Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has reportedly left husband Ashley for a "break" after allegations the footballer cheated on her.
Her agent insisted the couple were still together but confirmed the singer had gone on a break in order to think things through.
ITN quotes him as saying: "They are definitely still together. There is obviously lots of stuff going on at the moment and Cheryl has gone away for a break to clear her head for a few days."
It has been alleged Chelsea player Cole cheated on his wife with a hairdresser.
It has also emerged that the singer recently told OK! magazine that later this year she wanted to "start working on that baby. I want to be a young mum".
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
50 Cent Meets Nelson Mandela In Africa -- And MTV News Is There!
50 Cent met Nelson Mandela on Wednesday during the MC's concert tour of Africa -- and MTV News was there!
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Punctual Weiland gets Rave reviews
Scott Weiland held it together for Boston.
After reportedly running an hour late the last two nights of Stone Temple Pilots’ reunion tour, there was much speculation about the troubled vocalist’s ability to make it on stage and deliver a full set with the looming 11 p.m. Massachusetts curfew. But Weiland was only 10 minutes late for Boston and, along with drummer Eric Kretz, and DeLeo brothers bassist Robert and guitarist Dean, STP delivered the goods miraculously well to a nearly packed Tweeter Center last night, headlining this year’s WBCN [website] River Rave.
Wrapped up in a leather jacket, skin-tight jeans, sunglasses and a white cowboy hat, Weiland led the band through a torrential set that was all the reminder anyone needed of why STP remains an FM radio staple: talent and charisma.
No, his stage banter wasn’t 100 percent coherent, but from the slow-churning groove of the opener, “Big Empty,” to the tribal-rhythm-meets-glam-sass of “Big Bang Baby,” Weiland’s bluesy growl-n-howl sounded spot-on powerful.
It remained so for the duration as the San Diego four-piece cranked out its trademark grungy sound with palatable pop edges. Weiland shimmied, swiveled and shook through “Vasoline,” “Interstate Love Song” and the Nirvana-inspired “Creep,” which had the entire theater in a Bic-lighted sing-along.
STPs surprise triumph put a positive spin on a so-so afternoon of music, made strange by the volatile booze-marinated crowd.
Short sets from WBCN Rumble winners Girls, Guns and Glory; the Dropkicks-meets-Bosstones super group Street Dogs; and Knoxville, Tenn., quintet 10 Years were mostly ho-hum. Everlast, aka Erik Schrody, added diversity to the lineup with his all-black White Folks band cooking up a heavy bottom end. Schrody’s punchy metallic blues was augmented with plenty of hip-hop attitude .
Before a spirited but musically miserable set of selections from Hermosa Beach’s Pennywise, Richard Patrick and his new incarnation of Filter tried their best to rile the throng into a frenzy. Patrick’s performance was inspired and, once warmed up, his vocals were riveting. But things didn’t really gel at River Rave until Weiland turned up and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief.
That his performance was of such amazing quality was an unexpected joy.
After reportedly running an hour late the last two nights of Stone Temple Pilots’ reunion tour, there was much speculation about the troubled vocalist’s ability to make it on stage and deliver a full set with the looming 11 p.m. Massachusetts curfew. But Weiland was only 10 minutes late for Boston and, along with drummer Eric Kretz, and DeLeo brothers bassist Robert and guitarist Dean, STP delivered the goods miraculously well to a nearly packed Tweeter Center last night, headlining this year’s WBCN [website] River Rave.
Wrapped up in a leather jacket, skin-tight jeans, sunglasses and a white cowboy hat, Weiland led the band through a torrential set that was all the reminder anyone needed of why STP remains an FM radio staple: talent and charisma.
No, his stage banter wasn’t 100 percent coherent, but from the slow-churning groove of the opener, “Big Empty,” to the tribal-rhythm-meets-glam-sass of “Big Bang Baby,” Weiland’s bluesy growl-n-howl sounded spot-on powerful.
It remained so for the duration as the San Diego four-piece cranked out its trademark grungy sound with palatable pop edges. Weiland shimmied, swiveled and shook through “Vasoline,” “Interstate Love Song” and the Nirvana-inspired “Creep,” which had the entire theater in a Bic-lighted sing-along.
STPs surprise triumph put a positive spin on a so-so afternoon of music, made strange by the volatile booze-marinated crowd.
