On This Day In Music History – 7th July 2016

Welcome to the first edition of OTD for July, where we look back through music history to discover what happened On This Day. This week features the one and only Elvis Presley (in case you were wondering I am indeed a huge Elvis fan, my cats are Elvis and Priscilla, I also have quite a decent Elvis collection including book, dvds and memorabilia but the best claim to fame is I was born on Elvis birthday!) Back to OTD ABBA, The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin just to name a few, also feature so without further ado lets kick of the first OTD for July!

1957

🎙 Elvis Presley scored his first UK No.1 with ‘All Shook Up‘, Elvis’s tenth UK single release. It stayed at No.1 for seven weeks.

1962

🎙 David Rose and his Orchestra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Stripper‘.

🎙 The Beatles played at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, in Birkenhead. The show was a dance for the local golf club, the capacity of the hall was 450, but 500 people squeezed in to hear and see The Beatles.

1963

🎙 The Rolling Stones made their UK TV debut when they appeared on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’. Also appearing on the show was, Mickie Most, The Cadets, Helen Shapiro and Gordon Mills. The group made a total of 13 appearances on the show between 1963 and 1966.

1966

🎙 The Kinks were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sunny Afternoon‘, the group’s third and last UK No.1.

1969

🎙 George Harrison recorded his new song ‘Here Comes the Sun‘ with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road in London. John Lennon was absent recovering from a car crash in Scotland.

1971

🎙 26-year-old pop star Bjorn Ulvaeus and 21-year-old Agnetha Faltskog married in Verum, Sweden. 3000 ABBA fans arrived and in the chaos a police horse stepped on the brides foot, causing her slight injury.

1973

🎙 Billy Preston started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Will It Go Round In Circles‘, his first of two US chart topper.

1978

🎙 The Grateful Dead played the first of four nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

1980

🎙 Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert when they appeared at Eissporthalle, West Berlin at the end of a European tour. The set included: ‘Black Dog‘, ‘The Rain Song’, ‘Hot Dog‘, ‘All My Love‘, Trampled Under Foot‘, ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You‘, ‘Kashmir‘, ‘Stairway To Heaven‘ and ‘Rock And Roll‘. They finished the show with a 17-minute version of ‘Whole Lotta Love‘.

1984

🎙 Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Born In The USA‘. The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the US chart. It’s also one of three albums (Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce seven Top-ten US singles.

🎙 Prince started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘When Doves Cry‘, his first US No.1 which went on to sell over 2 million copies, it made No.4 in the UK.

1989

🎙 It was announced that for the first time compact discs were out selling vinyl albums. This week’s UK No.1 album was ‘Emergency On Planet Earth’ by Jamiroquai.

1990

🎙 The Rolling Stones played the last of three sold out nights at Wembley Stadium, London as part of the bands ‘Urban Jungle‘ tour.

1999

🎙 It was reported that to attract young people to their mobile vans UK ice cream sellers would start to play pop hits as music instead of traditional chimes. Spice Girls and Oasis hits would be the first to be played.

2000

🎙 Bobby Brown was released from jail. The singer was released early from the North Broward Detention Centre after receiving a 10-day reprieve for good behaviour.

🎙 Eminem’s wife Kimberly Mathers, was hospitalised after she slit her wrists following her husband’s show as part of the ‘Up in Smoke‘ tour at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Also on this day, Eminem scored his first UK No.1 single with ‘The Real Slim Shady‘, taken from his second album ‘The Marshall Mathers LP‘, the song was a No.4 hit in the US.

2001

🎙 Stereophonics, David Gray, The Dandy Warhols, The Proclaimers, Paul Weller, Texas, Coldplay, Beck, Toploader, Ash, Starsailor, Nelly Furtado, James and Muse all appeared at this years ‘T In The Park’ festival, Scotland. Weekend tickets were £64.

2003

🎙 It was reported that Britney Spears had made $500.000 profit after selling her 5 bedroom home in Los Angeles. The singer had paid £1.8m for the house 2 years ago and sold for £2.3m.

2005

🎙 Members of The Hollies asked High Court judge to jail one of their founding members, claiming bass player Eric Haydock had flouted a court order made in 1998 not to play under their name. Haydock formed the group in Manchester, England in the early 1960’s with Allan Clarke and Graham Nash (who left in 1966). Haydock was working in a group calling itself Eric Haydock’s Hollies.

2006

🎙 Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes, he was 60 years-old. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. Barrett released two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.

2007

🎙 Ozzy Osbourne became the first artist to be honoured on Birmingham’s own Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. The singer, from Aston, told more than 1,000 fans on Broad Street that the brass paving star meant more to him than any Hollywood accolade. Organisers named other local pop stars who could be joining Ozzy for the walk including, Duran Duran, Jamelia, Robert Plant and UB40.

🎙 Snow Patrol Keyboard player Tom Simpson was arrested in connection with a failed court appearance in Glasgow. He was later released and the band went on to headline the ‘T In The Park’ festival in Scotland. Amy Winehouse pulled out of her slot from the event, suffering from “exhaustion”.

🎙 The Live Earth concerts took place around the world with The Police closing the days events in New Jersey. The concerts were organised by former US Vice-President Al Gore, as part of his campaign to “heal the planet”. Rock stars from around the world preformed to hundreds of thousands of fans to highlight climate change. Concerts were held in Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. Madonna brought London’s Live Earth concert to a close, playing a song she had written for the event. Other major acts who appeared included; Snow Patrol, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, The Beastie Boys, James Blunt, The Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, UB40, Snoop Dogg, Enrique Iglesias, Crowded House and Joss Stone.

2009

🎙 Michael Jackson’s family and fans said farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service. The singer’s coffin was placed in front of the stage during the event at the Staples Center in los Angeles after an earlier private funeral. Jackson’s daughter Paris, 11, fought back tears to describe him as “the best father you could ever imagine”. Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey paid tribute before the family joined a sombre finale on stage. Motown boss Berry Gordy, who signed the Jackson Five, ended his tribute with the words: “Michael, thank you for the joy, thank you for the love. You will live in my heart forever”.

2010

🎙 Paul McCartney joined Ringo Starr onstage at a concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to help celebrate the former Beatles drummer’s 70th birthday. With Ringo’s All Starr Band joined by Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, Paul belted out ‘Birthday‘ and Ringo delivered ‘With A Little Help From My Friends‘.

2015

🎙 Climate scientists from five leading universities found that 163 of Bob Dylan’s 542 songs reference the climate – almost a third – making him the musician most likely to mention the weather in his lyrics. The Beatles came in at No.2 meantioning the weather in 48 of the 308 songs they wrote.

