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Thanks to the guest, who found a new MJ video on youtube. It’s taken on their concert in Salzburg, Austria. They are performing their new song “Laid to Rest”.
Update: A big Thanks to PipsTaylor, for allowing us to use his Molotov Jukebox-footage from Secret Garden Party. Enjoy!
Molotov Jukebox officially joined Twitter. You can now follow their tweets under this link.
Mugglenet found some reviews of the test screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″. But you should be warned, they contain HUGE SPOILERS. So if you don’t want to know what happens in the new movie, you shouldn’t read them. 
HARRY POTTER wizard Natalia Tena almost sparked a riot at T in the Park while filming her latest movie, Email can reveal.
Natalia - Tonks in the blockbuster movies - was shooting a scene on the main stage along with co-star Luke Treadaway.
And she couldn’t stop him yelling “Hello, T in the Park” into a live mic.
Treadaway’s impromptu outburst caused fans to think they were missing an act and they raced to the stage.
A T insider said: “Treadaway had been told that when they got on stage to film that they should not say anything over the mic … but that’s exactly what he did.
“Scores of fans came swarming from the campsite to see what they might be missing.”
Director David Mackenzie filmed his new romantic comedy at the Perthshire festival.
Clash Of The Titans star Treadaway, 25, plays the lead singer of a struggling Scottish indie band.
His character, Adam, gets handcuffed for 24 hours to the lead singer of a big US rock outfit, who is played by the 25-year-old Tena.
The feuding pair have to perform in each other’s sets live on stage.
Mackenzie shot the feature in just five days and it’s due for release next year.
Casting director Kathleen Crawford said: “We met some incredibly talented actors for all of the parts and were really lucky to fill all the roles with David’s first choices.
“We had around eight weeks to do the casting in all, while David was in post-production for his last film.
“We cast our final roles on July 3, just in time for the read-through two days later. But even if we’d had another three months, we’d have the same cast - they are brilliant.”
The crew brought their own extras to make sure they didn’t end up with a crowd of drunk fans.
She added: “We realised that without our own extras on site, we’d probably find ourselves stuck wrangling with sobriety-challenged festival-goers at all hours.”
The film is being made by Glasgow-based Sigma Films, with BBC backing.
Hallam Foe director Mackenzie has just finished editing Perfect Sense, which stars Ewan McGregor and James Bond actress Eva Green.
Thanks Guest who sent us a pic of Nat performing at the Harry Potter wrap party earlier this week:
. . . the last word on music MUST go to Natalia and her band who were simply fantastic. The rain poured down but the guests who were dancing outside in it could not have cared less, what a singer She is!! And also talented on a good few instruments by the sound of it. A great second career She has.…{hp4u.co.uk}
Speaking of Potter, there are some photos out of the boy who plays Teddy Tonks (Tonks’ and Lupin’s son) in the Deathly Hallows epilogue — Luke Newberry @ ohnotheydidnt.
Another one of Natalia’s films, “Womb”, premiered at the Locarnno International Film Festival in Switzerland last week. Nat wasn’t in attendance, but the film has been getting great response!
Nat posted a new blog at MJ’s myspace. She writes in her unique and fantastic style about their festival summer, hanging in a tree and other interesting experiences. I can’t really summarize it, so read it by yourself 
Its August, raining and we have just returned from the strange isle of mann after Manifest, (apparently they have ferral Tynwale chickens that escape and stop traffic and the policemen wore white hats and actually came to our gig) which consisted of 14 hours of driving and 6 hours on a ferry. The putrid death smell in Sam’s van is testament to how cosy we got, i found that the only solution was to wear a full penguin suit and get busted by a queue of angry parents/babies and a wheel bound guy after Sam and i indulged in animal ferry sex in the only disabled baby changing toilet. And this is just one of the six festivals we’ve done this year, it gets uglier, smellier and very bizarre.It began with Sunrise, i was squashed between Big Max Squared (he has massive feet, someone bred with a giant) and Sam, again in the van, driving for 6 hours on one of the hottest days this English summer bothered to offer and getting stuck in traffic so long, i actually envied the pigs in the field lying in their troughs and rolling in mud and pissed on the side of the road because we were driving so slowly. Once there, we had to run on stage as we where late and did a passible gig then got interviewed by a magician called Fox who did optical epic Magic with just 2 elastic bands. After i night of debauched dancing, we ended up at the massive bonfire immersed with hippies wanking on the guitar about Spirituality, one of whom was on a missition to cross the fire on the log and getting angry at anyone that touched his sacred person. He insulted scarecrow max and that made me want to drop kick puppies. Instead i took pictures of old mens bollocks(who looked like they were from the grateful dead, tie-dye and tassels) on display to maybe use as a screen saver when life stops being funny. After trying to talk to chickens with an extreme cold water swim champion, we kept on drinking awake till we finished the gig later on that night in Hackney. the carpet smelled like sweat box jambery.
