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X FACTOR OUTRAGE
X Factor fans expressed their anger at last weekend’s result, which saw Laura White voted off the show. More than 3,500 fans signed an online petition for her to be reinstated or get a record deal. X Factor producers eventually released a press statement confirming that there were no problems with the phone lines and she was simply in the bottom two due to lack of public votes.
POSTED: 16/11/08

S CLUB DANGER
S Club 7 singer, Jo O’Meara had a bottle thrown at her while on stage on the bands reunion tour. It happened at a gig in a Tokyo nightclub and left her with a two-inch cut on her head. Jo was involved in the Celebrity Big Brother race-row last year.
POSTED: 16/11/08

WORLD MUSIC AWARDS 2008
The World Music Awards took place this week in Monaco. The awards are based on worldwide sales and saw Coldplay named as the world's top-selling act of 2008. The best pop female award went to Leona Lewis. US singer Kid Rock won best pop male and the prize for best male pop/rock artist. Amy Winehouse won the female pop/rock award. Alicia Keys was best R&B artist while Leona Lewis also won the new artist prize. Beyonce took home the outstanding contribution to the arts award while the special achievement prize went to Mariah Carey. Lil' Wayne was named top hip-hop/rap artist top and Akon was crowned biggest internet artist of the year. Ringo Starr picked up the diamond award on behalf of The Beatles, the prize honours artists who have sold more than 100 million albums.
POSTED: 16/11/08

MADONNA THE WARRIORESS
Madonna has said, in a TV interview, that she is such a fighter because in another life she was a “Japanese warrioress”. She said “I can’t explain it, I just know. I am good at fighting, fighting with a big sword”.
POSTED: 16/11/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 16/11/08

• Former Blue singer and solo artist, Simon Webbe has entered the Australian jungle for this year’s I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here
• Britney Spears’ two year-old son was rushed to hospital with what was thought to be an allergic reaction to fried chicken
• Sophie Ellis-Bexter is expecting her second child with, the bassist from The Feeling, Richard Jones
• Michael Jackson has lost control of his Neverland Ranch as he handed the deeds to a firm he only partly owns
• The X Factor charity single has already raised more than £1 million for the troops that have been injured in combat
• Kanye West has accused the MTV Europe Music Awards of being fixed claiming he only won the Urban award because he turned up to the bash in Liverpool

MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS
The MTV Europe Music Awards took place on Thursday and this year it was held in the UK in Liverpool. American stars dominated this year with Britney Spears and 30 Seconds To Mars scooping two prizes each. The only UK winners were Sir Paul McCartney and Rick Astley. Paul McCartney won  the Ultimate Legend award while Rick Astley won the Best Act Ever award, partly thanks to the Rick-rolling craze on the internet. Britney Spears won Album Of The Year and Act Of 2008 while 30 Seconds To Mars won the Rock Out and Video Star awards. Pink, Kanye West and the show host, Katy Perry, also collected awards. For a full list of winners click on Music Awards on the menu.
POSTED: 09/11/08

COWELL CROSS ABOUT LEONA TRACK
Simon Cowell has been left cross after the writer of Leona Lewis’ next single has given the track to Beyonce instead. Ryan Tedder had lined up Halo for Leona but when she was too busy to record it her give it to Beyonce instead.
POSTED: 09/11/08

DAMON HINTS AT BLUR REUNION
Damon Albarn has hinted that a Blur reunion could be on the cards after he recently met up with former guitarist Graham Coxon. He said the pair had lunch and he is thinking about returning to his original band.
POSTED: 09/11/08

CHERYL'S KNICKER PROBLEM
Girls Aloud singer, Cheryl Cole has revealed she is having problems with her underwear lately. She wakes up to find her knickers in the garden. After some investigation it turned out that her dog Buster has been stealing her underwear to bury them in the garden.
POSTED: 09/11/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 09/11/08

• The Pet Shop Boys will be presented with the Outstanding Contribution To Music award at next year's Brits awards
• Opera singer, Katherine Jenkins revealed this week that she tried cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy when she was in her teens
• Take That star, Mark Owen has turned to hypnotherapy to help him quit his 20 year habit
• Three members of the former S Club 7 have been doing student gigs and they claim the band will be reforming next spring
• Kylie Minogue had five bags stolen, during crew tests, just hours before her Latin America tour was due to start

POSTED: 09/11/08

FESTIVE TOP OF THE POPS SCRAPPED
The BBC has revealed that they are scrapping the traditional Christmas Day Top Of The Pops, for the first time, this year. Top Of The Pops was decommissioned by the BBC in 2006 but Top Of The Pops 2 and the Christmas Day show remained. However the BBC will not be running the festive show this year. This week Simon Cowell said he would like to buy the rights to the Top of the Pops Christmas Special from the BBC and broadcast it on ITV. "I would rather it came to us than just sit in the dustbin" he said. But the BBC have declined his offer saying that they plan some special Top Of The Pops 2 programmes to make up for the gap in the Christmas day schedule.
POSTED: 02/11/08