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Well that concludes this weeks edition of On This Day, don’t forget to have a listen to this week OTD Spotify Playlist! I’m sure you will agree, there is some awesome classics this there this week!

The Top 50 Singles Chart Wrap Up

Welcome back to this weeks chart wrap up, where we look at the ARIA, billboard and Official Uk singles charts.  Drake has been on the ARIA charts for 13 weeks with One Dance, and doesn’t look like it will be moving anytime soon. So let’s get on and see what’s happening on the charts this week.

ARIA TOP 50 SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  Once Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (LW 2)

☆ 3.  In My Blood – The Veronicas (UP – LW 22)

☆ 4.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 4)

☆ 5.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (DOWN – LW 3)

☆ 6.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsomkers Feat. Daya (LW 6)

☆ 7.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 8.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 7)

☆ 9.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 10.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (UP – LW 15)

☆ 11.  Say It – Flume Feat. Tove Lo (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 12.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 10)

☆ 13.  We Don’t Talk Anymore – Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 14.  Into You – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 15.  No Money – Galantis (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 16.  Don’t Be So Shy – Imany (UP – LW 26)

☆ 17.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 24)

☆ 18.  This Girl – Kungs vs. Cookin’ On 3 Burners (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 19.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 21)

☆ 20.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 21.  Be The One – Dua Lipa (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 22.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 23.  Hair – Little Mix (UP – LW 25)

☆ 24.  Home – Tropic Feat. Nico Santos (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 25.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 26.  Wild – Troye Sivan (R/E)

☆ 27.  The Fighter – Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood (UP – LW 30)

☆ 28.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty $ign (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 29.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 30.  Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 31.  Faded – Alan Walker (LW 31)

☆ 32.  Wherever I Go – OneRepublic (UP – LW 50)

☆ 33.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (UP – LW 35)

☆ 34.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 35.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 36.  All In My Head – Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap (UP – LW 39)

☆ 37.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 38.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 39.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 49)

☆ 40.  Crash – Usher (LW 40)

☆ 41.  Hard Love – Ellie Drennan (NEW)

☆ 42.  1955 -Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 43.  Hold Up – Beyonce (R/E)

☆ 44.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 45.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (LW 45)

☆ 46.  Enough – Delta Goodrem Feat. Gizzle (NEW)

☆ 47.  Do It Right – Anne-Marie (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 48.  Needed Me – Rihanna (LW 48)

☆ 49.  Sound Of Silence – Dami Im (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 50.  Controlla – Drake (NEW)

Drake is still holding on to the No.1 spot with One Dance, Calvin Harris is again holding on to No.2 spot with This I What You Came For, and we have a new No.3 this week with The Veronicas and their single In My Blood. 

New Singles This Week: Hard Love – Ellie Drennan (41), Enough – Delta Goodrem (46), Controlla – Drake (50).

Troye Sivan re-entered the chart this week with Wild at (26). Beyoncé also re-entered the chart this week with Hold Up at (43).

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BILLBOARD TOP 50 SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 2)

☆ 3.  Panda – Desiigner (LW 3)

☆ 4.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (LW 4)

☆ 5.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 6)

☆ 6.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (UP – LW 8)

☆ 7.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty $ign (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 8.  Needed Me – Rihanna (DOWN – LW 7)

☆ 9.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 10)

☆ 10.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 13)

☆ 11.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 12.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (LW 12)

☆ 13.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 14.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (NEW)

☆ 15.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (LW 15)

☆ 16.  Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (LW 16)

☆ 17.  H.O.L.Y. – Florida Georgia Line (LW 17)

☆ 18.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (LW 18)

☆ 19.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 20)

☆ 20.  Controlla – Drake (UP – LW 23)

☆ 21.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat. Tove Lo (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 22.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 23.  Let It Go – James Bay (UP – LW 27)

☆ 24.  Lost Boy – Ruth B (LW 24)

☆ 25.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 26.  My House – Flo Rida (UP – LW 28)

☆ 27.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 29)

☆ 28.  Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 29.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 30.  Pillowtalk – Zayn (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 31.  Low Life – Future Feat. The Weeknd (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 32.  Sorry – Beyonce (UP – LW 38)

☆ 33.  For Free – DJ Khaled Feat. Drake (UP – LW 40)

☆ 34.  All The Way Up – Fat Joe, Remy Ma & Jay Z Feat. French Montana & Infared (DOWN – LW 31)

☆ 35.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (UP – LW 36)

☆ 36.  Me, Myself  & I – G-Easy x Bebe Rexha (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 37.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 38.  Cut It – O.T. Genasis Feat. Young Dolph (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 39.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (UP – LW 44)

☆ 40.  Oui – Jeremih (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 41.  Wicked – Future (UP – LW 43)

☆ 42.  Huntin’, Fishin’ & Lovin’ Every Day – Luke Bryan (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 43.  Church Bells – Carrie Underwood (UP – LW 48)

☆ 44.  Into You – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 50)

☆ 45.  2 Phones – Kevin Gates (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 46.  Really Really – Kevin Gates (UP – LW 49)

☆ 47.  Pop Style – Drake Feat. The Throne (DOWN – LW 45)

☆ 48.  No – Meghan Trainor (UP – LW 54)

☆ 49.  Lights Come On – Jason Aldean (UP – LW 53)

☆ 50.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (UP – LW 63)

Drake again takes out No.1 with One Dance, Justin Timberlake still sits in No.2 with Can’t Stop The Feeling and Desiigner rounds out No.3 with Panda.

New Singles This Week: Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (14).

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OFFICAL UK TOP 50 SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  This Girl – Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners (LW 2)

☆ 3.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 5)

☆ 4.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (LW 4)

☆ 5.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (DOWN – LW 3)

☆ 6.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 15)

☆ 7.  Tears – Clean Bandit Feat. Louisa Johnson (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 8.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (DOWN – LW 7)

☆ 9.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 10.  No Money – Galantis (LW 10)

☆ 11.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam (LW 11)

☆ 12.  Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott (UP – LW 16)

☆ 13.  Panda – Desiigner (LW 13)

☆ 14.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 15.  Hotter Than Hell – Dua Lipa (UP – LW 17)

☆ 16.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (UP – LW 24)

☆ 17.  Give Me Your Love – Sigala Feat. Newman Rodgers (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 18.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 19.  Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (UP – LW 30)

☆ 20.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty $ign (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 21.  This Ones For You – David Guetta Feat. Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 22.  Into You – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 26)

☆ 23.  Controlla – Drake (LW 23)

☆ 24.  Middle – DJ Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 25.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 26.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 39)

☆ 27.  Lush Life – Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 28.  Good Grief – Bastille (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 29.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (UP – LW 38)

☆ 30.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 31.  Hair – Little Mix (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 32.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 33.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 34.  Hype – Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris (NEW)

☆ 35.  Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (LW 35)

☆ 36.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue & Dakota (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 37.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 38.  Perfect Strangers – Jonas Blue Feat. JP Cooper (UP – LW 44)

☆ 39.  Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 40.  Tilted – Christine & The Queens (UP – LW 53)

☆ 41.  Needed Me – Rihanna (UP – LW 45)

☆ 42.  Wherever I Go – OneRepublic (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 43.  Piece Of Me – MK & Becky Hill (LW 43)

☆ 44.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 45.  Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay (UP – LW 54)

☆ 46.  Cry – Sigma Feat. Take That (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 47.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 48.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pliots (DOWN – LW 46)

☆ 49.  Stitches – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 47)

☆ 50.  Boys That Sing – Viola Beach (R/E)

 

Drake again takes out No.1 with One Dance, while Kungs take out No.2 with This Girl and Drake also rounds out No.3 with Too Good.