Following that we had beach break, which was on the same route as sunrise, with all the frills of traffic and pigs, ending in a student beach festival on a hugely sunny day which fucked our gig. Beach closed at 7, we were on a 5, to get the 3 people watching to dance i had to resort to violent insults about gagging on cock. Then i tried to blag the main stage, actually got to back stage and convinced the press the back us, the stage manager, wearing a fucking crash helmet didn’t approve.
We were not on the list for Glastonbury, but i’d forgotten a talk i had dressed as a mermaid on brighton beach in the wee hours with dawn from Bimble which resulted in us blagging it as back liners into the festival and doing 4 gigs in 5 hours with a duck on my head(his name is Darren, he’s a paratropper.) Before leaving, i rolled down naked with some girl called Gaby on the Hill of Stone henge while Adam was trying to convince us to not leave. I had too, i had to go film the shortest feature film at T in the park: THIS IS THE MOST DEMONIC, APOCALIPTIC VIOLENT FESTIVAL KNOWN TO MAN, IT WILL GIVE YOU A SEAGULL TRAUMA AND MAKE YOU WANT TO NEUTER HUMAN BEINGS. Waiting at Edinburgh airport, delayed drinking whisky and taking Valium to deal with the physical fear of take off while the rest of the band wait in munich and Sam inadvertently touched his cock after an encounter with chilli flakes. He had to put his purple rod of justice in his pint of Stein to stop crying (ps i would always finish off tthe drink that i had dipped in) That night we played at the art university which looked like the fucking National gallery,it was so hot in the student bar amongst the pillars of cool corriders with huge slanting windows so the band made the audience get naked,.. the sweat needed somewhere to get out of. then, after lot seeing Sam for 2 weeks, wailed like a Banshee on some coLd marble and left for Salzburg.Drove in midday heat (running theme of summer) to the The Flatz’s tower and all immediately got starke bollock (in my case ovarie) naked and jumped trying to dodge the evil horse flys to cool down before beer hall and sausage eating. We put it all in our shambolic faces, slept the sleep of the gods and woke to get ready for our massive gig closing the Salzburg contemporary theatre and dance festival; with perfect timing it started to rain, which meant that the venue would be full. THE STAGE WAS HUGE!!!WE HAD A SOUND MAN THAT KNEW WHAT THE HELL HE WAS DOING!!! WE HAD A DRESSING ROOM FULL OF RIDER AND AN A FANTASTIC CROWD THAT RINCED OUR CD’S!!! Next we’re in Munich airport, i’m on white wine as the panic starts to kick in, the boys are on food, those were massive meals, JENNY (squares love puppet) ADMITS SHE HAS NEVER EATEN A STEAK…. 4 minutes of shocked disbelieving silence insued. Plane lands, i’m in valium indused coma (NAVALIA) and demand to be allowed to stay on the plane for its return journey in order to sleep some more.
