Paul Gallagher Dj visit US, The Streets Last gig

Paul Gallagher Coming to US. first Visit since 2008.
Oldest Oasis Brother, Paul Gallagher DJ, is coming to US in December to do set of shows. Following Liams  N
New Band Beady Eye, Paul will be doing Aftershows in Washington DC, New York and Boston.
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The Streets invited fans onstage for a farewell drink November 26, after closing the curtain on their 10 year-career.
Mike Skinner and his band performed the band's final ever gig at The Big Reunion in Skegness.
On a night that also saw the singer celebrate his 32nd birthday which is officially today (November 27), Skinner toasted a successful career that began with 2002's 'Original Pirate Material' and wrapped up with this year's 'Computers And Blues', reports Spinner.
The band released five albums throughout their 10-year career.
The Streets recently played their final London show at the Freeze Festival in Battersea Power Station over the weekend of October 28-29.
Skinner recently formed a new musical project with former The Music frontman Robert Harvey.

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Pete Doherty claims Mark Blanco was 'alone' just before he died

May 20, 2011 12:16

Libertines man speaks about death case he was linked to

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Pete Doherty has written a new blog in which he claims that the Mark Blanco, whose 2006 death he had been linked with, was alone just before he died.

Blanco died after falling from a balcony at a London party The Libertines man was also attending. Doherty was implicated after an inquest into the actor's death in 2007 heard that the singer asked his minder Jonathan Jeannevol to "have a word" with Blanco after he had "annoyed" him. Doherty was also apparently seen on CCTV running away from Blanco's body.

Earlier this month it was announced that Doherty will not be charged over the death, although Blanco's family are still considering launching a private prosecution against him.

Now, writing on his blog at Albionrooms.com, the frontman claimed that neither he nor anyone else was with Blanco directly before he died. "When he fell or jumped he was alone," he wrote. "That is what happened. He either fell or was making an extreme point about the nature of life imitating art."

He also wrote in more detail about the events of the evening. "The night that he died he was intensely agitated and extremely hyper-active and intoxicated," he claimed. "He was ejected from Paul's [Roundhill, Doherty associate] flat because of his aggressive and loud attempts to belittle me and assert his view that I was a hyped up pop star and he was a talented actor."

He added: "Paul was dismayed that his friend was showing me this side of his character when in reality we could have been friends and exchanged ideas, combined creative energy and generally used the sometime 'crack den' as a thriving studio of literary and artistic output that it occasionally was."

Doherty also wrote about Robyn Whitehead, his friend who died in 2009. He is appearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court today (May 20) for sentencing for cocaine possession – a charge that was made following a police investigation into the death.

In the blog he claimed he had not been responsible for providing her with drugs. "I did not lead her astray at all," he wrote. "I loved her. I left her the day before she died pissed off that I wouldn't give her any drugs. Print that you twisted bastards. Print that she asked me for years to inject her, to score for her, to sleep with her on acid, to get into blackmagic sex rituals… never, never, never."

He added: "Once I banged her up, four years ago, when I found her doing it to herself [taking drugs] with a blunt needle and dirty spoon and I made sure she did it safely as she was doing it anyway. That was four years ago. After that I refused to allow her to use crack or heroin or drink to excess which was her main danger."

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Lily Allen to honeymoon at Glastonbury - Tabloid Hell

May 20, 2011 10:33

The 'retired' popstar will head to Worthy Farm after her wedding

Lily Allen will snub luxury resorts and exotic locations to spend her honeymoon at Glastonbury after she marries fiancé Sam Cooper next month.

The pair have chosen to spend their honeymoon period in the VIP section of the festival, which takes place on Worthy Farm, June 24-26, reports The Sun.

Organiser Michael Eavis told the paper the news at yesterday’s (May 19) Ivor Novello Awards ceremony in London. He said: "Lily's coming down for her honeymoon. We'll look after her – she'll get well treated. I've known her since she was tiny. She's such a star. I’d love to get her out of retirement. I'm really looking forward to her wonderful wedding."

