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Fifteen of the best rising music stars have been announced as the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2010.
The Art of Listening: back to boom and bust
Most of the music around us is designed not to be listened to. It's meant to be heard , certainly, but by and large it wafts around our daily lives like a kind of aural perfume, oozing from mobile phones on the bus, TV screens at the gym, websites you click through during slow days at the office.
The singer is pinning a lot on the success of her new album, not least because she went out on a career limb to make it Radiohead have done it very successfully.
BONKERS! That was the audience a ' who went crazy when rap superstar Dizzee Rascal headlined BBC 1Xtra Live at Sheffield Arena.
Dizzee Rascal: pop star of the decade
The aspiring grime spitter featured in the first issue of OMM back in 2003 and made the cover in 2007.
Dizzee Rascal: Prince Harry is a oeThe Friendliest Celebritya
Dizzee Rascal: Prince Harry is "The Friendliest Celebrity" >> Posted By aggie_bade 11 hours, 52 minutes ago in News 24-year-old British rapper Dizzee Rascal, singer of "Dance Wiv Me", who thought that Prince Harry needed to work on his "street handshake" rated him "The Friendliest Celebrity". Read Full Story at princeharry.co.uk>>
Robbie Williams sings with Take That but he's not back for good
Theatre Henry Hitchings Theatre London, Your rating Click on a star to rate Rick Pearson's rating Reader rating Add your review Description: A fundraising event in aid of the charity featuring Take That, Muse, Snow Patrol, Lily Allen, Mika, Paul McCartney, Leona Lewis, Paolo Nutini, Dizzee Rascal, Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins, Cheryl Cole and ...
Activision call MW2 launch 'biggest ever'
An unsurprisingly buoyant Activision have described the release of Modern Warfare 2 as the "biggest entertainment launch" of all time - the firm expecting huge initial sales of the FPS.
Pop hits took him to another level, but hea ll always be a trickster at heart. 02 Academy, Sheffield, Sunday, October 25 Sometimes ita s hard to know what to think about Dizzee Rascala s inexorable rise to fame.
Live Review: V Festival, Day Two
McFly were a laughably early miss to Sundays V festival bill in Staffordshire, their pop antics a little too old for the kids and a little too old-hat for the adults, it taking Dizzee Rascal to unreservedly restore the 'yoof' vote.
Dizzee Rascal thrills Swindon's Oasis
DIZZEE Rascal blew minds and melted hearts during a sell-out night, which he capped off with a truly explosive track.
" Dizzee Rascal for prime minister, yeah?" As if to emphasise that he is more than just an east London grime MC these days, Rascal ended his first song of this show by booming out a soundbite from his interview with Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight last year.
Clarissa Philip London, Dizzee Rascal Your rating Click on a star to rate David Smyth's rating Add your review Description: The garage-grime and hip hop artist performs with the Heritage Orchestra.
Dizzee Rascal, Roundhouse, London
Dizzee Rascal opened with his trademark self-introduction "Jus' a Rascal", an apologia pro vita sua rapped in a careering East End accent.
DIZZEE performs set at Electric Proms treating crowd to rock, pop, ska and country
BONKERS, Bonkers, Bonkers. DIZZEE RASCAL performed a brilliant set on the second night of the BBC Electric Proms at Camden's Roundhouse, treating the crowd to rock, pop, ska, reggae and ... country.
Dizzee Rascal & WinkBall.com Take the Dirtee Stank Tour Global With a ...
LONDON, October 21/PRNewswire/ --WinkBall.com in conjunction with Dirteestanktour.com has today announced that it has been selected as the backstage insider for Dizzee Rascal's latest tour.
Rappers face difficult battle to maintain style throughout career
I got a hold of Dizzee Rascal's new album Tongue N' Cheek over the weekend, and it left me with one thought: An artist who can maintain success in a distinct sound or genre for any length of time is extremely rare.
Thirty years on from Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang becoming the first mainstream rap song to hit the US charts, hip-hop has played a surprising role in shaping modern British culture.
A rapid fire collection of grime-influenced crossover records, it's both hardcore and mainstream-friendly, providing Chipmunk with the potential for broad appeal.
TOWARDS the end of this major label debut, on a track called Role Model, 18-year-old rapper Chipmunk answers those critics who are "itching to see me fall" with the calm assurance that "it won't happen, I got some awards on me now". His arrogant riposte gained more weight as of two weeks ago, when the Tottenham teen added to his haul by scooping ...
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