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by:Larm 2010
Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Brit Awards Shortlist
Announced
Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
by:Larm 2010
Norway, which was the focus country
at last week’s Eurosonic Noorderslag,
will again present its own conference
and showcase event, by:Larm
next month.
From Thursday 18th to Saturday
20th February by:Larm will present
400 concerts and 180 artists over 25
stages in the heart of Oslo. The program
features fifty handpicked Norwegian
demo bands, thirty Scandinavian
artists, twenty or so folk-/
jazz- and roots artists as well as fifty
more established Norwegian names
ready to break internationally.
Head of festival programming,
Joakim Haugland says: “ We are very
pleased with this years program. We
have many intriguing unknown artists
along with established Norwegian
artists with international potential.
Also, we have three known names in
new exciting formats, such as Todd
Terje & Dølle Jølle, Skjelvekommode
(Frode Strømstad fra I Was a King and
Frank Tønnesen from Tønes) and Thomas
Eriksen, a well established producer
now pitched as an artist.”
Female artists will dominate next
month’s Brit awards, with four nominations
on the list for the UK music calendar’s
most glitzy night. Lady Gaga,
Florence and the Machine, Lily Allen
and Pixie Lott were nominated for
three awards. Susan Boyle however,
despite being responsible for the biggest-selling
British album of last year
was not nominated.
The shortlist was announced at London’s
O2 Arena. More than 1,000 record
industry and media professionals were
involved in the nomination process and
the winners will be announced at the
Earls Court Arena on 16 February. Kasabian,
Cheryl Cole, JLS, Florence and the
Machine and Lady Gaga, who is in the
running for best international female
artist, international breakthrough act,
and best international album, will perform
at the event.
Florence Welch, aka Florence and the
Machine, whose album is currently
number one in the UK charts after its
release 28 weeks ago, will compete
with Bat for Lashes, Leona Lewis, Lily
Allen and Pixie Lott for the title of best
British female solo act Florence and
Lott again go head to head in the British
breakthrough act category, along
with Friendly Fires, JLS and La Roux.
She is is also in the running for album
of the year for Lungs alongside Dizzee
Rascal’s Tongue n’ Cheek, Kasabian’s
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum,
and Lily Allen’s It’s Not Me, It’s You.
The Fear. The ever growing influence of
TV talent shows is evident in this category,
selected by UK radio listeners,
with nominations for Alexandra Burke,
Joe McElderry, Alesha Dixon, Cheryl
Cole and JLS, as well as La Roux, Pixie
Lott, Taio Cruz and Tinchy Stryder.
Calvin Harris is up against Dizzee Rascal,
Mika, Paolo Nutini and veteran
Robbie Williams In the British male
artist category. Williams is guaranteed
to walk away with at least one award,
for his outstanding contribution to
music. The best British group category
includes Doves, Muse, Kasabian, JLS
and Friendly Fires.Bruce Springsteen
and Michael Bublé feature in the international
male solo artist category,
while Animal Collective, Empire of the
Sun and Daniel Merriweather take on
Lady Gaga for the title of international
breakthrough act.
Industry executives will also vote for
the best Brit awards performance over
the years.
Lily Allen, whose second album went
straight to number one last year, is also
in the running for best British single for
Lady Gaga nominated for best Female
Artist at Brit Awards
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