Street Cred Magazine - 14th November

THE WEEKLY EYE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

NOVEMBER 2014

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FINALLY BACK ON TOUR AFTER 18 MONTHS OF STRESS

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With Professor Green finally resuming the tour slated for not!

2013 following a lot of issues over the last 18 months, his fans finally rejoice If you haven’t already, make sure you as they will be able to see him perform get yourselves down to Swish Cocktail up and down the country.

Bar and Lounge in Dale End, Birmingham City Centre.

With some good, and questionable fashion ideas for Christmas Jump- Come along and Get Swished! ers from Primark, you’re sure to find something that will tickle your fancy!

MDG Bey has been in the news again, for both the right and wrong reasons, and we’ll leave it down to you to decide whether you think someone has been a little heavy handed in photoshop or

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The magazine is a positive and fun read and is not with the intent to threaten anyone. All images are copyright of their respective rights holders.

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CONTENTS GRIMEY (5-6) - John Legend, Strictly, Blue.

Fashion lick (8-11) - Love Miss Daisy

WHITE DEES COLUMN (12)

WHATS ON (18)

COVER STORY (14-15) - Swish Opening

Chantelle’s Spot (21)

Big screen (16)

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GRIMEY NEWS

All news is good news?

Beyoncé has been in the news recently for both good, and bad things!

With rumours of her new album coming out, finally news that she will be releasing a Platinum Edition Box Set version of last year’s surprise album on November 24, and it has new music and some amazing superstar collaborations.

The Platinum Edition will be a 2CD/2DVD Thanksgiving goodie box including 2 new tracks “7/11” and “Ring Off”,the original selftitled visual album with 14 songs and 17 videos and four unreleased remixes.

It will also include a live performance DVD from the year-long “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour” and a mini version of the 2015 Beyoncé calendar.

The “Live” DVD also has artist commentary and an accompanying photo booklet. Fans who previously purchased the self-titled visual album digitally will be given a chance to add the bonus materials. The Platinum Edition is available for pre-order now.

On the flip side, Beyoncé was accused of photoshopping the photo on the left, with something iffy going on with the background around her waist.

It’s possible the intention wasn’t even to make her waist smaller or her ass larger, but to even out the curves of her body... who knows?

In addition to the two new songs, the “More” audio CD will come with the “Flawless” remix featuring Nicki Minaj, a “Drunk in Love” remix with hubby Jay Z and Kanye West, a “Blow” remix with Pharrell Williams and a “Standing on the Sun” remix with Mr. Vegas.

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GRIMEY NEWS

Take that announce tour for 2015

Take That, the UK’s most successful live act ever, confirmed that they are heading back to Birmingham in 2015 for three nights. Four years since the band’s last record-breaking tour Progress Live, next April will see Mark Owen, Gary Barlow and Howard Donald commence a 24-date UK tour. Rumour has been rife about when Take That would be announcing their next tour since they officially unveiled the details of their new album ‘III’.

Take That are defined by some of the most memorable and spectacular live productions

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in UK music history and their fans can now look forward to 24 magical nights in eight cities. Previous tours have included everything from aerialists, circus performers, a wall of water, holograms, a giant elephant and on the last tour a 60ft robot. The band’s shows have never failed to excite and surprise their audience and next year’s are sure to be no exception.

‘We’ve always been very proud of our live shows and are very excited to be touring again next year. Playing live is something we love the

most about what we do and we’re looking forward to putting on the most amazing show we can. It will have been four years since our last tour so we’re really keen to get back out on the road to play some of our biggest songs from the last twenty years alongside our new ones. We hope to see you there!’(Take That) Special Guest for the duration of the tour will be rising star Ella Henderson who recently celebrated both her debut single, ‘Glow’ and her first album, ‘Chapter One’, reaching the No.1 spot in the UK Charts.

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FASHION LICK

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As the Coca Cola advert has already shown its face on TV, it must be Christmas time.

Here are some good, and some questionable Christmas themed jumpers available from Primark!

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3D reindeer jingle bells Christmas jumper, £12

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WHITE DEE’S COLUMN

‘White Dee’s’ Column

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ell, well, well, its been a while since I wrote to you all - but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten about you all.

So much for a nice quiet relaxing summer holiday with the kids - you will never guess where I ended up?

6 months ago, I would never ever have thought I would be sharing a house with Olympic Gold Medal winner Audley Harrison, never mind having him make me a cup of tea and bringing it to me in bed haha.

ham, keeping it real and not putting up with the many a diva strop some of the housemates were having.

In all reality I personally didn’t What a complete and think I would last utter surreal situation, a week, never dance lessons from mind making it 1 wrong turn on the mo- James Jordan, Strictly to the final, where I came torway and I landed at Come Dancing, and having 5th and was the last the Celebrity Big Brother an argument with the infa- woman standing - totally House, and as I consider mous Gary Busey - Oscar overwhelming situation myself as a non celebrity Nominated Actor, and he- and I would like to thank this was way beyond even res me, Dee from a street the public for all their my belief. in Winson Green, Birming- support and love and best wishes.

