News posted by: Jazz [10.30.01]
Melissa's boyfriend, actor Paul Walker, rapper Nelly and Timbaland were all said to have been present at the Oct. 29th, sold out St. Louis show. All celebrities were secluded from fans in VIP boxes. Obee Morant, old percussionist for Melissa's Band, was also present.
ATTENTION MEL FANS: According to Billboard.com the world-wide radio release date for "Tonight (Do Me)" is on Oct. 29th, the same day as the video's world premiere on MTV's TRL. A commercial US single for the track, featuring new-comer rapper Fabolous, is due for release on Nov. 6th. It has been reported that Outkast, Rockwilder & Roni Size, among others are currently working on remixes for "Tonight (Do Me)". Click here for an official press release sent out by Jive Records in reference to the new single.
ABC plans to televise a two-hour version of last Sunday's "United We Stand -- What More Can I Give?" -- an all-day concert at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium benefiting victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The network sealed a deal with event producer Clear Channel Entertainment to air the special on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m., the first day of November sweeps. John Stamos will host. The concert will feature performances by such acts as Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Bette Midler, 'N Sync, Destiny's Child and Melissa Williams. An all-star finale will include Michael Jackson, who will perform his new song "What More Can I Give?" with other artists in attendance.
To support the release of her forthcoming remix album and current studio album, Melissa will appear on MTV's TRL on Tuesday, Nov. 13th [the same day as the release of Melissa Remixed]. Later that night she will also appear on the Conan O'Brien show. Also, on Nov. 19th, Melissa will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
We have the lyrics to "Tonight (Do Me)" -- click here to view them. Special thanks to fellow co-webmaster Kate for obtaining these lyrics!
Today is the first concert in the United States of Melissa's Exposed World Tour. It all begins tonight in Melissa's hometown of Portland, Oregon and then travels all over the US until December 11th where the tour wraps up in Pheonix, Arizona. This afternoon, after a concert soundcheck, Melissa and Gen. Colin Powell visited the Portland, Oregon Boys & Girls Club were they spoke to children about building a future that is right for them. Melissa is donating a portion of the proceeds from her United States concerts to the Boys & Girls Club of America, which gives mentors and educational recreation to children to help them build a better future for themselves.
EXCLUSIVE INFO: Through a recent press release, Jive Records has finally announced the full tracklisting for Melissa Remixed, which will be available in stores on CD, Cassette & 12" Vinyl formats on November 13th.
Over the past weekend, Melissa shot the "Tonight (Do Me)" video in New Orleans with guest rapper Fabolous, as confirmed by Jive Records. The video looks set to be a visual feast with locations including a moss draped bayou deep in the swamp, and the famous Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans itself - a jazz soaked speakeasy club where many famous jazz musicians play. Read More...
A new Entertainment Weekly article has been added to the Articles section.
Gallery 18 has been added to the Gallery section. Enjoy!
IT'S OFFICIAL: Plans to add Austrailia & Japan tour dates to the Exposed World Tour in mid December have been cancelled. Fortunately, no tickets had gone on sale yet. The last scheduled concert of the tour at the moment is December 11th in Pheonix, AZ. Right now it is unknown if any future dates, including a possibly rescheduled Japan & Austrailia leg, will be added for early 2002.
Commercials have begun airing daily on HBO in support of Melissa's first televised cable network concert special on the channel. In case you may have forgot, Melissa's Nov. 22nd concert in NYC will be aired live on HBO from Madison Square Garden at 9:00pm EST.
Melissa earned herself two nominations at the 2001 Billboard Music Video Awards. The video for "No Player" is nominated for "Best Pop Clip of the Year" and "Didn't We Almost Have It All" is nominated for "Contemporary Clip of the Year". The awards will be presented Nov. 2nd at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Also nominated is Joseph Kahn for "Director of the Year" for his work on Melissa's "No Player" video.
According to Jive Records, Melissa's forthcoming remix album Melissa Remixed will be officially released in the US on November 13, and everywhere else on November 12.
There is a possibility that the Japan & Austrailia tour dates that were going to be added for mid December may be cancelled due to the beginning of the United States military retaliation this past Sunday. We will keep you updated when we get more official information.
Melissa has officially cut "Right Through You" and "Got To Go If" out of the Exposed Tour setlist. However, there has been no comfirmation as to if the songs will be exempt from JUST the Europeon leg of the tour or BOTH the Europeon and US leg of the tour. At the present time we have no indication or reason for why these songs were cut. The now 16 song show will make its way to Frankfurt, Germany's DL Minor Centre tonight.
