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	  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:18:11 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Jay-Z joins U2 Aussie Tour]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; color: #020727;">Jay-Z has agreed to be a special guest on U2's upcoming Australian 360 Degrees&nbsp;tour.</p>
<p>The rapper will take to the stage for about an hour before the Irish band fronted by Bono performs in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Auckland in New Zealand.</p>
<p>The band's manager Paul McGuinness explained, "It was important to the band that we were able to bring the whole 360 Degrees&nbsp;production to Australia and New Zealand so fans could experience the latest of U2's legendary productions."</p>
<p>The tour is set to take place in December this year.</span></p>
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	  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:52:48 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[George Michael facing jail]]></title>
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<p><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;">George Michael was told this morning at&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 30px; font-size: 14.1667px;">Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">&nbsp;that he could be facing jail, after admitting to driving under the influence of cannabis, and crashing into a branch of Snappy Snaps in Hampstead.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;">The singer, whose re</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">al name is Georgios Panayiotou,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">was arrested last month and has pleaded guilty to the charge, as well as posession of cannabis.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">Officers suspected Michael had taken drugs after they noticed his dilated pupils and "spaced out" demeanour.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">He was then taken to Hampstead police station, where officers found two cannabis joints on him.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14.1667px;">A blood test later confirmed that Michael was under the influence of cannabis. He had not been drinking alcohol.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #020727; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;">District Judge Robin McPhee told him, "I make it clear the options in respect of sentence remain open, including the power to imprison.&nbsp;It is a serious matter. Your driving was extremely poor and there was an accident. There is also a conviction from three years ago."</p>
<p>Michael was handed an interim six-month driving ban and is set to be sentenced next month on September 14.</span></p>
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	  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:24:57 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Walsh misses Girls Aloud bandmates]]></title>
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<p>Kimberely Walsh has revealed that she misses being with her Girls Aloud band members and is keen for them&nbsp;to regroup.</p>
<p>The 'Suck My Pop'&nbsp;presenter told OK! Magazine, "I will get excited (when we reunite) because we do miss each other and as much as it's crazy mayhem it is good fun and it is nice having the girls to support you."</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">She continued, "It's different being on your own. Bittersweet - there's good and bad to everything, isn't there?"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">Walsh added, "</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I just love performing and I also really like working.&nbsp;So although we're supposed to be having a bit of a break, I don't want to rest too much, because I get bored."</span></p>
<p>The singer's bandmate Nicola Roberts recently announced that Girls Aloud are set to regroup at the end of this year to discuss their future.</p>
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	  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:12:28 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Perry too busy for kids]]></title>
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<p>Katy Perry&nbsp;has ruled-out starting a family with her fianc&eacute; Russell Brand right now, because she says that her career comes first.</p>
<p>Although she recently joked that Russell wants 11 kids, Katy says that she has no plans to have children anytime soon.</p>
<p>"I see myself as a professional right now and hopefully when I decide it's time for children, I'll be able to devote myself to that," she said.</p>
<p>On Brand, Perry revealed,&nbsp;"I have always been open to someone who would really challenge me emotionally, spiritually and mentally and he really covers those bases.&nbsp;And we both have a sense of humor. We play practical jokes on each other."</p>
<p>Perry and the comedian are planning to wed later this year.</p>
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	  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:45:48 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Burke's upcoming appearances]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>Alexandra Burke has announced plans for a UK-wide tour, with the dates due to be revealed soon.</p>
<p>The popstar explained, "I'm coming back (to Ireland) for my tour next year - dates to be released in September, and venues to be released in September.&nbsp;It's going to be February more than January that I perform in Ireland so I'm really looking forward to it."</p>
