The Locust & other

9 Ball

Artist: 9 Ball

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Upside Down

Year: 2004
Tracks: 9

Long Blondes guitarist hospitalised

Long Blondes guitarist Dorian Cox has been taken to hospital in "a serious condition".

The group has cancelled forthcoming live shows, including a slot on the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury.

In a statement on their official site, the band said: "On June 9, Dorian was rushed to hospital after falling ill, and he is still in hospital in Sheffield in a serious condition.

"Because of this, we will regrettably be cancelling all our live appearances until the end of July. Dorian is improving slowly and we will keep you updated on his condition."

The band asked fans to leave messages of goodwill for Cox on their Facebook and MySpace pages.

At present, the Sheffield rockers plan to return to touring in August.

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MIA announces engagement

British political songstress MIA announced her engagement at her gig at the Edmonton Event Centre last week (May 27).

According to the Edmonton Sun, the singer is set to marry Benjamin Brewer, but she didn't disclose any further details.

Brewer is a guitarist and vocalist in the New York-based rock band Exit, and is the son of Warner Music Group chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr.

It is not known if the couple have set a wedding date yet.

Toby Keith's annual fundraiser brings in $709,000 for cancer charity

NORMAN, Okla. - Toby Keith's annual fundraiser for families of children with cancer raised $709,000 this year.

The money goes to Ally's House, a charity started after original band member Scott Webb's two-year-old daughter, Allison, died of kidney cancer in 2003. The charity provides for families' needs, such as prescriptions, rent or mortgage payments, utilities and gasoline and hopes to eventually build a centre near an Oklahoma City hospital to provide lodging.

Five years of private concerts, auctions and golf tournaments have raised more than $2.3 million.

About 750 celebrities and guests attended the private concert, party and auction earlier this month. Two dinners with Keith sold for $35,000 apiece, and a chance to ride on the boat named Northwestern from Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" fetched $27,500.

The opportunity to be in one of the 46-year-old singer-songwriter's music videos brought in a donation of $25,000.

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On the Net:

www.allyshouse.net

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Sugarhill Gang

Artist: Sugarhill Gang

   Genre(s):
Electronic

Discography:

GrandMaster Flash Vs. The Sugarhill Gang

Year: 1997
Tracks: 13

12'' Remixes

Year: 1993
Tracks: 9

8Th Wonder

Year: 1981
Tracks: 7

Rapper's Delight EP

Year: 1979
Tracks: 6

Though the Sugarhill Gang inaugurated the history of recorded hip-hop with their single "Rapper's Delight," a multi-platinum marketer and receiving set attain in 1979, the grouping was cooked up to hard cash in on a suppositional novelty item. Music-industry manufacturer and label-owner Sylvia Robinson had become cognizant of the massive rap music barricade parties occurring around the New York area during the late '70s, so she gathered three local rappers (Master Gee, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank) to criminal record a single. Infectious and attention-getting, "Rapper's Delight" borrowed the break in from Chic's "Honorable Times" and became a worldwide hit, eventually merchandising more than 8 zillion copies. Most industry people figured rap for a ephemeral trend, and though they were deadened wrong, the Sugarhill Gang sure as shooting didn't carry the great mullein; despite several pocket-size hits ("8th Wonder," "Apache") the threesome attenuated chop-chop and was done for by the mid-'80s, only reversive in 1999 with Spring on It, a rap record album for children.

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