According to BBC News, Leona Lewis has recorded the signature song for upcoming science fiction film, Avatar. The song is called “I See You”. The song is produced by the same men that produced Celine Dion’s Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On”. The movie Avatar is also produced from Titanic director, James Cameron.

However, it can only be watched if you live in Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and the United States.

It is learnt that the decision for a postponement was made solely by the artiste “and has nothing to do with other external reasons,” the press release stated.

In 2007, Beyonce cancelled her show in KL and went to Indonesia instead.

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Grooveshark (http://listen.grooveshark.com/)

Grooveshark is one of the best places to listen to music online for free. There are millions of songs in their collection. The only downside is there will be a 160×600px banner ad which will keep showing you ads (which can be removed at $3/mo). On the other hand, you don’t have to look at the screen once you have added all the songs you want to listen to the queue. You can even save those songs to a playlist and embed the playlist to your iGoogle, Blogger, MySpace, Hi5, Typepad, Wordpress, Orkut and so on.

Pros: Million of songs, Fast and smooth streaming, Ability to save playlist and embed the playlist as widgets to social networking sites and blogs.
Cons: No continuous play.

Jango (www.jango.com/)

Jango used to be my favorite music site until recently where it started to collaborate with Rhapsody. Unlike Grooveshark, Jango limits the number of songs you are able to listen to although they list down all the songs from an artist. And if you are lucky, you may be able to listen to your favorite track by your favorite artist.

Pros: A huge collection of songs, Pretty good streaming most of the time, Continuous play according to your what you have previously searched.
Cons: Only selected tracks are available for streaming randomly.

Napster (http://free.napster.com/)

Napster, these days is your source of legal music. There is a free section on Napster where you can stream your favorite music for free. But in order to listen to full length tracks, you must reside in the US. Otherwise, you’ll only be able to listen to your favorite track for only 30 seconds.

Pros: A huge collection of songs.
Cons: Only available to the US residents (others can only listen to a 30-second snippets). Even so users can only listen to any particular song up to three times, after which the users will need to subscribe to Napster or purchase the song to play it in full again.

Last FM (www.last.fm)

Last FM is one of the most popular music sites around with the ability to recommend you tracks based on what you listen to — the more you listen, the more Last FM will learn about you and the more personalized your radio station will become. However, like Napster, there is a limitation. For users living outside US, UK and Germany, you only get to listen to the radio for 30 days for free, which afterwards, you must subscribe to continue. For users in the US, UK and Germany, you can listen to Last FM for free with the exception of subscription premium radio features: listening to playlists and stations of music you’ve loved or tagged.

Pros: A huge collection of songs, Personalized radio, Ability to download a scrobbler and listen without login to the browser, Ability to listen on your iPod, Selected MP3’s available for download for free.
Cons: Available only to residents of US, UK and Germany whereas others can only listen for free for 30 days.

YouTube (www.youtube.com/

Although YouTube is a video streaming site, there are millions of music videos available in YouTube. With the playlist, you can add all your favorite tracks into one place and let it run in the background, and voila, your own jukebox with videos!

Pros: A huge collection of songs (music videos), Can watch the music videos while listening to your favorite tracks.
Cons: Slower streaming, Not available in some countries, i.e. China.

Honorable mentions: VH1 Radio, Yahoo! Music, MySpace.

“This Is It” will be available worldwide in CD on October 26 & 27 while the vinyl version will be out on November 10.

Stephen Gately, member of the boy band called Boyzone was found dead on Sunday while on holiday in Majorca with his long-term partner Andrew Cowles. The cause of the death was unclear as there was no suicide note or evidence of any drug use or excessive drinking.

Boyzone had 17 top five singles and four number one albums before splitting in 2000. Although they made a comeback tour in 2007, their recent 19-date Better tour was deemed a flop as the band played to half-filled arenas.

Rest in peace.

Artists such as Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani have performed in Malaysia under similar protest threats by conservative Muslims.

Beyonce has decided to make Malaysia part of her ‘I am.’ World Tour and she will be performing on October 25, 2009 in Bukit Jalil National Stadium where tickets are selling from MYR 93 to a whopping MYR 583.

“I think it was rude but the way they’re treating him… He’s on the cover of every paper. He didn’t kill anybody. No one got harmed.”

“That bloke from Oasis said I couldn’t play guitar / Well, someone should have told him I’m a f*cking rock star / Today is gonna be the day that I’m gonna throw it back to you.”

Rapper JAY-Z’s new album The Blueprint 3 is on course to top the Billboard 200 chart, taking him pass Elvis’s record of 10 number ones. So far, Blueprint 3 has sold over 476,000 copies.

Attention music lovers and everyone else, come this Sunday, you’ll be able to witness one of the biggest performance on a single night. Yes, that’s right. For the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV exclusively bring you the performances by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, The All-American Rejects, Alicia Keys, Pink, Muse, Green Day, Taylor Swift and more. That’s not all, there will be an exclusive sneak peak of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Just stay tune to MTV at 9pm ET.

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Do you think he got what it takes to go all the way?

Well, you don’t have to guess anymore. Below are the top 10 songs requested at funerals. Ironically, Puff Daddy’s number is missing.

1. Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
2. Angels – Robbie Williams
3. I’ve Had the Time of My Life – Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley
4. Wind Beneath My WIngs – Bette Midler
5. Pie Jesu – Requiem
6. Candle in the Wind – Elton John
7. With or Without You – U2
8. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
9. Every Breath You Take – The Police
10. Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers

(Via Rolling Stones)

Love,
James Pong, a Michael Jackson fan

Widely known as the King of Pop, the star’s profile has been badly damaged in the 90’s when he was accused of child sex abuse. Jackson had initially planned to play a series of dates in London, starting next month.

May the peace be with you.

Check out the video on YouTube and watch how he vowed the judge with his moves.