Death Defying Headlines Diary 4
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 4
Here is the latest in the promo story of the new single.
11/05/2011
Radio legend Tony Blackburn promotes the single on Twitter and requests a press pack with a view to playing the track on Radio 2.
Chesney Hawkes promoted the track on Twitter.
Chris Jarvis from CBeebies television channel promotes the single on Twitter.
Neal Mayhem from ‘Minutes of Mayhem’ talk radio show promoted the track on Twitter.
Baldy Radio notifies us that they have playlisted ‘Death Defying Headlines’ with immediate effect.
Gravity FM is now in negotiations with KajaFax with a view to playlisting ‘Death Defying Headlines’ – press pack requested.
The YouTube sampler video took another 125 hits, making a total of 575.
KajaFax has 575 hits on the site showing that the single is still hot news.
KajaGooGoo gifted us with a Death Defying Headlines soundcheck video which proved very popular on the site.
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KajaGooGoo Death Defying Headlines Soundcheck Video
We absolutely love this video and we know you will too, the band are in a very relaxed and jovial spirit performing a fantastic soundcheck of the new single, ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
This is a gift to us from the band, so many thanks guys for sharing it with us.
KajaGooGoo: Death Defying Headlines, Soundcheck:
The new single is out Monday 16th May 2011 for pre-order!!
Please help us spread the word, anything you can do is appreciated.
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Diary 3
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 3
Tuesday 10/05/2011
Single release to be featured on Remember the Eighties Website. This is a massively popular website so a great result for us. http://www.remembertheeighties.com/index2.html
The KajaGooGoo Official Website gets a DDH makeover! http://www.kajagoogoo.com
Single featured on website http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-happenings.html and their associated ‘Facebook’ page.
KajaFax are currently negotiating the playlisting of Death Defying Headlines following approaches by five new Radio Broadcasters.
KajaFax has 611 new visitors today.
David Heane from Real Radio will be playing Kajagoogoo on his weekend show, and also discussing the bands new single release. He will also feature Kajagoogoo and ‘Death Defying Headlines’ on the Real Radio website.
The You Tube video sampler takes a further 150 visits, bringing its total to 450 at the time of writing.
Ricky Wilde and Pat Sharp promote the single on Twitter.
Kajafax has received support from a familiar source from the past…. Duran Duran forum users have contacted us and to say:
“Who produced this? It has a bit of a Yes sound to it. Nice tune”
“I understand the passion… I really hope it goes well. Make a piece of history indeed!”
“Nice tune and I liked it. Hope the new album will have that sound. Very 2000´s Kajagoogoo!!! ”
“a really good track. I have pushed it on our forum. It sounds like Kaja are recreating the ‘83 vibe too. Suggest to them they do a night version!”
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KajaGooGoo The Oxford Road Show ORS
The Oxford Road Show
by theraggedtiger
The Oxford Road Show was a BBC pop music and magazine styled show, aimed primarily at young adults.
The show was broadcast on BBC2 between 1981 and 1985, and during its run was known as ‘Oxford Road Show’, ‘ORS’, ‘ORS 84’, and ‘ORS 85’. You may assume that the show was filmed in Oxford, hence its name, but the Oxford tag actually refers to something quite different – the BBC studios at New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester.
Along with its contemporaries, ORS attracted top acts, with groups such as Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Ultravox and Japan all making appearances. Although not taken quite as seriously as shows such as ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ or ‘The Tube’, ORS was a popular show amongst kids of my generation and older. The presenter most associated with the show, both as presenter and chief interviewer of the acts, was Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell, although Radio 1 stable mate Janice Long also had a long association with the programme. Timmy Mallet provided modest assistance, usually detailing and introducing the competition features of the show.
As is customary with BBC productions, tickets were issued free of charge and on a first come, first served basis:
“…as an 18 year old, who had barely been out of Ashton, the prospect of this was too exciting for words. I ended up going to several shows, some on Saturday mornings having applied for free tickets, and some on Friday evenings, where even without tickets they would let a few extra people in if you were outside… Seeing Peter Powell in real life, not to mention getting winked at by Midge Ure and other stars was amazing… these shows were fabulous fun and had a great atmosphere that would be hard to get at an ordinary show….” Mancky. Mancky.
