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TwitBits: Taio Cruz, Barbra Streisand, The Strokes, R.E.M And More

By Andrew Tijs
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:56:47 +1000

Taio Cruz rallies his UK fans, Babs sings in Portugese, The Strokes wanna cover the covers, R.E.M. offer an extra special book pre-order and heaps more.

Let’s have a gander at what musicians are up to on twitter today.

  • Wanna heard Barbra Streisand sing in Portugese? Sure you do.
  • Sensitive indie kids The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart post up some snaps of their Fuji Rock dressing room, right next to Jimmy Eat World.
  • Taio Cruz is hustling his UK fans to get his new single ‘Little Bad Girl’ to the top of the chart.
  • Julian Casablanca of The Strokes decides he wants to cover the covers of The Strokes from a new tribute album ofThis Is It.
  • R.E.M. offer a special pre-order of Michael Stipe’s book Two Times Intro: On The Road With Patti Smith that comes with a signed photo Michael took of Patti.
  • Lior and Emma Louise’s version of ‘It’s Only Natural’ from the They Will Have Their Wayshow is on iTunes now.
  • Hot producer and Odd Future member Frank Ocean splurges his Watch The Throne cash on a desktop computer.
  • Lupe Fiasco seems to be live-tweeting the X-Games. Gnarly.
  • Royal Bangs have remixed hip all-girl psych act Warpaint and you can hear it here.
  • Sydney funsters Cloud Control post up a very silly video of them replacing their bass player.

VIDEO: Check out our chat with Lupe Fiasco below.

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