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One Direction will soon leave British shores to return to America and it seems as though they have quite a hectic promotional tour planned when they arrive.

The X Factor stars will first attend The Brit Awards in London this week and then plan to jet off to the US, to start their first nationwide tour with band ‘Big Time Rush’. They will also be promoting their debut album ‘Up All Night,’ which is set for it’s American release on March 13th.

The boys have revealed that the day before the record is due to hit the shelves, they will be making an appearance on the hugely popular ‘Today Show’ and tweeted yesterday:

“We’re going to perform on @todayshow on Monday March 12th. Who’s planning to come down to see us? #1Dtodayshow,”

The American breakfast television show airs every morning on NBC and is one of the countries most watched and most popular. Many of the musical greats have appeared on it and the long, long list includes stars such as Whitney Houston, Madonna, Usher, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Lady Gaga.

Meanwhile, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan are putting their Twitter account to good use and bombarding their 1,720,000 followers with messages asking them to vote for their single in this year’s Brit Awards. Their debut song ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ is up for the Best Single award but faces stiff competition in the category. One Direction are trying to rally their legions of fans to bad credit loans vote for them, by tweeting:

Have you voted for One Direction at this years BRITs? Less than 24Hrs to go! #IVoted1DatTheBRITs
Last chance to vote for 1D at the BRITS. Make it count now. Voting closes at 12pm today. #1DFirstBRITAward 1DHQ x

Voting has now closed for the awards, and the unsecured loans boys will find out if they have been successful later this week.

They have had an exciting month and as well as their debut single in America reaching the top ten in the US itunes charts, their album also shot straight to No.1 in Italy and Sweden.

We think that perhaps the teen sensations are heading for world domination!

Sonisphere Festival with Bill Bailey

Making sweet music at Knebworth has become a British tradition, but never has the BBC theme been given such a dramatic rendition, as Michael Loveless finds out when he heads to Sonisphere to see Bill Bailey, read on... bad credit loans

There is usually a clear line between music and comedy acts at festivals, one is blaring out the guitar riffs while the other is swearing back at them, however with Bill Bailey you feel like the tables have been turned.

Before his headlining appearance Bailey had sent out a cheeky message to old school big boys Metallica, that should anything happen to them before the show, he would be ready to step in.

He demonstrated just what he meant at Sonisphere on Sunday night as his band embarked on Enter the Sandman, to which Bailey provided the solo by shredding his homemade car horn parade. 

There's no doubt that Bailey was one of the big draws at the festival, which brought the 'Big Four', Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, together to share a bill for the first time in UK festival history.

Saturday provided a more family-friendly flavour before Sunday's costume capers/metal favourites Slipknot took the headline slot. But Bill Bailey was hot on everyone's lips from the moment the first cymbal crashed and the first devil horn was raised.

Bailey's much awaited set began with the tone-setting warm up, ’Oi, Amstel, I ain't gonna be your bitch’, sparking further intrigue into his famous departure from Never mind The Buzzcocks. And with it, the savage sunshine turned to a heavy downpour.

Next up was an adaption of his popular ‘I bleed on your Panini’ EMO song, entitled ‘I bleed on your Fageena’. Nice. A classically trained musician though, Bill Bailey was keen to flex his muscles and rip out the car horn parade he previewed in his video. Suitably, a cover of Gary Numan’s 'Cars' would do it, in French, as a tribute to Megadeth.

This was followed by 'I love news', with a homage to what has to be the UK's most listened to 10-second mash-up, the BBC News intro. Annie Mac must be kicking herself that she didn't think of that one while sharing a croissant with Huw Edwards in the Beeb canteen.

Next ‘The Wurzels’ were blended with Eurotrash with a generous sprinkling of piercing Euro beats and a west country Lady Gaga with guest vocals from Chairman 'Mao' overdubbing ‘My'. Bailey broadened his accent accordingly, in which the metal revellers took delight.

He then gave a beautiful rendition of Scarborough Fair with a bouzouki before launching into a heavy interpretation through the ears of German rockers Rammstein. It was surprising how well the German lyrics were picked up (rubbish translation below if you want to give it a go), which led into Hokey Cokey, with Bailey clearly showing too much interest in Rammstein. unsecured loans

All the more impressive was that as the rush for the main headliner started, with the rain still lashing down as if straight from heavy metal hell, the crowd stuck with him until the end, allowing a delighted Bill to congratulate everyone on what he claimed must have been " the biggest comedy crowd ever, ever, ever". I’m not sure what McIntyre would say about that.

