Selena Gomez receives death threats from Justin Bieber fans

Selena Gomez has received a number of death threats from jealous fans of her boyfriend Justin Bieber.

The actress sparked outrage amongst fanatic Bieber admirers when pictures of her emerged larking about on holiday with the teen sensation.

The loved-up couple are currently on a romantic break in Maui, Hawaii, and have been spotted kissing and cuddling on the beach.

Selena, who at 18 is one year older than her 17-year-old beau, had to face bizarre and aggressive verbal attacks on social networking site Twitter.

"Stay away from Justin paedophile," one angry fan wrote, while another added: "I'm gonna kill ya in the night underneath your smell bed."

A third posted " Selena Gomez is dangerously close to a long, slow painful death."

A Facebook group named 'I hate Selena Gomez cuz she is dating my man' attracted thousands of members and also features numerous derogatory messages about the star.

Justin Bieber's fans are renowned for being passionate and loyal to their idol and his many devoted followers around the world helped him being named as the third most powerful entertainer in the world recently.

Liam Gallagher recalls stealing a bike years ago

Liam Gallagher stole a bicycle when he was young because he couldn't be bothered to walk home.

The singer made his name in rock band Oasis alongside his brother Noel Gallagher, and is now promoting his new group Beady Eye. He has revealed a naughty moment from his past, when he decided to help himself to someone else's property.

"Last time I stole was when I was a kid, man," Liam told Q Magazine. "A mountain bike. I was walking home and I thought, 'F**k this, I'm knackered, there's a bike there.' It wasn't locked up. It was outside some f**king shop. I thought, 'I'll have a go of that.' Took it home and sold it, 50 quid."

Now a father himself, Liam would never condone such behaviour. He has one child with wife Nicole Appleton and two kids from other relationships and says being a dad has changed him. When he was a young man his only thought was for himself, but now his loved ones and foremost in his mind at all times.

"I'd go and get f**king trolleyed," he revealed, when asked what he'd do if the world was ending. "But you don't want to be doing that when you've got kids, do you? You'd have to just go and grab your kids and you missus and have a f**king super-cuddle."

Pink has given birth to a baby girl

The 'Raise Your Glass' singer ' whose real name is Alecia Moore - revealed her and motocross racer husband Carey Hart are "ecstatic" with the arrival of their new daughter last night (02.06.11), and she took to her twitter account this morning (03.06.11) to announce her joy.

She tweeted: "We are ecstatic to welcome our new beautiful healthy happy baby girl, Willow Sage Hart. She's gorgeous, just like her daddy. beyondblessed."

The 31-year-old singer was thought to have been admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last night and preparing to give birth via caesarean section after reports the baby was breech, meaning the little one had entered the birth canal feet or buttocks first, rather than the usual head first way.

A source said: "Pink's baby was breech, so they were going to schedule a Caesarean section if the baby didn't correct its position.

"Her last check-up was on May 12 and she was expected to give birth three weeks from then, so today is perfect timing!"

Pink hinted yesterday her baby could have arrived when she tweeted: "New Moon in Gemini today :) a good time to start something new . Also called the Honey Moon."

The 'So What' singer confirmed she was pregnant in November last year, but admitted she was "nervous" about disclosing the news after previously suffering a miscarriage.

She said: "I didn't want to talk about it because I was just really nervous and I have had a miscarriage before. I worked for it. It was not an, 'Oops!' "

Busta Rhymes' new album is like a 'full course meal'

The rapper's comeback has seen him climb into the top ten of the US Billboard charts on 'Look at me Now' with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne, and he promises his ninth album will have a different "taste" to his previous work.

He told AllHipHop.com: "There's times when you gotta go back in the kitchen and find new seasonings to make the meat taste a little better when you feed the full course meal back to the streets.

"It was time for me to put together another full course meal that aint never been tasted the way this full course meal is gonna taste."

The rapper ' who's new record is rumoured to be a follow up to 1998's 'Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front' ' also said he feels "supreme" again and able to tackle sensitive subjects in his rhymes.

He added: "This is my s**t. I am back in a space where I can talk about the things I love to talk about and touch on things people are a little uncomfortable talking about and really expose the truths, and do it in a way where it's so extremely entertaining. I feel supreme right now."

Busta Rhymes' as yet untitled album will be released in September.

Dame Shirley Bassey drafted in to play Kate Moss wedding

Kate Moss has hired Dame Shirley Bassey to perform at her upcoming summer wedding.

