NOEL GALLAGHER Live At Newcastle Metro Radio Arena

I'm off to see Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena tonight, right now I don't really have to much to say other than I can't wait. I Just wanted to put something out for fellow fans who may be there tonight getting photo's and video like I will be, the reason? Well, I'll be reviewing the concert on this site tomorrow. I have a pretty good place in the arena but photo's and video's from all angles would be great. If you are lucky enough to get some on your iPhone, Blackberry, any phone really then send them to me here (marty@moviesmusicandtelevision.com) and hopefully I will use some of them for tomorrows review. Should we start a #tag on twitter, how about #NoelinToon?

Right now I think it's best we talk about what we have to look forward to tonight with some video's from a concert which Noel put on at the BBC Radio theatre, one official video and the BRIT performance from Tuesday I can't put all the video's here of course but I will run through a few of my favourites. First up "Everybody's On The Run", enjoy.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds was formed in 2010, the band is a solo act consisting of former Oasis guitarist and singer/songwriter Noel Gallagher who recently won NME's God like genius award, and rightly so. Backing up Noel are seasoned musicians starting with former Oasis session Pianist Mike Rowe, The Lemon Trees drummer Jeremy Stacey, bass guitarist Russell Pritchard from The Zutons and guitarist Tim Smith. The debut album was released on 17th October 2011 and "The Death of You and Me" was the first hit single to be released. 

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds appeared live at the BRIT awards Tuesday 21st February 2012 where Noel was nominated in the Best Solo Artist category, unfortunately he finished with the runner up prize to Ed Sheeran (I suppose we'll let that one go). His performance at the BRIT's was of his latest single "AKA What A Life" featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin on piano, check it out in the video below.

The more video's and photo's we get the better, if I can't share them all here then I will put them across Twitter, Facebook and our YouTube channel, are you following the site? Make sure you do, come follow me on TWITTER, come visit us on FACEBOOK and you could also go check out our YOUTUBE channel, a work in progress admittedly but there will be more video's posted over the weekend hopefully.

Hope you enjoy the show tonight, I know I will. Don't forget #NoelinToon before during and after the show and come back to Movies Music & Television tomorrow for the review, which lets face it won't be bad.

R.I.P WHITNEY HOUSTON: Super Star Found Dead in her Hotel Room Aged 48

This really wouldn't be much of an entertainment blog if I didn't mention something about the unfortunate passing of Whitney Houston, personally I was never her biggest fan but the lady had talent, no one is denying that. However on Saturday 11th February 2012 the legend Whitney Houston was found dead aged 48 in her Beverly Hilton Hotel room, she was pronounced dead at 3.55pm (local time) after Detectives and Paramedics had made unsuccsesful attempts to revive the star. No cause of death has been confirmed and I'm certainly not going to add to any of the rumour mills, the one thing that comes straight to everyones mind is drugs & alcohol as Whitney has had well documented problems with both. If either of the two is the cause then it's likely to take 6 to 8 weeks for toxicology reports to come back.

Whitney was staying at the Beverley Hilton as a guest and should have been attending this evenings Grammy Awards in L.A. From what I have read on the matter Actress and Singer Jennifer Hudson will be performing a song in her memory at tonights ceremony.

Houston's roots lay in Soul and Gospel music and during the 80's and early 90's she was considered the best pop singer in the world, her biggest hit of them all "I will always Love You" was written for her by Country Music legend Dolly Parton. I habe no doubt come tonight's chart that song may well be in the top 10 on downloads alone, lets have a look at the video and remind ourselves of the biggest hit she ever had.

Houston's career was certainly an impressive one, her awards read as follows 170 million records sold worldwide, 11 US number 1's and 4 UK number 1's, six Grammy awards including three for best female pop vocal performance. She won 30 Billboard awards and 22 American Music Awards, the video you have just watched above "I Will Always Love You" is the biggest selling single from a female artist of all time.

