Super Sexy Photos from Sunday
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The Sugababes went for power, energy, enthusiasm, fun - and short dresses
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Monday, 23 August 2010
New HQ Photos from V Festival
Great photos from Saturday at V Festival at Weston Park in Staffordshire
Super Sexy Photos from Sunday
From the BBC
Super Sexy Photos from Sunday
From the BBC
Photos from V Festival
Big thanks to @JadeDailyDotcom http://jadedaily.com/ for the majority of photos here. Photos from both Saturday and Sunday performances
Sugababes and many more at V Festival
Musical mollusk Kate Nash comes over all Octopussy at V Festival in bizarre tasselled all-in-one outfit
By Sarah Bull
Last updated at 1:23 AM on 23rd August 2010
It can be difficult to decide what to wear at a festival - a dress, shorts, a pair of jeans?
But Kate Nash stunned fans when she took to the stage at V Festival in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, yesterday in an entirely unique outfit of a bizarre tasselled all-in-one.
The 23-year-old singer appeared to have taken inspiration from an octopus for her costume, which consisted of a patterned jumpsuit complete with a black cardigan with striped tassels attached.
Octopussy: Kate Nash appeared to have taken inspiration from an eight-legged mollusk for her outfit at V Festival today
Bizarre: The patterned all-in-one and tasselled cardigan with black and white stripes did little to flatter Kate
However, Kate's outfit didn't stop fans enjoying her performance, which included tracks off her most recent album My Best Friend Is You, including single Kiss That Grrrl.
Speaking about how she has changed since bursting onto the music scene with track Foundations in 2007, Kate said recently: 'I've grown up a lot. When I first got involved in music, I thought about music differently.
'I really thought about that this time - '60s girl groups, Riot grrrl rock, and punk, and various others influence me. So, my influences have changed, too, definitely.'
Tight and black: Sugababes (left to right) Amelle Berrabah, Jade Ewen and Heidi Range go back to black
Giving fans some suga: The girls performed a selection of their hits as they showed off their figures in the outfits
Kate also introduced boyfriend Ryan Jarman from The Cribs to play the guitar for her final song of the day, I Just Love You More.
She was just one of the performers to take to the stage on the second day of V Festival, which sees performers split their time between the Chelmsford venue and Weston Park in Staffordshire.
Other notable performances came from the Sugababes, who wore stunning tight black outfits as they performed tracks including most recent single Wear My Kiss, and Diana Vickers.
Day 2 of battle of the blondes: Diana Vickers (left) and Pixie Lott went for black and gold outfits, while Taylor Momsen (right), who performed with band The Pretty Reckless, wore the same ouftit as the day before
X Factor star Diana changed up her outfit for the second day of the festival, switching her zebra-print dress for a stomach-baring crop top and black trousers.
But the outfit didn't go down too well, as Diana ended up splitting her trousers during the performance at the Nissan Duke Arena.
After the performance, Diana explained: 'I was dancing my little bum off. I was proper going for it and I split my trousers I was dancing so hard.
'It was so amazing, honestly. I wasn't sure if many would turn up but all of a sudden everyone came into the tent. It was such a good crowd.'
Eccentric: Outrageous performances came from lively singer Paloma Faith, who wore a huge tiara
Outrageous: And Alison Goldfrapp of Goldgrapp, who wore an odd feathered jacket and tight black jeans
Pixie Lott, Eliza Doolittle, Alexandra Burke and Peter Andre, who treated fans to a Michael Jackson medley, also performed, while many of the acts paid tribute to Charles Haddon, lead singer of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, who is believed to have taken his own life at a music festival in Belgium on Friday night.
La Roux singer Elly Jackson dedicated her set to Haddon, as Ou Est Le Swimming Pool supported her band on tour last year.
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson was among those enjoying the music at Hylands Park yesterday.
Michael Jackson tribute: Peter Andre performed a selection of MJ hits for fans at the event
Backstage: He later changed into a more casual outfit, while Alexandra Burke wore a sexy purple dress
He said of the event, officially known as the Virgin Media V Festival: 'It's been a tremendous 15 years.'
Sir Richard Branson's son Sam performed in the VIP area backstage with his new band Delilah.
Sam played guitar and his friend Jamie Burke - model and former fling of Kate Moss - was on vocals.