But Allen herself was not so enthusiastic about her wedding, taking to Twitter.com/lilyroseallen to let rip. "Tip of the day: don’t ever get married," she wrote. "Everyone involved (or not as the case may be) turns into a cunt. Is there a train station for Gretna Green?"

She later calmed down, tweeting: "All fine now. The cunts are safely back in their boxes."

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Queens Of The Stone Age: 'Our record will be done by the end of the year'

May 20, 2011 8:29

Josh Homme says band are heading back to the studio after they finish European tour

Queens Of The Stone Age will finish their sixth studio album later this year, frontman Josh Homme has said.

Speaking on BBC Radio 1, Homme said the band were heading straight back to the studio after they headline The Other Stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

Homme said: "We're going to take our one last break that we would get for a month, come back and do Glastonbury, then immediately jump in the studio. Our record will be done by the end of the year. We have enough songs."

Asked about the new direction of the album, Homme said it was unlikely to involve a radical new sound, as the band don’t "feel they have anything to prove." He said: "We're at a weird moment where we really don't feel like we have anything to prove. We just want to play to the people that are into us and we want to play right at them."

The band are booked to do a US tour in July and early August, with Homme indicating that these would be the first live dates where the band didn’t play the whole of their debut album in full, as they have been doing for the last few months.

He said: "I'm not going to lie: I'm sick of doing the first record. We've never played the same set list before."

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'Misfits' leads nominations for BAFTA TV Awards

Misfits leads the nominations for this year's BAFTA Television Awards, being named in four catgeories. The E4 drama, about ASBO superheroes, has gained huge acclaim. Now it has been recognised by the British Academy establishment. It is nominated in the Best Drama Series and New Media categories.

Meanwhile, its stars Robert Sheehan and Lauren Socha are nominated in categories for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, reports BBC News.

Close behind is BBC One's Sherlock, which is nominated for Best Drama, with both of its stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman up for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Cumberbatch finds himself up against Doctor Who star Matt Smith. Both shows are written and produced by Steven Moffat.

Meanwhile, supernatural hit Being Human finds itself nominated for Best Drama, with the rest of the nominations in that category going to Downton Abbey and Any Human Heart.

Also getting three nominations are Any Human Heart and BBC Four's historical drama The Road To Coronation Street. In the International category, Glee finds itself pitted against Martin Scorcese's breakout hit Boardwalk Empire.

The Philips British Academy Television Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Sunday, May 22. The awards will be broadcast on BBC One on the same evening.

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Miley Cyrus 'stalker' arrested after breaking into wrong house - Tabloid Hell

A man suspected of stalking Miley Cyrus has been arrested after he tried to break into the pop star's house - but got the wrong address.

Musa Danasabe Ibrahim was arrested by officers for the Los Angeles Police after 4.15am (CPT). He was found in the garden of the house next door to where Cyrus lives.

According to X17online.com a spokesperson for the force said: "Ibrahim was trying to make entry into Miley Cyrus' house, but he got the houses mixed up."

They added: "When we arrived on scene we found him in her neighbour's yard. He was arrested for trespassing."

Ibrahim's bail has been set at $5,000 (£3,110).

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Liam Gallagher in Jose Mourinho jibe at Beady Eye show - Tabloid Hell

Liam Gallagher's in the papers once more today (March 21) - now for having a dig at Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho during a Beady Eye gig in the Spanish capital.

The band are currently in the middle of their first European tour, with the singer getting the crowd gee-ed up on Friday (March 18) at the show.

According to The Sun he told the crowd: "There's only one boss in this town, and if Jose’s here I'll have him."

The crowd didn't take the bait, though, with many happily chanting "Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!" back at him.

The tabloid also points out that Liam may not have felt so cheery after his own favourite team, Manchester City, got beaten 2-0 by Chelsea yesterday (March 20)...

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Duran Duran: 'Our Timbaland album was a fucking nightmare'

Duran Duran have said that the making of their 2007 album 'Red Carpet Massacre' - produced largely by Timbaland - was a "fucking nightmare".

The band told The Quietus that the pairing was their record company's idea.