Short sets from WBCN Rumble winners Girls, Guns and Glory; the Dropkicks-meets-Bosstones super group Street Dogs; and Knoxville, Tenn., quintet 10 Years were mostly ho-hum. Everlast, aka Erik Schrody, added diversity to the lineup with his all-black White Folks band cooking up a heavy bottom end. Schrody’s punchy metallic blues was augmented with plenty of hip-hop attitude .
Before a spirited but musically miserable set of selections from Hermosa Beach’s Pennywise, Richard Patrick and his new incarnation of Filter tried their best to rile the throng into a frenzy. Patrick’s performance was inspired and, once warmed up, his vocals were riveting. But things didn’t really gel at River Rave until Weiland turned up and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief.
That his performance was of such amazing quality was an unexpected joy.
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Apples in Stereo
Artist: Apples in Stereo
Genre(s):
Indie
Other
Discography:
New Magnetic Wonder
Year: 2007
Tracks: 24
Fun Trick Noisemaker
Year: 1995
Tracks: 13
Sunny pop stria the Apples in Stereo were one of the leading lights of the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, a clique of like-minded, lo-fi indie groups -- including the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Secret Square -- world Health Organization shared musicians, ideas, and sensibilities. They were light-emitting diode by singer/songwriter Robert Schneider, a native of the diminutive townsfolk of Ruston, LA, also home to Jeff Mangum (by and by of Neutral Milk Hotel) as well as William Cullen Hart and Bill Doss (world Health Organization formed the Olivia Tremor Control). Throughout high school, the wishful musicians -- all influenced by the likes of the Beatles, the Zombies, Pink Floyd, and Sonic Youth -- exchanged home recordings and played in each other's bands.
After college, Schneider and Mangum relocated to Denver, CO, where Schneider stricken up a friendship with fellow Beach Boys fan and bass player Jim McIntyre; after recruitment drummer Hilarie Sidney and guitarist Robert Parfitt, they formed the Apples and issued their self-titled debut EP on the Elephant 6 label. To keep off confusion with other similarly named bands, they officially became the Apples in Stereo for 1995's full-length debut, Sport Trick Noisemaker. In 1996, Schneider produced the Olivia Tremor Control's Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle and later in the year the Apples issued Science Faire, a compendium of singles and rare corporeal.
The Apples in Stereo returned in the fall of 1997 with Tone Soul Evolution; shortly after its button, the band sign a distribution apportion with Sire and the album was re-released in January of the next year. The splendid Her Wallpaper Reverie followed in the bounce of 1999, and a year later the band returned with the equally rattling The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone. The mathematical group likewise contributed a song to 2000's Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by the Powerpuff Girls, and in 2001 they released the Let's Go! EP, which featured the track from Heroes & Villains on with a cover of the Beach Boys classic of the same name. In fall 2002, Schneider and the Apples in Stereo issued their well-nigh challenging cause to date, Velocity of Sound. Soon later on the band went on hiatus with members focussing on other projects (Schneider with Marbles and Ulysses, Sidney with the High Water Marks).
In 2006 they reconvened to record New Magnetic Wonder for worker Elijah Wood's new label, Simian (in conjunction with Yep Roc). Before the record strike the shelves, the band's lineup suffered a blow with the going of Sidney in late 2006. Her replacement, the Deathray Davies frontman John Dufilho, was added to a band that apart from Schneider too included ex-Olivia Tremor Control fellow member Bill Doss on keyboards, guitar player John Hill, and bassist Eric Allen. The band was minded a boost by the appearance of Schneider, telling "Sir Leslie Stephen, Stephen" -- his ode to the good looks of Stephen Colbert-- on the notorious "Jet Screen Challenge" episode of The Colbert Report.
Billy Corgan
Artist: Billy Corgan
Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
Indie
Discography:
TheFutureEmbrace
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
The Future Embrace
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
As the Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan was one of alt-rock's leaders and focal points for practically of the '90s. Born on March 17, 1967, in Elk Grove, IL, Corgan's first straight exposure to music came from his church Father, Bill Corgan, Sr., world Health Organization was a vapours guitarist. After his parents divorced at an early old age, Corgan stirred from one relative to the side by side, and by geezerhood 14, he began playacting guitar himself (citing such hard stone bands as Cheap Trick and Van Halen as authoritative early influences). In 1985, Corgan formed his first real band, a goth metallic element group called the Marked. After gigging around the Chicago area, the Marked presently resettled from Illinois to St. Petersburg, FL, in avocation of greener musical pastures. However, the change of scenery did little to improve the group's fortunes, and so the Marked disbanded and Corgan stirred back north, into his father's business firm in Chicago.
