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Singer Kim Ji-hoon Commits Suicide

Sunday, December 15th, 2013

Kim Ji-hoon of the duo Duke was found dead in an apparent suicide in a hotel room in Seoul on Thursday. Police said Kim was found hanging from a noose in the shower booth of the room in the early afternoon.

A friend found his body after Kim did not show up for a lunch appointment. The singer...

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Dying Singer Ray Price Sends Farewell Message to Fans

Saturday, December 14th, 2013

Entering what his wife calls his “final days,” country music star Ray Price is ending all aggressive treatment for his pancreatic cancer and left an East Texas hospital on Thursday to begin receiving hospice care at home.

Price was discharged from the East Texas Medical Center in...

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16-Year-Old Singer Called ‘More Elvis than Elvis’

Friday, December 13th, 2013

A Quebec teenager is getting a lot of attention for an appearance he made on a radio station singing Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas.”

Some say, he did it better than the King.

David Thibault 16, stunned radio station staff at CKOI Quebec this week with his pitch-perfect guitar...

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Justin Bieber Calls Woman a Beached Whale

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Justin Bieber will bring you up and then bring you down. Just when we think he is going to rebuild his image and stop acting like a spoiled brat, he hits you with this one. While in Australia, Justin had the indecency to say some pretty rude things to a girl who wasn’t even seeking his attention.

Just...

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Miley Cyrus Named MTV’s Best Artist of 2013

Wednesday, December 11th, 2013

Miley Cyrus, the pop star who caused a sensation with her raunchy performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, was named best artist of 2013 by the cable TV network on Tuesday.

MTV said the singer dominated the music charts and the headlines with the release of her album “Bangerz,”...

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Singer Tulisa Charged Over Supplying Drugs

Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

Singer and former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has been charged with allegedly being involved with supplying Class A drugs.

A 35-year-old man has also been charged in connection with the same inquiry. They will appear in court next Thursday.

The Sun has defended its actions over...

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Singer Susan Boyle Reveals She Has Asperger’s Syndrome

Monday, December 9th, 2013

Scottish singer Susan Boyle says she has a form of autism known as Asperger’s syndrome, a diagnosis she says came as a relief after years of believing she had brain damage.

Boyle, 52, told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Saturday she had sought help from a Scottish specialist...

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Kanye West: ‘My Next Album Is Going to Be Eight Songs’

Sunday, December 8th, 2013

Kanye West has made great effort to position himself as an artbiter of art and design recently, highlighting the influence of Swiss architect Le Corbusier on Yeezus and comparing himself to performance artist Marina Abramovic in interviews.

The rapper and producer elaborated on these aesthetic...

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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ Lyrics Sell for $197,000

Saturday, December 7th, 2013

A handwritten, early draft of the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 hit “Born to Run” fetched $197,000 at auction at Sotheby’s, according to the Associated Press.

The auction house claimed the copy once belonged to the Boss’ former manager, Mike Appel, but would...

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Bob Dylan Being Probed for Racism by French Government

Friday, December 6th, 2013

Singer Bob Dylan is being probed by French authorities in relation to alleged racist comments.

Classic Rock is reporting that CRICCF, the organization which looks after the interests of Croatians living in France raised a complaint regarding Dylan’s comments in the September 2012 issue...

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Jamaican Reggae Singer Junior Murvin Dies, Aged 67

Thursday, December 5th, 2013

Reggae singer Junior Murvin, best known for the 1976 hit song Police and Thieves, has died in Jamaica aged 67.

His son, Keith Smith, said Murvin died in hospital in Port Antonio on Monday.

The cause of his death has not been established although the singer was being treated for diabetes...

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Morrissey Rips Obama for ‘Thankskilling’ Turkey Pardon

Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

Morrissey is not a fan of the annual turkey pardon that takes place at the White House around Thanksgiving – or, as Morrissey calls it, “Thankskilling.”

The singer, an outspoken vegan, says the tradition is “embarrassingly stupid” in a new note posted on the fan site...

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Leona Lewis Cuts a Phil Spector-Style Christmas Album

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Since she was first propelled into the spotlight after winning The X Factor in 2006, Leona Lewis has become a master of reinvention.

Her successful debut Spirit, best known for its ubiquitous single “Bleeding Love,” showed her balladeer side. Her next album, Echo, partially co-written...

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Lostprophets Appeal for Victims of Singer Ian Watkins to Come Forward

Monday, December 2nd, 2013

Ian Watkins’ former bandmates have urged any victims of the peadophile to come forward after the disgraced rock star admitted attempting to rape a baby last week.

Lostprophets members Jamie Oliver, Lee Gaze, Luke Johnson, Mike Lewis, Stuart Richardson released a joint statement on the...

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Kooks Singer Says Sorry for 1D Rant

Sunday, December 1st, 2013

The Kooks singer Luke Pritchard has apologised to Liam Payne for his Twitter rant about One Direction.

Luke told the boyband star that he’d deleted previous tweets in which he’d said One Direction didn’t make real music.

The She Moves In Her Own Way singer tweeted:...

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