Global singing sensation Sam Smith has set two new Guinness World Records titles in the space of a month after his debut album ‘In the Lonely Hour’ broke the record for the Most Consecutive Weeks in the UK Top 10 Album Charts with a staggering 69 week stay. He also now holds the record for First James Bond theme to reach No.1 in the UK charts with ‘Writing’s on the […]
The apartment where rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix lived and died in London is set to become a tourist attraction from next year. He lived at 23 Brook Street in London's posh Mayfair section, adjacent to the home where composer George Frideric Handel had lived two centuries earlier. The Handel House Trust that owns both properties has spent two years and £2.4 million ($3.7 million) restoring Hendrix's apartment. It has been […]
To the surprise of no one, Adele’s return “broke the Internet.” In just five days, the video for the British soul singer’s comeback hit “Hello” is the second quickest to reach 100 million views on YouTube. But with great success also comes major spoofing. No need for four bars with your service provider to LOL at these parodies and e-reactions to Adele, her flip phone and that emotional “Hello” video. Ellen DeGeneres spoofed Adele’s new […]
The Greek athlete who qualified as first had an excellent appearance and with 15,800 points became world champion while winning the ticket to the Olympics in Rio. Petrounias continued his amazing run of gold medals after having conquered the first place in both the European of Montpellier and the European games held in Baku. The final rankings: Lefteris Petrounias (Greece) 15,800 Hao Yu (China) 15.733 Hang Liu (China) 15,700 Samir […]
On Thursday, HBO announced the February premiere dates for Martin Scorsese’s ’70s-set record label drama Vinyl, along with the return of comedies Girls and Togetherness. Vinyl starts Sunday, Feb. 14 with a two-hour opening, and the comedies launch a week later. What do those series have to do with Thrones? Quite possibly everything. It’s the TV scheduling domino effect! HBO usually airs its original programming for up to two hours on one night […]
The story could belong to thousands of families who left Cuba for Miami. Or anywhere for anywhere, hoping for a life of freedom and opportunity. Striving and struggle, painful separations from family and homeland, the roller coaster of love and loss — those are the plot points in a simple, familiar story. Except this story happens to belong to Gloria and Emilio Estefan, and it’s being played out at Broadway’s Marquis […]
David Guetta has released his new single featuring Sia and Fetty Wap, titled “Bang My Head”. The song will be featured on the producer’s upcoming album Listen Again, which features all 14 of the original album tracks from Listen plus eight bonus tracks. Sia originally sang “Bang My Head” as a solo track and now Fetty has added his rhymes to the song for the remix version. Listen Again is currently […]
The Foo Fighters have put up a new entry page on their official website with a countdown clock that is pointed towards November 23. Unfortunately noone seems to know what is being announced. The promotional move is not unprecedented, having been used by other artists in the past, but they normally don't stretch the countdown for almost a month. The speculation all seems to revolve around the band's recent album […]
At a concert in Budapest, 11-year-old pianist Misi Boros used the Musica Piano instead of a printed score. All classical piano works are available free with this app, created by the publisher Könemann Music in Budapest. Misi Boros said the app had several advantages: “My backpack weighs 5 kilos, and I have to carry it every day. I have four piano lessons a week and I’m exhausted from carrying my […]
