They have it pretty loud :P

You have neighbours with great taste :dance:

been watching twitter, Wills page and the Will Young page have been going crazy with 99% positive tweets :yahoo:

 

 

 

I can hear my neighbours watching a night with Will :lol:

 

:lol: Hope you can soon hear them playing the album. :dance:

 

Thanks for the round up of Will on the net Phil. :D

Exclusive: Will Young unveils 'Echoes' album track about 'growing up'

 

A rehash of what Will said about Happy Now on the track by track video

Exclusive?! my ass :rolleyes: :lol:

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a33...growing-up.html

 

Oooh a video interview with Mark Goodier from Smooth radio :cheer:

 

http://www.smoothradiouk.co.uk/presenters-...young/ae8xklw4/

 

Aw loved listening to that :wub:

Edited August 29, 201113 yr by phil3579

Thanks Phil. It's exclusive because they are the first to find it and report it :lol:

Thanks Phil. It's exclusive because they are the first to find it and report it :lol:

 

:rofl: i always thought an Exclusive was actually given by whom ever it was about :rofl:

Ta Chrissy :D

Twitter

Will Young announces a date at London Palladium for Mon 12th Dec 2011, onsale on Friday www.gettothefront.com #WillYoung

:o

 

Thanks Sunday. This must be the Big Announcement. :o

It's up on O/S now - presale tomorrow - general sale Friday: Sunday has posted this seperately.

 

 

Edited August 30, 201113 yr by munchkin

Pop Idol a huge starting point - Young

Tuesday 30 August 2011

 

A decade after the "huge starting point" Pop Idol gave Will Young, the singer, whose fifth studio album Echoes recently topped the charts, is still grateful for his first appearance on the show.

In an interview with Daybreak's Christine Bleakley and Dan Lobb, he said: "When I won Pop Idol ten years ago, I was very aware of [how]it's like a game of snakes and ladders. I went up a huge ladder, but maybe I didn't have credibility.

 

"I was like the new boy, I had to stick around. I think those shows - if you can stick around, they give you a massive opportunity, and it's what you make of it."

 

Young added: "You go in at the top in terms of you're very famous, but like my friend always says to me, 'You don't demand respect, you earn it', you know?

 

"So it's a huge starting point and it was just the best ever experience for me, ever - you know, wow, I got a record deal! And then the hard work sort of begins again - it's very strange."

 

He said: "People voted for me on a show, so I was damned if I was gonna give it up, you know...I'm basically stubborn is what I'm saying!"

 

 

In a separate interview with Digital Spy, he also spoke about his acting plans: "At the end of next year I've got a couple of things. I really want to do a musical, and I badly want to be in Downton Abbey!

 

"I've also been working on this spoken word project to do with music; it sounds really pretentious but it's great."

 

 

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0830/youngw.htm..._medium=twitter

 

A very short Vid for someones son's teacher :unsure:

 

http://www.twitvid.com/AOYVB

mahajdicky martin dixon

Omg I just met @will_young31 and we're in love and one day he'll know it! http://yfrog.com/h4fhasuj

4 hours ago

http://a.yfrog.com/img616/3838/fhasu.jpg

 

Will Young on Daybreak

Published: 30/08/11

 

TweetMoreWill Young joins us on Daybreak to chat about his latest No 1 album Echoes

 

 

It's been 10 years since Will Young won the first Pop Idol - the show that paved the way for the Idol formats around the world and then The X Factor.

 

In the decade since he's built on that win - which saw him sell an unprecedented 403,027 copies of his debut single Evergreen on its day of release (1,108,659 copies in its first week) - to become one of the most consistently, if quietly, successful of all the Idol and X Factor winners.

 

As well five hit albums (three of them No 1s, the other two peaking at No 2) and four No 1 singles, Will is also the only reality music show star to have released a greatest hits album.

 

His achievements have stretched into acting, with a breakout role in the Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins film Mrs Henderson Presents, as well as notable appearances in TV dramas Marple, Skins and Bedlam.

 

He has also been a consistent live performer, embarking on a number of sell-out theatre and arena tours around the UK and Ireland. This autumn Will will head out on tour again, playing songs from his new album Echoes, as well as old favourites.

