@TheSaturdays are set to play Clapham Common (how erm glam?) with Taio Cruz and Chipmunk in September …
Just when you thought all the festivals had been announced, here comes another cheeky day festival in September – huzzah! The Saturdays, Chipmunk and Taio Cruz will grace the stage of Clapham Common on September 10th – to soften the blow of going back to school.
The festival’s in support of the 2012 London Paralympic Games and marks just under a year to go until they begin.The Common will even have a sports arena where paralympic sports will be demonstrated, which we think’s pretty awesome.
Frankie Sandford thinks it’s a bangtidy idea too;
“We’re all really chuffed to be performing at Sainsburys Super Saturday.
“In the run up to London 2012, this gig will shine a spotlight on the Paralympic Games which we’re all massive supporters of.”
Tickets go on sale on 20th May, costing £50.50 (including fees) for adults
PopJustice have posted their own verdict on Notorious, including a little more of the song, which you can read (in full) and listen to the clip from their site
Is ‘Notorious’ amazing? Yes.
How amazing is it? Quite amazing.It’s a bit Black Eyed Peas-esque, feels a tiny bit like Kelis and Rihanna, and has a strong, propulsive energy that builds throughout the tune.
What’s the structure like? The fact that the beat keeps dropping in and out makes it difficult to get your head around what’s the chorus and what isn’t but the track’s not as all over the place as it first seems. Here’s what happens:
» Vocal intro – “I’m a outlaw, I’m the big boss, I’m a gangster on the dancefloor” twice with blippy ping pong noises.
» Instrumental intro – beat kicks in, which evolve into…
» Verse 1 – assorted banging on about “you know I like it in the streetlights”, “I l-l-love this track” etc. Quite bold and bolshy-sounding.
» Breakdown/pre-chorus/epic bit/actually-it-might-be-the-chorus – track drops out, there’s a big “oahaahahaaaaah” bit (this is the clip above), followed by a fiesty “closer, baby look in my eyes do you recognise MAY?”, followed by “I’ve been a bad girl, I’m a bad girl, I’m notorious”. Into…
» Post-chorus/actually-this-might-be-the-chorus – the track starts to build up again amid various epic sounding noises in the background, more “oahaahahaaaaah” action and a full-on chant of “I’m a outlaw, I’m the big boss, I’m a gangster on the dancefloor”.
» Verse 2 – track slams back in, bits of singing about “everybody knows my name here, I’m the head of game here, pleasure and pain yeah, cos my resume says that I’m a bad girl”. NB: No members of The Saturdays actually
» Breakdown/pre-chorus/epic bit – this time the beat hasn’t dropped out and it’s all quite danceable.
» Post-chorus – beat does drop out this time, and post-chorus gives way to…
» Middle eight bit – “so baby tell me can you get it from my energy”. The answer to this is ‘not really love we don’t know what that actually means’. Then the whole thing drops out, leading to…
» Into the home straight – beat thunders back in, song explodes with reappearance of the “I’m an outlaw I’m the big boss” bit, music starts to drop out leading to the “closer, baby look in my eyes, do you recognise me?” portion.
» Song ends slightly more abruptly than you expect.
The flip we’ve all been waiting for, go behind the scenes with the girls for the Notorious videoshoot! Who’s American accent is the best do you think … 😉
We had an overwhelming response to this via Twitter, Facebook, Email and Via this website. we received in excess of 7500 nominations which have now been counted and we can now announce the result!
The award will be presented to Mollie at our Dyslexia Action Awards Dinner, on 29th November at the Savoy Hotel, subject to her availability to attend.
Other Celebritys nominated included Jamie Oliver, Charley Boorman, Ross Noble, Max Irons, Richard Branson and Noel Gallagher.
It seems @TheSaturdays lead single might be going delayed a few weeks until June. Which – to us at least – isn’t too surprising. Most videos/songs debut 4-6 weeks ahead of their release to generate a buzz, there has been a recent trend in the UK for singles to be released as they premiere on radio, such as the recent releases from Britney Spears, Lady GaGa and Beyonce – of which all 3 singles have hardly done that well (to date) so maybe a delay is actually better for the group in this case. Either way JLS seem to feel its potentially a number one …
According to Marvin from JLS The Saturdays are set to score the first ever No.1 single this summer
The girls are getting ready to comeback with new material and Rochelle‘s boyfriend Marvin has already heard their new single, Notorious.
“Me and JB went down to the shoot in LA a couple of weeks ago.” said Humes in an interview “The new single is wicked…I think this could possibly be the girls first No 1.
“The girls are releasing before us so we’re not going to have any boyfriend/girlfriend battles in the chart – no way”
All we know at this stage is that the track contains the lyrics “I’m an outlaw/ I’m the big boss/ I’m a gangster/ on the dance floor,” it reads. The single is written by Ina Wroldsen, who has previously worked with the group on ‘If This Is Love’ and ‘Up’,
As @TheSaturdays continue to jourrney around the social networking websites of the world, today they bring to us the first photo teaser from the forthcoming Notorious single release …
Looks promising, go to their facebook page and ‘like’ the image for the next one to appear!
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