New Singles This Week: Hype – Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris (34).

Viola Beach re-entered the charts with Boys That Sing (50)

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Drake has now dominated across all three charts for the past 13 weeks, now that’s no easy feat and I don’t see it ending anytime soon,  but you never know. Calvin Harris has been on the charts for 9 weeks and Justin Timberlake has been on the chart for 8 weeks both are also dominating across the three charts.

Skatronixxx Music has you covered with the Aria, Billboard and Official UK  top 50 singles chart wrap up every week. lets see if Drake can hold on for another week, join me the same time next week for the weekly chart wrap up.

 

Fresh Friday’s Featuring Phebe Starr

Welcome to a new weekly feature article “Fresh Friday’s” where Skatronixxx Music will feature non mainstream Artists from all genres every Friday. There are so many talented artists out there that we are missing out on due to an over saturation of mainstream air play, that’s why we at Skatronixxx.com think it is important to feature these artists in a bid to share their talent and music with our readers. To kick off our first “New Music Friday” feature article is the very talented and fellow Aussie Phebe Starr.

Phebe Starr – Photo: Verbicide Magazine

Phebe Starr is an Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney, New South Wales. Phebe’s music has a really unique sound and style to it and is classed as Electro/pop, she has been compared to the likes of Florence And The Machine, Sia and Lykki Li. Phebe got her start from a Australian Radio Station Triple J and her debut single “Alone With You” was well received and landed on several blogs including, Neon Gold, Interview Mag, Perez Hilton, Vogue and Harpers Bazaar. Her single ‘Feel My Love” has just recently had 1 million plays on Spotify, Phebe’s songs are truly music to the ears, her voice is flawless and has a uniqueness that I’ve not heard before, her music has a way of getting into your soul, making you want to move, while other tracks are able to make you feel calm. Every track of Starr’s is different and for me personally find that refreshing and quite a rare quality these days.

Phebe is based in Los Angles where she has been growing and developing her craft further within the US writing scene, Phebe is set to release her new EP ‘Chronicles’ into the world, the EP features 5 strong, theatrical tracks that are sure to make the world sit up and take notice, and so it should, Phebe Starr is incredibly talented and everybody needs to know her name, here is what Neon Gold, Interview Mag and Perez Hilton had to say about Phebe Starr…

“Her hypnotizing voice sings about becoming lost in dreams, along with a synth-pop backing track.” – Interview Magazine

“Phebe Starr is the latest pop starlet from down under to make our collective heart skip a beat. You’re about to seriously fall head over heels for Phebe Starr, but it’s ok, we’re all in this together.” – Neon Gold

“Phebe Starr is serving it!!! This Australian is channeling some old school Kate Bush meets new school Marina & The Diamonds! A fave and another fave! AND, in addition to great music, Phebe is also serving us some great and interesting visuals too!” – Perez Hilton

seriously guys do your ears a favor and add Phebe Starr to your playlists, you and your ears will thank me! You can find her tracks below.

Phebe Starr – Photo: Phebe Starr Facebook

 Phebe Starr’s Upcoming Shows

L.A show August 31st at the Bootleg Theater

$8 Tickets available here:

http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1216969?utm_source=fbTfly&utm_medium=ampOfficialEvent

 

American Horror Story Season 6 News!

***UPDATE***

AMERICAN HORROR STORY AIR DATE ANOUNCED!!

A brand new horror story is coming in just over two months, FX on Tuesday announced the September premiere dates for the sixth season of the new installment of American Horror Story will begin haunting TV screens on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. ET.  Though much is still unknown about the upcoming season of American Horror Story, but Im sure it will not disappoint!

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Just recently on 28th June 2016, the American Horror Story franchise changed their Facebook photo to a 6 that also doubles as a question mark, it has definitely caused quite a stir among the fan of the show who are throwing around several different theories of what the symbol could mean, most have settled on a demonic theme around 666 and the Antichrist. Murphy has been tight-lipped on offering any details of what season 6 will entail, but this is what we know thus far…

 

• Season 6 is bound to be a little different given that, the creators have been working on 2 separate ideas at once and still yet to decide which idea they will run with.

 

• Both of their ideas for AHS 6 most like will contain some element of children
  This season they are trying a new format that has never been done with the show before co-creator Ryan Murphy hinted, “Both things that we’re writing right now – we haven’t declared the winner – will have a different form than we’ve ever done, so we’re excited about that. We will talk about it soon, but we haven’t landed on it.” He’s not giving much up at all!!

 

•  Angela Bassett gave a few interesting details of her new character during an         interview with Entertainment Weekly, “I would imbibe a little too much, yet I was very intuitive also, and maybe Sarah (Paulson) was somehow the boss of me.”

 

• More season connections and character collisions could be on the card with season 6, Murphy revealed that it could happen more and more. He said, “the deeper that we go into the series – hopefully we’ll last decades and decades – you will see that there’s a definite universe and all the world are collided, sometime in a very bizarre, interesting way. You will be seeing more and more of that as we go along.” Murphy also stated that, “The next thing we’re crafting up is very very different that Hotel, not smaller, but just not opulent. More rogue and more dark.”

 

So who will we see return for season 6?  Well I can tell you that Katy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Angela Bassett, Evan Peters, Chloe Sevigny, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley, Leslie Jordan, Denis O’Hare and Finn Wittrock.