Guitarist John Taylor said: "That whole project was a fucking nightmare. We delivered an album to Sony that was a natural-sounding, almost rock album and they were like, 'We need something a bit pop, do you fancy doing a couple of track with Timbaland?'"

He added: "Around the same time we fell out with Andy [Taylor, the band's former guitarist] so the Timbaland stuff sounded hugely different from what we'd done before."

Keyboardist Nick Rhodes admitted that there was a communication breakdown between the two parties.

"When Timbaland saw the guitar and the bass and the drums come in to the studio, I think he was mortified because everything’s in a box for those guys," he said. "But I'm really glad we made that album, because in time I think it will stand up."

The band recently released their new Mark Ronson-produced new album 'All You Need Is Now'.

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Warpaint, Wire, Clinic for Stag & Dagger festival – ticket details

Warpaint, Wire and Clinic are among the acts confirmed to play this year's Stag & Dagger festival.

The festival takes place across six London venues on May 19 and then on May 21 in Glasgow.

Wire, Toro Y Moi and New Young Pony Club have been confirmed to play the London leg, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.

Warpaint, Sons & Daughters, Clinic and Three Trapped Tigers will play the Glasgow leg.

See Staganddagger.com for more details.

The London line-up so far is:

Wire
Toro Y Moi
James Yuill
New Young Pony Club

The Glasgow line-up so far is:

Sons And Daughters
Warpaint
Broken Records
Admiral Fallow
Toro Y Moi
Rachel Sermanni
Clinic
Bo Ningen
Three Trapped Tigers
Desalvo
Kurt Vile
Tribes
The Cave Singers
Numbers

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Radiohead's Tokyo new album broadcast cancelled

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Radiohead's Tokyo new album broadcast has been cancelled due to security fears.

NME understands that frontman Thom Yorke had been set to announce their new 'The King Of Limbs' record with a broadcast on Hachiko Square in Shibuya at 6:59pm (JST), which will be 9:59am UK time.

However, due to security concerns the broadcast has now been canned, reports Time Out Tokyo.

Despite the cancellation many Radiohead fans have turned up to the location expecting some kind of appearance.

Instead it is set to be shown at Thekingoflimbs.jp website at the same time. It will be be region locked so will only be available to Japanese users. It is expected to be made available worldwide at 2pm UK time.

The new album is scheduled to be released tomorrow (19). It is tipped to feature eight songs, although the band have said that they will not release tracklisting details ahead of its release.

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Michael Eavis confirms 'triumphant' Coldplay for Glastonbury

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Glastonbury festival organiser Michael Eavis has confirmed that Coldplay will headline the 2011 event.

It had already been widely reported that Chris Martin and co were to play the June event, but now Eavis has confirmed the booking.

He told the festival's official website, Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk, that they would headline the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday (June 25) of the festival. It will be the first time they've played the event since they headlined the same stage in 2005, having also done so in 2002.

"Coldplay have played such a major part in the festival over the last 10 years or so," Eavis said. "As their popularity grew around the world I was so proud of them. This is the triumphant return of a band that everyone here feels part of. They're one of the greatest phenomena to grow from these fields."

Beyonce is also set to play a headline slot at the event, while U2, who pulled out of the 2010 event after singer Bono injured his back, are likely to be the third headliners.

Glastonbury 2011 takes place at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset. Billed music takes place on June 24-26, with the site opening on June 22.

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Marina And The Diamonds singer alerts police after new songs leak

Marina Diamandis of Marina And The Diamonds has claimed that she has contacted the police over the leaking of some of her unfinished new songs.

Writing on her blog at Marinaandthediamonds.com, the singer made a plea for fans to come forward with information to help find the culprit or culprits.

"I have the police involved," she claimed. "So if you know information about the people who are doing this, you can message me. I have waxed lyrical to [record label] Warner about how incredible you are and I have faith in you on this."

She added: "I am asking for you to protect me. I rely on you guys heavily - and transparently - and I need your help. You're the only ones who control whether things stop or spread."

