Good for you....I hope you get one...

I hope I get one too :D

 

I'd be kicking myself if I didn't try and he turned up. Even if he's not there, Mark Ronson puts on a good show. Would be good to see what it is that Ronson actually does LOL

I'm not on the list either :drink: Ridiculous

Nor me :party: :hic: :dancing:

Looks like it's definatly him :o

 

Hey, Mr. D.J., Follow Those Rock Star Dreams

Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times via TRWS

Mark Ronson’s new album, “Version,” has its American release today.

 

 

On Sunday afternoon at McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Mark Ronson did his usual thing: he brought his laptop and some records and D.J.ed a party.

 

Mark Ronson has been producing, and is releasing his second album.

But he was nervous. “I don’t know if I’m a big draw around these parts,” he said from the V.I.P. area before the show, surveying the 1980s-fashion-loving hipsters. “My crowd doesn’t wear the funny-colored sunglasses.”

 

At first audience members — indie rock fans who turn up in droves for weekly concerts at the pool — were more interested in taking photos of him than dancing. (This was especially true of the row of young women who seem to hug the stage at his every show.)

 

But about halfway into his 30-minute set, as Mr. Ronson, in his standard garb — spotless white shirt, skinny jeans, scuffed Fred Perry sneakers, bedhead — spun old-school hip-hop and new hits, people began to move. By the time he played “Stop Me,” a song from his new album, the crowd was singing along.

 

Tomorrow night, at the Highline Ballroom in Chelsea, he will try to repeat that effect, with a twist: a real, live band.

 

Having to win over a crowd is new for Mr. Ronson, 31. For nearly a decade he has been an It D.J. of the fashion and media world, spinning a dance-floor-friendly mix of hip-hop and rock for Tommy Hilfiger parties, movie premieres and boutique openings.

 

Once a Hilfiger model himself, he lived the glitz, too, hanging with Diddy and Jay-Z and dating models and society types. Last year he might have reached the apotheosis of celebrity D.J.-dom when he spun at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, held in an Italian castle.

 

But lately Mr. Ronson has been reaching for new heights, as a producer and solo artist. He worked with Lily Allen on “Littlest Things” from her popular debut, “Alright, Still,” and helmed six of the songs on Amy Winehouse’s hit album “Back to Black.” They feature what could be described as the emerging Ronson sound: old-school black music (Motown or reggae or funk) meets new-school black music (hip-hop beats and rhymes) meets retro Brit-pop.

 

“Version,” his second album, is out today on RCA/Allido. In Britain, where the CD was released in April, “Stop Me,” a cover of the Smiths’ “Stop Me if You Think You’ve Heard This One Before,” rose to No. 2 on the singles Top 40 chart. A few weeks ago 8,000 fans danced and sang along as Mr. Ronson played with his 12-piece band at the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, England. Could this rock star D.J. actually become a rock star?

 

He certainly hopes so. “I don’t want to be D.J.ing when I’m 40,” he said in an interview at the SoHo office of his record company, Allido. “It’s always been more important to make my own music.”

 

And now he is, sort of: “Version” is an album of covers, with songs by the likes of Britney Spears, Radiohead and Coldplay refashioned with the Ronson sound and sung by guest vocalists including Robbie Williams, Ms. Allen and Ms. Winehouse. Mr. Ronson doesn’t sing (much), but he plays some of the instruments: keyboards, bass, guitar and drums, a few of which he tackles onstage.

 

“I always joke that I would be fired if it wasn’t my band, because I’m the least virtuosic member,” he said in his chummy trans-Atlantic accent. His demeanor is equal parts urban private school entitlement and Woody Allen self-deprecation; he was born in London and moved to the Upper West Side when he was 8. He now lives downtown with his girlfriend, Cosi Theodoli-Braschi, an artist, and a pampered mutt, Maude.

 

He retains some party-boy traits — “I don’t do anything of any value until after, like, 4:30, 5 o’clock” in the afternoon, he said, stirring a cup of tea with a pen — but he is a fastidious, hard worker. At 13, he invented a post as a rock critic for a school paper so he could troll downtown clubs with the approval of his mother, the party page fixture Ann Dexter-Jones. Four years ago he started Allido with a partner, Rich Kleiman.

 

Despite occasionally collaborating with pop stars like Christina Aguilera (“Hurt”), his ambition is to develop new artists. “They’re so excited about discovering their sound for the first time,” he said. “That’s quite intoxicating.”

