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UPDATE: Al Jarreau Getting Better
July 25, 2010 – There is much good news coming from Al Jarreau. The singer is finally feeling better after a scare on Thursday. Just before heading to the stage in Barcelonette the Grammy winner collapsed after feeling incredibly weak. He was suffering breathing problems and quickly moved to a Marseille hospital by helicopter Saturday. More

Grammy-winner Al Jarreau Hospitalized in France
July 24, 2010 – Al Jarreau fell ill just before taking the stage on Thursday. The Jazz legend was then hospitalized with respiratory problems, according to French health officials. Jarreau, 70, was ready for a concert in Barcelonette, in southern France near the Italian border, when he became weak. More

 

Slash Quits Smoking After Losing Mother To Lung Cancer
June 18, 2010 – Let’s face it, most people don’t change unless they have to. For Slash his big lifestyle switch came after he lost his mother to lung cancer. More

Miley Cyrus Calls Perez Hilton an Idiot over Crotchless Pics
June 18, 2010 – It seems with every post Perez Hilton is making more enemies but this time he may be in real hot water. The blogger posted a picture of 17-year-old Miley Cyrus supposedly without underwear (turns out the pics were fake) that could potentially be considered child pornography. More

Coldplay Finally Says Yes to Glee
June 18, 2010 – Bryan Adams does not want his music performed on Glee but Coldplay, after initially saying no, has finally caved and will let the popular musical TV program use their tunes. More

Adam Lambert Releases “If I Had You”
June 18, 2010 – You can say a lot of things about Adam Lambert but calling him boring just doesn’t work. His debut album ‘For Your Entertainment’ juggles as much inspiration from the seventies as it does on current musical playgrounds. More

Christina Aguilera: “I'm Just a Very Sexual Person By Nature”
June 17, 2010 - How one looks at sexuality can change with the arrival of a child. Though many things went topsy turvy for Christina Aguilera after having her son Max, the singer maintains that she’s still the same sexual being she was before being a mother. More

Coldplay Set to Release 5th Studio Album Before Years End
June 15, 2010 – I wonder if Coldplay is feeling a little pressure as they head into the home stretch of finishing their new album? The last project 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’ (the dumbest album title in history), from 2008, sold 8.1 million copies worldwide. More

Shakira Says She Could Pose Nude Someday
June 15, 2010 – Seems like Shakira is dangling carrots! The singer says even though she has no plans on posing nude she still believes there could be a change of plans someday. More

Fergie Puts Babies On Hold For Music
June 14, 2010 – Fergie says there will be lots of time for kids but, for now, her life circles around husband and actor Josh Duhamel and her band Black Eyed Peas. “Everyone tries to rush you into everything in the press these days,” say the singer, “but for me right now it’s all about Black Eyed Peas – there’s no room in my schedule to have a child.” More

 
BIRTHDAYS

June 19:
Brian Welch (Korn) (1969)
Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe) (1964)
Paula Abdul (1962)
Ann Wilson (Heart) (1950)

June 20:
Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson) (1972)
Murphy Karges (Sugar Ray) (1968)
John Taylor (Duran Duran) (1960)
Michael Anthony (Van Halen) (1955)
Cyndi Lauper (1953)
Lionel Richie (1949)
Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) (1942)

June 21:
Mike Einziger (Incubus) (1976)
Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) (1957)
Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) (1950)
Joey Molland (Badfinger) (1948)
Ray Davies (The Kinks) (1944)

June 22:
Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) (1970)
Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) (1964)
Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) (1959)
Gary Beers (INXS) (1957)
Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) (1956)
Alan Osmond (The Osmonds) (1949)
Todd Rundgren (1948)
Howard Kaylan (The Turtles) (1945)
Kris Kristofferson (1936)

June 23:
Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) (1962)

June 24:
Mario Calire (The Wallflowers) (1973)
Glenn Medeiros (1970)
Curt Smith (Tears For Fears) (1961)
Andy McCluskey (O.M.D.) (1959)
Astro (UB40) (1957)
John Illsley (Dire Straits) (1949)
Jeff Beck (1944)
Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) (1942)

June 25:
Candyman (1968)
George Michael (1963)
David Paich (Toto) (1954)
Tim Finn (Crowded House) (1952)
Ian McDonald (Foreigner) (1946)
Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) (1946)
Carly Simon (1945)

June 26:
Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) (1968)
Mark Decloedt (EMF) (1967)
Terri Nunn (Berlin) (1961)
Patty Smyth (1957)
Chris Isaak (1956)
Mick Jones (The Clash) (1955)
Billy Davis, Jr. (Fifth Dimension) (1940)

June 27:
Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) (1942)

June 28:
Bobby Harrison (Procol Harum) (1943)

June 29:
Stedman Pearson (Five Star) (1964)
Evelyn "Champagne" King (1960)
Colin Hay (Men At Work) (1954)
Ian Paice (Deep Purple / Whitesnake) (1948)

