2,265 source-backed entertainment facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 23 of 23.
“Furuholmen and bandmates Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Morten Harkett, announced in October that they would perform their final shows together in 2010.”
“at 10/11 or even money, John Oxx’s dual Classic winner is indeed worthy of a decent bet.”
“has already sold 27 million albums across the world”
“contains 16 performances recorded in concert across America”
“Their Ending On A High Note tour will take them to Brighton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bournemouth, and London's Wembly Arena in November.”
“Those current odds would suggest that Mick Kinane’s mount has only a 50 per cent chance of crossing the line first”
“On 31 December 1999, Frinton’s now legendary television sketch was broadcast ten times on ten separate television channels.”
“In 1992, She received the recording industry "Indie" award for Best Storytelling album for her CD "Report From Grimes Creek."”
“Since the band have been going for 36 years, maybe they've earned their right to their hubris.”
“He gets a hefty 11lb weight allowance against his elders”
“Yet Germans have been watching it with religious concentration every year since 1963.”
“the 'Enigma' Variations, Op. 36.”
“Since their formation in New York during the glam rock era, they've sold a hundred million albums.”
“the 7/2 currently available about Rip Van Winkle with Boylesports”
“Despite a career that lasted for more than four decades, Conover was completely anonymous in the United States.”
“He co-founded Husker Du when he was 17.”
“This year they released their first studio album for 11 years, Sonic Boom.”
“he was a 12/1 shot that day”
“prime-time viewing in 109 countries.”
“Rykodisc will release a the next Sugar album, 'Besides,' July 25, 1995.”
“Sonic Boom is arguably the best thing we've done in 25 years. It's four people going into the studio and committing to making a great album.”
“I’m more keen on Henry Cecil’s Twice Over at 20/1”
“Brits who are truly big abroad know they have to do that stuff if they want to survive beyond their 15 minutes of purely domestic fame.”
“JOHNSON went solo in the late 1950s and was a regular on Don McNeill's "Breakfast Club," and Jack Paar's TV show. She also made many guest appearances on TV shows. During that time she made over 150 records and a dozen albums.”
“Running round in armour and stacked heels is hard at any age - but Simmons is now 60 years old.”
“Tim Easterby’s ANGLEZARKE can be backed at 5/1 in the opener”
“The year 2000 is the year pop gets angry.”
“JOHNSON has since returned to her singing career, with a cabaret act at The Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel (June 1994).”
“Kiss play Birmingham NEC on May 11 and Wembley Arena on May 12 and 13th.”
“He looks too big at around the 8/1 mark each-way”
“Garland’s formula worked. The Beach sold five million copies, was translated into eight languages and has now been adapted for the big screen by the Trainspotting team, with a $50 million budget and Leonardo Di Caprio in the lead.”
“She has a new recording "A Family Affair," (Bliss-Tavern Music Productions).”
“EastEnders came out on top at the British Soap Awards, scooping 10 awards to Coronation Street's three.”
“ALLIED POWERS can go very close at around 12/1 in the Old Newton Cup”
“Coronation Street's Betty Driver, 89, who plays barmaid Betty Williams, won the lifetime achievement award.”
“ANGLEZARKE e/w (2.05pm, Sandown, tomorrow)”
“BBC One's Doctors won twice while Channel 4's Hollyoaks and ITV1's Emmerdale picked up one award each.”
“ACROSTIC e/w (2.40pm, Sandown, tomorrow)”
“The 19 February programme, which marked the soap's 25th anniversary, also won best single episode.”
“SEA THE STARS (3.15pm, Sandown, tomorrow)”
“His colleague Turner also won best dramatic performance at the ceremony at ITV Studios on London's Southbank.”
“ALLIED POWERS e/w (3.30pm, Haydock, tomorrow)”
“Tribute was also paid to Maggie Jones - Weatherfield's Blanche Hunt - who died in December, aged 75.”
“The awards will be shown on ITV1 on Wednesday, 19 May.”
“It's the band's first record since 1998's million-selling Celebrity Skin”
“I played three-and-a-half hours! I had all the house lights on!”
“There were something like three, maybe four-hundred responses and every one of them was like, 'were you even at the same show?'”
“Hole are touring the UK until 9 May.”
“Durham have been county champions for the past two seasons”
“Eight teams would participate on a regional basis”
“The most likely make-up of a side would have seven home-grown players and four overseas players”
“Riverside needs to be developed out to a 20,000 capacity, as an Ashes Test in 2013 is looming”
“Paul Heaton - the composer of two minute 20 second pop song Happy Hour - says there's only one track on his forthcoming solo album that is shorter than four minutes long.”
“"I've had my fun," says Heaton, who on Wednesday will begin a 900-mile, 20-day cycling tour of England, performing at a different pub most nights.”
“Despite having had eight top five albums with his two bands, Heaton says his last solo album, 2008's The Cross-Eyed Rambler, was his best to date.”
“Obviously, I didn't write that. It's a cover version of the Isley-Jasper-Isley version from 1985.”
“not expecting to emulate the chart success of his previous projects with his yet untitled new collection, due out in September.”
“Despite having had eight top five albums with his two bands”
“Heaton wrote the lyrics for his forthcoming release in Maastricht - also in the Netherlands - the winter before last.”
“For his new album, he went with co-writers last summer to Tenerife.”
“It's a cover version of the Isley‑Jasper‑Isley version from 1985.”
“Paul Heaton's Pedals & Beer Pumps tour begins at The Flying Horse Hotel in Rochdale on Wednesday 5 May, closing at The Southern in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, on Sunday 23 May.”
“In January, Avatar - directed by James Cameron - became the highest-grossing movie of all time, overtaking the $1.843bn taken by Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic.”
“Susan Boyle's debut album was confirmed as the world's biggest seller of the year, shifting 8.3m copies.”
“The Scottish star's performance was substantially up on 2008's world number one, Coldplay's Viva La Vida, which sold 6.8 million.”