 

His finds for Allido include Daniel Merriweather, an Australian singer who does the soul-like vocals on “Stop Me,” and Wale, a Washington rapper; both are touring with him. “He’s always had this sort of art-first approach to everything he does,” Mr. Merriweather said. “You never feel like you’re making music for any other reason.”

 

Despite his well-connected musical provenance — he’s the son of Laurence Ronson, a Mick Jagger buddy and real-estate entrepreneur, and a stepson of Mick Jones, the Foreigner guitarist — Mr. Ronson struggled to break out on his own artistically. His first album, “Here Comes the Fuzz” (2003), full of star-studded hip-hop remixes, tanked in the United States; his first producing effort, the funk singer Nikka Costa’s “Everybody Got Their Something” (2001), had disappointing sales. And transitioning from buzzy D.J. to unknown label-founder proved difficult.

 

He said that for four years he was “basically self-funding the label,” playing uncool gigs — “like for Martha Stewart’s Christmas party.” At the studio, “I thought I could be like Russell Simmons from 10 to 5, and then Rick Rubin from 6 to 11,” Mr. Ronson said. “I was actually miserable and I wasn’t making any music that I thought was any good.”

 

“It is possible to squander any sort of buzz,” he added.

 

And good will. “Blue Collar,” a 2006 album he helped produce for the Chicago rapper Rhymefest, sold poorly. In a recent interview with Sohh.com, a hip-hop Web site, Rhymefest complained that Mr. Ronson “kind of bailed on me.”

 

year-and-a-half ago Mr. Ronson began to worry that he would never have a hit. So he decided to stop D.J.ing — “it pollutes your ear,” he said — and reluctantly ceded Allido’s business end to Mr. Kleiman, vowing to just make the music he liked. Voilà: Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen and “Version.” Mr. Ronson was pleased, sort of.

 

“I’m not the type of person to get really excited and stop to smell the roses,” he said. When “Stop Me” hit No. 2 in the Britain, “everyone’s going, oh, da-da-da, how exciting, isn’t that great?,” he said. “And I was just thinking, like, what number it’s going to drop to next week.”

 

It’s a savvy choice to protect himself from his own expectations by making a covers album. “Version” is “more of a producer-arranger type record, not that far from what I would do if I was working on somebody else’s record,” he said. Given that it’s prestocked with radio-friendly alt-rock staples and British hits (he’s always had more traction there), it’s also a canny advertisement for his skills behind a mixing board. If he can’t be a rock star, he can at least be a rock star producer.

 

“I think he’s proved that he’s got the chops,” said Ocean MacAdams, vice president of MTV News. The Ronson sound “does feel very right now.” Whether that will last is hard to say, but he’s a “Version” fan: “It’s a really fun summer record.”

 

And Mr. Ronson is touring all summer to promote it. But “I’m not expecting wild adoring fans,” he said of his American concert debut tomorrow. He tried to keep a recent New York D.J. gig, at the small West Village club Love in May, “quiet.” The actor Danny Masterson was there, Ms. Allen danced on the stage, and a pair of Japanese tourists had him pose for countless photos. This is as quiet as Mr. Ronson gets.

 

But the Highline show is very much a Mark Ronson party, complete with famous special guests. “I texted everyone madly, saying I’ll send you my private jet,” he said. Cue self-deprecation: “Everyone knows full well I don’t have a private jet.” Still, Robbie Williams said he might fly in.

:party: :rofl: GO ROBBIE !!!

Nat: I nearly dated Robbie

July 11, 2007

 

SINGER NATASHA BEDINGFIELD has revealed she almost went on a date with ROBBIE WILLIAMS — but he blew his chance.

 

Nat told me the pair met in Los Angeles and Robbie took her number.

 

But the Rudebox singer didn’t call and now it’s too late — as she has found herself a nice man.

 

Nat said: “Rob once said he would call me.

 

“I bumped into him in an LA record shop and he asked me what hotel I was staying in. He said he’d call, but never did.”

 

Natasha is now dating US businessman Matt Robinson. But she would still like to make sweet music with Rob.

 

She added: “I still think Robbie is attractive. I’d love to duet with him.”

 

Robbie should have taken tips from JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE if he wanted to win Natasha’s heart.

 

She toured with the snake-hipped singer last month and revealed: “My dressing room was next to Justin’s so we hung out before shows.

 

“He has a great sense of humour. He’s very warm.

