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Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category

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 -- 0 comments

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 -- 0 comments

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

May 8th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Arrested For Drugs Possession - Released On Police Bail

Oh dear, this is becoming a habit. Amy Winehouse has once again been arrested, this time on suspicion of drugs possession.
This all goes back to January when The Sun Newspaper printed pictures of her allegedly taking drugs at a party, and put a video on their website of her smoking crack through a pipe.
The […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2008

The Police Split Up Again - Legendary British Band To Play Final Show Ever In New York

The Police reunited last summer after years of not playing together, or even being civil to one another. This was after they acrimoniously split in 1984 due to arguments. And now they’re doing it again - no not arguing (as far as we know) but splitting up for the second and final time.

They are currently […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

May 6th, 2008

Pete Doherty Released From Prison Early - Planning London Duet With Amy Winehouse

Last month saw Pete Doherty sent to prison for 14 weeks for breaching a probation order revolving around his drug habit.
However, this morning just 29 days (or 4 weeks) in to his sentence, he was released from Wormwood Scrubs jail in London for good behaviour.
He then wasted no time in trying to get his […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

May 2nd, 2008

Radiohead Won’t Be Repeating Free Album Download | ‘In Rainbows’ Was A One Off

Radiohead pioneered the idea of music artists forging their own path, without the need for record labels controlling everything, when they decided to allow their fans to pay what they deemed suitable for the In Rainbows album download last year.
Since then, many bands have taken up the mantle, with Prince and Nine Inch Nails the […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

May 1st, 2008

Free Coldplay Single ‘Violet Hill’ Downloaded By 600,000 People In First 24 Hours

When Coldplay decided to let everyone know they were back by releasing the first single, Violet Hill, from new album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, as a free download, they must have known it would be huge. But I wonder if they knew quite how huge it would be, and in […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

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