Fuse.tv

Michael will have to wait one month before he finds out if he is to be charged and faces questions as to how he came to be " completely out of it" with his Mercedes parked at a crazy angle near Hyde Park Corner.

The 42-year-old singer was arrested after police allegedly found cannabis and GHB - a Class C drug known as liquid ecstasy - in the vehicle.

Sex toys and masks were also found in the boot [trunk], according to reports in The Sun.

In the boot, you say?

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (4) | Add Comment | Permalink

Pretty Vacant

Posted on February 27, 2006 at 11:01 AM

You gotta love the Sex Pistols.

The band have decided to snub their induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an annual extravaganza in which the music business honours its most influential figures.

In a handwritten message, complete with spelling mistakes, posted on singer John Lydon's website, the band said they will not be attending a glitzy ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, next month.

"Next to the SEX-PISTOLS rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain," the note said. "Your museum. Urine in wine. Were not coming. Were not your monkey and so what?" It went on to criticise the cost of tables at the event - up to £15,000 each - and ended: "Were not coming. Your not paying attention. Outside the sh*t-stem is a real SEX PISTOL."

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (1) | Add Comment | Permalink

They Keep Coming, and Coming, and...

Posted on February 24, 2006 at 10:54 AM

Every three months there's a new UK buzz band that the Brits go bananas for. And then to whom immediately, apparently, hand awards.

Only a few months ago, they were complete unknowns. Then they topped the charts, released the fastest-selling album of all time and have now triumphed at the Shockwaves NME Awards.

The phenomenon that is the Arctic Monkeys made NME history last night by being the first band in the 15 years of the magazine's awards to be named both Best New Band and Best British Band in the same year.

And the youngsters from Sheffield - some of whom are still in their teens - beat Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs, Babyshambles and Oasis to take the Best Track honour with their barnstorming number "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor".

When the band took the podium to accept their final award of the night, their frontman, Alex Turner, said: "We did the triple. In all honesty we're expected to display some gratitude and we are grateful because it is voted for by the people. We're very happy about that.

"But who else was going to be Best British Band? You can't write about something that much and not be Best British Band. We won't win any more, honest.''

Conor McNicholas, NME editor, said: "British music is healthier now than it has been for very many years. Kaiser Chiefs came from nothing to huge success in the space of less than 12 months, but the Arctic Monkeys have done it in six. Things are getting faster and faster.

Is that a good thing? I don't know.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

All These Things He Would Have Done

Posted on February 23, 2006 at 10:33 AM

The former manager of the rock group The Killers has filed a federal lawsuit against the band members and their lawyer, seeking $16 million for what he calls breach of contract.

Braden Merrick of Los Angeles alleges in the suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas that he was fired last May, once the Las Vegas-based band gained success.

“As soon as he made them superstars they decided to stop paying him,” Howard King, Merrick’s Los Angeles lawyer, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “He’s entitled to a percentage of their income for his services as a manager and a producer.”

Who's Mr. Brightside now, punk?

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Boss Moss

Posted on February 22, 2006 at 10:34 AM

From mukluk Eskimo boots to vintage waistcoats, Kate Moss can start a fashion trend just by walking down the street.

As if confirmation were needed that the model's iconic status has not been destroyed by last year's public cocaine scandal, and the following loss of lucrative modelling contracts with Chanel and Burberry last year, she has now been voted the most stylish British woman of all time.

The 32-year-old model from Croydon, who recently ended a relationship with Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty after she spent a month in a rehabilitation clinic in Arizona, came top of a poll of more than 5,000 readers of Grazia magazine, followed by actresses Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley.

She also edged out Stella McCartney and Victoria Beckham, as well as Elton John.

Tagged as: Current Affairs

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Nick Must Really, Really Despise Jessica

Posted on February 21, 2006 at 11:27 AM

He wants his jewelry back! And Jessica cannot unload Ashley's records on him.

In divorce papers filed Friday, Nick Lachey is seeking spousal support from singer-actress Jessica Simpson, and he wants his jewelry back.

In responding to Simpson's Dec. 16 divorce filing, Lachey, 32, cited irreconcilable differences for the end of the three-year marriage. He asked for "miscellaneous jewelry and other personal effects," other assets and part of Simpson's earnings after separation.

They had no prenuptial agreement and Simpson has asked the court not to grant spousal support.

Tagged as: Current Affairs

Read Comments (2) | Add Comment | Permalink

Undercover Of The Night

Posted on February 21, 2006 at 11:22 AM

Can you imagine how many brazilian waxes were in attendance?

