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Gorillaz Make Live Return

Posted on: 20-Apr-2010 1:31 AM

Gorillaz played their first live show since 2005 yesterday at the Coachella Festival in California with a selection of star guests.Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s group come to London’s Roundhouse later this month with one of two gigs set to be streamed live by MTV.

The band ran through tracks from all three of their albums with a new production of animation, graphics and films to compliment the music.

For the first time Damon was front of stage for a show by the cartoon band and was joined by former members of The Clash- Mick Jones (on guitar) and Paul Simonon (on bass).

Other guests who appeared during the headline slot included Bobby Womack and De La Soul. However some artists could not travel to take part because of cancelled flights.

Reviews of the show from the US have been strong, with Entertainment Weekly writing: “Albarn sang with real soul and exhibited boundless energy, even jogging back and forth while carrying an actual, very large white flag during ‘White Flag.’ This, ladies and gentlemen, was pop spectacle done right.”

The LA Times said Gorillaz' gig was a “reminder of how Coachella, at its best, can knock down genre borders and respectfully connect the past to the present.”

From: MTV.co.uk

Tiësto announces his return to Victoria Park in London with Pendulum!

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Lady GaGa Recording 'Crazy' New LP On Tour Bus

Akon has revealed Lady G is making music on the road...

Posted on: 19-Apr-2010 4:23 AM

Lady GaGa is allegedly recording songs for her new album whilst on her tour bus and some of the material is 'crazy', according to label boss Akon.

The Beautiful rapper has revealed that due to the Bad Romance singer's never-ending workload and her Monster Ball tour, GaGa rarely has time to visit the studio so has turned to recording the LP whilst on the road instead.

Akon said of the Telephone hit maker: "She records while she's on the road, I'm flying out to Europe to work on some new records with her."

"GaGa's just like me. She has a tour bus with a studio in it…Some of the songs I've heard are going to be crazy. She's getting bigger and better,"

He added: "She has producers that she works with outside of myself and they are coming up with some incredible records, but the beauty of it is she knows exactly what she wants. So it just makes it easier for me."

From: MTV.co.uk