Tuesday, March 5, 2013

JUSTIN BIEBER BOOED AT HIS LONDON CONCERT

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Justin Bieber arrived two hours late at his March 4 concert in London. He was scheduled to perform at 8:30 p.m. but came out on stage at nearly 10:30 p.m.

Many furious fans and parents took to twitter to vent their anger on Bieber's tardiness. Some fans mostly children were not able to watch the concert as they left early to catch the last trains that would leave London at 12 a.m. So many people needed to get home since it was a weekday and there still school the following day.

According to some concertgoers who were interviewed, everyone was waiting not knowing what happen, and all they did while waiting was just listen to Michael Jackson's songs that were played at the concert venue (O2 Arena), and at around 9:50 p.m. people started booing. When Mr. Bieber finally showed up, he reportedly did not even apologize, but instead it was the Arena who apologized for his lateness via their twitter account "@The_O2 Bieber is now on stage and apologises for the lateness of his show" and later added "@The_O2 Sorry to all the Justin Bieber fans for the lateness of his show tonight. The tube will still be running when the show finishes"

O2 Arena who reportedly bore the brunt of angry parents and concertgoers had to carry the weight of answering their complaints. Some parents whose children were not able to watch the concert demanded refunds. Until now, no explanation was released by the Arena as to the cause of Justin's tardiness.

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

A-HA - TAKE ON ME


Title: Take On Me
Artist: A-ha
Country: Norway

This song "Take On Me" by the Norwegian band A-ha is one of my favorite songs of the 1980's.

The song from A-ha’s first album Hunting High and Low was written by A-ha’s members Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.  It was released in 1985.  The song went to number one in the music charts of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and of course in A-ha’s own home Norway.

The music video of this song won numerous awards in the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards: Best New Artist in A Video, Best Concept Video, Best Experimental Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Special Effects in a Video and Viewer’s Choice.

The song was covered, sampled and performed in concerts and shows by so many artists such as Jonas Brothers, A1, Tori Amos, Madonna, Coldplay and Pitbull.  This only shows the strong impact of this song being appreciated by artists of different genres.