She wrote that the leaks were impinging on her creativity and branded the culprits "grim" and "unworthy".

"The more leaks that happen, the slower I go," she wrote. "As you can imagine, the thought of people invading my privacy and listening to half-assed unfinished songs that I write at 3am on a tour bus does not make me feel too relaxed or creative."

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New York City Concerts:



Concert-4-George (3rd Annual George Harrison Birthday Celebration)



Mercury Lounge New York.



Alan Merrill
10:00
Wild Deer
9:15
Sean Yox & the Streamers
8:30
WO-Duo
7:45
The Widest Smiling Faces
7:00




The Widest Smiling Faces
With




Vo-Duo
is guitarist/vocalist Monvelyno Alexis & percussionist Markus Schwartz. Inspired by the rhythms and chants of the sacred Vodou music traditions of Haiti, Vo-Duo also incorporates elements of Haitian Roots (Mizik Rasin/Rara/Folklore), Rock and Jazz, in a modern improvisational context.
Markus & Monvelyno are each band-leaders of their own groups, as well as first-call musicians on the Haitian jazz and roots music scene in NYC and beyond. Individually and together, they have recorded and performed with many of Haiti's finest talents. More info on these talented musicians can be found online at www.monvelynoalexis.com and www.lakoubrooklyn.com

Sean Yox & The Streamers:

These guys are an indie rock band, which is different from my normal listening, which is classic rock. However, when I saw that their influences included the Kinks, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, I knew I couldn't pass this one up, and the record didn't disappoint. Overall, the tracks are very catchy, and you can definitely hear the influences - the Beatles-sounding Indian background music, the simple melodies of the Kinks. However, at the same time they make sure not to eclipse their own sound, and they still end up with a unique sound. Overall, I give it a 4/5 and would recommend checking it out"
- Alex Pelan, Blog Critics

Wild Deer:
Such Nice and spirited fellowes, assembling together, Who, knowing the diff. of peace and warre, and creating a sounde so sweete and mellifluous, the which as it does not a little soothe ye tender harts of many a loving man and woman, & fowles in the ayre, fish in the sea, Beastes in the woodes, Deere, &Yc.

Only kidding...

Songwriter Ed Fingerling first discovered the term “wild deer” in The Auguries of Innocence by prophetic British poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). Wild Deer is also a poem by 14th century Persian poet and mystic Hafez.

The band proudly hails from New York City. Their music reflects their passion to creatively express sentiment and emotion. They don’t try to sound like any band but themselves, which is refreshing in this
oft-redundant music industry. Their major influences include
The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, The Beatles,
Hüsker Dü, Nirvana, Guns & Roses, Aerosmith, and Paul Weller.

The Wild Deer’s debut cd Live Free includes a track titled “Rise” which was recently licensed by ESPN for their Nascar Now! television show. The song “River of Soul” was included in the New York Post’s
“207 Best Songs to Download from 2007.” On their MPFREEs
Web site column the New York Post also gave away the song “Grass” in November of the same year. “Rise” and “God’s Eyes” have been played on Q104.3 FM, K-Rock 92.3 FM and influential 90.5 FM “The Night” National Public Radio broadcasting from Brookdale Community College. Telecom Italia in Italy has licensed the song “For My People” for commercial use.

The Wild Deer’s music is available for download on iTunes.
Check them out at "
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Allan Merrill:



He was the lead singer and songwriter of the first and original 1975 version of "I Love Rock N Roll" with his band, The Arrows. The song has become an enduring international rock anthem, recorded by Joan Jett, Britney Spears, and many others. Joan Jett saw Merrill perform the song on a British television pop show in '76, while on tour with her band, The Runaways, and she was deeply inspired. Her 1982 version of the song was #1 for 8 weeks in the USA.Alan Merrill was literally born into the world of music. Named Allan Sachs at birth, his parents, Helen Merrill, and sax/clarinetist Aaron Sachs of Earl 'Fatha' Hines Band, are world-renowned musicians. After starting to play music in semi-pro bands in Greenwich Village, Alan eventually moved to Japan in his late teens. Starting his professional career in music with the RCA-Victor Tokyo-based recording group, The Lead, in 1968, Alan replaced Mark Elder as guitarist in the band. They had one hit single, titled "Blue Rose." It was also then that his management changed his professional name to Alan Merrill.Steve- New Yrok City Concerts featuring News, Concerts, Single Album previews.
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Gang Of Four: 'Red Hot Chili Peppers based their career on ours'

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Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill has said he believes the Red Hot Chili Peppers have based their career on his band.

