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December 5th

Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger And Ronnie Wood Treat Employee To Lunch

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Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts treated their longest serving employee to lunch yesterday (December 4th).
The band took tour manager Alan Dunn, who has worked for them since 1968, to Petite Maison restaurant in London.
According to the Sun newspaper, guitarist Keith Richard was absent from the lunch because he is the [...]

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December 5th

Leona Lewis Proud That Female Artists Have Dominated Grammy Nominations

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Leona Lewis has said she is proud that so many female artists have received nominations for the upcoming Grammy Awards - as it is “hard” for women to succeed in the music industry.
The singer will compete for three awards at the February ceremony, including Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for [...]

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November 21st

Sigur Ros Wow London With Mesmerising Show

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Sigur Ros left the sell-out crowd awestruck at London’s Alexandra Palace last night at the first show of their two night residency at the ornate venue.
Arriving onstage typically in pitch-dark with the only spotlights in the room honed in on the Icelandic foursome, they launched into a poignant rendition of ‘Ágætis byrjun’ track ‘Svefn-g-englar’ with [...]

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November 21st

Madonna Divorced Guy Ritchie Over ‘Unreasonable Behaviour’

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Madonna divorced her film director husband Guy Ritchie on the grounds of his unreasonable behaviour, a sworn statement has revealed.
Neither Madonna nor Ritchie attended were present when their decree nisi was posted at the Registry of the Family Division at 10am this morning (November 21st).
Madonna’s petition said Ritchie’s behaviour was continuing and that they had [...]

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October 30th

Metallica US Tour: See Amazing Pictures From On The Road

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Metallica’s US tour began in Arizona last week and Gigwise was there to capture all the action.

The concert at the Jobing.com Arena was the band’s first major US show in support of their latest album ‘Death Magnetic’.
The band’s tour will continue across America for the next three months before returning to Europe in early Spring.
For [...]

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October 30th

Lil Wayne Is Not Signing To Jay-Z’s Record Label

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US rapper Lil’ Wayne is not signing to fellow hip-hop star Jay-Z’s new record label, Roc Nation, his management have said.
Earlier this week, entertainment website MediaTakeOut claimed Jay-Z had paid Lil’s Wayne’s current record label, Cash Money, $5million in order to secure the deal
However, a spokesperson for Lil’ Wayne has now denied the claims.
The deal [...]

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October 29th

The Beatles’ ‘Penny Lane’ Nurse Identified After 40 Years

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The identity of a nurse mentioned in the Beatles song ‘Penny Lane’ has been made public over forty years after the track was released.
Stan Williams, a former schoolfriend of John Lennon, identifies the nurse as Beth Davidson in a new book about growing up in Liverpool.
Williams said Lennon would have known Davidson from his childhood.
The [...]

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October 29th

Lil Wayne Disappoints Fans By Failing To Show At Jay-Z Concert

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US rapper Lil’ Wayne disappointed fans in Boston last night when he failed to appear at a concert in the city.
The rapper had been due to join Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Brandy and Yung Berg at the JAM’N 94.5 Monster Jam.
According to the Boston Herald, Lil’ Wayne was “unable or unwilling” to make his way through the [...]

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October 29th

Eminem To Release New Album On December 23rd?

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US rapper Eminem will release his new album ‘Relapse’ on December 23rd, according to an online music retailer.

Amazon listed the purported release date yesterday but changed it to “TBD” (to be decided) after reports spread online.
Eminem suggested in an interview earlier this month that the album, his first since 2004’s ‘Encore’, would be released before [...]

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October 29th

Michael Jackson Reveals His Love For High School Musical

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Michael Jackson has revealed his love for the hit movie series High School Musical to its breakout star, Zac Efron.
The actor got the chance to have a conversation with the King Of Pop when the film’s director and personal friend of Jackson, Kenny Ortega, handed the phone to Efron.
“I’ve been wanting to talk to Michael [...]

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