Madonna’s Dance Party to disembark in Birmingham

Workoutholic singer Madonna has confirmed she will bring her MDNA spectacle to Birmingham’s NIA Arena as part of her mini UK 2012 tour.

The Like a Virgin vocalist will perform in 26 European cities, including stops in Birmingham, Hyde Park and Edinburgh’s Murray Stadiums in July, before heading off to North America in August.
 

Madonna’s newest release “MDNA” (Interscope Records) is already getting rave reviews as fans gear up for the world’s biggest dance party.

Tickets prices start at £55.00 (subject to booking fee) and will be available from Live Nation’s website on Friday at 9 am.

 

Madonna UK dates:
 

July

Tuesday 17 - Hyde Park, London.
Saturday 21 - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.
Thursday 19 - NIA, Birmingham                  

Nickelback to rock the UK in October 2012

Canada’s multi-million selling rock stars Nickelback are returning to the British isles in October to present their seventh studio album “Here and Now” (Roadrunner, Universal Music Canada, 2011).

Chad Kroeger and his army will be covering the length of the country in just seven days, connecting with audiences old and new, rocking arenas for the masses and playing more intimate shows for the first time in two and a half years.

The band’s new UK tour will kick off on Monday October 1 in London 02 Arena, and includes gigs in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, and Sheffield.

Talking about the shows in the UK, vocalist Chad Kroeger said: “We can't wait to get back and play in the UK.  Our shows there have always been some of the most memorable for us and it's all because of the fans.”

Over their career, the foursome has achieved five Grammy nominations, three American Music Awards as well as 12 Juno awards and were named “Group of the Decade” by Billboard magazine in 2009, this added to its multi-platinum hit albums and singles all over Europe and almost 45 million albums sold worldwide.

The setlist will contain the band’s massive hits like How You Remind Me and Rockstar, new favourites from their last record like When We Stand Together, the ultimate party anthem Bottoms Up and forthcoming single Lullaby.

Tickets go on sale 9 am on March 30 and will be available from Live Nation’s website.

Nickelback’s 2012 UK Tour dates:

Mon 1 Oct - London, O2 Arena

Tue 2 Oct - Birmingham, NIA

Thu 4 Oct - Manchester Arena

Fri 5 Oct - Newcastle Metro Arena

Sun 7 Oct - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena

“Frankenweenie” trailer released

The teaser trailer of Tim Burton’s new black and white film extravaganza, “Frankenweenie”, has officially come to life with the helping hands of Walt Disney Pictures.

The only information revealed to this point was that the film follows in the footsteps of Burton’s other stop-motion animated flicks “Corpse Bride” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, both of which were nominated for Academy Awards, but Disney has unveiled some other details like for example that over 200 puppets and sets were created for the film, the voice cast includes four actors who worked with Burton on previous films: Winona Ryder (“Beetlejuice”, “Edward Scissorhands”), Catherine O’Hara (“Beetlejuice”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”), Martin Short (“Mars Attacks!”) and Martin Landau (“Ed Wood”, Sleepy Hollow”) and that several of the character names- Victor, Elsa Van Helsing, Edgar “E” Gore and Mr. Burgemeister- were inspired by classic horror films.

A new image has been also released along with the trailer debut.

Check out “Frankenweenie” trailer below.