Naturally 7 to open for Michael Bublé

The big stars keep coming. We’ve already had the pleasure of seeing Sting and The Eagles live in South Africa this year. Now we’re working our way towards one of the biggest and most successful touring artists in the business, that being Michael Bublé. The star is heading out to South Africa once again for a series of concerts in Cape Town and Sun City.

Yesterday it was announced that American group, Naturally 7 will be touring with Buble. They will be the opening act for the “Crazy Love” singer when he kicks off the tour at the beginning of May in the Mother City. If you’re not familiar with Naturally 7 here is a short description:

Naturally 7 incorporates a range of styles from R&B to pop, gospel and jazz, and they are known for their distinct a cappella style they call “Vocal Play”. With the unique ability to blend their rich harmonies and replicate the sound of instruments, Naturally 7 have gone from quiet success in Europe to the world stage. The groundbreaking “Ready II Fly” CD, featuring the now famous Paris subway YouTube hit, “Feel It (In the Air Tonight)”, led to the much coveted opening slot for Michael Bublé for the past 3 years and their most recent CD/DVD-release ‘VocalPlay’ also includes a duet with Buble.

To find out more about them visit their website on www.naturallyseven.com

So who’s going to see Michael Bublé? I’m hoping to be at the first Sun City gig. Let’s see how it goes ;) Tour dates are as follows:

Cape Town

1,2 and 3 May 2012

Grand Arena, Grandwest Casino and Entertainment World.

Sun City

5 and 6 May 2012

Sun City Superbowl

 

Christmas albums 2011- details on Michael Bublé’s

We’re just weeks away from the Christmas holidays and it would appear as though many musicians are hoping to have their albums under your Christmas tree this season. The South African Idols top 10 will release their Christmas album soon, Justin Bieber released his first single, Mistletoe, for his Christmas album last week and now news of Michael Bublé‘s record is coming too.

The album is called… wait for it…. CHRISTMAS. It is the follow up to his award winning album “Crazy Love” which sold over seven million copies worldwide. On releasing the album,  Bublé said, “Christmas has always been my favourite time of the year for me and my family so naturally it’s been a dream of mine to make the ‘ultimate’ Christmas record. Even though it was summer and 95 degrees in LA we totally got into the spirit of the holiday. Of course we decorated the studio with Christmas lights in the middle of July and that was a big help. One more thing, my mother told me it’s the best record I ever made.”

It was produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica and it was recorded in Hollywood and Vancouver. You can expect an appearance by Shania Twain too. See the tracklisting below:

1.            It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
2.            Santa Claus Is Coming To Own
3.            Jingle Bells (feat. The Puppini Sisters)
4.            White Christmas (Duet With Shania Twain)
5.            All I Want For Christmas Is You
6.            Holly Jolly Christmas
7.            Santa Baby
8.            Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
9.            Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
10.          Silent Night
11.          Blue Christmas
12.          Cold December Night
13.          I’ll Be Home For Christmas
14.          Ave Maria
15.          Mis Deseos / Feliz Navidad (Duet With Thalia)
16.          Michael’s Christmas Greeting

Music Chart News

Billboard Hot 100 Number 1 Single:
3- Britney Spears

BBC Radio 1 Number 1 Single:
Bay Boys- Alexandra Burke (featuring Flo Rida)

Nokia Music Store Number 1 Singles Download:
I Gotta Feeling- The Black Eyed Peas

Billboard Hot 200 Number 1 Album:
Crazy Love- Michael Buble

BBC Radio 1 Number 1 Album:
In This Light And On This Evening- Editors

Nokia Music Store Number 1 Album Download:

Celebration (Double Disc Version)- Madonna

Now I wanted to show you all Alexandra Burke’s song, but all the videos I’ve found thus far are either not available in my ‘territory’ (LAME) or embedding is disabled by request (LAME AGAIN). So take a listen to the song below.

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