I’ve chatted to you before about this film. It’s a documentary made in South Africa and I personally believe it could win an Oscar. It went mental at Sundance and tells the tale of Roriguez, the American singer who was bigger than Elvis in SA, but didn’t shift more than a handful of albums in the States. Watch this trailer.
Paul McCartney, one of the last remaining Beatles, is pretty much as big as it gets when it comes to famous musicians. And accordingly, he can demand pretty much whatever he wants for stadium gigs. Surprising then, that he only earned a single pound for his stellar performance at the extravagant Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Sony hasn’t had the best of times over the last year. The company has been plagued by hacking and monetary woes that ran into the billions. So, it’s hardly surprising the marketing budget has been small for the new Walkman, which is an iPod, dressed like a futuristic hipster.
I’m not sure if you’ve seen any mention of this on social networks over the past 24 hours, but guess what: Linkin Park is coming to South Africa! Computicket has released details and rules on how to book tickets for the band’s performances in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
What do you get when you combine motion capture, Microsoft Kinect cameras, a choreographed performance and Ableton Live? A pretty unique music experience, where the music is created by the actual movement of the performer on stage.
Just in case you thought that two weekends with identical lineups wasn’t enough for the avid music fan, Coachella has something else up their sleeve. Get ready to set sail on the SS Coachella, heading into the Caribbean twice this December.
It’s not every day you see The Boss and Macca jamming on stage together – such was the spectacle enjoyed by thousands of Londoners on Saturday night. Watch the video.
For months now we’ve all been hearing that “die tokoloshe gaan jou vang-elang-elang as jy hardloop in die gang-elang-elang”. Finally the day is now upon us where we can see what the music video look like for Jack Parow and Gazelle’s radio hit, “Hosh Tokolosh”. But is it any good?
Capetonians were extremely pleased with the news that Bloc Party are to be headlining Rocking the Daisies this year, but with that, comes today’s announcement that the four-piece act will headline a brand new festival in Jozi called In The City.
When quizzed about the name of their last CD, Coldplay only said it was a “concept album” and that the title referred to a boy and a girl named Mylo and Xyloto. Turns out it is actually also the name of a new comic book series based on the album. It will be launched at Comic-Con this weekend and was created by The Simpsons writer Matt Groening’s Bongo Comics Group.
Draftfcb has just announced it has acquired award-winning digital agency, Hellocomputer. Besides the little known fact that Hellocomputer designed the main 2oceansvibe logo, did you know that The Dirty Skirts’ guitarist, and avid 2oceansViber, David Moffatt, is Hellocomputer’s Managing Director? Dave would have been chuffed when the Skirts walked away with the “Best Alternative Album” […]
Are you a ‘Belieber?’ Justin Bieber lovers will be over the moon to hear that the award-winning chart-topping pop star is coming to South Africa. 2oceansvibe News picked up a tweet saying that he had “just agreed to routing for Europe, Russia, Middle East, Asia, Australia, NZ, South America and South Africa BELIEVE TOUR dates.”
Grammy Award winning Band “Switchfoot” will perform in South Africa for the first time in August, and 2oceansVibe Radio is proud to announce we’re on board as a partner! Switchfoot are all-round nice guys who love to surf, have sold millions of records, and are known for their incredible energetic live performances during their sold-out […]
iHome brings you the most affordable AirPlay speaker in South Africa: the iHome iW2 Airplay Wireless Stereo Speaker System. This portable speaker plays and charges your iPhone or iPod via USB port, with a cable included. Enjoy streaming music wirelessly from iTunes, your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch via Wi-Fi. It’s built-in with SRS TruBass […]
This is pretty awesome news, the British indie rock band will playing on the main stage at Rocking the Daisies on Saturday 06 October. This will come soon after their new album, Four, is released on the 20th of August.
Do you remember Placebo’s 1996 debut album, the one with the little boy in the red jersey pulling a face? Well, that boy is all grown up now, and it turns out that life wasn’t too kind to him. When life gets you down, what are you to do but sue the band that stuck your face on their album 16 years ago?
Earlier this week footage surfaced of Guns & Roses singer, Axl Rose, face planting hard on stage. The only thing better than seeing that would be seeing that PLUS an incident where Justin Bieber collapses and falls down some stairs, right? Friends, mark today’s date in your calendar, because you are about to see both.
‘Searching For Sugar Man’ won the audience and grand prize awards for documentary at Sundance this year. That’s pretty damn awesome for a South African inspired film. Narrated by Cape town’s very own Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman (Mabu Vinyl) I can guarantee you this thing is going to EXPLODE. Synopsis: Aspiring ’70s folk rock musician Rodriguez […]
Little Monsters across the country are painting their nails in all shades of black in celebration to the Lady Gaga concert announcement this morning. She will tour South Africa in a couple of months, and will be supported by The Darkness. Very important booking details inside.
2oceansvibe Radio recently launched our Melrose Arch Studio to much fanfare in Johannesburg. The launch of the studio was our way of answering the desperate cries of our many thousands of Johannesburg listeners who, since being liberated from Morkels ads, “hump days” and “no repeat workday” radio were craving a stronger taste of the Vibe. […]
The Brothers Streep have just dropped their new music video, and some of it was shot right here in the 2oceansVibe Media Compound! It’s called “Hold On”, and deals with a fact of life that we all despise: having to hold on when making a telephone call to someone you need help from. You can […]
Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle from Roxette have called Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport “possibly number one on the list of the world’s worst airports.” This after their flight was delayed for about 90 minutes over the weekend. Read their full Facebook post inside.
Bob Welch, formerly Fleetwood Mac’s guitarist and succesful soft-rock soloist of the 70’s, was found in his Nashville home yesterday, dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 65. Police reports say that Welch’s body was found by his wife in the mid-afternoon, along with a suicide note.
Reports claiming 5FM DJ Euphonik assaulted his media personality ex-girlfriend, Bonang Matheba, last week, went largely unnoticed in the press. But we can now reveal that one of 5FM’s top-rated DJ’s has handed himself over to the police, following three criminal charges that have been laid against him by Matheba.
In news that you want desperately to be surprised by, but just can’t, the creators of the Tupac-ogram have announced that they’re working on an Elvis Presley hologram, for making film and television appearances – and, depending on how unsettling they can get the reincarnated star to look, on tour.
Die Antwoord is back with the second music video from TEN$ION. “Baby’s on Fire” sees Ninja and Yolandi Vi$$er playing brother and sister having lunch with their parents. It seems Yolandi has a new boyfriend, but her brother is not too happy about it. Check it out after the jump!
Johnny Depp joined the Black Keys on stage at last night’s MTV movie awards and played two songs with the band – “Gold on the Ceiling” and “Lonely Boy” – instead of making a speech for his MTV Generation Award.
The brand new Goldfish music video is here! The official music video for “Washing Over Me”, featuring Morning Parade, that’s been directed by Matt Torod, is very rad. Watch as Goldfish man accidentally alters the course of history wherever he goes. The new track is a collaboration between Goldfish and Steve Sparrow, from Morning Parade, […]
Are you a massive Elvis fan? Do you own all of The King’s records? Looking for a special piece of memorabilia and deeply concerned about where you’ll be laid to rest when you leave the earth one day? I may have just the thing for you.
The world lost a great musician when Bee Gees singer, Robin Gibb passed away last night. His passing follows shortly after a 12-day coma resulting from intestinal surgery intended to battle colon and liver cancer. He was aged 62.