Bradley, Paul and Jo, formerly of S Club 7, are on tour in Australia, now performing as “S Club.” They recently appeared on breakfast television to give this rousing rendition of Reach.
Anyone heading to London for the Olympics wondering just how unpleasantly packed the Tubes are going to be can take some solace from this 1986 Paul McCartney video, which actually manages to make travelling on the Underground look quite fun. CS
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Hot on the heels of their superb run of shows at London’s O2 Arena, Jay-Z and Kanye West have posted a new video for No Church In The Wild, directed by Romain Gavras and seemingly inspired by the London riots. CS
Latest video from 4AD’s hugely promising new signings, Daughter. This was filmed at the Islington Assembly Hall last month. CS
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Last night in the Netherlands, Bruce Springsteen headlined the Pinkpop Festival. You can watch 23 minutes of highlights of his rapturously-received set by clicking here. CS
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of Jeff Buckley’s death, aged just 30. Here’s a great video of him performing the title track of his wonderful debut album, Grace, for the BBC Late Show. CS
Nice selection of covers from Catherine AD, who Paul Lester wasn’t so impressed by when she was his 456th New Band of the Day in January 2009 – but others took a different view, including Rob Da Bank – “Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful” and NME – “Like an Anglo-Celtic Tori Amos discovering the joys of Michael Nyman.”
Why don’t you judge for yourself? Here’s the tracklisting:
1. Better Than Love (Hurts)
2. Run The Heart (Sleigh Bells)
3. Paris (Friendly Fires)
4. The Wolves (Act I and II) (Bon Iver)
5. I Have Never Loved Someone (My Brightest Diamond)
6. Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
7. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) (The Crystals)
8. The Book Of Love (Magnetic Fields)
9. Black Eyed Dog (Nick Drake)
10. Wild is the Wind (Nina Simone)
11. Baby Can I Hold You (Tracy Chapman)
Reprise is released on 25th June. There’s more info on it over here.
Some shaky camera phone footage of Madonna rehearsing in Tel Aviv on the MDNA tour
Gaga fans reportedly having a bit of a sense of humour failure about it.
This video of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Two Tribes being played by the men who originally produced, engineered and played on it was uploaded to Holy Moly’s YouTube page today. It’s quite wonderful. CS