<p>The singer is also set to appear at next month's Help For Heroes Concert,&nbsp;headlined by Robbie Williams.&nbsp;The benefit concert for servicemen and women will be held at the Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London on Sunday 12th September.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Some 150 personnel injured in combat will attend the show free of charge, while members of the public are being given&nbsp;the chance to purchase 1,000 extra tickets for other servicemen through the Tickets For Troops&nbsp;charity. Some 60,000 fans and troops are expected to attend the event.</p>
<p>Proceeds will go to the Help For Heroes charity, which raises funds for wounded service personnel and their families.</p>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:42:48 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Eminem explains beef]]></title>
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<p>Eminem has admitted&nbsp;that the reported beef between his close friend 50 Cent and Kanye West regarding the chart battle in 2007, wasn't real.</p>
<p>The rap superstar has revealed that it was purely a publicity stunt to sell more copies of their albums.</p>
<p>"Me and 50 never discussed the Wayne thing," Mathers told Vibe Magazine.</p>
<p>He continued, "As far as the Kanye thing, we never really got into detail on that either. I never took it as him having a&nbsp;real beef with Kanye. It was a friendly competition and hype to (promote) both albums."</p>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:34:25 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Coyle returning the UK]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p>Girls Aloud band member Nadine Coyle is set to return to the UK to finish her debut solo album.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The singer will be in the country for the first time since supporting Coldplay with Girls Aloud at Wembley Stadium last year in September.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Coyle wrote on her Twitter page, "Helllloo, I am so so excited about getting back to the uk. Hopefully I can get to Ireland too. I miss you all! Xx what's been going on? X"</p>
<p>Yesterday the media reported that the Irish star has signed a solo deal with supermarket giant, Tesco, permitting them to exclusively sell her album in their stores and allowing her complete control over the record.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The date of the untitled album is still to be confirmed but expected to be released later in November.</p>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:46:33 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Kings of Leon on wealth]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span> According to Kings of Leon&nbsp;frontman Caleb Followill, the group aren't focused on making more money or making a commerical-sounding LP with their upcoming fifth studio album, 'Come Around Sundown', because they're already "rich" and so don't need to.</span></p>
<p>Speaking about the album,&nbsp;Caleb said, "We're already plenty rich, we don't need it. We're like thousand-aires - multiple thousands, multiple."</p>
<p>"And all the people that only know us from the last record - which is quite a few people - we wanted to show them a little bit of our background and the kind of music that we've been trying to make all the while."</p>
<p>The&nbsp;singer went on to say, "The other night there was someone on the front row and we had played a new song, and then we played 'Trani' which is off our first album.&nbsp;I saw the girl look at another girl and say, 'Is this another new song?' So it's like a lot of them don't know the difference."</p>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:09:21 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Macy Gray on the music biz]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span>Macy Gray has revealed that it is difficult to succeed in the music industry as an older artist as&nbsp;record companies wrongly assume that only teenagers buy music and fail to cater for an older audience.&nbsp;</p>
<p>She said,&nbsp;"There's this idea that only teenagers buy records and watch videos, so I think the industry is just becoming really accustomed to catering to a younger audience and therefore older artists have a really tough time.&nbsp;I just went with the ones who called me back."</span></p>
<p><span>Discussing her last record, 'Big', Gray admitted that her label affected her creative process.<br /></span></p>
<p><span>'The Sellout' is the Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter's first album in more than 3 years, and will be released by Concord Records in the U.S., Island Records in the U.K. and Universal Music Group, internationally.</span></p>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:22:37 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Vickers on collaborating with Cole]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span>Former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers has revealed that she would love to duet with Cheryl Cole in the future.</p>
<p>The&nbsp;singer explained that she does not keep in touch with any of the X Factor&nbsp;judges but would still like to collaborate with her former mentor.</p>
<p>Vickers said, "I would love to duet with Cheryl Cole, it would be awesome."</span></p>
