It's release date for 3 X tv show contestants today. With new singles from 2008 X factor winner Alexandra Burke and 2008 American Idol runner up Adam Lambert and the release of the 2011 X Factor runner up Marcus Collins' debut album. Who will climb highest up the charts this week?
Alexandra BurkeDownload Single @alexandramusic Alexandra's "Elephant" ft Erick Morillo is her attempt at a club hit. Unfortunately the song fails to hit this mark! Alexandra's voice is way too auto-tuned and the song is completely all over the place. So the real elephant in the room is Alexandra's cliched attempt at originality! Despite this the song so far seems to be doing quite well in the charts and looks on course to finish in the top 5 at the end of the week.
Adam LambertDownload Single @adamlambert Adam is still relatively unknown in the UK and does not recieve the airplay he deserves so hopefully his new single "Better Than I Know Myself" will gain him a bit more time on the radio. The single is the first from Adam's second album "Trespassing" which will be released later this spring. The new single and video tells the story of the light and dark side in every person and every relationship and showcases Adam's killer voice perfectly! Adam hits the stage in the UK this July with Queen so go check out his latest single and get to know him a little better before everyone else does this summer!
Marcus' self title debut album holds no suprises. The album is packed fully of soul songs that don't have much depth and at times are a little bit boring. The most notable song on the album is"Feel Like I Feel" which was written by Marcus' X Factor mentor Gary Barlow. Despite Gary's song writing talents (this is actually painful for me to write bad things about Gary barlow) the song sounds like a cheesy 90s pop song, and not in a good way! Marcus debut single from the album was a cover of White Strips "Seven Nation Army" which has been quite successful in the UK charts.
There may be no Glastonbury this summer thanks to the London Olympics but fear not festival goes there's still lots to look forward to if you are venturing south.
V Festival
When - 18h - 19th August Where - Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park in Staffordshire
When - 6th - 8th July Where - Knebworth, Stevenage, which is just 30mins outside London Line Up - Kiss, Evanescence, Tim Minchin, The Darkness, Faith No More and many more.
The 2012 Sonisphere festival marks an emotinal return to the Knebworth stage for legendary rock band Queen. When they take to the stage to headline the Saturday night of the festival it will be 26 years since the bands last performance with front man Freddie Mercury. Joining Queen on stage at the festival and trying to do justice to Freddie will be American singing star Adam Lambert. Lambert sang with the band recently at the MTV EMA awards and hopes he can live up to Queen fans expectations. I think the rest of the line up that had been announced so far is a great mix of artists. Even though Sonisphere is quite a genre specific festival there is still lots of variety on offer!
Queen & Adam Lambert at the MTV EMA's
Tickets for Sonisphere went on sale last Thursday, but don't fret there are still tickets avaliable.Sonisphere Tickets
Adam is still relatively unknown in the UK and does not recieve the airplay he deserves so hopefully his new single "Better Than I Know Myself" will gain him a bit more time on the radio. The single is the first from Adam's second album "Trespassing" which will be released later this spring. The new single and video tells the story of the light and dark side in every person and every relationship and showcases Adam's killer voice perfectly! Adam hits the stage in the UK this July with Queen so go check out his latest single and get to know him a little better before everyone else does this summer!
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