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Review in a bit…

In the meanwhile…

R&B star Usher performed here in the UK at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival yesterday. Co-headlining with Madonna, the Grammy award winning singer delivered a set filled with a mixture of past hits and material from his forthcoming album ‘Here I Stand’ (due May 27th). Check out the set list as well as the full show below {Thanks Zach}:

Perhaps because he’s been away for so long, but despite putting on an entertaining set, I was left a little underwhelmed by Usher’s showing last night. To be honest, I didn’t really see much artistic/performing progression since the last time he was out. Saying that, many a artist wish to have even half of his performing capabilities.

As you may have noticed, new tracks from Ne-Yo’s sophomore CD ‘Because of You’ have been leaking pretty quickly. Having now listened to the album in full, I can say that he has definitely managed to avoid the ’sophomore slump’ by delivering a pretty solid album. After listening to the earlier leaked tracks and snippets, I felt that Ne-Yo hadn’t really pushed himself creatively and was just dishing out more of the same. However, the album has proven me wrong as there are quite a few great songs that aren’t typically his style. Though I’m unsure whether this tops his fantasitc debut, ‘Because of You’ (due May 1st) is definitely worth a buy. Check out some of my highlights from the album (which I haven’t posted already)…