Monthly Archives: July 2002

Vanessa Carlton And Moby?

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Possibly hoping to recreate the success of his duet with Gwen Stefani, Moby has asked Vanessa Carlton to write and sing on a remix of ‘Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)’.

“It’s all in the works, really” Vanessa says. “We have to work our schedules out, but it’s very flattering.”

But Moby’s not the only one knocking on Vanessa’s door. You can catch her sweet voice on Counting Crows’ version of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, taken off ‘Hardy Candy’, but you have to be tricky to find it since it’s a hidden track and all.

It’s also been reported that she will be featured in a fall ad campaign for Candies. You may remember their campy, colorful and provocative photo spreads with Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath or Jenny McCarthy.

Vanessa’s debut ‘A Thousand Miles’ will be released in the UK on the 22nd of July.

Darius And Covers

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Darius Danesh has said that failing to scoop the ‘Pop Idol’ title has been more of a blessing than a barrier.

Speaking to the newspapers, Darius confessed that failing to be the victor in the TV talent contest means he hasn’t been burdened with having to record a duff cover version, such as ‘Unchained Melody’. In fact, losing out to Will Young and Gareth Gates means he now has all the freedom he could bloody desire plus the ability to train his songwriting talent.

“If I’d won, I would have been a major nightmare. I wouldn’t have fitted into the mould. If I’d won, either the Pop Idol logo or I, would have imploded” explained the pop fellah “I have to be the person I am, ok”.

Once again, Darius was also keen to point out that it was actually his decision to turn down the opportunity to work with Simon Cowell. “I felt if I’d signed with BMG, then I would have been cashing my chips in” he reveals, reasoning “It was, in essence, ‘Nah! Here’s a suitcase full of money, take it and ask no questions, cover this song, yada, yada,yada’. With BMG, I was encouraged to release not only a cover, but two covers. Imagine this. I could have done a cover like Gareth. How great! You know, that doesn’t really inspire me.”

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Ashanti’s Over-Protective Mother

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Looks like Ashanti, when she was much younger, didn’t exactly hang out or, for that matter, date a lot of boys when she was growing up.

Recently, Ashanti revealed how her mom/co-manager Tina was so protective over the ‘Happy’ vocalistress. Ashanti said “In my group of friends, I was always the last one to do something like get phone calls or go to the movies. I’d always have to say to my mom ‘No, it’s only just me, Tiera, and Danielle. It’s just us going.'”

“You know, everybody else would be able to tell their mother, ‘Yeah! Mummy! David’s going and Brian too.’ Can you believe it? I was so mad and all my friends were like, ‘Dag, Shanti’s mother is too over-protective.'”

War Of Words Between Mel B and Geri Halliwell

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Geri Halliwell and Melanie B are set to embark on a war of words when their autobiographies hit the shops on the same day.

Both Mel B’s Catch A Fire and Geri’s Just For The Record are set for release on 2nd of September. Both books seemingly chart the end of the Spice Girls’ working relationship, and of Mel and Geri’s own friendship.

A literary industry insider said “This will be the biggest battle between Spices for years.”

“Mel is already pretty sure that Geri will sell more copies” added the insider “but she knows both books coming out the same week will bring tremendous interest and make people talk about the Spice Girls again.”

Just For The Record is the follow up to Geri’s bestseller If Only.

Emma Nelson’s In Paradise, Maybe With Gareth Gates

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This is a radiant young up-and-coming star and we should give her our support. She is none other than Emma Nelson. Emma’s awesome debut single ‘Paradise’ has already been doing its rounds on The Box and has been out in shops since the start of this week, 8th of July.

‘Paradise’ is an aptly refreshing double scoop of fizzy pop “The song is basically about taking someone very special to their own idea of paradise” explains Emma. “It’s very much a physical paradise rather than a metaphorical one. God knows, I wouldn’t complain if someone took me to paradise sometime soon.”

As if an upbeat and infectious single, a great voice and good looks weren’t enough, there are 10 GCSE and four A-levels-worth of savvy locked up in Emma. Her label, ELN Records, is all Emma’s own work. The girl has forgone endless showcases and interminable hob-nobbing to form her own label to launch her career. “It actually started out as a joke. Someone said we’d be better off setting up our own label and we took it seriously and did exactly that. It took a lot of time and effort and support, but I think it’ll work out to our advantage” reveals Emma. Armed with a top summer tune and a headful of determination, Emma is destined for great things.