 

 

Tour dates

 

Thursday 27th October, 2011 Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon

Friday 28th October, 2011 BIC, Bournemouth

Sunday 30th October, 2011 The Waterfront, Belfast

Monday 31st October, 2011 The Olympia, Dublin

Wednesday 2nd November, 2011 Nottingham Royal Centre

Thursday 3rd November, 2011 New Theatre, Oxford

Friday 4th November, 2011 Regent Theatre, Ipswich

Sunday 6th November, 2011 Empire Theatre, Liverpool

Monday 7th November, 2011 Opera House, Blackpool

Tuesday 8th November, 2011 City Hall, Sheffield

Thursday 10th November, 2011 Music Hall, Aberdeen

Friday 11th November, 2011 o2 Academy, Glasgow

Saturday 12 November, 2011 City Hall, Newcastle

Monday 14th November, 2011 o2 Apollo, Manchester

Tuesday 15th November, 2011 Arena, Llandudno

Thursday 17th November, 2011 Brighton Centre

Friday 18th November, 2011 Corn Exchange, Cambridge

Sunday 20th November, 2011 o2 Academy, Birmingham

Monday 21st November, 2011 o2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London

Tuesday 22nd November, 2011 o2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London

Thursday 24th November, 2011 Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

Friday 25th November, 2011 Pavilions, Plymouth

Saturday 26th November, 2011 St. David's Hall, Cardiff

http://www.itv.com/daybreak/entertainment/...ng-on-daybreak/

http://wwwimg.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/all/artists/will-young/will-young_720x288.jpg

 

Will Young

 

Pop Idol winner Will Young first topped the charts with the release of his single, Evergreen in 2002. It sold over 400,000 copies on the first day and became one of the best selling singles in the UK.

 

His success continued with four number 1 hit singles, including Light My Fire and he has even won two Brit Awards!

 

Will Young is not only a pop star; he has acted in a film alongside Judy Dench, appeared on Top Gear and presented a documentary about Gorillas in West Africa, called Saving Planet Earth.

 

Will is a big Katy B and Take That fan and claims that the first album he bought was Kylie by Kylie Minogue!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/artists/7240a9e1...4a-ad573703f108

Blog from Wave radio station

Hang Out with Will YoungSunday 28 August 2011Will Young has been a guy we have grown to know and love since his days on Pop Idol!

 

His voice has become something we recognise each time we hear it - and his new single JEALOUSY is one of his best yet!

 

On Total Access this week - win the chance to meet Will Young and hang out with him back stage at one of his upcoming UK gigs!

 

Imagine the photos for Facebook! Get your albums signed and ask him what you wish!

 

Question:

 

Will Young won the show Pop Idol. His first single was a double A-side featuring the song "Evergreen" and what other song?

 

Is it

 

A - Anything is Possible

 

B - Light My Fire

 

C - Name of the Game

 

 

Text the word WILL and your answer either A,B or C to 81803 - texts cost 25p plus your normal network charge. Entries are limited for this group wide competition. You must be 16 years old or over to enter. A winner will be picked at random from all the correct entries on Thursday 1st September evening at 8pm when this group wide competition closes.

 

Competition Rules & Terms and Conditions apply - see the bottom of this website for more information.

 

This is a UTV network competition. Entries are limited. You must be 16 years old or over to enter. A winner will be picked at random from all the correct entries, at 8pm on Thursday 1st September 2011.

http://www.thewave.co.uk/blog?id=12443

 

Just had to laugh at this

 

 

X Factor Review, Episode 2: The One Where They All Did The Singing Again

by Sophie Hall on August 30, 2011 1 Comment

 

in Celebrity Gossip,TV Reviews / Previews

 

And here we are again. You all look so incredibly tired.

 

So before we begin, let’s really think to ourselves – what do we really WANT from episode 2 of The X Factor 2011? Because so far, nobody has really got what they want, have they? Nobody really voluntarily asks for Kelly Rowland, for example. Nobody really wants Gary Barlow to be angry to them before 9pm.

