Band Weblogs » Ben Mills http://bandweblogs.com/blog Music news, music reviews, interviews, band press, commentary, new releases and more Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Ben Mills from The X Factor set to release Beside You http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/02/27/ben-mills-from-the-x-factor-set-to-release-beside-you/ http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/02/27/ben-mills-from-the-x-factor-set-to-release-beside-you/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:48:16 +0000 Jenny May http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/02/27/ben-mills-from-the-x-factor-set-to-release-beside-you/ Ben Mills - Beside YouBen Mills from the UK talent show The X Factor is set to release his debut single, “Beside You” on March 5, 2007 in the UK. The single is off of his new album, Picture Of You out on March 12th.

The debut releases come soon after Ben Mills finished third on The X Factor back in December that included talent judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh on the panel. Now signed to Sony BMG, this is quite an achievement for the singer with the big, soulful voice.

When Ben Mills performed Queen’s Somebody To Love while he was on The X Factor, it was at that point that I realized he really did have something special. That performance was amazing and it took a lot of courage and confidence to have pulled it off – acapella with a gospel choir. It was great to see the comments of support from his new found fans when I first wrote about Ben Mills on Band Weblogs, and now he’ll most definitely find himself overwhelmed with a new wave of admirers!

It looks as if Ben’s new record company will be keeping him very busy this year. It’s been announced on his website that he’ll be on tour later in 2007 which will follow his current X Factor Tour.

Watch Ben Mills’ new video for “Beside You” on his Myspace page!

Picture Of You tracklisting:

1. Beside You
2. Amazed
3. Nothing But The Truth
4. Maggie May
5. Anytime You Fall
6. Love Waits For Me
7. Somebody To Love
8. Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing
9. The Last To Fall
10. Bring It On Home To Me
11. Picture of You
12. With A Little Help From My Friends

“Somebody To Love” made it on to the album – pretty cool!

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By: Jenny May

]]> http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/02/27/ben-mills-from-the-x-factor-set-to-release-beside-you/feed/ 3 X Factor’s Ben Mills Amazes With Queen’s Somebody To Love http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2006/12/05/x-factors-ben-mills-amazes-with-queens-somebody-to-love/ http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2006/12/05/x-factors-ben-mills-amazes-with-queens-somebody-to-love/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:42:47 +0000 Jenny May http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2006/12/05/x-factors-ben-mills-amazes-with-queens-somebody-to-love/ It seems like talent shows are popping up every time I turn on the TV lately. As a musician I shouldn’t really be promoting them as I feel there’s a lot of negatives associated with talent competitions on shows like American Idol and Pop Idol. After all – shouldn’t the record industry be taking more time out for musicians and bands who actually write and perform their own music as a living? There’s more that I could get into here, but that’s not the purpose of this entry. As with the bad, there is often good, and Saturday night I watched a performance on the UK based talent show X Factor that blew me away.

Ben Mills is one of the last three remaining acts on the X Factor and his latest performance was one of the most amazing covers of Queen’s “Somebody to Love” that I’ve ever heard. He, unlike most on the show, took a chance and decided to sing his version of the song acapella along with a choir. I really hope that this is released as a single – but I doubt that will happen as this rendition doesn’t comply with the norm of today’s typical pop song. Anyway, hopefully Brian May has heard this – I think he would approve.

Luckily the video of Ben Mills’ performance is on YouTube.

Watch Ben Mills performing Queen’s “Somebody To Love”

Personally, I don’t think the judges – Simon Cowell, Sharon Osborne or Louis Walsh give him enough credit for this amazing performance.

By: Jenny May

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