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October 29 Exclusive Snow Patrol Webisodesby Steven Wilson-Beales, MSN Entertainment Calling all Snow Patrol fans. Just received these clips from their forthcoming DVD ‘Up To Now’ for your viewing pleasure. Hope you enjoy them.
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October 28 Oh Ye Of Little FaithMy raving days are well and truly over (I look like the bloke who’s come to pick up his kid and wandered on to the dance-floor by mistake) but I still enjoy the odd ‘choon’ when nobody’s looking. A little bird told me that this Alex M.O.R.P.H. remix of Sun To Me by Faithless is what all the kids are dancing to at this year’s fresher’s parties.
October 09 Don't Go ChangingBack before last Christmas, I was one of the first journalists to interview Alexandra Burke after she won the X Factor. The interview took place on the Monday following the final and, quite understandably, she was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning, speaking at a million miles an hour and clearly unable to take it all in. When we stopped filming she confessed she hadn’t slept since her win. I remember thinking that I hoped she stayed as charming as she was then, although I wouldn’t have put money on it. Fame, particularly the instant variety, does funny things to people. As it happens, my worries were unfounded. Due to a bizarre scheduling mixup, I have interviewed her twice within the space of the last three weeks. Not only did she remember me (which is very rare, trust me), she was as down to earth and chatty as the first time we met. I suppose she’s not actually had a record out so she could yet change but this time I don’t think it’s likely.
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October 07 There Is Nothing Like A DameAmid all the fanfare about Robbie Williams making his comeback live performance at the Electric Proms this month (and no, appearing on X Factor doesn’t count), the return of a real music legend is being scandalously overlooked. I speak, of course, of Dame Shirley Bassey, veteran of three Bond soundtracks, shifter of some 135 million records worldwide (that’s more than twice Robbie’s career sales), and a recording artist for no less than 52 years. What makes her appearance on October 23 particularly exciting is that she’ll be singing selections from her first studio album in 20 years, The Performance, which is released on November 9. I’ve not heard it yet but it promises to be pretty special given that all 11 tracks have been penned especially for Dame Shirley by a who’s who of contemporary songwriters including Gary Barlow, KT Tunstall, Tom Baxter, Richard Hawley, the Manics, The Pet Shop Boys and Rufus Wainwright. If Vera Lynn can top the charts at the age of 92, then surely a relative spring chicken like Dame Shirl, who, it must be said, could easily pass for two decades younger than her 72 years (check out the photo below), has got to be in with a shout of a number one.
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