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GOUD VIR KURT DARREN SE ‘LIED VIR DIE VROU’ Om Kurt Darren se 20 goue status toekenings te vier, het hy besluit om ‘n liedjie wat almal en alles goed toewens te skryf.  Die liedjie “Ek Wens Vir Jou” is van vandag af eksklusief op iTunes beskikbaar.  http://apple.co/1NxpyQJ Dit is die twintigste vrystelling deur Darren en Select Musiek wat dié mylpaal bereik.  Die titelsnit – ‘Lied vir die ...

Sharoney se nuwe enkelsnit en musievideo Wees my held Met treffers soos Een Keer, Prinses en Fairytale, het Sharoney haarself gedurende die laaste twee jaar aan die publiek bekendgestel en bewys dat “if you can dream it, you can do it!”.  Haar debut album, IN ONS FAIRYTALE, is in 2015 benoem vir twee Ghoema toekennings; Nuweling van die jaar en Beste pop album deur ’n vroulike kunstenaar.  Die grootste Afrikaanse tydskrif in Suid-Afrika, Huisgenoot, ...

MEET THE FACES OF THE VOICE SA: Lungile Radu and Stacey Norman join M-Net’s massive new talent show Well-known television personality Lungile Radu has clinched another sought-after role. The Soweto-born actor and presenter will be the host of The Voice South Africa, M-Net’s local version of the immensely popular international vocal talent search. At the same time, viewers can welcome a fresh new face into their homes. Vibrant radio ...

30TH Anniversary Tour confirmed for South Africa.  Big Concerts confirmed that Roxette have added four South African dates to their celebrated world tour ‘XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour’. Roxette’s on-going world tour will lead up to the celebration of the band’s 30th anniversary in 2016. “XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour” has been celebrated by critics and fans all over the world, and the ...

by Louw Mulder So what do you get when Afrikaans Boy Band meets Former Idols Top 10 Finalist? You get an EP Album that can easily be put on repeat. A successful project like this is not to be underestimated, seeing that you have Daniel Baron, who opened for Bon Jovi in 2013, and Adam, the award winning Boy Band who opened for Westlife and ...

Steve Hofmeyr se nuwe album bereik goue status Slegs ‘n week nadat IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, Steve Hofmeyr se nuwe country-album uitgereik is, het dit reeds goue status bereik. Steve sê oor hierdie blits-sukses: “Vreugde aan die wêreld, country het weer sy merk gemaak! Duisend dankies vir soveel ondersteuning vir my country-CD, IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND. “Ek is oorstelp van geluk dat die musiekwêreld in ...

Brendan Peyper se “Stop, Wag, Bly nog ‘n Bietjie” is nou op die rakke, en op iTunes. Die land is al ‘n geruime tydjie aan die gons oor Brendan Peyper se musiektalent, nou is sy lankverwagte solo-album, ‘Stop, wag, bly nog ‘n bietjie’ uitendelik hier!  Peyper se nuutste enkelsnit, Tafelberg vir Twee, wat ook op Treffer na Treffer Album verskein het, se video maak oop nasionale opslae.   Brendan het ...

Cordelia stel nuwe musiekvideo bekend:  EersteWoorde  Met die uitreiking van haar debuut album BREEK DIE STILTE, gedurende Mei 2015, het Cordelia groot opslae in die Afrikaanse Musiekbedryf gemaak.  Dit is veral haar treffer Mal in jou kop wat baie aandag getrek het en in ‘n oogwink na die nommer een posisie van verskeie radiostasies regoor Suid-Afrika geklim het.  Die video van hierdie liedjie het ook reeds 111 000 kyke ...

with KB Motsilanyane and Brandon October Join the Johannesburg Big Band and two of South Africa’s finest vocal talents in a scintillating celebration of everyone’s favourite movie tunes in Johannesburg Big Band At The Movies at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City for one night only on Wednesday 25 November at 8pm. After four successful shows, this world-class 17-piece big band, directed by Adam Howard, returns to The Lyric Theatre providing a charming musical journey that celebrates MOVIES in ...

