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Last of Michael Jackson's creditors to force publication of accounts 
Posted on  01-10-2010 01:33:25 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Michael Jackson's final business manager has asked that unedited copies of financial records relating to Michael Jackson's estate be made public

Tohme Tohme agues that because the courts have allowed the estate to seal certain contracts and financial reports, creditors like him may be deprived of what they ...


  
Music board helps small business with rights wavier 
Posted on  27-11-2010 03:08:55 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Good news for owners of B&B's with three bedrooms or fewer will no longer need a licence from PRS For Music if you play music on your premises.

The move follows negotiations between the collecting society and tourism body Visit England, and is designed to remove ...


  
Kinks man to curate Meltdown Festival 
Posted on  27-11-2010 02:48:36 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Former Kinks man Ray Davies will curate next years Meltdown Festival.

The Lola singer will follow in the footsteps of Elvis Costello, and Morrissey, for the nine day music, arts, cinema and performances event at the Southbank Centre.

Earlier this week Davis was forced to cancel ...

  
Another music venue plays out – Kilburn Luminaire to close 
Posted on  25-11-2010 05:56:03 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

London’s live music industry took another blow today as Kilburn’s Luminaire has announced it will shut its doors at the end of the year.

Commercially speaking, it said, there is "no sense" in keeping the live music space open. The independent venue was popular with many London music ...


  
Akon 'threatens to burn' Michael Jackson tapes 
Posted on  25-11-2010 01:33:26 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Having firmly defended his posthumous Michael Jackson collaboration last week, after Will.i.am dubbed the whole new Jacko album "disrespectful", Akon has now announced that he may destroy remaining unfinished songs he recorded with the late king of pop.

Countering Will.i.am's claims that Jackson would not have been ...


  
Criminal gangs to “target small music festivals" in 2011 
Posted on  19-11-2010 02:03:23 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Smaller music festivals may become targets for criminal gangs in 2011, organisers have warned.

Security experts at the Festival Conference in London yesterday feared that the success of the bigger events like Reading or V in cracking down on crime would “push” thieves to smaller events.


  
Simon Cowell 'reports Heat Magazine to Press Complaints Commision' 
Posted on  18-11-2010 03:35:38 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Simon Cowell has reportedly lodged a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission over Heat magazine's recent claims that he knows the exact percentages of the weekly 'X-Factor' votes.

The gossip mag reckons that, because he knows how close things are each week between different 'X-Factor' contenders, Cowell can ...


  
Advertising Board ban Beyonce 'just too sexy' ad 
Posted on  18-11-2010 03:25:21 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

A new TV ad for Beyonce's perfume Heat has been deemed too raunchy for daytime broadcast.

The Advertising Standards Authority received fourteen complaints about the revealing advert it ordered that the ad only be aired after 7.30pm, presumably because that's when all easily offended children go to ...


  
X-Factor madness, is it just a big "fix" 
Posted on  10-11-2010 12:58:36 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Antonis Christodoulou

By Antonis Christodoulou

What is the point asks Antonis Christodoulou in a "talent show" with the result already decided?


It is no secret that last weekends X factor live show has been the most controversial yet. The departure of Treyc Cohen fuelled the suspicions that the ...

 
Crowds expected as Rihanna switches on Westfield Xmas lights 
Posted on  04-11-2010 02:13:24 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Crowds are expected to desend on Westfield shopping tonight as RnB star Rihanna switches on the Christmas lights.

Organisers hope the Umberella star is aware of the strict 'no animals' rule at the huge Shepherds Bush complex. Mariah Carey was disappointed last year when organisers ...


  
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