Next Girls Aloud Single Call The Shots

Fascination Records have confirmed that the next Girls Aloud single will be called Call the Shots and will be out at the end of November. They are working on video concepts at the moment and say they are going to do something a bit "less hectic" than Sexy! No, No, No. Speaking of Sexy, that is available for download in the UK from tomorrow.

It's Britney Bitch!

Britney Spears new single Gimme More is all over the internet, and it's very good. No one expected that! It's actually a grower, not instant and it's more Slave than Toxic. It will be very interesting to see if radio picks it up. Britney's back!

We Forgot To Post Don't Stop The Music

Shut Up and Drive just came out in the UK, but Rihanna is very organised and has already done a video for album highlight Don't Stop the Music. Amazing!

More Dannii News

Dannii's official website has given us the name of the other two releases we are getting, they are Unleashed and The Video Collection. We don't have a tracklist yet but we are told that Unleashed won't have anything to do with Dannii's Unleashed Tour but will be a collection of material from 1997 - 2006. Sounds very promising!
Meanwhile here is the cover of the Neon Nights Deluxe Edition.

This is Annie's Cover!

Kylie Single 2Hearts Out October

It has been confirmed that Kylie will be releasing new single 2Hearts on October 15th, followed by another single and the new album late November. Apparently it's a slow track, not sure how that will go down seeing as everyone is expecting a thumping disco return, but bring it on.

Charlotte Martin Covers Album

Charlotte Martin is releasing a covers album called Reproductions featuring tracks from artists incuding Interpol, Joni Mitchell and New Order. She has a clip of her version of Massive Attack song Angel up on her myspace page. We can't believe we are getting another album already, but we aren't complaining! Listen here.

Britney Leak!

We are spoilt this week! First we get a new Madonna track, and now a new Britney Spears song has leaked! The track is called Baby Boy, it's a slow groove with Spears sounding more mature. It's actually quite good.. who knew? Maybe this new album isn't going to be a disaster after all.

Calvin Harris Talks Kylie Songs

Cameron Adams has interviewed Calvin Harris for Hit and they talk about his work with Kylie. Calvin says they worked on six songs together, three of which are unfinished idea's. He says there are 20 songs on the shorlist for the new album, two of which are his. "One is more of an album track but it's still good; the other is so blatantly a single I'd be gutted if it wasn't. She raps on one, a bit like Uffie".

Madonna and JT to Perform Together

ET confirmed today today that Madonna and Justin Timberlake will be performing together at this years MTV VMA's on September 9th. Will this be a preview of a new track from Madonna's new album, or will Madonna help Justin sing one of his hits? Well we will just have to wait and see.

*Madonna Update: HQ full version of Madonna feat Pharrell's The Beat Goes On has leaked! It's cool!

Annie's Dark Road Video

Dannii's Videos on iTunes Chart

iTunes has three Dannii videos available to buy and all three are on the Top 100! You Won't Forget About Me has even made the top 20. Perfection is at 57 and I Can't Sleep at Night is 79. Looks like this X Factor gig is already paying off.

Spice Girls Greatest Hits Cover

This is the cover for the new Spice Girls Greatest Hits album. The girls say they were all involved with the design and are happy with what they have come up with. Okay then.

Dannii's Girl and Neon Nights Deluxe Editions

Don't fall off your chair, but we are getting two new Dannii releases! Girl and Neon Nights are being re-released with a whole bunch of unreleased material. Finally someone in Dannii's camp is doing something right and and capitalising on her high profile from X Factor. News of two more releases are coming soon. Is The Platinum Collection finally going to see the light of day? Will we ever hear the Roger Sanchez tracks? We won't hold our breath, but will keep our fingers crossed.