<p><span>She also said that she was grateful to the ITV talent show for launching her career and helping her to deal with her nerves.</p>
<p>"X Factor&nbsp;was the most nerve-racking thing I've ever done in my life but it really helped me build my confidence and bring me to where I am now," she said.</span></p>
<p>On Friday (August 20) the singer performed at T in the Park 2010 alongside a line-up of other big names, including Black Eyed Peas, Paloma Faith, Muse and Black.</p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:09:37 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Perry's decor fights]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span> Katy Perry has revealed that herself and her fiance Russell Brand have been fighting over decor for their home.</span></p>
<p>The popstar explained, "Russell's house in London was dark, gothic and quite sinister. My apartment was like Candyland, every room in a different pastel and very over the top. He didn't want to live in a cracked-out fairyland and I didn't want to live in a goth house, so it's a balancing act."</p>
<p>She continued,&nbsp;"We did agree to call our cat Krusty: it's a combination of our names. That was the easiest decision so far."</p>
<p><span>The singer took to her Twitter page recently to dismiss reports of legal action over her use of lyrics similar to the Beach Boys' 'California Girls' on her hit "California Gurls."</p>
<p>"No one is suing anyone," Perry posted. Her tweet also complained that the press likes to "fabricate and exaggerate" stories.<br /></span></p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:56:34 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Justin Bieber declares crushes]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span> Justin Bieber has&nbsp;declared his love for several stars already, like Kim Kardashian, Beyonce and Cheryl Cole, but now&nbsp;the teenage star also admits to having the hots for 'Harry Potter'&nbsp;star Emma Watson.</span></p>
<p>"I would love to take her out for dinner. It would be great if she could come to one of my concerts, then we could hang out afterwards," he&nbsp;said about the English actress (who at 20-years-old, is four years older than himself).</p>
<p>The Canadian rapper continued, "I love the fact she is one of the biggest female movie stars, but has chosen to go back to college. It shows she is really grounded and normal."</p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:45:53 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Eminem to host rap battle]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span><span>Multi-platinum, Oscar and Grammy-winning star Eminem,&nbsp;</span>has revealed plans to host a rap battle in his hometown of Detroit.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The rapper is set to present and judge the 'Red Bull EmSee: The Road to 8 Mile National Finals' competition, in order to select the genre's next star.</p>
<p>The eight finalists were chosen from various regional competitions around the nation.</p>
<p>The event will be held on August 26 at Detroit's St Andrew's Hall.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span></span>Eminem played<span>&nbsp;three major festivals in the UK this summer. Scotland&rsquo;s T In The Park, Switzerland&rsquo;s Openair Frauenfeld&nbsp;and Ireland&rsquo;s Oxegen.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:36:57 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Alexandra Burke on her risky outfits]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span>Alexandra Burke has admitted that some of her relatives did not approve of an outfit she wore for a recent TV performance.</p>
<p>The singer recently performed her new single, 'Start Without You', on Alan Carr's TV show, 'Chatty Man',&nbsp;dressed in a black leotard. She also wore the outfit for the premiere of the song's video&nbsp;yesterday (August 19).</p>
<p>"The video has a brave look. It's my choice. I wanted to come out of my box. I wore lace on Alan Carr's chat show the other day," she explained.&nbsp;"I get the body out. My auntie thought it was a bit much and my dad told me I can't wear it out on the town."</p>
<p>Burke revealed that she was inspired to record the RedOne produced track by her new motor.</p>
<p>"It's kind of reggae meets pop. It was inspired by my Jamaican background and my new convertible," she said. "I really wanted to have a tune I could take down my roof to, drive along and be proud of. I didn't really want to do a ballad. I love the summer and this is the perfect track to dance to," she said.<br /></span></p>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:17:59 +0100</pubDate>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Pixie Lott hottest festival female]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[<p><span>Singer-songwriter Pixie Lott has been named the hottest female festival star this year in the Viagogo poll.</span></p>
<p><span>Black Eyed Peas' Fergie and The Saturdays' Frankie Sandford were voted second and third place.</span></p>
<p><span>Other stars in the top ten included Cheryl Cole, Diana Vickers, Ellie Goulding and Lily Allen.</p>
<p>Viagogo's UK country director Edward Parkinson said, "It seems Pixie Lott is stealing Cheryl Cole's crown as this summer's festival princess."</span></p>
<p>Last month Lott headlined a charity gig for wounded troops at Twickenham Stadium, alongside Robbie Williams and Peter Kay. This weekend she<span>&nbsp;is set to play the main stage at the V Festival this weekend.</span></p>
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