The Pheonix, AZ show originally scheduled for Dec. 4th has been rescheduled for Dec. 11th. Refunds will be given to those who cannot attend the new date.
According to Melissa herself, the song she recorded recently with rapper Fabolous is titled "Tonight (Do Me)" and will be a single released off her forthcoming Melissa Remixed remix album. "The song is laced with a seductive hook and layered vocals and it has a bass that will just blow up your speakers. It's got a hip hop oriented vibe, but it doesn't stray too far away from what people today consider pop. Fabolous really just gives the track more spice and edge with his rap. I'm thankful for the opportunity to work with him, his lyrical talent is so fresh and uncomparable.", said an enthusiastic Melissa. The singer also added that the video for "Tonight (Do Me)" will be shot within the next couple of days and will debut shortly before the Nov. 13th release of Melissa Remixed. --from MTV.com
There will be a "United We Stand" benefit concert at RFK Stadium in Wash., DC on October 21st, from Noon to 8 PM. Melissa is scheduled to appear along with P Diddy, Aerosmith, Maxwell, James Brown, Al Green, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, BSB, 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Matchbox 20 & Bette Midler --- plus celebrities, politicians, sports stars and more to be announced. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army. MTV will be broadcasting the event live. Stay tuned for more details.
Forbes Magazine, has published it's 2001 100 Top Celebrities List, which saw The Beatles come in at #3 behind Tom Cruise and Tiger Woods, with earnings of $70 million for the year.
'NSYNC received fourth place standings, earning $38.5 million. Britney Spears actually topped 'NSYNC financially, with $42 million in the bank, but charted at #8 just behind Melissa Williams who earned $33.9 million. Metallica ranked #18 and Dr. Dre reached #21 beating the #34 ranked Jennifer Lopez. Rankings were based on celebrities' incomes, magazine cover appearances, press clips, TV and radio popularity, and web hits.
Bloodhound Gang frontman Jimmy Pop is working on a track with Melissa in mind in Orlando. "I talked to him about me and him maybe getting together and writing something" said Williams. Read More...
A brand new Billboard article has been added to the Articles section.
During a very brief break from her Exposed World Tour, Melissa flew on location to Los Angeles to film her part in the upcoming "What's Going On?" video. The newly filmed video will replace the current version, which was put together by MTV and blends news footage from the September 11 terrorist attacks with scenes from the recording sessions. Click here for more details.
According to sources Melissa spent a few hours in a Los Angeles recording studio [after filming the "What's Going On?" video] with DJ Clue prot�g� rapper Fabolous to record a new track for Melissa's forthcoming remix album tentively titled Melissa Remixed. Also, it has been reported that the Melissa Remixed is due to hit stores in November. We'll keep you posted when more details surface!
After 14 weeks of its commercial single release, "No Player" has been certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies. This is Melissa's 7th single to be certified Gold or Platinum. Go, Melissa!
On the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart "Some Kind Of Wonderful" reaches a new peak position as it climbs up a notch to #5.
Paul Walker Describes a Romantic Evening with his lady, Melissa:
Melissa won't be filing into Pro Player Arena in Hannover, Germany tonight -- the concert has been cancelled. Wet weather is to blame for the called-off show. High winds and heavy storms damaged pieces of equipment and created less than desirable conditions. Melissa was supposed to take the stage at 8 p.m. There is no word on when the concert might be rescheduled.
Melissa cut the setlist short and did not preform "Right Through You" or "Make You Mine" at last night's concert in Berlin, Germany.
Melissa made the US Weekly 2001 Best Dressed List's The Perfect 10 section commending her choice of outfits at awards except for the sheer Chanel white top she wore at the American Music Awards, since it kept her from getting more than a face shot during her awards presentation.
Melissa's Exposed World Tour kicked off in Stockholm, Sweden at the Dute` Vinski Center on October 1! The sold out show was seen by over 13,000 fans! Hopefully everyone caught the live preformances from the tour of "Are You Ready?", "Girl Power" and "He's With Me" on VH-1's "Opening Night Live" special. For elaborate details [tour spoilers] on the tour's opening night click here.
Pictures from the Exposed Tour Book are now available for your viewing pleasure! Click here to see them. Special thanks to James for the incredible scans!
Melissa is among the many artists that will be featured on MTV's upcoming TRL Christmas CD. Other artists included Willa Ford, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Sugar Ray, *NSYNC and Blink 182.
MTV TRL Christmas is set to be released on October 30th, 2001. Pre-order your copy today.
