Hecklerspray » residency http://www.hecklerspray.com Grown Up Gossip & Internet Villainy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:30:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Fatboy Slim To Become Englebert Humperdink Of Dance Music http://www.hecklerspray.com/fatboy-slim-to-become-englebert-humperdink-of-dance-music/201159921.php http://www.hecklerspray.com/fatboy-slim-to-become-englebert-humperdink-of-dance-music/201159921.php#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 09:00:32 +0000 Mof Gimmers http://www.hecklerspray.com/?p=59921

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.

Norman Cook (do you actually need reminding that Fatboy Slim has a real name? If so, where the dogpiss have you been for the last decade?) will play his hits and various other records during the afternoon (yes, people definitely want ear-bleeding big beat in the afternoon) on the rooftop of the Marquee Day Club all summer.
Imagine that. Fatboy Slim on a roof. If he thinks about the time his wife, Zoe Ball, had an affair with that chap, his ashen face may give the impression that he’s about to commit suicide from the top of the club, which in fairness, will make for an interesting spectacle.
Quite the opposite of the Smiley Face, thumbs-aloft character Cook has been so keen to export over the years.

He says, not sounding entirely sincere:

“A few DJ friends of mine had done it in the last few years, and it’s one of those must-do things in life, isn’t it?”

Most people have ‘bungee jumping off a bridge in the middle of nowhere’ or ‘swimming with dolphins’ as a ‘must-do’ in life… not playing records on a rooftop in Vegas.

“The first few times I’d been there (Las Vegas), because I’m not into gambling, I didn’t think it was for me. But it seems to be evolving into the Ibiza of the west coast. Everybody I’ve talked to said it’s not just families going there for the weekend; it’s becoming like Miami is in the east, so we thought we’d give it a try.”

Altogether now… Tell me when will you be mine, tell me Quando Quando Quaaaanddooooo…
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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…

Anyway. The rumours stem from the News of The World, which also reports that Jackson will be set to pocket a million pounds a night from this little shebang, leaving him with 30 million smackers with which to engage in all sorts of tree-climbing, closing-down-supermarkets-so-that-just-he-can-use-them, fairground-building antics. Or maybe just to help pay off those pesky legal fees that he's been feverishly collecting like Panini stickers over the years.

Chances are also big that these upcoming shows could see a big guest-star turnout. Jackson's latest album – eagerly awaited by someone, somewhere, apparently – features a multitude of collaborators including Black Eyed Peas bloke Will.i.am and mumbling 'rapper' 50 Cent. We're sure there'll be lots of other surprises too – maybe a cameo stage spot from a local children's choir.

Actually… nah. That'd probably be a bad idea. Only because the two forms of music being expressed by the respective artists may prove incompatible. And no other reason. Obviously.

Did we say that loud enough? Obviously.

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Jacko Set For O2 stint? – BBC



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...
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