Houston's mother Cissy was also a singer, and Whitney is the cousin of Dionne Warwick  as well as being the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin, she was always going to be a singer. In 2007 the star divorced from her husband Bobby Brown, with drug addiction and domestic abuse being the root of their problems. Bobby was performing when he heard the news and was said to be distraught. The couple had a daughter together named Bibbi Kristina who is about 20 years old.

Tonight's Grammy awards will no doubt be an emotional affair especially when Jennifer Hudson gets up to perform in a tribute to Whitney Houston, I will be reviewing (that's maybe not the right word) the performance through the week, don't really see it being a bad tribute as Jennifer Hudson is a massive star in her own right.

As well as being a massively succsesful recording artist Whitney Houston also graced the silver screen in theaters and our home TV screens with many acting jobs under her belt, her most notable performance and the only one I've seen is The Bodyguard where she starred alongside Kevin Costner, as well as all the Grammys her on screen efforts didn't go unrecognised and Whitney Houston also won many awards in this field. Sony pictures have also recently announced that they will be releasing "Sparkle" Whitney's final movie role in summer 2012, the movie itself is loosly based on The Supremes.

Like I said above I was never the biggest Whitney Houston fan but her songs are instantly recognisable by just about anyone in the world, even if you don't know the song you will recognise the voice. She was a massive star and will be leaving a huge hole in the music industry, I leave you with what was probably my favourite song from Whitney's abck catalouge, enjoy.

Weekly News: ICE CUBE to do fourth FRIDAY movie, COURTNEY LOVE insults a fan, DEXTER renewed for seasons 7 and 8

Great new this week especially if you’re a fan of Chris Tucker, Ice Cube or any of the Friday movies, I don’t know about you but, for me the second two movies didn’t quite cut the mustard so to speak but, the first one, the original Friday starring both Tucker as Smokey and Cube as Craig would have to go down as one of the best hood movies of all time.

I absolutely loved the the 1995 original, I lost count of how many times I saw this movie as a teenager, a bit like Menace II Society it’s one of those that during my teenage years you just had to see.

The movie turned Tucker into a bonified movie star and really brought Ice Cube out as a family guy as apposed to the hard ass Compton NWA rapper we all knew previously.  Now New Line Cinema and Ice Cube are sitting down and passing round a joint whilst discussing the possibility of a fourth Friday movie which Ice Cube will will write and lead reprising his role as Craig Jones.

The hope is now that they can also get Chris Tucker on board to make the movie, I can’t really see him turning it down right now, due to his IRS debt and the lack of any other offers Tucker has lost the box office status he once had back in the 90’s.  One problem though the new religion he follows may stop him from performing the same role as he did in the original movie but, they could bring Smokey back as a reformed character.

 

Next up this week it’s not really news, more of something which just made me laugh.  Courtney Love, heard of her?  Yeah that’s right the one who was married to Kurt Cobain from Nirvana.  Courtney now front’s a band named “Hole” I’m not so sure that’s a great name for a band with a female lead singer and I for one can’t say I have ever even heard of them let alone know any of their music.

Hole were performing in Sao Paulo, Brazil when a fan held up a picture of her late husband, the move didn't really impress Courtney to much and she stormed off stage but not before giving the fan a piece of her mind.  Courtney was tempted back to the stage after no more than a minute but demanded that the fans chanted that the Foo Fighters are Gay, there not of course but what they are is a whole lot better and more successful than her band.

Great news for fans of Dexter this week, cable network Showtime have finally managed to close a deal with Michael C. Hall and have renewed their front running show for two more seasons, which will take the show into it’s eighth season.  Both seasons will consist of 12 episodes each with season 7 scheduled to start production next year in Los Angeles.  Last week’s re-appearance of Brian Moser, The Ice Truck Killer sent audience ratings through the roof and they were the highest they have been since the season 6 premiere.  Michael C. Hall will co produce the show as he does now.

Weekly News: Bond 23 is SKYFALL, New JASON STATHAM Movie, OASIS Reunion?

So finally it’s official after months of speculation relating to the title of the new Bond movie, affectionately named Bond 23 up to Thursday when the movie’s producer Michael G Wilson finally confirmed the movie will indeed be named Skyfall.