However Jessica lang will not be returning this season nor for future seasons, here is what Jessica had to say “No, I had four years with that, four seasons, and each year was a marvelous character, everything changed from one year to another which was made it very interesting to me. But no, I think sometimes you come to the end of something…”

Every AHS I have absolutely loved,  I’m definitely looking forward to what season 6 brings with it and where it is going to take us…

Legendry Guitarist Scotty Moore Dies

The legendary guitarist Scotty Moore, has died in Tennessee at the age of 84. Moore is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley and was the guitarist for “The King” Elvis Presley, from 1954 and played on all the classics including “That’s All Right“, “Good Rockn’ Tonight“, “Milk Cow Blues Boogie“, “Baby Let’s Play House“, “Heartbreak Hotel“, “Mystery Train“, “Blue Suede Shoes“, “Hound Dog“, “Too Much“, “Jailhouse Rock” and “Hard Headed Woman“.

His early background was in jazz and country music, he led a group called “Starlight Wranglers” before Sam Phillips at Sun Record put him together with then teenage Elvis Presley. Phillips believed that Moore’s lead guitar and Bill Black’s double bass were all that was needed to augment Presley’s rhythm guitar and lead vocals on their recordings. In 1954 Moore and Black accompanied Elvis on what would become the first legendary Presley hit, the Sun Studios session cut of “That’s All Right“, a recording regarded as a seminal event in rock and roll history.

Moore had also starred in four Elvis movies Loving You, jailhouse Rock, King Creole and G.I. Blues. In 1960 Moore took a job as production manager at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records and continued to work with Elvis on 60s hits “Good Luck Charm”, “(You’re The) Devil in Disguise” and “Bossa Nova Baby”. In 1964 Phillips fired Moore and he went on to record a solo album ‘The Guitar That Changed The World‘ before reuniting with Elvis for his ‘68 Comeback Special‘

Moore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, Moore played his last show at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis in 2007. He was ranked 29th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2011, and in 2015 Moore was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

Rest easy legend, thank you for the music….

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On This Day In Music History

Welcome back to the last edition of On This Day for the month of June…. Time flies when your having fun! This week features the usual suspects, The Beatles and The Jackson Five along with some new comers to On This Day including, Cher, Slade, Anita Ward, New Kids On The Block just to name a few. This weeks edition kicks off in 1962.

On This Day in…..

1962

🎙 Mike Sarne and Wendy Richards were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Come Outside.’ Richards went on to become a famous tv actress.

1966

🎙 The Beatles played the first of three concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Japan. The concert was filmed with The Beatles wearing black suits. The following day’s first performance was also filmed; with The Beatles wearing white suits. There was a strict police presence with 3,000 police observing each concert played in front of 10,000 fans.

1969

🎙 Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle and Duster Bennett all appeared at London’s Royal Albert Hall ‘Pop Proms.’

1973

🎙 George Harrison knocked Paul McCartney from th top of the US singles chart with ‘Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth‘. His second US No.1, a No.8 hit in the UK was the opening track on his 1973 album Living in the Material World.

🎙 Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Skweeze Me Pleeze Me‘, the group’s fifth UK No.1 and second single to enter the chart at No.1.

1975

🎙 Cher married Greg Allman four days after her divorcing Sonny Bono, the couple split after ten days, followed by a three-year on and off marriage.

🎙 The Jackson Five announced that they were leaving Motown Records for Epic Records. The brothers were forced to change their name to The Jacksons since Motown owned the other name.

1976

🎙 Police raided the home of Neil Diamond searching for drugs, however they found less than one ounce of marijuana.

🎙 Stuart Goddard (Adam Ant), placed the following ad in the classified section of the Melody Maker, “Beat on a bass, with the B-Sides.” Andy Warren answered the ad and the pair went on to form Adam and The Ants.

1977

🎙 Marvel Comics launched a comic book based on the rock group Kiss.

1978

🎙 United Artists released The Buzzcocks single ‘Love You More‘, at 1 minute 29 seconds it was the second shortest single ever released. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 1960 hit ‘Stay‘ was the shortest hit at 1 minute 28 seconds

1979

🎙 Tubeway Army started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric‘. The song by Gary Numan was the first electronic/synthesizer-based record to become a hit in the post-punk era.

🎙 One Hit Wonder Anita Ward started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Ring My Bell‘, also a UK No.1.

1984

🎙 Huey Lewis and the News went to No.1 on the US album chart with “Sports“.

1989

🎙 Police were called in to control over 4,000 Bobby Brown fans trying to see him at the HMV Record store in London’s Oxford Street, six fans were hospitalised and one had to be given the kiss of life.

🎙 The Stone Roses played at Leeds Polytechnic in England. The gig almost didn’t take place after a security man wouldn’t let singer Ian Brown into the gig.

1990

🎙 New Kids On The Block started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Step by Step‘. The group’s third US No.1, a No.2 hit in the UK. Their album “Step By Step“also went to No.1 on the UK album chart today.

🎙 Police raided Chuck berry’s estate and seized homemade porn videos, drugs and guns.

1995

🎙 American soul singer Phyllis Hyman committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment aged 45. She was found hours before she was scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theatre, in New York.

🎙 Garth Brooks was given a star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame. The Country singer buried the master tapes of his “Hits” album under the star.

2000

🎙 Eight men were trampled to death during Pearl Jam’s performance at The Roskilde Festival, near Copenhagen. Police said the victims had all slipped or fallen in the mud in front of the stage.

2001

🎙 American guitarist and producer Chet Atkins died in Nashville aged 77. He recorded over 100 albums during his career, he produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves and Waylon Jennings. He was also a major influence on George Harrison and Mark Knopfler.

🎙 Beach Boys member Al Jardine went to court in a bid to sue his former band mates, claiming he had been frozen out of the Beach Boys. The $4 million ( 2.35 million) suit was filed against Mike Love, Brian Wilson, the Cal Wilson Trust and Brother Records Incorporated in a New York Superior Court. In 1998 a US judge temporarily barred Jardine from performing under the name Beach Boys Family And Friends after representations from Mike love and Brother Records. Jardine lost the case in 2003.

🎙 Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and P!nk were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Lady Marmalade‘. A hit for LaBelle in 1975; then it was at No.1 in 1998 for All Saints. This version was from the Baz Luhrmann film Moulin Rouge.

2004

🎙 Kinks founding member Dave Davies was left paralysed on the right-hand side of his body after suffering a stroke. The 57-year-old guitarist and brother of fellow Kinks star Ray Davies had been promoting his solo material when he collapsed.

🎙 Pete Doherty was sacked from The Libertines due to his well-known addiction problems specifically with crack cocaine and heroin.

2005

🎙 Nick Carter from The Backstreet Boys was fined $1,200 ( 664) after admitting to drink-driving in California. The 25-year-old singer was also put on probation for three years, and ordered to attend an alcohol education course and banned from driving for 90 days.

2007

🎙 R.E.M. played a five-night series of shows at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre. Dubbed “working rehearsals” by the band, many songs from their forthcoming album “Accelerate” were debuted, with many of them still as works in progress.

 

2014

🎙 Ed Sheeran’s second album “X” became the fastest-selling UK album of the year so far after selling 182,000 copies in its first week, 14,000 more than Coldplay managed with “Ghost Stories” which was released in May.

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Well that brings us to the end of this weeks trip down music history lane, don’t forget to check out On This day’s Spotify playlist, it’s not a bad listen this week!

Backstreet’s Back Alright…..

This Summer boy band Backstreet Boys from the late 1990s, are releasing a brand new album. Recently the boy band has been making a few appearances that could quite possibly be seen as somewhat strategic. They have preformed on various TV shows, they sung at the Miss USA 2016 pageant and have also announced a Las Vegas residency. Nick Carter told Entertainment Tonight that the “Backstreet Boys have signed a deal with Live Nation to do a “test run” of nine shows in Las Vegas for what could become a permanent residency in the future.”

Two of the band members Nick Carter and Brian Littrell recently teased of a collaboration with the talented country duo Florida Georgia Line on each of their instagram accounts on the 27th June, announcing a single set for a late August release on the country duo’s album. Carter wrote on his instagram “Also working on the new Backstreet street album as well. Get Ready!!!”. Its been 3 years since the bands last album “In a World Like This”.

The Backstreet Boys rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). The band have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history, and one of the world’s best-selling music artists and are the first group since Sade to have their first nine albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. They also have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which they received on April 22, 2013.

It will be interesting to see how well the new album will be received and if they have the same sound, or will we hear something new and fresh from the boy band? We will have to wait until late August to find out.

The 2016 BET Awards

 

The 16th BET Awards were held on June 26th at the Microsoft Theater in L.A. live. The awards celebrate mass achievements in black entertainment and honors, music, sports, television and motion pictures (released between April 1, 2015 and March 30, 2016). This years BET Awards hosts were Black-ish co-stars Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Hamilton opened the awards night with a spoof of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play Hamilton.

Beyoncé surprised the audience with a performance of Lemonade track “Freedom”, that can only be described as electrifying. Prefaced by an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a formation of dancers parade down the theater aisles to the stage, Beyoncé opened the show by emerging from a cloud of smoke alongside her dancers in a wading pool of water. The audience was again suprised when Kendrick Lamar stepped into the pool with Beyoncé to splash, kick and stomp home the song’s powerful message. Other performer’s on the night included, Bibi Bourelly, Desiigner, Alicia Keys, Fat Joe, Remy Ma and French Montana, Chloe x Halle, Bryson Tiller, Future, Anderson Paak and Usher. The BET Awards also paid tribute to the late Great Prince throughout the awards, among those paying their respects were, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Maxwell, Janelle Monae and Sheila E.

Two Honorary Awards were also given on the night –
Humanitarian Award – Awarded to Jesse Williams the Gray’s Anatomy star.
Lifetime Achievement Award –  Awarded to Samuel L. Jackson.

Lets look at the complete list of the Nominees and Winner’s of the 2016 BET Awards.

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Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Nominees:
Beyoncé
Adele
Andra Day
K. Michelle
Rihanna

Winner:
Beyoncé

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Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Nominees:
Bryson Tiller
Chris Brown
Jeremih
The Weeknd
Tyrese

Winner:
Bryson Tiller

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Best Group

Nominees:
Drake & Future
2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
Puff Daddy & the Family
Rae Sremmurd
The Internet

Winner:
Drake & Future

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Best Collaboration

Nominees:
Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work”
Big Sean Feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign – “Play No Games”
Big Sean Feat. Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change The World”
Future Feat. Drake – “Where Ya At”
Nicki Minaj Feat. Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself

Winner:
Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work”

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Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Nominees:
Drake
Fetty Wap
Future
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar

Winner:
Drake

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Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Nominees:
Nicki Minaj
Dej Loaf
Lil Kim
Missy Elliott
Remy Ma

Winner:
Nicki Minaj

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Video of the Year

Nominees:
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work”

Winner:
Beyoncé

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Video Director of the Year

Nominees:
Director X
Benny Boom
Chris Brown
Colin Tilley and the Little Homies
Hype Williams

Winner:
Director X

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Best New Artist

Nominees:
Bryson Tiller
Alessia Cara
Andra Day
Kehlani
Tory Lanez

Winner:
Bryson Tiller

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Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Nominees:
Kirk Franklin
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy Award
Eric Campbell
Lecrae
Tamela Mann
Tasha Cobbs

Winner:
Kirk Franklin

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Best Actress

Nominees:
Taraji P. Henson
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis

Winner:
Taraji P. Henson

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Best Actor

Nominees:
Michael B. Jordan
Anthony Anderson
Courtney B. Vance
Idris Elba
O’Shea Jackson Jr.

Winner:
Michael B. Jordan

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Youngstars Award

Nominees:
Amandla Stenberg
Quvenzhane Wallis
Silento
Willow Smith
Yara Shahidi

Winner:
Amandla Stenberg

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Best Movie

Nominees:
Straight Outta Compton
Beasts of No Nation
Concussion
Creed
Dope

Winner:
Straight Outta Compton

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Sportswoman of the Year

Nominees:
Serena Williams
Cheyenne Woods
Gabrielle Douglas
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams

Winner:
Serena Williams

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Sportsman of the Year

Nominees:
Stephen Curry
Cam Newton
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Odell Beckham Jr

Winner:
Stephen Curry

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Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award

Nominees:
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Chris Brown – “Back to Sleep”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Future Feat. Drake – “Where Ya At”
Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work”

Winner:
Beyoncé

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Centric Award

Nominees:
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Andra Day – “Rise Up”
K. Michelle – “Not a Little Bit”
Rihanna – “BBHMM”
The Internet – “Under Control”

Winner:
Beyoncé

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Best International Act Africa

Nominees:
Wizkid (Nigeria)
AKA (South Africa)
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Mzvee (Ghana)
Serge Beynaud (Cote D’lvoire)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)

Winner:
Black Coffee (South Africa)

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Best International Act UK

Nominees:
Skepta
Kano
Krept & Konan
Lianne La Havas
Stormzy
Tinie Tempah

Winner:
Skepta

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Beyoncé was the big winner with four awards out of five nominations including best female R&B/Pop artist, video of the year for “Formation” as well as Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice, However Beyoncé had hopped a plane bound for London for the start of her international tour, so her Mom Tina Knowles accepted the awards on her behalf. From nine nominations Drake picked up three awards for best male hip-hop artist, best group with Future  and best collaboration for his featured role on Rihanna’s “Work”.

