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

Sunday 25 March 2012

Bidding war over reformed original Sugababes album - Mirror.co.uk 3AM

 
 
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Bidding war over reformed original Sugababes album
The rebirth of the original Sugababes continues to gather pace.

Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy are currently in final negotiations over a new record deal after a bidding war broke out between a handful of UK record labels.

They’ve hired PR heavyweights Outside Edge – run by Britney Spears’ guru Shoshanna Stone – to promote them.

And my sources also tell me that plans for Keisha to release solo material ahead of the girls bursting back on the scene have been put on hold.

“Keisha’s put everything on the back burner with regards to her solo record. The girls have got together and they’ve produced the best music they’ve ever done,” my music industry mole reveals.

“To say everyone is excited about this comeback is an understatement. They’re going to take over the girl band scene with the new record.”

But they have one big decision to make yet – what to call themselves, as their manager holds the rights to the original moniker. The source adds: “They still don’t have a name. It can’t be Sugababes so they’ve got their thinking caps on.”

I really hope it doesn’t take too long – I can’t wait to have them back!

Thursday 22 March 2012

Jade Ewen with Sorapol and Friends after SORAPOL SS12 True Colours Fashion Show

Jade Ewen with Sorapol and Friends after SORAPOL SS12 True Colours Fashion Show


Thanks to Linda Cooper for the photos


21 October 2011



Heidi Range Interview with Body Confidential

Heidi Range Interview


Lynda Moyo speaks to the Sugababe about Dancing On Ice, going solo and her former band mates


Written by . Published on Friday at 4:07 PM.


Heidi Range Interview
AS one third of the most successful female act of the 21st century according to British Hit Singles & Albums, it’s safe to say Heidi Range has always been the most likable of the wayward group.
She’s like Baby Spice was to the Spice Girls; the unassuming, non-offending, shut up and sing kinda gal. The sweet scouser who’s always managed to maintain a smile, even in the sulky Mutya and Keisha days.
“The one thing that’s remained through each line up is that it’s always been about the music and three girls who can sing. That’s how we’ve managed to survive."
But following yet another band line up change (Jade Ewen replaced Keisha Buchanan in 2009), it would seem not even the angelic Heidi has been able to stop tongues wagging about the future of the tumultuous trio, with some fans and critics alike questioning the group’s current authenticity.
Sugababes, As They Were Then...
Sugababes, As They Were Then...
And so for Heidi, Jade and Amelle - the current line up - a change has been as good as a rest of late. Amelle has been working on solo material, Jade has been modelling for lingerie brand Ultimo and Heidi starred in this year’s Dancing On Ice and is about to embark on the show’s UK arena tour.
“We’ve not started training for the tour yet, that will start after the final show” she said, “I’m going back on the ice tomorrow though because you’ve got to keep it up otherwise you lose the feeling. I don’t want to get to the tour and be like Bambi again.”
More than just a bit of extracurricular activity, Heidi’s tears as she was voted off the show in week seven, proved her passion away from the confines of the famous girl group.
As well as growing in confidence during her time in the TV competition, her new found skater's figure didn’t go unnoticed by the nation’s glaring eyes either. However, she hasn’t got any magic dietary secrets to share with us unfortunately.
“When you’re training that often you do tone up more. I try not to eat too many carbs normally, but when we were training for four hours a day you need carbs so I was actually eating more bread and pasta than usual. You actually burn more calories skating than running.”
Heidi and her new found figure
Heidi and her new found figure
Looking ahead to the final, Heidi is of course backing home girl Jennifer Ellison to win “because she’s my friend”, but she can’t help but have equal amounts of respect for all the contestants from the show because, well, that’s just the kind of girl she is.
“They’re all doing so well,” she said, “As much as you love being part of the show, it is exhausting mentally and physically. I’ve had a two week break and they’re still going every day. So whoever wins I’ll be pleased for.”
Those same diplomatic sentiments apply for her former band mates it would seem, as talk turns to the rumour of Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan getting back together.
“It is true. They are reforming” she said, “But I think good luck to them. It doesn’t affect me and what I do.”
Fair point. Unless the old girls decide to go to war with Heidi, Jade and Amelle over the back catalogue and name, which Heidi admits is “our name but I don’t get into all that, our management deal with the legal stuff”, there really are little similarities to the two separate groupings - physically and vocally.
What they do share however, is the history of a band that has overcome ‘Catfights and Spotlights’ - ironically the name of their sixth studio album – to still be standing strong a decade on. But is this really still the Sugababes if there are no original members left?
“It’s Sugababes to me,” answered Heidi with no hesitation. “It’s evolved over the years. Like any job, people leave. I guess when it’s a band people are shocked by it, but over ten years people change, want different things and move on.
“The one thing that’s remained through each line up is that it’s always been about the music and three girls who can sing. That’s how we’ve managed to survive. It wasn’t about the personalities, it was about the music.”
Sugababes, As The Are Now...
Sugababes, As The Are Now...
You have to give credit to Heidi - the longest serving member of the group - for being able to defend the band she’s grown up with, without sounding like fighting talk. She’s a peach. Soft and sweet on the outside, with a tough nut in the centre, not to forget the aforementioned shapely skaters derriere of course.
The fact she doesn’t have any contact with the old members of the band and her loyalty to Amelle and Jade who both cheered her on through Dancing On Ice, confirms there’ll be no chance of any kind of Sugababes six-piece super group.
“I don’t think so. I can’t see it happening if I’m honest,” she said, with a nervous laugh.
And so to the future. Although there are no immediate plans to get back into the studio with the girls, when it does happen, we should expect the unexpected according to Heidi. The same also applies for her future solo projects.
She said: “With all of our albums we’ve never planned a direction we’ve just gone in and tried different things and seen what works.”
“My life has been Sugababes for ten years so it’s nice to do other things for a while. I don’t have anything in the pipeline but I’m open to different things. I’m focussing on Dancing On Ice, but after the tour I’ll have a think about it all. Maybe a solo career, or TV work or even theatre.”
“I just want to enjoy what I’m doing and embrace different opportunities and challenges. I feel quite excited that I can now try different things.”
Peachy-keen that Heidi Range.
The Dancing On Ice Tour kicks off in Newcastle on Friday 13 April. For full tour details and tickets click here.
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