Gill, speaking ahead of the band's Shockwaves NME Awards Show at London's Heaven on February 2, said that the US band had even acknowledged the debt they owe to the British indie legends in the past.

"The Red Hot Chili Peppers have obviously based their career on Gang Of Four and they’d admit that," he told the Metro.

Gill, who produced Red Hot Chili Peppers' eponymous 1984 debut album, added: "The guitar on their single 'Can't Stop' was directly from one of our early songs and when I heard it I thought, 'That’s going a bit far'. I bumped into [Chilis bassist] Flea at a party and he said, 'Andy, I just don't understand why you've never sued us'."

Gill also spoke about being inspired by the wave of new bands in 2004 that cited them as an influence, saying: "We reconvened in 2004 and all these bands suddenly came along that sounded like us - Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, The Rapture – that’s definitely added a new bunch of fans."

The band's new album, 'Content', is out now.

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Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian up for Shockwaves NME Awards 2011

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Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Foals and Biffy Clyro are among the acts nominated for this year's Shockwaves NME Awards.

The full nominations list for the honours are listed below – voting is open now at NME.COM/awards.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton on February 23.

Foals have five nominations in total, including nods for Best British Band and Best Album, while Arcade Fire are nominated for four.

Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and Biffy Clyro are also up for the Best British Band honour, along with last year's winners Muse.

Along with Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Paramore and Bombay Bicycle Club were among the winners at last year's ceremony.

Dave Grohl is set to be crowned Godllike Genius at this year's event. He's then set to headline the NME Awards Big Gig with Foo Fighters on February 25 at London Wembley Arena, with Cee Lo Green, Band Of Horses and No Age also on the bill.

The nominations for the Shockwaves NME Awards 2011 are:

Best British Band (supported by Shockwaves)
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Foals
Kasabian
Muse
(Last year's winner: Muse)

Best International Band (supported by T4)
Arcade Fire
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance
The Drums
Vampire Weekend
(Last year's winner: Paramore)

Best Solo Artist
Florence Welch
Frank Turner
Kanye West
Laura Marling
Paul Weller
(Last year's winner: Jamie T)

Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh)
Beady Eye
Everything Everything
Hurts
The Drums
Two Door Cinema Club
(Last year's winner: Bombay Bicycle Club)

Best Live Band
Arcade Fire
Biffy Clyro
Foals
Kasabian
Muse
(Last year's winner: Arctic Monkeys)

Best Album
Arcade Fire – 'The Suburbs'
Crystal Castles – 'Crystal Castles II'
Foals – 'Total Life Forever'
My Chemical Romance – 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'
Two Door Cinema Club – 'Tourist History'
(Last year's winner: Kasabian's 'West Ryder Lunatic Pauper Asylum')

Best Track (supported by NME Radio)
Cee Lo Green – 'Fuck You'
Foals – 'Spanish Sahara'
Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
Janelle Monae (featuring Big Boi) – 'Tightrope'
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – 'Bang Bang Bang'
(Last year's winner: The Big Pink's 'Dominos')

Best Video (supported by NME TV)
Arcade Fire – 'We Used To Wait'
Brandon Flowers – ‘Crossfire'
Chase & Status – 'Let You Go'
Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
My Chemical Romance – 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)'
(Last year: Biffy Clyro's 'The Captain')

Best Festival
Download
Glastonbury
Reading And Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
V Festival
(Last year's winner: Glastonbury)

Best Dancefloor Filler
Crystal Castles – 'Baptism'
Kele – 'Tenderoni'
Plan B – 'Stayed Too Long'
Professor Green – 'Jungle'
Tinie Tempah – 'Pass Out'
(Last year's winner: La Roux's 'In For The Kill' (Skream remix))