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Get To Know The Character’s Of TV Series Lucifer

In anticipation of Lucifer Season 2 which is set to air on September 19, we at Skatronixxx thought what better way to be prepared for Season 2, than by looking at a breakdown of the character’s, including the two new characters that were announced last week, Charlotte (Lucifer’s Mom) and Ella Lopez (forensics) who we will be seeing a lot of Season 2.

 

Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) Photo: Fox

Lucifer Morningstar: The Lord of Hell

Played by Tom Ellis, Lucifer (formerly known as Samael) bored with his life and abdicates his throne and becomes a consultant for the L.A.P.D whilst running his night club Lux. Lucifer has many powers including a supernatural awareness of any person’s hidden desires and can compel them to speak the truth. Lucifer enjoy’s using theses abilities to expose sinners in public, when he Lucifer speaks of his identity, but he is never believed and it gets brushed off.

Powers and Abilities: 

• High-Tier Angelic Physiology – As an angle, Lucifer is very powerful. Considering the fact that Lucifer is one of the strongest angels, his powers far outclass that of Amenadiel or Uriel, and is on par with Michael (when he possesses his wings). Without his wings, Lucifer’s powers are seemingly greatly reduced.
• Supernatural Strength – Lucifer is capable of displaying superhuman physical strength, notably able to send a large man flying 30 feet through a glass wall with a mere push. Being an upper tier angel he is able to easily overpower angels like Amenadiel even after Lucifer lost his wings.
• Supernatural Stamina – Lucifer often proclaims to have tremendous stamina.
• Supernatural Durability – Lucifer is able to take immense amounts of physical damage, yet he doesn’t suffer any injuries or pain.
• Supernatural Reflexes – Lucifer possesses great reflexes, as we have seen time and time again. Especially when he caught a knife Maze had thrown at him.
• Desire Exhibition – Lucifer’s mere presence lowers the inhibitions of everyone around him, inducing them to reveal their true nature, their darkest secrets and desires. This allows him to make Faustian deals with various people in exchange for favors.
• Temptation Inducement – Lucifer, being highly sexual, can easily make himself carnally irresistible to most human women and sometimes men, which he uses to his advantage. However there is a select few, including Chloe Decker who seem to be resistant to his power.
• Telekinesis – Lucifer is able to levitate and spin a coin using his mind.
• Chronokinesis – Lucifer is able to remain active when time is slowed down, this usually happens when Amenadiel would visit Earth.
• Shape-shifting – Lucifer is capable of altering his true angelic appearance, making himself look either a dashingly handsome young human male, or a fearsome demon with red skin and blazing red eyes. He can also just alter the color of his eyes, and make only a select few people see his demonic form (while others still see him as a handsome human male). We assume Amenadiel sees Lucifer’s true angelic appearance even when Lucifer is in human form.
• Teleportation – Lucifer was able to appear in a house, right after Chole had locked him inside her car.
• Immortality – (This is only so, if Chole Decker is not near him). As an angel, Lucifer cannot be killed, however his Immortality is temporarily affected if he is in the vicinity of Chloe Decker.  To test his theory, Lucifer tried to cut himself with a knife in the presence of Maze, but was shown to be invulnerable, However when he tried the same test in the presence of Chloe with the same knife, he bled,  revealing his immortality and protections are greatly lowered in Chloe’s presence.
• Night-Omniscience – Lucifer possesses an infinite amount of knowledge, and is remarkably well spoken and sophisticated, as a result. However, he notably has a poor understanding of human children, due to his general dislike of them.

Former Powers:

• Flight – As Samael, Lucifer was once capable of utilizing his immense, angelic wings for flight. After leaving Hell, he had Mazikeen cut them off, he later burned them to prevent them from ever being reattached or stolen again.

Weakness: 

• Chloe Decker – The reason why is currently unknown at this stage, she is insensitive to Lucifer’s power and charm and she is able to render him powerless and defenseless against all means of harming.
• Demonic Blades Forged in Hell – While its is most likely not possible to kill him with demon weapons, Lucifer did confirm that they “prick”.
• Angels – Amenadiel was able to physically harm Lucifer even though he was far out of reach of Chloe. However, considering Lucifer’s evaluated position in the angelic hierarchy, normal angels like Amenadiel can hurt Lucifer to a limited or very limited extent. Its possible if Lucifer still had his wings, Amenadiel and the other regular angels wouldn’t be able to harm him at all.

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Det. Chloe Decker (Lauren German) Photo: Fox

Detective Chloe Decker:

Played by Lauren German, Chloe Decker is an L.A.P.D homicide detective who solves crimes with Lucifer after he took a very keen interest and is intriguing by that fact that the gorgeous detective is immune to his abilities. Following an earlier incident in which she clashed with her department concerning a cop shooting and is now ostracized by her fellow officers. Chloe Decker also has her own ability as it seems she is the only one that can physically hurt Lucifer.

Abilities:

• Marksmanship – Chloe has outstanding aim and can handle a weapon like nobody’s business.
• Mystical Immunity – Chloe is somehow immune to Lucifer’s powers of coercion when used towards her, much to his surprise. She is still affected by Lucifer’s  other powers, such as Chronokinesis.
• Rendering Lucifer Vulnerable – We don’t yet understand why Lucifer becomes immortal and physically vulnerable when he is in the vicinity of Chloe Decker.
• Combatant – Chloe is trained in self-defense.

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Det. Dan Espinoza (Kevin Alejandro) Photo: Fox

Detective Dan Espinoza:

Played by Kevin Alejandro, Dan Espinoza is also an L.A.P.D homicide detective and is Chloe’s ex-husband. Dan and Lucifer clash constantly as he doesn’t like the fact that Lucifer has a connection with Chole and their daughter Trixi, although Lucifer is not very keen on children. Dan was also involved in the cop shooting that Chloe has been ostracized for. Lucifer also refers to Dan as Detective Douchebag.

Abilities:

• Annoyance – It’s really the only ability Dan has and does well, he manages to irritate Lucifer constantly.

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Amenadiel (D. B. Woodside) Photo: Fox

Amenadiel: A dark-winged Angel

Played by D. B. Woodside, Amenadiel is Lucifer’s brother who arrives in LA to encourage Lucifer to go back to Hell. Amenadiel believes Lucifer’s new life is upsetting Earth’s balance. Their relationship isn’t full of brotherly love as you might expect, the pair despise one another and are constantly bickering

Powers and Abilities: 

His powers are not fully known, however he is not as powerful as Lucifer but he is still more powerful than the demon Maze. Theses are the powers Amenadiel’s displayed so far.

