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The biggest night in the UK music calendar took place at the 02 Arena last night, the Brit Awards 2014!
The Brits is often a bit lame in terms of content, performances and shock factor, this year however we were NOT let down. Performances came from Katy Perry, Arctic Monkeys, Bastille and Rudimental, Disclosure and Lorde, Pharrell and Nile Rodgers, Bruno Mars and BLOODY BEYONCE!
It was a big night.
Winners included Ellie Goulding, Bastille, Rudimental, One Direction, Daft Punk amongst more.
There were really only two winners though…
1) Rita Ora in this dress. Wow.
2) Ella Eyre in this catsuit. Wow.
My fave performances were those two:
1) Bastille teaming up with Rudimental
2) Pharrell and Nile Rodgers
The line up for Wireless Festival 2014 was announced on KISS this morning and it’s a biggie!
YUP! Drake, Kanye, Pharrell, Bruno AND FLIPPIN OUTCAST! Hello! Count me in please.
The line up for one of the most talked about festivals of the year has been announced. Coachella is once again happening across two weekends, April 11-13th and April 18-20th in sunny Cali.
The line up is AMAZING.
Ellie Goulding, Pharrell, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Nas, Rudimental, Jhene Aiko, Daughter, The Internet, Laura Mvula, Solange, John Newman, BANKS, Lana Del Rey, Duke Dumont and LOADS more are all on the bill.
The most amazing news is that Outcast are headlining, yes, really.
I WANNA GO.
Bloody hell Queen B, you really did your thing with this. No promo, no talk up, no hype, just a release, bang, out there, done. The result is being number one in 77 countries and counting.
I won’t post up videos on here because there’s a lot, just sink your teeth into the album and the extra content.
Big up Beyonce.
Big news for fans of Drake and The Weeknd, they are going on tour together in March 2014! Drizzy will hit the UK for 8 shows in the UK with The Weeknd as support, I’m there!
Peep the dates below:
Tuesday 11th Manchester Phones 4u Arena
Friday 14th Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Saturday 15th Glasgow The Hydro
Sunday 16th Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Thursday 20th Birmingham The NIA
Saturday 22nd Liverpool Echo Arena
Monday 24th London The O2
Tuesday 25th London The O2
Tickets go on sale on November 1st at 9am at www.livenation.co.uk
Filed under: Music News, Tracklist | Tags: Album Tracklisting, Jay-Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Music News
Jay is about to set a new bar for artists when releasing music. His latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail will be released 3 days early via an app on Samsung Galaxy Smartphones to one million lucky people, that’s cool, that’s different, that’s probably the new way forward.
The official tracklisting has now been released via a Roc Nation scavenger hunt in NYC, limited edition books were hidden around the city with details of the album.
Tracklisting:
1) Picasso Baby
2) Heaven
3) Versus
4) Tom Ford
5) Beach Is Better
6) FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt
7) Oceans
8) F.U.T.W
9) Part II (On The Run)
10) BBC
11) La Familia
12) Jay-Z Blue
13) Nickles & Dimes
14) Holy Grail
15) Open Letter
July 4th is the day!
Filed under: Listen, Music News, New Music, Things I'm Feeling | Tags: Drake, Listen, Music News, New Music, Nothing Was The Same, The Motion
As announced yesterday, Drake will release his next album Nothing Was The Same on September 17th. At the same time he announced and released a few new tracks too!
The blissful sounds of The Motion features Sampha…
Drake has also teamed up once again with J. Cole for Jodeci Freestyle…
So ready.
Filed under: Music News | Tags: Brit Awards, Brit Awards 2013, Music News
Last night was the Brit Awards 2013, held at the 02 Arena in London and hosted by James Corden. Whilst most ‘music industry types’ were watching either at the 02 or at home, I was munching on BBQ ribs and chips in a resturant so I missed the show. Naturally, Twitter kept me up to date with the winners, losers and the general cringe TV moments.
After catching up on the show today, I have to say that it was a bit “meh.” There wasn’t ONE, not ONE scandal involing swearing, nakedness or outrageous behaviour from a popstar – what’s that all about? Instead the show ran smoothly without any noticeable hitches, it was a boring watch though – even JT’s performance of Mirrors was a tad on the boring side.
The winners were:
Best British Female
** WINNER! Emeli Sandé **
Paloma Faith
Bat For Lashes
Jessie Ware
Amy Winehouse
Best British Group
** WINNER! Mumford and Sons **
The xx
Muse
One Direction
Alt-J
Best British Breakthrough
Jake Bugg
Jessie Ware
Alt-J
** WINNER! Ben Howard**
Rita Ora
Best British Male
Calvin Harris
Plan B
Richard Hawley
Olly Murs
** WINNER! Ben Howard**
Best International Female
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Cat Power
** WINNER! Lana Del Rey**
Taylor Swift
Best British Single
** WINNER! Adele – ‘Skyfall’**
Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’
Coldplay and Rihanna – ‘Princess of China’
DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora – ‘Hot Right Now’
Emeli Sandé – ‘Next To Me’
Florence + the Machine – ‘Spectrum’
James Arthur – ‘Impossible’
Jessie J – ‘Domino’
Rizzle Kicks – ‘Mama Do the Hump’
Labrinth and Emeli Sandé – ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’
Robbie Williams – ‘Candy’
Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida – ‘Troublemaker’
Rita Ora feat. Tine Tempah – ‘RIP’
Stooshe – ‘Black Heart’
Rudimental feat. John Newman – ‘Feel the Love’
Best International Group
** WINNER! The Black Keys’**
The Script
Alabama Shakes
Fun
The Killers
Best International Male
Jack White
Gotye
Michael Bublé
** WINNER! Frank Ocean’**
Bruce Springsteen
Mastercard British Album of the Year
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
** WINNER! Emeli Sande – Our Version Of Events’**
Paloma Faith – Fall To Grace
Plan B – iLL Manors
Mumford and Sons – Babel
Global Success Award
** WINNER! One Direction’**
The woman of the night was Emeli Sande, I think I actually suffered from a rather mild Emeli Sande overload. She won British Album Of The Year award for Our Version of Events as well as the British Female Solo Artist award. Not only that but there was an interview with her, a performance from her, and most of the nominations were her or featured her – she is after all an amazing talent!
