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The majority of the females of our species have probably not been happy with the amount of sport that has graced our TV screens over the summer but it’s not long before the X (it should be Y – as in why?) Factor is back on the box for what could be its last season as, according to TV bosses, “it has had a brilliant run, but no show lasts for ever”. Last year’s winners LITTLE MIX release their debut single on August 20. Wings is being touted as “the song of the year” and an album will follow in early September. After playing at the recent T4 On The Beach festival one of the girls got left at a service station and was stranded there for six hours. Stuck without a mobile, she was asked why she didn’t try and get a lift back – apparently no one could understand her Geordie accent. ONE DIRECTION are going in one direction – they have earned over £32 million to date and that is expected to double by this time next year. NIALL HORDEN, who was a visitor to the Marbella area recently was given a copy of the ‘mommy porn’ best-selling book Fifty Shades of Grey by a fan. Let’s hope HARRY STYLES doesn’t get hold of it – no older woman would be safe. Which brings us to Baby BIEBER, who is to record a track with the boys for their forthcoming November released album. Knowing certain band members reputations, the man-child has threatened to “punch them in the nuts” if they go anywhere near his mother. Bieber Fever returns to Spain next March for concerts in Barcelona and Bilbao.
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STARLITE FESTIVAL UPDATE
The Starlite Festival charity event taking place at La Cantera de Nagueles, the quarry located in the heart of the Sierra Blanca urbanisation continues this month with performances from MIGUEL BOSÉ (2nd); ROSARIO, LOLITA & ANTONIO CARMONA (3rd); SIMPLE MINDS (9th); RAPHAEL (11th); the one and only JULIO IGLESIAS (12th), and the established Spanish popsters ESTOPA will close the festival on the 14th. The Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella summer season continues on August 3 with NILE RODGERS & CHIC, ODYSSEY and JAKI GRAHAM then on the 14th, CHAKA KHAN. Meanwhile on August 4, the Málaga Summer Festival takes place at the Estadio Atletismo Ciudad de Málaga and includes DAVID GUETTA, ALESSO and ERICK MORILLO. For the full line-up, go to www.malagasummerfestival.com. And Creamfields Andalucía takes place at the Circuito de Jerez on the 10th and 11th with, according to their press release, “an arsenal of artists”. To see who’s loaded go to www.creamfields-andalucia.com. i Tickets for all the above are expected to
sell out fast and to find your nearest ticket outlet go to www.ticketmaster.es and punch in the artist of your desire.
VICTORIA BECKHAM says she’s “not miserable all the time, I’m a happy person.” Well, she could have tried harder at the recent SPICE GIRLS get together to promote the forthcoming musical Viva Forever. While the other four were all smiles, VB had that sour puss look we are all now used to – it’s a good job they didn’t hold the press conference two days later when it was announced her husband was not part of the GB Olympic footie squad – now that would have given her something to pout about.
Six months after her death, WHITNEY HOUSTON has recently been resurrected with a video promoting the movie Sparkle, which is released in the States this month (October in Europe). The song, Celebrate, also features JORDIN SPARKS who plays one of three sisters who form a girl group back in the 1960s and become Motown sensations, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart – the late singer plays their mother. CEE LO GREEN, who also stars, is currently taking time out recording his new album, Cee Lo Green… Is Everybody’s Brother, to appear in another movie, Can A Song Save Your Life? portraying a very successful hip-hop star along with ADAM LEVINE of MAROON 5. And MAROON 5 collaborator CHRISTINE AGUILERA, who had her biggest hit in 10 years guesting on their song Moves Like Jagger, releases a yet to be titled single of her own this month which has been defined as a “club banger” by Billboard magazine. It is the flagship track off her forthcoming untitled autumn released album, which is hoped will do better than 2010’s Biopic, her worst selling album in Spain ever.
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