STRICTLY BEATS X FACTOR
The X Factor has lost out to Strictly Come Dancing in the most popular talent show category at the National Television Awards. Simon Cowell said "It's bad enough losing but losing to that lot is a nightmare". However, Simon did pick up the special recognition award for his services to music and TV.
POSTED: 02/11/08

HUDON'S NEPHEW'S BODY FOUND
On Monday, American police said they had identified the body of a child found in a car in Chicago as the missing seven-year-old nephew of singer Jennifer Hudson. Julian King had not been seen since Jennifer's mother and brother were found shot dead in their Chicago home last weekend.
POSTED: 02/11/08

KYLIE TO DUET WITH THE WIGGLES?
Kylie Minogue has said that she would like to team up with Australian children’s favourites The Wiggles. She said “I wouldn’t mind doing a duet, they’re my nephew’s favourite”.
POSTED: 02/11/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 02/11/08

• Former Westlife singer, Brian McFadden has said that he will fight his former wife, Kerry Katona, for custody of their children
• McFly have recorded the fundraising single for this year’s Children In Need appeal. The double-A-side single will be out later this month
• Music legends such as Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page are being lined-up to perform at the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony in London
• Britney Spears has agreed to let her dad continue to keep control of her £95 million fortune. He took over her finances in February
• The Credit Crunch has put a stop to plans to build a 400 ft sky-scraper honouring the Irish band U2 but planners say the project will be eventually completed

JENNIFER HUDSON MURDERS
The mother and brother of, musician Jennifer Hudson have been shot dead and her seven-year-old nephew is missing, police have said. Jennifer is a singer-turned-actress and rose to fame on American Idol in 2005.
POSTED: 26/10/08

X FACTOR INCREASE SECURITY
The Sun newspaper reported that security had to be increased on The X Factor, this weekend, amid claims by militant Omar Bakri that the show is anti-Muslim. The preacher voiced his opinions after learning that this year's contestants have recorded a charity single called 'Hero' to help British soldiers injured in conflict. Omar told Muslims not to wear Help For Heroes wristbands or to buy or sell the show's charity single. The 50-year-old, exiled to Lebanon in 2005, claimed on a website that the show is drumming up hatred and warned of the "dangerous implications" should his words be ignored. A show source said the issue was being taken "very seriously" and that CID and anti-terrorism officers had been called in.
POSTED: 26/10/08

KATY PERRY CAUSES OUTRAGE
Anti-knife campaigners were furious after a picture of Katy Perry emerged this week. The picture showed the singer posing with a three-inch blade in a publicity shot for her first album.
POSTED: 26/10/08

STAY ALIVE WITH STAYIN' ALIVE
Student doctors have found an amazing way of stopping heart failure patients from dying. They play the Bee Gee’s classic ‘Stayin’ Alive’. The seventies song plays at 103 beats per minute, almost the perfect rhythm to use during CPR.
POSTED: 26/10/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 26/10/08

• Madonna hit back at her estranged husband’s claim that he doesn’t want a penny of her money in a divorce settlement saying he does and branded him a “gold-digger”
• Michael Jackson is on the verge of agreeing to a massive comeback tour which will see him tour 30 cities around the world
• Paul McCartney has moved his new girlfriend, Nancy Shevell, in with him just five months after his divorce from Heather Mills
• Paddy Boom, the drummer from The Scissor Sisters has quit the band half-way through recording the groups third album
• Simon Webbe, who sung with boyband Blue, has apparently signed up to be on this year’s I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here

MADONNA AND GUY SPLIT
Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce after nearly eight years of marriage, their PR representatives have confirmed. Relations were still cordial and they expected to agree a settlement without going to court, added Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg. There has been increasing speculation in recent months that the couple's relationship was on the rocks. In July, Madonna's publicist denied the pair were planning to divorce, saying their marriage did not "need saving". Guy has apparently said that Madonna is a domineering control freak while Madonna has reportedly said that he prefers the pub to his family. She is worth £300 million while Guy has a £30 million and says he doesn’t want any of Madonna’s money although it looks likely that the divorce will bag him £60 million of her fortune.
POSTED: 19/10/08

THE MOBOs 2008
The MOBO awards took place this week and was hosted by Spice Girl Melanie B. The awards honour the best music of black origin. Many winners who were not there to collect their awards were booed by the audience including Leona Lewis who won Best Album and Best Video awards. Other prize winners included Dizzee Rascal for Best UK Male and Estelle for Best UK Female and Best Song with ‘American Boy’.
POSTED: 19/10/08

RINGO UPSETS HIS FANS
Ringo Starr will no longer sign memorabilia for fans and will throw away all fan mail he receives in the future, he has said. He said in a video message on his website "Please do not send fan mail to any address you have." He later apologised for the message but the ban still applies.
POSTED: 19/10/08

