Coldplay’s Chris Martin showcased a new song last night (2nd September) during a surprise appearance at an Apple event where a new iTunes ‘Ping’ social music network and improvements for the iPod and Apple TV were unveiled.
The singer performed ‘Wedding Bells’ at the end of a press conference for the company’s new products at the Yerba Buena Centre in San Francisco which was also screened live on TV screens at The Brewery in east London.
Introducing the track, Martin, who was wearing a white Flaming Lips t-shirt, joked: “This is a new song called ‘Coldplay 2.6′ and it has a lot of new features, it features seven different kinds of chords and even a new one that our closest rivals have no idea about,” before adding: “This could be the only time you ever hear it. It could go terribly wrong but we’ll see what happens.”
The soft piano ballad featured the lyrics: “Wedding bells are ringing/I don’t want to swallow such a bitter pill/I always loved you and I always will.”
Earlier the Coldplay frontman also played ‘Yellow’ and their Number One single ‘Viva La Vida’ which Martin revealed: “Our record company said this is not a hit single. But with the weight of Apple, they managed to turn it into a very successful single. So thank you.”
Francesca Spero, a woman who claims she launched hip-hop mogul, P. Diddy’s, career, is suing him for $12 million, alleging she was sacked by his firm Bad Boy for being old and disabled, after she had to undergo hip surgery in 2008.
According to the 51 year old’s claim, Diddy, real name Sean Combs, was ‘unsympathetic to her condition’ and tried to push her out of the company.
In March 2010, she was fired and replaced by a woman much younger who ‘lacked the skill set and experience Spero brought to the position.’
Spero’s lawyer Laurie Berke-Weiss said, ‘Francesca Spero opened the door for Combs’ career and, now that she’s 51, he showed her the door at Bad Boy.’
According to her lawsuit, after surgery to treat a hip misalignment, he allegedly said she earned too much money for “someone who could no longer keep up with his fast-paced lifestyle” and fired her.
Spero also admitted to checking herself into a substance abuse treatment facility in December 2008 after problems with prescription pain killers and alcohol.
Check out one of Diddy’s more recent hits with Pharrell here!
Lauryn Hill has slowly been popping up in more and more places over the last few months as she continues to make progress on her new album.
The album still doesn’t have a title or a release date, but it’s certainly going to be all about her.
‘I have respect for what people do,’ Hill said in an interview with MTV. ‘I also like to hear the eclectics, I like to hear the mixture. There’s a lot of different creative energies out there right now. I respect the different sounds that I’m hearing. It’s been such a long time since I’ve gotten my voice and my ideas [out]. In terms of collaborations, that’s not even something I’ve been thinking about per se. I’m happy that people are still making music. That we still have a platform with which to make music. It’s gonna be interesting to see what the future holds.’
She added that she thinks the current music industry has an ‘interesting energy’ and that the fact that it’s different is ‘not necessarily a bad thing’.
This will be Hill’s first album since her one and only solo studio album, ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ from 1998.
She was also a member of The Fugee’s, who were catapulted to worldwide success with their 1996 album ‘The Score’.
Check out some old school Lauryn from back in the day, before her new album is released!
The ‘Rehab’ singer has reportedly told her close friend he could move into her new house in Camden, north London, because he needs a base in the English capital while working.
‘Amy has offered Pete a place to stay while he’s in London working on The Libertines comeback,’ says a source close to the singer.
‘She thinks a lot of him and they’ve been through a lot together so she wants to help him out. ‘
However, friends of 26-year-old Amy, who has previously battled drug addiction and is said to be trying to curb her partying lifestyle, worry about the impact living with Pete could have on both their battles to stay clean and sober.
The source added, ‘Pals are worried because they are bad influences on each other.’
Amy and Pete previously worried fans in 2008 when they posted a series of bizarre videos of themselves playing with mice on YouTube.
The ‘Back to Black’ star’s father Mitch Winehouse has previously spoken about his disapproval over her friendship with the ‘What A Waster’ hitmaker.
He said: ‘I do worry about people like Pete Doherty. He’s a scumbag. I flipped when I saw him sitting with Amy backstage at her Brixton gig. That night I went crazy. My wife thought I was going to have a heart attack, I was apoplectic.’
Axl Rose is making his disgust known as Guns N Roses’ Leeds Festival set is cut short.
At the Reading Festival, Guns N Roses came on an hour late and had their set curtailed by the UK’s noise restriction laws which prevent festivals from carrying on after midnight.
The band returned to play their Leeds Festival headliner with the same snarky attitude, Rose claiming that the promoters were cutting them off again.
NME reports that Rose said from the stage at 11:20pm, “We would like to play a few more songs for you tonight. But someone is telling us the show’s over. This war ain’t over yet.”
He claimed that the band were told earlier that they could perform until 11:58pm, but the Leeds and Reading festival boss Melvin Benn refuted the claim.
Following the outburst, the Gunners did an encore of ‘Paradise City’ and left, Rose telling the audience ‘Be safe getting out of here. And for the problems with the promoters: f**k you.’
Despite Axl’s combative statements, Benn said that he would ‘definitely’ book the band again but doubts he’ll “be getting a Christmas card from them, which is a shame because tonight was great”.
The ‘Bleeding Love’ singer, who was reportedly drinking alcohol with pals, had been watching the ‘Burn The Floor’ musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre, when she amazed theatregoers during a break in the performance when she started re-enacting sexy dance moves from the show and shouting about how she had a crush on one of the show’s female dancers.
“Leona seemed very impressed with Venezuelan dancer Karen Hauer. She kept shouting out: ‘She’s so hot!’ ” one source claims.
