Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has won a lawsuit filed against her after she refused to perform with John Farnham.
In evidence in court Dame Kiri had expressed her outrage when she saw a DVD showing women's underwear being thrown on stage during one of Farnham's concerts.
Leading Edge Events sued the New Zealand-born soprano, her company, her former agent Nick Grace and his company for breach of contract, breach of contractual warranty equities and misleading conduct after she pulled out of a series of concerts with the pop singer in 2005.
.......................................... Needs to get over herself I think........................
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Easy ride for pop retreads
Easy ride for pop retreads
* It's rush hour on the comeback trail for pop's big names of the 1970s and '80s, writes Polly Coufos
* March 17, 2007
WHEN the Police announced a world tour to coincide with the 30th anniversary of their founding, there was little doubt the band, fronted by Sting and as noted for its internal friction as its catalogue of reggae-influenced rock, was in line for a big payday.
Last month tickets went on sale for the band's first US stadium shows, which are so far running through to late September. Australian dates are expected but have not been confirmed. With tickets ranging from $US50 to $US225 ($63-$315), most shows were immediate sellouts and already there are estimates that the tour will bring in more than $US175 million. That's a lot of reasons to bury the hatchet.
They could take a leaf from the Eagles' book. The California country-rock hit-makers split in 1980 with such acrimony that lead singer Don Henley said the band would reform only when hell froze over. Hell didn't freeze but there was a definite thaw, as the winged ones have enjoyed a series of stupendously successful tours (their 2004 Australian tour was called Farewell I, having a bet each way).
* It's rush hour on the comeback trail for pop's big names of the 1970s and '80s, writes Polly Coufos
* March 17, 2007
WHEN the Police announced a world tour to coincide with the 30th anniversary of their founding, there was little doubt the band, fronted by Sting and as noted for its internal friction as its catalogue of reggae-influenced rock, was in line for a big payday.
Last month tickets went on sale for the band's first US stadium shows, which are so far running through to late September. Australian dates are expected but have not been confirmed. With tickets ranging from $US50 to $US225 ($63-$315), most shows were immediate sellouts and already there are estimates that the tour will bring in more than $US175 million. That's a lot of reasons to bury the hatchet.
They could take a leaf from the Eagles' book. The California country-rock hit-makers split in 1980 with such acrimony that lead singer Don Henley said the band would reform only when hell froze over. Hell didn't freeze but there was a definite thaw, as the winged ones have enjoyed a series of stupendously successful tours (their 2004 Australian tour was called Farewell I, having a bet each way).
Rebels of the sun
* The science of how global warming occurs has become crucial to our economy. So why are dissenting explanations of the sun's influence on our fate being pushed aside, asks environment writer Matthew Warren
* March 17, 2007
IT says a lot about the complexity of climate science that we can put a man on the moon but we still can't predict the weather beyond the next few days. The warming of the planet, and man's contribution to this phenomenon, has become the top scientific issue of this generation.
Science by its very nature is an argument. But apparently not this one any more. Yet a minority of scientists are still lining up to challenge the accepted wisdom with their claim that global warming is being principally driven by the sun, not by human activity.
The mainstream view is that an accumulation of greenhouse gases, mostly due to human activity, is trapping too much of the sun's heat within our atmosphere. But the rebels against this dominant view suggest massive variations in the sun's heat radiation are far more influential in warming than accumulating greenhouse gases.
* March 17, 2007
IT says a lot about the complexity of climate science that we can put a man on the moon but we still can't predict the weather beyond the next few days. The warming of the planet, and man's contribution to this phenomenon, has become the top scientific issue of this generation.
Science by its very nature is an argument. But apparently not this one any more. Yet a minority of scientists are still lining up to challenge the accepted wisdom with their claim that global warming is being principally driven by the sun, not by human activity.
The mainstream view is that an accumulation of greenhouse gases, mostly due to human activity, is trapping too much of the sun's heat within our atmosphere. But the rebels against this dominant view suggest massive variations in the sun's heat radiation are far more influential in warming than accumulating greenhouse gases.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
shave it next time
Well here I am with my hair coloured to help raise money for leukemia. I hate have my photo taken even like this but its for a good cause.
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