The Rolling Stones' monster free concert on Copacabana Beach was a gas, but the million spectators left a monstrous clean-up job on Sunday.

About 400 city workers hauled almost 200 metric tons (220 tons) of trash left behind by the more than 1 million people who attended the concert, which brought a carnival spirit to the city a week ahead of the world-famous annual celebration.

The city deployed 10,000 police officers for the concert -- about three times the usual contingent for the traditional New Year's festival -- as well as 600 firefighters, civil defense workers and lifeguards.

The Stones' opened with "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and played a set of mostly older hits, with a few songs from their newest album, "A Bigger Bang."

During the show, Mick Jagger, who has a Brazilian son, ad-libbed comments in Portuguese, delighting the crowd. At one point, he wore a white shirt with the Brazilian flag and the words "Brasil" and "Rio de Janeiro."

The band arrived onstage Saturday night across a specially erected footbridge that took them directly from their hotel.

Pic via Brooklyn Vegan.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Juno Awards Nominees Announced

Posted on February 16, 2006 at 12:02 PM

Excellence in Canadian music? Then why is Nickelback here? I mean, I know they're Canadian but... oh, SNAP. Anyway, the Juno Awards have just announced their 2006 nominees.

Alberta rockers Nickelback are leading in the race for honours from the Canadian music industry with six nominations for the 35th Annual Juno Awards.

The awards for excellence in Canadian music, organized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will be presented on April 2, with performances by Coldplay, Nickelback, Bedouin Soundclash and Broken Social Scene.

BTW, for a truly excellent Canadian band, please see Arcade Fire, Rush, Hot Hot Heat, Stars, Broken Social Scene [pictured below] or a million other great bands that hail from up north. And btw btw, here are the nominees for Alternative Album Of The Year.

2006 Junos - Alternative Album Of The Year:

Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
Metric - Live It Out
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

It's Been (Not 5, but) 10 Years

Posted on February 16, 2006 at 11:53 AM

The 10 Years argument on the Oven Fresh boards is getting more heated.

10 Years - Wasteland
punisher73 from bessemer,al - Posted on: 02/15/06
hey !*$&# boy. if im such a wuss then why dont you write where your from so i can come and put my size 14 in your ass you peice of !*$&#.you haven't got the nuts to even type in where you're &!*^@in from. i sware to the holy one almighty i will spend how much ever money it takes to drive to where you are and !*$&# kick your ass. and by the way you know a GUY is a !*$&#got,key word guy, when he knows how to spell the biggest !*$&# in the worlds last name. i think anyone else in the world with any taste in the world would agree. so if im such a wuss then lets go then &!*^@ing beaten, worn out, old woman &!*^@ hair peice of !*$&#. and by the way, don't insult taproot by claiming to be a fan of theirs

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Return Of The Rocket Queen?

Posted on February 15, 2006 at 11:36 AM

From ProductShopNYC:

Axl Rose, who just turned 44, has been camping out in New York City for the last week. The reclusive fuckup was in town for fashion week, where he attended a Victoria's Secret party.

On friday, Axl showed up at Stereo with a posse at around 5:30am. When they told him the club was closed, he took out what he called a finished a mix copy of the thirteen track Chinese Democracy album and promised to let them play the entire record. It took all of about three seconds for them to let him in and keep the club open until about eight in the morning.

With the album slated to drop for the last ten years, who the f*ck knows if this sure-to-be-a-let-down of an album will ever hit stores, but new rumors are flying that Chinese Democracy will drop on March 6th. One thing to add some validity to this gossip is that I hear their will be a "very big" announcement next from Guns N Roses...

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

10 Years After

Posted on February 15, 2006 at 11:25 AM

From the Oven Fresh boards:

10 Years - Wasteland
kriam_sevtent12 from - Posted on: 02/14/06
You know a band sucks when one of their fans come out with a comment like (an example from "punisher 73") this: "i just got back from their concert.they are #&^@$in awesome.they actually have meaning behind their songs."waking up" kept me from blowing my #&^@$in brains out with a 45. so if anyone doesn't like 10 years ,then they can suck my #&^@$in #&^@$. they're a billion times better than any other bands i've seen in concert. i think some people just get off on knowing they have the power to make bands that are sucky live. cough cough ...ashley simpson....cough cough.... falloutboy.... i think half of the fans of little pop bands are just in to them because rock seems to be the trend. then when rock goes out of style they will start listening to some little !*$&#got like jessie mcartney. hell i don't even know if i spelled his last name right all i know is i hope he gets ***** in the a** by a very large man followed by going straight to #&^@$in hell where he will be ***** by satan and his legion well....that's basically turning a frown upside down"... I'm sorry dude, but your comment was filled with so many !#@*%#@%^(#*$'s that I couldn't even read what the hell you're trying to say most of the time. By the way, go see a As I Lay Dying concert, you wuss.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

A Smashing Return In Chicago?