 

“After the first show he left me champagne and a note saying, ‘Welcome. We love to have you here.’

 

“I’ve never done that for a support act so I felt bad. I’m going to do it in the future.”

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007310827,00.html

(thanks to Fans Supreme)

Nat said: “Rob once said he would call me."

 

poor Nat thats just something nice a guy says to make you feel important, when you really arent :P

 

he didnt blow his chance by not calling you, its obvious he just didnt want to date you :lol:

 

bloody hell The Sun posts way too much random c**p :rofl:

Robbie should have taken tips from JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE if he wanted to win Natasha’s heart.

 

CLEARLY he did'nt or he would've called her. :teresa:

 

How braindead is Vicky Newton? :rolleyes:

 

Me thinks this is Natasha using Rob's name to get some publicity, afterall her new album has flopped on it's arse spectacularly, spending only 4 weeks in the top 75. -_-

Noooooooooooo. Not the wailing Natasha with the flowery skirts. :( Keep away Rob :o

WHO'S YOUR PRIDE OF BRITAIN?

PRIDE of BRITAIN 2007

By Sara Wallis And Jenny Legg 11/07/2007

 

It was the day that Kylie Minogue hugged a young fan who had beaten cancer like her.

 

www.prideofbritain.com

 

David Beckham was moved by a nine-year-old boy who had endured 130 major operations and, from outer space, astronauts saluted an inspiring teacher.

 

With extraordinary moments like that, it's hardly surprising millions of ITV viewers tuned in to watch the nation's biggest awards show for unsung heroes. Now, a year later, the Daily Mirror is looking for the stars who will shine at our Pride of Britain Awards 2007. The real heroes who are the backbone of our country.

 

As Prince Charles says, it's a chance to "celebrate the remarkable achievements of truly remarkable individuals".

 

Host Carol Vorderman is today launching our search for nominees for this year's awards, sponsored by Tesco, in the Mirror, on GMTV and on ITV regional news shows.

 

She says: "Everyone knows someone who makes a difference to them or in their community - from courageous children and adults to remarkable carers and inspiring teachers. Now's the chance to give them the recognition they deserve by nominating them for a Pride of Britain award."

 

Now in its ninth year, Pride of Britain has become the awards that really matter because they go to people who really deserve them.

 

Carol says: "It's reassuring to know people want to watch real people getting awards and not just celebs getting a pat on the back.

 

"The stars of the show are ordinary folk who have achieved extraordinary things. The show brings together all walks of life - politics to sport, music and Hollywood - it's great entertainment.

 

"I stand on that stage and look out at everyone - from Tony Blair to David Hasselhoff, Jude Law to Gary Lineker, Take That, Girls Aloud - and just think, wow, all of these people are here to recognise the phenomenal achievements and heroic acts of normal people."

 

Courageous children, selfless teachers, care workers, tireless charity fundraisers - these people are our unsung heroes.

 

They make a genuine difference to the lives of others. Last year, when Kylie hugged fellow cancer battler little Katy Miles, it was just one of the show's many poignant moments.

 

The audience blinked back tears as they watched six-year-old Katy freeze with amazement as the pop princess surprised her with a Child of Courage award.

 

More than 100 stars attended last year's event at ITV's London Television Centre to hear tales of bravery, dedication and courage. Rod Stewart, the Osbournes, Paul O'Grady and Tony Blair all came to honour Britain's real heroes.

 

And there were plenty of fun moments too. Last year Tesco Neighbour of the Year winner Silla Carron gave former Home Secretary John Reid a dressing down on live television.

 

Silla, who was on stage to receive her award, grinned at him and said: "I want a word with you, sunshine."

 

The audience, including almost seven million TV viewers, watched in amazement as the grandmother secured a meeting with Mr Reid to discuss crime in her neighbourhood.

 

Silla won the award for singlehandedly cleaning up the notorious Clarence Way estate in Camden, London. Taking on the drug addicts and gangs, Silla even welcomed troublemakers into her home to re-educate them.

 

This year the stars will be out in force again for the gala dinner in October. But we need your help in finding the real heroes whose achievements we can all celebrate.

 

As Michael Caine put it one year as he dried his eyes: "With all due respect to actory type of occasions, they're nothing compared to the Mirror's Pride of Britain."

 

WHY STARS LOVE OUR AWARDS..

 

"I was blown away by the whole thing. The winners' achievements are truly humbling."

