Thursday 29 March 2012

Sugababes schedule updated 29.3.12

I thought it was about time I brought this feature back :-) 



































March 2012


30.3 Fri
31.3 Sat  Amelle performing DJ set in Barcelona Cancelled


April 2012


6.4 Fri    Amelle performing DJ set in Dubai


13.4 Fri Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Newcastle Metro RadioArena
14.4 Sat Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Newcastle Metro RadioArena
15.4 Sun Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Newcastle Metro RadioArena
16.4 Mon
17.4 Tues Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Wembley Arena, London
18.4 Wed Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Manchester Arena
19.4 Thur Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Manchester Arena
20.4 Fri Heidi skating Dancing On Ice CapitalFM Arena Nottingham
21.4 Sat Heidi skating Dancing On Ice CapitalFM Arena Nottingham
22.4 Sun Heidi skating Dancing On Ice CapitalFM Arena Nottingham
23.4 Mon
24.4 Tues Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield
25.4 Wed Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield
26.4 Thur Heidi skating Dancing On Ice Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield
27.4 Fri Heidi skating Dancing On Ice NIA, Birmingham
28.4 Sat Heidi skating Dancing On Ice NIA, Birmingham
29.4 Sun Heidi skating Dancing On Ice NIA, Birmingham
30.4 Mon


May 2012


1.5 Tues Heidi skating Dancing On Ice The Echo Arena, Liverpool
2.5 Wed Heidi skating Dancing On Ice The Echo Arena, Liverpool
3.5 Thur
4.5 Fri Heidi skating Dancing On Ice SECC, Glasgow
5.5 Sat Heidi skating Dancing On Ice SECC, Glasgow
6.5 Sun Heidi skating Dancing On Ice SECC, Glasgow
7.5 Mon Heidi skating Dancing On Ice SECC, Glasgow

Amelle at Atelier Live’s Dance Arena festival Dubai Friday 6th April


Atelier Live Dance Festival

Packed line-up featuring Ne-Yo, Leona Lewis and Taio Cruz 
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More than a few heads were turned when the jam-packed line-up of Atelier Live’s Dance Arena festival was announced. Hang on, we said: you’ve got (deep breath) Ne-Yo, Leona Lewis, Jay Sean, Natasha Bedingfield, Taio Cruz, Skylar Grey, Edward Maya and the Sugababes’ Amelle playing on the same night? We’d like to be backstage for this one, please.
Billed as the ‘Middle East’s biggest musical festival’, the event’s name won’t be winning any points for originality. But the greatest surprise is the speed it all happened – the line-up was announced less than a month ago, with the 12-hour all-dayer taking place at Dubai Sports City on Friday April 6. So in preparation for the big day we thumbed up on the line-up (so you don’t have to), and chatted to one of the headliners,
Mr ‘Stereo Love’ Edward Maya.


Ne-Yo
The American R&B star nominally heads this talent-packed bill. He’s been a household name since Billboard-topping 2006 hit ‘So Sick’. So many more hits followed that he was named as the 57th best-selling artist in America in the 2000s – despite only being in the charts for less than half of the decade. He lives a dual personality as songwriter-for-hire Shaffer Smith, and has penned scores of hit records for the likes of Beyoncé, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Mary J Blige.

Leona Lewis
Performing in the Middle East for the first time, Simon Cowell’s most successful protégé is the safest thing on the bill. With 20 million album sales under her belt, there can’t be a soul in the audience unfamiliar with mega-hit ‘Bleeding Love’. She told Time Out last year that she’s visited Dubai before, adding, ‘It’s so modern and it’s being built up. It’s amazing to see it happening. I think it would be cool to come back next year and see how far it has come.’ A wish that came true, clearly.

Jay Sean
Urban star Sean became the first Brit to top the US Billboard charts in decades with debut single ‘Down’. Also known for international smash ‘Ride It’, Sean is a repeat visitor to Dubai, whose last gig was at a sweaty Chi in February 2011. At the time he told Time Out: ‘I love Wild Wadi – love it. I also enjoy the Madinat, that’s quite a cool place to have dinner. And that big mall with the ski slope in it.’

Taio Cruz
Cruz is another Brit who’s managed to crack the US, selling 16 million records in just two years off the back of house super-hits ‘Break Your Heart’ and ‘Dynamite’. He’s visited Dubai before – playing N’Dulge last November – but when Time Out asked if it was his first time in the emirate, Cruz said he ‘couldn’t remember’.
Tickets Dhs250-650. 2pm-3am, Friday April 6. Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City, www.timeouttickets.com