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Archive for May 2008

May 20th, 2008

British Summer Festival Cancelled - Wax:On Live Organisers Blame Global Recession

The British summer festival season is almost upon us, but two pieces of news show that it may not be quite as good a year as normal on the scene.
Not only has one festival been canned, The Zutons have criticised the biggest of them all, Glastonbury, which I’ll be posting about later.
The Wax:On Live […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 19th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Alicia Keys Cover Video Uploaded To YouTube - By Pete Doherty

We already knew that Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty were new best friends, and have been spending bags of time with each other, although it was reported that attempts for the pair to record a duet had gone slightly wrong of late. However, two videos were uploaded to YouTube by Doherty over the weekend which […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 18th, 2008

Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil Planning Second Wedding To Prove Love

The last month has seen intense speculation over the state of Amy Winehouse’ relationship with jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
I reported back in April how Winehouse had stopped visiting Blake and even forgot his birthday. Then later, it was reported than Blake was after a £3 million payout in the event of a divorce.
Now however, […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 17th, 2008

Paul McCartney New Album Free With ‘The Mail On Sunday’ Tomorrow May 18th

Paul McCartney has had a mixed last few years, having been married to Heather Mills, and then going through a very messy, very public divorce.
While all of this was going on, he was still writing and recording music, and released Memory Almost Full in 2007.
The album has already sold 100,000 copies in the […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 16th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Tells Pete Doherty All His Songs Are “Shit” - Duet May Not Happen

Pete Doherty was released early from his prison sentence involving drugs on May 6th, and immediately revealed plans to record a duet with fellow druggie and supposed new best friend Amy Winehouse.
However, the plans haven’t exactly gone to plan.
While they’re still on to duet together at Doherty’s rescheduled Royal Albert Hall gig, plans for […]

By Dave Parrack -- 3 comments

May 16th, 2008

Victoria Beckham Quitting Music For Good | After Geri, Second Spice Girl Retires

Just a few days ago, Geri Halliwell unofficially announced that she was quitting music for good, after seeing herself as more of a performer. This came just a few months after the Spice Girls cut their world tour short, and split up for the second and last time.
In that article, I begged Victoria Beckham to […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 15th, 2008

Winehouse Gets Away With Smoking Drugs On Video | Facing No Police Charges

Amy Winehouse was arrested last week on suspicion of drugs possession after a video was circulated in January of her allegedly smoking crack cocaine through a pipe. She was interviewed, before being released on police bail.
Now, a week later, the Crown Prosecution Service has revealed that the singer will not face any charges, and is […]

By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments

May 13th, 2008

Geri Halliwell Quitting Music For Good?

We already knew Geri Halliwell was full of herself, thinking she’s some kind of ultimate Pop star rather than just a washed-up former member of a twice broken-up girl group. But her latest little rant on the first episode of Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word takes some beating.
She was the guest for the cooking challenge, […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

May 12th, 2008

Led Zeppelin World Tour Back On | Has Jimmy Page Talked Robert Plant Around?

The speculation surrounding the will they, won’t they, please, I hope they do, Led Zeppelin world tour rumour mill has taken a new twist today, with Whitesnake singer David Coverdale claiming that it IS going to happen, it’s just a case of when.
This story goes right back to when Led Zeppelin reformed for a one […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

May 11th, 2008

Has Elton John Made His Last Album? | British Singer Too Busy With Other Projects

Elton John has been a stalwart in the British music industry for 40 years, and is now regarded as one of the greats.
He’s never stopped working either, releasing an album as recently as 2006. However, that could be his last, as he has warned he may not make another album.
The Captain & The Kid […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

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