Taking a step away from Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace the movie is working on a standalone script which Daniel Craig says is great.  We have known all along that Craig would be back for his third outing as bond and Judi Dench would play his boss.  We know now also that Javier Bardem will play the villain, French actress Berenice Marlohe will probably be the bond girl.  Naomie Harris has been confirmed to play a field agent and Ralph Finnes, Albert Finney and James Whishaw have all Ben confirmed.

The press conference also brought one more thing a little sneak at the synopsis.  Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her, MI6 is under attack and Bond must destroy the threat no matter how much personal the cost.

The movie begins shooting next week November 7^th, shooting will take place in London , China, Turkey and Scotland.  The movie opens in the UK on October 26^th 2012 then onto North America November 9^th 2012.

Some news on a new Jason Statham movie for you now, Hummingbird is the name and its an action/drama which is due to start shooting early next year.  A quick plot summary, Statham will play an ex Special Forces soldier who becomes trapped in London’s criminal underworld, he gets a chance to escape the life when he assumes someone else’s identity.

This looks really good, right?  I mean Jason Statham has never played an Ex Special Forces soldier in any of his movies has he?  Oh wait there are these.  All the Transporter movies, The Killer Elite, The Mechanic and The Expendables.

Don’t take that as if I won’t like this new movie, I have seen all bar one of the above movies and they are all real kick ass action movies, yes Jason Statham plays it safe but as far as ass kicking in movies goes he tops the bill.

Celebrity tweets can be a little forth coming these day’s, can’t they.  Just the other week Beady Eye’s Liam Gallagher tweeted to say that Oasis would be re-forming in 2015 for the 20^th anniversary of their biggest album “What’s The Story (Morning Glory)”, he claimed that it was all his older brother Noel’s idea, sounds good to me.

That was until I saw Noel Gallagher on the Jonathan Ross show the other week, he stated that he had not said that at all and not being on Twitter he was unable to respond quick.  He did tell NME magazine that was the case also, that has brought Liam out fighting saying that once his older sibling realises that he’s not as good without him or indeed the rest of Oasis he would be back on board for the reunion tour.

Considering Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Album out sold Beady Eye’s debut Different Gear, Still speeding by over 200%, Liam can dream.  I’m off to see Noel and his High Flying Birds next year, so I’ll be letting you know what I think.

Weekly News: TRANSFORMERS 4 & 5, NEW WAYANS BROTHERS COMEDY, EMINEM and BACK TO THE FUTURE Alternative Ending



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Just as Transformers 3 is wrapping up at the cinema Paramount have made an announcement that they are going to be making 4^th and 5^th movies also.  Hasbro are keen that director Michael Bay is back on board and the movies will be shot simultaneously, just like the final two Matrix movies, we all know how that turned out…..Well actually we don’t, I’ve seen that a bunch of times and still couldn’t tell you what it was all about.

It has been confirmed, or at least is thought that Shia LeBeouf will not be back for either of these two movies, however Jason Statham’s name is doing the rounds right now but no formal offer has been made.  Personally I think they should leave it at three, I thought the first one was good, didn’t have any desire to see the second one and even less to see the third.  The only reason for bringing it back really could be the fact the third movie grossed over $1 billion.

What do all of these shows or movies have in common, White Chicks, Scary Movie, Little Man, In Living Colour, The Wayans Brothers and My Wife and Kids?  They are all produced by The Wayans brothers who also tend to star in them all to.

Now they are back with a brand new sitcom on ABC, It’s not titled as yet but Marlon Wayans has been giving a little up on what things will be about.  He said the show is going to have a couple/buddy cop feel about it, and guess what Marlon plays a married cop, sounds like White Chicks for TV to me.  There is no name on who the other cop will be, or at least Marlon Wayans hasn’t named the person yet.  What we do know is the character will be moving in with Marlon and his wife.  It will be pretty stupid no doubt but anything which these guys have been involved in is usually pretty funny.

Two names in the music industry that you usually wouldn’t associate with each other is Eminem, the hip hop and rap superstar and Elton John, the mild mannered guy from the 70’s.  Turns out though they are pretty good friends, so much so that they are on the phone to each other at least once a week, Eminem told Rolling Stones Magazine Elton likes to check I’m on the up and up.

