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Melanie C's third single will be "Go!" and will be released on February 7th, 2000.
The Official Spice Girls Homepage has new competition up in which you can win signed copies of the Spice Girls' new book Forever Spice. The book is released on November 4th but some people have already spotted it in some shops!
Music 365 has a new competition to win copies of Northern Star signed by Melanie C! Follow this link to enter. Good luck.
Melanie C will be on The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, November 8th.
Watch Melanie C perform "Goin'Down" on Pepsi Chart Show Oct 30. The show is to be broadcast on FOX8 and starts at 8pm and was pre-recorded.
In the latest issue of Jet magazine, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez has some negative words about her work with Melanie C. Left-Eye said:
"At first I didn't want to do it, the Spice Girls brought girl groups back, but TLC invented them, and if it wasn't for us I strongly doubt the Spice Girls would be around."
This first set of comments is very similar to ones that her fellow TLC member T-Boz made previously. Left-Eye was then asked what she got in return for working with Melanie C, her reply is:
"Well, I don't really want to say, because it will make Melanie sound desperate to snatch me up, but a very high sum of cash was involved."
What about the rumors TLC will be teaming up with the Spice Girls in the near future? Left-Eye says:
"Not true as far as I'm concerned, but I would really enjoy working with Geri Halliwell, I love her solo stuff, although I liked her hair better when she was Ginger!"
And the pictures Lisa did with Melanie C for a UK photo shoot, how does Left-Eye feel about them?
"Odd. I thought her idea sounded really skanky at first, but I thought about it for a little while, and I decided I would go for it. The newspaper wearing was Melanie's idea, I hated it, but Melanie insisted."
Melanie's final concert at London The Astoria will be broadcast live over the web for all fans to see. Fans will have to click through to her official web site to view the concert.
You can win tickets to Melanie C's final November 1st concert at the London Astoria.
The Sun reveals the purpose behind Melanie C's angel tattoo, it's dedicated to her grandfathers' who died of cancer last year while on tour.
Melanie C talked to LAUNCH about the advantages and disadvantages of the internet. She said:
I think it's great. I think the Internet, it can be fabulous, but of course it's got its bad points, too. Especially for stuff like that, getting stuff out to the fans, music and videos, I think it's great. But I think the shame about the Internet is that because there are so many like rumors and lies that circulate in Britain, sometimes fans are getting misinformation and sometimes it's a bit of a worry and a little bit frustrating, too. But I think, overall, it's a great thing."
Melanie was asked if the rumors and lies she reads online hurt her on a personal level:
"It does and it doesn't. It can be frustrating, as I say, but you know, it wastes a lot of time and a lot of energy. With our fans, you know a lot of the Spice Girls' fans are quite young, and a lot of the rumors are on the Internet, rumors about the band breaking up and stuff, which are completely untrue. You know, we've never considered breaking up as a band. We're very happy, we're very strong, we're writing our third album at the moment. A lot of our fans are distressed by hearing things like this and it just comes from thoughtless rumors in the press, and then it's worldwide. You've got an interview, a chance to tell everybody about your material, and you spend half the interview just questioning all these rumors that aren't true."
Melanie has a dilema. She can't figure out which song she wants to do as her tribute to Madonna on Channel 4's(UK) Music Of The Millenium show which is to be screened on November 13.
She's asked The Sun to co-ordinate a way her fans would express their oppinions. Call the following numbers to vote for the corresponding song. Each call costs 10p:
Forever Spice,the new Spice Girls book written by themselves, will be hit the book stands on November 4th in the UK.
UK
Melanie C's debut solo album Northern Star has been released in England for a week now. It enters the UK Album Charts at #10.
The Official Spice Girls Homepage has updated with news that the next single off "Northern Star" will indeed be "Northern Star", they've even got a clip of the video!
Music365 has a competition to win a signed copy of Melanie C's promo album. Only three people will win so click through to their site.
Learn about Liverpool from Melanie C follow this link and hear the Radio1 show she recorded.
Catch Melanie C on these:
The Drum, and Aussie show, will re-run this Saturday at 1.30pm on Channel 4(Foxtel Cable Channel 13).
Melanie C is on the cover of Australian magazine NW. They interviewed her on her quick stay in Sydney during her 30 day world tour. Read it in the articles section.
Melanie C will partake on British television special "Music Of The Millenium". The show pays tribute to musicians of the century.