 

Hopefully this week, things will change for the better. We would like to see integrity. We would like to see a jazz singer sing an ironic version of She Wolf. We would like to see at least three testicles. But most importantly, we would like X Factor to bring us a window of entertainment that preceeds an ENTIRE EVENING with Will Young, preferably singing low-key versions of his amazing selection of pop hits, preferably in a tuxedo. Hey. What can we say? We dare to dream.

 

 

http://www.hecklerspray.com/x-factor-revie...n/201163318.php

 

Presume this is Will outside Radio 1

 

http://a.yfrog.com/img614/3254/rj4lq.jpg

Edited August 30, 201113 yr by phil3579

Thanks Phil..aw! Why did that bloke post that private message Will did for him? I coulnd't even watch it, what a prat! <_< and why do people 'report' things he's said as though it was news when it's just something they picked up on a TV show?

 

Sunday..did you see how popular your video is and where they're watching it? :P thanks to the Glee bloke.

 

Edited August 30, 201113 yr by Sweetwilliamfan

Do you think the teacher message was for me? :lol:

Edited August 30, 201113 yr by shellyf

Do you think the teacher message was for me? :lol:

You wish :lol:

 

Something else to look out for.. :D

QXMagazineQX Magazine

@will_young31 We're loving your new album, sir, and will say so in this week's QX. You don't even have to touch us inappropriately... ;-) xx

:lol:

Sunday..did you see how popular your video is and where they're watching it? :P thanks to the Glee bloke.

 

 

Oohh that's good Thanks Bev :cheer:

 

It really doesn't take much for me to get excited you know! :w00t:

The US AfterElton Site..

BBC America has scheduled Bedlam to begin October 1 at 10:00, starring Will Young, who will hopefully be sharing his music with America as well by that point.

http://www.afterelton.com/meme-08-31-2011

Thanks Bev.

 

Hope that's a hint that they know something. :dance:

It really doesn't take much for me to get excited you know! :w00t:

The US AfterElton Site..

 

http://www.afterelton.com/meme-08-31-2011

 

 

This sounds lime it could be in the words oh Leona amaaaaaaaazing :cheer: :yahoo:

http://megaclubmusic.com/uploads/posts/2011-08/thumbs/1314814788_1.jpg

 

Mastermix Pro Dance 44 (2011)

 

320 kbps | MP3 | unmixed, 14 tracks | Music Factory

76:35 min | 01.09.2011 | 173 MB

Dance, Euro Dance

 

Tracklist:

 

01 Animal Man - Gal Dem Predator (Andy Jay & S-Tee Remix)

02 Avicii - Fade Into Darkness (Extended Mix)

03 Cover Drive - Lick Ya Down (Wideboys Club Mix)

04 Exxxple - Stay Awake (Micky Slim Remix)

05 Selena Gomez & the Scene - Love You Like A Love Song (The Alias Radio Edit)

06 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close (Benny Benassi Remix)

07 Jessie J - Who’s Laughing Now (DJ Fresh Jungle Mix)

08 Natalia Kills feat. Will.I.Am - Free (Bimbo Jones Club Mix)

09 Pixie Lott - All About Tonight (The Alias Extended Mix)

10 Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (Soul Seekerz Radio Edit)

11 Olly Murs feat. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat (Pokerface Mix)

12 Saturdays - All Fired Up (The Alias Club Mix)

13 Wretch 32 feat. Josh Kumra - Don’t Go (Manhattan Clique Remix)

14 Will Young - Jealousy (Moto Blanco Remix)

 

http://megaclubmusic.com/dance/5083-master...ce-44-2011.html

Edited September 1, 201113 yr by phil3579

Irish Independent.

Forever Will Young

As millions of us tune in to The X Factor, Will Young is the original talent show winner who's sold eight million records and seems impossible to dislike

http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00956/willyoung_PA_956748t.jpg

 

It's hard to remember a time before Will Young was famous. That's not because he's an era-defining musical wonder - even he wouldn't argue that were true - but down to the phenomenon that thrust him into the limelight.

 

In February 2002, he was crowned Pop Idol, winning the TV competition that kicked off the Noughties' golden age of TV talent shows.

 

The Berkshire boy was just 21 when he stepped in front of Nicki Chapman, Neil Fox, Pete Waterman and Simon Cowell to deliver a shy, almost apologetic version of Blame It On The Boogie.