Best TV Show
Misfits
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Peep Show
Skins
The Inbetweeners
(Last year's winner: The Inbetweeners)

Best Film
Get Him To The Greek
Inception
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The Social Network
(Last year's winner: Inglourious Basterds)

Hero Of The Year
Gerard Way
Julian Assange
Lady Gaga
Kanye West
(Last year: Rage Against The Machine)

Villain Of The Year
Axl Rose
David Cameron
Justin Bieber
Nick Clegg
Simon Cowell
(Last year's 'winner': Kanye West)

Most Stylish (supported by Shockwaves)
Brandon Flowers
Hayley Williams
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Noel Fielding
(Last year's winner: Lady Gaga)

Least Stylish
Cheryl Cole
Justin Bieber
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
(Last year's 'winner': Lady Gaga)

Worst Album
Cheryl Cole – 'Messy Little Raindrops'
Justin Bieber – 'My World'
Katy Perry – 'Teenage Dream'
Kings Of Leon – 'Come Around Sundown'
My Chemical Romance – 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'
(Last year's 'winner': Jonas Brothers)

Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
JLS
Jonas Brothers
Kings Of Leon
Tokio Hotel
(Last year's 'winner': Jonas Brothers)

Best Band Blog or Twitter
Frank Turner
Hayley Williams
Kanye West
Lily Allen
Theo Hutchcraft

Best Book
Carl Barât – 'Threepenny Memoir'
Jay-Z – 'Decoded'
John Lydon – 'Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook'
Keith Richards – 'Life'
Russell Brand – 'My Booky Wook 2'

Best Small Festival (50,000 capacity or lower)
Bestival
Kendal Calling
Latitude
RockNess
Underage Festival

Best Album Artwork
Foals – 'Total Life Forever'
Gorillaz – 'Plastic Beach'
Klaxons – 'Surfing The Void'
MGMT – 'Congratulations'
My Chemical Romance – 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'
(Last year's winner : Kasabian's 'West Ryder Lunatic Pauper Asylum')

Hottest Woman
Alison Mosshart
Emily Haines
Hayley Williams
Lady Gaga
Shakira
(Last year's winner: Karen O)

Hottest Man
Alex Turner
Billie Joe Armstrong
Dominic Howard
Jared Leto
Matt Bellamy
(Last year's winner: Matt Bellamy)

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Amy Winehouse records duet with Cee Lo Green

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Amy Winehouse has reportedly recorded a duet with Cee Lo Green for her new album.

The Daily Star claims that the pair recorded the song in St Lucia, where the singer owns a house, and where Cee Lo was recording with producer Salaam Remi

The tabloid quotes an anonymous source as saying: "Amy has a house in St Lucia and decided to fly out. She and Cee Lo just clicked and he said he wouldn’t leave the island until the track was done."

The paper also claimed that Winehouse has completed work on the album, which will be her first since 2006's 'Back To Black'.

Cee Lo Green will be performing at the NME Awards Big Gig at Wembley Arena on February 25, where he is on the bill with Foo Fighters, Band Of Horses and No Age.

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Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil jailed for drink-driving

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has been sentenced to two weeks in jail after admitting to a drink-driving charge.

The frontman, who was arrested after being stopped in his Lamborghini in Las Vegas last June, has agreed to a deal where he will spend two weeks in a Las Vegas jail and then two further weeks under house arrest.

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Neil has agreed to the plea deal and will begin his sentence on February 15. He will plead guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol at Las Vegas Justice Court on January 26.

Neil said: "I have recognised that you can't drink and drive at all. I take full responsibility for my actions and will learn from this experience."

This will be the second time Neil has served jail time for drink-driving. The first was in 1984 when he was incarcerated for 30 days for vehicular manslaughter after losing control of a car and crashing into an oncoming vehicle.

Former Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas Dingley, who was in the passenger seat, was killed in the incident and the two occupants of the other car were seriously injured and suffered brain damage.

