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  • LEONA: “I was not sure I was going to make another record”

    The Bleeding Heart diva has unveiled the video for Thunder, taken from her new album ‘I Am’, out September 11th.

    However, the making of this album hasn’t been a straight forward process. At one point Leona wasn’t sure whether she was going to make another record, and was writing songs without a specific aim other than the sole, pure purpose of making music again. Luckily, a chance encounter spurred her on when she was invited to a small Fleetwood Mac gig. She had never met them before but has always been a huge Stevie Nicks fan. A friend shoved her forward to meet the band for the first time and Nicks was quick to greet Leona.

    “She grabbed hold of me, hugged me and started singing my song to me. She sang ‘Bleeding Love’ and then she was like: “You have to keep going, we need you, we need your music.” She won’t know what a huge impression she made on me and how much she inspired me and inspired this record but she did give me that spur of encouragement. She is awesome. Everyone needs a Stevie in their life,”

    she laughs.

  • ALBUM REVIEW | Christmas, With Love – Leona Lewis

    ★★★★ | Christmas, With Love,
    Christmas, With Love, Album Review: The Voice Returns For Christmas.

    I’ll admit, I love a bit of Leona; I remember watching X Factor in 2006 as she took the X Factor crown and embarked on a journey to becoming the most successful artist to survive Simon Cowell’s talent competition.

    Sadly, that being said, I’ve found her albums to have gotten progressively unsuited to her vocal style and ultimately unlistenable, if truth be told I didn’t even buy Glassheart, and judging on the sales figures neither did her legions of fans. Where are the power ballads? Where are the soaring riffs and runs? Where is Britain’s Mariah – the reason why she ultimately wowed that X Factor audience.

    But Lewis, the voice, returns for the holidays and gives fans something they will truly treasure, her festive offering Christmas, With Love.

    A very traditional-sounding record, which does take a few tracks to get used to, but pays perfect homage to Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound.

    Usually the big reverbs and muddy sounding recordings are reserved for rockier vocals, but these arrangements allow Lewis’s vocal prowess to shine through with her crystal intonations; with a few tracks delivering exceptional and surprising performances – check out Ava Maria, Mr. Right and Your Hallelujah.

    The outcome is an entirely magnificent range of Christmas belters where we are reminded why Lewis became the voice of her generation.

    Bravo Leona! Britain’s Mariah might just reign supreme this Christmas.

  • Host Of Star Judges To Join X Factor 2012

    With just hours to go to this year’s series premier of the X Factor, all eyes are set on the judging panel. Will Gary return? Will Louis Walsh still be required to shout over an over excited audience – after every performance?

    Well The Gay UK has learnt that a few new faces will be joining the judging panel, including, Anastacia, Spice Girl Mel B, RIP singer Rita Ora, Leona Lewis, Geri Halliwell, Nicole Scherizinger as well as Gary Barlow, Tulisa and of course Louis Walsh.

    Now in it’s ninth year, the X Factor machine rolled in to six major cities on the hunt for someone with the X Factor – Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newcastle.

    The most popular audition song was ‘We Found Love’ by Rihanna, closely followed by ‘At Last’ by Etta James.

    Nearly 500 acts were seen by the judges – and the oldest contestant this year is 77.