October 27, 2008
Bees Gees member Robin Gibb has revealed that he has never seen Saturday Night Fever – the film his band soundtracked – in its entirety. Gibb told BBC Radio 4 that he walked out of the film’s premiere in 1977 just thirty minutes into the movie. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Prince has said it would have been an “impossibility” for him to have sold out 21 shows in London earlier in his career. The pop star, who turned 50 earlier this year, has released a book about the residency, which took place at the O2 Arena last summer. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has said he would like to change elements of the band’s film documentary Shine A Light. The film, which is directed by Martin Scorsese, follows the band during their two night residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre in 2006. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Amy Winehouse may be arrested by police over claims she punched a woman at a charity event. Sherene Flash, 30, claims Winehouse lashed out after being asked to pose for a photo in London last month. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Michael Jackson will play a 30 date world tour in 30 different cities around the world next year, according to reports. The singer flew to Los Angeles from his home in Las Vegas earlier this week to finalise details for the jaunt with his managers. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Madonna and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, expect to settle their divorce by next week, according to reports. The couple are said to be keen to reach an agreement for the sake of their family. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Rolling Stones band members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are in talks to appear on Jerry Lee Lewis’s new album. Lee Lewis told a news conference in London last week that his next studio project would “probably” feature the pair. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
AC/DC have scored their first UK album number one since 1980 with 'Black Ice'. The band's new album outsold its nearest rival – Kaiser Chiefs' 'Off With Their Heads' – by nearly two copies to one. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher paid tribute to James Bond actor Daniel Craig during the band's performance in London last night (October 26th). Craig was one of a host of celebrities who watched the group as they closed the BBC Electric Proms at Camden's Roundhouse. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Amy Winehouse was rushed to hospital on Saturday (October 25th) amid fresh fears over the singer's health, according to reports. Winehouse was taken to the London Clinic suffering from a suspected chest infection after falling ill at her home in North London. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has thanked the band's fans for buying tickets to their 2009 UK stadium tour. The band sold 500,000 tickets in just five hours last Friday (October 24th) for concerts in London, Manchester, Dublin, Sunderland, Cardiff and Edinburgh. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Katy Perry has criticised the British media after it published a photo of her holding a knife. The 23-year-old American singer was widely condemned last week when the picture, taken by fashion photographer Terry Richardson, was published by the Sun newspaper. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has said he would probably be in prison if it wasn't for his music career. The singer admitted that his tempestuous nature, which in the past has seen him ejected from nightclubs, often gets the better of him. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
The Last Shadow Puppets performed to a sell-out crowd at London's Hammersmith Palais last night (October 26th) on a stage showered with homemade biscuits. As Miles Kane and Alex Turner returned to the stage for an encore, the bag of edible goodies was thrown towards at the pair. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Dido has revealed that she took music lessons in America during the making of her new album, 'Safe Trip Home'. The singer also attended evening classes in English at the University of California in Los Angeles. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Britney Spears will play herself in a film biography about her career, according to reports. The film, which is as yet untitled, will be directed by Phil Griffin, who was behind the video for Amy Winehouse's single 'Back To Black'. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Maximo Park frontman Paul Smith has promised that the band's third album will be more “stripped down” than its predecessors. The band are currently working on the as-yet-untitled project in Los Angeles with former Talking Heads producer Nick Launay. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Feeder's UK tour is to continue as planned despite a devastating fire which destroyed their tour bus over the weekend. The bus, which was carrying thirteen crew members, caught fire on the M62 between Glasgow and Lincoln in the early hours of Saturday morning. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Snow Patrol have denied that their current whistle stop UK tour suggests the rock'n'oll lifestyle has gone to their heads. The band are travelling in a private jet in order to complete their two day, four city tour, which has already taken in venues in Dublin and Belfast. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
British R&B sensation Craig David is to receive an honorary degree from Southampton Solent University. The singer, who has sold more than 13million albums worldwide, will be made a Doctor of Music in recognition of his contribution to the music industry. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
US rapper Jay-Z has signed fellow hip-hop star Lil' Wayne to his new record label, Roc Nation, according to reports. MediaTakeOut claim the rapper paid Lil's Wayne's current record label, Cash Money, $5million in order to secure the deal. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has confirmed that the band plan to tour without frontman Robert Plant. Jones said he and the group's remaining members – guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer Jason Bonham – “really hope” to return to the road, although he didn't specify when. Read more >>
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October 27, 2008
Britney Spears, Leona Lewis, Beyonce And Christina Aguilera will go head-to-head with each other in the UK charts next week. Each singer is scheduled to release their new single on November 3rd, which has now been dubbed 'Super Monday'. Read more >>
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