WANT TO KNOW THIS YEAR'S X FACTOR WINNER?
If you want to know who this year’s X Factor will be then just ask Wayne Rooney. The England footballer’s wife, Coleen has said he loves the show and successfully predicted that Leona Lewis and Leon Jackson would win the show.
POSTED: 19/10/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 19/10/08

• A row has broken out that a non singer could receive the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award at next year’s Brit Awards as Simon Cowell could pick up the gong
• Eminem, who quit performing four years ago, has announced he is back and his sixth album will be out by the end of the year
• Gary Lightbody, from Snow Patrol, has been given the go ahead to launch his own record label
• Oasis have said that Michale Eavis will be “s*****g himself” after they have announced a eight gig summer tour next year
• An auctioneer has appealed for the return of a wax work of Paul McCartney’s head after he left it on the train

Q AWARDS 2008
The Q Awards took place in London this week and saw Coldplay picking up two awards. They won the award for Best Act In The World Today and Best Album for ‘Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends’. Best New Act went to The Last Shadow Puppets, Best Breakthrough Artist went to Duffy while the Best Live Act went to the Kaiser Chiefs. The Legend award went to Glen Campbell, the Icon award to Adam Ant and the Idol award to Grace Jones. On collecting his award Adam Ant said "It's good to be standing here. It's very good to be standing, actually". Both nominees and winners were selected by readers of the monthly music magazine.
POSTED: 12/10/08

FOO FIGHTERS FIGHT McCAIN
The Foo Fighters have told John McCain to stop using their song called ‘My Hero’ in his US presidential campaign. They said it "tarnishes" the track. But a Republican spokesman said the party had licences to play "millions of different songs".
POSTED: 12/10/08

GLASTO TICKET SUCCESS
Half the tickets for 2009's Glastonbury music festival have been sold in one day, eight months before the event. Tickets went on sale last Sunday morning and sold 137,500 by the evening.
POSTED: 12/10/08

GARY WANTS THE FRONT PAGE IN A PLANE CRASH
Take That star, Gary Barlow has said that he hates flying on the same planes as other celebrities as he could miss out on a front page story if he is killed if the plane crashes. He had the thought while sharing a plane with the likes of David Beckham, Gordon Ramsay and Chris Moyles.
POSTED: 12/10/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 12/10/08

• Rolling Stones star, Ronnie Wood is apparently spending £10,000 a week and his wife thinks it is to spite her so he won’t have to pay so much in a divorce settlement
• Amy Winehouse’s boyfriend, Blake Fielder-Civil, has sent a letter from prison to her dad with violent threats of abuse aimed at him
• Tom Jones has said that he will be working with, the Mercury Music Prize winners, Elbow soon
• The X Factor went live last night and the first to go were Louis Walsh’s group Bad Lashes.
• The Sugababes’ new album will see the band turn their back on pop as they want to be the new version of sixties band The Supremes so will have a new motown sound

BT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARDS
Kylie Minogue has won two awards at this year's BT Digital Music Awards, which took place at the Roundhouse in London this week. She won best pop artist and best innovation for the Kylie Konnect site, which allows her fans to create their own profiles on it. Radiohead were crowned artists of the year and Coldplay won best rock/indie artist and best official music website. A panel of experts chose seven award winners while the public voted online for the remaining 13 prizes. Hadouken! won best electronic artist and DJ and Wiley was named best urban artist for his single ‘Wearing my Rolex’. Other winners included The Zutons for best video podcast and Vampire Weekend for best breakthrough artist.
POSTED: 05/10/08

GLASTO TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Glastonbury festival organiser Michael Eavis has said the event's new ticket scheme will be "fairer for everyone". Tickets for the three day event, in June, went on Sale today with fans having the option to pay a deposit of £50 or buy a ticket outright. Michael said: "After three years, I am now confident that we have developed the fairest ticketing operation available anywhere”.
POSTED: 05/10/08

X FACTOR FINALISTS' JOINT SINGLE
The 12 X Factor finalists will release a single together on 27th October. The single will raise money for The Sun newspaper’s Help For Heroes campaign and will be a cover of the Mariah Carey classic called ‘Hero’.
POSTED: 05/10/08

MTV RICK-ROLLED
Due to an internet prank, back in April, called Rick-rolling where 15 million people were tricked into watching a Rick Astley video, the eighties star has now been nominated for the Best Act Ever award at next months MTV Europe Music Awards.
POSTED: 05/10/08

NEWS BRIEFS- 05/10/08

• Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has blasted rumours that he is to tour with the band, describing speculation as "frustrating and ridiculous"
• Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham has revealed that wearing socks and gloves in bed have kept her skin looking young
• Former Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood has been to see a solicitor to see how much it would cost him to divorce his wife for his 19 year old lover
• Noel Gallagher has said he will defy his doctors advice to rest his fractured ribs for five more weeks to kick off the Oasis tour on 7th October
• Duffy has said that the pressures of rising to fame this year have brought her on the verge of a nervous breakdown

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