Dappy, Will Young, Conor Maynard, JLS and more. Friday’s Pop Diary round-up
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Will Young will be talking about his new book ‘Funny Peculiar’ in London. [save £10, just £8.99 delivered from the MP! shop]
Conor Maynard‘s UK tour reaches Leicester.
Ryan O’Shaughnessy heads to Leeds on his intimate UK tour.
Labrinth reaches Sheffield on his UK tour.
Dappy will be on TV show Loose Women.
JLS will be on Chatty Man.
‘Alice in Zombieland’ by Gena Showalter is published today.
‘Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares’ by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan also hits bookshelves today!
[For dates, times, locations, and to plan ahead visit the maximumpop.co.uk Pop Diary]Lawson, Conor Maynard, Labrinth, The Wanted and more. Thursday’s Pop Diary round-up
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Lawson will be signing copies of their new album ‘Chapman Square’ in Southampton. [save almost £7, just £8 delivered from the MP! shop]
Conor Maynard‘s UK tour reaches Norwich.
Labrinth heads to Manchester on his UK tour.
Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Pink Friday Reloaded’ tour reaches Newcastle.
The Wanted will be on TV show Celebrity Juice.
[For dates, times, locations, and to plan ahead visit the maximumpop.co.uk Pop Diary]Labrinth, Kelly Clarkson and The X Factor: Saturday’s Pop Diary
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Labrinth‘s UK tour reaches Brixton.
Kelly Clarkson will be performing in London.
The X Factor Live Show 3 will be on ITV1 tonight!
[For dates, times, locations, and to plan ahead visit the maximumpop.co.uk Pop Diary]Little Mix, Will Young, Labrinth and Scouting for Girls. Friday’s Pop Diary
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Little Mix will be signing copies of their new book ‘Ready To Fly’ in Leeds. [save £10, just £6.79 delivered from the MP! shop]
Will Young will be signing copies of his new book ‘Funny Peculiar’ in Kent. [save almost £9, just £10.04 delivered from the MP! shop]
Labrinth‘s UK tour reaches Norwich.
Scouting For Girls will be gigging in Birmingham.
[For dates, times, locations, and to plan ahead visit the maximumpop.co.uk Pop Diary]One Direction, Little Mix,Tulisa, Cover Drive, Rizzle Kicks play Key 103 Live: Pop Diary
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What: Key 103 Live
When: 19:30, 22nd July, 2012
Where: Manchester Arena
Who: One Direction, Little Mix, Alexandra Burke, Tulisa, Cover Drive, Rizzle Kicks, Pro Green, Labrinth, DJ Fresh
Tickets: Buy tickets
MP! chats to Will Best!
*ringgggg!!* ooh that’s the MP! phone – and the lovely Will Best is on the line…
Hello, Will! Are you looking forward to T4 On The Beach on Sunday?
I’m nervous but getting more excited every day. We had a big meeting about it this morning to go through ideas and the games we’re going to be playing. I think it’s gonna be bloody hilarious!
What can we expect to see?
T4 is about popstars, music and playing ridiculous games. Every week we play a game with a really tenuously punned title, to get either us or the popstar to look stupid! That’s going to be a big part of T4 On The Beach so we’ll have popstars firing things into the crowd from giant catapults and popping balloons between each other’s chests. I may be dressed up as a dog.
What kind of dog?
Oh, just a general dog costume! Pudsey and Ashleigh are going to be there. When I was little I used to do dog agility courses so I may be competing against a real dog while dressed as a dog myself.
So is this T4′s Got Talent?
Exactly! Pudsey’s Got Talent and then T4 Has Zero Talent.
Will Pretends To Have Talent?
Yeah, exactly. Matt might be dressed in S&M gear…
Wow. Moving on, which of the acts are you looking forward to seeing?
Labrinth because he’s amazing live, he runs around playing five instruments at the same time! I’m a big fan of Rita Ora. She’s a lovely girl, very nice to talk to and to look at(!) and I think she’ll do an amazing performance.
Rita is signed with Jay-Z’s label in America. Do you reckon Jay and Beyoncé might turn up?
They’ll probably be backstage. I’ve invited them and they’re certainly gonna try and pop down, sure. We get on pretty well!
Perhaps Beyoncé will serve ice creams.
Yeah, well she’s gonna bring the baby and they’ll just be hanging out. Most of those sorts of big names will be hanging out backstage but they just won’t want to be on the stage. It’s about letting the Brits shine on the stage but backstage of course Kanye will be there with Kim Kardashian, Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Just our mates, basically, you know?
The line-up is pleasingly British: Rizzle Kicks, Stooshe, Conor Maynard, Tulisa, Little Mix… what does this say about UK pop in 2012?
We don’t need American acts because British pop is just so strong. Look at The Wanted going off and absolutely smashing it in America!
Cover Drive promised MP! they would bring the Barbadian sunshine to the beach.
Well they’ve been told that if they don’t then they can’t play! That’s a condition for them.
That’s in their contract?
Yeah!
Edward Jedward famously broke his leg on the T4 On The Beach stage. Which popstar is most likely to end up with an injury this year?
Jamelia did herself an injury one year and chipped her tooth backstage with Olly Murs, and Peter Andre injured himself on stage as well, so it literally could be anyone!
