We’ve got a pair of tickets for Candi Staton‘s Manchester and London live dates this week for some lucky souls to win!
Here’s Candi singing:
That was the song that launched her fact fans and she has since gone on to enjoy a much celebrated career.
Still hitting the high notes, Candi will be playing the RNCM in Manchester on Wednesday 2nd May and Islington Assembly Hall in London on Friday 4th May and we have a pair of tickets for both shows for an evening of Candi’s music magic .
To enter
Answer the following question and email your answer, name, contact details and which city you’d like to see her show to competitions@guiltypleasures.co.uk
Florence + the Machine covered Candi Staton’s You Got the Love, but who did Florence perform a duet of the song with at the 2010 Brit awards. Was it:
a) Dizzee Rascal
b) Dizzy Gillespie
c) Keith Gillespie, the midfielder for Longford Town FC?
Send you answer by Wednesday 2nd May at 12pm for the Manchester gig, or Friday 4th May at 12pm for London.
Don’t forget to include whether it’s the London or Manchester date that you’d like to attend, otherwise your answer will be void.
Good luck!
T&Cs
Over 18s only
Prize includes two tickets for Candi Staton at either the Royal College of Music in Manchester on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 or Islington Assembly Hall on Friday 4th May 2012.
Competition closes 12pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012 for the Manchester date and Friday 4th May 2012 for the London date.
Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
This circus life can lead to many places – recreational ground in small towns mainly, but for some it was the first taste of performance for a career in the public eye.
Get the eff back lion
Before he became a very good and scary actor and did that dance in Fatboy Slim’s video, Christopher Walken trained to be a lion tamer. Lion tamer. This was a realistic career opportunity for him. What a very different time he must have lived in.
Hey lion. I’m Sly. I’m quite thick, but I could probably take you in a fight.
He wasn’t the only one. Growth hormone lover and actor Sly Stallone also whipped them lions into shape before he discovered creatine and playing violent sorts in the movies. Maybe he tamed them with machine guns like in Rambo. Or punched them in the face like in Rocky. Or neither of the above and stuck to the regular method of whip and that. Whatevs.
Hi girls. Yes. It IS me. Try not to faint.
Dreamy hunk Patrick Dempsey the smooth and suave sort was pre-Grey’s Anatomy, a juggler. Yes. Juggler. That dashing dude that makes the ladies swoon juggled for coins. It’s slightly marred his sheen of man perfection hasn’t it? Juggling’s never really been a sexy type of past time. It’s just elaborate tossing. Never mind Patrick, at least you have your face.
Hi I’m friendly Hugh Jackman! I’m Australian! It’s ok!
And completing our circus line up (ok we couldn’t find anyone else and it’s knocking on for tea time and we’re hungry) Aussie actor and X-Man’s serious sideburn sporter Wolverine, Hugh Jackman pre Hollywood was a clown. A CLOWN. That’s worse than a juggler Hugh. But it’s ok, we won’t hate on you, because you’re ace. And because of them sideburns. And because you sang about excrement and danced at the OSCARS. Clown past forgiven Hugh!
At Guilty Pleasures we’re so up to date, on trend and a la mode. And no doubt you are too seeing as you’re reading this. Therefore we thought you’d like to know about our friends in the capital of the North, The Fashion Network.
They are the social hub and one stop shop for the fashion industry in Manchester and are looking for the most talented and super savvy souls who want to work in this exciting world. If you are already in fashion and looking for a new challenge, looking for a start in this competitive world or work in a different sector but dream of working in fashion and have the skills to transfer over, then get your cvs out! They’re after the cream of the crop for positions of every level and aspect.
From head office, to shop floor to internships – they’ve got the lot. So if you’ve got what it takes or are after something new, then register your cv at www.manchesterfashion.com/recruitment/ and a who knows, your new dream life could be just around the corner!
On Saturday night at KOKO as part of our Circus party, we’ve got brand new band Shake Tiger Shake performing live on stage for your delectation.
Here’s what they look like:
Shake Tiger Shake. Go on, SHAKE
So now you’ll be able to recognise them when they’re on stage. The fact that they’re playing instruments and singing songs may be a clue as to who they are as well, but we thought we’d get you one step ahead anyways. We’re good like that.
But why do they sound like, you wonder?
Well, the NME described them as “modern yacht rockers”. Whether that means they hang around on swanky boats with Russian oligarchs such is the yachting society des nos jours, we’re not sure. We can’t really see them cosying up to Roman Abramovich.
We CAN however see them cosying up to Kenny Rogers and Michael McDonald and even Steely Dan, just in slightly more modern fabrics than what they were sporting back in the 70s hey day of the yacht rock era.
Michael McDonald: cosy
They say their influences hail from 80s synth, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Janet Jackson and Bianca Jagger on a white horse.
We’ve got another brilliant festival competition for you lovely GP people with two weekend camping tickets for the glorious Vintage Festival for a lucky soul to WIN!
Vintage Festival is curated by Wayne Hemmingway and is a celebration of brilliant Britishness from the world of music, film, fashion, food, art and design from 1920′s to 1980s.
Taking place 13th – 15th July at Broughton House in Northamptonshire the festival boasts music from bands and djs including St Etienne, Sergio Mendes, Chic, Norman Jay and our very own Sean Rowley on the Friday night with a musical extravaganza encompassing his musical loves; vintage clothing markets and catwalk shows; art galleries and workshops; tea shops and dinner dances – it’s a sensory sensation! See the full line up and all that’s planned for the weekend over here
HOW TO ENTER
To try and win the two weekend camping tickets, just answer this ridiculously easy question:
Who from Guilty Pleasures is djing at Vintage Festival?
a) DJ Sean Rowley
b) C3PO from Star Wars
c) Jane McDonald off tv’s The Cruise
T&Cs
Over 18s only
Prize includes two weekend camping tickets for the festival 13th – 15th July 2012 inclusive.
Competition closes 12am Monday 23rd April 2012.
Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
Travel, spending money, etc all responsibility of the prize winer.
