Manchester’s legendary 808 State are to headline an intimate London show at Village Underground on January 27.

Village Underground
54 Holywell Lane, City of London EC2A 3PQ

808 State have a well deserved reputation as a great live act and this rare London appearance should be quite a night.

Salvo/ZTT’s much praised 808 State retrospective - Blueprint - is available from all quality retailers (as are their first four ZTT albums - 90, ex:el, Don Solaris and Gorgeous) and the group have recently made available, for the first time, the unreleased albums ’State to State 2’ and ’State to State 3’, alongside ’Outpost Transmission’. These can be downloaded directly from the 808 State official website.

Following their powerful performance at Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre on 14 January, Nazareth will embark on an 10-date UK tour in March. Details as follows:

Saturday March 10 - Classic Grand - GLASGOW

Sunday March 11 - Ironworks - INVERNESS

Tuesday March 13 - Dexters - DUNDEE

Thursday March 15 - The Grand - CLITHEROE

Friday March 16 - BEDFORD - TBC

Saturday March 17 – YORK - TBC

Tuesday March 20 - O2 Academy – NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

Wednesday March 21 - The Brook  - SOUTHAMPTON

Friday March 23 – The Assembly Rooms – DERBY

Saturday March 24 – The Robin 2 - BILSTON

You can see all the releases in Salvo’s exhaustive and highly acclaimed Nazareth reissue campaign here.

USM has acquired the Claude Hopper Productions catalogue featuring 5 albums of recordings by Michael Crawford star of stage and screen and one of the UK’s best loved entertainers, together with recordings by Elkie Brooks and a series of Classic Rock albums performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

USM are planning a series of releases including a high profile Michael Crawford album release later this year.  Michael is currently starring in the West End production of The Wizard of Oz. He is internationally renowned for originating the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera for which he was awarded The Olivier and Tony amongst many other Awards. Other starring stage and screen roles include The Woman In White, Billy, Barnum, Hello Dolly!, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum, How I Won The War and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. Michael’s recording career includes platinum selling albums on both sides of the Atlantic.

Peter Stack MD Union Square Music:

“This represents a very exciting addition to our catalogue. We look forward to releasing the recordings across our various labels and to represent them actively in the sub-licensing and synchronisation markets. It is a personal thrill to be working with Michael Crawford recordings given Michael’s unrivalled status in Musical Theatre, Film and Television.”

Over Christmas, Suggs and Mike from Madness played an incredible, intimate set for the Absolute Radio Christmas Sessions at St Barnabas Chapel in London’s Soho. They included the songs ’My Girl’, ’Baggy Trousers’, ’Powder Blue’, and ’It Must Be Love’ with the last track exclusive to Absolute Radio Account holders. Here are the first two tracks from the session:

The band have added California’s Coachella festival in April to this year’s live dates. Info here. 

Prior to that, Suggs is back on tour with his brilliant one man show - dates.

The classic Madness anthem ‘Night Boat To Cairo’ is currently being featured on the new WII game ‘Just Dance 3’. As you can see from the full list below, the Nutty Boys are in good company. To download ‘Night Boat to Cairo’, click here.

1. Apache (Jump On It) by The Sugarhill Gang
2. Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz (Cover)
3. Baby One More Time by Britney Spears (Cover by The Girly Team)
4. Barbra Streisand by Duke Sauce
5. Beautiful Liar by Beyonce and Shakira (Cover)
6. Boogie Wonderland by Earth, Wind & Fire featuring The Emotions
7. Boom by Reggaeton Storm
8. California Gurls by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
10. Da Funk by Daft Punk
11. Dance All Nite by Anja
12. Dynamite by Taio Cruz
13. Forget You by Cee Lo Green
14. Giddy On Up (Giddy On Out) by Laura Bell Bundy
15. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (Cover) by C+C Music Factory
16. Hey Boy Hey Girl by The Chemical Brothers
17. I Feel Love by Donna Summer
18. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ by Scissor Sisters
19. I’m So Excited by The Pointer Sisters
20. I Was Made For Lovin’ You by KISS
21. Jamaican Dance by Konshens
22. Jump (For My Love) by Girls Aloud
23. Kurio Ko Uddah Le Jana by Bollywood Rainbow
24. Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett
25. Let’s Go to the Mall by Robin Sparkles (from How I Met Your Mother)
26. Lollipop by Mika
27. Night Boat To Cairo by Madness
28. No Limit by 2 Unlimited
29. Party Rock Anthem by LMAFO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
30. Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
31. Price Tag by Jessie J featuring B.o.B.
32. Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado featuring Timaland
33. Pump It by The Black Eyed Peas
34. She’s Got Me Dancing by Tommy Sparks
35. Somethin’ Stupid by Robbie Williams Featuring Nicole Kidman
36. Spectronizer by Sentai Express
37. Take On Me by A-ha
38. Think by Aretha Franklin
39. This Is Halloween by Danny Elfman
40. Tightrope by Janelle Monae
41. Venus by Bananarama
42. Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
43. What You Waiting For? by Gwen Stefani
44. Think by The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast

Jona Lewie’s 1980 hit song is climbing up the charts again thanks to the IKEA campaign featuring the hit single You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties.

The song is achieving cult status with a new generation which are discovering the song for the first time along with those reliving their youth and whom remember the song the first time around. The IKEA Campaign is set to run up to the end of April 2012

Check out the advert below….

The music video is collaboration between Jona Lewie, Man Like Me, and remixed by legendary producer Arthur Baker. The video was directed by Kim Gehrig of Academy Films and sponsored by IKEA UK. The original track features on The Best Of Jona Lewie (METRCD077) along with the Christmas standard “Stop The Cavalry”.  

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