Melanie C will cover one of these Madonna "classics":
Melanie C's solo debut album Northern Star hits shelves in the UK today! Northern Star will be released in the US on November 2nd though retailers yet have no record of the disk.
Check out Spicenews.com for pictures of the "Northern Star" album inserts.
Melanie C's album has been reviewed by several UK online music sites. Rollingstone claims the album is descent...but could be better. Other US magazines, which praised her live performance, have torn apart the cd. Likewise in the UK. So far reviews are mixed....lots of the complaints are that she has not definite "style". They complain the album is mixed with too many styles. I think that's the strength!
Go to Kiss92's interview page on their web site to hear clips of their Interview with none other than Melanie C!
Melanie C made this post(or so it says) to her official site:
Hi everyone...
Each day I'm going to put up a new track from my new album...if you miss a track you will only be able to hear 30 seconds of it...so you'll have to come back EVERYDAY!!
...and at the end of our special preview - we'll have a competition to win a gold disc signed by me!!
Loads of love,
Melanie C
Melanie C was on Access Hollywood(US) today. She talked about Victoria being on the cover of People magazine(US).
The Pokemon movie soundtrack will be released on November 9th. The tracklisting goes:
You may be wondering what this report has to do with Melanie C? Well, rumour has it that Melanie C appears and co-wrote the Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, track.
The Northern Star documentary will air on MuchMusic on the following dates & times:
Go to TOTP and vote for Melanie C for best performer of the week.
Mel is currently winning so keep her at the top!
Melanie C performed her concert in Los Angeles on Thursday. Visit Spicenews.com for pics taken by Joz
Melanie C is featured in this week's issue of People magazine(US). Melanie was asked about Geri Halliwell and responded:
"I think Geri's album is pretty good. But I never thought she was a strong vocalist, and that's the honest truth. I hated the first single [Look At Me]. I thought it was awful. There are still days when I feel sad and I miss Geri, but on other days I couldn't care less."
Northern Star Documentary will be on MuchMORE Music(Much Music's sister station) this Wednesday, October 13 at 4.30pm. It'll re-air at 7.30pm.
Melanie C has arrived in Los Angeles. She was on local radio station 106.7 KROQ this morning for an interview.
Much Music(CA) will air it's recent interview with Melanie C on Monday at 2pm.
Check out the photo gallery for the Interview Magazine picture. The magazine is out now...and Melanie C looks hot!
If you missed Melanie C's Toronto show go to Virtually Canadian's Mel C concert page they'll have the concert up shortly.
Check out the local article section for the full Canadian Now magazine article.
You can vote for Melanie C's "Goin' Down" for BBC Radio 1's Most Wanted, a chart show based on fan votes. Go here to vote!
After tough competition, Melanie C's debut solo single "Goin' Down" has entered the UK Singles Charts at #4, the highest new entry on the charts. Congrats Mel!
Melanie C will be at the Toronto based radio station Kiss92 tomorrow. She'll be interviewed and she'll play an exclusive accoustic set.
At her New York City concert, Melanie C remixed things up. She did a rock version of "Wannabe"! and two versions of "Goin'Down".
In addition to Melanie C's Sydney concert, she will be putting on an additional show in Sydney for free! This show will be open to all ages and will be at
Sydney's Darling Harbour on Sunday, October 10 at noon. The show will be presented by Ugly Phil of "Ugly Phil's Hot 30" and "Hot Hits".
The Australian track listing for "Goin'Down", released now, is:
Speaking to MTV News Melanie said:
"Whatever I'm doing, no matter if I'm performing or whether I've got an interview, I always get nervous, but to what degree? It differs. With the girls, the girls take the Mickey out of me, actually, because I do get so nervous. They think it's quite funny. I go all quiet, and I have to sit in a corner and get all calm, but on my own it's double. Sometimes I think I'm going to get adrenaline poisoning because I can feel it pumping through my veins, and I know Friday night's going to be no different, Chisholm said. In fact, Friday night's going to be huge, because America... I don't know, there's just something about America. It excites me so much and I love spending time here and to be accepted here is really important to me. So on Friday night, I'm going to be on the toilet every five minutes."
MTV News also reported that Melanie plans to return to the US in February 2000 for a full-blown solo tour.
This Monday's Melanie C concert in Toronto will be broadcast live over the web! Follow this link at Prime Entertainment on Monday to listen to Melanie C's performance!
Over at The Mel C Home they have most of the songs off the Northern Star album in high quality RealAudio. They also have the B-Sides off the "Goin' Down" single.
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