The model, who is set to marry fiancé Jamie Hince on 2 July 2011, has been planning a country ceremony with a festival feel and has been thinking of hiring numerous musicians to perform at the reception.

But Kate reportedly had her heart set on the legendary singer because she represents 'true elegance, class and sophistication'.

'Dame Shirley was always top of her wish list for the wedding entertainment, and she's over the moon that she's agreed to perform for her,' a source told British newspaper The Sunday Mirror.

'Kate wanted high-end glamour and good old 'fashioned entertainment, and Dame Shirley was the perfect choice. She agreed to play the gig immediately and Kate can't wait for the big day. It will be a real highlight.'

According to the source, the 74-year-old soul-diva will receive 100,000 for her performance, but her decision to sing at Kate's wedding was never down to money.

The British fashion icon and the singer have been friends for years and have been pictured together on numerous occasions.

'She's got all the money she could ever need. She wanted to do it for Kate,' the source added. 'They have a real connection. Kate thinks she stands for true elegance, class and sophistication. As far as Kate's concerned she's only going to get married once so it has to be the day of her dreams. That's what she wants at her wedding.'

Paul Rodgers may tour with Queen again

The former Free and Bad Company vocalist joined Brian May and Roger Taylor to tour as Queen + Rodger Taylor between 2005 and 2009, and while they have all been working on other projects since, the vocalist hasn't ruled out performing with the band again.

When asked if he would tour again with Queen, Roger said: "We may do. We left it because we all wanted to do different things. We toured the world twice and after the studio album I didn't feel like there was a lot more we could do.

"We didn't want to do it forever, but I enjoyed playing the role for a while, so we'll see."

Speaking at the Ivor Novello songwriting awards, the singer also said how daunting he found it to fill the space left by original vocalist Freddie Mercury - who died in 1991 of complications related to AIDS ' and how much respect he has for the way he gracefully bowed out of the public eye when he became ill.

Paul told BANG Showbiz: "I had to fill a role as well as be myself, and it was quite daunting, at first we were just jamming and having fun, but when they put the full rig up and I was stood in the middle, all of a sudden I realised the enormity of what I'd got myself into.

"I grew to love Freddie. I always had a great deal of admiration for queen and Freddie, but the more I studied him and his life and his death too, there was no poor me about it, he was just very, very brave."

Debbie Harry has thought about adopting children

The iconic singer ' who was adopted at a young age by shop owners Richard and Catherine Harry ' has never had children but did occasionally think about the idea of expanding her family.

She said: "I've thought of adoption, which I think I'd be really good at. Now that this terrible earthquake has happened in Japan, there will be lots of children needing homes."

The 65-year-old pop star likes to support various charities, and the eco-conscious celebrity would like to set up a foundation to promote the use of solar panels.

She said: "I spread myself around a lot of causes.

"I'm concerned about the environment and clean water and being carbon-free. I also support diabetes research.

"If I were to do a foundation it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, because it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes.

"It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy."

AC/DC still regard Bon Scott a member of the band

AC/DC still talk about Bon Scott like he is a member of the band.

The 'Highway to Hell' rockers still regard their former lead singer ' who tragically died in 1980 after a night of drinking in London ' as one of them, and Bon's replacement, vocalist Brian Johnson, feels his death was just "unlucky".

He said: "He wasn't a wild, wild, wild man - he was just as wild as the other boys were. He was just unlucky. We've all done stupid, dumb things where we're young, but we got away with it. He didn't.

"It was just one of them stupid things that shouldn't have happened, and it was accidental and it was stupid.

"I just won't have a bad word said against him. We still talk about him like he's a member of the band in the dressing room."

The Australian rock group ' who also includes brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd - are to release a new version of their 1979 concert film 'Let There Be Rock', made in Paris shortly before Bon's death, and Brian said it gives a "wonderful insight" into the singer.

He added to the USA Today newspaper: "If you want to understand the band, then you'll understand this when you see Bon Scott with the boys when they were young and just starting out, and thinking you never know what the future holds. You can tell these guys just wanted to rock 'n' roll.

"They showed me this movie and I saw it and it's a wonderful insight into Bon Scott."

Friendly Fires add new London date

Due to phenomenal public demand, Friendly Fires are delighted to announce a second show at London's 5,000 capacity Brixton Academy.

The show will take place on Saturday 26th November and Friendly Fires will personally curate a night of special guest live acts and DJs for an event that will run until 3am. The full line up will be announced shortly.

This gig will round off Friendly Fires' biggest UK headline tour to date and comes on the back of the critical and commercial success of the band's recently released second album 'Pala'.

