: Is that why so many of your songs use nonsense words – like the “ra, ra, ra” refrain in Bad Romance?

“Of course. It’s the same with “ma ma ma ma” in Poker Face. Everything is a hook.”

It sounds like we can expect to hear a familiar sound from the two RedOne produced tracks on Lady Gaga’s album. Is that good or bad?

George Michael Arrested After He Crashes His Car In London

British media reports say George Michael has been arrested after a car crash in London.

The BBC says the 47-year-old singer was arrested Sunday after police responded to reports that a car had crashed into a building in Hampstead, an upscale residential area in north London.

Metropolitan Police say only that they arrested a man in his 40s early Sunday in Hampstead on suspicion of being unfit to drive. They say the man was taken to a police station and released on bail pending further inquiries.

The singer’s publicists in London declined comment Tuesday.

Last year, Michael was questioned by police after his car hit a tractor-trailer, but was released. He was banned from driving for two years in 2007 after pleading guilty to driving on drugs.

Bullet For My Valentine’s Fever Debuts at #1

Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine’s album Fever debuts this week at #1 on both the Rock and Alternative charts and #3 Billboard’s album chart. The highly anticipated 11-track record featuring the fuming single and video “Your Betrayal” was released on April 27 and is BFMV’s top selling debut to date, selling over 71,000 units in the first week, a 34% increase over BFMV previous 2008 release Scream Aim Fire.

The fever has spread across the globe where Fever has made its mark on international album charts, hitting #2 on Japan’s “international artist chart”, #2 in Austria, #3 in Germany, #4 in Switzerland and #5 in the United Kingdom and Australia!

USA Today calls Fever “The hot-zone of 2010 rock-metal discs,” while The Associated Press touts Fever’s “blistering drum attack, tight power chords and…old school-styled, soaring guitar solos” and the BBC raves that “BFMV are aiming for world domination, and with Fever they may well achieve it.”

Bullet For My Valentine is currently in the midst of a sold out national tour with support from Chiodos and Airbourne. Fans patiently await BFMV’s celebratory performance tonight at Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, TN and the band’s upcoming show at Ohio’s Rock On The Range May 23rd.

Download Bullet For My Valentine’s Fever on iTunes.

Remembering John Lennon 29 Years Later

Did you know that John Lennon died 29 years ago today? It was Dec. 8, 1980 when the former Beatle was gunned down outside his New York City home by Mark David Chapman. Chapman shot Lennon to death as the star was returning to his home inside Manhattan’s The Dakota. Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, had spent the evening at a recording studio known as the Record Plant, working on a song called “Walking on Thin Ice.”

The BBC has put together a timeline and photo collective of Lennon’s life and career….

Susan Boyle Has UK’s Best-Selling Debut Album Ever

Susan Boyle makes history ont the British charts! The debut album of Scottish singer Susan Boyle — who shot to fame after her audition for TV show Britain’s Got Talent — has become the fastest selling album in Britain this year and the best-selling debut album in the UK ever.

The talent star moved 410,000 copies of I Dreamed A Dream — featuring covers of “Wild Horses” and “I Dreamed A Dream” from the musical Les Miserables – according to the Official Charts Company.

“She did it her way and made a dream come true,” Susan’s mentor Simon Cowell told BBC News Monday. “In Britain’s Got Talent she opened her mouth and the world fell in love with her, which is why her album has been the fastest selling of any woman making her debut.”

Songbird Leona Lewis previously held the record for Britain’s best-selling debut album; her first effort Spirit earned over 375,000 sales in 2007.

Taylor Swift’s Got A Big Heart When It Comes To Those In Need

Taylor Swift performed ‘Love Story’ on the BBC televised Children In Need fundraiser on Friday night.

Swift also donated £13,000(almost $22,000) of her own money to the charity!
Taylor will never seize to amaze us.

Morrissey “Much Improved” and Out of Hospital After Scary Stage Fall

Former Smiths frontman Morrissey was released Sunday from a hospital where he was held overnight after collapsing on stage during a concert.

A spokeswoman for the Great Western Hospital in the English city of Swindon said the singer was “much improved.”

“Morrissey became unwell, and he was admitted overnight as a precautionary measure,” she said on condition of anonymity, in line with hospital policy. “He’s been seen by the medical team, much improved and now discharged home.”

A note on the 50-year-old singer’s website thanked fans for their good wishes.

Morrissey was performing at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon, about 100 miles west of London, on Saturday night as part of his “Swords” tour when he was stricken. Two band members rushed to his side and dragged him offstage.

Fans were unsure what had happened. Jillian Moody told the BBC that some expected him to return to the stage.

“I didn’t think he looked particularly well but then again, he’s well known as a reclusive character so I sort of thought that was just the way he was when he was on stage,” she said. “He kept putting his hand up to his mouth as if he felt sick or perhaps he was trying to hide something, but he didn’t look particularly comfortable. He got through the whole song though … to rapturous applause at the end.”

He has rescheduled several shows this year, and is due to play a string of European dates through the rest of October and November.

Robbie Williams Performs Live For BBC’s Electric Proms Concert Series

Robbie Williams made a triumphant live comeback in London last night (Oct. 21), as part of the BBC’s Electric Proms series of concerts.

Appearing at the London Roundhouse with a 38-piece band, including string and brass sections — led by Trevor Horn, who produced Williams’ new album “Reality Killed the Video Star” — Williams was in confident, relaxed form from the start. He made his entrance down a white staircase to current single “Bodies,” which entered the U.K. charts at No. 2 on Oct. 18.

Williams premiered seven songs from the new album, due Nov. 9 in the United Kingdom on Virgin Records. As well as “Bodies,” he aired what he said would be the album’s second single, “You Know Me,” alongside “Morning Sun,” “Blasphemy,” “Starstruck,” “Deceptacon” and “Won’t Do That.” Most of the new material harks back to Williams’ trademark adult pop sound, with little of the experimentation that marked his last album “Rudebox,” which proved a critical and commercial flop.

Stephen Davies, director of audio and music at BBC Worldwide said: ”We knew that there would be significant interest in this concert, but the public reaction has exceeded all of our expectations.”

UPDATE: Robbie Williams set a world record yesterday by having the most screenings of a live concert in theaters.The BBC’s live show “Electric Proms” was broadcast simultaneously in venues all over the world in 23 countries.Extra screenings are planned in the coming weeks for countries a bit further from Williams’ native England including Australia and South Africa.

Jordin Sparks Covers Katy Perry’s ‘Hot ‘N Cold’

Former American Idol Jordin Sparks performed a cover of the Katy Perry smash single “Hot ‘N Cold” live at BBC Radio 1′s Lounge.