As amazing as this once in a lifetime opportunity was, the best moment for me had to be walking from that house, and seeing my lovely, amazing dad and knowing how proud he was of me.

Then to be reunited with my 2 kids who I can honestly say I will never ever leave again, and then returning to my home - in good old Birmingham.

This Monday saw the Conservative Party Conference take over the city of Birmingham for 3 days, and I had the pleasure of being invited to talk from a ‘everyday persons’ perspective on a welfare reform panel.

what I was saying.

The government needs to keep it real and be more in touch with the people of the country that do actually matter, considering it is us real people that vote them in.

So come on, lets be heard at last and when the time comes, make your vote count.

Well to finish off, its so good to be home and back with the amazing people of Brum.

Sitting on a panel made up of MP’s and Council- Until next time - as Ricci lors, the nerves soon went from Geordie shore would away and when I got into say ‘ciao for now’ the flow of talking ‘real talk’ that’s when I realised that Lots of love - Dee x people were actually listening and taking on board

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Following a hectic and stressful 18 months, Professor Green is finally going to be back on tour this November and December.

same album which features Tori Kelly.

Lullaby has been received well, reaching the top spot in the UK R&B charts and number 4 in the official singles chart!

The rapper originally postponed a run slated for November 2013 to May after being involved in a car crash.

Talking about Lullaby and the underlying topic of depression, Prof. Green revealed that he wants to help raise awareness for depression because there’s not enough of a spotlight on it and it’s something that especially men seem to struggle with opening up about.

In a statement Green wrote: “The last 18 months have been mental, turbulent, up and down, round and round, amazing, horrible, happy, sad, frustrating, testing, trying and above all incredibly f**king stressful.”

“I wanted an album out last October but, as most of you are aware, a lot has happened in my wonderfully colourful day-today life. I got hit by a car, got married and then had my life turned upside down by an entirely unfounded arrest for something which I was subsequently not charged. A waste of time. Silly billy bully boys.”

“I suffer from depression and I spent a lot of last year in a dark, dark place and it wouldn’t have been a good time for me.

I think it could’ve f**ked more up than it could’ve helped. I think ultimately it was for the best because there were songs that I wouldn’t have had. Even between finishing the album and now, so much has happened behind the scenes for the next record, it feels good again man. I know I keep saying it but I’m happy.”

With the release of Growing Up In Public, and the recent release of Lullaby from the

He then opened up about the popularity of his song ‘Lullaby’ and admitted that if

he can help people suffering with depression by raising awareness in a song, then he feels that’s a good contribution as it’s something that is hard to talk about: “It’s a big problem for men and women, but the problem that men suffer more is that you already have the pressure of having to be a man.”

His next single, Little Secrets, featuring Mr Probs will be released on December 7th, the day after he will perform at Birmingham’s O2 Academy. You can check the rest of the dates for his tour out below! There is still a chance to get your tickets.

28 Nov 14 - O2 ABC Glasgow, 29 Nov 14 - O2 Academy Newcastle, 01 Dec 14 - O2 Academy Liverpool, 02 Dec 14 - Sands Centre Carlisle, 05 Dec 14 - Academy Manchester, 06 Dec 14 - O2 Academy Birmingham, 07 Dec 14 - UEA Norwich, 09 Dec 14 - O2 Academy Bristol, 11 Dec 14 - Roundhouse London,

BIGScreen Also, the decision to confine a large portion of this movie to a tank is a unique and inspired choice.

It makes the action more visceral and the stakes much higher, as for every tank that is destroyed, there a five men inside who are destroyed along with it, which serves to make the action set-pieces hair-raising and nail-bitingly intense.

Under the glitz and glamour of its big name cast, Fury manages to be one of the most unique World War II movies ever made.

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pril, 1945. As the Allied forces make their final push through Europe, a battle-hardened army sergeant, Don “War-daddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman Tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.

Outnumbered and outgunned, War-daddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany and end the war, once and for all.

Writer/Director David Ayer’s filmography is a mixed bag in terms of overall quality. It is a bag consisting of the simple yet entertaining popcorn flick The Fast and the Furious (2001), Oscar-Winning thriller Training Day (2001), the fantastic yet slightly flawed Crime-Drama End of Watch (2012) and the resoundingly dismal Sabotage (2014) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

While Sabotage is Ayer’s only genuinely bad film, it was enough to cast doubt over his abilities as a filmmaker. However, Ayer has pulled out all the stops here and delivered his best film to date with Fury.

It is a war movie that is more about the relationships built by war than the actual war itself. While there is still an abundance of action, it never gets in the way of character and instead serves to accentuate the relationships between these men.

There is no clear separation between right and wrong or good and evil between its characters.