Functional at a record shop, Corgan began putt the pieces together for his side by side band, which would be the Smashing Pumpkins. He befriended guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy, and the ternion started to play in parallel bars and clubs around Chicago with a drum simple machine in place of a real drummer. But from the advice of a friend, Corgan checked out local jazz spinal fusion drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, world Health Organization like a shot landed the fizgig with his powerful, John Bonham-esque drumming fashion (one of the quartet's number 1 shows was opening for Jane's Addiction). Like the Marked, the Pumpkins integrated a dreary alternative profound with metal, merely likewise gave it a psychedelic and observational twist. Several independent singles light-emitting diode to a deal with Caroline Records, world Health Organization issued their debut, Gish, in 1991. A sadly underrated guitar player, Corgan's barbarian, Jimi Hendrix-esque playing was an integral region of the early-Pumpkins profound.
With each subsequent album (1993's classical Siamese Dream, 1995's double-album Mellon Collie), the Pumpkins grew in popularity, until they were one of rock's top dogs by the mid to later '90s. A very proficient ballad maker, Corgan contributed Pumpkins songs to picture soundtracks (Singles, Lost Highway, Batman & Robin), supplied the musical grievance for such movies as Stigmata and Ransom money, and produced albums for such former artists as Ric Ocasek, Hole, and Catherine. After the Pumpkins split in 2000, many put on Corgan would automatically follow a solo life history, but short after playacting various shows with New Order as a sideman/guitarist in the summer of 2001, Corgan announced his next project would be a new band. Called Zwan, the group featured Corgan joined by erstwhile bandmate Chamberlin on drums, as well as Matt Sweeney (from Chavez) on guitar and David Pajo (Papa M/Slint) on bass. Pajo presently touched all over to guitar with the additional of bassist Paz Lenchantin (at one time of A Perfect Circle), and the quintuplet released their debut album, Mary Star of the Sea, in January 2003. However, by September Zwan had disbanded in a cloud of bandmember angst and discomfited ego, and Corgan announced that he would eventually remove the plunk as a solo artist. The following year establish him popping up at Chicago-area spoken word nights, and in October 2004 he issued the poetry compendium Blinking With Fists (Faber and Faber). At the like time he was working on the solo debut with collaborators Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris (Nitzer Ebb). The ambitious, very personal Future Embrace appeared in June 2005. Guests on the album included drummer Chamberlin and the Cure's Robert Smith.
Gethin and Camilla off the dancefloor
Eagles - Walsh Unhappy With Eagles Perfectionism
Rocker JOE WALSH secretly hates the fact his band the EAGLES operate outside the music industry - because there are no record label executives setting them deadlines.
The guitarist insists that fact combined with modern studio technology allows band leader Don Henley to perfect every note in every song - and spend months in the studio.
Walsh admits his bandmate's perfectionist nature can be "maddening," revealing Henley wanted to spend another six months tweaking the group's most recent release, double album Long Road Out of Eden.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "You have to have a lot of patience. I love him (Henley) like a brother, but a really bad thing happened to the Eagles: somebody went and invented (computer recording software) Pro Tools. Digital editing.
"Now we can replace every note! And so we do! We can replace the space in between notes where there's no music. And so we do... Because we can."
And, though Walsh likes the band's independence, he feels a record company boss could save time.
He adds, "At least when we had a record company, there was always somebody saying, `You're done! We're going to put it out! You spent your advance.'"
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Dennis Farina - Farina Apologises After Gun Arrest
Actor DENNIS FARINA has issued a public apology following his arrest for felony weapons possession charges.
The What Happens In Vegas star was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning (11May08) after a loaded gun was found in his briefcase.
The star was charged with carrying a concealed weapon following the discovery of the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol.
The former Chicago police officer was released on Sunday night after posting $35,000 (GBP17,500) bail.
Farina says, "I apologise to anyone and everyone that I have caused any embarrassment or inconvenience to. It is my own stupidity to find myself in this embarrassing situation."
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Notorious B.I.G. star is announced
The actor who will play the murdered rapper Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., in the new biopic 'Notorious' has been announced.
Actor Jamal Woolard will play Wallace in the film, with Angela Bassett playing Wallace's mother, Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke playing Sean Combs and Anthony Mackie playing Tupac Shakur.