Kajagoogoo performed on the show in January of 1983. KajaFax is unaware as to how much of this performance still exists outside of BBC archives, but we do have clips available via You Tube. Please click and enjoy!
Video courtesy of Kajagoogoomusic:
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Gemma Aguilar on BBC Radio
Gemma Aguilar and ‘DDH’ on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Last evening, 17yr old Gemma Aguilar appeared live on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to give the world exclusive of three songs from her debut EP and perform live.
Gemma is signed to ‘Red Dot Music’, the label run by Steve Askew and Glenn Kelly.
Also in this broadcast is an interview with Steve Askew.
If you missed the show, you can listen to it again on the BBC iPlayer.
Please note that due to a bug with the iPlayer, you will need to drag the slider to the end and then just listen on. The section to listen to is between 2hrs07mins and 2hrs50mins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gfv2h
And on 2hrs09mins, Death Defying Headlines is played and it sounds fantastic!!
I’m sure you’ll agree Gemma is sounding amazing and she’s got a fantastic career ahead of her with your support.
Gemma Aguilar Photo courtesy of Phil Hackett / Red Dot Music
For further information on Gemma, check out her official website:
http://www.gemmaaguilar.com/
Tracks:
CD: Sunshine
Live Acoustic: Stranded / It’s My Life
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Diary 2
Death Defying Headlines – Diary 2
Here we have the diary entry for yesterday:
Monday 09/05/2011
BBC Eastern Counties Radio play the full track which went out across Cambridgeshire, Beds, Bucks, Herts, Northamptonshire, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk! Thanks Steve Askew and Glenn Kelly!
Leisure FM 107.4 takes an interest in the track, requesting a press pack. Negotiations are underway for its endorsement and playlisting by the station.
KajaFax approached by ‘Radio Tweet’ http://radiotweet.jimdo.com/, based inValencia,Venezuela about the new track, ‘Death Defying Headlines’. KajaFax has issued a Spanish press release via email to them! Global promotion is good!
The ‘Death Defying Headlines’ promo on You Tube is viewed by 300 people, whilst the KajaFax website has in excess of 650 hits.
KajaFax is in the process of arranging a newspaper feature on the new single, to be published in a well known Bedfordshire based daily….
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KajaGooGoo Promo Album CDs
Mention the word ‘Promo’ and the ears of any music collector are bound to prick up and listen.
Some promo items are more common than others, some promo items are really quite scarce. It could be argued that a big successful promotional campaign would lead to more promo items being in existance!
I’d never seen these before until now so was equally happy and surprised when fan ‘Dave Kilburn’ got in touch to share a couple of his promo CDs. These really are quite special!
First up is the EMI promo CD for the ‘Islands’ album:
And next up is the EMI promo CD for ‘Crazy People’s Right to Speak’:
These discs really are fantastic, real ‘Goo history!
There are promo CDs out there for White Feathers but sadly Dave does not have one of these to complete his collection.
If anyone has a spare White Feathers promo CD to match the two above that they no longer require, if you’d consider passing this onto Dave, drop us a line and we’ll fix that up and complete the jigsaw puzzle!
Many thanks to Dave for sending these in.
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Diary 1
Death Defying Headlines – Diary Update 1
We know it’s impossible for you all to keep up to date on everything that is going on so far with the single release. We hope these diary updates will keep you posted on how we’re doing so far:
Friday 06/05/2011
10:30pm – Kajagoogoo are granted a dedicated half hour feature on 2nd City Radio Birmingham, complete with live interview with our very own Steve Yeo. The tracks played were, ‘Too Shy’, ‘Big Apple’ and ‘Never Ending Story’.
and the first UK Radio airplay of Death Defying Headlines!!
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14524837
Online endorsement from ‘Carol Decker’ of T’Pau via Twitter.
Saturday 07/05/2011
‘Net Radio UK’ take ‘Death Defying Headlines’ and playlist it from 8th May.
‘The Mix’ FM radio take Death Defying Headlines for rotation on it’s ‘A’ playlist with immediate effect.
‘Blaze FM’ take the track on rotation on its playlist with immediate effect, May 7th. The track makes its debut on the Sunday breakfast show!
Sunday 08/05/2011
The Kajafax ‘Headlines’ page goes live with over 1,100 hits in the first day!
Krystal Radio playlist the track from May 9th
Boy George endorses the track via Twitter.
Obtained a homepage feature on:
commencing 16 May for 2 weeks.
Obtained homepage feature on:
and also a feature on the 80’s nostalgia facebook page.
143 views of the You Tube video sampler in 13 hours
Death Defying Headlines endorsed and playlisted by QFM Radio (www.radioqfm.com)
Monday 09/05/2011
The Facebook page to support the campaign is launched.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/KajaGooGoo-Death-Defying-Headlines-New-Single-May-2011/220832857929030
We will keep you posted on more activity as it happens!
2011 KajaFax
Limahl Smooth FM Interview Mark Goodier
Limahl Interview with Mark Goodier of Smooth FM
Here we have a really wonderful interview with Limahl, this was around the time of the 2009 tour.
This is a great Limahl interview, an absolute must hear!
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KajaGooGoo Release New Single May 2011
KajaGooGoo Release New Single – May 2011
KajaFax are extremely proud and excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with the band to get ‘Death Defying Headlines’ released as a UK single!
This marks the first actual single release by the full five piece band in 28yrs which makes this very special indeed.
We’ve been in behind the scenes discussions with the band to see this fantastic track get an official release and were delighted when we were given full approval.
We hope with your support that we can get this track into the UK Charts.
For full details on this single release, click ‘Headlines!’ in the top banner or visit https://kajafax.co.uk/headlines for all the information.
Here are some Questions and Answers on the release:
When is the single out?!
The single is available on pre-order from Monday 16th May 2011 at 00.01, that’s next week. That is the moment from which the single can be bought!
When does the actual chart week begin?
The chart week begins on Sunday 12th June 2011 at 00.01. That is the moment from which the track can actually be downloaded and thus the chart count commences.
If I buy the single on pre-order, does it count to the chart position?
Absolutely, yes. One of the main reasons for the pre-order period is to boost the chances of a good first week chart position. This pre-order period allows us to count all four week’s sales into the first chart eligible week.
I’m outside the UK, would my purchase count towards the charts?
Unfortunately not. You can still support the single by contacting your UK friends and urging them to buy on your behalf!
Where is the single available?
All major retailers. That’s iTunes, HMV, Amazon, 7digital and many more.
Can you provide a link to the track?
As soon as the track is released, we will post links up on the site!
Can I buy the dance version instead?
Yes! The original track and the dance version will count towards the charts. You can also buy it as part of the fantastic full EP.
Can we really get this into the charts?
Yes, if you buy the track. This is not a ‘campaign’, this is not a facebook page to get a track to No.1 for Christmas. This is a brilliant single from an extremely well known band with a very loyal fan base.
We already have some amazing support:
On Friday 6th May 2011, our very own Steve Yeo interviewed live on air for 2nd City Radio in Birmingham to announce the single release, this went out to over 120,000 listeners worldwide!!
We will feature this interview on the site very soon for anyone who missed it live.
Even before we begin our promotional campaign, KajaFax have been contacted by radio stations that have added ‘Death Defying Headlines’ to their daily playlist. Thanks to them for giving us their full support. They are:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2nd-city-radio
http://www.blazefm.co.uk/index.htm
Please support the stations that are supporting us!!
We will keep you informed all the way on progress, updates and all information regarding the release.
For now, let’s get behind this release and support it all the way!!
Check out the single promo video:
A New KajaGooGoo Single!!!!!!
2011 KajaFax
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