Archive for February, 2009

Eurovision: Georgia borders on the political

Georgia looks like it might have to change the lyrics to its Eurovision entry. Stephane and 3G won the Georgian qualifiers with a song called “We Don’t Wanna Put In”. The reference to Russia’s former president Putin is not hard to miss, particularly as the group pronounced it as, “We don’t wanna poot in” during [...]

Miley Cyrus forgets lyrics, does OK and the Internet still gets excited

I saw the first reports about Miley Cyrus forgetting the lyrics to a song on the Dec and Ant show in the UK. Not much of a story, really. Forgetting lyrics is almost inevitable when you take a mike in your hand. It’ll happen sooner or later to every singer. But as it was a [...]

2 Unlimited to reform?

The e-mail has been heating up with a rumour that 2 Unlimited are about to reform. The group was one of the 90s most successful pop acts, racking up millions of sales on the back of hits such as “No Limits and “Jump for Joy” and popularising the boy-girl duo as a format. The group [...]