Event: iLUVLIVE 10th Birthday with Naughty Boy, Emeli Sandé, Rough Copy, Jacob Banks & More! + COMPETITION!

*Competition closed! Congratulations to Chandice Bailey on winning TWO tickets to the show on Monday*

It's always exciting to see or hear about what the good people over at ILUVLIVE are up to, and on June 16th they're celebrating their ten years as the UK's leading home grown live music event.

To celebrate Naughty Boy and Emeli Sandé are back to perform some of their favourite tracks together. Emeli has taken to the ILUVLIVE stage twice before she got signed and was where she had first met Naughty Boy, which secured both of their futures. Speaking on ILUVLIVE, Emeli said: "iluvlive was a great opportunity for me. It's where I met Naughty Boy which led me to featuring on tracks with artists like Chip and Wiley."

The night will see support from some of the UK's hottest emerging acts such as Rough Copy, Stylo G, Ghetts, Jacob Banks, Blizzard, Tanika plus special guests. With the night ending with a thirty minute live jam session with the infamous ILUVLIVE house band and will see the likes of Terri Walker, GFrsh, Little Simz, Jamie Joseph, Lady Leshurr, Lady Lykez, Nick Brewer, Moelogo and still more to be announced surprise guests.

Sounds like a night NOT to be missed! And to make it even more exciting, I'll be running a competition giving away TWO tickets to ONE lucky person, further details about the competition and the event can be seen below.

ILUVLIVE 10th Birthday Event details

Venue: Electric Brixton, Town Hall Parade, Brixton, London SW2 1RJ

Date: Monday, 16 June, 2014

Time: 7pm - 11.30pm

Host/DJ's - Ras Kwame (Capital Xtra) / Twin B (BBC 1Xtra)

Tickets are priced at £10 + bf in advance and can be purchased via the iluvlive.co.uk website or ticketweb.co.uk, seetickets.com

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN OVER 14's EVENT. UNDER 1'S MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. MAX TWO UNDER 18's PER ADULT.

COMPETITION DETAILS:

Interested in attending the ILUVLIVE event, and want to win a pair of tickets? Simply send an email to: itsjustmobolaji@gmail.com with your full name with the subject line ;ILUVLIVE Competition'. Winner will be picked at random and competition closes on Friday, 13 June, 2014 at 12noon.

New Music: Tanika - Finally Found It

Ahead of her new releases out in a couple of weeks - Tanika gives fans a taste of what's to come from the South-London songstress. ‘Finally Found It’ is a little something to whet the appetite of fans and on-lookers for the coming weeks.

‘Finally Found It’ was produced by west London electronic outfit, Horror Stories, with the garage influence beats paying homeage to one of Tanika's many influences. The track is brooding with emotion and as ever, Tanika's stunning vocals soar above the beat effortlessly. 

If you thought you heard it all from Tanika last year with her single ‘Bad 4 U’, fasten your seat belt for the whirlwind of musical adventure that Tanika's going to take us on this year.

New Video: Tanika - Bad4U

Already been on repeat for the past couple weeks - Tanika revealed the stunning new video for her latest single ‘Bad4U’. 

Tanika keeps it sexy and clean in the video directed by Justin Anderson to the beat thumping, heavy bassed ‘Bad4U’ shot in the vast space of the Excel Centre in London. Wearing all black and laced in gold jewelry Tanika dances in front of a big black truck which moves to the beat to the song.

‘Bad4U’ will get remixes coming from Hamilton, The Golden Boy and East Freaks - something that we should all look out for. It's bound to be an exciting 12 months for the South London singer, including her debut album release in 2014 with collaborations from StarGate, Naughty Boy, Craze & Hoax, Mojam and more.

‘Bad4U’ will be released through Tim & Danny Music/Virgin EMI on November 24. Watch the new video from the 23-year-old below.

Tanika: "Thoughts of Love" EP + New Video to "Thoughts of Love" ft. Zebra Katz

Already being co-signed by MTV, Trevor Nelson, SBTV and It's Just Mobolaji, 23-year-old South London artist Tanika is one of the many newest rising stars in the city.

Tanika has her own style and sound that she has become a household name in the UK. Her new EP "Thoughts of Love" is hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra's Charlie Sloth and is available for free download.

The 6-track-EP features Sneakbo, DVS and New York's Zebra Katz - who features on the lead track "Thoughts of Love" as well as in the new video - which can be seen below.

This year has already catapulted Tanika in the limelight as she performed a sensational cover of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” in the 1xtra Live Lounge with Naughty Boy to promote his #1 single “La La La”.  Following her incredible cover with Naughty Boy, Tanika teamed up with renowned UK rapper, DVS with their take on Adele’s ‘Hometown Glory’ for SBTV.

Tanika has a few upcoming live shows in London coming up this June and July, check out the live dates below as well as her new music video and EP to "Thoughts of Love".

Live

11/06 – Music Is My Drug, London, Vybe Bar

17/06 – ILuvLive 9th birthday special, XOYO, London

30/06 – Nobu Unplugged, Nobu Berkeley, London

04/07 – Cargo, London

New Video: Tanika - Hooker Heels ft. Sneakbo

I have never actually featured UK singer - Tanika on my blog, but let me give you a bit of information on her. She's 23, Talented and she's about to take the music industry on by storm!

Tanika recently performed at Joe Budden's London show last month and will be performing at Link Up TV Live alongside G FrSH, J Spades, Yungen, Squeeks on May 6 @ XOYO in London.

The 23 year old singer-songwriter collabos with none other than South London's - Sneakbo for this brand new song and video titled 'Hooker Heels'.

I'm diggin' this collaboration from Tanika and Sneakbo.