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Plan B headlining Ibiza and Majorca Rocks opening nights - ticket details

Plan B is to headline the opening nights of Ibiza Rocks and Majorca Rocks this summer.

The rapper-turned-singer will headline Majorca Rocks on May 31 and Ibiza Rocks on June 1, with both shows taking place in the grounds of the hotels.

Plan B's two shows will be the first of 17 weekly gigs at each venue throughout the summer.

Ibiza Rocks featured sets from acts including The Prodigy, Calvin Harris and Maximo Park in 2010. For more details head to Ibizarocks.com.

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Arcade Fire and Mumford And Sons to perform at Brit Awards

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Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons and Cee Lo Green have been confirmed to perform at the Brit Awards ceremony next month.

The ceremony, which takes place on February 15 at London's O2 Arena, will also feature performances from Plan B, Adele, Rihanna, Tinie Tempah and Take That.

Both Arcade Fire and Mumford and Sons did well in last week's Brit Award nominations, with the Canadian band up for International Group and the International Album. The British folk rockers, meanwhile, are up for the British Breakthrough Act, British Group and British Album Of The Year awards.

See Brits.co.uk for more details and to see the full list of nominees.

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Kasabian's Tom Meighan to star in sitcom with Marco Pierre White

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Kasabian's Tom Meighan has signed up to act in a new British sitcom about wrestling.

Walk Like A Panther will also star This Is England actor Stephen Graham, with TV chef Marco Pierre White set for a cameo appearance.

Meighan will play a wannabe wrestler in the '70s-set comedy, which has been independently funded and not signed up by a TV station yet, reports The Sun.

The newspaper reports an anonymous source as saying: "The cast has been assembled thanks to that nostalgia and the love of gritty northern humour."

Last year the singer's Kasabian bandmate Serge Pizzorno said he was writing music to accompany the show.

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Rihanna and Bruno Mars top the UK albums and singles charts

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Rihanna and Bruno Mars have topped the UK albums and singles chart respectively tonight (January 16).

Rihanna's 'Loud' held onto the Number One spot in the albums chart, with Plan B's 'The Defamation Of Strickland Banks' at Number Two. British Sea Power's new effort 'Valhalla Dancehall' went in at Number 22.

Meanwhile, Bruno Mars' new single 'Grenade' went in at Number One in the UK singles chart, holding off Jessie J's 'Do It Like A Dude', which is at Number Two. Rihanna also features strongly, with 'What's My Name?' at Number Three and Katy B's 'Lights On' at Number Four.

The Top Ten UK singles are:

1. Bruno Mars - 'Grenade'
2. Jessie J - 'Do It Like A Dude'
3. Rihanna - 'What's My Name?'
4. Katy B - 'Lights On'
5. Matt Cardle - 'When We Collide'
6. David Guetta - 'Who's That Chick?'
7. Adele - 'Make You Feel My Love'
8. The Black Eyed Peas - 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'
9. Far East Movement - 'Like A G6'
10. JLS - 'Eyes Wide Shut'

The Top Ten UK albums are:

1. Rihanna - 'Loud'
2. Plan B - 'The Defamation Of Strickland Banks'
3. Cee Lo Green - 'The Lady Killer'
4. Rumer - 'Seasons Of My Soul'
5. Mumford & Sons - 'Sigh No More'
6. Adele - '19'
7. Ellie Goulding - 'Lights'
8. Tinie Tempah - 'Disc-Overy'
9. Eliza Doolittle - 'Eliza Doolittle'
10. Take That - 'Progress'

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X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene to release new solo album in March

Former X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene is set to release a new solo album.

'Generation Indigo', out on March 28, has been produced by Youth (The Verve, The View, Oasis).

'Generation Indigo''s tracklisting is:

'I Luv Ur Sneakers'
'Virtual Boyfriend'
'Generation Indigo'
'Kitsch'
'White Gold'
'L.U.V.'
'Ghoulish'
'Code Pink Dub'
'Colour Blind'
'Thrash City'
'No Rockefeller'
'Electric Blue Monsoon'

See Poly-styrene.com for more information.

