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29 Nov 2006 - 80's News

DURAN DURAN, GEORGE MICHAEL, KYLIE MINOGUE and ELTON JOHN are among artists rumoured to be participating in a special concert to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The event is expected to be staged at London's Wembley Stadium and is being organised by Prince William and Prince Harry.

PET SHOP BOYS and THE PIXIES are on the bill for two Australian V Festival dates scheduled to take place at Sydney's Centennial Park and the Gold Coast's Avica Resort in March and April. See NEWS for the dates.

THE WATERBOYS have added more shows to their touring achedule for next year. See GIGS for all the dates.

DAVID BOWIE and JOHNNY MARR are among celebrities auctioning their shoes to benefit the MAG (Mines Advisory Group) charity. Other artists involved include Coldplay, Keane and The Editors.

THE COMMUNARDS' recent live DVD - 'Live At Full House Rock Club' - has been reviewed in the REVIEWS section.

GEORGE MICHAEL has announced a London concert - rumoured to feature an onstage reunion with his former WHAM! partner ANDREW RIDGLEY - to take place at Wembley Arena on December 17th.

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN singer IAN McCULLOCH is part of a panel of judges looking for the best up-and-coming musicians in the UK and Ireland under the 'Pringles Unsung' banner.

THE DAMNED are playing eighteen shows in November and December starting in Norwich this week and finishing in Brighton on December 18th. See GIGS for all the details.

THE CURE have announced that they will play in Miami on March 27th next year as part of the city's Ultra Music Festival, fuelling speculation about the release of their next studio album which is rumoured to be a double album...

BOY GEORGE is the subject of a tribute record from Irish electro duo The Garland Cult. The song, 'BoyGeorgeICON' will be released as a digital single next year as well as taking its place among tracks featured on the band's second studio album.

OMD have announced a handful of live shows - in Ireland, Belgium, Germany and Holland - for May next year. See GIGS for all the details.

CHINA CRISIS will headline a special gig in aid of Liverpool's Woolton cinema at the cities New Picket venue on December 1st. The bill - which also sees China Crisis spin-off project Muddyhead play a set - also features The Riffs, The Tommys and The Mersey Beatles.

TIFFANY will join VH-1's 'Celebrity Fit Club' as part of the cast for the next series of the reality TV show which will be transmitted in April.

Many thanks for this news goes to: http://www.remembertheeighties.com
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????Geri Halliwell has announced her retirement from the music business and put the dampers on a Spice Girls revival. In an interview with OK! magazine, Halliwell said she had no musical ambitions and no desire to record another solo album.

She said: "As far as music is concerned, I feel like I've given it my best. When I see how desperate people are for that chance, I realise I've had my turn and now I have to let it go."

Halliwell also revealed that the Spice Girls would have reunited for last year's Live 8 charity concert, but that former bandmate Mel B pulled out.
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29 Nov 2006 - ABBA Museum In Sweden

A museum dedicated to the music and career of ABBA is to open in Stockholm, Sweden.

The museum, which will feature interactive exhibits based around the pop band's music, as well as original clothes and instruments, will open in the Swedish capital in 2008.

In a joint statement, the band's four former members, Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Reuss said they were fully behind the venture.

This read: "It's great that someone feels like taking on our musical history and making it accessible."

????After winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, ABBA went on to become Sweden's biggest export with such hit songs as "Dancing Queen" and "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)".

The group has gone on to sell around 370 million records in total.

The idea for the venture was hatched by Swedish entrepreneurs Ewa Wigenheim-Westman and Ulf Westman after visiting Liverpool's Beatles' museum.

Westman said: "This will be quite a tourist attraction - a real international magnet. We're counting on 500,000 visitors annually after opening in 2008."
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01 / (01) / (09) Persephone's Bees - Nice Day
02 / (02) / (08) Axelle Red - Temps Pour Nous
03 / (03) / (07) Mylene Farmer - Peut-être??Toi...
04 / (05) / (06) Pet Shop Boys - Numb
05 / (04) / (10) Lemon - Weight Of The World
06 / (07) / (06) Moby & Mylène Farmer - Slipping Away (Crier La Vie)
07 / (10) / (05) Depeche Mode - Martyr
08 / (06) / (10) Mari Wilson - Look Out For You
09 / (11) / (05) Tina Arena - Je m'Appelle Bagdad
10 / (09) / (11) Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel like Dancing
11 / (14) / (03) James Morrison - You Give Me Something
12 / (08) / (14) Morrissey - In The Future When All's Well
13 / (16) / (03) Tatana - Free
14 / (18) / (02) Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need A Man
15 / (12) / (23) Cock Robin - I Don't Want To Save The World
16 / (13) / (06) Hot Chip - Over And Over
17 / (17) / (04) Johnny Hallyday - La Loi Du Silence
18 / (---) / (01) Nadiya - ROC
19 / (---) / (01) Sugababes - Easy
20 / (15) / (15) Joey Negro - Make A Move On Me
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24 Nov 2006 - TOTP Christmas Special

A "Top Of The Pops" Christmas special will be screened next month, it has been announced.

The show, which was axed earlier this year, despite being the most famous music TV programme in the world, will reveal the 2006 festive Number One.

The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Razorlight and Gnarls Barkley are all set to appear on the one-hour special, which will be presented by Fearne Cotton, Edith Bowman and Reggie Yates.

A BBC spokesperson explained why they had decided to continue tradition with the festive programme, before insisting there are no plans for a full resurrection. "We're doing it because the Christmas show is such an institution - Christmas day wouldn't be the same without it. But we have no plans to revive the weekly show."

The last episode of "Top Of The Pops" was broadcast in September after 42 years on-air.
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