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Got the album as a present, having loved In Case You Didn't Know, and have to say he's done it again. Great pop album, just a couple I'm not too keen on. Army of Two is the perfect next single choice and will ensure the album keeps on selling. Have to say though I agree with others here about the deluxe version extra tracks, astonished that they didn't make the standard album, some are much stronger than tracks that did, especially Sliding Doors and The Perfect Night.

They specifically did mention Will too briefly, she had a Will ticket. All the secret filming about these deals is sooo damning. Many of the public didn't know, the fury is so strong I don't see how they can continue. It's so deceptive, Live Nation, SJM don't come out of it very well either, they get 90% of whatever fee the secondary market sells them for! Outrageous. One guy working for them said they got '1000' per day from SJM for Coldplay. It's absolutely disgusting. All music fans should watch the documentary. Viagogo have books of credit cards to buy off Ticketmaster, so effectively competing with us for tickets! We all knew it was going on but I never knew it was this bad. :angry:

You guys watching Dispatches tonight? Exposing to the general public what we long suspected about the likes of Viagogo the FAN TO FAN ticket exchange, in that the promoters themselves hand over large wads of tickets to Viagogo from the off before general and fansale. Viagogo mark up the cost to eyewatering levels and then the promoters take up to 90% of the profit. Confirms what we've long since though on why it's near damn impossible to get front row. Check out Twitter #GreatTicketScandal #Viagogo #TicketScandal. Not seen such level of fury in a while, not sure Viagogo will recover, just shows the lengths Viagogo went to to keep this hidden, they tried to place an injunction preventing the programme from being aired.

BEST MALE: - Ed Sheeran. - James Morrison. - Noel Gallagher. - James Blake. - Professor Green. Absolute travesty. I can't even. f*** The Brits!!

I see on Twitter it's already out there that Ed Sheeran has 4 nominations (Gotta be Breakthrough, Male, Single and Album) Jessie has 3 (Female, Breakthrough, SIngle) and Professor Green has been confirmed as nominated for Best Male so hoping Best Male looks like this: Ed Sheeran Professor Green Noel Gallagher Will Don't really care about the the fifth but probably James Morrison or Example.

Maybe it's just gone back up now, HMV definitely have had special stickers for either £7 or £8 for quite a while, (and part of the X Factor stand in mine! :unsure: 0 same with Tesco where it's been cheaper at various times. All albums fluctuate in price. I don't know who sets them though. But as someone who buys a lot of different albums, it drives me insane when you see something on offer and think I'll pick it up next time, then next time it's gone back up again. It's not necessarily consistent between stores either. Echoes had a sale sticker in my hometown but not in Liverpool a few days later, which is weird. I suppose it's good in a way that it's more expensive in the final week before Christmas, they're obviously confident it will sell regardless of price, if they have a lot of stock in. :D

Just saw that email in my inbox. Excellent news especially as I couldn't attend the tour, I love the outdoor gigs for the atmosphere so this suits me down to the ground! :w00t:

The Scottish lass isn't it, presumably and not LM Jade! So pleased Little Mix won, there was no way they couldn't. Disappointing for Janet she did SO well in the early stages and then never made the final. It also means Daily Star were right with their leak about 'Janet topping the vote every week' and can be trusted in future. B-)

No Paradise?!?! Really can't see any way LM can NOT win, they have absolutely blown Marcus away, he's been so disappointing on each track!!! Remember full results should be out later, Daily Star claimed this morning LM won the semi, Marcus 2nd Amelia 3rd and only 7% separated top to bottom. Will be interesting to see if they are right. edit: Ah Coldplay are so big they get to perform twice! Charlie Brown and Paradise! :D

