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Emperor Steele - King of the Bling!

Friday, August 21st, 2009

On the eve of Empire Of The Sun’s highly anticipated debut live performances at Parklife next month, comes the exciting news that Emperor Luke Steele will appear on the forthcoming new Jay-Z record whilst also celebrating Gold UK album sales for Walking On A Dream.

Luke Steele joins an elite line-up of r’n'b & hip-hop artists on Jay-Z’s upcoming record The Blueprint 3 (released September 11 through Warner Music) and appears on the first track, titled What We Talkin’ About - Jay-Z + Luke Steele (of Empire Of The Sun). Other guest performers include Rihanna, Kanye West, Pharrell, Alicia Keys, Kid Cudi, Drake and more.

The USA action doesn’t stop there with hit comedy series Entourage, recently airing an episode in Season 6 which featured Standing On The Shore and further news that We Are The People is to be featured in an upcoming episode very soon.

To the other side of the globe, album sales of Walking On A Dream have exceeded Gold status (100,000+) with global album sales now surpassing 300,000. So far, the album has been a Top 30 hit throughout Europe with chart success in Belgium (30 peak), Italy (27), Switzerland (15), Ireland (17) and UK (19). On top of this, over 570,000 single Empire Of The Sun tracks have been officially downloaded worldwide.

On top of all this news, Without You will be the fourth single released from Walking On A Dream. This new version of the track was mixed by Jeremy Wheatley (Sugababes, Sam Sparro, Simian Mobile Disco, Royksopp) and will be released as a digital bundle on September 25. The single includes Without You (new version), Walking On A Dream (Treasure Fingers Remix), Standing On The Shore (Losers Remix) and Without You (album version).

For a sneak peek of the mesmerising Without You clip, click here.

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