Denim duo: Princess Beatrice and her boyfriend Dave Clark blended into the crowd in their casual outfits
Famous friends: Professor Green poses with Amy Winehouse's goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, while Skin of Skunk Anansie had a photograph taken with La Roux's Elly Jackson
Sir Richard looked on approvingly during the country-inspired performance, while other celebrity guests at the gig included Princess Beatrice and Dizzee Rascal, who is not due to perform at the festival.
Celebrity guests also included the Hollyoaks crew, including actresses Jorgie Porter and Jessica Fox, Holly Willoughby, David Gandy and Amy Winehouse's goddaughter Dionne Bromfield.
It is estimated 155,000 attended the festival, which is celebrating its 15th year, across its two sites over the weekend.
Posing: An energetic Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud gives photographers her best poses while former Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien looked cute in a tasselled top and shorts
Day out: Hollyoaks stars including Jorgie Porter (far left), Jessica Fox (middle) and Bronagh Waugh (second from right) show off their festival outfits at the music event
Sugababes at V.Festival
V Music Festival
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Sugababes at Stafford V Festival Saturday
- 21 August 2010
Kate Nash joined onstage by The Cribs Ryan Jarman at V Festival 
Plus Sugababes and Professor Green also play Stafford leg of bash
Nash, who was playing the Stafford leg of the festival introduced Jarman onstage for her final song, 'I Just Love You More'. He played guitar for the entire track, though didn't speak to the audience.
Elsewhere in her Nissan Juke Arena set, which included the likes of 'Foundations' and 'Do-Wah-Doo', Nash made a plea for females in the audience to become songwriters.
"Statistically there are more female songwriters than male," Nash said. "So if you're a girl and you're thinking about writing songs, just pick up a fucking pen and do it. And if you do, come and find me."
Meanwhile, Weston Park also saw performances from Sugababes and Professor Green today. The former covered Florence And The Machine's 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' during their performance at the Nissan Juke Arena, and also aired tracks including 'Round Round' and 'Push The Button'.
Professor Green, playing on the 4 Music Stage, showcased tracks from his debut album 'Alive Till I'm Dead', though the Londoner took the opportunity to salute the crowd for giving him a positive reaction towards the end of his set. "Stafford, you've being very kind to me, and I feel like I'm a long way from home," he said, before playing 'Upper Clapton Dance'.
NME is coming live from both V Festival sites this weekend. Head to NME.COM/festivals for full coverage. Plus make sure you buy next week’s issue of NME to get the definitive review of V Festival, either on UK newstands from August 25 or available digitally worldwide.
Gaga for RedOne
Gaga for RedOne
- Last Updated: August 21. 2010 5:39PM UAE / August 21. 2010 1:39PM GMT
RedOne won a Grammy for best dance recording with Lady Gaga’s Poker Face in January. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
Back in 2008, Lady Gaga’s anthemic Just Dance signalled the arrival of a genuine star. Her debut single was No 1 all over the world and rightly so: it combined gurgling synth-pop with R&B in a fresh, exciting way. It had an absolutely killer chorus. But what were the first words of the track with which Gaga announced herself to the world? Not “Just dance” or “gonna be ok”. In a voice mangled by electronics, she namechecked “RedOne”, this fantastic song’s producer.
Perhaps it was her way of saying thank you. Unusually, for multi-million-selling pop stars, Gaga writes her own songs – in fact, before the success of Just Dance she had composed tracks for Britney Spears, The Pussycat Dolls and Fergie. But it took working with the Moroccan-Swedish producer RedOne – also known as Nadir Khayat – to tease out the futuristic sound that immediately made her so distinctive. Khayat became so influential, he ended up with a co-writer as well as a producer credit on many of Gaga’s best songs. So Bad Romance, Alejandro, Poker Face... they all bear RedOne’s name.
And while Khayat is unlikely to be chased by the paparazzi any time soon, he’s become hot property. Named producer of the year by Billboard magazine and songwriter of the year by the music industry body BMI, it was announced last week that he is to launch his own record label – with backing from Universal Records. The imprint, called 2101 Records, will work as a one-stop shop for artists hoping for a sprinkling of the RedOne magic dust: he will find new talent, co-write with them and produce their records before one of the Universal labels (Mercury, Island, Motown and so on) compete to release the completed music.