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY

 

"They remind us of the compassion, decency and courage which still exists all over the land."

PRINCE CHARLES

 

"This is when celebrities applaud ordinary people who really should be famous."

SHARON OSBOURNE

 

"I've been part of Pride of Britain since day one and it is still amazing year after year."

SIR RICHARD BRANSON

 

"These stories give you faith in human nature. I can't remember ever being so moved."

DAME HELEN MIRREN

 

"These awards are far superior to the Brits and Baftas. It's the best ceremony of the year."

SIMON COWELL

 

"The awards are so emotional I thought about putting on some waterproof mascara."

VICTORIA BECKHAM

 

"What the winners have done is farreaching. They have affected so many people's lives."

DAVID HASSELHOFF

 

"The kids who win Pride of Britain are just amazing. They are so brave they break your heart."

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

 

Nominate your heroes at www.prideofbritain.com

 

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/20...89520-19437418/

 

Source: TRWS

The Pride of Britain Awards 2007

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The Pride of Britain Awards is the biggest event of its kind - honouring our greatest unsung heroes. It's an annual celebration where Britain's biggest names unite to salute truly deserving winners from all walks of life.

 

VIP guests have included HRH Prince Charles, PMs Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, Sir Paul McCartney, David and Victoria Beckham, Sir Michael Caine, Bono, Bob Geldof and Robbie Williams.The Pride of Britain Awards 2007 is on Tuesday, October 9th in London. It will again be screened to millions on ITV1.

 

We would love you to be involved. You can nominate your own hero or enter our ticket draw today

 

Thanks to PR

 

http://www.prideofbritain.com/

 

TRWS

Mark Owen's Robbie song

 

Jul 14 2007

 

Mark Owen would love to meet up with Robbie Williams to do karaoke. The Take That singer would love his former bandmate to join the band, and believes a karaoke party reunion could persuade Robbie.

 

Mark told Britain's GQ magazine: "I would love Rob to come back and I think, I think, I think, he'd love it too. "I think he needs to come and do karaoke with us. "Sometimes I think Robbie would like to come and rejoin Take That. Would he be able to? I don't know contractually.

 

"But he'd laugh a lot if he did, because it's fun. It'd be great." Mark also revealed he would love the 'Angels' singer to help the band write their next hit single. He said: "I think our ideal, if we could have one, and if there's a next record, is that Robbie could get involved with the writing process of that, then come and tour with us. That would be perfect."

 

© BANG Media International

 

Source http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/...ens_Robbie_song via PR

And Barlow was also apperently on the radio talking about it as well today whilst promoting his book.

 

Eugh, just when the press have eventually shut up about the Rob/TT re-union they have to get it going again. WHY? It just infuriates me, why they constantly mention him in interviews. It is very simple to just give the same answer about the questions, but instead they seem to give different answer in every interview therefor generating a new article about it in the paper. It is so boring and irritating. <_<

It is absolutely pathetic. I'm so fed up with it being excused, if anybody else would drop Rob's name as many times as TT does every time they're interviewed, practically everytime they open their mouths, anyone else would be accused of name dropping or seeking publicity but yet TT get away with it and their behaviour excused. It disgusts me.

 

Honestly it makes no sense to me other than them wanting to get their names in the press but from any other perspective it makes no sense. If it happens it happens and if Rob really wanted to, it would have already happened. I really wish they'd all just shut up. It won't make him want to run out and join them the more they keep harping on about it and baiting the press. Just when the press have quieted down they fuel the flames yet again. Could it be that they're desperate for publicity or to get the attention off their single that completely bombed. But then isn't it funny that nothing was made in the press about their dead on arrival single. If that were Rob, they'd be going after him with all knives sharpened :angry:

Mark told Britain's GQ magazine: "I would love Rob to come back and I think, I think, I think, he'd love it too.

 

:lol: st-st-stutter much Mark :lol:

 

As for a reunion why cant the press and TT just let it go, i mean Rob moved on a long time ago so why cant everybody else. Dragging up the past and saying that Rob will sing with TT again is just childish and a pathetic attempt by TT to get publicity. They all just need to move on and leave Rob to his solo career.

 

I´m with you there, just leave Rob the f*** alone :arrr: He´s happy doing his solo and doesn´t need TT anymore :angry:

Thanks to PR and TRWS

 

Clare Teal inspired by Robbie Williams

 

 

Clare jazzes up the Proms THE current first lady of UK jazz says the recent upswing in the popularity of the genre owes a debt to Robbie Williams.

