THE REAL DEAL ROUND UP

As this week marks J.E.M's first lady's transition into the next tick box and exciting chapter, in the words of Jigga "Allow me to re-introduce myself..."
So I bring to you THE REAL DEAL ROUND UP, which for those of you who remember me from my Soulm8 days and my column 'The Real Deal', will know it was my news and up close and personal interview pages.


It's been a big musical extravaganza of a weekend with Kills front man Jamie Hince taking super model and original Primrose Hill princess Kate Moss up the aisle is what has been dubbed as "Moss stock”.2011’s WIRELESS festival epic line up including Example, Black Eyed Peas, Chase & Status, Chemical Brothers, Pulp and even a hula hooping Grace Jones - rocked London’s Hyde Park for three days straight.


It also maked the start if the iTunes festival, London 2011 at Camden's iconic round house with performances from the legendary Paul Simon and Manic Street Preachers over the weekend to open the month long series of concerts.
To wrap it all up in a silky sensual bow, audiences at The Royal Albert Hall got 'Up Close and Personal' with pop royalty in the form of Janet Jackson for three nights only after a 13 year absence from performing in the UK and 27 years since she last appeared at The Royal Albert Hall.

Is it any wonder here at Just Elemental Music Towers we're in need of seriously pressing the recharge button on the party batteries? Our invite to the Moss – Hince nuptials may have got lost in the post, and as OutKast would say "Sorry Ms Jackson" as we missed out on this occasion, although our Hobbit undercover got 'Up Close and Personal' for real with the lady herself in his recent interview for Black Sheep Magazine: http://www.blacksheepmag.com/features/interviews/item/2582-still-in-control

What we can bring you, is all the action from Hyde Park in our 'Access All Areas at Wireless' series where you'll be getting the full festival experience with reviews from the headline acts, backstage video interviews (courtesy of J.E.M's collaboration with our friends at One-life Media and Kix Magazine and our little J.E.M Thuli Mali-Dabengwa) from the likes of home grown talent such as Labrinth, Maverick Sabre and Yasmin, to US supergroup Far East Movement and hip hop hottie and standout MC J.Cole. We'll even be giving you a snap at festival fashion - the good, the bad and the simply fabulous!

A huge thank you to Remington’s Marketing Director Nikki McReynolds(pictured), Lisa of Essensuals (Billericay) and the lovely ladies at the Remington ‘How the world gets ready’ Wireless Remington Style Bar, for getting me interview ready for my backstage chats with the stars.

Speaking of festival's we're off to LoveBox next on the Just Elemental Music summer festival tour. Checkout our LoveBox Summer of Love preview for full details and how to get your hands on what's looking like the last remaining tickets.

We've got a real J.E.M of a summer in store for you, including one of our biggest Tooty’s Booty competitions to date coming real soon... Speaking of which, if you haven't yet entered our Ice Cube and Naughty by Nature competition, get on it immediately as today's the closing date - Good luck!

Toots & the J.E.M family x

Photography (c) One-life Media, Andrew Whitton and Thuliswa Mali - Dabengwa