June 30:
Tom Drummond (Better Than Ezra) (1969)
Adrian Wright (Human League) (1956)
Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) (1953)
Andy Scott (Sweet) (1951)
Stanley Clarke (1951)
Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) (1944)
Lena Horne (1917)

NEW REVIEWS

A Disappointing Return for Sade
REVIEW - Sade – Soldier of Love
June 16, 2010 – There’s always been an understated value to everything that Sade does and sameness to her entire repertoire. That quality of old wine has served the singer/band well… until now. Unlike Norah Jones who has, at least, tried to mix-up-the-pot, Sade really needs to stop wearing the same dress to every party. More

NEW INTERVIEWS

 

 

Fergie Puts Babies On Hold For Music
June 14, 2010 – Fergie says there will be lots of time for kids but, for now, her life circles around husband and actor Josh Duhamel and her band Black Eyed Peas. “Everyone tries to rush you into everything in the press these days,” say the singer,  “but for me right now it’s all about Black Eyed Peas – there’s no room in my schedule to have a child.”

Fergie adds, “Even if I wanted to get pregnant, there’s no way I could perform on stage and be pregnant, I would feel too guilty.” She says it’s clear that once the babies come they will be first. “One thing at a time for me. There’s a saying, I forget who said it, but it was a really good quote that said women can have it all, just not all at once. It’s too much if you’re doing everything all at once.” – by John Beaudin

Perez Hilton Calls Will.i.am a “Faggot” and Gets His Ass Kicked
June 23, 2009 – Has Perez Hilton gotten too big for his own britches! That seems to be the case for some people. Following the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday the famous blogger was allegedly punched by Black Eyed Peas road manager Polo Molina at a nightclub in the city.

Molina turned himself in to Toronto police and was charged with assault yesterday.

Turns out Hilton got into a heated discussion with Black Eyed Peas member Fergie and Will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday. Hilton called Will.i.am "faggot," a gay slur after the musician told the blogger not to write about the Black Eyed Peas on perezhilton.com.

Hilton continued the anti-gay slurs on his website video saying, "He was like 'You need to respect me.' He was in my face. He was obviously trying to intimidate me and scare me, I was like 'I don't need to respect you. I don't respect you and I did say this, and I knew that it would be the worst thing I could possibly say to him because he was acting the way he was. I said 'You know what, I don't respect you and you're gay and stop being such a faggot.'"

Hilton who is openly gay was with singer Lady Gaga, who he promotes, almost at nauseum on his website and claims he was punched, from behind outside the club.

Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, has also angered the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) with his anti-gay slurs. GLAAD said that his diatribe was "dangerous.”

Rashad Robinson, Senior Director of Media Programs told eonline.com, "These are vulgar antigay slurs that feed a climate of hatred and intolerance toward our community. For someone in our own community to use it to attack another person by saying that it is 'The worst possible thing that thug would ever want to hear,' is incredibly dangerous."

"It legitimizes use of a slur that is often linked to violence against our community. And it sends a message that it is OK to attempt to dehumanize people by exploiting antigay attitudes."

Robinson also said, "We have reached out to Hilton and asked him to apologize for promoting this antigay slur, and we would ask media outlets to avoid repetition of the slur in their coverage of this story."

On his video Perez said, "Violence is never the an answer No matter what anyone says ... another person should never be hit. ... I know that I say things that can really upset people. That's never a reason to hit someone. I've been doing this for five years now, and nothing like this has ever happened to me. ... I've never had someone attack me like this. It's wrong, and I'm not going to stand for it. And Will.I.Am made a video and he lied. Will.i.Am is a coward and a disgusting human being for lying. And I'm making this video because I want to make it clear that I would never make up something like this. I would never lie about something so serious."

Perez continued, "Will.i.Am  comes into the club, sees me [and], like a heat-seeking missile, comes directly towards me and he says, 'Yo I need you to do me a favor, I need you to never write about my band on your Web site again,' right in my face, he was saying this, very aggressively. I was not wanting to antagonize him. ... He was screaming, and I said 'Listen, I can't make any promises, but I'll try,' And then he says 'Why are you disrespecting me?' ... And that's when I made the split-second decision that I was going to say what I thought was the worst possible thing that a thug would ever want to hear. ... I told him, 'And you know what, I don't need to respect you ... and you're a f--. You're gay and stop being such a f----t.' And I knew that was going to set him off, but I didn't want to get into a fight with this person, so we leave. [He] followed me outside of the club ... then his manager, Polo, whom I have met before, from behind, comes up to me, clocks me in the eye and punches me two or three times. I am in shock. I just did not know what to do."

We certainly don’t condone violence against Hilton or anyone but we think Perez has to do some checking in here. – by John Beaudin