SECRET GARDEN: I LOST PART OF MY SOUL IN A TREE WHEN I WAS HANGING IN A HARNESS, I FELT LIKE AN ANIMAL CARCESS BEING DRAINED OF BLOOD. 8 gigs. why did we agree to this. Adam (band whore that he is) did 7 in one day. His face looked how dying children feel. The last very nearly killed us, Sam fell on the floor, i sang the songs to a pineapple head i thought i could serenade, Ferral trumpet got the bikini clad ladies to WOMP, large WOMP hands included. Best gig was second go at tree 2 in morning Saturday I got the throne this time so could actually hit right notes, dressed as neon leopard with donar kebeb pot noodle hat(someone actually sat down and combined this tragic mess of a meal) Sam was in full Penguin gear(LAY A FUCKING EGG YEH) and Scarecrow Max finally got a snog after me pimping him out on stage (he’s amazing just shy and doesn’t understand the signs a girl makes when she’s interested, even when we tell him to go for it, he doesn’t want to offend anyone. If your a woman and single please find him and love him. If you fuck him over the entire band will come and shout at your mum’s cunt) unfortunately, after the gig he finally found her and turned out she has a boyfriend but couldn’t help herself. When not rushing to gigs in sleep deprived horrofic states, we were inducing them by dancing anywhere that had banging music, primarily Chai Wallah tent obviously, we punched cheesecake with the angles we cut on the dance floor. Adam gets 31 points for style, everyone else looks like flailing epileptics. Oh, Tamapnone knits beards, women wearing them win automatically.Realidad.On third morning found Tail coat and TWNETY QUID and mug and comb on hay bail. Swam in river and bought round of coconut rum breakfast to celebrate. Big Max, who hasn’t quite understood what is expected in terms of having it decided to overdo it on the first night to the point of making himself cross-eyed and not understanding his intrument, made the mistake to try and detox the next day at a festival resulting in him failing massively in a vomiting heap just before a gig. He threw up beroka in his own tent (WHOSE WELLY IS THIS, GET BACK IN YOUR TENT!!!) End result: Secret garden = Molotov jukebox completely broken and dirty soiled shadows of their former selves. Well, till next time. final note: Do not attempt airports directly after festivals, ends in trying to provoke security guards (WHERE’S YOUR FUCKING PERMIT?) and antagonising shit Ryan air staff. Can we all boycott that fucking airline please? Thanks for listening, there are no exits.
Nat
Our forum member Raquel found the first Deathly Hallows picture of Nat as Tonks and David Thewlis as Lupin. Due to their more formal clothes, I would say it’s their look from the wedding of Fleur and Bill.
I am also updating the gallery with the photos of MJ’s festival summer, including their gigs at Sunrise, Strummerville Summer Sessions, BeachBreak and their concert in Salzburg.
George R. R. Martin, author of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” bookseries, confirmed in his blog, that Nat will play Osha in the HBO television adaption! Osha is a Wildling woman captured by Robb (played by Richard Madden) and held captive at Winterfell.
George R. R. Martin said about her casting:
Fantasy fans will know Tena best for her portrayal of the purple-haired Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter films. When I saw that she was reading for Osha, my first thought was, “She’s great, but no way, she’s too young and too hot.” Then I saw her reading, and none of the other Oshas had a chance. Her charisma grabbed me by the throat and I could not take my eyes off her. David and Dan felt the same way. We’re all thrilled to have her.
Nat is featured in the new movie “In the Park” by David MacKenzie. She will be playing Morello, the leader of the band “The Dirty Pinks”. The movie was mostly filmed at the “T in the Park” music festival. Here is a little description of the plot:
“The lead singer of an indie Scottish band… finds himself handcuffed to the vocalist of a big US rock outfit. The Reverend Al Green handcuffs them together. Love and happiness indeed. At one point, they have to perform in each other’s sets live on stage. Of course they get together in the end.”
Our forummember graeme89 also found a description of the story:
“Morello (Tena) and her bandmates are shown rivalling another band at the festival; and are shown to be in a constant feud. The rival band’s frontman Adam(Treadaway) and Morello show a constant hatred for each other. During an incident backstage where they are caught fighting, which is broken up by a character known as ‘The Prophet’, who forces them to overlook their differences. Unknowingly, they are handcuffed together by him. When the Prophet makes an escape on a vehicle the pair are forced to be with each other until the time being.”
If you can’t wait for new Nat stuff until December, we might be getting some more appearances what with her other films coming out. The official Ways to Live forever website and facebook have also launched. Womb is set to release in 2010, and may be screened at the Venice film festival this September. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I comes out November 2010 and the new trailer is out (View here). The amazing Angiechan at the forums also managed to find a TINY pic of Tonks from the preview of the DH calendar! And while Bel Ami is planned for a 2011 release, there is a always a plethora of news and updates available at Belamifilm.com
I plan to do a major gallery revamp soon, including new layout and high quality updates :). And now for a bit of self-promotion — plugs for some of my other sites up on the web XD:
Alison Brie Source
Talulah Riley Fan
Absolutely Anna Popplewell
Anna Kendrick Online
Good news to all of Nat’s french fans - she has signed up to do a convention in Paris! The Magic Christmas Convention will be December 18 and December 19th at a La Maison Internationale de Paris. Potter co-stars Tom Felton (Draco) and Chris Rankin (Percy Weasly) are also expected as guests. The convention have conferences, photo opportunities, and even a ball. You can find out more about Magic Christmas at Spotlight-events.org.
Molotov Jukebox was interviewed by The New Current. Nat talks about how MJ came together, how they found their name, the best and worst shows they’ve played and about the next festivals they will attend:
-How did you guys come together? How long have you been a band?
Well it started with Sam and I meeting in another band and wanting to do our own music and falling in love. Then we slowly got our ideal band through trial and error, for example the Max’s, our drum and bass were stand-ins that we just immediately adopted! As the band is now, we’ve been together a year and a quarter.
-Where does the name of the band come from?The name came from the sleep deprived, festival fuelled, Sam’s mouth, when after a week of dancing and having it at secret garden festival, we were busking to the last dregs of people standing. It was just Sam and I at the time, we didn’t even have any songs of our own. Someone from the Chai Wallah crew asked us what we were called, and that was Sam’s answer. It stuck, I like it, The Molotov cocktail is the symbol of revolution and we strive to be like a jukebox, full of different genres.
-Describe your music/style in five words?Fiery whirlwind of urban Mac-do one, source of the GypStep!
-Best & Worst shows you’ve played?Worst: there are 2 unfortunately. The first is when we didn’t have our now band, we’d just started and we didn’t know what we were doing. It was at the St Moritz club, and there was no sound check (very dangerous with our set up.) The crowd was all wrong and the sound was atrocious. We’d already done a gig and I definitely wasn’t sober anymore, so I started insulting the crowd and the sound engineer. Then we realized there was no sound engineer and that was the problem. Terrible. The second was at the Notting Hill arts club, we were on much later than expected and at the time I had just given up smoking, so I was a bitch from hell. Again there was no sound check (see above) and I felt so self conscious and angry on stage, after the first song, I told the band to go straight to the end of the set list as I needed to get the hell out of there. Both of these make me cringe.
Best: Again there are 2, first at Secret Garden last year on the last nigh. I wouldn’t say its the best we’ve played, but the crowd were EPIC!! Sam played in just his Jazz boxers, I looked like a tropical Tina turner and the band was floating. The best we’ve played was actually at the Brixton JAMM to a small but responsive crowd and we were so tight, I felt like I’d been married to the band for over a century.
-Do you have a pretty ‘normal’ fan base, any stalkers been told to keep their distance?
I think we’ve got an interesting fan base comprised of people that like to dance like epileptics and wear loud outfits. Haven’t met any weird stalkers, but then again, I’m not very aware of the definition of weird.
-Are you planning attending any festivals?We’re doing a lot of the festival circuit this year, starting with Sunrise, Beach Break then Glastonbury, Secret Garden, Manifest, Green Man just to name a few. Bring on the summer!!!!
-Who would you want to work with?
We’ve just recorded some new tracks that should be ready in a few weeks and are planning to just keep writing new songs and getting tighter as a band. We’re also doing a show in Germany and one in Austria which will be new for us and really would like to go to Brazil over the winter to play there.
-Who would you want to work with?
Gogol Bordello, Amy Winehouse, Buena Vista Social Club, Cat Empire, Shantel, Young Blood Brass Band, Ojos de Brujo, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Casper, Stenchman. There are obviously more, but it would fill an entire page and it’s probably the only sunny day left of English summer and I need to lye on the beach!
-How has it been for you guys as a band with all the changes within the music industry, you been getting a lot of support?
I’m not really up to date on the changes in the industry, I just know its always been hard to be an artist of any sort and I have no illusions as to how hard it is to make things happen. It was the same before and its the same after, the rest are just details. There has been a lot of support from Chai Wallah and Jungle Drums and especially our manager, Sirius.
-Best advice you’ve been given?
Stop panicking and be patient. Bascially keep calm and carry on (or carry sausage).-And, if you where to give me advice about starting a band what would it be?
Find the right people. You can have an amazing player who’s lovely but doesn’t have the vibe of the music. Every one in the band is fucking important, it’s a team. Also don’t jeopardize your dreams for the sake of being nice, you’ll regret it. We’re all going to die so make the most of it.
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