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Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:53 AM PDT

FANCY being a guest at Lady Gaga's secret pop-up show next month? Of course, you do! But with all things Lady Gaga, this mysterious show is aimed at those who can drop everything and head over to her party (at an undisclosed location abroad) in a flash.

In fact, it's such a covert mission that Universal Music Malaysia can only hint that this Lady Gaga private party will be held in Asia in early July and the guestlist will number below 2,000. Nothing more! But you can practically follow the Lady Gaga trail in Asia where she has already appeared at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan in Chiba, near Tokyo last Saturday, before moving on to Taiwan on July 1.

If you're clued up, you can start guessing her next destination, then. Whatever the case, this upcoming secret getaway is an up close and personal audience with Lady Gaga as she takes to the stage with new material from her album Born This Way, alongside a stash of her hits.

Just register at www.universalmusic.com.my/unimusic/register.php and stand a chance to win a VIP invite to Lady Gaga's secret show.

This contest is open to all Malaysians above 18 years old. Contestants who enter must have valid travel documents.

Terms and conditions apply. Closing date for registration is July 3.

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Caravan of love

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:52 AM PDT

Dave Matthews takes a break from hitting the road, not concerts.

Dave Matthews has just started a telephone interview when the shrieks of a child interrupt his thoughts and he has to go to another room to escape the commotion.

"It's not easy to find a quiet place in my house," quips the leader of the Dave Matthews Band. "There's a lot of action."

But it's that kind of action with his three-year-old son and two nine-year-old daughters that Matthews was craving for when he decided last year, after spending 20 years on the road, to take a hiatus from touring.

However, the 44-year-old rocker's love of music couldn't keep him away from the stage for long, and this summer in the United States, the band is performing in four cities – three nights in each city – in a "caravan" of concerts.

The concerts in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Chicago; New York; and George, Washington, features the Dave Matthews Band as headliners and includes acts like the Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne, the Roots and Dispatch. The acts will vary in each city.

"I hope that people will go away from it, probably a little exhausted, but feeling like they had a really special experience," said Matthews.

When you ended your tour, people assumed that was it for a while. What made you decide to do the "caravan"?

There's some different reasons. A lot of the guys wanted to play and I love playing with this band. I've just been wanting to take a break from being on the road. I'm not as up for the crazy tour schedule this year ... but I still love playing music. It does seem like a good way not to live on a bus and go to someplace and see some good musicians play, and then work a little bit.

What have you been doing

during your time off?

I've just been with my family and nothing else. Last year I was away from my family a lot.

It's hard for me to leave my kids, and it's harder on me than it is on them.

It's funny, I get a little quieter with time. I don't want to chase my tail and one day repeat myself and repeat myself and one day have kids going to college and not have memories that I should, because I was too busy doing my thing.

... I'm always playing music and trying to make new sounds, but mainly, it's been trying to hear theirs.

Do you think your break might be a little bit more extended,

or do you not want to put a timetable on it?

I'd like to get into writing again and I think a lot of it for me is just trying to figure out how I can do both, and a lot of people have done it.

It's a hard switch, but I'm working on trying to figure out how to do it. I don't want to stop – I don't think I really can stop making music. I'm not planning on going into the studio for a specific month or anything like that. But I imagine I am going to. I don't see an end to that.

You have talked about trying to do things that might better the world. What are some of the projects you'd like to tackle?

I think it's always on my mind and all of our minds, especially when I became a father, about what kind of planet I'm leaving for my children, and so that preoccupies me a little bit, and then opportunities tend to come up because there are people that are more directly focused on more specific ways into improving or sustaining a healthier direction for the planet. – AP

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Khamis, 30 Jun 2011

The Star Online: Entertainment: Music

The Star Online: Entertainment: Music

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