Powers 

• Angelic Physiology/Extreme Power – As an angel, he is powerful and possesses many abilities.
• Immortality – Amenadiel cannot be killed by conventional means.
• Chronokinesis – Amenadiel is able to slow down time when he converses with Lucifer, and keeping his presence on Earth invisible to humans.
• Superhuman Reflexes – Amenadiel possesses great reflexes, and is able to effortlessly dodge the attacks of Maze.
• Superhuman Strength – Amenadiel also possesses great strength, far stronger than any human being.
• Shape-Shifting – Amenadiel is also capable of altering his true angelic appearance, making himself look like a human male, and claims to be comfortable in his human form.
• Wings – The feathers of Amenadiel’s angelic wings are sharp and could do some damage.
• Flight – Through the use of his wings, Amenadiel is capable of flying.
• Resurrection – Amenadiel has the power to bring people back to life.

Abilities:

• Expert Combatant – Amenadiel is highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, able to swiftly gain the upper hand against Maze, much to Maze’s disgust.

Weakness: 

• Demon Weapons – Demon weapons can cause fatal injury to an angels.
• Angels – Other angels are able hurt Amenadiel

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Mazikeen “Maze” (Lesley-Ann Brandt) Photo: Fox

Mazikeen: Demon

Played by Lesley-Ann Brandt, Mazikeen (Maze) is a war leader of the Lilim, a race descended from Lilith. Maze is Lucifer’s confidante and his devoted ally she also acts as the bartender at Lucifer’s nightclub Lux. Maze has some serious attitude and is fearless loyal and protective of Lucifer, she doesn’t care much for Chole Decker, jealous that she is taking Lucifer from her.

Power and Abilities: 

Powers

• Demon Physiology/Vast Power – As a demon, Mazikeen is far superior to a human, having augmented supernatural power.
• Immortality – As a demon, Mazikeen cannot be killed by ordinary means.
• Superhuman Strength – Maze possesses far superior strength to a human being,  though inferior to that of an angel, like Amenadiel.
• Superhuman Speed – Maze is able to move far faster than any human.
• Chronokinesis – Much like Lucifer and Amenadiel,  Maze is able to remain active when Amenadiel slows time down.

Abilities

• Expert Hand-to-hand Combatant – Maze had shown excellent fighting skill, unarmed.
• Expert Knifes Combatant – Maze has also mean fighting skills, with karambit knives.

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Beatrice “Trixie” (Scarlett Estevez) Photo: Fox

Beatrice “Trixie”:

Played by Scarlett Estevez, Trixie is Chloe and Dan’s daughter, she befriends Lucifer much to his surprise and disgust, since he despises children. But he secretly has a soft spot for her as the little human is growing on him.

Powers

• Cuteness – Trixie has slowly worked her way into the hearts of both Lucifer and her new friend Maze.

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Dr. Linda Martin (Rachel Harris) Photo: Fox

Dr. Linda Martin:

Played by Rachel Harris, Dr Martin is Lucifer’s therapist with whom he has a sexual relationship with thanks to his powers of persuasion. Dr. Martin believes that Lucifer is using a religious metaphor and does not believe he is really the devil. Dr. Martin attempts to help Lucifer solve his emotional and personal problems throughout the series, and tries to get him to open up about his emotions.

Power

• Therapist Extraordinaire – Dr. Harris is the only woman who can drag emotions out of Lucifer and able to get him to talk.

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Det. Malcolm Graham (Kevin Rankin) Photo: Fox

Detective Malcolm Graham:

Played by Kevin Rankin, A police officer who was shot prior to the beginning of the series. Chloe Decker witnessed the shooting, which occurred while Malcolm was secretly meeting with a suspected criminal. After the shooting, Malcolm was left in a coma. But he was brought back from the dead by Amenadiel to kill Lucifer. Melcolm was killed by Chloe Decker in the season finale after a series of murders Melcolm had committed.

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Charlotte – Mother of Angles (Tricia Helfer) Photo: Fox

Charlotte: Mother of Angles

Played by Tricia Helfer, Charlotte is God’s ex-wife and mother of Lucifer and Amenadiel, she has been trapped in Hell for thousands of years but has recently escaped and Lucifer is tasked with re-capturing her. Once reunited with Lucifer it becomes apparent that he in fact takes after his mother, however mother doesn’t share the same intrigue that Lucifer does when it comes to humanity.

Powers

We are yet to learn what Charlotte is capable of, no doubt she’s a force to be reckoned with.

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Ella Lopez  (Aimee Garcia) Photo: Fox

Ella Lopez:

Played by Aimee Garcia, Ella is a forensic scientist at the L.A.P.D and is somewhat of a walking contradiction as she hails from a strong catholic family but is a scientist. Ella grew up under the watchful and protective eye of five brother in a rough neighborhood in Detroit. Lucifer finds Ella’s mutual belief in both faith and science extremely intriguing as do her colleagues at the department who will get to love her quirky ways.

Powers

We are still yet to learn what Ella can do and how well she can do it.

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Weekly Top 50 Singles Chart Wrap Up

Howdy and welcome back to Skatronixxx Music’s Top 50 Singles Chart wrap up where we look at the latest Aria, Billboard and Official UK charts each week. Let’s get into this weeks wrap up and find out if Drake was able to hold on to the top spot.

ARIA SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (LW 2)

☆ 3.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 5)

☆ 4.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (DOWN – LW 3)

☆ 5.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 4)

☆ 6.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (UP – LW 7)

☆ 7.  Panda – Desiigner (UP – LW 9)

☆ 8.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 9.  Say It – Flume Feat. Tove Lo (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 10.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (LW 10)

☆ 11.  Into You – Ariana Grande (LW 11)

☆ 12.  We Don’t Talk Anymore – Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez (UP – LW 22)

☆ 13.  Be The One – Dua Lipa (UP – LW 19)

☆ 14.  No Money – Galantis (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 15.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (DOWN- LW 14)

☆ 16.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 17.  This Girl – Kungs Vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners (UP – LW 18)

☆ 18.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 19.  Home – Topic Feat. Nico Santos (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 20.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam (UP – LW 21)

☆ 21.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 22.  In My Blood – The Veronica (UP – LW 26)

☆ 23.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 24.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 25)

☆ 25.  Hair – Little Mix (UP – LW 28)

☆ 26.  Don’t Be So Shy – Imany (UP – LW 42)

☆ 27.  Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (LW 27) 

☆ 28.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (UP – LW 30)

☆ 29.  Sound Of Silence – Dami Im (UP – LW 31)

☆ 30.  The Fighter – Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 31.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 32.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 33.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 34.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 35.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (UP – LW 37)

☆ 36.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (NEW)

☆ 37.  1955 – Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 38.  Do It Right – Anne-Marie (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 39.  All In My Head (Flex) – Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap (UP – LW 45)

☆ 40.  Crash – Usher (UP – LW 48)

☆ 41.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 42.  Mama Said – Lukas Graham (NEW)

☆ 43.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 44.  Hello Friday – Flo Rida Feat. Jason Derulo (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 45.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 46.  Hide Away – Daya (DOWN – LW 43)

☆ 47.  1000x – Jarryd James Feat. Broods (NEW)

☆ 48.  Need Me – Rihanna (R/E)

☆ 49.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (NEW)

☆ 50.  Wherever I Go – OneRepublic (NEW)

Again this week Drake has managed to hold out at No.1 with One Dance, with Calvin Harris hold on to No.2 with This Is What You Came For and Drake also takes out No.3 with Too Good.

