Following on from a storming 6 months, rising star Sam Smith has joined forces with producer Naughty Boy for new track ‘La La La’.
Smith follows up his previous smash track ‘Lay You Down’ (a personal favourite!) with this delectable slice of summer catchiness…
Check it out below. It’s fantastic:
British pop band Girls Aloud have taken to social media to announce that they have now officially split. The band, who were originally founded over 10 years ago after winning TV reality show contest ‘Popstars: The Rivals’, were on a hiatus as of 2009, however regrouped toward the end of 2012 to perform a set of concerts to mark their 10 year anniversary.
Speaking on Twitter just after midnight, the girls said:
Dear Alouders, we just want to say from the bottom of our hearts Thank you!! This tour has been an amazing experience and the perfect chance to say thank you for being on this journey with us through a decade. It has far exceeded any of our dreams and we hope we are forever your inspiration and reminder that dreams really do glitter!! Your love and support will stay with us forever but we have now come to the end of our incredible time together . Love you lots.
The announcement was made shortly after their final show together last night at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
What are your thoughts on the split? Leave us your comment below.
Rihanna has taken things to the next level after her Kanye-featuring remix of ‘Diamonds’, by enlisting some of the rap game’s heavy hitters on the remix of new single ‘Pour It Up/
Young Jeezy kicks off the remix by citing ‘Throwing hundreds like loose change, still got my money’, whilst Rick Ross, Juicy J & T.I add to the champagne-popping party theme of the track.
Check out the brilliant remix below:
Pharrell Williams has returned to the music scene, appearing with rapper T.I. on Robin Thicke’s new joint ‘Blurred Lines’.
The single serves as Thicke’s first offering off his upcoming as-yet-untitled sixth album – expected to drop sometime this year.
Check out the video below:
UK singer Estelle has released a free treat for fans, in preparation of new music to hit.
The release marks the first release from the artist since last year’s brilliant LP ‘All Of Me’.
Ahead of the launch of new material (from what we understand will be both an EP AND a new album), Estelle has decided to provide us with unreleased music for our listening pleasure. In new track ‘Whatever You Like’, she brings on blog-favourite Roses Gabor at the helm in this Wizzy Wow produced piece.
Check out the track and free download below:
Justin Timberlake has premiered a cinematic tribute to his grandparents in new video for single ‘Mirrors’.
Flicking between past and present, the 8-minute emotional piece captures the highs and lows of Timberlake’s grandparents’ lives; a very solid tribute and highly worth a watch.
‘Mirrors’ is the second release off the singer’s third album ‘The 20/20 Experience’, released on Monday.
Check out the video below:
R&B megastar Rihanna has announced a one-hour documentary covering the behind-the-scenes of her recent 777 tour. The documentary, to be shown on US network FOX has been titled, imaginatively, ‘Rihanna 777’. For those unaware of the tour, Rihanna covered seven major global cities in seven days, for a limited invite concert. The performances, made up of fans, journalists and her large entourage, were also infamous due a chartered plane taking lucky journalists and competition winners on tour with her.
The special will go behind-the-scenes on the event; covering everything from the flights (and champagne bottles popping) to addressing various tour rumours (ie snubbing folk in-flight). For fans of Rihanna, this is set to be a big eye-opener to the mammoth 7-day alcohol-fueled party.
‘Rihanna 777’ will air on Fox at 8PM (EST/PST) on May 6th.
Organisers of this year’s Latitude Festival have just announced the event’s biggest ever lineup.
Bloc Party, The Foals and Kraftwerk will be amongst the headline acts for the 3-day event in Suffolk on 18-21st July.
Other acts announced include Laura Mvula, Jessie Ware, Disclosure, James Blake and Beth Orton.
Check the full lineup below:
Canadian contemporary R&B artist The Weeknd has announced his new album ‘Kiss Land’. The album, expected to drop sometime in 2013, is the follow-up to his hugely successful trilogy of mixtapes – ‘House of Balloons’, ‘Thursday’ and ‘Echoes of Silence’.
More as it comes available – no doubt fans attending his UK concerts this week will hear a sneak peek of the new material.
Beyonce has marked her post-birth return to music by dropping double-track ‘Bow Down / I Been On’.
Whether the tracks will appear on her forthcoming LP, or if this is just ‘one of the fans’, but the Hit-Boy-produced track goes down a stormer, brilliantly showing off Bey’s new style. It’s no hidden secret that Mrs Carter has been working heavily in the studio with some guest collaborations (with none other than Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Justin Timberlake) – if this is the sound of things to come then we’re quite excited over here at Stagedoor FM.
Cop a listen below and let us know what you think of the return of Mrs C!
