Jamie Cullum blows up pianos

Jamie Cullum To Release New Single ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ On January 25th 2010 Through Decca/Terrified Recordings 08 Dec 09

“So we get stomping piano pop hits (I’m All Over It), supper-club R&B (a cover of Rihanna’s Don’t Stop The Music) and finger-clickin’ ruminations on the state of the planet (Wheels, If I Ruled The World). Proof the thrill is in the chase.” Q “There’s a swaggering big-band reading of Just One Of Those Things and a clever soul-jazz recasting of Rihanna’s Don’t Stop The Music, but otherwise Cullum has morphed into a kind of Britpop Randy Newman, which suits him well on the excellent I’m All Over It.”-Uncut “It takes genuine courage to revamp Soundheim’s Not While I’m Around with a flood-blooded piano-and-drums beat, and even if you are allergic to Rihanna, it is hard to resist the slinky cover of Don’t Stop the Music” - The Sunday Times On January 25th 2010 Jamie Cullum will be releasing a new single taken from his recent album “The Pursuit”. “Don’t Stop The Music” will be instantly recognizable as a Rhianna track, but with the Cullum touch. It will be available as a download only. The track has a spectacular video which involved 4 grand piano’s being blown up in a warehouse in darkest Acton. Four replica Pianos were blown up in 4 x 3 second explosions, shot at 1000 frames per second or 40 times slower than real time. The amount of light used could have powered several tower blocks. Jamie himself detonated Piano number 3. Talking about the track, Jamie says “There's a real science to choosing covers. Back when I did ‘High And Dry’ and ‘Frontin' it wasn't as common. But doing covers has always been part of my DNA as a Jazz musician. Often I'll think of a tune to do and someone else will get there first. I was going to do ‘Every Heartbeat’ by Robyn but Girls Aloud did it for Radio One! I thought ‘someone is really smart’. I did ‘Umbrella’ the day after it was released but soon enough, everyone was doing it. With ‘Don't Stop The Music’ it was the lyric that grabbed me. It is such a sexy lyric. And I was able to transform the song into something totally new sounding.” Jamie has just announced a full UK tour, his first for 5 years, which includes two nights at London’s Palladium. The dates in full are: May 2010 Friday 7th Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Saturday 8th Edinburgh, Usher Hall Sunday 9th Dublin Olympia Tuesday 11th Newcastle, City Hall Wednesday 12th Ipswich Regent Thursday 13th Birmingham, Symphony Hall Friday 14th Liverpool, Philharmonic Sunday 16th London Palladium Monday 17th Manchester, Bridgewater Hall Tuesday 18th Sheffield, City Hall Thursday 20th Portsmouth, Guildhall Friday 21st Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall Saturday 22nd Bristol Colston Hall Sunday 23rd London Palladium For more info check out www.jamiecullum.com.