Heads Up :: News 25 Nov 2008
Sarah Nisbet: Those perennial soft-rock kings Coldplay have just announced three massive UK stadium gigs for 2009, including a date in Glasgow. The band will perform live at three dates across the UK in early autumn next year, playing in Manchester, London and Glas...
News 21 Nov 2008
BANG Showbiz: Britney Spears has promised her new album will keep fans on the "edge of their seat". The singer - who releases LP 'Circus' on her 27th birthday, December 2 - revealed her latest material is a return to her pop roots and will "engulf" anyone who hears...
BANG Showbiz: Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reportedly reached a divorce settlement. The pair are scheduled to have a hearing at the London High Court's Family Division this morning (21.11.08), but are not expected to appear. As they have already reached an agreemen...
BANG Showbiz: Kristen Johnston has become the latest celebrity to pose nude for PETA. The former '3rd Rock from the Sun' star - who recently caused concern with her drastic weight loss - poses as Lady Godiva, naked and astride a horse, in the photograph which debut...
News 20 Nov 2008
BANG Showbiz: The controversial comic star Russell Brand - who recently quit his BBC Radio 2 show following the scandal which saw him phoning former 'Fawlty Towers' actor Andrew Sachs and leaving a vulgar message - has made it onto the list compiled by America's Ent...
BANG Showbiz: Take That have written a song about Amy Winehouse. The ‘Shine’ hitmakers have penned ‘How Did It Come To This’ for their new album ‘Circus’ and hinted it was inspired by the troubled ‘Rehab’ singer. The...
BANG Showbiz: Hotel heiress Paris Hilton split from the Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden earlier this week because the pair are “just too different” and have been spending too much time apart. A friend of Paris told The Sun: “He has helped her g...
BANG Showbiz: Lindsay Lohan and lover Samantha Ronson had a physical fight during a night out in London. DJ Samantha reportedly flew into a jealous rage when she spotted girlfriend Lindsay flirting and dancing erotically with her ex-boyfriend, British model Calum B...
BANG Showbiz: The 'Australia' actor - who has two adopted children with wife Deborra-Lee Furness - often keeps his outfits from films including 'X-Men', when he played sexy mutant Wolverine, to impress in the bedroom. Hugh - who has been named the Sexiest Man Alive...
BANG Showbiz: The 'Womanizer' singer, who suffered a public meltdown and was hospitalised twice earlier this year, has revealed throwing herself into work helped get her life back on track. She said: "Everybody has a world that they create around themselves. If I h...
News 19 Nov 2008
BANG Showbiz: Michael Jackson spent £175,000 on a “mind-mapping guru” to help relaunch his music career. The star borrowed the sum from Sheikh Abdulla Al-Khalif to pay psychology expert Tony Buzan – author of memory technique book ‘Use...
BANG Showbiz: The former Spice Girl Mel B will play leading lady Peep Diva in the classy ‘Peepshow’ strip show next year. Mel - who is married to film producer Stephen Belafonte - told People magazine: "This part is great for me. As a Spice Girl I would...
BANG Showbiz: The Killers don’t like people laughing at the lyrics to their new single. Frontman Brandon Flowers says he agonised over the band’s latest track ‘Human’ and doesn’t appreciate people’s alternative interpretations of...
BANG Showbiz: Britney Spears says marrying Kevin Federline was a mistake. The 26-year-old singer – who has two sons, three-year-old Sean Preston and two-year-old Jayden James, with Kevin – wishes she had never walked down the aisle with the former backi...
BANG Showbiz: The ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ actor – who raises six children with partner Angelina Jolie – revealed becoming a father has toughened him up and ensured he can cope with anything. He said: “I'm tough as nails. I’m imp...
Heads Up :: Feature :: News 14 Nov 2008
Jaco Justice: Major doubts have arisen regarding the Peacock Visual Arts led campaign to bring a centre for contemporary arts to Aberdeen. The recent completion of planning and financial details for the new Peacock centre, along with confirmation of funding, was bi...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 20 Oct 2008
Dave Kerr: Those perennial riff manufacturers from San Francisco's Bay Area, Metallica, have announced a full-scale UK tour - their first in 12 years - to kick off in late February 2009. The dates come in support of the recent Death Magnetic LP (reviewed here) a...
Heads Up :: News 16 Oct 2008
Dave Kerr: Injury has forced popular U.S country funk combo My Morning Jacket to postpone their forthcoming U.K tour which was due to take in a date at Glasgow's ABC on the 14th of November. A statement from the band on the matter reads: "It is with great regre...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 15 Oct 2008
Jenny Tzakova: Some three years after the release of sophomore LP, You Could Have it So Much Better, the wait for fresh material is almost finally over. Glaswegian band Franz Ferdinand have announced the release of their long anticipated third album entitled Tonight....
Heads Up :: News 15 Oct 2008
Ariadne Cass-Maran: When the LGBT Centre in Edinburgh shut down after funding was pulled, it was a very sad day for the city's gay community. After all, this was the only place in the UK that specifically catered to the health of gay, bisexual and transgender people. Cons...