Grammy Awards Skrillex

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards telecast has yet to begin, but breakout star Skrillex is already a three-time winner.

The dubstep king, who was nominated for five awards, has already taken home Grammys for Best Dance Recording ('Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites') and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (Benny Benassi's 'Cinema (Skrillex Remix)'). He also beat out stadium house kings Deadmau5, David Guetta, pop darling Robyn and Aussie dance-rockers Cut Copy in electronic music's biggest category, Best Dance/Electronica Album.

"This is really crazy for me, man," Skrillex said, accepting the award for Best Remixed Recording. "I made this song in my bedroom when I was living illegally in a warehouse in downtown L.A. I made that song with a blown speaker." bad credit loans

The 24-year-old newcomer, unsecured loans born Sonny Moore, continued to pay his respects to the dance artists who paved the way for the current crop of EDM stars, including Justice and Daft Punk.

"Everyone in the [electronic dance music] community, this means a lot to us," he said. "There's a lot of people who have been here before us."

Skrillex is up for two more awards, including Best New Artist, for which he will compete against Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver, The Band Perry and J. Cole.

Adele rips up the Grammy ceremony

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British soul diva Adele made a triumphant return to the stage at the Grammys on Sunday, winning a clean sweep of six awards and a standing ovation, in a show clouded by the death of Whitney Houston.unsecured loans

The 23-year-old Londoner, who has been out of action since October to undergo throat surgery, wowed a star-studded audience with a storming rendition of her worldwide hit “Rolling in the Deep.”

The tune won best song Grammy, to add to Adele’s haul of awards for best record, best album for her breakthrough “21,” best short video, best pop album and best pop artist—wins in all six categories in which she was nominated.

“This record is inspired by something that is really normal .. just a rubbish relationship,” said Adele, adding: “It’s been the most life-changing year.”

“Oh, I got a bit of snot!” she said in her trademark cockney accent, wiping her nose and fighting back tears at the climax of the three-and-a-half hour show, which ended with a Beatles medley led by Paul McCartney.

The other hotly-anticipated comeback of the night was by iconic 1960s California surfer band the Beach Boys, who played together live on stage for the first time in over two decades.

A three-song tribute started with a close-harmony version of “Surfer Girl” by Maroon 5, and then the falsetto strains of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” by Foster the People, against a backdrop of multicolor surf boards.

After a standing ovation, the Beach Boys themselves, all now in their 60s, then took to the stage to play “Good Vibrations,” with famously glum-looking Brian Wilson almost smiling as he hit the high notes with his old bandmates.

Another blast from the past came in the form of country legend Glen Campbell, currently on a farewell tour after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, who had the audience singing along with his classic “Rhinestone Cowboy.”

But while Adele was the big winner, the show was punctuated with tributes to Houston, the 1980s and 1990s superstar who died on Saturday at age 48 at the Beverly Hilton hotel on the eve of the U.S. music industry’s big awards night.

The Grammy show began with a prayer for Houston from host LL Cool J.

“There is no way around this. We’ve had a death in our family,” he said, adding: “The only thing that feels right is to begin with a prayer for a woman who we loved, for our fallen sister.”

The audience, with stars including McCartney in the front row, then watched a clip of Houston singing one of her greatest hits, “I Will Always Love You,” and gave her a standing bad credit loans ovation.

“Whitney, we will always love you,” said the U.S. rapper host. “This night is about something truly universal and healing; this night is about music.”

Later in the show, singer Jennifer Hudson—who was presented with a Grammy by Houston in 2009—gripped the audience in silence with a classy rendition of “I Will Always Love You,” the smash hit from Houston’s film “The Bodyguard.”

“Whitney, we love you,” she said as she closed the performance sung to a piano accompaniment, spotlighted in the dark in a plain black dress.

Winners

Record Of The Year: “Rolling In The Deep” - Adele.

Album Of The Year: “21” - Adele.

Song Of The Year: “Rolling In The Deep” - Adele and Paul Epworth.

Best New Artist: Bon Iver.

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Someone Like You” - Adele.

Best Pop Duo: “Body And Soul” - Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse.

Best Pop Vocal Album: “21” - Adele.

Best Rock Song: “Walk” - Foo Fighters.

Best Rock Album: “Wasting Light” - Foo Fighters.

Best R&B Song: “Fool for You” - Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona.

Best R&B Album: “F.A.M.E” - Chris Brown.

Best Rap Song: “All of the Lights” - Kanye West.

Best Rap Album: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” - Kanye West.

Best Country Song: “Mean” - Taylor Swift.

Best Country Album: “Own the Night” - Lady Antebellum.