Florence Welsh opens Harrods Sales

Florence Welsh performed at the opening of the Winter's sales at Harrods.She looked very glamorous wearing Chanel fur and then going on to sing her new single Shake It Out and What The Water Gave Me.


It's the first time that Harrods has opened the sales with a band performing, and who better than the stunning and very talented Florence and the Machine.


Here is the her live acoustic performance:

Rihanna's You Da One Provocative video

Rhianna's new single You Da One now has a video, and it's rather provocative. The second single to be released from her latest album Talk that Talk was filmed in Hackney, East London.

The new mostly black an white video features Blonde Rihanna wearing a skin tight leopard print outfit, and is often seen touching herself leather outfits and A Clockwork Orange style bowler hat. Once again she is also seen smoking. Such a good influence on all those girls out there, eh? You have got to love her though, anyway.

Here is the video, enjoy:

Rihanna receives Racism in Portugal

Rhianna performed in Portugal over the weekend where a man racially insulted her, and she vanished from stage mid-song to vomit.

Rhianna fought back when she wrote on twitter:

Unbelievable. She also tweeted that 'Portugal was legendary !! I ran off stage to throw up halfway thu Whats My Name..made it back juuust in time for rude boy"

Here is a clip of her singing What's My Name?, at Lisbon's Atlantico Arena on the 17th December, going off stage about 1.55 minutes to throw up. The 23 year old said she was feeling unwell during the concert, but its been said that the star is partying too hard, and was even admitted to hospital. Some are even saying she is pregnant! Can we really believe the papers? She probably just had the flu, and I'm sure the racist idiot didn't help matters.

Leona Lewis new single NIN's 'Hurt'

The fabulous Leona Lewis has released the 1994's Nine Inch Nail's song, Hurt. The classic, famously covered by Mr Johnny Cash himself was released on the 9th December.

She sang the deep and meaningful cover on the X Factor final show, and then last night on The Royal Variety Show. There is no doubt that the X Factor winner is brilliantly talented.

Leona Lewis says, "I actually am a great fan of the song and a big fan of the Johnny Cash version." and "It's reflective of a place where I was at. When I recorded it it was healing to get it out."
(Newsbeat)

Here Leona singing on the X Factor 2011:

Here is a review from NME of Hurt


The Hackney raised singer will be releasing her third album, Glassheart and will we will be able to buy it Spring 2012. Cannot wait.

Little Mix Win The X Factor

Last night the nation watched as Little Mix won The X factor to runner up Marcus Collins. Both acts gave great performances. From singing with their mentors, to Christmas songs, Leona Lewis, Coldplay and The Winners song performed by both acts, it was a weekend full of entertainment.

When Misha B left, I found it hard to be excited about who would win the competition, but I do think Little Mix really showed off their talents, not only singing their best song from the series Don't Let Go, the Christmas classic Silent Night and their debut single Cannonball by Damian Rice. I rather like their version, with nice harmonies.

Here is the live clip of Cannonball from the X Factor final:

The X Factor finals lost nearly 14 millions views compared to last year when Matt Cardle won. 15.5 million people tuned in compared with 2010's 19.4 million.

It was a close win, with Little Mix receiving 48.3%  of the votes, and Marcus getting 42.8% of the votes. Little Mix are the first band to win the X Factor and I think this is a good thing.  If you want to read the whole article on drops in viewings click here

The girls were up bright and early appearing on Daybreak for an interview where they were very overwhelmed at winning. Jessie said, "People are calling us the X Factor winners and it doesn't feel like that's us."

See their Newsbeat interview which reveals their plans for their futures:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16142397

I wish them luck, but there is competition out there, so they are best sticking to pretty melodies and harmonies to keep a different sound to other girl bands such as The Saturdays and Girls Aloud.

X Factor finalists performing with mentors

The X Factor finalists are set to perform with their mentors, Kelly Rowland, Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos as Coldplay and Adele pull out.

The X FacTor finals are here, this weekend the winner of the singing competition will be crowned. Amelia Lily, Marcus Collins and Little Mix are left, and will all be performing a song with their mentors. Coldplay were going to perform a duet, but turned this down, as well as Adele who has to rest her voice due to throat surgery.

Marcus Collins and Gary Barlow will be singing Billy Joel's She's Always A Women. The Daily Mail got this wrong! Tulisa and Little Mix will be apparently singing  a mash up of Alicia Key's If I Ain't Got You and Empire State Of Mind. Kelly Rowland and Amelia Lily are said to be performing River Deep Mountain High  originally sung by Tina Turner.

I cannot wait for the final starting tomorrow night on ITV1, and I am rooting for Little Mix.

Tulisa says, "A group has never won this competition , especially not a girl group even getting this far in the competition."

The duet's have raised Marcus Collins chances of winning The X Factor, Little Mix closely behind, then Amelia Lily. But you can never trust these odd's that are predicted. It all depends on the night. I am a little sad though, what will I write about when The X Factor finishes?

Adele after surgery; tour food and drink demands revealed

Adele has been pictured in London, after her recent vocal surgery, without makeup and seems to have lost weight. In October, she was forced to cancel any performances due to surgery to remove a benign polyp in her throat.













A concert rider from the cancelled North America tour bus has leaked a three page document on the 23 year old's demands such as chocolate, alcohol, cigarettes, and charity donations. Adele is amazing though, surely she's allowed some comfort food after a well earned show? Anyone who gets complimentary tickets is required to contribute $20 for a very worthwhile UK charity; supporting those who have lost a baby. Her recent UK and European
tour raised £8,328.

If you want to see the other long lists click here

It seems Adele is rather picky when it comes to what she likes, and likes only the very best including specific bottles of Italian, French or Spanish wine, and twelve bottles of European lager.

This month Adele was nominated for six Grammy awards including Record of the Year (Rolling in the Deep) and Best Pop solo performance (Someone like you)


Now Adele has recovered, hopefully the singer will rest easy and be performing and making some great new songs in no time.

Here is a clip of her latest track live at the itunes festival 2011, Rumour has It

More on Misha B

Misha B was booted off the X Factor Sunday evening, but there are already rumours of record deals and a music collaboration with Missy Elliott.

After being in the bottom two three times, she was finally sent home as she received the lowest public vote. She then performed Jessie J's 'Who You Are' with her own rap at the beginning. I thought she was amazing, and it is no surprise to me that she is already getting offers.

Kelly Rowland, her former Mentor, said "She has my cell phone number she can call me any time. I'm her biggest supporter and I will always be there for her no matter what. If I can do anything for her I will."

Read more here

Misha B messaged the legendary star Missy Elliott on Sunday Night, and there is talk that the pair will team up and make a hit.

The 19 year old was interviewed on ITV1's This Morning, and said, "I've not signed anything yet but some great things have come my way."

Read more here

Misha B was approached by film director Tim Burton last Wednesday, to star in his next movie, as a voice over. She agreed to singing on the soundtrack due out next Autumn, for the Walt Disney backed Frankenweenie. 53 year old Tim Burton saw Misha in The Metropolis music studios in West London, where the the other X Factor contestants Amelia Lily, Marcus Collins and Little Mix were all recording their version of the winners song.


“The pair spoke for around 15 minutes, with Tim outlining his plans for Misha, and asking whether she would be interested in recording a track. Misha was blown away and hugely flattered. She agreed immediately and the pair swapped management details."


Read more here

She'll be missed on the X Factor, but has a bright and successful future ahead of her. In the words of Kelly Rowland, she's a star.