The first signing is the Swedish-Congolese singer Mohombi. “Everyone’s going to go crazy about him,” RedOne told the BBC. The first fruits of their collaboration, Bumpy Ride, has all the RedOne traits – the pop hooks, the ravey synths, the curiously electronic voice – but, well, it’s not a patch on Lady Gaga. Khayat can’t be blamed for striking while the iron’s hot, of course, but he would do well to take heed from other super-producers who have enjoyed similar leaps to prominence. Success can easily lead to tiresome ubiquity. And being formulaic is one of the greatest crimes in music.
Ten years ago, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were very much in the position RedOne enjoys today. As The Neptunes’ production team, their tracks, with their trademark punchy drums, sounded exciting and new. A browse through their credits from that time is a staggering list of the best in new pop music: Britney Spears’ I’m A Slave 4 U, Nelly’s Hot In Herre, and the repositioning of Justin Timberlake as an exciting solo artist. By 2003, a survey suggested that one in five songs played on British radio was a Neptunes production. Incredibly, in the US it was closer to one in two.
So the launch of their own record label, Star Trak, was the logical next step. Backed, like RedOne, by Universal, the hope was that The Neptunes’ Midas touch would bring further riches. But the Star Trak discography is essentially a litany of near misses – even Pharrell Williams’s own solo record was hugely disappointing. And that’s because The Neptunes’ sound had become so de rigueur, it was boring.
It’s a tale Mark Ronson can probably empathise with, too. Also a record label owner, as a producer, he’s been responsible for some of Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Daniel Merriweather’s best moments, as well as his own album Versions, featuring indie songs rebooted as dance-soul tracks. Winehouse’s Back To Black, in particular, is the record Ronson will perhaps forever be associated with – its retro soul sound also transposed on to Adele’s hugely successful debut album. From 2005 to 2008, he was easily the most famous music producer in the world, and certainly the best-connected. Judging by his new record – which features collaborations with the likes of Boy George, Duran Duran and Ghostface Killer – he’s also the canniest. He’s promised that there will be none of the horns and brass that became a byword for a Ronson production. Ronson is – and this is rarer than you might think – ripping up his hit-making template and attempting something new.
The reason such moves are so infrequent among producers is obvious; they get work because record labels like what they’ve heard and want it replicated. It’s like asking the eight-times Oscar-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins (No Country For Old Men, The Shawshank Redemption) to shoot your films – you know the kind of expansive, well-lit images you’re going to get. It doesn’t pay for music producers to have a confusingly diverse CV.
So it’s easy to surmise that producers turn up to the studio, listen to the rough demos from bands or singers before twiddling some knobs and adding the usual sonic accoutrements they’re known for. Bingo, album done. It’s not quite as simple as that. Depending on the artist, the producer is a father figure, a headmaster – even a policeman in the case of a warring band. Paul Epworth, the current British Producer Of The Year for his work with Florence + The Machine, once admitted he’d often made his charges (Bloc Party, Friendly Fires, Kate Nash) cry in the process of making a record. “Paul was never afraid to push me and the boundaries of the music we were making,” confirmed Florence Welsh at the Brit Awards this year. “His methods may be unorthodox... but they were always inspiring.”
Of course, RedOne takes all this to another level; he helps to write the songs, too. He’s not quite the master of such an all-encompassing approach yet – that accolade has to go to the Xenomania and Stargate teams, which have consistently produced, composed and written some of the greatest and most innovative pop of the 21st century with Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Beyoncé and Rihanna. But he’s getting there. And, most impressively, getting the namechecks. One wonders why he needs the hassle of a record label at all.
Friday, 20 August 2010
SUGABABES - GET SEXY (HADOUKEN REMIX)
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Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Sugababes up for Best Group in BT Digital Music Awards
PLAYLIST TO SPONSOR BEST GROUP AT 2010 BT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARDS
ABOVE: 2010 BT Digital Music Awards: Playlist are sponsoring the Best Group category
VOTING has opened for the 2010 BT Digital Music Awards and I’m excited to reveal Playlist will be sponsoring the Best Group category.
JLS, Muse, Mumford & Sons, N-Dubz, The Saturdays and Sugababes will vie for the title ahead of the bash at London’s Roundhouse on September 30.
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