Tracklists:

‘Girl’ DELUXE EDITION COMPACT DISC ONE
01. All I Wanna Do
02. Heaven Can Wait (Album Version)
03. So In Love With Yourself
04. Am I Dreaming?
05. Everybody Changes Underwater
06. Everything I Wanted (Album Version)
07. It It Moves – Dub It
8. Disremembrance (Album Version)
09. It’s Amazing
10. Movin’ Up (Extended Mix) - UNRELEASED
11. Keep Up With The Good Times - UNRELEASED
12. Someone New (Radio Edit) - UNRELEASED
13. Coconut
14. All I Wanna Do (Trouser Enthusiasts Radio Edit) - UNRELEASED
15. Everything I Wanted (Xenomania Radio Edit)
16. Disremembrance (Trouser Enthusiasts Radio Edit) - UNRELEASED ON CD

COMPACT DISC TWO
01. All I Wanna Do (12” Extended Mix)
02. Everything I Wanted (Xenomania 12” Club Mix)
03. Heaven Can Wait (Trouser Enthusiasts Cloud Nine Mix) - UNRELEASED IN UK
04. Disremembrance (Full Orchestral 12” Mix) - UNRELEASED
05. All I Wanna Do (Qattara’s Club Mix)
06. Everything I Wanted (Jupiter 6 Soul Surround Mix)
07. Disremembrance (Twyce As Nyce 1:40AM Club Mix) - UNRELEASED
08. Movin’ Up (Getting Harder Mix) - UNRELEASED
09. Keep Up With The Good Times (Xenomania 12” Mix) - UNRELEASED
10. All I Wanna Do (Tiny Tim & The Mekon Dream Dub) - UNRELEASED ON CD

‘Neon Nights’ DELUXE EDITION COMPACT DISC ONE
01. Put The Needle On It
02. Creep
03. I Begin To Wonder (Album Version)
04. Hey! (So What)
05. For The Record
06. Mighty Fine
7. On The Loop
08. Push
09. Mystified
10. Don’t Wanna Lose This Feeling (Album Version)
11. Vibe On
12. A Piece Of Time
13. Who Do You Love Now? (Radio Edit)
14. Come And Get It (Radio Version) - UNRELEASED
15. Nervous
16. Just Can’t Give You Up - UNRELEASED
17. Hide And Seek18. Don’t Wanna Lose This Groove (Radio Edit)
19. Est-Ce Que Tu M’Aimes Encore? - UNRELEASED OUTSIDE FRANCE
20. Goodbye Song
21. It Won’t Work Out (Acoustic Version) - UNRELEASED

COMPACT DISC TWO
01. Don’t Wanna Lose This Groove – Extended Version (DANNII VS MADONNA)
02. Begin To Spin Me Round – Extended Version (DANNII VS DEAD OR ALIVE)
03. Who Do You Love Now? – Riva’s Bora Bora Club Mix - UNRELEASED OUTSIDE NETHERLANDS
04. Put The Needle On It – Jason Nevins Freak Club Creation Mix - UNRELEASED IN FULL
05. Hide And Seek – Thriller Jill Original Extended Mix - UNRELEASED
06. Come And Get It – Jerome Isma-Ae Remix - UNRELEASED
07. Put The Needle On It – Tiga’s Cookies Dub
08. Creep – Jon Dixon Club Mix - UNRELEASED
09. I Begin To Wonder – Almighty Transensual Club Mix - UNRELEASED
10. Put The Needle On It – Cicada Vocal Mix
11. Come And Get It – Sharam Jey Remix - UNRELEASED
12. Don’t Wanna Lose This Feeling – Jupiter Ace Speared Thru The Heart Mix - UNRELEASED

The Album of the Year is Out Now!

40 Years of Radio 1 CD

Radio 1 are releasing a CD to celebrate 40 years of being on air, the CD will feature new takes on classic songs from each year. It will include the Calvin Harris produced Love is the Drug by Kylie Minogue, as well as new material from Robbie Williams, Sugababes, Mutya, Amy Winehouse and Girls Aloud. We are excited to hear what Groove Armada do with Crazy For You.

