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Legendary British prog-rock band, Pink Floyd, have announced they are undertaking the massive task of reissuing all 14 of their studio albums, as well as previously unreleased material in digitally remastered format on an individual basis and as a box set on 26 September.

Drummer Nick Mason, said they have chosen to do it now as they are aware that the days of physical CD’s with intense artwork and intricate design are dissappearing fast in the face of downloadable content.

“I think it’s really important to try and have a last go at that, because if we do end up just downloading everything from now on it would be a shame if there wasn’t on record all that good artwork and the things that went with it”, said the 67 year old Mason.

Pink Floyd were at the forefront of progressive rock, before rifts in the band in the late 70′s led to the most familiar line-up splitting in the early 80′s. Their popularity has never waned though, as evidenced by their reception when they had a once off reunion for the Live8 concert in Hyde Park in 2005.

A little sample of which is below:

This is amazing, a video clip of some dude playing a trance song on a guitar… talk about talent!

Did he just play a trance song on a guitar? brought to you by Prank Videos

Nesta Robert “Bob” Marley,  (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981).

Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. Marley’s music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland. His best-known hits include “I Shot the Sheriff”, “No Woman, No Cry”, “Could You Be Loved”, “Stir It Up”, “Jamming”, “Redemption Song”, “One Love” and, together with The Wailers, “Three Little Birds”, as well as the posthumous releases “Buffalo Soldier” and “Iron Lion Zion”.

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A week or so ago I wrote about Francois from Bands4Africa and the Acoustic talent search competition he has going on at Quay 4.

Well if you want to hear more about Bands4Africa and what they’re all about, just log on to Zone Radio today at 13:40, to listen to Francois’ live interview with Michelle Loxton.

Zone Radio is an online radio station, a company we have done a lot of blogging about recently; the link is http://www.zoneradio.co.za

Francois and Michelle Loxton will be discussing Bands4Africa’s continuous role in the local cover music industry with insight on how we are managing our artists and the live music circuit.

Don’t quite know what to make of this myself but anyway…

I will definitely be going to this! Tickets please!!

I was listening to KFM this weekend and I heard about this so I searched it out and much to my happiness it’s true.

Big Concerts have announced that UK alternative rock band Coldplay will be performing live for the first time in South Africa in October.

The two shows that have been confirmed include one on Wednesday 5 October at Cape Town Stadium and one on Saturday 8 October at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.

The tour is presented by 94.5 KFM, 94.7 Highveld Stereo and M-Net.

Besides being my favourite contemporary band, Coldplay is one of the world’s best selling acts, with over 50 million album sales worldwide.

Tour details after the jump.

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Asstastic wrote a post the other day about a Billion Wicked thoughts, and in it there was reference to what men REALLY like and one thing mentioned was that men actually like women with a bit of substance to them… ie bigger chicks apparently. Anyway I dug out this Queen classic which is relevant to that for this chilled out friday…

You guys have probably seen that I have been writing articles about Zone Radio, the online radio station based in Cape Town. Zone Radio plays hits from the 50s to the 90s and has a host of exciting DeeJays who really know their music and give you an experience you can’t get at other radio stations. Best of all its back to back music and you will be hopping around the office singing along to songs you love and songs you request. (more…)

Push me to the floor was the winner of best music video South African music awards 2010 and Best Video MK Awards 2010.You know I love The Parlotones right? You should know it if you read my articles here here, here and here.

Is music your passion? Do you want to take it to the next level? This is the perfect opportunity to see whether you have what it takes to become a professional performer.

Socialyz.com has had a heads up on the 2011 Bands4Africa and Quay 4 Acoustic Talent search event which is now underway. (more…)

I’ve written about Bittereinder before. I am a fan. I am the biggest fan said Sam I am. Anyhoo, peach posted this to their facebook profile and I thought I’d share it with the world.

You can see a teeny tiny interview on how intense they are  here

He became famous over night and damn I’m prety sure he’s a billionaire already! Bruno has done it again. Here is his latest song. It’s not as great as the last ones, it’s no love song but it is pretty catchy!

I posted an article on Google going Gaga earlier. You can read it here, but my mate Dave was brave enough to send me a link to Weird Al’s blog. Which I read. Lady Gaga – if you can’t have a sense of humour about yourself then really “my little monster” you shouldn’t be in show business.

Weird Al wanted write and record what was going to be the first single off of his new album: a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga called “Perform This Way.” Lady Gaga didn’t like it so Al had to tag it and bag it .

