The video for “The APL Song” has now been added to Launch.com (Yahoo’s music website). Please take the time to not only watch the video, but to give it a high rating. The higher the rating, the better. It would be great if our ratings got the song in the Launch.com Top 10! Then it would be seen on the Launch.com homepage by every visitor to the site! So click here to watch the video at Launch!

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is rumoured to be taking the long and winding road to play Wellington next year.

In the meantime, American R&B group Black Eyed Peas have been confirmed to play the capital on October 8.

Several fan websites devoted to The Beatles and Sir Paul, one of the world’s richest entertainers, have reported in recent days that he is expected to tour New Zealand and Australia next year.

Neither McCartney nor his representatives have announced tour plans. However Auckland-based promoter Manolo Echave – who is bringing Black Eyed Peas to Wellington – said though he was not involved in any tour by McCartney, he had heard that a New Zealand and Australia tour next year was possible.
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“Let’s Get It Started” is this week’s Hot Shot Debut on the Billboard Hot 100! It debuted at # 52!

BEP closed out tonight’s televised Democratic Convention festivities by performing their current hit “Let’s Get It Started”! I happened to catch the performance at the last minute and made a video of it. That will come later. For now, click here for captures!

The BEP concert from Cologne, Germany is airing today instead of yesterday. So tune in at 6PM and again later tonight at 2AM (ET). I will be capping the concert in order to upload here on FergieFan.com later, in case you missed it because MTV is screwy, lol!

The previously unreleased Black Eyed Peas track “For the People” will anchor the soundtrack to the animated film “Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie,” due Aug. 10 via RCA. Also featured on the set is “It’s Over,” the debut from five-piece student group Fatty Koo, signed to Columbia following a recording session on the John Lennon Songwriting Contest’s Educational Bus tour in Columbus, Ohio.

The majority of the 12-track album consists of songs by studio musicians to soundtrack the character Yugi Muto’s encounters with various monsters. The theme song of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” WB television series is included as a bonus track.

The Warner Bros. film will open Aug. 13 in U.S. theaters. For more information on the franchise, visit the U.S. “Yu-Gi-Oh!” Web site.

Source: Billboard

Black Eyed Peas Honor International Superstar Carlos Santana as 2004 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 28, 2004–An impressive star-studded roster already has confirmed for the 2004 Latin Recording Academy(R) Person Of The Year tribute honoring Carlos Santana. George Lopez and Cheech Marin will co-host and Quincy Jones will be the Executive Producer of the tribute gala to take place Monday Aug. 30, 2004 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Black Eyed Peas, Cafe Quijano, Fher of Mana, La Ley, Dave Matthews, Ozomatli, Robi Rosa, Rob Thomas and Julieta Venegas are confirmed to perform, in addition to a special musical performance by the honoree himself. Additional celebrity attendees will be announced soon.

Carlos Santana will receive the honor of the 2004 Latin Recording Academy Person Of The Year for his professional, cultural and philanthropic accomplishments. The celebrity gala honoring Santana will feature a dinner and dazzling tribute concert with performances by many of today’s great musical talents.
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So, apparently MTV doesn’t like to stick to what they’re scheduling says. They didn’t are the BEP concert yesterday at all! I hope they come to their senses so fans who may not have seen BEP on tour can get a taste of what it’s like! I’ll keep y’all posted!

As part of “Backstage Pass Week”, MTV will air concert footage from BEP’s Cologne, Germany stop on the Elephunk Tour. It airs today at 6PM (ET), so be sure to tune in! Click here for more info! If you miss the 6PM airing, it will repeat at 2AM tonight as well.

The first Moonman won’t be handed out for another month, but Jay-Z and Beyoncé are already looking like the king and queen of the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards: The two led the pack when nominations were announced Tuesday morning.

Usher, Kanye West, Jessica Simpson, Hoobastank, Yellowcard and Jet were also unveiled as the show’s first performers at Tuesday’s announcement in Miami, where the show will be held August 29, marking the VMAs’ first staging outside of New York or Los Angeles.
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BEP has scored 3 nominations for this year’s Video Music Awards! They are nominatedfor “Best Choreography In A Video”, “Best Hip-Hop Video”, and “Best Dance Video”! The VMAs are on August 29th this year in Miami. BEP is scheduled to perform in California that night, so if they win, it looks like they won’t be there to accept their award(s). I’ll keep you posted on any more VMA news, but congrats to BEP!

Also, you can vote for BEP in the Viewer’s Choice Award Playoffs! Click here. “Where Is The Love” is up against Jessica Simpson’s “With You” (5th Battle), so be sure to get your votes in for BEP frequently!

Black Eyed Peas, Chingy, Coheed and Cambria, Jadakiss, Melissa Auf Der Maur, the Ying Yang Twins and Yellowcard are starring in a series of voter initiative public service announcements for Fuse. The spots come as part of the cable music channel’s Electile Dysfunction 2004 campaign, which kicks off today (July 26) to coincide with the beginning of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, and will continue through the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election.

The 30-second PSAs urge the network’s 12-34-aged viewing audience to take part in daily online polls and surveys, as well as discuss issues surrounding the election. The initiative “will take the heart of the political system to task with a bold call-to-action for young voters to ‘Get Up the Vote’ in this year’s presidential election,” Fuse president Marc Juris says.
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