Big news, guys: we have a brand-new, exclusive, (SCEE-only!) gig coming your way very soon – VidZone presents Groove Armada – in a completely re-decked and re-themed, Presentation Podium space.

To celebrate the launch of Groove Armada’s fantastic new Blacklight album, the Presentation Podium will be re-opened (at dusk) with a brand-new mini-game, new (exclusive) rewards and of course, exclusive music and interview footage from one of the world’s biggest music acts. Check out the trailer and screenshots below:

We’ll update very soon with the live date, so watch this space for more information…. Completely free and completely awesome – this simply isn’t one you want to miss!

iELL / Elliott

For more information on Groove Armada go to: www.groovearmada.com/ps3. I Won’t Kneel single released 23.11.2009. Blacklight Album released 22.02.2010.

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Sorry for the awful title… Believe me it is better than the first couple I came up with (“Born ExcluSlippy” was by far the worst). Got a better one? Answers on a postcard.

Anyway, from that rubbish title you can probably guess what I’m going to say. Underworld are back and guess who they have given the exclusive first look of their new video to? MTV… No, I’m kidding… They gave it to us

For those of you who don’t know, here is how their label describes them (far more eloquently than I ever could).

“Having created a defining soundtrack to a chemical generation with the almighty ‘Born Slippy’ and countless club crossover hits including the likes of ‘Rez’ and ‘Cowgirl’, Underworld are highly regarded as one of the best in the business.”

Nice heh? Their new track is called “Downpipe” and is a collaboration with house music aficionados Mark Knight and D Ramirez. Want more info on the tune this is what the label had to say…

“The combination of Underworld’s unmistakable talent for drawing on primal energies and Mark Knight and D.Ramirez’s unquestionable production skills and knowledge of the Dance Floor tells a powerful story that is ahead of the curve and pays off with a monster riff in the drop.”

WOW! You HAVE to be excited now, surely? Well all I have left in my arsenal of excitement is the fact that the video is pretty spectacular as well. I’m not going to give anything away but it’s definitely worth checking out for the video alone.

The video will be available from 17:00 GMT on Tuesday 17th November in all VidZone territories.

You still here? Go on… Check it out now… Go on… Please come back and tell me what you think though.

See you on the other side

Ben

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Special people deserve special things. And you know what, we think you are all kinda special (not in that way… don’t be childish). So… We got something for you, just a little (not so little actually) token of our affection for all of you guys that just can’t get enough of VidZone and more importantly (much less importantly) my blog entries.

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Everyone’s favourite Hawaiian wave botherer Jack Johnson has been busy playing all around the world recently and has decided he would like to share some of the best moments in a special live album and DVD entitled “En Concert”. Very generous of him as I’m sure you will agree.

To celebrate this release we have an exclusive video with footage of Jack showing off some pretty impressive board skills as well as a performance of “Good People” which you won’t find anywhere!

The Album/DVD is released on October 26th 2009 so you should definitely check it out but in the mean time you can watch the Good People exclusive from Monday 26th October from 10:00AM BST and is available to all VidZone countries (Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and The UK).

Also we have a little competition for UK VidZoners… Answer a simple question and you could win… wait for it…a little longer…OK, long enough.

A special Jack Johnson plaque featuring ALL Jack’s albums artwork as well as a personalised message to the lucky winner.

To enter the competition, go to the community forum and follow the instructions. I’m afraid you have to be in the UK to enter this though (Sorry, we would love to offer it to all of you but our hands are tied, there will be more competitions for everyone else soon).

In the words of Jack himself…“I think it was a sign. When your cell, phone fell, into the toilet, and then it spelled, the word, Goodbye”.

Ben

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Can I get a yes yes?!? it’s a world first and a VidZone first! ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy‘ BOOK has released a theme tune – You heard me right, A BOOK MUSIC THEME…this is normally reserved for TV and Film only. VidZone is the first place in the world you can watch this animated video with characters literally spinning into space.

The new single (released 12th October) and video by the Blizzards will coincide with the release of sixth instalment of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy which has been written by Eoin Colfer and both are entitled called “And Another Thing”.

The Blizzards are a multi award winning pop band in their home country of Ireland and have played to 50,000 strong crowds at the likes of Oxygen festival as well as supporting Oasis, The Prodigy and AC/DC. The video went live on Thursday 15th October 12, 2009 at 12:00PM BST.

Thanks for your time and enjoy
Ben

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