Weird Al’s Manager contacted Lady Gaga’s manager and this is how it went down:

“I’d like to do a parody of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” called “I Perform This Way.” The basic concept is that I, as a Lady Gaga doppelganger of sorts, describe the incredibly extravagant ways in which I perform on stage. Meat dresses and giant eggs would most likely be referenced, but also much more ridiculous made-up examples of bizarre wardrobe and stage production. As with all my parodies, it would be respectful of the artist, while having a bit of fun with her larger-than-life image.”

Lady Gaga’s then wanted to hear the song, even though this was still just an idea and nothing else much had been done.   Al makes a good point on his blog, she wants to hear the song, so he sends her the lyrics and she still says she wants to hear it. She does know the tune to her own song right?

So Weird Al records the song ( because  she insisted) sends it to Gaga and she says no. I would have been pissed off, wouldn’t you? When I read the lyrics to Weird Al’s song I couldn’t help but laugh. He hits it spot on. It goes something like this:

“ Got my straight jacket today, it’s made of gold lamé
No, not because I’m crazy – I perform this way
I strap prime rib to my feet, cover myself with raw meat
I’ll bet you’ve never seen a skirt steak worn this way “

Now for the finale

My friend The Loose Wheel has some talent running around in her circle of friends.

This clip is a couple of years old but its a bit of an ear worm (something that gets stuck in your head) It’s Gazelle and the song is Verlore Seun.

Enjoy.

This is the new Beyonce single which has been leaked onto the Internet.

In my opinion, its mediocre at best.

We’ve written about her here and here and here and here oh and here oh and we wrote about her banned video here. Lady Gaga’s stupidity wows us the world ’round and we just can’t get enough of her. Probably because she makes the rest of us look so damn good.

I recently heard that she threw herself into a pit full of fire in some weird ritual. I mean.. wtf? Did you think Jesus or Judas was going to save you? Yes haven’t you heard? She’s in a love triangle with Jesus and Judas!

Anyway Lady Gaga has lost it and google is loving it. Google went Gaga. I found this video clip where they interviewed her. ( Her outfit and hair do, in fact everything that touched her just wasn’t working for me.)

In the beginning they do show a pretty cool clip of lady Gaga’s rise and rise. It’s worth the watch. Who knows maybe she’ll make us look good again – Like the bit where she wants to touch ten 10 year olds…

The bit after you hit the one hour mark is slightly distrurbing. It’s her born this way video.  I think I just vomited in my mouth.

You can also learn 11 things from Lady Gaga here.

My two favourite not so favourite people,  Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, awww how cute.

It’s almost as cute as the cat making friends with the dolphin video that got sent in to us by our mate Andre the property broker. Thank you again Andre, that was awww so cute.

Back to Miley and Justin. I found this really bad video of them trying to look in love and shit. Note how cool he is when he makes a move and touches her middle. Awww young love is just so cute!

Excuse me while I go vomit…

Also, what the fuck was she doing half way through the video?Wait for 1.45 ,  was she doing the famous “drunk people can’t dance” move?

I found this clip and I cried. Firstly ’cause I LOVE Joan Jett and secondly ’cause Miley Cyrus decided to RUIN these songs for me. Leave it to Joan honey!

Her most famous songs; Bad reputation, Cherry bomb, and I hate myself for loving you, were performed on Oprah. The show also included performances by Sheryl Crow with Stevie Nicks and Avril Lavigne with Pat Benatar.

At 52 Joan has still got what it takes… I wanna be her when I grow up

You probably saw our article on the worst pop song of all time right? Now imagine how much you hate that song and imagine how badly you never want to hear that song again. You are not alone.

If you’re an adult you most definitely don’t like that song and if you’re a kid you like it even less. ( Unless you’re 6 years old and you like the song because there is a pudding in the music video) .  Rebecca Black… don’t ever come back, with another track! See what I did there?

Here is what kids say about the Friday song. You HAVE to watch the whole thing..you’ll probably piss yourself laughing.

Kids are so cruel..but I’m with them on this one. Jip..definitely a girl version of Justin Bieber. Did I say girl version? I meant, another Justin Bieber.

Irish band U2’s current 360 world tour is the most successful ever

This tour has beat the record set by The Rolling Stones four years ago, promoters Live Nation Entertainment said on Monday.

According to Live Nation, the Irish supergroup will gross ticket sales of more than $700 million when their 360 tour finally wraps up in Canada in July.

The U2 360 tour, in a round stage format in a transportable stadium, will have been seen by more than seven million people in 30 countries when it ends.

The Rolling Stones 2005-07 Bigger Bang Tour took $554 million in ticket sales.