Ttracklist as follows:

1967 – Flowers In The Rain (The Move) by Kaiser Chiefs
1968 – All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix Experience) by The Fratellis
1969 – Cupid (Johnny Nash) by Amy Winehouse
1970 – Lola (The Kinks) by Robbie Williams
1971 – Your Song (Elton John) by The Streets
1972 – Betcha By Golly Wow (The Stylistics) by Sugababes
1973 – You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) by The Feeling
1974 – Band On The Run (Wings) by Foo Fighters
1975 – Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music) by Kylie
1976 – Let’s Stick Together (Bryan Ferry) by KT Tunstall
1977 – Sound & Vision (David Bowie) by Franz Ferdinand
1978 – Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) by The Raconteurs
1979 – Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police) by Mika
1980 – Too Much Too Young (The Specials) by Kasabian
1981 – Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) by Keane
1982 – Town Called Malice (The Jam) by McFly
1983 – Come Back And Stay (Paul Young) by James Morrison
1984 – Careless Whisper (George Michael) by The Gossip
1985 – The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) by Pigeon Detectives
1986 – Don’t Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) by Lily Allen
1987 – You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) by Stereophonics
1988 – Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) by Mutya Buena
1989 – Lullaby (The Cure) by Editors
1990 – Englishman In New York (Sting) by Razorlight
1991 – Crazy For You (Madonna) by Groove Armada
1992 – It Must Be Love (Madness) by Paolo Nutini
1993 – All That She Wants (Ace Of Base) by The Kooks
1994 – You’re All I Need To Get By (Mary J Blige) by Mark Ronson
1995 – Stillness In Time (Jamiroquai) by Calvin Harris
1996 – No Diggity (Blackstreet) by Klaxons
1997 – Love Fool (The Cardigans) by Just Jack
1998 – Ray Of Light (Madonna) by Natasha Bedingfield
1999 – Drinking in LA (Bran Van 3000) by The Twang
2000 – The Great Beyond (REM) by The Fray
2001 – Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus) by Girls Aloud
2002 – Like I Love You (Justin Timberlake) by Maximo Park
2003 – Don’t Look Back Into The Sun (The Libertines) by The View
2004 – Toxic (Britney Spears) by Hard-Fi
2005 – Father & Son (Yusuf & Ronan Keating) by The Enemy
2006 – Steady As She Goes (The Raconteurs) by Corinne Bailey Rae

Ricki-Lee's Brand New Day

Now that we have recovered from shocking news that Ricki-Lee's single Can't Touch It entered the ARIA charts at number 2 (who saw that coming?), her second album Brand New Day hit the shops this week. Order it at play4me, they also have 30 second clips of all the songs.


Here is the track list:

1. Can't Sing A Different Song
2. Brand New Day
3. Melody Of Life
4. Love Is All Around
5. Real Good Time
6. Can't Touch It
7. Take Me To A Place
8. Alone No More
9. Clouds
10. World Go By
11. It's Just Life
12. I Appreciate You

Listen to Annie's Dark Road

Annie Lennox has finally put her new single Dark Road up on her myspace page, and as expected it's gorgeous. The single comes out September 24th, and as previously mentioned her album Songs of Mass Destruction hits stores on October 1st. Listen here.

If Sophie Can't Dance....

Disko Dolly Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed album track If I Can't Dance on BBC1 show Dance X recently. Hopefully this will be single # 4 from Trip the Light Fantastic. Current single Today the Sun's On Us was released this week in the UK, buy it here.

Nelly's Loose German DVD

Germany has released a limited edition Nelly Furtado Loose DVD. We think it should get a worldwide release but as it's not we recommend you look for it on ebay (like we did, sold!). It includes all the video's from the Loose album, plus fan favourite Try from Nelly's masterpiece Folklore.

