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  • AXN to premiere ‘The Voice’ s12

    MUMBAI: It’s time we move from stunts to saxophones, action to accordion, and thrill to trumpets with the most awaited music reality show.

    AXN is back with the latest season of the popular singing reality competition The Voice. Season 12 premieres from 4 March, every Saturday – Sunday at 8 pm.

    The three-time Grammy Award winner Gwen Stefani will accompany Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton in this season.

    The show’s innovative format features five stages of talent competition: the first being the blind auditions, followed by the battle rounds, the knockouts, the live playoffs and finally the live performance shows.

  • AXN brings season 11 of ‘The Voice’

    AXN brings season 11 of ‘The Voice’

    MUMBAI: The singing reality show The Voice is returning with a new season to its home channel, AXN. With some of the strongest vocalists from across the country, the new season will begin from 24 September and will be aired every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm.

    The Voice season 11 format features five stages of competition: the blind auditions, the battle rounds, the knockouts, the live playoffs and, finally, the live performance shows.

    Singing sensations Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys join judges Adam Levine and Blake Shelton this season.

    The judges will also be supported by a new panel of mentors. Shelton will get help from Bette Midler whereas Levine’s team will be working with Sammy Haggar. Cyrus will get tips from Joan Jett and Keys will be assisted by Charlie Puth to aid her team.

    Created by John de Mol and directed by Alan Carter, the show has won several accolades in the past.

  • AXN brings season 11 of ‘The Voice’

    AXN brings season 11 of ‘The Voice’

    MUMBAI: The singing reality show The Voice is returning with a new season to its home channel, AXN. With some of the strongest vocalists from across the country, the new season will begin from 24 September and will be aired every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm.

    The Voice season 11 format features five stages of competition: the blind auditions, the battle rounds, the knockouts, the live playoffs and, finally, the live performance shows.

    Singing sensations Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys join judges Adam Levine and Blake Shelton this season.

    The judges will also be supported by a new panel of mentors. Shelton will get help from Bette Midler whereas Levine’s team will be working with Sammy Haggar. Cyrus will get tips from Joan Jett and Keys will be assisted by Charlie Puth to aid her team.

    Created by John de Mol and directed by Alan Carter, the show has won several accolades in the past.

  • Binge with Star World this September

    Binge with Star World this September

    Mumbai: India’s premiere entertainment channels Star World and Star World HD, are set to add some much needed drama and more to your weekends come September! Home to some of the best English entertainment in India, ‘Star World Weekend Binge’ will showcase three Emmy-nominated shows all through September. These include Season 2 of the musical drama, Empire; Season 2 of the legal drama, How To Get Away With Murder; and Season 2 of the family drama, Black-ish.

    The first three weekends of the month will be the perfect time to catch up on all that one may have missed in the previous seasons of Empire and How to Get Away with Murder, especially with new seasons of both shows being just around the corner on Star World and Star World HD. How to Get Away With Murder will air on 3rd, 4th and 10th September and Empire will air on 11th, 17th and 18th September on both the channels. This is the perfect opportunity for viewers to recap the happenings with the Lyon family in Empire and the Keating 5 in How to Get Away With Murder.

    An American musical drama centered around a mix of hip hop and soul music, Empire highlights the many complications and goings-on in the glamorous yet dark underbelly of the entertainment industry as the Lyon family fights to reign control over their company. With numerous popular stars such as Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Chris Rock and Alicia Keys, to name a few, making their appearance in Season 2, this is definitely one of those shows one cannot miss this September.

    How To Get Away With Murder follows the journey of Annalise Keating as she not only guides her clique of students in the art of legal proceedings but also grapples with dark secrets of her own and her students. Season 2 of the show starts by focusing on the death of Rebecca and the adoptive parents of the Hapstall twins. With a whole lot of mystery coupled with an award worthy performance by Viola Davis, this show should be on everyone’s watch list.

    Ending September on a comic front, fans will get a watch the antics of the Johnson family led by patriarch Andre, ‘Dre’ Johnson, as he maneuvers his and his family’s life to match that of the society. ‘Black – ish’ will air on the channels over the weekend of 24th and 25th September.

    So mark your calendars this September and get ready to binge on some of the biggest shows the year has to offer!

  • Binge with Star World this September

    Binge with Star World this September

    Mumbai: India’s premiere entertainment channels Star World and Star World HD, are set to add some much needed drama and more to your weekends come September! Home to some of the best English entertainment in India, ‘Star World Weekend Binge’ will showcase three Emmy-nominated shows all through September. These include Season 2 of the musical drama, Empire; Season 2 of the legal drama, How To Get Away With Murder; and Season 2 of the family drama, Black-ish.

    The first three weekends of the month will be the perfect time to catch up on all that one may have missed in the previous seasons of Empire and How to Get Away with Murder, especially with new seasons of both shows being just around the corner on Star World and Star World HD. How to Get Away With Murder will air on 3rd, 4th and 10th September and Empire will air on 11th, 17th and 18th September on both the channels. This is the perfect opportunity for viewers to recap the happenings with the Lyon family in Empire and the Keating 5 in How to Get Away With Murder.