The friendship came following the height of Eminem’s drug addiction when after one overdose he was told by doctors he was only a couple of hours away from dying.  He spoke about his addiction to Ambien, a prescription drug which Eminem says was killing his Brain cells.

Eminem said that during the peak of his drug addiction he was taking 60 Valium and 30 Vicodin pills a day.  That was back in 2007 when he overdosed on Methadone, the drug which is used to wean drug addicts from Heroin.  Dr’s told him the amount of Methadone he took was the equivalent to four bags of Heroin.

That’s where Elton stepped in to help, Eminem says Elton was the first person he called when he wanted to get clean, Em says he keeps all of his writing from those drug addict days to remind himself that he never wants to go back to drugs.

Ok last but not least I ran by this video on the net this week thanks to Slash film, the video comes from a YouTuber, Midians Music (check out his awesome channel) who has put together a very entertaining little video with his idea of an alternate ending for Back To The Future.  Not news I know but thought I should share it with you, it is pretty clever. 

Weekly News: GUNS Found On WORLD WAR Z Set, NOEL GALLAGHERS HIGH FLYING BIRDS, JAVIER BARDEM In BOND 23



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First off this week I thought we would start with a bit of a laugh at Brad Pitt’s very costly expense.  I didn’t know this but apparently Brad owns his own production company called Plan B, they, well Pitt is currently producing the upcoming Zombie movie World War Z which he will also star in along with Lost’s Matthew Fox and The Killings Merielle Eno’s

Here's the funny bit!  The movie is currently being shot in Bucharest and apparently up to now some fans have not been to happy at the fact the movie had moved away from the book a little.  Now though Slash Film are reporting that the production of the movie may have one very big comparison to the book which is very realistic.  GUNS.  That’s right guns, the Bucharest set was visited earlier in the week by Bucharest’s Anti Terrorism swat team who apparently were non to pleased with the supposed “prop” machine guns.  Problem was they where actually real machine guns and were in full working order and are illegal to transport.  Brad Pitt is said to be furious, I think someone may be getting fired.

Some Noel Gallagher news for you now, he is all over the news and this site right now, thanks largely to the fact that his debut solo album “Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds” is due in stores on Monday 17^th October.  The pre-order sales of his album are currently looking like he will land on the No1 spot ahead of 2010 X factor finalist Olly Murs.  Noel’s album is selling Olly's out by 13%.

What’s even better for Noel though is the album is way ahead of his fiercest rival, younger brother Liam’s band Beady Eye, there debut album “Different Gear, Still Speeding” was moderate but at this point “High Flying Birds” is selling it out by over 200%.  That left Noel in some what of a reflective mood and he decided to have a little rant about the charts, as always his little rant is very amusing and you can check it out in the video, unfortunately I couldn't get the video to embed here but go HERE and you can view it at NME.COM.

Bond 23 news now, or should that be Skyfall news.  The title Skyfall has not been officially announced as yet but that’s the one coming out the rumour mill.  The real news though is straight from the horse’s mouth so to speak.  Javier Bardems mouth precisely, he has released a statement confirming he will play the role of a bad guy in the new Bond movie.

There is nothing official about how many bad guys there will be, just one confirmed at this point and a strong rumour that Ralph Finnes may be involved but, as a bad guy.  Can you see it?  Conformation has also come that a beautiful French actress named Berenice Marlohe will also start in the movie, probably the love interest or double crossing spy and also confirmed is Ben Wishaw who is currently shooting the Wahcowski brother’s “Cloud Atlas”.  So nothing to official but there will be a press conference next month with more official details and it will hopefully confirm another rumour that the final scene of the movie will be shot at Duntrune Castle, Argyll, Scotland.

Midweek News: CHERYL COLE New Album, X FACTOR Viewing Figures Down

Some music news first for you this week, although it’s Cheryl Cole so can we really call it music?  We can from now on, following her successful debut album in the UK and US Cole and her producer and friend Will.i.Am have confirmed they are currently working on the Geordie lasses third album.