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Chris Martin: 'Coldplay's new album is about OCD and addiction'

Coldplay's Chris Martin has revealed the band's new album will be about "love, addiction [and] OCD".

Speaking to Radio 1, the frontman explained that the album, the band's fifth, will be inspired by "working for someone you don't like".

However, Martin appeared to contradict comments he made to BBC News about the album last month by denying that the band are working on a "concept album".

Discussing the album in December, he stated: "It's a concept album but it's supposed to be very personal within a big framework".

However, he has now claimed it will instead be a "thinly veiled account of what happens within the group".

"It's supposed to be about life, the good stuff and the bad stuff. Everything," Martin said.

The band have spent the past year working with Brian Eno and producer Marcus Dravs on sessions for the follow-up to 2008's 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'.

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Courtney Love sued by fashion designer over Twitter rants

Courtney Love is being sued by a fashion designer over comments made on Twitter.

The Hole singer, who is a prolific user of Twitter, posted a series of tweets criticising fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir via her page, " target="_blank">Twitter.com/courtneyloveuk.

Love has allegedly accused Simorangkir of being a drug-pushing prostitute with a history of assault and battery who lost custody of her own child. Love wrote: "She has received a vast amount of money from me over $40,000 dollars and I do not make people famous and get raped too!"

Speaking to Thehollywoodreporter.com, Bryan Freedman, who is representing Simorangkir, admitted: "There has never been anything like this case before."

Freedman hopes to prove that Love has been defamatory towards Simorangkir and force the singer to pay her substantial compensation for damages. Love's lawyer, James Janowitz said: "We don't believe there's any defamation, and even if there were defamatory statements, there was no damage."

The trial is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles on January 18.

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Paul McCartney {wrote|has written} to ask Indian {PM|Prime Minister} Manmohan Singh to declare a national Vegetarian Day in the country.

{McCartney|There ex-Beatle} urged Prime Minister Singh to introduce the meat-free day in order to celebrate compassion towards animals, reports the Press Association.

{He Said in the letter|In the letter he wrote} that a Vegetarian Day "would be a celebration of life".

McCartney has been a vegetarian activist since the mid-1970s, when he and his then-wife Linda both gave up meat.

In 2003 it was estimated by the UN food agency that 42 per cent of India's 1.2 billion population were vegetarian.

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Rolling Stones reunite with Bill Wyman in the studio

The Rolling Stones have reunited with their former bassist Bill Wyman to record a tribute song in honour of their late pianist Ian Stewart.

The song, a cover of Bob Dylan's 'Watching The River Flow', is set to be included on a tribute album for Stewart, who died of a heart attack in 1985. He had played and recorded with the band since their inception in 1962.

Fansite Iorr.org reports that the Dylan cover features "all Rolling Stones members including Bill Wyman". Original member Wyman left The Rolling Stones in 1992.

The album, which is called 'Boogie For Stu', has been helmed by pianist Ben Waters. It also features a contribution from his cousin, PJ Harvey, reports Spinnermusic.co.uk.

Waters has previously confirmed that Keith Richards plays on three tracks on the album, which is out in March.

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Muse have had 'real discussions' about playing gig in space

Muse's Matt Bellamy has said that the band have had "real" discussions about the possibility of playing a gig in space.

The frontman said that although his plan seemed rather ambitious, he hoped that technology would allow the Devon three-piece a shot at performing a show in orbit one day.

"We've had some discussions about playing in space," he told The Sun. "Sometimes very coherent conversations and sometimes very late at night, but it's for real."

Bellamy explained that although the trio hadn't started any astronaut training quite yet, he had started thinking about ways of going about getting the gig off the ground.

"I'm thinking of approaching Richard Branson to see if we could do it on his [Virgin Galactic] spacecraft he's got happening," he said. "Although we do have a lot of equipment, so I guess we'd have to use pods to carry our stuff and we'd scale back the shows a lot."

He added: "I do think it will be possible in the future and I'm sure it will happen in my lifetime. We'd love to be part of that."

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