Prince – Earth Tour

I am going to see Prince in London in August! wuhoo!!

And yes, if i get to talk to him i will challenge him to a game of basketball …

The Eurovision Song Contest

As always the eurovision brought some laughs and unusual entertainment for a few hours this past saturday evening. For those of you who don’t know (apparently this amazing spectacle is not well known outside of Europe) the eurovision is a song contest between all (or most of) the countries in Europe. Each selects a song which is performed live and voted on by the public throughout the continent. Now there have been some real songs in the eurovision throughout the years and it has even propelled some people to fame (Abba, Celine Dion and Cliff Richard) but most performers of note are more-so infamous! Besides the ‘real’ songs are a huge selection of hilarious songs. I think my girlfriend summed it up this past week when she disappointedly said “there’s only one transvestite in the final this year”.
Many nations opt for a completely ridiculous song which is low on musicality (as Pharrell would say) but sometimes very high on enetertainment value! One only has a few minutes to impress so i can see why this option is taken by many nations. Also i noticed this year in particular that multi-language songs were popular. One song was even sung in 6 languages! This is obviously designed to gain a broad appreciation from all across Europe but unfortunately this particular song was rubbish.
Unfortunately my home nation finished bottom of the leader-board. The Irish entry wasn’t very good but one has to be disappointed that it was beaten by the UK entry which featured a foursome of flight attendants and included lyrics like “would you like anything to suck on for landing sir?”. That being said this is the kind of song that might do well in the eurovision as it is completely rubbish and funny. Unfortunately for the UK they were out scooched by a number of countries – most notably Ukraine (the transvestite in question lead this group’s song) and France, who had Jean Paul Gauttiere to thank for their amazing outfits which included a fake cat perched on one of the singers shoulders … whome he talked to … yes well …
All in all the eurovision was once again – a hilarious look at the best (and worst) aspects of Europe!

PS the event was held in Finland and only increases my opinion that Finland must be an extremely cool place – it has risen on my places to visit list…

PPS last year’s winners rocked – here they are.

What kind of world do we live in?!

This from billboard.com on a page discussing Prince’s Earth Tour:

“Tickets will be capped at £31.21 ($62.24), with booking, CD postage and packaging fees bringing the total to £37.21 ($74.21). In the context of U.K. ticket prices for superstars, the fee for Prince’s performances represents excellent value. In comparison, the best seats for Barbra Streisand’s upcoming British shows cost £600.”

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD PAY £600 TO SEE BARBRA STREISAND??!!!!

Also, i notice she spells her name incorrectly …

Anyways watch this …