New Singles This Week: Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (36), Mama Said – Lukas Graham (42), 1000x – Jarryd James Feat. Broods (47), Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (49), Wherever I Go – OneRepublic (50).

Rihanna has Re-entered the chat this week at (48) with Needed Me.

New Single Video:  Twenty One Pilots new single Heathens (From Suicide Squad: The Album) (ARIA Chart)

 

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BILLBOARD SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (UP – LW 3)

☆ 3.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 2)

☆ 4.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (LW 4)

☆ 5.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (LW 5)

☆ 6.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 7)

☆ 7.  Needed Me – Rihanna (UP – LW 9)

☆ 8.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (UP – LW 13)

☆ 9.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 10.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 11)

☆ 11.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 12.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 10)

☆ 13.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 15)

☆ 14.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat. Tove Lo (UP – LW 27)

☆ 15.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 16.  Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 17.  H.O.L.Y. – Florida Georgia Line (LW 17)

☆ 18.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (UP – LW 31)

☆ 19.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (LW 19)

☆ 20.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 28)

☆ 21.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (LW 21)

☆ 22.  Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 23.  Controlla – Drake (UP – LW 24)

☆ 24.  Lost Boy – Ruth B (UP – LW 25)

☆ 25.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 26.  Pillowtalk – Zayn (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 27.  Let It Go – James Bay (UP – LW 32)

☆ 28.  My House – Flo Rida (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 29.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 33)

☆ 30.  Low Life – Future Feat. The Weeknd (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 31.  All The Way Up – Fat Joe, Remy Ma & Jay Z Feat. French Montana & Infared (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 32.  Me Myself & I – G-Easy Feat. Bebe Rexha (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 33.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (UP – LW 36)

☆ 34.  Oui – Jeremih (UP – LW 35)

☆ 35.  Cut It – O.T Genesis Feat. Young Dolph (UP – LW 37)

☆ 36.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (UP – LW 46)

☆ 37.  Huntin’, Fishin’ & Lovin’ Every Day – Luke Bryan (UP – LW 43)

☆ 38.  Sorry – Beyonce (UP – LW 41)

☆ 39.  Unsteady – X Ambassadors (UP – LW 48)

☆ 40.  For Free – DJ Khaled Feat. Drake (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 41.  Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 42.  2 Phones – Kevin Gates (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 43.  Wicked – Future (UP – LW 44)

☆ 44.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (UP – LW 52)

☆ 45.  Pop Style – Drake Feat. The Throne (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 46.  Exchange – Bryson Tiller (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 47.  T-Shirt – Thomas Rhett (DOWN – LW 45)

☆ 48.  Church Bells – Carrie Underwood (UP – LW 58)

☆ 49.  Really Really – Kevin Gates (UP – LW 53)

☆ 50.  Into You – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 47)

This week Drake continues to hold on to the No.1 spot with One Dance, Justin Timberlake moves up to take out the No.2 spot with Can’t Stop This Feeling and Desiigner slip down to take out No.3 with Panda.

New Single Video: Lukas Graham’s new single Mama Said (ARIA Chart)

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OFFICAL UK SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  One Dance  – Dra- ke Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  This Girl – Kungs Vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners (LW 2)

☆ 3.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 3)

☆ 4.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (LW 4)

☆ 5.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (LW 5)

☆ 6.  Tears – Clean Bandit Feat. Louisa Johnson (LW 6)

☆ 7.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (LW 7)

☆ 8.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (LW 8)

☆ 9.  Give Me Your Love – Sigala Feat. Newman/Rodgers (UP – LW 91)

☆ 10.  No Money – Galantis (LW 10)

☆ 11.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 12.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 13.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 14.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 15.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 25)

☆ 16.  Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott (UP – LW 28)

☆ 17.  Hotter Than Hell – Dua Lipa (UP – LW 18)

☆ 18.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 19.  This Ones For You – David Guetta Feat. Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 20.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 21.  Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 22.  Lush life – Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 23.  Controlla – Drake (UP – LW 24)

☆ 24.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (UP – LW 30)

☆ 25.  Good Grief – Bastille (NEW)

☆ 26.  Into You – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 34)

☆ 27.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 28.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 29.  Hair – Little Mix (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 30.  Hymm For The Weekend – Coldplay (UP – LW 33)

☆ 31.  I’ll Be There – Neales (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 32.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 33.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (NEW)

☆ 34.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 35.  Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (DOWN – LW 31)

☆ 36.  Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 37.  Wherever I Go – OneRepublic (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 38.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (UP – LW 45)

☆ 39.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 60)

☆ 40.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 41.  Cry – Sigma Feat. Take That (UP – LW 54)

☆ 42.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 43.  Piece Of Me – MK & Becky Hill (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 44.  Perfect Strangers – Jonas Blue Feat. JP Cooper (UP – LW 46)

☆ 45.  Needed Me – Rihanna (UP – LW 47)

☆ 46.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 47.  Stitches – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 48.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat. Tove Lo (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 49.  One More Time – Craig David (UP – LW 55)

☆ 50.  Nothing Like This – Blonde & Craig David (DOWN – LW 43)

This week Drake again takes out No.1 with One Dance, the Kungs Vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners take out No.2 with This Girl and Justin Timberlake again takes out No.3 with This Is What You Came For. 

New Singles This Week: Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (33), Good Grief – Bastille (25).

New Single Video: Bastille’s new single Good Grief (UK Chart)

 

New Single Video:  Jarryd James’s new single 1000x (ARIA Chart)

 

New Single Video: ** WARNING EXPLICIT**Kent Jones’s new single Don’t Mind (ARIA Chart)

 

New Single Video: OneRepublic’s new single Wherever I Go (ARIA Chart)

 

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Well that concludes this weeks chart wrap up, Drake is still dominating across all three charts along with Justin Timberlake.  A few new songs hit the ARIA and UK charts this week which I have included for you to enjoy. Be sure to check back the same time next week to find out if Drake has been knock off the top spot.