Live4MusiC

Baybeats will always have a special place in our hearts because it is the first major music event Live4MusiC covered =) The experience is beyond words!

And that's why we're here once again this year! Logistically nothing much has changed. 3 great stages catering to different audiences namely: Chillout Stage for yea chillout....Arena for the more soothing full setup type bands....and my favourite, the Powerhouse for all out in your face music!

Day 1

This is probably the sentence that got people all hyped up for the past an hour or so. Singapore’s U-Weekly magazine published an article that garnered much attention from fans of SM Town artists (SNSD, Super Junior, f(x), BoA, Trax, SHINee,etc). Here it is:

 

The article basically says this:

Besides confirming Super Junior’s Super Show 3 which will take place in January next year, local (Singapore) concert organizer, R.I.T.S are in talks with SM Entertainment to bring the SM Town Live 10 Concert to Singapore.

Interesting? It sure is, but do keep in mind that it’s not confirmed yet. At least there’s something to hope for. If it happens, then it will be another good news for South East Asian fans.

Credits: ngmin@Twitter (image of the article)
Source : fanwonder.com 

(week starting 30th Aug)

Rock & Pop

• Pretty Reckless - Light Me Up

• Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us

• David Bowie - Station To Station

Jazz & Classical

• Ryan Bingham - Junky Star

Asian Pop

• Alien Huang 黃鴻升 小鬼 - Love Heroes DVD

• Weibird - Weibird (Repack+DVD)

• Hebe - To Hebe

One of rock and roll’s smartest scribes once wrote, "It’s the singer not the song that makes the music move along." How true.

The frontman or frontwoman is the figurehead for the band, connecting the noise on stage with the crowds below.

Whether it’s the result of vocal greatness, a cool look, insane dancing ability or just out-and-out charisma, the best frontmen enhance the music with their performances (while sometimes turning their bandmates into the "out of focus guys," to quote Almost Famous). When you watch a great frontman, you simply can’t turn away.

In tribute to these legendary performers, Gibson.com has been counting down the Top 50 Frontmen (and Frontwomen) of All Time. Check it out below:

01. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
02. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
03. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
04. Elvis Presley
05. James Brown
06. Jimi Hendrix
07. Michael Jackson (The Jackson 5)
08. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
09. Prince
10. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
11. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
12. David Bowie
13. Tina Turner
14. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
15. Johnny Cash
16. Iggy Pop (The Stooges)
17. Bruce Springsteen
18. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
19. Bono (U2)
20. Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses)
21. Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) (Sex Pistols, Public Enemy Ltd.)
22. Rod Stewart (Faces)
23. David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
24. Joe Strummer (The Clash)
25. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
26. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
27. Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
28. Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
29. Debbie Harry (Blondie)
30. Chuck Berry
31. Little Richard
32. Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
33. Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
34. Cab Calloway
35. Alice Cooper
36. Morrissey (The Smiths)
37. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
38. Joey Ramone (The Ramones)
39. Elton John
40. Neil Diamond
41. Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
42. Otis Redding
43. John Lennon (The Beatles)
44. Howlin’ Wolf
45. Stevie Wonder
46. Jackie Wilson
47. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
48. Marc Bolan (T. Rex)
49. Tom Waits
50. Garth Brooks

Thanks for the report to Gibson.com. 

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland is being accused of using backing tracks at live shows, after he fell off a stage and landed heavily – without missing a note.

The band were performing in Cincinatti when the incident took place. Weiland lost his footing, stumbled and fell clumsily, while carrying a microphone in one hand and a megaphone in the other.

Despite the tumble, his voice was heard to continue the song – he wasn’t singing at the precise moment he fell, but when the moment came to resume he didn’t sound short of breath, out of tune or in any way flustered.

Watch the video below - Weiland falls around 1m 30s.

Later in the same show, several fans noted that a backing track seemed to jump. The band haven’t commented on the suggestions of using pre-recorded material.

