Daniel Bedingfield, Keane, The Zutons, Mark Chapman, The Strokes, crap names and Pete Doherty...
Intro...
Welcome to today’s slice of stuff. Read on to learn about your chance to appear on film with Keane, news of a triumphant homecoming for The Zutons, the battle in America to keep John Lennon’s murderer behind bars, cheap tracks from The Strokes in the name of charity, 20 of the crappest names celebs have given to their kids and Pete Doherty’s hundred grand offer. But first up it is some terrible, terrible news for Daniel Bedingfield (but great for us!!!)...
Hacked off...
Internet security firms will tell you that Hackers are the scum of the earth. The firms who make a fortune from providing virus checkers and firewalls for paranoid users will fume that Hackers are malicious bastards who delight in causing misery to unsuspecting users.
But sometimes they do us all a favour!
It turns out that manufactured pop nugget Daniel Bedingfield is perturbed after finding a load of files on his laptop had been deleted by those nasty, nasty Hackers. Unfortunately for the New Zealand born beaut the files erased constituted half of his forthcoming album (stop sniggering at the back – Ed).
It seems that the 24-year-old left his ‘lugable’ on while he nipped out for some tofu in trendy Los Angeles and returned to find that someone had accessed his harddrive and wreaked havoc with all his hard work. Shame.
A friend of the star said: "He has his laptop on all the time - even when he's in the studio - as it's integral to how he writes and programs his songs.
"It's always connected to the Internet. But that means it's an easy target for anyone who wants to hack into it. Dan had a real panic when he went back to his computer after lunch and saw that half its contents were missing.
"It's such a personal invasion. Not only were tracks wiped, but loads of his personal pictures and emails had been destroyed too. It was a malicious act carried out by someone with a mouse and a really spiteful streak."
The bastards!
Video shoot with the nations favourite...
Awww, if you have any soul and can get past your initial prejudices, you have got to love Keane haven’t you? Those soppy indie tunesmiths are loved up and down the country by young couples, students and your granny. Hell if you like a good tune I’m sure you’ll even admit that the piano fronted threesome aren’t bad at all.
So now we have established that Keane are one of your fave bands how would you like to be in one of their videos? You could appear on MTV with the lads in the promo film for their new single ‘This Is The Last Time’ which will be released on 22nd November. Interested? Then read on...
The band are looking for about 200 fans to who are free all night next Monday and Tuesday (4th and 5th of October). You must be over 16, have ID to prove it and be dressed in warm clothes. Filming will take place somewhere in London so living in the Capitol would also be a big advantage.
If you want to take part email your name, age and phone number to keane@exposurefilms.co.uk.
Good luck.
Welcome home...
Saxophone wielding cosmic Scousers The Zutons are going to cap a great 2004 with two homecoming gigs at the Royal Court theatre in Liverpool over Christmas. The band released their excellent debut album ‘Who Killed The Zutons’ earlier this year and will kick off a UK tour on October 4th in Brighton.
On the same day they play on the south coast their new single ‘Don’t Ever Think (Too Much)’ is released through Deltasonic. After playing 17 dates around the country the band finish their tour with a pair of shows in Liverpool on December 17 and 18.
The tour dates in full:
The full UK dates now read as follows:
Brighton Corn Exchange (October 4)
Bristol Anson Rooms (5)
Exeter University (6)
London Shepherd's Bush Empire (8)
Portsmouth Pyramid (9)
Cardiff University (10)
Northampton Roadmenders (12)
Norwich Waterfront (13)
Leeds Metropolitan University (14)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (16)
Nottingham Rock City (17)
Newcastle University (19)
Glasgow QMU (21)
Manchester Academy (22)
Sheffield Leadmill (23)
Cambridge Junction (24)
London Shepherd's Bush Empire (26)
Liverpool Royal Court (December 17/18)
The ‘Dead Pool’ comes to life...
Do you remember the Dirty Harry film ‘The Dead Pool’ starring the brilliant Clint Eastwood where a bunch of people working on a film set wrote a list of celebs they thought would die in the next year and most of them did until Harry started ‘popping caps’ around San Francisco? If you want to play it for real I might just have some tips for you.