Steve Hofmeyr stel Country Album Bekend – If you could Read my mind   Steve Hofmeyr se huldeblyk in country-musiek, IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, is hierdie veelsydige kunstenaar se 28ste album-uitreiking.  Dis nie die eerste keer dat Steve hulde bring aan country-legendes nie; in 2008 het hy die album HELP ME THROUGH THE NIGHT, wat uit Kris Kristoffersen se liedjies bestaan, uitgereik. Tydens ‘n loopbaan ...

Pieter Toerien Presents this comedy featuring Malcolm Terrey as Carry on star, Kenneth Williams.  Just Carry on William is based on Richmal Crompton’s “Just William” stories, and is directed this time around by Alan Swerdlow. In the very early Eighties, genius comedian Kenneth Williams (“Oo-er, Matron!”) slipped into a studio to begin a legendary series of recordings of Richmal Crompton’s stories of the naughtiest boy ...

A special 55th Anniversary Celebration One night only at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Thursday 26 November at 8pm Multi Grammy Award winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo will soon be back in Jozi after a long hiatus, to celebrate their 55th Anniversary wowing audiences on music stages worldwide, in a special one night only concert to be held at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City on Thursday 26 November at 8pm. An Evening with Ladysmith ...

Ontberings, uithouvermoë, Die Dapper Aanvaarding van ‘n Uitdaging – En die Trots van ‘n Nasie … Moed, dapperheid en kameraadskap vorm die kern van nuwe Afrikaanse film, Modder en Bloed In 1901, terwyl die Anglo-Boeroorlog in Suid-Afrika woed, word Boere-kryger Willem Morkel (Stian Bam) se vrou en engiste kind deur Britse soldate vermoor. Willem word gevange geneem en verban na die eiland van St. Helena ...

Dit Stop Nou Word wakker. Staan op. Gaan werk toe. Word wakker. Staan op. Gaan huis toe. Die siklus herhaal homself tot vervelens toe. Wat gaan van ons word? Dit is as gevolg van hierdie worsteling dat NAGLIGTE besluit het om hul vrese en drome aan die wêreld te openbaar. Die groep bestaan uit drie lede: Jacobus (Roof) Brink (voorsanger, kitaar en klavier), Wynand Jonker ...

Nuwe Solo Kunstenaar, Martin Bester se “Wat weet ek tog” video vrygestel Martin Bester het sopas die musiekvideo vir sy eerste Afrikaanse liejie “Wat weet ek tog” vrygestel.  Nadat dit op KykNet se Jukebox vir die eerste keer gewys was, het hy dit op die populere “Groot Tunes” kanaal op YouTube vrygestel.  Musiekliefhebbers is mal oor die video, en het net goeie dinge te se oor ...

Do not miss this great opportunity to design a costume for Luc Besson’s movie VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS due for release in South Africa in July 2017.  Submitted costume designs will be considered for the actual wardrobe selection for one scene in the film. Entrants are asked to create a piece that could be worn by a human, alien, humanoid or any ...

Under the sea magic is this Christmas The Little Mermaid and her fishy friends are back at the Peoples Theatre with even more pizzazz than ever before, from 2nd November – 24thDecember. The popular theatre directors Jill Girard and Keith Smith are pros at bringing magical children’s productions to the stage and the Disney classic, The Little Mermaid is no exception. They are thrilled to be bringing it ...

BZN’s SA tour a “celebration of life” To Anny Schilder and Jan Keizer, lead singers of the legendary band BZN, their upcoming tour to South Africa is a “celebration of life”. Anny was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and they were forced to cancel their world tour, which included shows in South Africa. “Everything changes when you hear such terrible news,” says Anny. It ...

Sorina deel baba nuus in HOOFLETTERS op musiekvideo Wat ‘n ongelooflike jaar is dit nie vir Sorina nie! Kort op die hakke van die nuus dat die Flooze ‘n ruskansie gaan vat om Sorina as kunstenaar in haar eie reg aan die wêreld bekend te stel, kom die nuus dat Sorina swanger is met haar tweede baba. Boonop het Sorina die kans benut om die ...

  Die talentvolle Vaughan Gardiner is ‘n sanger, liedjieskrywer, vervaardiger, akteur, musikant en het ook onlangs sy nagraadse studies in intellektuele goederereg aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch met Cum Laude voltooi.  Sy derde album SIT VANAAND OP HERHAAL is vroeg in 2015 bekendgestel en sy liedjie Sit vanaand op herhaal het vir baie weke in die Nr. 1 posissie op talle trefferparades landwyd gepryk.  Die musiekvideo van hierdie liedjie ...

