Sirius/XM Radio has announced that they will be adding a new dance/disco station to their lineup, Studio 54. The station will feature classic music that would have been played in the famous New York disco, including music from various collections that haven't been aired since the club shut its doors.
"We are thrilled to announce that we are 'reopening' the Studio 54 doors on radio," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. "With the launch of Studio 54 Radio, we are excited to offer our listeners a chance to relive, or experience for the first time, the music and atmosphere from the truly iconic era. If you weren't there, you didn't hear it. But now you can — only on SiriusXM."
Elvis Presley has scored another number 1, this time on the video charts. Elvis: The Great Performances tops Billboard's Music Video Sales chart this week.
a-ha, who recently called it a day as a group, will reunite for a August 21 concert in remembrance of the 77 people who lost their life in a bombing and shootings on July 22 in Norway. They said on their website "We do this to honor those who have been torn away, to show appreciation to everyone who made an effort to help on July 22, and to express our sympathy to the survivors who now are left in sorrow."
More information is leaking out about the SuperHeavy album set for release on September 20. On one cut (Satyameva Jayate), Mick Jagger sings in Sanskrit. Group member A.R. Rahman told The Press of India "Dave [Stewart] said we want your voice in this album... we want this to be a great Indian song, too. A long dream for me to raise one of the morals of Indian culture which is Satyameva Jayate and make it as a song. This is historic… it is iconic in a way. I hope people will like it."
Lou Gramm, former lead singer of Foreigner, told Spinner that he feels that bands with new lead vocalists are misleading the audience. "...what's stranger to me is that, as I've learned talking to people who see those shows, is that in many cases the audience, especially if they're younger, don't even know it's not the original lead singer. In Foreigner's case, as I understand it, the singer was actually trained to deliver pretty much exactly everything as I did it, note for note. If I were in the audience and learned that while I was there, I'd get up and leave. I think when the band name remains the exact same, but something as important as the lead vocal is different, it's misleading. It's like false advertising."
ABC television has created a new version of their show Wife Swap that will have celebrities participating in the switching of families for a week. One of the swaps scheduled is Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister and Flavor Flav, formerly of Public Enemy.
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