It has been confirmed that mad in the head murderer Mark Chapman will stand for parole for the third time in the next couple of days. Chapman is of course the idiot who shot and killed John Lennon outside his apartment in New York in December 1980.
After being found guilty the gunman was sent to a maximum-security prison in Attica, New York where he has remained ever since. Over 23-years after the murder of the former Beatle Chapman is trying to gain his freedom again by appealing to the parole board for the third time.
On previous occasions Yoko Ono has contacted the board to express her feeling regarding the application by Chapman. Ono has told prison officials that she feels neither her nor Lennon's sons would be safe if Chapman were to be released. She also said in a letter: "[Chapman’s release would] bring back the nightmare, the chaos and the confusion once again"
So there are your first names to be added to the list...
There is an online petition somewhere that apparently has over 3,000 signatures asking that Chapman remain in prison for the rest of his life. The petition, addressed to parole officials in New York, says Chapman "committed a heinous crime, unprovoked and without remorse.
"He should not be free to harm anyone else. Please do not let this man back on the streets."
There have also been numerous death threats towards him should parole be granted which, if you are still interested in the whole macabre Dead Pool thing, should point you in the direction of a nice, easy banker!
Charidee mate...
New York rockers The Strokes have gone all charitable on us by giving away their new single for just a quid – sorta. The band is set to release ‘The End Has No End’ on 1st November but fans can get it right now if they make a donation to charity.
The single it the third to be taken from the bands highly acclaimed second album ‘Room On Fire’ and features a live cover of the Clash classic ‘Clampdown’.
The track will be available from the War Child charity website www.warchildmusic.com on October 7 for a measly quid. As expected all the cash raised for the sale of the single from the website will got to help children in war zones around the world so you can feel smug at giving to kids in danger and at having the song first.
What’s in a name?
Don’t you love those kooky celebrities and the ‘clever’ names they give their offspring? Sky Digital recently ran a poll to find out what the British public thought were the 20 most ridiculous named sprogs in the public eye. The results are in:
20) Romeo; Victoria/David Beckham
19) Coco; Courtney Cox/David Arquette
18) Phoenix Chi; Mel C/Jimmy Gulzar
17) Rolan; Gloria Jones/Marc Bolan
16) Zowie; Angie/David Bowie
15) Eugenie; Sarah Ferguson/Prince Andrew
14) Brooklyn: Victoria/David Beckham
13) Dweezil; Frank/Gail Zappa
12) Tiger Lily Heavenly Hirani; Paula Yates/Michael Hutchence
11) Maddox; Angelina Jolie/(Adopted)
10) Nell Marmalade; Helen Baxendale/David Eliot
9) Rocco; Madonna/Guy Ritchie
8) River; Arlyn/John Phoenix
7) Peaches; Paula Yates/Bob Geldof
6) Rumer; Demi Moore/Bruce Willis
5) Daisy Boo; Julia/Jamie Oliver
4) Apple; Gwyneth Paltrow/Chris Martin
3) Satchel; Mia Farrow/Woody Allen
2) Fifi Trixibelle; Paula Yates/Bob Geldof
1) Moon Unit; Frank/Gail Zappa
Money for old dope...
In a desperate attempt to revive the Big Brother brand producers of this years ‘Celebrity’ variant are trying to pin their hopes on gin soaked rock and roll tramp Pete Doherty. The former Libertines frontman has been offered a staggering £100,000 to appear in the show.
Not only is he getting offered an obscene amount of cash he could still collect the cash even if he walks out after just one day. Are the producers on drugs (well Pete probably will be – Ed)? It just shows how desperate they really are.
It is reported that Doherty wasn’t first choice for the show as Tim Burgess from The Charlatans and Oasis chimp-like lead vocalist Liam Gallagher have already turned the offer down.
A shadowy insider confirmed: "The offer is for £100k and Pete is thinking about it."
Just think how much ‘brown’ you could buy with all that cash Pete, and all the gigs you could miss with the flimsiest of excuses. Go on, do it. Let the British public see what you are really like...or are you afraid that they will see straight through you?
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