-Jay-

Curious to find out what your numbers are - 1159 would be a fun one to receive! Hope you've been enjoying your holiday SmileyKylie :cool: I listened to the vinyl today and realised that the remixes on Side B are all extended versions, longer than what's on streaming (the extended versions are available on Beatport though). Nikki Nair Remix; Extended [5:32] Hannah Holland Remix; Extended [7:56] Michelle Manetti Remix; Extended [5:27]

So few nominations for such a great era :( 'we can't be friends (wait for your love)' would have been so deserving of winning something, but not even nominated... grr!

Huge numbers :o And it's now crossed over 600,000,000 total on Spotify.

I received the numbered certificate on Friday! What numbers are you guys? Mine is 0570. ^_^ It doesn't seem like the numbers were done in the order of purchase order... because funnily enough a friend of mine has 0569, even though he seemingly ordered his a little after me because his order number is higher than mine! I wonder if they were just allocated at random?

Received it yesterday! Let's hope it's sold enough to appear in the midweeks, it would be interesting to know how many sales it's managed.

A very positive review here: https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/here...dra-birmingham/ Glowing praise from All That Dazzles: @1855394413435834603 + great feedback on Popjustice from those who went! https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/steps.10759/page-3636 Set list image here: https://i.imgur.com/DyOejBW.jpg (not embedding it in case anyone here wanted to be spoiler free :thinking: ) Happy to see that the first night went well and has been well received! Let's hope that continues! P.S. An Attitude interview from a few weeks ago: https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/claire-r...musical-474360/ - Claire says that they called it Here and Now because they didn't want it to be titled after one of their more obvious hits.

A good start for this, 101,725 streams and #98 entry on UK Spotify! 700k worldwide.

#1 :cheeseblock: We'll take that x The soundtrack also made it to #8 in the download chart, while Best Days of Our Lives reached #41 on downloads and #42 on sales.

Opening night tonight! I hope it’s well received!

^ :cheeseblock: Indeed, such a throwback to have a song getting radio play before release! Hopefully it proves to be a good tactic and it ultimately sells well.

Looking forward to a very Girls Aloud filled day :wub:

Tr-lQzhLe3Y The demo was released back in July on her album. Griff performed it as part of her set supporting Sabrina Carpenter, and the reaction to it was very positive - so she's released it as a finished version! And it's another fantastic song :cheeseblock:

I feel like I've had my fill of this year's series. :( I'll see it through regardless, but I'm looking forward to it being over with. There isn't really anybody there that I'm fully liking at this point, no one that I'm thoroughly behind to win. Sarah rightfully being admonished for her harmful words in the diary room - it seemed like the first moment like this of the ITV era? It threw me back to the Channel 4 and 5 eras when this seemed to happen a lot more regularly.

A cross between a rather late to be posted Halloween costume and a video encouraging people to vote in the US election! (Beyoncé will really do anything bar release an actual music video x)

Nice to see its doing quite well on pre-orders. I've pre-ordered it! There was some confusion yesterday, because the Children in Need site had Girls Aloud down as performing Never Forget by Take That(!), then it changed to I'll Stand By You, but they're not actually going to be in the studio after all. So it seems the aforementioned music video is what will be shown on the night. Here's the artwork and a recent picture of Girls Aloud: I just wish there was a CD single... I feel like it could have sold reasonably well!

I really don't know where those 4 years went to. I feel like time has really raced by since 2020! Maybe a sign of getting older! :lol: I enjoyed the Disco era a lot. I think Kylie/her team did a great job with it and its promotion, considering the limitations in place at the time. The music was uplifting and helpful to me :heart:

Aww :( I wonder if this could be its last week in the Top 200? :o Although many other artists have experienced chart runs like this or worse in recent years, it's a first time experience for Kylie... I wonder if it'll raise any eyebrows at BMG or if they'll just accept it for what it is?

Also looking forward to receiving it! :cheer: Dream item: I would have loved for them to do a 12" vinyl for this single. The artwork is so striking and it would have looked amazing at that size. It could have had the 5 tracks from the EP on it!

:cheeseblock: Happy that they’re going to the effort!

Episode titles have been revealed, although Episode 2 is only the partial title: Episode 1: “The Crawl” Episode 2: “The Vanishing of ____” Episode 3: “The Turnbow Trap” Episode 4: “Sorcerer” Episode 5: “Shock Jock” Episode 6: “Escape From Camazotz” Episode 7: “The Bridge” Episode 8: “The Rightside Up” Production began in January 2024 (significantly delayed because of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes). As of October they were almost finished with shooting it. My guess is that it wont be released until Autumn 2025 because of how long post production could take and then the time required to promote it. Season 1’s story began in November 1983, and Season 5 is set in Autumn 1987 - so only 4 years have gone by. In reality the actors are 8 years older (Season 1 was filmed from September 2015 to early 2016). Maya Hawke has said that the episodes will be very long - “basically eight movies”. Although I enjoyed Season 4 very much, it was quite demanding with the episodes lengths - so I’m not super thrilled by this. Kind of wish they’d do more episodes with shorter running times. Regardless, I’m excited to see how this concludes!

OCC shared a new total of 300,000 for I’ll Stand By You

It’s official! Lovely news and I look forward to hearing it. Hopefully it does well!

I'll go with Mariah Carey - Fantasy :wub:

Sunday 17th November at 8pm on ITV! @1853704122542772419 Airing on Sarah's birthday :wub: 1 hour slot, but with adverts and behind the scenes footage included in the hour, it makes me wonder how many songs we'll get during this broadcast. Though there is the "Extended Show" on ITVX (which I hope is the full show!!)

I didn't even realise before I received it that they were meant to be numbered :lol: