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Adele unveils the full version of ‘Skyfall’

Boy oh boy have we been excited for this one. As soon as it was confirmed last week, that British singer songwriter Adele would join the impressive line up of ‘Bond’ Theme performers we knew ‘Skyfall’ would not disappoint.

After a 90 sec preview earlier in the week, a radio rip version of the track has now appeared online. The impressive, track, which was co-produced with ‘Rolling In the Deep’ producer Paul Epworth is set to be released on at 12.07am (UK time) on Friday, October 5.

‘Skyfall’ the new Adele track, has since its preview drawn comparisons to Shirley Bassey, The Welsh singer,  holds the ultimate Bond theme record, as she sang the theme songs for three of the James Bond Movies.

‘Skyfall’ the latest 007 film starring Daniel Craig sees its official premiere tomorrow. Listen to the full track below:

This week’s music news in a nutshell

It’s been a busy week in music land. A few bullet points.

Main news over the week has been Madonna’s smashing Superbowl performance with M.I.A, Nicki Minaj, LMFAO & Cee Lo Green. The queen of pop’s interval sees the amount of viewers triple during half time and figures on Youtube continue to rise. You can watch the performance here. Little incident however with M.I.A as she puts up her middle finger, which forces NBC to apologize towards its viewers. Madonna has been said not to be amused and M.I.A is apparently to be asked to pay a fine. In the mean time, the pre-order option for MDNA has made the album number 1 in 50 countries, while the new single ‘Gimme All Your Lovin’’ is steadily going to the top of the charts. Earlier this week, rumours were said that Britney Spears would appear on one of the tracks but today the news was called a rumour by Madonna’s management.

Plenty of news in regards to releases as well. 16 years have passed but now Brandy and Monica have released a new duet together, called ‘It all belongs to me’. It doesn’t quite sound as ‘The Boy is Mine’ but it is infectious. Jedward are taking part in this year’s Irish selection for Eurovision, with ‘Waterline’ and are the big favourite to represent the emerald isle for the second time in a row. Marina & The Diamonds had good news for their fans as well. The Welsh singer’s releasing her new single ‘Primadonna’ early April. Olly Murs has also revealed the title of his new track being ‘Oh My Goodness’. Lots of video’s as well this week with Ladyhawke, Alexandra Burke’s video. Boyband JLS did so as well for their Sports Relief 2012 single ‘Proud’. We’ll soon review the song here.

New albums are also under the way for Missy Elliot, Timbaland and Plan B. Ed Sheeran’s new EP will also be released on Valentines’ Day. Katy Perry rereleases Teenage Dream as ‘Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection’ and also announces the first single of the repacked edition called ‘Part of Me’.

Lady GaGa revealed during the week the first dates of her ‘Born This Way Ball’ tour preceded with the tour poster, seeing the stage of the performer in the shape of a castle. The singer is expected to go on tour for 2 years. Speaking of touring and , here she is again, Madonna has also given out the dates and cities of her new world tour, Australia is one of the countries who sees the artist return after 13 years,  Not embarking on a world tour yet, but Mel B and both Geri Halliwell haven’t ruled out a possible Spice Girls reunion. All the members of the band are planned to meet up later this month to discuss new exciting plans. We will just have to wait and see.

The Grammy’s are approaching and stars confirmed to perform are Chris Brown, Tony Bennet, Carrie Underwood and the comeback of Adele, who’ll be performing for the first time since her throat operation. Now that is something really exciting!

Lots to talk about and with the Brits and Grammy’s on their way, things will only get busier! Hooray!

today’s Music in a nutshell.

Let’s kick off with another announcement of the BRITS. Olly Murs has been added onto the list performers for the annual BRIT’S held in the O2 arena on the 21st February. Other performers include Ed Sheeran, Adele, Coldplay and Rihanna. Besides performing Olly is also nominated for ‘Best song’ with ‘Heart Skips A Beat’. Battling it out against him in this category is boyband One Direction. They are warming up to win the award by releasing a campaign video asking everybody to vote. You can watch the video here. It’s nothing serious, but they’re young lads so it’s funny.

And from the BRITS let’s go to the Superbowl, where all eyes will be on Madonna’s comeback performance. It has now been confirmed that Madonna will be on stage with LMFAO. Madonna is about to release her 12th album MDNA preceded by the new single ‘Gimme All Your Love’ giving the Superbowl its debut. Will.I.Am, who signed LMFAO to his record label confirmed. Apart from LMFAO, M.I.A, Nicki Minaj and Cee Lo Green are reported to take the stage with the queen of pop. More information to follow soon.

While we’re at it, last night in Baku, Azerbaijan the allocation draw was held which determined which 37 countries would take part in the two semi finals, and which finalists were allocated to vote in those semis. A draw for the running order will be held at a later stage. This year sees the 57th edition of the contest being held with 43 countries taking part. The logo and artwork were also presented for this years contest being ‘Feel the Fire’.

Further along, 2012 has finally started seeing the bigger stars releasing more details about upcoming work. Labrinth, Chris Brown and Mia are amongst the main acts to confirm their new singles while miss Rowland has debuted the video for her latest US release ‘Keep it Between Us’.  Biggest news of all however is the offical confirmation of Abba releasing a new song called ‘From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel’, which will feature on a reissue of their final album ‘The Visitors’. We can’t wait!

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