Here is the tracklist:



01 In God's Hands
02 Maneater
03 Promiscuous
04 All Good Things (Come To An End)
05 Say It Right
06 Try

Here is the amazing Try video for those that missed it (ie pretty much everyone)

Sugababes About You Now

Sugababes have put a clip of new single About You Now up on their website. The single will premier tomorrow morning in the UK on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show. It's no Push the Button, but we will reserve judgement until we hear the whole track. Is it just us or is Keisha starting to look like Rihanna?

Sexy! No No No Video

Disco flaw?

It seems the Pet Shop Faithful are a little underwhelmed at the release of Disco 4, as this fan forum pic suggests. The new album brings together 7 already-released dance mixes by the Boys, plus 1 new mix (tracklisting further below). There are only 2 PSB songs on the album, neither of them new. A slap in the face to loyal fans? We're just bummed that Blur and Bloodhound Gang didn't make the cut. Let's not forget the original Disco and Disco 2 contained nothing new. Rare perhaps, but not new. Anyways all eyes will now be on the cover art.

Natalie's Hits and Beyond

Nice to see 5 new tracks and a bonus DVD on Natalie's forthcoming greatest hits compilation. Here's the tracklisting:






Torn
Big Mistake
Wishing I Was There
Smoke
That Day
Wrong Impression
Beauty On The Fire
Shiver
Counting Down The Days
Glorious – NEW SONG
Be With You – NEW SONG
Against The Wall – NEW SONG
Stuck On The Moon – NEW SONG
Amelia – NEW SONG

+Bonus DVD with video's

Roisin's Let Me Know Preview

Roisin Murphy has put a one minute preview of next single Let Me Know on her myspace and it sounds fantastic! Have a listen here. There is also a clip of a hot remix on the Roisin Remixed page. Joey Negro and Andy Cato do the duties on this one. Paul Oakenfold has mixed another track Cry Baby available as part of the digital download package.

And Now JT Talks Madonna

Justin Timberlake has again spoken of his collaboration with Madonna. He tells Cameron Adams in today's Hit in the Herald Sun "She's a very talented lady. There are definitely moments when I think, wow, I'm singing with Madonna. But she's so cool. She's very clever, very innovative. I was humbled working with her. She's fun to work with and she takes advice. Plus she has an amazing mind."
When Adams presses JT on what form the songs are taking he tells him that they have grooves that sound like her first album, but with more advanced lyrics. "It's kind of in the middle between what she does and what I want to do. It's exactly how you want to hear Madonna right now. It doesn't sound like anything she has done yet it still sounds like Madonna." He also tells Adams, "There's a couple of duets there."

Timbaland Talks Madonna

Timbaland has spoken for the first time about his work with Madonna, promising, 'She's got a hot album'!! He told TRL that Madonna is almost finished with the album and that it's 'up there with Justin's'. Timba says he and Justin wrote and produced 10 tracks. "There's this one song, we taking it back to 'You must be my luck-eee starrrr!' ... Remember 'Ugly' by Bubba Sparxxx? I got a beat similar to that. The hook is no words. It's saying stuff named after coffee — all these different names for coffee — is the hook. ... The name of the song is 'La, La.' Pharrell did a hot one for her too called 'Candy Shop.' She's off the chain."

JT's Australian Tour

Justin Timberlake is bringing his FutureSex/LoveShow to Australia.

Dates as follows:

10.27.07 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
10.31.07 Sydney Acer Arena
11.03.07 Adelaide Entertainment Centre
11.05.07 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
11.09.07 Perth Burswood Dome

Another Amazing Roisin Cover

The woman can do wrong obviously. This is the cover to second single from album Overpowered, Let Me Know. Out on October 2nd.

Darren Hayes is Top Ten in UK Midweeks!

Make sure you pick up On the Verge of Something Wonderful you UK peeps, why not get all three versions? Keep it in the top ten! This is a great sign for Darren's album out August 20th.

