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Friday 01st May, 2009
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Wednesday 14th January, 2009
Scissor Sisters Get Rox Appeal
The artists appearing on the War Child album have been revealed, with the likes of Beck, Elbow and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to perform covers for the charity.
Entitled Heroes, the album will see the famous bands and singers, including Lily Allen, Hot Chip and The Kooks, covering a variety of songs, from U2 to Elvis Costello.
Elbow will be covering U2's Running To Stand Still, while Franz Ferdinand will cover Blondie's Call Me. Scissor Sisters' covering Roxy Music's 'Do The Strand'.
Guy Garvey, from Elbow fame, says the project is for a worthy cause.
"War Child do exactly what it says on the tin. These kids shouldn't be in such circumstances in the first place, but they are, so thank god someone's doing something about it," he states.
Sir Paul McCartney added his voice to the campaign, saying he supports the charity, which works to help children in conflict around the world.
He urges everyone to join the cause and give their "time, energy and support" to the initiative.
Tracklist :
01. Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan)
02. Scissor Sisters - Do the Strand (Roxy Music)
03. Lily Allen e Mick Jones - Straight to Hell (The Clash)
04. Duffy - Live and Let Die (The Wings)
05. Elbow - Running to Stand Still (U2)
06. TV on the Radio - Heroes (David Bowie)
07. Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Division)
08. The Kooks - Victoria (The Kinks)
09. Estelle - Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Wonderful/Song for Children (Brian Wilson)
11. Peaches - Search and Destroy (Iggy and The Stooges)
12. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen)
13. The Like - You Belong to me (Elvis Costello)
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
15. Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Blondie)
Saturday 06th December, 2008
The LIGHTS are on for Charity Auction
On e-bay now is my copy of the Scissor Sisters Cd Single LIGHTS, the whole End Price of this item being sold, will be donated to the Maggies Centre (Cancer Care) in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Maggies Centres provide much needed support groups, care and assistance to cancer sufferers and also their carers.
The LIGHTS CD Single was Limited Edition to only 300 (Issued in 2006) and given out randomly to those that entered for one. For your own copy and to help a much needed charity go to ebay.co.uk now and enter a bid.
Thank You and Good Luck.
An update will be provided at a future date regarding this Auction.
Sunday 19th October, 2008
Paddy Boom Leaves SS
The Scissor Sisters have announced on their Official website that they have amicably split with Drummer Paddy Boom. He will no longer be on stage with them, however they have assured all fans that he will always be a Scissor Sister. Also reported is that the band are hard at work on their next album and more news will follow about this in due course.
Wednesday 30th July, 2008
Test Update for purpose of KT
See, i told ya! KT...Kev
Wednesday 25th June, 2008
News
Just a quick note to say that due to things being quiet in Scissorland, there has been no new updates. However, rest assured that when things start grooving again there will be news posted. For now, Take Care
Tuesday 01st January, 2008
A NEW YEAR
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO SCISSOR SISTERS AND ALL, VERY BEST WISHES AND WE HOPE THAT 2008 IS EXCELLENT FOR YOU!