This is a film that goes beyond what is expected of a war movie and resists the temptation to portray the American soldiers as pure, clean-cut heroes.

They are battle-hardened war veterans who have been both physically and emotionally manipulated and changed by the atrocities they have

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For them, war is a lifestyle now. They are so desensitised to the horrific violence that it has become second nature to them and if shooting, stabbing, burning and torturing people is what they need to do to get to where they’re going, they are more than happy to do so.

Because of this grim approach to the story, there are points throughout this movie that you will actually dislike the people you are meant to be rooting for; because you witness them do some truly horrible and down-right spiteful things.

However, due to the fantastic performances from the lead cast and the comradery they display during battle, you soon find yourself rooting for them once again and laughing along with them as they make fun of one another.

Even though they aren’t the heroes we expect in a film like this, we understand why they have become the people they are and we can sympathise with them.

Watching Fury is a truly odd and polarizing experience, in the best possible way. It is more than just a movie about World War II; it is a study about how war affects and changes people, which is what makes this movie as engaging and powerful as it is.

Fury may not be the best World War II movie ever made, but it is definitely one of the most unique and unapologetically grim depictions of war ever committed to film.

With a simple, episodic plot, a cast of fantastic actors, wince-inducing violence and brutally intense action, Fury is an exhilarating yet frighteningly realistic movie about what it’s really like to be on the front line.

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Olly Murs, one of pop music’s biggest and most loved stars, is to hit the road in 2015 with 16 spectacular arena dates across the UK including two dates at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham.

Armed with stellar new album ‘Never Been Better’, which includes the swaggering first single ‘Wrapped Up’ (featuring Travie McCoy), and backed by his mesmeric live band, these shows are not to be missed.

Olly Murs has released three hugely successful, multi-platinum selling albums to date including four Number 1 singles. His new album, ‘Never Been Better’ comes out November 24th and includes the soulful ‘Let Me In’ written with Paul Weller, the addictive pop of ‘Up’ featuring Demi Lovato, the straight ahead romance of ‘Beautiful To Me’ and the Ryan Tedder gem ’Seasons’.

Fleetwood Mac Genting Arena, Birmingham 8th June 2015 Following a record sell out tour in 2013, rock legends Fleetwood Mac are set to return to the UK in 2015 with their ‘On With The Show’ Tour.

Currently on the road in the US, the phenomenally successful ‘On With The Show’ tour is presently clocking in at almost 70 shows across the country. Currently performing with their five star lineup, Fleetwood Mac will be joined by returning songbird Christine McVie following a 16 year absence.

The European to Birmingham’s Genting Arena on Monday 8th June 2015. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 14th November 2014 from www.theticketfactory.co.uk During Fleetwood Mac’s 2013 tour, the four members happily welcomed Christine back on the stage during their show at London’s O2 Arena, where she performed their classic “Don’t Stop” and received a wild ovation from the crowd.

“It was so comfortable being back onstage with them as if no time had passed, and then we all started talking and it feels like the time is right. I’m really happy,” she commented.

“As far as we’re concerned, she’s never really left. We are overjoyed to have Christine back on stage with us,” said the other members of Fleetwood Mac in a joint statement.

SHOES

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Word on the street CHANTELLE

SHOES,

pumps, heels and flip flops...

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o many types - hiheeled, kitten heeled, stillettos, flats, pumps, ankle, calf and thigh length boots, espadrills, court shoes, wedge, sandals, flip flops, open toe, peep toe, I could go on for a long while... but I won’t!

Us ladies, we love our shoes, the variety, the styles and pattern we just love ‘em.

Apart from stating the obvious, that they protect our feet from the ground, depending on the type of footwear they are they can inject a level of confidence in your swagger allowing you to walk like a BOSS and makes your calves look HOTTT! Is that pretence...Fake..A Front?

When we wear heels not only we shoot up in height but we also appear slimmer, our legs look longer and automatically our walk changes...2 reasons why!

1. TO LOOK GOOD, we walk good to look good, sexy and appealing. Tummy goes in, shoulders go back to enhance the chest, back straight and legs go nicely in front of each other its almost like scene from transformers!

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2, TO LOOK SENSIBLE, we walk right to stay upright! We don’t want gravity to win and pull us down to earth! No, no we carefully observe the surroundings taking a mental log of risen pavements, stones and sticks in the ground and animal waste!

Sometimes when we wear flat shoes we become flat too!

Dumpy and Slouchy the cousins of the seven dwarfs from Goldilocks and the three bears.

WHY? Even if we simulate wearing heels and raise up to the tips of our toes we instantly fix-up and the posture is modelesque!

Pretence is a rather strong word I think but, ladies and gents, lets keep it real, we like to look nice! Ashamedly enough some of us are willing to forfeit comfort over vanity!

That’s cool but I will state ‘What goes up must come down! Easy come and easy go!’

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