Little Mix seem absolutely hot faves, and I'd love them to win but just have this feeling Marcus will snatch it. The Sun/Yougov poll which to my knowledge has definitely successfully predicted wins for Joe and Matt and I think actually has a strong record dating back to Pop Idol but not in conjunction with The Sun, predicted 1st Marcus, 2nd Little Mix 3rd Amelia, Last year on the question who do you intend to vote for it was: 51% Matt 32% Rebecca 9% One Direction 8% Cher They predicted Joe to win by quite some way with Olly 2nd, Stacy 3rd The key thing about this years vote is how close it is Marcus 32% Little Mix 27% Amelia 21% (obviously percentages don't add up as people said they would vote on the night etc) Definitely thought it was interesting to the question who will have the best career Little Mix were way out in front. Still think it could swing either way, regardless of the perception some have that Little Mix have it in the bag, I think it will be a heck of a lot closer than that. The main thing I think whichever wins is that they don't do this whole hiding them until October thing. Say the girls do win, they should follow a model similar to Girls Aloud singles wise, Xmas single, next single no later than May/June, get them on summer shows keep interest going, then release the album in conjunction with the next series with their second original song to promote it. And definitely if Marcus wins to get a single out after the Xmas one ASAP, he would be so utterly screwed if they hide him away until October, other than Leona that strategy hasn't really worked and perhaps a return to a Shayne Ward style release run would suit him better, they'll kill him if they follow the usual strategy, a summer single I think is the minimum for both potential winners, its very plausible too, after the XF tour to keep things ticking over.

I really like the show but agree I'm not sure the format of one character a week is that effective. It's a bit Lost-ish isn't it almost with the 'real life' scenes being like the island scenes and the fairytale back story like the Lost flashbacks. Of course this shouldn't be surprising given the writers I guess but I'm not entirely loving it, like I was at the start, it's still great though. Re the death the next episode, not sure how accurate IMDB is, but all of the main cast are still listed for 22 episodes so unless that's a red herring, it won't be any of them, their is one character with a suspiciously short run of just 7 episodes including the first episode after the Christmas break and then that's it, so would fit in with what they said about we would still see their fairytale background after their real time death.

Ha, I always thought Noah the Whale were American, no idea why! There's a surprising lack of One Direction/JLS on that list! Not that I'm complaining, just thought they would be certainties!

We did indeed! Loved this episode Constance continues to be fabulous Only two episodes left, this and Once Upon a Time are my new TV obsessions so sad this is coming to an end, it's utterly demented but fabulous!

Erm just Jamiroquai is all I can remember. Can't imagine Gary wants Marcus to win if that's what they're performing. Any popular Take That song would have given a much bigger advantage.

The Sun also reports that as well as the contestants duets they are also planning the DUET TO END ALL DUETS (in that it will probably crash Twitter) One Direction and JLS TEAMING up to perform a mash up of What Makes You Beautiful and She Makes Me Wanna! This just seems like a no brainer really doesn't it. Can't believe The Sun think adding Westlife is a major bonus to a stellar line up. Erm yeh stellar... Buble (multiple appearances) Leona (multiple appearances) Westlife (multiple appearances) JLS (multiple appearances including twice already this year) One Direction (third appearance this year, fourth if you include Xtra Factor) And Coldplay which is a genuinely good booking.

Just said the same on Twitter! What a crap excuse, The Script aren't in any way rock! :lol: If they wanted a 'rock' star they could atleast have gone for an indie lead singer like Gary Lightbody or their supposedly 'considered' choice Ricky Wilson but they're not pretty enough are they. B-) Can't help but be cynical about their motivations for going with Danny, the guy's talented and I really like his band, but they're kidding themselves if they truly think they can pass off the reason for choosing Danny and not Will as 'not rock enough', it has nothing to do with that and everything to do with Danny being a pretty boy (and straight) lead singer ala Adam Levine. Really disappointed in the BBC, someone obviously had a word and got Will switched with Danny at the last minute, just WHERE did that even come from?! :blink: The format of this show is great but they've definitely f'ed up before it's even began!

Gutted and shocked that Will didn't get it, and even more so how a name out of NOWHERE did. From that last interview with Jessie, it seemed like even she thought Will was doing it and also the journalists out there from the tweets clearly thought Will would be doing it too. Really strange for me, I never so much saw even a fan suggest Danny. I like The Script a lot, think Danny will do well, but can't believe they thought he was a better choice than Will, can only think the decision was made based on replicating the US version, Adam Levine was the handsome and only known face of a popular but not massively huge band and that's what Danny is the pretty boy lead singer like Adam was. It also may help that The Script are more known internationally, they've been pretty successful in America, touring and their music is used on soundtracks to loads of popular shows like Greys Anatomy, so they would be quite recognisable. They're also a Sony act who have got a concert DVD out at the minute, so they must get decent sales for Sony to see that as viable. I'm pretty sure one of the top contestants sang The Man Who Can't Be Moved to great acclaim too, but as this is a show for Britain primarily that shouldn't have been a factor, you can't tell me 'Danny from The Script' is more well known in this country then Will Young! The thing that's really gutting though, is that unlike the XF, the public took to the coaches massively, The Voice has single handedly revived interest in Maroon 5 and Christina for example, both acts who had massively underperformed with their previous albums. It would have been great for Will's profile. I'm still going to watch as I love the show but get the feeling the BBC have already cocked up something that could have been great, with a weird choice of panel and questionable presenting 'team'. I think the UK will love the format but can't see them taking to that panel.

