August 8, 2008
Police are investigating after the body of a woman was discovered in a New York nightclub which recently hosted a party for US rapper Lil' Kim. Ingrid Rivera's body was found yesterday (August 6th) in a utility closet at the Spotlight Live club. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
R.E.M have moved their concert at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium later this month to the smaller indoor arena in the city. A spokesperson for the stadium would not comment on why the concert on August 25th, which forms part of their UK tour, had been moved to the 7,500 capacity venue. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Police frontman Sting told the audience he was surprised that the band hadn't all strangled each other as they played their final ever concert in New York last night. The group, who have had a notoriously rocky relationship, played to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
The Enemy's frontman Tom Clarke has admitted that the band are apprehensive about their first tour of the US, which began at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago last weekend. Speaking to the BBC, Clarke said the Coventry trio felt as though they were starting over again and were initially concerned about how Americans would take to their lyrics. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler says he plans to unveil his most “outrageous stories” in his forthcoming autobiography. Tyler, who recently spent time in a rehab facility in America, will release the as-yet-untitled memoires through the publishers Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, next year. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Supermodel Agyness Deyn has got engaged to her boyfriend Albert Hammond Jr, the guitarist of The Strokes, according to reports. The couple, who have been dating for the last two months, have been spotted together increasingly over recent weeks. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Liam Gallagher pays tribute to his Beatles hero John Lennon on Oasis's new album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', it's been reported. It's understood that the ballad 'I'm Outta Time', which has been written by Gallagher, features an extract from an old interview with Lennon. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
James will replace Iron Maiden in the Best Live Return category at this year's Vodafone Live Music Awards, organisers have confirmed. The alteration comes after Iron Maiden asked for their nomination to be withdrawn because they “are not quite sure where we are returning from”. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn says children interested in music should be “forced” to learn how to read it. "If you don't learn to read music, then there's a whole tradition that becomes very exclusive and shouldn't be," Albarn told a BBC magazine. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has no interest in copying Coldplay when the band come back with a new look for their next album, according to reports. Coldplay's distressed military look, which they adopted for their latest album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends', has been the subject of much debate. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Amy Winehouse's image has been copied for a new video game entitled Escape From Rehab. The game follows the singer as she battles “insane enemies” while trying to save her husband, Blake-Fielder Civil, from jail. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Ozzy Osbourne says he wants to record at least two more albums before he retires from music. In an interview with USA Today, Osbourne, who has just been unveiled as a new character in the next instalment of Guitar Hero, said modern technology was helping sustain his recording career. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan has denied that Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon will be unveiled as their new singer, despite his recent performance with the group. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
US rapper Jay-Z has spoken about his decision to keep details of his apparent marriage to Beyonce Knowles private. In an interview with Vibe Magazine, the rapper, who has still yet to confirm reports that he married Knowles in New York earlier this year, said it was “part of your life you gotta keep secret.” Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
An employee at a New York night club which recently held a party for Lil' Kim has apparently confessed to the killing of a woman at the venue. The body of Ingrid Rivera was found in a utility closet at the Spotlight Live club on Wednesday, three days after Lil Kim celebrated her birthday at the club. Read more >>
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August 8, 2008
M.I.A has denied that she supports terrorism after a Sri Lankan rapper said the singer's music condoned the actions of the militant group, Tamil Tigers. In footage on the video sharing website YouTube, rapper DeLon claims M.I.A's lyrics and artwork promote the separatist group. Read more >>
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