Debbie's Two Times Blue Video

As we reported earlier, Debbie Harry is back and solo with her new album Necessary Evil out in the US on October 9th. Well now we have the video for first single Two Times Blue. Looks a little cheap, they probably had a very small budget, the song rocks though. It's a little reminiscent of her French Kissing days. Can't wait to hear some remixes.

Pet Shop Boys Disco 4

The Pet Shop Boys are finally releasing the next instalment in their Disco series, however this one is different. Usually the Disco albums are Pet Shop Boys tracks mixed by other DJ's but this one will include remixes of other artists songs that the boys have remixed. Apparently they wanted to collect their favourite remixes that they have done on one album. It will include new mixes of two Pet Shop Boys songs, Integral and I'm With Stupid. Disco 4 follows on from Disco (1986), Disco 2 (1994) and Disco 3 (2003) and is scheduled for release on September 24th.

Tracklist:

1. The Killers: Read My Mind (PSB Stars Are Blazing mix)
2. David Bowie with Pet Shop Boys: Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Extended mix)
3. Pet Shop Boys: Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix)
4. Yoko Ono: Walking On Thin Ice (PSB Electro mix)
5. Madonna: Sorry (PSB Maxi-mix)
6. Atomizer: Hooked On Radiation (PSB Orange Alert mix)
7. Rammstein: Mein Teil (PSB There Are No Guitars On This mix)
8. Pet Shop Boys: I'm with Stupid (PSB Maxi-mix)

Annie's Songs of Mass Destruction

Annie Lennox is back with new single Dark Road on September 24, followed by her 4th solo album Songs of Mass Destruction on October 1, recorded with Glen Ballard of Jagged Little Pill fame. By all reports, the album serves up intelligent thought-provoking lyrics with an adult pop sound. It will include the new track Sing which features 23 female singers invited by Annie to raise awareness for human rights, education and AIDS. Here's a list of the artists included:

Anastacia
Angelique Kidjo
Beth Gibbons
Beth Orton
Beverley Knight
Bonnie Raitt
Celine Dion
Dido
Faith Hill
Fergie
Gladys Knight
Isobel Campbell
Joss Stone
KD Lang
KT Tunstall
Madonna
Martha Wainwright
Melissa Etheridge
Pink
Sarah McLachlan
Shakira
Shingai Shoniwa
Sugababes

That sure is some line up! Can't wait to hear it.

Darren Does Prince

Darren Hayes has released a video of himself in rehearsal singing the great Prince track Thieves in the Temple. Looks like he will performing the song on his upcoming tour, he sang it at an instore in Sydney on the week end and performed it on ITV1 special Soundtrack of Your Life along with Madonna's Ray of Light, which is airing soon in the UK soon.

Gwen Concert Last Night

So we went to Gwen Stefani last night and she was awesome. The crowd was going off so much that we thought we went back in time to a Beatles concert. We were a little unhappy with our seats - until she ran out in to the audience and sang Cool right in front of us! Amazing! Highlights were Wind It Up, Cool and Danger Zone. Click on images to enlarge.

Darren's Delicate Box

Darren Hayes has released a teaser video on youtube that gives us an exclusive peak at the Deluxe Edition of This Delicate Thing We've Made. If you turn the volume up you can hear him giggling through out. The box looks very cool.

Rumoured Madonna Track Listing

Obviously to be taken with a grain of salt, but here is the first rumoured track listing for Madonna's next album, reportedly called Black (?!).




1. Sleep Deprivation
2. Turn It Up
3. Going Down
4. Little Thang (feat Justin Timberlake)
5. It’s The Beat
6. Tight Fit
7. Black
8. Off The Hook (feat Timbaland)
9. Candy Store (feat Pharrell)
10. Eleven Minutes
11. Do I Care
12. Freelancer.34
13. U n M
14. Starlight
15. Hit It Hard
16. Got This Down Right

If there is any truth to this then she really is trying for a hit in the US! We hope it doesn't backfire (anyone remember Body Language? No?).