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Fatboy Slim To Become Englebert Humperdink Of Dance Music

by Mof Gimmers on May 20, 2011 2 Comments

Think about musicians who have done a residency at Las Vegas and you’ll immediately think of Elvis Presley when he piled an impressive amount of weight on, sweating in his XXXL jumpsuit, cape and adult nappy.

Other famous Vegasites have been Englebert Humperdink, Tom Jones, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand… and now, Fatboy Slim.

You heard that correctly. Fatboy Slim is to take his brand of cartoon dance music to Vegas so people can waft their furs at him, gangsters drinking cognac (and wonder what the godawful racket is) and gambling pensioners in see-thru visors can do their best to ignore the build up in the middle of Rockerfella Skank.

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Michael Jackson To Inhabit Arena For 30 Days

by C J Davies on January 7, 2008 9 Comments

Michael Jackson O2 London residencyWhen hecklerspray saw 30 Days Of Night last year, we had to admit that we found it a little creepy.

After all, the idea of being surrounded by rat-faced violent sociopaths for an entire month is something that should send a shiver down the spine of any right-thinking human being. Unless, of course, you live anywhere near Wigan, in which case that's just business as usual all year round.

Still – there's actually one thing that unsettles us more than spending 30 days in the company of bloodsucking vampires, and that's spending 30 days in the company of 'unique' pop star Michael Jackson. Note: this fear isn't particularly based on any of his face-falling-apart, dangling-babies-over-balconies habits, but more to do with the fact that he might try singing Heal The World at us over and over again.

You've gotta feel sorry, then, for the O2 Arena. For it's looking very likely that Jacko is all set to fly over to the UK and perform a 30 day stint. A bit like Prince did, except that everyone going to see him only really paid attention to the popular eighties stuff and politely ignored the rest.

Hang on…

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When hecklerspray saw 30 Days Of Night last year, we had to admit that we found it a little creepy. After all, the idea of being surrounded by rat-faced violent sociopaths for an entire month is something that should send a shiver down the spine of any right-thinking human being. Unless, of course, you live anywhere near Wigan, in which case that's just business as usual all year round. Still - there's actually one thing that unsettles us more than spending 30 days in the company of bloodsucking vampires, and that's spending 30 days in the company of 'unique' pop star Michael Jackson. Note: this fear isn't particularly based on any of his face-falling-apart, dangling-babies-over-balconies habits, but more to do with the fact that he might try singing Heal The World at us over and over again. You've gotta feel sorry, then, for the O2 Arena. For it's looking very likely that Jacko is all set to fly over to the UK and perform a 30 day stint. A bit like Prince did, except that everyone going to see him only really paid attention to the popular eighties stuff and politely ignored the rest. Hang on...