The full tour dates are:

10TH NOVEMBER
BRISTOL O2 Academy

11TH NOVEMBER
BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy

12TH NOVEMBER
SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall

14TH NOVEMBER
NOTTINGHAM Rock City

15TH NOVEMBER
NEWCASTLE O2 Academy

17TH NOVEMBER
MANCHESTER O2 Apollo

18TH NOVEMBER
GLASGOW Barrowlands

19TH NOVEMBER
LEEDS O2 Academy

21ST NOVEMBER
CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange

22ND NOVEMBER
LINCOLN Engine Shed

25TH NOVEMBER
LONDON Brixton Academy

26TH NOVEMBER
LONDON Brixton Academy

For more information contact Jon Wilkinson or Patrick Johnson at XL Recordings on 020 8870 7511 or jonwilkinson@xlrecordings.com / patrickjohnson@xlrecordings.com

www.wearefriendlyfires.com

Shaun Ryder says Stone Roses will reform as Ian Brown 'needs the money'

Former Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has said he believes legendary Manchester group The Stones Roses will reform because their frontman Ian Brown needs the money.

In an interview with the Sun, Ryder, who plays a solo show at London's Proud2 on June 3rd, said: "I think it'll happen, I really do. There is more of a chance now than ever of them getting back together.' Shaun added. "The only reason they will get back together is if Ian needs the cash. He never has before, he's a millionaire."

Shaun Ryders solo gig will see him play the best of the iconic Happy Mondays, and the more eclectic Black Grape. Expect to hear everything from Step On to In the Name of the Father, Kinky Afro to Reverend Black Grape, and 24 Hour Party People, all over a thundering live sound system.

Tickets £12.50 adv from www.proud2.com

Cheryl Cole to take a break from the showbiz world

Cheryl Cole wants to take a break from the showbiz world.

The 27-year-old singer ' who was sensationally sacked from the US version of 'The X Factor' after working on the show for just two weeks ' is now keen to take some time off as she does not intend to return to the UK version of the musical talent programme.

A source said: "Cheryl has admitted she's not thinking straight right now and everything is a blur.

"She hasn't stopped working for the past nine years ' ever since Girls Aloud started. She's now looking at this as the perfect opportunity to just stop for a bit and take time out.

"She's going to sit back, take stock of her career and decide what to do next."

Cheryl ' who is thought to have been replaced on the judging panel, also containing Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid and Paula Abdul, by Nicole Scherzinger ' reportedly did not want to return to the UK version of 'The X Factor' because she is feeling "fragile" about the sacking.

A source added to The Sun newspaper: "She just isn't in the right state of mind at the moment to go headfirst into a new show.

"She's all over the place, emotionally she's very fragile. Starting filming on Wednesday would be far too soon."

She has also become "un-contactable" after the event, with TV executives left in the dark about whether or not she wanted a job in the UK.

An insider told the Daily Mail newspaper: "Cheryl will not be returning to the British 'X Factor'. People have been trying to speak to her and persuade her this would be a good idea, but she's been un-contactable.

"She hasn't returned phone calls. And you can't exactly negotiate with someone who won't even speak to you."

Sean Kingston in critical condition after a jet-ski accident

The 'Beautiful Girls' hitmaker struck a bridge connecting Palm Island with the MacArthur Causeway in Miami, Florida, on Sunday evening (29.05.11) and has been taken to the Jackson Memorial Hospital nearby to be treated for his injuries.

A representative for the 21-year-old singer said: "Sean Kingston was in an accident today. No further details are available at the moment. He and his family thank everyone for the well-wishes."

A female passenger who was also on the jet-ski has also been taken to hospital.

Officials investigating the accident are said to have ruled out alcohol playing a part in the accident, TMZ reports.

Fellow musician Nicki Minaj has tweeted her support for the singer, saying: "My love & prayers are with Sean Kingston & his family.(sic)"

Justin Bieber ' who collaborated with Sean on the song 'Eenie Meenie' - asked his twitter followers to pray for him.

He wrote: "got my friend @seankingston in my prayers tonight. a true friend and big bro. please keep him in your prayers tonight as well.(sic)"

Amy Winehouse has gone back into rehab

The troubled singer ' who has a history of drug addiction and heavy drinking - checked herself London's The Priory clinic earlier this week ' but reportedly stunned onlookers when she bought a small bottle of vodka from a small shop in Southgate, north London, on her way to the facility.

The source said: "She seemed out of it. She was stumbling about, slurring her words.

"I was shocked to see her buy vodka so early in the day, and even more shocked to see her knock it straight back."