Emma, who doesn’t want to be like anyone else, had this to say on whom she would like to work with, choosing only Will Young or Gareth Gates. “I’d like to work with Gareth Gates, but then also I’d love to live with Gareth Gates. In fact I’d love to…you know”.

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Ace of Base Return to World Pop/Dance Scene in 2002

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Ace of Base are making a 2002 comeback with an all new album.

According to a press release at the band’s official website the first single off of the new album is scheduled to be released in July, 2002 to European radio stations. The album is set for European release in Europe in September, 2002.

Following the European releases, the promotional effort for the new album will spread across the world.

The band’s manager, Lasse Karlsson, reports that Ace of Base have thus far worked with German producers Torsten Brötzmann, Axel Breitung and David Brunner, Swedish producers Harry Sommerdahl, Jonas von der Burg, Pontus Soderqvist, Martin Hedstrom and Nick Nice.

At least twelve new tracks will be on the album and the band has already completed a photoshoot for promotional materials.For additional information and continuing updates on the new Ace of Base album log on to www.AceOfBase.info

Fantasize Aloud With Appleton

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My favourite pop sisters, the wicked ex-All Saints’ Nicole and Natalie Appleton are to release their debut single in September.

Named ‘Fantasy’, the track has been described as somewhat similar to the kind of stuff the girls did when they were in All Saints.

A couple of months back, Pop-Music.com reported that the girls were simply just too lazy to work since they kept postponing recording sessions. Also besides demanding GBP2 million, their new songs weren’t exactly good, according to studio officials at Warner, their former label. Polydor must be keeping them real happy.

The girls, who will go under the name Appleton, will take all their songs to Polydor, making it their first album together, entitled ‘Aloud’. “We created the album ourselves off our own backs so there was no need to change any elements when we signed our new deal” said Natalie. “It has just been mixed since we signed to Polydor.”

The sisters say they are definitely planning to pick up where All Saints left off and don’t want to change their sound. “We love our All Saints fans and hope we can also attract new fans as our music has developed” say the duo. “We’ve been enjoying playing around with new ideas in the studio with no limits and it’s a new beginning for us.”

Since the All Saints split in 2001, fellow bandmate Melanie Blatt has teamed up with Artful Dodger for the Top 20 hit, ‘Twentyfourseven’, while Shaznay Lewis is still working on new material and can be seen in the hit film ‘Bend It Like Beckham’.

Beverley Luggage Knight-mare

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Bright-eyed Beverley Knight had a traumatic trip from Milan to London before leaping onto the star-filled stage at Hyde Park.

After touching down in London, the sultry crooner found out that her luggage had gone missing. Beverley told the press “In essense, it was a disaster. I had the outfits I was going to wear in my suitcase as well as all my make-up. And you know, I feel I look a sight without any face paint on. But then what happened was I got on my phone, reached my stylist who then reassured me she’ll be on her way with a fab outfit and lots of make-up, which she did.”

Beverley, you know what, it just goes to show you that your luggage wasn’t needed at all because you looked like an absolute doll on stage.

Pint-Sized Star Moby Talks Booze

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He may have admitted to liking the party life in recent interviews but it wasn’t always that way for Moby, the guy who gave us the recent hit ‘We Are All Made Of Stars’.

The mighty mouse of pop has divulged that his first encounters with alcohol weren’t exactly exhilarating affairs.

The bald-headed star told a magazine that he didn’t enjoy his first taste of liquor “We drank whatever liquor we could steal from our parents, mostly creme de menthe, and threw up all over on each other” he said. “It was so miserable, but no one would admit it. I pretty much stopped at 13 because I was scared.”

Goo Goo Dolls Goes Disney

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The Goo Goo Dolls have had some of their most successful songs come out of movies, so it’s not a big leap to see frontman John Rzeznik writing children’s music for an upcoming Disney film.

John wrote two songs for the animated film ‘Treasure Planet’.

“It was really interesting to watch them put together this really elaborate, animated thing. And then put your two cents into it. It was a lot of fun. I was really proud that I got to do it”.

“It’s a little bit different. It’s not as show-tuney as that. But they’re songs for kids” John said.