Since Girls Aloud have been “ON A BREAK” Cheryl has carved herself a successful solo career even making in roads into TV, we all know how that went when she wind up in America on Simon Cowell’s new mega US X Factor.  Now fully out of hiding from that embarrassment Cole has now set to work in the studio again with an album of songs ready to be recorded.

This album is going to be like nothing we have heard from her in the past, unlike her last album of pop junk which saw one song feature Will.i.Am (maybe more), the duo have hinted that collaborations are already lined up with rap superstars Eminem, Niki Minaj and R&B artists Rhianna and Usher.  Along with that there is a slight rumour that she may well also be collaborating with hit DJ and producer David Guetta.

Things seem to be on the up for Cole once again and this is one album I can see myself taking a listen to, Cole has also just signed on to star in her first Hollywood movie What To Expect When Your Expecting which will also star Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz.

Some more music news now, seems I’m on a bit of a role this week although this sort of combines music and TV.  NME.COM are reporting that X Factor viewing figures are down 2 million from where they were in the 2010 live shows.  In 2010 the show pulled in 12.2 million for it’s first live show whilst this year it only managed 10.4 million still not bad for the UK but, what’s the problem?

The new judging line up?  I don’t think so for me the judging panel is a good one, apart from Louis Walsh, can’t stand the guy.  The inclusion of Gary Barlow for me is a great effort, he is a proven musician and songwriter and has really done well since joining the show.  Tulisa, again nothing to complain about obviously the new eye candy replacing Cheryl Cole but, also a proven artist and songwriter.  Then you have Kelly Rowland, I certainly have no problem with her.

So what is the problem?  To many twists and turns would be my guess, and the fact that it’s on TV far to much.  Personally I’m a little sick of it.  The first live show this year went on for two hours 30 minutes, way to long in my opinion.  I know this year they had 16 acts to get through rather than 12 but it’s still to long and some of it can be cut down if they take out all the talking.  I didn’t watch the show live I recorded it and watched it back, that only took about an hour, a suitable length of time.

Then you move onto Sunday night and the live results show, no problem with that apart from the fact it’s on for one hour, why?  So we can watch the two live acts who are on Simon Cowell’s payroll for the week.  Then awaiting the judges to make their decision was just ridiculous, if I could have skipped all the pausing I would have “The person I’m taking to the next live show is…………zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz” To long!

I said at the very start of this series of X Factor that I hope they don’t do with the show what they done with Britain’s Got Talent, they turned it into overkill twice a weekend then every night of the week it’s just to much.  Now it looks like the X Factor will be heading in the exact same direction.

Weekly News: DI CAPRIO in SATORI, DEXTER in turmoil, SUGE KNIGHT, P DIDDY and STRIKE BACK SERIES 3

Currently the highest paid actor in Hollywood, Leonardo Di Caprio has been in some pretty big movies most of which I haven’t got round to seeing yet, currently on my list The Basket Ball Diaries and Inception, now it looks like I will be adding a new Di Caprio movie to that list, an uber cool one which will see the leading man take the role of an assassin.

Deadline are reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures have acquired the rights to make a movie out of the best selling novel Satori.  Di Caprio has been picked up as the leading man, he will play Nicholai Hel.  A westerner raised in Japan by a group of martial arts experts.

The movie is billed as a sophisticated thriller, it has a certain hint of Jason Bourne to it, raised and taught assassin skills by his master Hel repays him by killing him.  For his actions he is thrown in a Japanese prison and tortured for three years before the CIA break him out on one condition.  He must kill the Soviet Commissioner to China.  The movie is set during the 1950’s, and Hel is betrayed by his so called allies and ends up on the run through Vietnam from American, Chinese, Russian and French intelligence agencies as well as the Corsican mob and a Vietnamese crime syndicate.

Cancel Dexter, WHAT!  Are you kidding me?  Unfortunately I’m not, it hasn’t been cancelled of yet and hopefully it won’t be but just as season six wraps it’s shooting talks between the shows star Michael C Hall and network Showtime have stalled.