Just minutes earlier, she had shocked staff and clients in a local hair salon by bursting in and loudly vomiting in their bathroom.

Customers said she was dressed scruffily in a tracksuit and told staff: "I just puked all over your bathroom."

One told The Sun newspaper: "I felt really sorry for the staff. I think they were too scared to say anything."

Last night (26.05.11) Amy's spokesman denied she had been sick, insisting her comment was a joke, but confirmed she is in rehab.

He said: "Amy's embarked on treatment at The Priory."

Earlier this month, it was reported that the 27-year-old star wants to move to the countryside and start a family with her boyfriend Reg Traviss.

Cheryl Cole was 'shocked' to have been axed as a judge on the US version of 'The X Factor'

The British beauty ' who is reported to have been replaced by Nicole Scherzinger on the judging panel of the show alongside L.A. Reid, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell ' did not expect to be sacked and is upset Simon, with who she worked on the UK version of the show, did not tell her of the move in person.

A friend of Cheryl's said: "She is completed shocked and stunned. She never saw this coming.

"The fact Simon didn't tell her in person hurt. She never thought he would do that to her."

The 27-year-old singer has told friends she feels like she has been strung up by her former boss and was not given a chance to hold her own on the musical TV talent show.

She is quoted by the Daily Mirror newspaper as telling a friend: "I've been hung out to dry and I know who's to blame. I've had no opportunity whatsoever to prove myself and instead they've just cast me aside like a fool."

Now Simon has been accused of "losing his touch" on the show, with Fox forcing his hand to release Cheryl, proving he is no longer the "arch manipulator" he thinks of himself as.

A source said: "Simon Cowell wants to be seen as the arch manipulator, the controller of everyone's destiny, yet he seems to be losing his touch.

"He thinks he keeps everyone on their toes by leaving announcements until the last minute, but it just looks desperate. He prides himself on being able to charm everyone into doing hat he wants but the tactic is not working.

"He couldn't get most of the US stars he wanted for 'The X Factor' and the Fox guys over-ruled him on Cheryl, which has got to hurt."

It is now thought Cheryl will return to the UK version of the show, alongside Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Louis Walsh.

A source told The Sun newspaper: "She is hurt but has agreed to come back. She doesn't want her British fans to think she would desert them. She is determined to make it clear she hasn't failed."

Mariah Carey Child Protection investigation dropped

The Child Protection Services investigation against Mariah Carey has been dropped.

The singer and husband Nick Cannon - who became parents to son Moroccan Scott and daughter Monroe on April 30 - were shocked when an anonymous tip to the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family (DCFS) accused her of putting the babies at risk by drinking alcohol and taking drugs in her hospital room.

Mariah ' who brought the babies home from hospital two weeks ago - admitted to investigators she drank a Guinness but only on the advice of medical staff who informed her a dark beer would help with lactation.

Laura Wasser ' a lawyer for the singer ' was present during questioning before the DCFS decided not to pursue the matter, website TMZ reports.

Earlier this month, 'America's Got Talent' host Nick explained the couple were shocked at the 'ridiculous' allegations.

He said: "Recently, the Child Protective Services were called with allegations that there was some drinking and drugs and all that going on, wild in the hospital, which makes no sense to me - how would a hospital allow that?

"It all started when a nurse suggested to my wife that if you drink Guinness, the dark beer, the yeast improves breastfeeding. I don't know if someone heard that, but then they were saying my wife was drinking beer. People will do anything to try to conjure up a story.

"I spoke to the person from the Child Protective Services, I was like, 'This is ridiculous. We're going to make sure that this isn't a case.'

"To even have to deal with that, my wife in the state that she's in, we're in the hospital, to even have to think about someone possibly wanting to investigate your children. It's sad at the end of the day."

Lady Gaga is obsessed with her sofa because it reminds her of an ex-boyfriend

The 'Bad Romance' singer ' who announced earlier this month she has split from musician and bartender Luc Carl ' is besotted with the furniture and even penned a track, which appears on her latest album, 'Born This Way', about the mystery man while sitting on the couch.

She admitted in an interview with Capital FM: "A couch I made love on with a guy for six years is the same couch in my apartment. I hug the sofa and kiss the floor every time I come in.

"I've written 'You And I' about it with the words, 'Sit back down on the couch where we made love the first time.' "

The 25-year-old 'Judas' singer ' whose real name is Stefani Germanotta - recently said she is in no hurry to find love again, pointing out she is not going to alter herself to fit someone else's mould.

