Lana Del Rey has made her TV debut by performing her song “Video Games” on the UK show “Later… with Jools Holland”. The 24-year old internet sensation, whose real name is Lizzy Grant, recently sold out her first UK show in about 30 seconds and has already racked up more than 2 million views on YouTube. I’m not surprised at all considering how talented she is. I love her unique and sultry vocals. And I love that she’s singing in the jazz/soul genre. Her performance was captivating simply because of her voice. But I just have to ask, is anyone else seeing a resemblance between her and Natalie Portman?
Check out the full version of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s cover of “The Lady is a Tramp”, a classic jazz song that dates from 1937. The music icon and the pop singer have revised the popular song by adding a more contemporary sound, well, at least Lady Gaga did. I love their version. Who knew that her voice was actually suited for this genre? The track can be found on Tony’s upcoming album “Duets II”, which is due out on September 20th. Tony also has collaborations with Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Aretha Franklin, Norah Jones and others on the CD.
The singer has apparently received some rather disconcerting news regarding her drinking habits and the fact that she really has no choice but to quit or quit on life. Amy Winehouse’s doctors apparently took her for a harsh ride in explaining this, as a source relates: ”It’s the last chance saloon for Amy. Doctors have come down hard on her because of the severity of her situation. It’s a harsh reality but she had to hear it.” Rumors say that Amy Winehouse is aware of the seriousness of her situation this time around… after all, she did check herself into the clinic. Maybe this time around Amy Winehouse will actually manage to stay away from the alcohol and learn her lesson.
Snoop Dogg has been slapped by a lawsuit from jazz musician Michael Henderson for sampling one of his songs. Michael says that the rapper took selections for his Do it All album without his permission to use on his track Flashbacks. He is also suing rappers Murs and 9th Wonder for the same thing. Michael is claiming statutory damages for the alleged copyright infringement as well as any profits made from the songs. He is also requesting that all the defendants to stop manufacturing, distributing and selling the works further. Cant we all just get along and agree to not steal?
Amy Winehouse was supposed to perform in St. Lucia last Friday but a heavy rainstorm brought the performance to a halt shortly into her set and ultimately forced Wino to postpone the gig. This was the singer?s first attempt at performing in 2009 and her rep says that she tried to continue through the rain but was forced to stop. There?s no word if she?ll reschedule. However, if her performance is anything like the one that she gave for a jazz fest this past weekend, I know that a lot of people are hoping that she just drop off the face of the earth. Wino?s performance was a train wreck! She sounded awful, stopped during the middle of the song and walked off stage!
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Amy Winehouse was taken to the hospital in St. Lucia this past weekend. The singer?s spokesperson said that the reason behind the hospitalization was dehydration. Wino?s publicist said ?She fainted at home (in St Lucia) and they took her in for observation, mainly to do with her medication to check everything was OK. They told her that she was dehydrated and needed to drink more water.? Her publicist further claims that Wino was running around with a group of children before she passed out. She?s expected to perform at a jazz festival in St. Lucia later this week so I hope she feels better.
