Iggy and The Stooges are delighting music lovers of the world with a tour that embraces both Europe and the U.S.. For those who think that age could be a problem for the Godfather of Punk and his mates, Iggy and Co. are happy to prove you wrong at their live shows.

Toonari Post had the chance to attend Iggy and The Stooges’ live performance at Greenville Festival, Germany, on July 29. The band headlined the last day of this brand new and very promising festival in central Europe.

Iggy and The Stooges started the performance with a roaring ‘Raw Power,’ the track that gives title to the infamous album of 1973, now considered by many as the first punk-rock album in history.

Although at the beginning of July, Iggy and The Stooges had to cancel their performance at Sofia Rock, Bulgaria, due to a foot injury Iggy Pop sustained last year, the singer did not refrain himself from giving it all during the performance at Greenville. As usual, he let the spirit of music guide and possess him during the entire performance, singing, dancing, and jumping, like a 20 year-old boy who just discovered how great music is.

The band, whose bass is brilliantly played by Mike Watts, reached an astonishing level of perfection during the performance. Iggy Pop, on his side, was able to capture the audience with his intriguing and hypnotic voice, taking them into the spiral of energy created by both the music and his presence on stage. He also accompanied some of the lyrics of the songs with mimics, and in more than one occasion, made an introduction to the songs by relating them to moments in life he had experienced, linking the tracks to their meaning and origin.

A featuring characteristic was the love shown by Iggy Pop to his fans. He looked at the audience with the same facial expression a child has on Christmas day; It was a mixture of joy, surprise, excitement and that kind of purity of emotions that children have. During the performance he expressed his and the band’s gratitude towards the fans for always supporting them and being nice to them. The fusion between the band and the audience reached its peak when Iggy Pop asked people to join the band on stage. A flow of thrilled people went on stage dancing, singing and hugging the icon.

The band played most of the songs from Raw Power, as well as some belonging to Fun House and a couple of covers. The performance was set to end after a very powerful performance of ‘No Fun,’ but Iggy Pop, saying he was “in the mood,” asked the organizers if they could play some more. They ended up adding three songs to the setlist, leaving the stage with a delighted and screaming crowd.

The level of passion in the live performance was extreme, which, accompanied by the level of professionalism of the band members, resulted in one of the best performances a music lover could possibly witness. Attending one of Iggy and the Stooges’ live shows makes you feel like having just witnessed the performance of a man and a band beyond legend.

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British singer Adele has been battling a string of illnesses as she continues to tour around the world to promote her widely successful album “21.” Her second album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and is projected to sell millions more before the end of the year. Adele launched an international tour, but unfortunately, she has had to cancel many appearances because of an ongoing chest illness.

Adele’s debut album entitled “19” came out in 2008 and launched her an international superstar. The 23-year-old songstress has won an array of awards, including Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Her second album “21” has sky rocketed through many international music lists.

It has reached the number one spot on charts across the world, including in the United States and United Kingdom. Her successful album has been certified platinum in countries across Europe and in the United States. Written from experiences based solely on one relationship, the emotional songs on Adele’s sophomore album have touched fans around the world.

At the beginning of her tour, Adele was performing at sold out venues across the United States. Fans paid top dollar to watch Adele perform some of her popular hits, including “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You.” Adele’s pure talent and masterful songs brought thousands of fans to her shows as her much anticipated tour made its way across North America.

As June came around, Adele became sick and was forced to cancel the rest of her North American tour. With nine shows still remaining, Adele had no choice but to cancel her shows as she suffered from laryngitis. She was advised by a specialist to go without singing for weeks to preserve her voice.

“I’m really frustrated. I was hoping with a weeks rest I’d be better to sing again straight away. However there is absolutely nothing I can do but take the doctor’s advice and rest some more. I’m so sorry. See you soon, love Adele.” The popular singer-songwriter said in a statement on her website.

With much rest and weeks away from performing, Adele scheduled a tour around the United Kingdom. Just like her North American tour, her UK shows quickly gathered excitement for the British superstar to perform favorites including “Set Fire to the Rain,” “Turning Tables” and “Rumour Has It.”

Although Adele refrained from performing for over a month, she had to postpone her first couple of appearances in the United Kingdom in September. She was scheduled to perform her first show on September 4 in Plymouth and her second concert on September 5 in Bournemouth.

Both shows were postponed as she continued to suffer from a chest infection and cold. These UK shows will be rescheduled for when Adele recovers from her illness. The postponement of Adele’s tour continued with two more concerts on September 7 in Cardiff, followed by her Blackpool show on September 8. Like her other postponed dates, the Cardiff and Blackpool shows will be rescheduled.

Adele was also scheduled to sing on the Mercury Awards but was unable to because of doctor’s orders. Adele was hopeful that not singing at the Mercury Awards would allow her to continue on with her UK tour, but she was still not completely recovered from her chest infection and cold. Adele is scheduled to perform concerts in England, Scotland, and the United States in upcoming months.

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Music lovers will love this top 5 list of upcoming new releases. Specially in you look forward a non-mainstream content to sync to your iPod. So, Listen up!

You probably won’t know this brand new artists, but you should. They are getting bigger and bigger. And Non-stop!

On the #5 position we got Cults.
Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin didn’t knew that after their release of “Go Outiside” they would be living of music industry. Columbia Records got interested on them and now they feature: “Cults”. Check their website http://cultscultscults.com/ to see their upcoming live shows in Canada and the U.S. I wouldn’t miss it!

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. takes the #4 place in out ranking.
The Detroit duo definitely now how to sell themselves and after their last year’s EP, they present ‘”It’s a Corporate World”. Take a look to http://www.daleearnhardtjrjr.com and listen to their Soundcloud’s music tracks. It worth it.

The #3 place is for Givers and their new album “In Light”.
After their successful song “Up Up Up”, this Lafayette band surprised us with danceable melodies and life-affirming lyrics.

Jill Andrews reaches #2 in the ranking with “The Mirror”.
This songwriter with a lovely voice is back wit a solo debut and a tour across the U.S. throughout July and September. You got until 03/09 to see her live.

And finally, #1 place is for… The Middle East.
The Australian band comes with their second album “I Want That Your Are Always Happy”, that you can pre-order if you visit their official website http://www.themiddleeastmusic.com/.

Have you heard them?

If not, this is your chance to get in touch to new music styles. But remember, this is a non-mainstream content so beware if you are not used to this brand new melodies.

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Last night, Quito welcomed the Spanish Singer Enrique Iglesias, who started his tour “Euphoria”.

The concert began Yesterday 30^th of June, at 20:00 P.M local time, in the Capital of Ecuador, Quito at the Rumiñahui Coliseum.

The Romanian DJ Edward Maya, winner of a Billboard opened the concert. Spicing up the atmosphere with some electronic dance music.

Enrique entered the stage and his words of wisdom for his audience were: “Quito…Tonight I’m fuc%&$ you”.

The singer performed an amazing show, accompanied with incredible music, dances and even some kisses. He sang the new songs from his recent album Euphoria. Which is the number 9th album that he recorded. The album was released on July 5th of 2010, and it features many artists such as:  Akon, Usher, Juan Luis Guerra, Pitbull, Nicole Scherzinger, Wisin and Yandel and Ludacris.

He brought on stage a lucky girl from the audience. But the things begin to turn a bit hot when he started singing to her the song, “Hero”. To heat things a little bit, and give the audience something to talk about. He begin to sing to the girl in a sensually manner, and kissed her on the mouth.

There have been already previous concerts, where he has already kissed a fan. But every time he makes sure his shows keep rising the degrees and makes things CALIENTES!

The tickets cost $35  (General) $75 (V.I.P) and $130 (Blackbox)

The tour will keep going until the end of October.

The upcoming concerts throughout South and Central America are:

• La Paz, Bolivia: July 2, 2011
• Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 5, 2011
• 3.Caracas, Venezuela, July 7, 2011
• 4.Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 9, 2011

Then the Artist will head up to Australia:

• 5. July 23, Sydney Aus
• 6. July 25 Brisbane, Aus
• 7. July 27 Melbourne, Aus
• 8. July 28, Melbourne, Victoria, Aus

And to end things up he will head to U.S.A, where in most of the concerts Pitbull will be the special guest.

• Starting September 22nd in Boston
• September 23, Philadelphia, pa
• September 24, Newark, NJ
• September 27, Washington, DC
• September 29 Toronto
• September 30 Detroit
• October 1 Chicago
• October 3 Kansas City
• October 6, Los Angeles
• October 7, San Jose
• October 8, Las Vegas
• October 12, Houston
• October 13, San Antonio
• October 15 El Paso
• October 16 Laredo
• October 18, Dallas
• October 20 Atlanta
• October 21 Orlando

The last day of the tour, will be the 22nd of October in Miami Florida.

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If you are in the UK (if not,it’s a good opportunity to you to go), you would probably have gone to The Saturdays 2011 tour. If you haven’t, shame on you!

Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman, Una Healy, Vanessa White and Mollie King are part of one of the most important girlband in the UK, and after being the support band of artists like ‘Take that’ and after their first tour IN 2009 (The work tour) their fans were expecting another one. And they got it: The Headline tour.

‘We couldn’t be more excited for the ‘Headlines’ tour. Performing live is absolutely our favourite part of being in The Saturdays, and we can’t wait to see all our fans up and down the country!’

(Rochelle Wiseman)

From February 5 to February 26, The Saturdays has visited a huge list of cities driving the crowd crazy.

Songs as “Died in your eyes”, “Up” and “Work” where the most expected BY the audience and this five girls did not disappoint them: the public gone wild.

The 80′s look was chosen for their performance, really trendy nowadays. But obviously it was not the only one and the sexy side of The Sat’s was also shown.

Even though the second part of the show was a little bit slower than the first one, the audience did not stop cheering up these five girls till the end of the night.

New dates, new chances.

To those who still haven’t seen The Sat’s on live, you got another chance.

They have announced their fist arena tour from December 2 to December 16. Check the cities list below to buy your tickets without hesitation!

• Fri 2nd Dec: Bournemounth International Centre (BIC). Bournemounth.
• Sat 3rd Dec: Liverpool Echo Arena. Liverpool.
• Mon 5th Dec: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. Cardiff.
• Tue 6th Dec: Brighton Centre. Brighton.
• Tue 8th Dec: LG Arena. Birmingham.
• Fri 9th Dec: Manchenser Evening News Arena (MEN Arena). Manchester.
• Sat 10th Dec: Metro Radio Arena. Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Mon 12th Dec: The Capital FM Arena. Nottingham.
• Tue 13th Dec: SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Aemadillo). Glasgow.
• Thu 15th Dec: Motorpoint Arena. Sheffield.
• Fri 16th Dec: Wembley Arena. London.

So congrats to The Sat’s, their ‘Headline’ Tour has fulfilled all our expectations. We all hope to see these five girls soon on stage!

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Soul’s lovers has a date with the King. Should I introduce him?

We are talking about this american songwriter, producer and R&B musician. That’s right, it’s Brian McKnight.

With he’s velvety voice, Brian made us fall in love with soul since 1991, and he’s still got the touch!

To those living in Australia and USA, they would have the chance to be part of Brian’s new tour, Just me. He will be presenting he’s new album released this year, so be ready for he’s surprising performances.

Very Intimate. That phrase would sum up Brian McKnight’s show.
So do not miss the chance and be ready to be seduced by he’s unique voice.

But, where? when? Check it out.

23 Jun: Sanit Kilda, Australia. State Theatre.

23 Jun: Perth, Australia. Astor Theatre.

24 Jun: Melbourne, Australia. Trak Showroom.

24 Jun: Melbourne, Australia. Trak Live Lounge Bar.

25 Jun: Sydney, Australia. Metro Theatre.

26 Jun: Brisbane, Australia. The Tivoli.

26 Jun: Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane Arena / The Arena.

28 Jun: Melbourne, Australia. Trak Live Lounge Bar.

30 Jun: Auckland, New Zealand. The Civic.

10 Jul: Louisville. The Kentucky Center.

15 Jul: Providence. Providence Performing Arts Center.

22 Jul: Washington DC. Strathmore.

22 Jul: New York City. B.B. King Blues Club and Grill.

22 Jul: New York City. B.B. King Blues Club and Grill.

23 Jul: New York City. Apollo Theatre.

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We want more Indie Rock! For everyone that agrees with this thought, let me announce you that the new album of the English indie Rock band , the Arctic Monkeys is going to be released this month, precisely the 5^Th of June.

Their different and explosive music encloses the Indie Rock genre up to its top . The name of the album “ Suck it and See”, already anticipates an interesting soundtrack. According to the NME the band was uncertain of what title to chose for their new record. They were debating between” The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap”, “The Thunder-Suckle Fuzz Canyon”, “The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm”, and “Thriller”,

The band begin to work in this album since 2010, and it is a follow up of their 2009′s ‘Humbug’ album. Alex Turner the vocalist and songwriter explained that they used a different method this time. He explained that the band connected more in a way that they focus on preparing the songs by doing a lot of rehearsal together, rather than spending hours in the studio.

According with NME, They say that this album is a Arctic Monkeys have said they believe their new album ‘Suck It And See’ is a “balance between their first three albums.”

On the show “Zane Lowe’s, on BBC Radio 1 , Alex Turner commented: “I think the new album is a balance between our first three. There’s nothing about taxi ranks or anything like that, but there’s a bit of the standpoint I had on those early songs and the sense of humour, but also there’s a bit of the ‘Humbug’ stuff which is kind of off in the corners.”

This are the 12 tracks featured in the album:

1. Arctic Monkeys – She’s Thunderstorms

2. Arctic Monkeys – Black Treacle

3. Arctic Monkeys – Brick By Brick

4. Arctic Monkeys – The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

5. Arctic Monkeys – Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair

6. Arctic Monkeys – Library Pictures

7. Arctic Monkeys – All My Own Stunts

8. Arctic Monkeys – Reckless Serenade

9. Arctic Monkeys – Piledriver Waltz

10. Arctic Monkeys – Love is a Laserquest

11. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See

12. Arctic Monkeys – That’s Where You’re Wrong

At the moment the band is finishing the North American tour and will return to the UK next week ready to start kicking it off, with two shows scheduled for June 10 and June 11, at Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium.

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I heard them live playing for the first time about 3 months ago at the Café Glocksee in Hanover. This was the first time that I heard about this group, Houston’s Wild Moccasins. I was there as any other person in the bar, where suddenly I begin to hear them play. My first impression was that they look pretty young but I was quite amazed by the way the just entered the stage and begin to play.

At first what grabbed my attention was the beat and sound of the tracks, they exposed a unique blend of Indie pop. The woman vocalist of the band, Zahira Gutierrez has a unique voice. Her voice mixed with the rest of the music instruments is the perfect combination.

5 young artists, Zahira Gutierrez, Andrew Ortiz, Cody Swann, Nick Cody and Andrew Lee, integrate the band. The minute that you begin listen to them you just have a feeling of immediate connection. The feeling is strange, cause you know it’s the first time you listen to them but at the same time you feel as if you are familiar with their style and rhythm.

I was listening to them and the whole crowd was cheering and dancing along the songs, and it did not take me long to just begin to move my head and then a minute later I was almost jumping and trying to mumble the songs and pretend to know the lyrics.

I write this article for all the indie fans, I know that you will like this group, and therefore I just let you know the talent that this band has, and just put it out there for you to grasp a touch of their music.

They just finished their European tour 2011 that covered many cities and countries in Europe such as: Belgium, Germany, Paris, Austria, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Luxemburg.

Two upcoming concerts are coming on the month of June, at Houston, Texas, where the band comes from. The First concert starts on June 4 at the  Summerfest – Eleanor Tinsley Park, and the next one will be June 10th at Fitzgerald’s w/ The Thermals.

The band has already recorded two labels, the first on in the year 2009, Microscopio Metronomes, and the second one Skin Collision Past released on 2010.

Video: Wild Moccasins, \”Skin Collision Past\”

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