Danny from The Script?! I love the guys but where did they pull that from?! I think he'll be good but thought the only other options were Will Young or Kaiser Chiefs Ricky Wilson? Random but I can get onboard with Danny, loving The Script's live DVD at the minute.

So erm NOT HAPPY about THIS AT ALL!!... http://www.tvline.com/2011/12/bones-season...elayed-january/ I thought they were just going to air the Bones 'Finder' intro ep, now they've removed the midseason finale from December to January to air one single episode of Bones only to then disappear again :( Wonder what Sky will do here for that? Can't see them sticking one episode on in January and then airing the rest in the spring, no doubt they'll just tack the 'finale' to the start of the Spring run.

Love this show, watched about 7 in a row. Even the opening theme creeps me out, most unsettling title sequence ever. Some big developments in the latest episode. Re. Violet there is a lot of people on forums who think (not a spoiler but will black it out in case people don't want to read it!)

Ooh excellent!! Silent Valentine a must for one of those for me! Deserves to be heard on a wider scale :wub:

Ahh I'm so excited that it's looking like an almost certainty that Will is going to be a coach!! Right back from when I first saw the Voice in the US, I KNEW Will would be perfect, if they ever did a British version and now they are, thank god the BBC agree!! It really is such a great format, right from the start there will be no freakshows as only people who can atleast you know 'sing' are put through to face the coaches in the blind auditions :lol: The blind auditions are what will make viewers be attracted to the show, because they are so entertaining, the coaches squabbling it out over the best acts, will be really interesting, if more than one coach turns around it comes down to the contestant to pick a coach, will just be rooting for the best ones to go to Will, like I was with Adam who after a slow start did end up with the very best and the eventual winner on his team. The only reservation I have about it is the panel, the main thing that made the US one such a hit was the chemistry between the coaches, Adam and Christina's flirty rivalry made great viewers and the 4 as a whole really made great TV as equals. With Jessie being named first and all these stories in the press, it almost seems like she sees herself as some kind of head coach. I quite like the panel as individuals as they are quite diverse, and can offer something different to the variety of contestants but as a unit I'm not sure. The banter between Christina, Blake, Cee Lo and Adam was great particularly as they were willing each other to press the button, I can't see Jessie, Will, Will.I.Am and Tom having that same kind of warm banter? I'm sure Will will get on great with all and you never know he and Will.I.Am may become bosom buddies :lol: but it's essential that chemistry is established between the coaches from the off and if anything I can only see a pair up of Jessie and Will.I.Am and Tom and Will rather than all getting along, hope I'm wrong, it's a pretty essential component to it's success. Of course nothing has been confirmed in black and white yet but I'm sure it's only a matter of time now surely!

The whole situation with Matt is a bit bizarre, although it is listed as a single, there is (at the minute) no actual 'single mix' it's just the album version and and a couple of single remixes without the single! Not really sure what they're going for there.

On my first play of this I was quite disapppointed as it didn't grab me at all like his debut but after playing it again and through headphones I love it, just listening to it on the train journey now, and its so generally happy and upbeat, have quite a few faves to sit alongside my already adored Heart Skips A Beat and Dance With Me Tonight, I love Oh My Goodness, In Case You Didn't Know, Anywhere Else and everything else is pretty good too although that "WOTEVA" on ' I'm OK" makes me cringe hard every time I play it. I know its been commented Dance With Me Tonight sounds a bit Christmassy but I DEFINITELY get that vibe from 'I Don't Love You Too' because of the bells and its definitely got a lot in common with Robbie's You Don't Know, sounds really Christmassy, I love it. I think there's only really on My Cloud that I'm not keen on, otherwise great album.

Aww just from the first page, I felt a small ripple of pride wash over of me but then it continued. Amazing. Eee so proud I could burst :w00t: :heart: