The 11,000-strong pop party had already lost their voices - screaming their heads off for support act JLS, complete with Aston Merrygold backflips. Also on the bill were Sugababes, Tinchy Stryder, Taio Cruz, Chipmunk, Jay Sean, Chase N Status, Kano and Donae’o.

It was BBC 1Xtra’s biggest ever line up of home grown acts representing the best of British black urban music, featuring rap, hip hop, grime, bassline, garage, dubstep, drum and bass, house and R&B.

Radio stars Trevor Nelson and Mistajam hosted the show live on Radio 1 and 1Xtra digital - with DJ Tim Westwood on stage. The all free tickets were snapped up weeks ago.

Many turned up just to see heartthrobs JLS, Britain’s top new boyband, who performed chart-topping singles Beat Again and Everybody In Love.

In a backstage video chat with The Star - which can be seen on line - fab four Oritse Williams, Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold and Jonathan Gill, thanked local fans for an “amazing year”. They look forward to playing Sheffield City Hall on February 7, 2010.

Oritse said: “Everyone is so supportive and really behind us. It’s an incredible feeling to come to places like Sheffield. Thank you so much.”

Troubled trio Sugababes, who had been criticised by some for continuing after the departure of final original member, Keisha Buchanan, got a warm welcome. Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and new girl, former Eurovision entrant, Jade Ewen, sang top 10 hit Get Sexy, from forthcoming seventh studio album, Sweet 7.

Sugababe Amelle returned to duet chart-topping hit, Never Leave You, with pop rapper Tinchy Stryder, who plays Sheffield 02 Academy on February 6, it was announced today.

Tinchy Stryder also got Taio Cruz up to duet their smash hit, Take Me Back.

London’s Chew Lips have been part of the ‘hotly tipped’ troupe of bands for quite some time now. After reportedly recording ten songs in their first rehearsal and signing to the trendiest label around Kitsune, it’s easy to see why. We decided to have a chat with singer Tigs to find out more about how they came together and what it’s been like on the road. Chew Lips Salt Air is released soon

Who are you guys? Tell us a bit about yourselves…
We are three gunslinging, tax dodging,

How would you describe your sound?
Drone disco, future classic pop, music to make love to yourself.

Who are your musical heroes? Any high-profile admirers?
We each have completely different influences. we really only share Prince and
LCD. I love Stevie Nicks and Karen Carpenter for vocals, and Neil
Young and J Mascis for lyrics. that said, Stevie’s lyrics are also
amazing. Do we have high profile admirers? I don’t know. I read a
Virgins interview today where they said they loved us, we just got
back off tour with them last week.

How long have you been playing together? How did you get
together?
O you know, friends of friends. we all lived in south east
London. I knew James, and James knew will… we got together a year
ago and played our first show on may 10th 2008. I actually asked James
if he wanted to do some music quite a while before that and he wasn’t sure.
Then he came and watched an acoustic performance and changed his mind.
The bloody fool.

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A student once asked me; “How come sometimes the music comes freely while other times, I feel blocked and can’t play?”

A perfectly valid question and one that many students of improvisation ask. You see, the problem is that many think they should be able to just sit down at the piano and play anytime anywhere. But this is unrealistic. Why? Because you can’t force play!

Improvisation is play. And when you try to force the music to appear, the exact opposite happens. Blocks to receiving the music are set up and the spirit is let down. All this can be avoided if we learn that there is a certain ebb and flow to creativity. Respect this natural tendency. Learn to see the creative force as one that naturally goes away, only to come back again, stronger and revitalized!

There is a natural order to creating that, if respected and trusted, will serve you well. Listen to yourself and don’t let your ego get the best of you.

Many students fear that if they can’t go to the piano and play, they’re creativity is dried up. Not true! They may be experiencing an ebb tide period. During this time, it’s best to take a break from playing and come back later on when the creative waters return.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!