Commenting on Woolard's casting, Voletta Wallace said: "Finding B.I.G. was a task in itself and I'm honoured that so many young men came out to audition for the role. However, it was Jamal's charming personality, warm spirit, wonderful sense of humour and beautiful smile that won my heart. He is a talented and charismatic actor and I am excited that he will bring Christopher's character to the big screen."
'Notorious' begins filming in New York on 24 March.
Actor Jamal Woolard will play Wallace in the film, with Angela Bassett playing Wallace's mother, Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke playing Sean Combs and Anthony Mackie playing Tupac Shakur.
Commenting on Woolard's casting, Voletta Wallace said: "Finding B.I.G. was a task in itself and I'm honoured that so many young men came out to audition for the role. However, it was Jamal's charming personality, warm spirit, wonderful sense of humour and beautiful smile that won my heart. He is a talented and charismatic actor and I am excited that he will bring Christopher's character to the big screen."
'Notorious' begins filming in New York on 24 March.
Irish interest in BBC's new Oliver show
After Saturday's selection show, there is Irish interest in the final two dozen for the new BBC talent series 'I'd Do Anything'.
The winners will play Nancy and Oliver in the upcoming West End revival of the classic Lionel Bart musical 'Oliver!'.
Jessie, 18, from Kerry, Niamh, 17, from Northern Ireland, and Rachel, 26, from Northern Ireland, are the three female Irish contestants competing to play Nancy. Gareth, 12, from Derry, is among the dozen Oliver hopefuls.
As with previous BBC hit musical talent searches 'Any Dream Will Do' and 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?', 'I'd Do Anything' will be presented by Graham Norton and feature Andrew Lloyd Webber, Denise Van Outen and John Barrowman as judges.
The producers have also added writer, actor and Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries to the judging panel.
Irish contestants have had success on the show before; Galway native Aoife Mulholland was famously fourth to Connie Fisher in 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?', and the pair are currently sharing singing duties in the stage musical of the 'Sound of Music' in London.
The first public vote and eliminations will take place on Saturday, 29 March.
The winners will play Nancy and Oliver in the upcoming West End revival of the classic Lionel Bart musical 'Oliver!'.
Jessie, 18, from Kerry, Niamh, 17, from Northern Ireland, and Rachel, 26, from Northern Ireland, are the three female Irish contestants competing to play Nancy. Gareth, 12, from Derry, is among the dozen Oliver hopefuls.
As with previous BBC hit musical talent searches 'Any Dream Will Do' and 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?', 'I'd Do Anything' will be presented by Graham Norton and feature Andrew Lloyd Webber, Denise Van Outen and John Barrowman as judges.
The producers have also added writer, actor and Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries to the judging panel.
Irish contestants have had success on the show before; Galway native Aoife Mulholland was famously fourth to Connie Fisher in 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?', and the pair are currently sharing singing duties in the stage musical of the 'Sound of Music' in London.
The first public vote and eliminations will take place on Saturday, 29 March.
Guitar great Jeff Healey dies, 41
Jeff Healey, the Canadian guitarist who sold over a million copies of his debut album 'See the Light' and starred opposite Patrick Swayze in 'Road House', has died.
Healey, who was 41, had battled cancer throughout his life and died on Sunday in Toronto.
As an infant Healey lost his eyesight due to retino blastoma, a rare form of cancer.
He began playing the guitar when he was three-years-old and developed a style of playing the guitar across his lap while seated.
Discovered by the legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Toronto bar at 15, Healey put together his first band at 17 and later found fame with his trio The Jeff Healey Band.
The trio's debut, 'See the Light', was Grammy-nominated and gave them a US hit with the track 'Angel Eyes'.
Healey explored early jazz on his later albums but had completed work on his first rock and blues album in eight years, 'Mess of Blues'. It was due for release in Europe on 20 March.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Healey, who was 41, had battled cancer throughout his life and died on Sunday in Toronto.
As an infant Healey lost his eyesight due to retino blastoma, a rare form of cancer.
He began playing the guitar when he was three-years-old and developed a style of playing the guitar across his lap while seated.
Discovered by the legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Toronto bar at 15, Healey put together his first band at 17 and later found fame with his trio The Jeff Healey Band.
The trio's debut, 'See the Light', was Grammy-nominated and gave them a US hit with the track 'Angel Eyes'.
Healey explored early jazz on his later albums but had completed work on his first rock and blues album in eight years, 'Mess of Blues'. It was due for release in Europe on 20 March.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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