The show is the biggest hit on the cable network and Season 6 opened last Sunday night with an impressive premiere which saw Dexter receive it’s highest rating ever of 2.2m (I thought it would be more).  Showtime have offered Hall a figure of $20m to acquire his signature for another two seasons, talks have come to an “Impasse” though as Hall has said he wants $24m for two more seasons which would make him one of the highest paid actors on cable TV.  Let’s just hope they get this resolved and we get another two season of a quality show, I say give him the $24m, if Charlie Sheen is worth that sort of dough then so is Michael C Hall

I got some music news for you believe it or not, well actually it’s more of a gang related story which goes back to the early 90’s it involves two record labels Death Row owned at the time by Suge Knight and Bad Bay Entertainment owned by Sean “P. Diddy” Coombs.

An Ex-LAPD detective Greg Kading has wrote a book and claimed that he has evidence that the heavyweight record producers where involved in the murders of both Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur.  He claims in the book that the LAPD had evidence which was suppressed, it included taped confessions from hired hit men but was removed just before the case was solved.  Sean Coombs has E-Mailed LA Weekly saying it’s pure fiction and completely ridiculous.

More good news now, hit TV show Strike Back has been commissioned for a third series.  The British drama is currently coming towards the end of it's second series on SKY1 (UK) and HBO/Cinemax (US).  The third series will once again be a co-production between Sky and HBO/Cinemax and will start filming early 2012 in South Africa before it premiers later in the year.  The show follows a fictional part of the British Intelligence agency named Section 20 and concentrates on counter terrorism operations.  None of the cast have been confirmed as yet but I would think leading man Philip Winchester would return for another series no problem.

Music, Gaming and Video Weekly News 30/01/11

So here we go again with your weekly fix in everything (that's interesting) from the world of music, gaming and video.  Actually confession to make no gaming this week, why? well I have been on late shift all week and unfortunately have not been able to find any news in relation to it, so don't hate me we will all get over it I'm sure.

Here Goes,

Music News

Razorlight ready for a comeback.

Well it is now going on nearly 3 years since we last heard anything from Razorlight. The boys have been having a bit of a re shape with founding members Bjorn Agren and Carl Dalemo leaving meaning that Johnny Borrell is now the only original member. New additions Gus Robertson (Guitarist), Freddie Stitz (Bassist) and Skully on the drums. The bands last album was released in 2008 and any new offering will be eagerly anticipated.

Adele 21 Straight to Number 1

You may have caught my post about Adele earlier in the week, just as her first album 19 was a huge hit so to is her latest offering 21 which sold 100,000 copies in the first two days on sale. Her first album "19" has also jumped to number 4 in the chart.   Well done Adele.











Movie News

2010 Razzie Nominations Announced

As always during the award season the Razzie's are back once again reminding us all of what movies, actors, actresses and directors were the worst from the previous year. No surprises that Sex And the Shitty City 2 was nominated in almost every category.  I attempted to watch this and even my wife agreed that it was horrendous and we should turn it off immediately.






Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's Back To The Big Screen

It has been announced that there will be a new feature film outing for Splinter and his aquatic friends in 2012 along with a new animated TV series.  Takes me back some years!

James Cameron To Make Avatar 2 & 3

James Cameron has announced that the next two movies he does will be Avatar 2 and Avatar 3, release dates are likely to be December 2014 and December 2015 respectively.

Jake Gyllenhaal New Movie "Source Code"

Just ran by this earlier on in the week, looks like it is going to be a great movie. Bit like Speed but more of a twist should be a good sci-fi action thriller, also starring Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga. Due to be released in US April 15th and UK April 22nd 2011. I will not be missing this one.











JackAss 3.5

The mad cap boys are back with their latest offering JackAss 3.5 to be released April fools day, only so many time you can take it don't think I will be in a hurry to see this one.

Well that's it in the news this week thanks for dropping by, keeping yourself up to date with all things music and movies this week, remember you can follow me, I won't mind honest. You can E-Mail me with suggestions or questions musicgamingvideo@gmail.com or follow me at twitter.com/@Martyv28