Singer Shakira wants to get up close and personal with her fans on her next trek - she's embarking on an "interactive tour" this winter.
The "Hips Don't Lie" hitmaker is making plans for her Tour of Earthly Delights to be unlike any other - and she wants to bring her devotees on stage to join her.
The Colombian star admits she usually only sees the first row of her audience but she's determined to reach everyone in her concert venues.
She says, "It's going to have themes and there'll be a lot of audience interaction. My live show will have a lot of that - a lot of dancing, a joie de vivre.
"I feel such freedom on stage. It's such a rush to be performing. I like to see everybody's faces on stage, to see the reaction. Normally, you can only see the front row because of the lights.
"So you'll see a lot of (my) energy... but there are also going to be other moments that I hope are artistically energetic. I want people to feel things up close." Source: Ananova
2007-09-18
Blunt in songwriting diss
James Blunt has slurred his former songwriting partner on his new album.
Blunt and Amanda Ghost penned his No 1 smash, You're Beautiful, but have since disbanded and the former army captain has attacked Ghost on new song, Annie, which is taken from his latest album, All Lost Souls.
James sings: "Annie you had your dream on the bright lights/ You're just not going very far. Your dreams are crumbling."
Going by these lyrics, a music industry insider insists the track is about Ghost, telling Female First: "Amanda did once see herself as a pop star, but that was years ago and it seems like a mean spirited attack on a woman to whom he owes a great deal, if not his whole career."
Ghost has since hit back at the slur saying: "I'd hardly have said my dreams were 'crumbling.' James has had one No 1 hit, but I've since gone on to have two more."
Amanda was the co-writer behind the huge worldwide chart success of Beyonce and Shakira's No 1 smash Beautiful Liar. Source: Ananova
