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Things are a little quiet on the d: front lately, due to the band being on their summer vacation. So today's blog entry is a collection of interesting small news snippets, which at first may seem completely unrelated, but are infact all inter-linked, and all related to Delirious? in some way!

I read an interesting article today about how the sale of CD singles has risen for the first time in five years. "In the last two decades, CD single sales have plummeted to around 36 million a year from around 72 million in the early 1980s. But from April to June, sales of CD singles went up for the first time since 1999, to 6.6 million, a 15.4% increase on this time last year. The turnaround is partly due to the decision to introduce a new lower-priced, two-track CD single, in response to flagging sales". I find it interesting that a two-track CD single is being attributed to the increase in single sales. Whenever d: have released singles in the past fans have complained that the CD hasn't contained enough tracks. I can only imagine the complaints if a CD only contained the title track plus a remix, and rightly so, what a waste of money!

The article goes on to say that "A total of 1.5 million legal downloads were sold over the last three months, following the high-profile UK launch of iTunes and Napster". Now that is interesting, definitely the way forward for bands like Delirious? if you ask me.

On the subject of singles (see how I'm keeping the interlinking going?), Natasha Bedingfield has gone straight to the top of the UK singles charts this week with her second single 'These Words'. Good on her. Natasha is of course the sister of Daniel Bedingfield, which brings me to the next story..

Daniel Bedingfield is apparently recording his second album at 'Ocean Way studios' in Los Angeles at the moment. He is working with engineer/producer Jack Joseph Puig. As most people know, Daniel is a friend of Delirious?, and sings guest backing vocals on Every Little Thing. It's interesting then that he should use the same studio (Ocean Way) and engineer (JJP) that Delirious? used when their Mezzamorphis album was mixed!

Still with me on the whole 'linking it together' thing? Good. So, on the subject of Delirious? (which after all, is the whole point of this blog), CrossRhythms reports that In The Name Of Love is to finally get it's UK release on 7th October. The compilation album was released in the US back in January, and features Christian artists covering U2 songs. Delirious? appear on the album with a superb version of Pride. It's well worth getting the album if you haven't already done so, and even better, a portion of the proceeds from the album go to help fighting AIDS/HIV. The UK release of this album will mean even more money going to charity (tens of thousands of dollars have already been raised by the CD) and of course more publicity for Delirious?

So there you go, CD sales to Natasha Bedingfield to Daniel Bedingfield to Pride to Delirious?... all in one post.