The 25-year-old beauty recently split from her boyfriend of 10 years, Lou Al-Chamaa, but has since been flooded with male attention.
She was spotted swapping numbers with The Wanted singer Max George, and went on a date with a mystery man to a zoo in Germany.
However, Leona’s new party-girl persona has come as a surprise, as the pop star has previously blasted people who drink alcohol to have fun as having a “stupid mindset”.
She previously said: “I find some people’s attitude to drinking ridiculous. I think it’s so funny that people think you have to drink in order to have fun. It’s such a stupid mindset! A lot of my friends are like, ‘I need a drink to get on the dance floor!’ I don’t need that ‘help me to relax’ thing. If I’m around my friends then I can really relax and have a good time, that’s all I need. I don’t need alcohol.”
The ‘Gravity’ singer ‘ who split from the 41-year-old beauty in August 2008, began dating her again in October that year before separating for the second time in March 2009 ‘ admits he is a strong believer in “second chances”, and that it’s important for him to “be with” the one he loves.
Speaking during a concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, he said: “I believe in second chances! You might have been a pain in the a*s the last time around, but you can still start over again from home base. Next time you get a text from the one you love just text back ‘come over’ - no matter what happened in the past. If you really love someone, just tell them and be with them.”
John was performing for fans at the venue on Sunday, when he spoke candidly for the crowd.
A woman believed to be Jennifer was spotted sitting in the audience, although John’s spokesperson refused to confirm she was there.
Despite previously splitting from Jennifer, the 32-year-old singer ‘ who has also dated Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jessica Simpson ‘ recently revealed he had “never really gotten over” their relationship.
Only time will tell before the reconciliation is officially announced.
The ‘Glee’ star, who plays geeky singer Rachel Berry in the high-school based musical TV show, thinks she had trouble being cast on television because of her looks.
She said, ‘I came out to Los Angeles with the hopes of taking a break from New York and the stage and maybe getting a little guest spot. I was always told that I was too ethnic, or not pretty enough, or too much this or not enough of that.’
However, her audition for ‘Glee’ went well because the show’s creator Ryan Murphy remembered her from a brief meeting in 2007, where the pair discussed Barbara Streisand.
She explained, ‘I was working on Broadway in New York, and the Broadway strike happened, and my co-star was working on a pilot with Ryan Murphy out here in Los Angeles.
‘I met Ryan… and we just had a great night talking about Barbara Streisand and our shared love for her and musical theatre and what not ‘ and I never saw him ever again.
”Glee’ was the first audition I went on in Los Angeles and Ryan was there, and I went, ‘Do you remember me?’ and he was like, ‘Of course I remember you.’ After going through the studio and the network, he then told me that he had written it with me in mind.’
Ever wonder what the world would be like if the daily news was brought to us each morning by fortune-tellers or psychics? Living day to day wondering whether the previous day’s predictions would actually come to pass?
Neither have we.
I know that I’m a Guru… but am I also a psychic? I’ve always wanted to find out. That’s why I’m now going to call upon the music gods and attempt to predict what will happen in the music world over the next two weeks. I may be right, I may be wrong, but either way, it’s going to be ridiculous.
Sunday 15 August - Bono realizes his true calling and joins a monastery… that he built himself. (No wonder he hurt his back!) Y/N
Monday 16 August - Justin Bieber hits puberty. His voice now sounds more like Barry White than Beegees singer Barry Gibbs. Y/N
Tuesday 17 August - Marilyn Manson realizes the error of his ways and organizes a hippie-jam festival. Donates black eye shadow and lipstick to Sephora. Y/N
Wednesday 18 August - Kanye West’s ego gets so big that it becomes its own separate person. The original Kanye finally understands the ‘fishsticks’ joke. Y/N
Thursday 19 August - Katy Perry’s summer hit ‘California Gurls’ is voted the most popular song in the world, and she launches her own line of cupcake-bras. Russell Brand loves the idea. Y/N
Friday 20 August - Victoria Beckham calls for another Spice Girls reunion tour. The other girls agree, but would rather have Posh replaced by Cheryl Cole. Y/N
Saturday 21 August - Lady Gaga officially becomes the ruler of the world. She orders all national anthems to be replaced by one of her songs. Madonna becomes Gaga’s jester. Y/N
Sunday 22 August - Kylie Minogue reveals that she is not actually Australian, but rather a man-made robot that is programmed to continue singing pop songs until she is 70. Y/N
Monday 23 August - Britney Spears‘ sons begin kindergarten. Britney dresses them up in matching Circus ringleader outfits with baby boa constrictors around their necks. Y/N
Tuesday 24 August - Bob Dylan refuses to go on stage because people are confusing him for Mick Jagger. He then sails away on his magic swirlin’ ship. Y/N
Wednesday 25 August - It is discovered that Usher and Jason Derulo are actually the same person. No one is surprised. Y/N
Thursday 26 August - French house pioneers Daft Punk finally take off their helmets. It turns out they are aliens who were brought to Earth to rid the world of crap dance music. David Guetta is their leader. Y/N
Friday 27 August - JLS decide to kick Aston Merrygold out of the group, claiming that the amount of girls throwing themselves at him has become “dangerously overwhelming.” Y/N
Saturday 28 August - Muse takes the winning submission of our FanShake competition and actually decide to start exploring space to conquer a new planet. (You’re welcome, guys…) Y/N
Sunday 29 August - Lady Gaga’s reign as ruler of the world comes to an untimely end when her little monsters stage a mutiny. Madonna takes over. Y/N
Check back daily to see if any of my predictions come true over the next two weeks!
*Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only. If any of this actually happens, it is purely coincidental. And, frankly, kind of amazing…