    An American musical drama centered around a mix of hip hop and soul music, Empire highlights the many complications and goings-on in the glamorous yet dark underbelly of the entertainment industry as the Lyon family fights to reign control over their company. With numerous popular stars such as Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Chris Rock and Alicia Keys, to name a few, making their appearance in Season 2, this is definitely one of those shows one cannot miss this September.

    How To Get Away With Murder follows the journey of Annalise Keating as she not only guides her clique of students in the art of legal proceedings but also grapples with dark secrets of her own and her students. Season 2 of the show starts by focusing on the death of Rebecca and the adoptive parents of the Hapstall twins. With a whole lot of mystery coupled with an award worthy performance by Viola Davis, this show should be on everyone’s watch list.

    Ending September on a comic front, fans will get a watch the antics of the Johnson family led by patriarch Andre, ‘Dre’ Johnson, as he maneuvers his and his family’s life to match that of the society. ‘Black – ish’ will air on the channels over the weekend of 24th and 25th September.

    So mark your calendars this September and get ready to binge on some of the biggest shows the year has to offer!

  • Taylor Swift joins ‘The Voice’ as adviser

    Taylor Swift joins ‘The Voice’ as adviser

    MUMBAI: Pop star Taylor Swift is all set to join the seventh season of NBC’s reality singing competition The Voice as a guest mentor, according to media reports.

     

    Swift, 24, is said to be taking part in an episode as an advisor to the contestants. She will be part of mentors that will include Stevie Nicks, Gavin Rossdale, country music vocal group Little Big Town, and Alicia Keys. She will serve in the same capacity that Coldplay singer Chris Martin aided the show in its sixth season, advising contestants across all four teams.

     

    This will not be the first time that the singer will be seen on the show. She was a guest performer in the fourth season and was featured in a segment of the episode.

     

    Swift will also be performing with The Voice coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and newcomers Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams, according to the Huffington Post.

     

    She will also be working with veterans Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, as well as new coaches Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams, who were added to the lineup for the upcoming season.

     

    The seventh season of The Voice will premiere on 22 September. Swift’s appearance will coincide with the release of her fifth album, “1989,” which has been touted to be the singer’s first “official pop album.”

  • BMG Japan catalogue is available at iTunes

    BMG Japan catalogue is available at iTunes

    MUMBAI: Music label BMG Japan and software major Apple have announced the availability of Japanese and international artists on the iTunes Store in Japan.

    The addition of the BMG Japan catalogue brings Japaenese pop and international artists to the iTunes Store beginning today, including Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Foo Fighters, Justin Timberlake, Kasabian, Outkast, Pink, Seamo, Suga Shikao, Sukima Switch, Usher and more.

    v executrive VP, co GM Daniel DiCicco says, “BMG Japan is delighted to join forces with Apple to make the wealth of our catalogue available through the iTunes Store in Japan. We look forward to continuing to drive BMG Japan’s digital development through this very important relationship by connecting the iTunes community to top J-Pop and international artists from BMG Japan.”

    Apple VP iTunes Eddy Cue says, “Top artists, breakthrough pricing, seamless integration with iPod and groundbreaking personal use rights have made iTunes the number one online music service in Japan. We’re thrilled to bring BMG’s impressive catalog to iTunes so fans in Japan can download and enjoy even more great music.”

    The iTunes Store in Japan now features more than two million songs, 3,500 music videos, Disney and Pixar short films, 65,000 podcasts and 16,000 audiobooks. With over 90 percent of songs priced at just 150 yen per song, the iTunes Store offers the great value and features that have made iTunes the number one online music service in the world, with over 1.5 billion songs purchased and downloaded. BMG Japan will continue to add more of its extensive catalog to the iTunes Store in the coming months.

  • Star World to air Kanye West concert

    Star World to air Kanye West concert

    MUMBAI: Controversial, obnoxious, gifted, brash. American pop star Kanye West has been called many names, but he’s never been called safe or boring.

    A hip-hop producer and songwriter, he has already won six Grammy Awards for just two albums, two years in a row. Star World will air his concert tonight 29 March at 9 pm.
    He burst onto the scene as a singer-songwriter a couple of years ago. In this special, he once again approaches old music with new arrangements.

    Backed by an all-female 17-piece orchestra in an intimate gig at London’s famous Abbey Road studios, he belts out songs from his albums College Dropout and Late Registration, but with a twist. It also features special guest, neo-soul singer/pianist John Legend. Viewers can also check out West’s superstar friends in the audience, like Jay-Z & Beyoncé.

    Drawing from musical influences as diverse as Franz Ferdinand to classical music, West counts Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Ludacris, Prodigy, Mariah Carey and Mos Def among his collaborators, whether as a producer or as a songwriter. His own record label, G.O.O.D. (Getting Out Our Dreams) Music has already signed acts like Common and John Legend – both of whom earned Grammy nominations alongside him this year.

    He once posed in a crown of thorns as Jesus on the cover of Rolling Stone. He has also been quoted saying, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on American television in a Hurricane Katrina benefit. He is not afraid to speak out against hip-hop’s discrimination against homosexuals, and rant about political correctness.