David Beckham helps launch football focused Sky Sports 5 – watch

June 10, 2014

New channel will focus on international and European football

David Beckham has helped launch new channel Sky Sports 5 in a new advert you can see below.

Sky Sports 5 will focus on European and international football, broadcasting qualifying games for UEFA Euro 2016, plus matches from the UEFA Champions League, La Liga in Spain, Copa del Rey and the Dutch Eredivisie.

The advert sees Beckham testing new sports technology and discussing both drones and different cameras before settling on Sky Sports 5. It will air on terrestrial TV this Thursday (June 12) during the first advert break in ITV's coverage of Brazil vs Croatia match in the World Cup.

"It's fantastic news that Sky Sports is dedicating a channel to European and International football," says Beckham. "I'll definitely be watching to see how the home nations get on in the qualifiers for 2016, and how English teams get on in next season's Champions League.

Sky Sports 5 will be available to existing Sky customers as well as Virgin Media users. The channel launches officially on August 12.

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Nile Rodgers and Chic perform Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' for the first time – watch

June 10, 2014 9:26

Rodgers worked on 2013 hit with French duo and Pharrell Williams

Nile Rodgers performed 'Get Lucky', his collaboration with Daft Punk, for the first time at a live show in France over the weekend. See above to watch him and Chic play the song now.

Despite it being released in April 2013, Daft Punk have yet to play live in concert since their return and Rodgers has always refused to put 'Get Lucky' into Chic live sets, preferring instead to play the song over the PA as the band say goodbye at the end of shows.

However, during a performance at Montereau Fault-Yonne in France this changed, as you can see in the video. Rodgers has not yet commented on why he chose to start playing the song. Pharrell Williams, the other collaborator on the original song, also plays it in his live solo show.

Many other artists have covered 'Get Lucky' in the last 12 months, including Daughter, Peace, Mystery Jets, Fall Out Boy and Wilco. In February the Russian police performed the song as part of the Winter Olympics 2014 Opening Ceremony in Sochi.

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Eight more Michael Jackson albums to follow 'Xscape'?

June 10, 2014 11:50

"We got more surprises coming," says producer Rodney Jerkins

As many as eight posthumous Michael Jackson albums could be released following the success of 'Xscape' earlier this year, reports suggest.

With Jackson renowned for recording a wealth of different songs for consideration on each of his studio albums, there is believed to be lots of material in the vaults and Rolling Stone reports that "eight more albums culled from outtakes and repackaged material could be released".

"We got more surprises coming," says producer Rodney Jerkins, who worked as a producer on 'Xscape' alongside Timbaland and Stargate. "I'm sure there are a few more great things out there," says Jerkins, "and, hopefully, we'll all have a chance to hear them."

'Xscape' became Jackson's 10th Official Albums Chart Number One album in the UK upon its release last month. However, the album failed to reach the top spot in America and was pipped to the post by The Black Keys and their album 'Turn Blue.'

Meanwhile, a Michael Jackson hologram appeared at the Billboard Music Awards last month (May 18) in Las Vegas. The hologram was 'wearing' a white and gold jacket and red trousers and performed the song 'Slave to the Rhythm'.

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