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Fergie gets thumbs up

Fergie will be a ‘cool’ wife, according to her bandmate.
Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am says Fergie - who is engaged to ‘Las Vegas’ star Josh Duhamel - will make a perfect partner for the actor. He said: “Fergie will be the coolest wife you could have. She’s Fergie-Ferg, she’s just cool!”
Will.i.am says he couldn’t be [...]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Veronicas Engagement

Veronicas singer Lisa Origliasso and past Australian Idol contestant Dean Geyer have recently announced their engagement. The couple has been together for a year and has released a statement on Monday to tell the world their happy news. The Veronicas recently released their second album while the South African-born Dean released his debut album last [...]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Geri Halliwell’s solo career over

Geri Halliwell has ruled out becoming a solo artist again - because she wants to concentrate on being an author.
Geri Halliwell says her career as a solo artist is over. The star insists she won’t be releasing anymore records on her own now the Spice Girls reunion tour is over, because she wants to concentrate [...]

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

David Bowie´s daughter has Hilary Duff music

David Bowie´s daughter would much rather bop around to Hilary Duff than dance androgynously to glam rock tracks like David’s classic Starman.
But then again, she is only seven.
The Ziggy Stardust singer is far from happy with Alexandria’s musical tastes - and refuses to stay in the room when she listens to her pop CDs.
David’s supermodel [...]

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The Veronicas begin U.S. tour in May with Natasha Bedingfield

The Veronicas will begin their U.S. tour in May with Natasha Bedingfield and Kate Voegele. Tickets go on sale TODAY, so get yours before they sell out! Head over TheVeronicas.com for more info and updates

Verizon VIP Tour starring Natasha Bedingfield with special guests The Veronicas and Kate Voegel

Concert Dat:

Wednesday, May 21, 200
Myrtle [...]

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Bittersweet Debut for Ashlee Simpson

It’s a good thing that Ashlee Simpson can keep herself busy with planning a wedding and having a baby with Pete Wentz because her music career isn’t going to be going anywhere anytime soon. Ashlee’s new CD ‘Bittersweet World’ was released on Tuesday and is only projected to sell around 50,000 – 55,000 in its [...]

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Kylie Minogue can’t wait to hit the road

Kylie Minogue is counting down the days until her world tour starts.
The ‘Wow’ singer - whose ‘KylieX2008′ tour kicks off in Paris, France, on May 6 - can’t wait to get back on the road and has promised a stunning show.
She said: “The countdown has begun!! Not long now before opening night for ‘KylieX2008′!!!! “My [...]

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Stroking Kanye West’s Ego

The Seattle Times recently gave an excellent review of Kanye West’s newly launched ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour. Now, the LA Times is following suit by stroking the rapper’s ego some more. Who needs awards when you have reviews like this? Esteemed critic Anne Powers reviewed Kanye’s concert saying “An apocalyptic space opera…a show that [...]

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Allergic to Mariah Carey

Are we becoming allergic to Mariah Carey? Tuesday night’s Mariah-themed episode of American Idol was the lowest rated Tuesday airing of the show in a month. On March 25’s show, Idol ratings were at 14.3/22. On April 1, the ratings were at 14.9/23. On April 8, the ratings were at 14.4/22. But on April 15, [...]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

American Idol Top 7

Who would have thought that in a week with Mariah Carey songs as the theme for American Idol that the guys would win over the girls? They won by a mile! It’s no surprise that most contestants took on ballads but David Cook was one to go against the pack and did a huge pop [...]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Fergie is a Latina

Who would have thought that Fergie is a Latina? Or at least part Latina. The Black Eyed Peas singer told Latina magazine that “Yes, I have Mexican in my ancestry. My Dad’s grandmother was born in Guanajuato. I’m very proud of it; that’s probably where I get my fire!” She was also asked why her [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Rihanna Back in the Studio

Rihanna was spotted after eating lunch at ‘Chin Chin’ restaurant with an assistant and her little dog Oliver on Friday in Los Angeles. The singer of the hit song ‘Umbrella’ then headed over to the nearest Starbucks for an iced tea fix and then went off to a recording studio in Burbank. I guess she’s [...]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Bryan Adams and Wal-Mart

Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is teaming up with Wal-Mart for his next album release. The musician’s eleventh album, aptly titled ‘11’ will be released in the United States on May 13th exclusively via Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores. Congrats to Bryan as his publicity stunt is working. His last album only sold 44,000 in the [...]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

The Latest American Idol Castoff

After the American Idol special ‘Idol Gives Back’ last year, none of the Idol wannabes got cast off. So it was pretty good to assume that the same was going to happen this time around right? Wrong! Syesha Mercado, Carly Smithson and Michael Johns all got called to be in the bottom three with Michael [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Amy Winehouse to record? No…No…No

Amy Winehouse has cancelled plans to begin recording her third album – leaving industry chiefs fearing there will be no new LP from her this year.
Island Records booked the singer a trip to the Bahamas to begin her follow-up to smash hit Back To Black with producer Saleem Remi.
The no-expense spared venture last month was [...]

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Madonna the ‘geek’

Madonna claims she was a ‘geek’ when she began her career.
The ‘4 Minutes’ singer – who was known for her raunchy image when she hit the music scene in the early 80s – insists people had the wrong idea about her and she was well-behaved.
She said: ‘I really was not getting up to much. I [...]

Friday, April 11th, 2008

More Free Avril

It’s discount after discount after discount. Is anyone still making money over this tour? A lot of promoters are having such a hard time selling tickets to Avril Lavigne’s tour that The Mohegan Sun is actually giving them away. If they’re having that much of a hard time at it and losing money either way, [...]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Feist was the “big” winner at last Sunday Juno Awards!

Feist was the “big” winner at last Sunday Juno Awards!
. Juno Fan Choice Award — Michael Buble
. Single of the Year — 1234, Feist
. Album of the Year — The Reminder, Feist
. New Group of the Year — Wintersleep
. Group of the Year –Blue Rodeo
. Country Recording of the Year — Risk, Paul Brandt
. Pop [...]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Geri Halliwell: Ivan new man

Geri Halliwell has pulled off the oldest trick in the pop songbook. She is dating a dancer called Ivan “Flipz” Velez, who worked on the Spice Girls’ tour.
The breakdancer taught Cruz Beckham his incredible body-popping skills during the tour. And he got up close and personal with Geri during their steamy on-stage dance routines. Flipz [...]

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Life’s one big party for Leona

 

Leona Lewis must think life is one big party at the moment. Her label bosses showed their joy at her topping the US singles chart by throwing a swanky birthday bash for her.
The singer, 23 today, celebrated at New York’s trendy River Café — and there was plenty to toast after her single Bleeding Love [...]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Madonna Marketing

 

She’s been on several magazine covers and has broken music records but what could probably be the most outstanding thing about Madonna’s upcoming album ‘Hard Candy’ is just how much money she’s already made from it even if it’s not out for a month. Telegraph reports that the Queen of Pop has sold more [...]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Destiny’s Child One-Up Each Other

Each member of Destiny’s Child is all grown up now and apparently, each member has also gone on to get advanced degrees at the Diana Ross School of Bitch-ology. The girls are trying to one-up each other with their career moves and it seems that they’ve turned their friendship into a career rivalry. Kelly [...]

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

No Doubt Reunion

Gwen Stefani may be several months pregnant but she’s not going to let that get in the way of a No Doubt reunion. The platinum blonde singer has just posted an update to the band’s official message board. She says that she’s back in the studio with the rest of the band trying to come [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008