Commentator Skwerl of Antiquiet says: "Scott took a really hard spill into a hole during Crackerman. A really bad one. He’s down there for a while as the crew tries to help him out – and yet the vocal performance doesn’t falter in the slightest."

Eyewitness Lisa Biello reports: "Later, during another song, it was pointed out to me that ‘the CD is skipping.’ Truth be told, I did hear something ‘slip’, something in the background, like the drummer had screwed up and missed a beat or two. It was definitely obvious, yet the band kept going like nothing happened."

Discussing Weiland’s fall, which she admits she didn’t see, Biello says: "I fall down a lot. When I do, there’s some form of accompanying audio - usually an expletive but almost always a grunt, groan or giggle or two. But not Scott Weiland." 



Thanks for the report to RockRadio. 

 

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A fringe event to Singapore's Mettle Games - described as the most spectacular action sports extravaganza in Singapore - SG Stomping 2010 is a rock fest that aims to showcase some of the region's finest acts to an expected crowd of 50,000 over three days. 

Taking place from 29 - 31 October and 5 - 7 November in venues like Xtreme Skate Park @ East Coast, SKI 360 @ East Coast, Pit Building and the Singapore Flyer, the Mettle Games will see sports like drag car racing, wakeboarding, BMX competitions and more. This year, the infamous Alain Robert aka the French Spiderman will be making an appearance as well.

Complementing the two weeks of extreme sports will be SG Stomping. Registration is now open for interested bands and will continue unti 18 September. Organisers are looking to shortlist 35 acts from genres like metal, grunge, punk, grindcore, hard rock and electronic rock. Besides getting a chance to perform an international audience, a special compilation CD will also be produced featuring songs from selected acts. There is however a registration fee of $150 per act.

For more info on registration and SG Stomping, check out the official website.

(week starting 23rd Aug)

Rock & Pop

• Various Artists - Rediscovery

• John Mellencamp - No Better Than This

• Klaxons - Surfing the Void

• Mogwai - Special Moves

• Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

• OST - Going The Distance

Classical & Jazz

• William (Guitar) - Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez

• Winterplay - Songs of Colored Love

• Dave Koz - Greatest Hits

Dance & Soul

• Fantasia - Back To Me

Asian Pop

• Zhang Yun Jing 張芸京 - Opposite Me <相反的我> Repack

• CN Blue - Bluetory (Deluxe)

• SS501 - Kokoro

Looks like "Cinderella Story's" Hilary Duff lived out her own fairytale this weekend, when she tied the knot in an intimate (but tres romantic!) ceremony with beau, 29-year-old Canadian hockey playerMike Comrie in Montecito, California.

According to US Weekly, Hilary (who btw is only 22!), rocked a strapless Vera Wang gown down a candle lit aisle with sister Haylie as her maid of honor.

"Mike held his arm around Hilary for most of the romantic, candlelit ceremony, and they both looked extremely happy," an eyewitness told People magazine. Cute!

The pair dated for about two years before making it official in front of about 100 guests. In fact, when we caught up with Hilary in the months leading up to the wedding she said that the couple was hoping to have a small wedding — even though Mike was pretty much up for everything. She said he was far from a groomzilla.

"I think that If I had it all figured out tomorrow, he'd be like 'Great! Let's go!'" Hilary told Hollywood Crush in April. You never know! I could always turn into a bridezilla later on!"

Well, even if that was the case, all the zilla-ing tactics definitely paid off because the wedding sounds gorg!

-Courtesy of mtv.com

(week starting 16th Aug)

Rock & Pop

• David Gray - Founding

• Iron Maiden - Final Frontier

Classical & Jazz

• George Duke - Déjà Vu

• Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society

Dance & Soul

• Various Artists - Kitsune Ponystep with Tote Bag

Asian Pop

• OST - Taipei Swings (Au Revoir Taipei)

• Jolin Tsai 蔡依林 - Myself

• Lee Hom 王力宏 - 18th Martial Arts <十八般武藝>