Tyrese to collaborate with Mehad Hamad
His fellow Fast & Furious 7 actors are not the only superstars Tyrese Gibson is working with during his UAE stay. The actor and R&B singer posted a Facebook video on Sunday of him watching and dancing along to a performance by the Emirati singer Mehad Hamad. In the accompanying post, Tyrese said the two are set to work together. "In my room and a very powerful and significant guest joins me in Dubai to make music," he said. "The merging of Arabic traditional music with R&B!!! Mehad Hamad!!! We have BIG secret plans!!! We will tell you soon!" The collaboration came about after Tyrese tweeted an Instagram shout-out to Hamad on Thursday: "I hope to meet and possible work on a duet with you." Hamad tweeted back the same day with: "Pleasure that you are my fan and I would love to meet you whenever you are in the UAE." On Sunday, Tyrese posted a picture on Instagram showing Hamad gifting him with an oud. "What a great honor it was to meet you sir," he said in the post. "I'm very excited about the music we are going to make!"
Sigma top UK music chart
The London-based dance-music duo Sigma entered the British singles charts in first place this week with Nobody to Love, claiming their first No 1 single. The track is an upbeat reworking of Kanye West's Bound 2. Last Night, by The Vamps, placed second, while last week's chart-topper, Aloe Blacc's The Man, was pushed into third. The Kaiser Chiefs held onto the top of the album charts with Education, Education, Education & War, holding off Paloma Faith's A Perfect Contradiction, which rose to the second spot from 10th.