16 year old ISABELLA JANE and ROSIE blow SA’s Got Talent judges away When 16-year old Isabella Jane stepped onto the SA’s Got Talent stage on Sunday 11th October, little did the judges, studio audience and TV viewers know they were in for something special when she and Rosie, her ventriloquist puppet, began their performance.   Without reservation, Isabella Jane and Rosie were given a resounding yes to ...

Making Musical History: JPO and KZN Philharmonic in concert together Music history will be made during two very special concerts due to take place in the Linder Auditorium on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October – as the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra will perform together with their KZN counterparts, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic. These upcoming concerts symbolically herald a new chapter for the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) ...

Die Afrikaanse sielkundige riller, Die Ontwaking, verken hoe gemeenskappe getraumatiseerde, diep ‘gewonde’ individue oplewer wat hul uiteindelik tot gewelddadige gedrag wend – en selfs in psigopate kan ontaard. Hierdie rolprent ondersoek die komplekse en dinamiese verhouding tussen die versteurde, tog simpatieke Abel Lotz (Gys de Villiers), en ‘n mooi jong speurder, Ella Nesser (Juanita de Villers), wat pas aangestel is om moordsake op te los.   Abel ...

ROMANCE AND LAUGHS A-PLENTY IN JANICE HONEYMAN’S PANTOMIME Theatre producer Bernard Jay is proud to announce his fifteenth collaboration with acclaimed writer/director Janice Honeyman on the annual Joburg Theatre pantomime productions. These much anticipated family entertainments have become the most popular stage shows in South Africa, each year attracting over 65,000 patrons. The evergreen tale of the beautiful princess who is cursed at her christening ...

Tempers rise as surprise twist is revealed Tonight on Power Couple SA, sparks flew between Mo and Ivan after a couple’s challenge that blew open their already existing interpersonal cracks. At the top of the episode, the six remaining couples returned to the villa in Camps Bay in a sombre and reflective mood after the harrowing girls’ challenge which called for the ladies to eat ...

Comeback kid Amanda goes home! Idols SA Season 11 reached another milestone this week with over 6.4 million votes cast for the Season 11 Top 7 between Sunday evening 11 October and Tuesday evening 13 October – that’s over 4 million votes more than for the corresponding week in last year’s Season 10. But unfortunately Idols’s “comeback kid”, 22-year-old Amanda Antony from Port Elizabeth, received the fewest ...

Die nuwe “rock” groep, NAGLIGTE, het vroeg in September 2015 hulle eerste enkelsnit en liriekvideo DIT STOP NOU bekendgestel.  Die reaksie vanaf media en die publiek was oorweldigend en binne slegs ‘n week weke na hierdie eerste uitreiking het hulle die aandag van een van die méés gesogte platemaatskappye in die wêreld getrek.  Universal Music Suid-Afrika het nie gras onder hulle voete laat groei nie, dadelik die talent ...

New Dates for Durban and Joburg Airey Scott announced the postponement of the inaugural  JACK DANIEL’S BOOMTOWN JOBURG music and lifestyle festival originally scheduled for 17 October 2015, at Zoo Lake Sports Club – to a new date on 12 March 2016. The postponement comes due to Airey Scott being unable to secure a Durban date over this period. Whilst this is regrettable, David Airey from Airey ...

Queen of Flanders heads to Johannesburg – Madame Zingara is in the City of Gold for the festive season! The Queen of Flanders, Madame Zingara’s opulent new spiegelpaleis, will be at Montecasino in Johannesburg from next month, in time for the festive season! After a sell out three month season in Cape Town, the Queen bids a royal farewell to the Mother City and heads ...

with Rocco de Villiers on piano As always, popular pianist Rocco de Villiers brings an instrumental show with the piano center stage and the biggest star of the show. ALL ABOUT THE PIANO pays tribute to the most popular instrument of all – the piano.  A celebration of the most beautiful melodies. Some sentimental, some nostalgic, some modern, some shockingly old –fashioned, some quirky, some ...