She added: "I would say don't go looking for love, let love find you. That's when it will happen.

"But you definitely don't need a man to be happy, and that's an important thing to remember.

"A guy needs to love me for who I am. This is the real me, so whatever you're looking for, you're not going to find anything else."

But when Gaga is ready to meet her ideal man there is a good chance he will be a few years her senior after she recently admitted to favouring "older men".

Reeve Carney, Bono and The Edge release Spider-Man single

Reeve Carney together with Bono and The Edge have the lead-off single from the 'Music from Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark'.

'Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark' is the Broadway musical with songs written by Bono and The Edge and starring Reeve Carney (from rock band Carney) in the lead role of Peter Parker / Spider-Man. Carney the band is the musical's orchestra.

The first single 'Rise Above 1' was produced by Alex Da Kid.

The album 'Music From Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark' was produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones) and will be released in June.

The Spider-Man musical got off to a bad start for Bono and The Edge with constant delays and rewrites. However, previews are now happening at the Foxwoods Theatre on West 43rd Street.

The story follows teenager Peter Parker who is bitten by a spider and develops super powers.

The show also stars Jennifer Damiano as Mary Jane, T.V. Caprio as Arachne and Patrick Page as the Green Goblin.

Barry Gibb reveals Michael Jackson video

Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb worked on a protest song back in 2002 with Michael Jackson.

Gibb has uploaded video of the collaboration of the song titled 'All In Your Name'. It was thought to have been written as a protest song in response to the Iraq War but Gibb says in his notes that it was a 'message Michael wanted to send to his fans'.

"Michael Jackson and I were the dearest of friends," Gibb wrote in the info for the YouTube clip. "We gravitated towards the same kind of music and we loved collaborating and he was the easiest person to write with. The more we got to know each other the more those ideas entwined, and it all came to this song ... I hope and pray that we all get to hear it in its entirety."

Jackson wrote the first draft of the song and took it to Gibb in Miami. They recorded it in 2002.

Watch it below:

Bob Dylan's heroin addiction revealed in unearthed interview

A previously unheard interview with the legendary singer reveals how he successfully beat his addiction to the class-A drug during the early 1960s, while he was living in New York.

In the interview - which was conducted by his friend Robert Shelton and took place in March 1966 after one of his US concerts - Dylan said: "I kicked a heroin habit in New York City. I got very, very strung out for a while, I mean really, very strung out. And I kicked the habit. I had about a $25-a-day habit and I kicked it."

According to BBC News, Dylan - who turns 70 today (24.05.11) and has never previously confirmed speculation he had used heroin in the past - also revealed he contemplated suicide after people started calling him a genius.

He said: "Death to me is nothing... death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. Many times I've known I could have been able to die fast, and I could have easily gone over and done it. I'll admit to having this suicidal thing... but I came through this time."

He later returned to the subject of death and suicide, concluding: "I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something. I'm the kind of cat that would just commit suicide. I'd shoot myself in the brain if things got bad. I'd jump from a window ... man, I would shoot myself. You know I can think about death, man, openly."

Madonna and Beyonce on Oprah's first farewell yesterday

Madonna and Beyonce Knowles appeared on Oprah Winfrey's first farewell TV show yesterday (23.05.11).

The singing stars joined with Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Halle Berry for the first part of a double send-off for the hugely influential talk show host - once hailed as "arguably the world's most powerful woman" by Time magazine.

Tom introduced surprise guest Madonna as "a viewer from New York City," saying: "This hard-working mother-of-four says 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' means the world to her."

Madonna paid tribute to the host ' who is stepping down from the programme after 25 years ' adding: "It is no secret that millions of people have been inspired by Oprah and I'm one of those people."

Beyonce appeared to give a rendition of her new single, '(Run the World) Girls', dressed in a tuxedo bodysuit and backed by a huge team of all-female dancers.

Mid-song she addressed the host, saying: "Oprah, your persuasion can build a nation. We love you, Oprah. Thank you."

Beyonce's choreographer, Frank Gatson Jr., later revealed the star had pushed her team hard to make sure her tribute to Oprah was something special.

He told MTV: "It's amazing. Me, myself, Beyonce, people of colour - we have so much respect for that woman.

"That's why Beyonce pushed us so hard. She wanted to make sure that Oprah's proud of what she did for her show.

"In Oprah's world, women rule the world, so how coincidental that Beyonce's song is called that? So it was just appropriate, perfection. I loved it. It was great to be there. The energy in that place was unbelievable."

The second part of Oprah's send-off show will be broadcast tomorrow (25.05.11) in the US.