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Closed music blogs getting back online
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The six music blogs unceremoniously dumped by Google are in the process of getting back online. All bar one have of the blogs has been restored, or moved to alternate webhosting after Google’s Blogger service pulled the plug on the six blogs amid claims of illegal hosting of copyrighted content.
The six blogs [...]
Pete Waterman to pen UK Eurovision entry
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Gigwise report that the man who gave the world Rick Astley, The Reynolds Girls, Steps and Sonia will be the man responsible for the UK’s 2010 Eurovision Song Contest entry.
The man in question is music mogul Pete Waterman who has written hit songs in the past for acts including Westlife and Kylie Minogue [...]
Radiohead guitarist blasts music industry over piracy
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Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has taken a swipe at the music industry for not moving quickly enough in the digital era says Music-news.com.
The debate surrounding music piracy in the digital age has been raging back-and-forth since the early days of Napster, but O’Brien nailed his colours onto the ‘for’ side [...]
Jedward to release debut single in February
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Incessantly annoying X-Factor failures Jedward have issued the news that people dreaded to hear: the bee-hived twin duo are to release their debut single next month.
The twins, who have probably kept hair-gel sales for L’Oreal up for the next five years have teamed with failed rapper Vanilla Ice to record [...]
Nugent: Obama’s a Communist!
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Rocker Ted Nugent has never been one to shy away from causing a little controversy, but his latest outburst has been centred towards Barack Obama, the United States president.
Nugent’s latest tirade came as he spoke on the Fox Business Channel, as reported by Classic Rock Magazine. Nugent ranted about Obama and that [...]
N’Dubz star apologises over threatening text message
N-Dubz star Dappy has issued an apology to a woman for sending threatening text messages to her mobile phone.
During a N-Dubz interview on The Chris Moyles show, Chloe Moody sent in a text labelling the band as ‘losers’ and describing Dappy as ‘repulsive’. However, the next day she received a threatening message from Dappy [...]
BBC land in hot water over U2 album launch
The BBC has landed in hot water following its tie-up with U2. The Beeb has admitted that it breached its own guidelines by giving ‘undue prominence for commercial products or organisations’.
The BBC received numerous complaints following coverage of last year’s album launch of U2’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’ which included a concert on [...]
Heidi Montag performs Body Language at Miss Universe 2009
‘Star’ of the American version of Celebrity Love Island Heidi Montag featured in 2009’s Miss Universe competition with a performance of the song Body Language.
Montag last hit the headlines after appearing in Playboy and worrying how to tell her parents about the shoot. She wears a little more clothes for the Miss Universe performance [...]
Do You Wanna Date My Avatar
It seems to be a growing issue of geek pride – did you watch The Guild before they were famous? This blogger proudly announces he did (though he wonders whether the other GYBO’s bloggers would be so proud).
If you’ve not already heard of The Guild let alone watched them via Xbox Live then this latest [...]
Patrick Wolf throws a tantrum and chairs at c/o
What we have here is a classic example of a pop star unwilling to leave the stage. It’s clear from the video that he simply wanted to give the audience the best gig that he could. You can see he was determined to make sure they got value for money.
Look at the poor violinist though.