Melissa plans to have something special under the tree for her fans this year. According to a comment made by the singer to MTV News from her Exposed World Tour launch afterparty in Stockholm, Sweden, she is preparing an "ass shakin'" remix album and DVD, to be titled "Melissa Remixed". Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, the Neptunes, Timbaland, William Orbit, DJ Clue, Junior Vasquez, Rockwilder and Jermaine Dupri are all slated to do remixes for the album, which will also feature guest spots by Bubba Sparxxx, Fabolous, Dream, Mandy Moore, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Bow Wow, 98 Degrees and Mya. The album will also contain 3 previously unreleased tracks. Williams also said that she is also working on a DVD that will include remix versions of her music videos, never-seen outtakes from videos and home video footage from her own archive, as well as all of her previously-unreleased music videos. "I'm confident that it's going to be the best DVD experience yet to date," says Williams. Representatives of Jive Records couldn't confirm a release date, but Williams' comments indicated that she hopes to have the project done and on sale for the holiday season.
Melissa has confirmed that she will tour Japan in mid December with the tour coming to a conclusion in Austrailia on December 21st. No official dates have been announced as of yet.
Producer Dallas Austin talks about Aaliyah and Melissa in Vibe Magazine's November issue dedicated to the life of Aaliyah. Austin says: "I talked with her [Aaliyah] after last year's Video Music Awards. I told her I was a big fan and that I had spoken to Melissa and we were trying to pull together a duet. She was really excited about that. She and Melissa shared a lot of artistic similarities. They were both innovative and they both pushed the envelope. The day of the crash, Melissa two-wayed me and asked, 'Did you hear something about Aaliyah dying?' She said that Lance Bass [of *NSYNC] had two-wayed her. I went to the AP web site and found out it was true. We were devastated. We were obviously done with work at that point, so we talked the rest of the night and listened to Aaliyah's new album."
The "Some Kind Of Wonderful" video has been added to Spankin' New rotation on MTV.
"Some Kind Of Wonderful" jumped from #20 to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart as a result of its commercial release in the US last week. The song has now become Melissa's 10th top ten hit! On the Billboard 200 Albums Chart Exposed see's a significant boost in sales as it bullets from #17 to #8 after selling 84,802 copies last week. According to Billboard.com Melissa is the youngest female artist ever to have 3 multi platinum albums in the top 100 of the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Congratulations, Melissa!!
News posted by: Jazz [10.27.01]
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News posted by: Jazz [10.17.01]
Tracklisting as follows:
1. Tonight (Do Me)** (feat. Fabolous) 4:34
2. Some Kind Of Wonderful (Beat Club Remix) (feat. Bubba Sparxxx) 4:09
3. No Player (DJ Clue Remix) (feat. Mya) 3:39
4. See You Again (Rockwilder Remix) (feat. Nelly) 3:51
5. Superstar (Remix) (feat. Dream & Mandy Moore) 4:06
6. Some Kind Of Wonderful (Junior's Dream Easy Mix) 5:02
7. Are You Ready? (So So Def Remix) (feat. Snoop Dogg & Lil Bow Wow) 4:15
8. Tragic Love Story++ 3:16
9. Get Down On It (Jam & Lewis 80's Remix) (feat. 98 Degrees) 4:55
10. The Truth (Should I Tell Him?) (Orbit Trance Mix) 5:10
11. He's With Me (Neptunes Remix) 3:46
12. Me (Melissa's Anthem)^ 4:05
Check out the Melissa Remixed album cover here
The press release also announced some info on the DVD, which will be titled "The Ultimate Experience", out on the 13th of November as well.
DVD Tracklisting as follows:
No Player (Remix) (with Foxy Brown)
Forbidden Love
To Be In Love On Christmas (with Enrique Iglesias)
The Christmas Song
If Ever
No Player
Got To Go If (Timbaland Remix) (with Timbaland)
Get Down On It (R-Kelly Slow Jam Remix)
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Get Down On It (with Jordan Knight)
Tonight (Do Me) (with Fabolous)
***Plus additional special features***
Check out the Ultimate Experience DVD cover here
You can now pre-order both the Melissa Remixed album and The Ultimate Experience DVD at CDnow.com.
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News posted by: Jazz [10.11.01]
You can go into a room and it can be totally decorated, but if it doesn't have the right lighting, then there's nothing. Candles can make for a great environment, and incense can get you in a sexy mood too. With Melissa, since we don't get to see each other as much as we'd like a romantic evening is where we light some candles - she likes vanilla ones - all around the house and sit there over dinner and just spend time together. The meal can be shrimp or pasta, with strawberries and cream or passion fruit as a sexy dessert. We listen to Al Green or Marvin Gaye, and being surrounded by candles and incense amplifies everything. --- from Paul Walker Online
News posted by: Jazz [10.4.01]