 

"Slightly cheesy" was the panel's verdict but, nevertheless, he sailed through and just as calmly won over the voting public. Contrary to stories at the time, Young wasn't the underdog at any stage, leading the phone-voting figures from the off.

 

Considering the attention now lavished upon Pop Idol's successor The X Factor, it's interesting the talent show genre's most creatively successful star appeared so early on.

 

"It's all changed so much since my day," begins Young, smiling.

 

"Saying that, I'd still do X Factor. It's what you make of it, isn't it? It's a chance and a massive leg up, but you have to pick up the baton and run with it.

 

"Watch Pop Idol now and it looks like you're watching a show from the Eighties. It's very weird, innocent and genuine.

 

"When something becomes a success, it goes into the mainstream marketplace and it's hard for it to seem genuine again. We had no agenda then - and the judges are the biggest stars now, not the talent."

 

To hear how far Young has come since his early auditions covering soul classics, you only need to listen to his new album Echoes.

 

Sophisticated, measured and perfectly written, it's easily his best work.

 

"It's been a long time coming," he says. "Some of the songs I started about five or six years ago, others 18 months ago.

 

"I wanted to work with Richard X, who's done amazing things and really made it sound like a body of work," he says, referring to the producer who specialises in the grown-up pop of Goldfrapp, Roisin Murphy and Sugababes.

 

"I know that's a cliche, but it is true. I wanted to do an electronic, upbeat album with programmed drums, and it was Richard that really pulled that together, made sure it didn't go too far in any direction and balanced it all out perfectly.

 

"I didn't want it to turn into, 'Will does club bangers' or anything, but I have a newfound love of electronic music from remixes that have been done, and the Groove Armada track I sang on.

 

"I really enjoyed my voice on those tracks and noticed the lyrics more than I had done before. There's almost more space for them, so I knew this album had to be about simplicity."

 

At its beginning, Echoes sees Young explore his more melancholic side on tracks such as Jealousy, Outsider and Lie Next To Me.

 

Things pick up towards the end, however, finishing with upbeat trio Happy Now, Good Things and Safe From Harm.

 

"That dichotomy of melancholy lyrics with upbeat music is interesting to me. I'm inspired more by sadness than happiness, but that's not to say I'm an unhappy person.

 

"If ever I'm feeling low, sad or insecure, then writing a song is a good way to get it out. Heartbreak informs most of my favourite music, and it's hard to write happy songs without sounding evangelical."

 

With that, the sound of a siren whizzes past the open window of the café we're sitting in. He seems distracted by it and we start talking about the recent rioting in the country.

 

For the next 20 minutes or so, he talks passionately about the work he does with youth charity Catch 22, possible causes for unrest and even solutions.

 

Young, who has a degree in politics from Exeter University, believes advertising is largely to blame, "for making people feel rubbish if they don't have the right possessions".

 

"I'll give it 'til the end of the year, see how this album does and then jack it all in for a life of politics," he jokes, although if his sensible Question Time appearance in 2009 was anything to go by, the voting public could do a lot worse.

 

"Doing Question Time, debating at the Oxford Union, having a South Bank Show special, going on Top Gear and so on, it's all because I'm more comfortable getting the real me across," he explains.

 

"In my early 20s, all I knew is that I'd always wanted to be a pop star so I was determined not to screw it up.

 

"Now, I'm 32 and I've just made an album I love, I've been working on an amazing TV special, I have a huge tour coming up, more acting work and hopefully some theatre work for the end of 2012.

 

"I've spent the last five years working out who I am, personally, and what I want from life. And now I've found it. I couldn't be happier."

 

 

 

Will Young plays the Olympia Theatre Dublin on October 31st

 

Andy Welch

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/mu...ng-2864444.html

 

 

Loved reading that, more info about the acting which is fab but this bit is best. :wub: .

"I've spent the last five years working out who I am, personally, and what I want from life. And now I've found it. I couldn't be happier."

 

Don't forget, am chatting to @will_young31 on the phone on the show tomorrow from @DundrumTC...

 

National radio presenter in Ireland with @RTE2fm, patron of @Brainwave_Irl - the Irish Epilepsy Association. Held here against my will. All opinions personal.