It’s a surprising admission from Clare Teal, because one could be forgiven for thinking Williams’ 2001 album Swing When Your Winning represents the kind of pop crossover that would annoy real jazz artists.

And while Teal, who is performing at the Lloyds TSB Welsh Proms in St David’s Hall this month, reserved less respect for Westlife’s stab at the same style, she has genuine praise for the former Take That man.

“When it came to recording my new album (Paradisi Carousel), I didn’t want to do an album of jazz standards because a lot of people are doing that at the moment,” she explained, “including a lot of people from other genres who probably shouldn’t when there are so many jazz artists out there who could do it better.

“But Robbie Williams was actually the first to do that sort of record, two years before Jamie Cullum got signed to Sony, and he opened a lot of doors to the mainstream for jazz artists.

 

“A lot of people heard that album and liked it but perhaps didn’t realise it was jazz music.

 

“They bought more records like it, which meant other jazz artists got work off the back of it”

 

Teal’s position in British jazz is currently unassailable.

 

Having released five albums on indie label Candid between 1995 and 2003, Teal was making a decent but not spectacular living.

 

“I made a record when I was 27 and sent it to Sony and Candid,” said Teal, who started listening to her father’s collection of Ella Fitzgerald 45s at the age of eight.

 

“At the time Sony didn’t have any budget to release a jazz record because jazz wasn’t popular, so I signed with Candid.”

 

But in 2003, eyeing the success of Robbie Williams’ album, the major record labels Sony and Universal entered a bidding war over young jazz sensation Jamie Cullum (on Teal’s recommendation).

 

When Cullum’s album Twentysomething became the best-selling UK jazz album of the year and hit the pop charts, it opened the door for others to follow.

 

Teal, 34, became the subject of the next Sony v Universal face off and Sony won by handing her the biggest ever recording-deal given to a British jazz singer.

 

Her first major label album Don’t Talk, which received backing from Radio Two host Michael Parkinson, made it to number one in the jazz chart and number 20 in the pop chart.

 

The album landed her two major awards, British Jazz Vocalist Of The Year 2005 and BBC Jazz Vocalist Of The Year 2006.

 

Now, having performed at Treorchy’s Parc and Dare Theatre in May, Teal returns to South Wales for a starring role at the Lloyds TSB Welsh Proms.

 

“I love Cardiff because the shopping is wonderful and living in Bath is great because I’m just an hour away,” she said.

 

“St David’s Hall is a fantastic venue and it’s always good to be part of something like the Proms because a city’s atmosphere changes when there’s a festival on.”

 

What illuminates Yorkshire product Teal, aside from her wonderful voice, is the gregarious personality that makes her such a natural host on her weekly Radio Two programme.

 

Having been propelled into the limelight at a late age for a singer, she retains the down to earth Yorkshire attitude of her former life as an advertising executive, rather than adopting celebrity aloofness.

 

“I don’t get recognised a lot, except when I really don’t want it,” she joked.

 

“It always seems to happen when I’m buying toilet roll so last time I bulk bought a jumbo 24 pack to save myself the repeated embarrassment – but the same thing happened again.

 

“This lady asked me, ‘Aren’t you Clare Teal?’ and she must have left thinking I had some kind of medical problem.

 

“But you don’t have to have any of that celebrity lifestyle if you don’t want to.

 

“It really helps living outside London because you are away from all the nonsense and people who live outside London have a much more realistic approach to life.

 

“It’s to do with your attitude.”

David Beckham & Robbie Williams To Meet Their Match?

http://www.unicef.dk/images/Unite%20for%20Children/Beckham-Williams_SeanGleaso.jpg

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/20..._williams_to_me

 

 

Soccer ace David Beckham has challenged pop superstar Robbie Williams to a charity showdown. The former England captain, who has just moved from Real Madrid to L.A Galaxy, has asked his new bosses if they would let the team play LA Vale - a celebrity squad headed up by Williams.

 

Beckham hopes the match will be broadcast worldwide and raise millions for charity. He says, "I'm not sure if we are allowed but we will see."

L.A Galaxy will crush LA Vale :(

 

still it sounds like fun ^_^

L.A Galaxy will crush LA Vale :(

 

still it sounds like fun ^_^

 

I would not bet on that...LA Vale are pretty handy with the ball.......... :naughty: