Hurts & Suede At Coachella

Two reasons I'm ticked off about missing Coachella this year: Hurts and Suede, who performed at the California desert fest on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Oh, well—I've actually missed Coachella every year, come to think of it.

Idolator has a full gallery of pics of Hurts' performance up. (Anyone see any actual video around?)

And here's Suede doing "The Drowners" off their debut album. Shame about the guy with the camera singing along.

There's Some "Heart" In Hurts' "Sunday" Video

My favorite part in the overly-melodramatic video for Hurts' new single "Sunday"? When synth-playing background dude Adam Anderson hangs around looking glum in a driver's cap, a la Pet Shop Boys' own synth-playing background dude Chris Lowe in their 1988 video for "Heart."

My favorite quote about the "Sunday" vid from Hurts frontman Theo Hutchcraft? "We go to an exotic, beautiful place, think of a theme that no-one else will understand except us, and surround us with women so people won't ask us what it's about!"



In this case that exotic, beautiful place is Romania. The "Sunday" single is officially released in the UK this coming Monday, February 27.

The 10 Best Pop Singles Of 2010

It seems like only yesterday when trusty sidekicks in all things pop Moogaboo and D'luv sat down to sift through 10 years of jams to come up with the Chart Rigger list of the Top 40 Singles Of The '00s—yet here we are already doing our first Best list of the new decade.

Sure, radio let itself get clogged with chum on occasion throughout the past 12 months (see our 10 Worst Singles Of 2010 roundup). But here we're highlighting the songs that didn't make you want to go shoot up a strip mall every time you heard them. As usual, the singles listed need only have reached their peak chart position within 2010, even if they were technically released the year prior.

10. Usher, "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"

Moogaboo says: "Remember that time Usher went on E! and talked about getting a colonic? Well this year he gave his career a colonic, flushing out the r&b sound people stopped liking and infusing his colon—I mean songbook—with more current, classy dance beats. I loved it, and isn't that all that matters?"
D'luv says: "Thank Christ I have no recollection of that. Poor Usher can't sing this song live to save his life, but hey–welcome to the world of having a Max Martin-produced hit. This driving, out-of-nowhere surprise was a radio life jacket amidst a sea of 'Airplanes' and 'Billionaire' this past summer."
Charts: AUS #3, US #4, UK #7

9. Goldfrapp, "Rocket"

D'luv says: "I'm still stunned that the UK treated the Atari-on-the-dancefloor greatness of Head First with all the warmth of Madonna's frozen-over Arctic snatch. Oh, well. The duo got the last laugh by scoring two Grammy nominations."
Moogaboo says: "Goldfrapp were totally having a Flashbeagle moment and I love that it might win a Grammy. 'But I still wanna know/ how she got in the door' is also an adorably bitchy pop lyric."
Charts: US DANCE #1, GER #32, UK #47

8. Adam Lambert, "Whataya Want From Me"

D'luv says: "Glambox could probably sing pages of the phone book and make it sound interesting. But this jam proved that with the right songwriters and right material, he could suddenly go from being good to iconic. Too bad there weren't more tracks like this on his debut album."
Moogaboo says: "Note to Lambo: be P!nk more often."
Charts: AUS #4, SWE #8, US #10

7. Rihanna, "Only Girl (In The World)"

Moogaboo says: "As far as the current wave of nu-dance goes, only RiRi's really gotten the essence of house music's pulsating, hedonistic abandon. No jerky stops and starts for her, which is what makes 'Only Girl' so irresistible: it's almost menacing in its insistence that you dance."
D'luv says: "God bless RiRi and her tireless work ethic. This jam had its haters from the get-go, but I loved the throbbing hotness from the first listen. Seriously, slap on some good headphones, crank it up and try to tell me that bass at 1:16 doesn't make your soul shake."
Charts: US #1, UK #1, AUS #1, CAN #1

6. Kylie Minogue, "Get Outta My Way"

D'luv says: "There seemed to be such a rush of love for Kylie's Aphrodite right out of the gate that it appeared to have dried up by the time second single 'Get Outta My Way' arrived (except on the U.S. dance charts, where dreams—no matter how irrelevant—still come true, kidz). Still, there's no denying this was the giddy standout on an already A+ album."
Moogaboo says: "Kylie's career is getting to the point where there aren't many options left between 'completely spent' and 'desperate', so I love that she managed to do something that sounded somewhat effortless and fun. This was the most-played song of 2010 at chez Moogaboo, so of course that means it had to flop."
Charts: US Dance #1, BEL #5, UK #12

5. Hurts, "Wonderful Life"

D'luv says: "If the New Millennium conjured up Lady Gaga as its answer to Madonna, then surely Synth-Pop Land needed a modern-day Pet Shop Boys, too. The drama-soaked beats of 'Wonderful Life' deservedly made Hurts a buzz-y act in 2010, while the Arthur Baker mix only added extra sparkle to the duo's cool factor."
Moogaboo says: "These babes won me over with their stylish sense of drama. If they don't make out with each other next year, I'll be totally over it! But yes, it was all about that Arthur Baker mix with it's rattling polyrhythms and Shannon-derived whipcrack."
Charts: POL #1, GER #2, SWI #4, UK #21

4. Alphabeat, "DJ"

D'luv says: "A Danish pop act making an album of songs inspired by late '80s/early '90s Italo house act Black Box (a staple on the stereo D'luv during the teen years)—why, how could it fail? Don't answer that. I effing love this album, and 'DJ' never ceases to make me grin from ear to ear."
Moogaboo says: "Martha Wash is waggin' a sassy finger at Alphabeat from her perch up in heaven! (I know she's still alive, but I bet she has an all-access pass to universes both real and mythological.)"
Charts: DEN #6, UK #116

3. Cee Lo Green, "Fuck You!"

D'luv says: "I liked this song. Then I loved this song. Then I was over this song. Now I kinda love it again. It could have been higher here on our Best list were it not for the sheer novelty factor. Like, can you picture Cee Lo having another solo hit this big (without an expletive in the title) ever again?"
Moogaboo says: "Well, no, I can't. But who can say for sure? Maybe he's the next Kylie! And even though he seems to have scammed this idea from the inimitable Lily Allen, I'll give him points for upping the bile and attaching it to an even funkier faux-Motown beat."
Charts: UK #1, AUS #5, SWE #6, US #9

2. Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"

D'luv says: "And now we get to the song that both perplexes me and fills me with whimsical butterflies to no end. I absolutely, hands-down love 'Teenage Dream' and think it's one of the best pop songs in recent memory. That said, when I think of Katy Perry and her Jesus tits, I wanna wrap both hands around her neck and spare the universe from ever having to hear her low-rent, bottom-of-the-barrel live vocals again. But look—I'm just chalking the quality of this jam up to maestros Dr. Luke and Max Martin. If a real singer (say, Kelly Clarkson) had belted this out, it would have been #1 here."
Moogaboo says: "I agree, Kelly could more convincingly portray the protagonist of 'Teenage Dream'—a forty-something, out-of-shape suburbanite yearning to recreate the exploits of youth with the lanky new paperboy. What a missed opportunity. However, Katy's bubbly personality and bouncy boobsiness still manage to put this one over the top. Pop heaven."
Charts: US #1, POL #1, UK #2, GER #6

*POP SINGLE OF THE YEAR*

1. Robyn, "Dancing On My Own"
D'luv says: "No one does stunning, addictive dancefloor heartbreak as deftly as Robyn. And while the broad made us wait nearly half a decade for new material, 'Dancing On My Own' made me realize that patience is indeed a virtue, and that crying under a strobe light is the most bittersweet kind of joy."
Moogaboo says: "Oh, Robyn—you glittering disco sad-sack. I love your highly effective heartbreak tunes. Truth be told, I never thought you'd top 'With Every Heartbeat', 'Be Mine!' or 'Show Me Love'. Then you go and do it again with this, the perfect soundtrack for shedding tears beneath said strobe light while that hunk you just met in the men's room makes out with some ho across the dancefloor. Go on breaking my heart."
Charts: SWE #1, US Dance #3, UK #8



ALSO SEE:
* The 10 Worst Singles Of 2010
* The Top 40 Pop Singles Of The '00s
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2009
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2008
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2007
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2006
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2005

It's Hurts' Morbidly Festive "All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day" Video

Synthy Manchester duo Hurts meet up with a pair of mourning broads in a cemetery in their appropriately melancholy "All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day" video. They proceed on to a funeral where, of all things, a Christmas tree shoots up out of a grave. Hot.

God bless their tortured angst. It somehow captures that undercurrent of dread that's always somehow present during what should be the most wonderful time of the year.

Christmas Jams: Hurts "All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day"

I finally allowed myself to start playing some holiday trash pop now that Thanksgiving has come and gone. The Hurts Christmas single, "All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day" conveniently covers the ground of two holidays in one title, and it's out December 14 on UK iTunes.

Given that their previous single "Stay" charted at #50 this past week (talk about "hurts"), seems the duo could use a more upbeat, festive jam to jump-start the buzz around them.

Anyway, really digging this one.

UK Chart Roundup: Take That Post Best One-Week Album Sales In 13 Years With 'Progress'

Take That and JLS make a bit of a boy band compromise this week, as the former have a massive week with Progress, their sixth studio album—and their first with Robbie Williams since 1995—and the latter take hold of the UK singles chart with "Love You More."

Progress sold roughly 520,000 copies after its release this past Monday, the most for any album in one week in the UK since Oasis' Be Here Now moved 663,000 copies in 1997. Meanwhile, Take That's lead single off the LP, "The Flood", is at #2 on the singles chart for a second week. Debuting at #1 is JLS' Children In Need charity single "Love You More", which has now become the X Factor alums' fourth chart-topper in the past year-and-a-half.

Elsewhere, it's amateur hour for the blandest boy band on the planet, Westlife, as their latest cure for insomnia "Safe" flops at #10. It's now been four years since the low-rent Irish noise makers had a #1 single, and you have to wonder at this point why they don't just hang it up and go live out their boring lives outside of public eye?

Sorry, gents—you can work with John Shanks, producer of the last two Take That albums, but you'll just never be Take That.

On a final note, it's a sad week for Shayne Ward, whose "Gotta Be Somebody" drops from #12 to #24 while third LP Obsession limps into the album chart at #15, and Manchester duo Hurts, whose latest single "Stay" crashes and burns at #50.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Love You More" - JLS *new* *1 week* 
2. "The Flood" - Take That
3. "Your Song" - Ellie Goulding
4. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
5. "Firework" - Katy Perry 
6. "Like A G6" - Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev *new*
7. "The Time (The Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas
8. "Happiness" - Alexis Jordan
9. "Shine A Light" - McFly feat. Taio Cruz
10. "Safe" - Westlife *new*

Hurts Crank Up The Angst In Their "Stay" Video

Hurts' video for new single "Stay" is as dramatic as their previous clips for "Better Than Love" and "Wonderful Life," only this time the Manchester duo have swapped out the raven-haired dancing girls from the latter for a pack of twirling blonde babes.

I love how soaked with angst and urgency everything these two do is. "Wonderful Life" peaked at #21 on the UK chart but hung around within the Top 40 for awhile. And now that they have a hit album (which reached #4) on their debonair hands, hopefully ballad "Stay" (officially out as a single November 15) will be the smash that truly breaks them through to the mainstream.



Must say, can't help feeling there's something very "Europa And The Pirate Twins" about this video.

Watch Kylie Minogue Cover Hurts And Do Her Hits On BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

Kylie Minogue performed today on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, where she offered up three of her own jams ("Get Outta My Way," "All The Lovers" and "Can't Get You Out Of My Head") as well as a cover of Hurts' "Wonderful Life."

"Wonderful Life"


"Get Outta My Way"


"Can't Get You Out Of My Head"


Stunning. Music Week has "Get Out Of My Way" climbing into the UK Top 10 by the time Sunday's chart is published. (Last week it entered at #48).

Vote For Hurts At The MTV Europe Music Awards

Amidst the sea of snooze that is the MTV Europe Music Nominees this year—where, once again, the number of actual European artists is minimal compared to American ones—there is the Best Push Act category, which finds Hurts pitted against the likes of Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, B.o.B and Jason Derulo.

Do the right thing, pop chyldryn—VOTE for Hurts. Here (click "Best Push Act" in the sidebar).

THE 2010 MTV EMA NOMINEES:

Best Rock
Kings Of Leon
Linkin Park
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Muse
Ozzy Osbourne

Best Pop
Lady Gaga
Usher
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
Rihanna

Best Hip Hop
T.I.
Eminem
Kanye West
Lil Wayne
Snoop Dogg

Best Alternative
Gorillaz
Gossip
Paramore
Vampire Weekend
Arcade Fire

Best Live Act
Bon Jovi
Lady Gaga
Muse
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park

Best Song
Usher, “OMG”
Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls”
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love The Way You Lie”
Rihanna, “Rude Boy”
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”

Best Male
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Usher
Enrique Iglesias
Kanye West

Best Female
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
Shakira
Rihanna

Best New Act
Ke$ha
B.o.B
Jason Derulo
Plan B
Justin Bieber

Best Video
Thirty Seconds To Mars, “Kings And Queens”
Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls”
Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce, “Telephone”
Plan B, “Prayin’”
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love The Way You Lie”

Best Push Act
Ke$ha
Alexandra Burke
Jason Derulo
Justin Bieber
Selena Gomez and The Scene
B.o.B
The Drums
Professor Green
Hurts
Mike Posner

Best World Stage Performance
Green Day
Muse
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Katy Perry
Gorillaz
Tokio Hotel

This trash airs live from Madrid on November 7.

The Brits Weren't Feeling Robyn's "Hang With Me"

Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 2 charts better in the UK (#38) than the first part did in June (#47), but her new single "Hang With Me" has a disastrous debut at #54 this week. Only three months ago "Dancing On My Own" made it to #8 on the Brit singles chart.

The rest of it is pretty dull this week. Hurts drop eight positions to #12 on the album chart with Happiness, while their single "Wonderful Life" is still hanging in there in the lower reaches of the Top 40, this week at #38.

Meanwhile, Shontelle (just barely) lands her second UK Top 10 single with "Impossible", which goes in at #10. Here in the States that trash went to #13 and hung around forever until it eventually went platinum.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Start Without You" - Alexandra Burke *2 weeks*
2. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
3. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry
4. "For The First Time" - The Script
5. "Please Don't Let Me Go" - Olly Murs
6. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
7. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" - Usher feat. Pitbull
8. "Katy On A Mission" - Katy B
9. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
10. "Impossible" - Shontelle *new*

When The Mail Doesn't Suck: Jason Donovan + Hurts

The just-re-released two-disc deluxe editions of Jason Donovan's PWL LPs—Ten Good Reasons (1989) and Between The Lines (1990)—arrived yesterday, along with Hurts' Happiness, which debuted at #4 on the UK album chart on Sunday. Have yet to tear into any of them, but I think my week's soundtrack is set.

On the way: Brandon Flowers' Flamingo deluxe edition (out today in the States).

Alexandra Burke Is #1 And Hurts Find Happiness On The UK Album Chart

While I'm glad Alexandra Burke has largely steered away from the deadly-dull ballad trap that many of her fellow X Factor alums have fallen into and it's super swell her Ace Of Base-y RedOne-produced single "Start Without You" has debuted at #1 in the UK this week, I'm more jazzed about the fact that Hurts' Happiness landed at a solid #4 on the Brit album chart.



Of course, raise a flag also for Brandon Flowers hitting #1 with his own debut solo album Flamingo. I'm crazy curious to see how that one's going to fly here in the U.S. when it's released this week. XOLondon did up what I'm sure is a brilliant song-by-song review of Brandon's LP, but I've thus far managed to steer clear of all leaks and write-ups. I guess I'll just be surprised once my copy of the deluxe edition arrives. Hopefully I'm not chucking it in the recycle bin come week's end.

Back on the UK singles chart, The Script's bland new dirge "For The First Time" sleepwalks its way in at #5, while the once-golden McFly have a ho-hum #6 entry with "Party Girl." Guess it's not enough to just whip your clothes off and pose for the cover of Attitude anymore. Some amount of decent music must actually now be required to maintain chart success. Better luck next time, lads.

And then there's Alesha Dixon, who, let's face, probably has her best days, hit-single-wise, behind her. There's not much about her in this era of Leona, Gaga, Ke$ha and Alexandra that really stands out. Here's hoping she can ably avoid the Sophie Ellis-Bextor curse of decent songstress/lack of fanbase. But for now, her latest single, "Drummer Boy," has debuted at #15.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Start Without You" - Alexandra Burke *new* *1 week*
2. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry
3. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
4. "Please Don't Let Me Go" - Olly Murs
5. "For The First Time" - The Script *new*
6. "Party girl" - McFly *new*
7. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
8. "Katy On A Mission" - Katy B
9. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
10. "This Day" - Emma's Imagination *new*

Olly Murs UK #1 "Please Don't Let Me Go" Is An Old-Schooly Good Time

Olly Murs' "Please Don't Let Me Go" single sleeve is so from another time that it has me thinking of this...

And this...

It's kind of that "I look like the boy next door, but I'll still shag you through the plaster in the wall" aesthetic.



Anyway, the 2009 X Factor runner-up's debut single topped the UK chart this week. It's charming enough, and kind of makes me worried for Joe McElderry, who's been working on his own debut album with Dallas Austin, as evidenced by this not-staged-at-all (yeahright) photo.

Is Joe going to be the Alexandra Burke of last season, while Olly goes on to be the JLS? Dilemmas, pop chyldryn.

Speaking of X Factor, Adele's cover of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" re-enters the UK chart at #24 this week after it was performed on last week's episode. Hot.

Oh, yeah—Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" debuts at #2, which is where she's at on the Billboard Hot 100, too. I know what she'd have to do to get another #1 single, but Christian girls don't do that too often. Unless they're banging Russell Brand. Then it's kind of a prerequisite. So expect it to top the chart next week. Her same-titled album is #1 at least.

On a final note, Hurts' "Wonderful Life" drops from #21 to #33. The duo's album Happiness, a bright spot in this year's releases, is out tomorrow.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Please Don't Let Me Go" - Olly Murs *new* *1 week*
2. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry *new*
3. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
4. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
5. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
6. "Green Light" - Roll Deep
7. "You Took My Heart" - Pepper & Piano *new*
8. "Katy On A Mission" - Katy B
9. "We No Speak Americano" - Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
10. "Billionaire" - Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars

Taio Cruz, Brandon Flowers And Hurts Light Up The Uk Chart Like Its Dynamite

Three quick thoughts on the UK chart this week, then I'm off to bed:

* Kudos to Taio Cruz for landing another #1 with the infectious "Dynamite."

* Similar congrats to Brandon Flowers, whose solo single "Crossfire" debuts at #8 and becomes his highest-charting song since the Killers' "Human" reached #3 two years ago.

* Hoo-ray for Hurts nabbing a respectable #21 debut with "Wonderful Life." High hopes for the album doing well!

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz *new* *1 week*
2. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
3. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
4. "Green Light" - Roll Deep
5. "Katy On A Mission" - Katy B *new*
6. "We No Speak Americano" - Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
7. "Billionaire" - Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
8. "Crossfire" - Brandon Flowers *new*
9. "Beautiful Monster" - Ne-Yo 
10. "Airplanes" - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams

Hurts Cover "Confide In Me" As A Tribute To "The Wonderful Kylie Minogue"

First Scissor Sisters did a bluegrass rendition of Kylie's "All The Lovers" earlier this summer, and now Hurts have served up a haunting (well, even more so) cover of Ms. Minogue's 1994 hit "Confide In Me" for The Sun.



Love this so much, and can't wait for the duo's debut Happiness (which, incidentally, will contain the Kylie duet "Devotion").

Hurts Cite Gary Barlow Influence, Do 'GMTV' And Reveal Album Clips

Hurts' debut LP Happiness (out September 6 in the UK) is a few weeks from release, and you can now hear clips of all the songs over at Amazon Germany. (Alas, Kylie Minogue's part is not audible on the duet "Devotion.")

The duo appeared on London morning show GMTV on Friday, where they performed single "Wonderful Life" (out next Monday) and cited Take That DILF Gary Barlow and Johnny Cash as big influences.



Meanwhile, a short interview with the band ran in the Japan Times on Friday (they recently performed at Summer Sonic). Below is a bit of it.

"We met Jackie Chan in Roppongi and we talked to him about — you won't believe this — Joy Division. His favorite song is 'Transmission'."

Hurts And Kylie Minogue Confirm Duet "Devotion"

News came today from both Hurts (aka the new Pet Shop Boys) and Kylie Minogue that a duet between them titled "Devotion" will indeed appear on the Manchester, England duo's forthcoming debut LP Happiness.

NME posted confirmation from Hurts frontman Theo Hutchcraft earlier today:

"A few weeks ago we finished our album, but it did not feel complete. We have written an album, mainly about women, which felt lost without the salvation of a woman.

"We wrote a song about infidelity called 'Devotion'. Since we have enjoyed an illicit life-long love affair with Kylie Minogue, we mustered up every ounce of courage we had and asked her if she would like to sing the song with us. She said yes. The delicate yet powerful way she expresses the fragility of female emotion has added a magical missing ingredient to an album about love, loss and happiness. If you don't ask, you don't get… I guess."

Meanwhile, this evening Minogue tweeted, "I have recorded a song called 'Devotion' with the delicious 'Hurts'!!!"

Extremely excited for this album—and even more so now. It's out in the UK on September 6. In the meantime, Yanks can snag a pared-down version of the Arthur Baker remix of Hurts' single "Wonderful Life" (which shaves nearly a minute and 40 seconds off the original) from the latest Kitsuné Maison compilation on iTunes.

Hurts Are The Pet Shop Boys You'd Want To Have Sex With In Their "Wonderful Life" Video

If Lady Gaga is the 2010 version of 1984 Madonna, then consider Manchester, England duo Hurts the modern incarnation of Pet Shop Boys. And like the post title here implies, it'd be swell to hit it with either of these synthy gents (Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson)—if you're into broody, fashionably depressing Bret Easton Ellis novel-type sex.

Anyway, there's a profile on Hurts in the August issue of Interview (with a beautiful photo by Sharif Hamza), wherein Theo alleges that the U.S. is in the band's plans (though there's no hint of this yet on their MySpace):

"We spent a long time hiding away on purpose. But now it feels exciting to finally exist and be judged. We've taken a lot from America, so it's going to be interesting to see how the music sits with people there. We'll do some special performances when we finally come over this fall, kind of like a golden handshake to the U.S."

Their single "Wonderful Life" is finally released in the UK on August 23. Below is the cover:

And here's the music video:



Note: XOLondon chides the dancers in the video, stating that they're nothing more than "Robert Palmer girls doing shit choreography." Mind you, when XOLondon dresses up as a Robert Palmer girl, his dancing is simply irresistible.