Archive for April, 2008

Madonna — With Special Guest Justin Timberlake — Rips Through A Furiously Paced Set In NYC

Madonna (with special guest Justin Timberlake) ripped through a furiously paced set at New York’s Roseland Ballroom, performing “4 Minutes,” “Music” and more.

The Game Dedicates Track To Murdered Bell

Rapper THE GAME has dedicated a song on his new album to slain SEAN BELL, in a bid to highlight ‘police corruption’.
The hip-hop star wrote new track 911 Is A Joke following the controversial verdict surrounding the Bell case.
Bell was gunned down in New York in 2006. Last week (25Apr08), three New York [...]

Dash Custody Row Hots Up

Music mogul DAMON DASH has been accused of taking his teenage son to visit a relative’s dead body in a morgue.
Linda Williams - the mother of Dash’s 16-year-old son Damon Dash II - has added the claim to her ongoing custody battle with the star.
She insists the star took their son to a [...]

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz Calls Lawsuit Over Fight With Heckler ‘Entirely Without Merit’

Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz called a lawsuit against him over a fight with a heckler “entirely without merit.”

Thom Yorke: no more free Radiohead albums

The In Rainbows experiment is now over, according to the Radiohead frontman. Next: they’ll release their album as a meal. Maybe.

Mark Ronson to helm ‘Kaiser Chiefs mk.III’

The Kaiser Chiefs are back ‘hard at work’. And they’ve hired the porducer du jour to work with them

Fratellis defy their knockers

In the news: The Scottish indie rockers’ new LP has won the approval of the Sun’s breast-obsessed showbiz editor. Plus: Richards’ slight on Bowie and Amy’s post-prison-visit lovebite

Bob Stanley on Tony Palmer’s film All You Need Is Love

Rock: Is it possible to tell the entire history of popular music? Bob Stanley on the riveting highs and hilarious lows of an epic attempt by one British film-maker

Was (Not Was), Islington Academy, London

3 stars Islington Academy, London

MacMillan premiere, Barbican, London

2 stars Barbican, London