THE CLASH star MICK JONES has offered to help anyone spearheading a campaign to save fabled London venue the 100 Club. The guitarist has expressed his sadness about reports the former punk Mecca will close at Christmas (10) if the current owner doesn’t get a rent break. Jones has special memories of the place – [...]
Headlining this weekend’s (25-26Sep10) Epicenter Twenty Ten festival in Fontana, California will be extra special for BLINK-182 star TRAVIS BARKER because he attended the local high school. The drummer and his band will play their only U.S. show of the year on Sunday night (26Sep10) when they hit the stage at the two-day event, and [...]
Singer/songwriter REGINA SPEKTOR is to headline a benefit concert in New York for her tragic cellist. Daniel Cho drowned in Lake Geneva, Switzerland on the eve of a performance with Spektor at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July (10). A distraught Spektor dedicated her set to Cho the following day. She’ll be joined by the [...]
TAYLOR SWIFT and LIONEL RITCHIE were among the stars who turned out to perform at a fundraising concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday night (23Sep10). The singers were joined by country veterans Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson who all took turns to sing at [...]
British rockers RADIOHEAD are meeting on Monday (27Sep10) to discuss whether they should “throw out” their new album and start again because they aren’t completely happy with their new material. The Creep hitmakers have spent the last year working on a follow-up to 2007′s In Rainbows, but drummer Philip Selway admits the group is unsure [...]
AMERICAN IDOL runner-up CRYSTAL BOWERSOX is engaged to marry her new boyfriend just months after her former partner dumped her on the eve of the talent show finale. The singer finished second to Lee DeWyze in May (10) and revealed shortly afterwards that her partner Tony Kusian ended their relationship just hours before she was [...]
A man who was arrested outside the home of pop superstar MADONNA is facing a psychological evaluation as prosecutors make their case against him. Robert Linhart was detained by police after he was found close to the singer’s New York City property holding up signs declaring his love for the star. The 59 year old [...]
LINDSAY LOHAN has defied the odds again and is set to be released from jail overnight after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge overturned a decision to put the actress back behind bars. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore told the media Lohan would have to serve the full 30 days she was sentenced to for failing [...]
Goth rocker NICK CAVE has penned the score for actor GISLI ORN GAROARSSON’s ambitious new stage adaptation of FAUST. Cave’s latest musical creation will be heard when the production opens at London’s Young Vic this weekend (25Sep10). Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time star Garoarsson, the director of the piece, says, “It was really [...]
PIXIES star BLACK FRANCIS is to launch his rock opera BLUEFINGER: THE FALL & RISE OF HERMAN BROOD in Houston, Texas in November (10). The cult indie rocker’s latest venture will open at the The Catastrophic Theatre and will be co-produced with leading members of the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance. Bluefinger [...]
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE narrowly dodged a red carpet disaster on Friday night (24Sep10) when a TV cameraman dropped a microphone boom dangerously close to the singer/actor’s head at the New York premiere of his new movie THE SOCIAL NETWORK. The pop star/actor was talking to reporters about his role as Napster founder Sean Parker in the [...]
SESAME STREET’s executive producer has defended TV bosses’ decision to invite KATY PERRY onto the iconic children’s show, despite the public uproar her revealing outfit caused earlier this week (begs20Sep10). The pop star shot a special guest segment for the programme, in which she sings a child-friendly version of her chart hit Hot N Cold [...]
SUSAN BOYLE is set to repeat her end-of-2009 album success this year (10) – the Scottish singer’s new album has shot to the top of Amazon.com’s Bestsellers chart more than a month before its release. The Gift won’t be released until 9 November (10) but the talent show sensations is already assured of another big [...]
MICHAEL CRAWFORD, the king of the musicals, is set for a West End return – in ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’s WIZARD OF OZ revamp. The Phantom of the Opera and Barnum superstar will join the cast of the production when it opens in London next year (11), but he’s still unsure what part he’ll play opposite [...]
Country sweetheart TAYLOR SWIFT has been celebrated by her former high school – education chiefs will change the name of their auditorium in her honour. The Love Story hitmaker donated $75,000 (£50,000) to Henderson High School in Tennessee last year (09) and she has been rewarded for her generosity. The school’s board members voted unanimously [...]
KELLY OSBOURNE was left fuming on Thursday (23Sep10) when she discovered internet fraudsters have been attempting to hack into her Twitter.com page. The daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne regularly posts on the microblogging site and she was left aghast to find someone had been trying to access her account. In a series of posts on [...]
TIM BURTON’s longtime score collaborator DANNY ELFMAN has been commissioned to create the score for Cirque du Soleil’s new Los Angeles show, IRIS. The high-flying circus spectacular will begin a residency at the home of the Oscars, the Kodak Theatre, next summer (11). The production has been designed to pay tribute to Hollywood. Elfman is [...]
Superproducer MARK RONSON is stepping behind the counter of a legendary London music store to serve customers as he releases his new album next week (begs27Sep10). Record Collection, the star’s third disc, hits shelves on Monday (27Sep10) and Ronson is determined to meet the fans who buy the album. He’ll become an assistant at independent [...]
COLEEN NOLAN is proud of her sister BERNIE’s positive attitude during her cancer treatment – because she’s been suffering “a lot of nasty side effects” from chemotherapy. The 49-year-old I’m in the Mood for Dancing singer was diagnosed with breast cancer in April (10) and has been undergoing treatment sessions in a bid to beat [...]
Former THE SMITHS guitarist JOHNNY MARR and IAN BROWN are among the stars who have recorded tracks for an album to benefit a homeless charity in Britain. Bands The Feeling and Hard-Fi have also headed into the studio in aid of the Centrepoint organisation, with all the musicians recording songs from 1969, the year the [...]
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