Filed under: Music News | Tags: Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Music News, Wireless Festival, Wireless Festival 2013
Oh my word, this is one hell of a line up! The two day Wireless Festival returns this year, it does however have a new home – Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park!
Performing on Friday 12th July is Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, John Legend, Miguel, Frank Ocean with more to be announced, Saturday 13th includes Emeli Sande, Rita Ora, Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z – no biggie.
This is such an impressive list of names, I’m going to try and get down for the Friday if I can!
Tickets start from £57.50 and two day tickets are £110.
Buy yours at www.wirelessfestival.co.uk from Feb 22nd.
Filed under: Music News, Performance | Tags: Beyoncé Superbowl, Beyonce, Music News, Performance, Superbowl 2013, The Mrs. Carter Show
The world has gone Beyoncé mad after last nights INSANE performance at The Superbowl. A performance which saw Destinys Child back on stage, and one which got every mans eyes melting from the heat.
Highlights for me included Beyoncé saying “Dutty Wine” and her legs.
So after all of that insanity, Beyoncé had more for us – the announcement of a new world tour, “The Mrs. Carter Show,” her first tour in 3 years.
The show kicks off in Europe on April 15th and North America at the beginning of June 28th.
Filed under: Music News | Tags: Ebony Day, MTV, MTV Brand New for 2013, Music News
Do you know what I love dear website readers across the world?! I’ll tell you – talent shining through and getting the spotlight they deserve, and that’s exactly what’s happened with 19 year old Ebony Day.
I’ve featured loads of Ebony’s YouTube videos on the site before, she’s a super talented singer and through the votes of her dedicated fans, she’s been named MTV’s Brand New for 2013 artist – the first time ever an unsigned artist has won!
Here’s her amazing cover of Superbass by Nicki Minaj
and Rihanna’s Stay:
From MTVs site:
With over 260,000 votes and our nominees running massive social media voting drives, this year’s Brand New campaign has been the most successful to date.
Here’s who made the Brand New For 2013 Top 5:
1 – Ebony Day
2 – Gabrielle Aplin
3 – K Koke
4 – Kodaline
5 – Rascals
I want to say a huge congratulations to Ebony, keep the goodness coming!
Filed under: Music News, Podcast | Tags: Music News, Podcast, The Will Manning Podcast, Will Manning
There’s less than two days to go until my free bi-weekly iTunes Podcast returns to your ears.
For 2013 I want to make the Podcast as big as I can, I want to bring my long time listeners together with newcomers.
If you fancy joining the family then subscribe for FREE HERE.
The show showcases an hours worth of Hip Hop, R&B, House, Bass and everything inbetween.
See you on Saturday :)
One of my favourite UK rappers PW, is all set to perform at his first headline show on Feb 26th in London.
If you listen to my Podcast you’ll already know about PW, the very talented 20 year old rapper from North London. If not, here’s a little reminder:
1) He’s toured with the likes of Mindless Behaviour, Dappy and Conor Maynard
2) His debut mixtape, New Kid On The Block gained PW some loyal fans and the attention of all those important music industry types
3) His track Sensible was one of my fave songs of 2011
4) He’s bloody good at rapping
PW has been recently releasing free music every Wednesday, the latest of which is called Back To The Start. You can download that track and many more by checking his Soundcloud page.
So as well as the headline show and the free music giveaways, PW’s also releasing a Valentines EP on Feb 14th – something for the ladies!
I sat down for a little chat with the man himself back in 2011:
Tickets for his headline show can be booked now, right here.
This morning my Twitter feed was going stir crazy after a Tweet from Mr JT. The Tweet which simply said:
“Thursday, January 10th, 2013 at 9:01 am PST…”
This got everyone excited and thinking that tonight, he would release a new single, reportedly produced by Timbaland, and featuring Jay-Z and Beyonce.
Well that didn’t happen. But then he Tweeted this:
“To whom it may concern…I think I’M READY! #JT2013”
with a link to this trailer teaser.
I for one cannot wait for this. I’m a huge JT fan and Justified is still one of my favourite albums of all time.
Justin, I’m also ready!
Filed under: Blog | Tags: Blog, Music News, Podcast, The Will Manning Podcast, Will Manning
Episode 136 left 2012 with a bang, I mixed two hours worth of the years biggest tracks to celebrate what had been a brilliant year in music, well now there’s a new year and the Podcast is back.
On January 19th Episode 137 will be released on iTunes. If you’ve never heard the show before then I urge you to subscribe, here’s 5 reasons why:
1) It’s free
2) There’s an hours worth of brand new music from the world of Hip Hop, R&B, House, Electro, Drum & Bass, Dubstep & everything inbetween
3) There’s a mix from myself in every show
4) I often have special guests on the phone for a chat
5) It’s free
There are 5 really good reasons to CLICK HERE to subscribe for FREE on iTunes. Every two weeks the show will download automatically into your iTunes and BANG, you just need to click that play button.
On Episode 137 I’ll be playing some brand new music, mixing up some classics in the mix, and also playing the artists you need to listen out for in 2013. It’s going to be a big show and a sign of things to come for this year!
I hope to see you join the Podcast family if you aren’t already a member.
Will Manning 