We hear that yesterday you were talking balls with Adam Lambert. Care to explain?
Yeah, we were talking about fanclubs. Adam’s fanclub are called the Glamberts. I have a fanclub called the Besticles, but there’s only two of them and you know, they’re always hanging around. It was that kind of “hilarious” testicle-based banter.
Well as long as the Besticles keep you warm at night, Will.
I keep them warm! It’s a hands-on job.
Haha! So what else are you up to?
I’m very busy! It’s a bit surreal. The Crush is a monthly show on 4Music that I guest-present with a different popstar each time. The Love Shaft is a dating show for E4 that is set in a lift. That’s going really well. I get loads of tweets saying things like, “Will, this is the worst thing I’ve ever seen but I bloody love it.”
High praise indeed.
It’s the sort of show that’s made by the contestants. Some incredible people have taken part! We had a girl on there who didn’t know what a sandwich was. She didn’t understand the concept of a sandwich!
Are you still doing any modelling?
When you say “still”, er, I’ve not really done modelling! I worked in the Abercrombie & Fitch shop for a brief period. I have, bizarrely, been signed to Premier Models, in their ‘Special Division’, which is for people who could in no way actually be models but because they’re on telly somebody might want to take a picture of them.
So if the weather’s nice on Sunday will you be whipping your top off on the T4 stage?
I really hope not.
What about letting the Besticles get some sunshine?
Haha! I will be wearing a mankini but it’ll be a very small one so there’ll be one Besticle each side of the main thong.
Might we even see the love shaft?
Hahaha! If you’re very, very lucky. Only people right at the front would be able to see the love shaft, unfortunately.
If you were going to show the love shaft to any popstar on the T4OTB bill, who would it be?
Most of them have already seen the love shaft. Maybe I’d show it to Dappy and say, “what do you think? How do I measure up?” I’ve spent hours on photoshop trying to recreate the Dappy photo on myself. It’s actually harder than it looks…
Maybe try the stretch effect. It’s great to see newcomers on the T4 On The Beach bill, like Josh Osho, Lawson and Lonsdale Boys Club.
We’re here to help at T4. We start careers… and then end careers with serious injuries!
Edward Jedward is still psychologically recovering.
In that case we’ll get Jedward back and injure them again. We’ve done a lot of polls on the T4 website but I couldn’t find “which popstar would you like to seriously injure?” for some reason.
Probably for the best! Any other goss?
Not really, we’ve talked about my balls and my general crotch area. I think that’s pretty much everything we had to cover, right?
Right! Thank you very much, Will. We had the Best time talking to you!
T4 On The Beach takes place this Sunday 1st July in Weston-super-Mare. Tickets are on sale now. Visit www.channel4.com/t4.
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4 days and 4 nights of carefully curated chaos. Beach Break Live is T4OTB’s older and less well behaved brother. With performances by Chase & Status, Labrinth, Friendly Fires, Wretch 32, Dizzee Rascal and over 100 more, all set on the sunny shores of south west Wales it’s an unmissable annual event for anyone looking for post-exam recovery. 18 or over? We’ve got a pair of tickets worth over £200 up for grabs. For your chance to win simply follow us on twitter here, and then tweet the following:
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Little Mix, Dappy, Rizzle Kicks, Cover Drive, Professor Green and Labrinth announced for T4 on the Beach
Good news for fans of great pop and sandy knickers. T4 on the Beach returns to Weston-super-Mare for its 10th year with a line up that includes Little Mix (woo), Dappy (woo), Rizzle Kicks (woo), Cover Drive (woo), Professor Green (woo) and Labrinth (woo). Not bad – and there’s still 20 more acts to announce. Ready to buy tickets? Check you’re free Sunday 1 July and then click here.
Pixie Lott headlines Chester Rocks: Pop Diary
Chester Rocks have announced their line-up for this year’s weekend festival at Chester Racecourse, and while the Saturday is headlined by The Courteeners, Sunday’s line-up is packed with pop. Pixie Lott has grabbed the headlining slot, and hitting the stage before her on Sunday 17th June will be Labrinth, Maverick Sabre, Katy B, new girlgroup Indigo City, and Tinchy Stryder. Saturday is only open to over-14s, but Sunday is open to all, provided you’re accompanied by someone over 18. Grab your tickets – £35 for each day – here. We’ve added the date to our Pop Diary so you can see how it lines up. Hit like below if you’ll be rocking out in Chester this summer.
Preview Labrinth’s Electronic Earth album
Super producer and dapper pop star Labrinth is gearing up to release his long awaited debut album Electronic Earth on April 2nd and in order to kick up some hype he’s released an interactive YouTube preview of the entire thing, which you can listen to below.
As well as smash hits ‘Let The Sun Shine’, ‘Earthquake’ and current single ‘Last Time’, Electronic Earth includes songs like the pulsating ‘Sundown’, retro sounding ‘Express Yourself’ and a duet with BRIT Award winner Emeli Sandé called ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’. We’ll have to reserve our judgement for when we get to hear the songs in full, but we reckon this sounds like it could be one of the most exciting albums of the year.
Listen to Labrinth’s Electronic Earth album below and pre-order it from iTunes here.
