Glee Live – the set list

(L-R) Chris Colfer, Heather Morris, Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and Mark Sellig, Glee Live 2010, California. (c) Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America)

Less than a month to go now until Glee Live lands on our shores, taking over the O2 for a week in June. Naturally, I’m going.

For those attending who wish the set list to remain a surprise until the day, look away now.

For the rest of you Gleeks, let the excitement commence:

Main set with featured performers and original artists

• Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)
• The Dog Days Are Over featuring Amber Riley and Jenna Ushkowitz (Florence + the Machine)
• Sing (My Chemical Romance)
• I’m a Slave 4 U featuring Heather Morris (Britney Spears)
• Fat Bottomed Girls featuring Mark Salling and Ashley Fink (Queen)
• I Want to Hold Your Hand featuring Chris Colfer (The Beatles)
• Ain’t No Way featuring Amber Riley (Aretha Franklin)
• PYT featuring Kevin McHale (Michael Jackson)
• Born This Way (Lady Gaga)
• Fireworks featuring Lea Michele (Katy Perry)
• Teenage Dream featuring the Warblers, a rival glee club including Darren Criss (Katy Perry)
• Silly Love Songs featuring the Warblers and Criss (Wings)
• Raise Your Glass featuring the Warblers and Criss (Pink)
• Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy featuring Michel and Colfer (Barbra Streisand & Judy Garland)
• Lucky featuring Chord Overstreet and Dianna Agron (Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat)
• River Deep — Mountain High featuring Riley and Naya Rivera (Ike & Tina Turner)
• Don’t Rain on My Parade featuring Michele (Barbra Streisand)
• Jessie’s Girl featuring Cory Monteith (Rick Springfield)
• Valerie featuring Rivera (The Zutons/Amy Winehouse)
• Loser Like Me

Encore

• Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) featuring Colfer (Beyoncé)
• Friday featuring the guys (Rebecca Black)
• Safety Dance featuring McHale (Men Without Hats)
• Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
• Somebody to Love (Queen)

*with thanks to Peter Larsen of the Orange County Register for the full deets above.

Britney hearts Jack Wills too!

Clearly, to anyone that knows me, the idea of Britney shopping at JW is possibly the biggest news highlight of my day/week. So when this evening’s London’s free sheets told us as much, I figured it was worth sharing.

Apparently, so dedicated is Miss Spears to her London retail outlets and the comfort of her plush Mandarin Oriental suite, she was driven the 200+ miles from Manchester to London following her set there on Wednesday evening. Cue regional Mancunian outcry that, not only had she greeted her adoring Manchester fans with ‘What’s up London?’ (oh, Brit…), but she rejected their kind hospitality and shopping malls in favour of the South. No surprise – even her little pup is named after the English capital.

Question is, which of the cute little white dresses currently on display in the Kings Road store could our favourite pop princess have purchased and immediately donned before departing? Judging by her cute taste in short shorts, she probably walked away with a pair of these too. 

Manchester may have a Harvey Nic’s, but no Jack = no Brit. Yet another reason to love the Britster.

Britney’s Trouble (For the Record)

Good old Facebook link sharing – not sure I’d have ever come across this had it not appeared in my mini feed this evening. A Britney track that I haven’t heard? A video I haven’t seen?! Surely not! But yes…

For her revealing documentary broadcast in the UK on Sky One earlier this year to much press attention, the track Trouble was recorded and a video montage of clips from the doc produced to boot. The track itself is awesome, great beat, infectious lyrics and a black and white video revealing just a little bit of everything that Britney is about – just as in the show.

Click on the screenshot above to view or here (damn WordPress for no longer allowing me to embed the full code directly into posts… what is up with that?). But enjoy.

We love you Brit.