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Archive for March 17th, 2008
Robbie Williams’ obsession with extra-terrestrials has just jumped to lightspeed.
The beardy pop guru has been spending his free time — which is about 18 hours, seven days a week — visiting observatories in the Arizona desert. Rob has been peering through telescopes looking into space for signs of life on other planets.
Surely writing a new album is more important than staring at the heavens like eccentric TV host Patrick Moore?
Robbie has been visiting the National Optical Astronomy Observatories in Tucson, Arizona, to do his stargazing. He has become so obsessed with his new hobby he is planning to buy an observatory — a mere snip at $5million.
More money than sense, eh?
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Mar
08
James Blunt’s club near miss
Never mind handbags; it was chinos at dawn at Prince Harry’s fave clubbing haunt Boujis at the weekend.
Posh singer James Blunt was charming the starched rugby tops off two posh young ladies when suddenly things turned ugly and one toff bottled another just a few yards away at the London hangout.
Never too posh for a good old drunken brawl eh?
17
Mar
08
Nickleback front man charged
Canadian judge allowed ‘blowing in the face’ evidence in a Driving Under the Influence case against Nickleback lead singer, Chad Kroeger, real name Chad Robert Turton.
Kroeger’s defense claimed the evidence to be unconstitutional, which the Judge acknowledged, but still ruled that it could be accepted. He claimed ‘The nature of the breach can best be described as technical, and will not affect the fairness of the trial.’
Kroeger has pleaded not guilty to the charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08, despite the fact that his blood-alcohol level was .14.He was stopped for speeding while driving his red $176,000 Lamborghini at about 2 a.m. on June 22, 2006, in British Columbia.
17
Mar
08
Avril Kicks of Tour
Avril Lavigne kicked off her world tour in Canada on Thursday night. And if the ticket sales are anything to go by, you know it sucked. But if you’re still an Avril believer, the reviewer for the Victoria Times Colonist who admitted to liking her music only had this to say: “For the most part, I like Lavigne’s music and have taken it upon myself to argue the point repeatedly to the non-fans who will listen. But Wednesday night wasn’t an occasion I would go on the record for with unwavering support. Granted, it was the opening night of her world tour – which includes 15 dates in Canada – but the so-billed Best Damn Tour wasn’t even the Somewhat OK Damn Tour; it was just plain disappointing. ” Ouch!
Madonna is set to be inducted into ‘The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ on March 10 in New York. Justin Timberlake will be inducting her but do you want to know who’s going to perform for her? According to Rolling Stone, Iggy & the Stooges are set to perform for the Queen of Pop at this year’s induction ceremony. It may seem like an odd choice but both Madonna and the band are Detroit natives and Iggy Pop also opened for her at the Dublin stop during her Reinvention Tour back in 2004. It’s not so weird anymore.
Other acts to perform include Patti LaBelle for Gamble & Huff, Damien Rice for Leonard Cohen, James Cotton for Little Walter and John Mellencamp and the Ventures which are both being inducted as well.
17
Mar
08
American Idol Denies Faking It
I wrote about American Idol contestant – as of last Thursday, American Idol wannabe – Robbie Carrico having a full head of fake hair. Even AI judge Simon Cowell perhaps took shots at the piece when he told Robbie that his performance “just never ever felt real”. But the guy is singing a different tune. Robbie told People last Friday that he’s been growing his head of hair for a very long time and that it’s ridiculous that the media came up with something like that. So what were the spies inside Idol talking about with the Idol officials freaking out over his hair? I guess he just can’t accept the fate that gravity has given to his hairline.
17
Mar
08
Pete Doherty Musical
Pete Doherty and his former band mate Carl Barat are getting back together. But sorry Libertines fans, it’s not in the way that you think. The two are actually reuniting to work on a musical. London’s Donmar Warehouse theatre commissioned the musical which is expected to premiere in early 2009. The old music partners are supposed to start work on it come next week at Pete’s home. Barat is said to expect that they’ll be able to write 20 new songs for the musical which will be about the drama surrounding an up and coming band. I wonder if the band in the musical will be torn apart due to severe drug abuse of one of its members.