Posted on February 14, 2006 at 10:46 AM

Perry Farrell's [pictured above with Jane's Addiction] Lollapalooza: expanding this year, and possibly primed for the return of hometown "heroes" Smashing Pumpkins.

In the second year of its third incarnation as a "destination festival" drawing alternative rock fans from across the country, Lollapalooza has announced it is expanding to a third day and branching out to occupy a larger portion of Grant Park.

The new and bigger plans call for a total of eight stages and 130 bands, according to the promoters. Information on ticket sales and the list of performers won't be announced until mid-March, but sources said psychedelic popsters the Flaming Lips are one act that is considering taking part, and persistent rumors continue about another, reunited Chicago alt-rock heroes the Smashing Pumpkins. Neither is confirmed.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (1) | Add Comment | Permalink

Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and Madonna...

Posted on February 13, 2006 at 04:10 PM

...All in this week's Fuse Action News.

Windowz.

Tagged as: Current Affairs

Read Comments (1) | Add Comment | Permalink

UPDATE: Spears Still An Idiot

Posted on February 10, 2006 at 12:24 PM

NOW Britney says she may have made an error in stupidly putting her misfortunate shortie's life in danger.

Pop star Britney Spears said on Thursday she "made a mistake" by driving a car with her infant son in her lap, but the agency that photographed the incident denied her claim that paparazzi were hounding her.

Spears has said a "frightful" encounter with "physically aggressive" photographers on Monday outside a coffee shop prompted her to pull out of the parking lot without first strapping her 5-month-old baby, Sean, back into his car seat.

Pictures published on Tuesday showed Spears at the wheel of her vehicle, holding Sean on her lap, as she drove down the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. A man identified as her bodyguard is shown next to her in the front passenger seat.

The photos ignited a media firestorm and led the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to visit Spears' home on Tuesday at the request of county child welfare authorities.

In an interview broadcast on Thursday by the TV show "Access Hollywood," Spears, 24, acknowledged she had used poor judgment, saying, "I made a mistake and so it is what it is, I guess."

It is what it is? Can you believe she is a mother? Responsible for another human being? Wow.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (5) | Add Comment | Permalink

UPDATE: Stones Now Pissed

Posted on February 10, 2006 at 12:17 PM

Now the Stones say they may have known they were going to be censored, but they didn't like it!

Initial word from ABC and the NFL was that the band had acquiesced to producers of the halftime show who decided to muffle some racy lyrics from two songs by lowering the volume on Mick Jagger's mike. But now, a rep for the Stones calls the action "absolutely ridiculous."

"The Rolling Stones thought the censorship of their songs...was absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary," the group's publicist, Fran Curtis, said.

I think the Rolling Stones should grow the f*ck up. They're not playing some late night TV show, or an arena, or some dirty rock club. They're playing ten minutes at the most widely watched TV event of the year. What did they expect? Save your cred for the limousine. (I don't really know what that means.)

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Memories Of The Grammys

Posted on February 9, 2006 at 11:40 AM

Memories of the Grammys:

That big beef between Madonna and Mariah over who would open the Grammys is now over, and the clear winner is...Mariah, even though Madonna opened the show. When Madonna was through, I saw about 4 people in the audience standing. When Mariah was done I forgot to count how many people were standing because I was too busy standing and applauding myself.

U2 - they're cool, the non-Bono members are super cool, but i'm a bit bored with them, especially with Vertigo/You Keep Me Hanging On. Please let's give Bono a Nobel Prize award and move on.

John Legend? Pretty good.

Aerosmith? I was in the bathroom. But I'm sure I didn't miss anything I haven't seen a million times before.

Jay-Z and Paul McCartney mashup? An homage to The Grey Album perhaps?

Kelly Clarkson rules, everyone loves her, I love her, I hear she's newly single.

I don't expect the Grammys to be the bastion of taste, but why is Jenna Elfman presenting an award? Oh that's right, because she has a new sitcom on CBS. When I heard "Ladies and gentlemen, the star of Courting Alex, Jenna Elfman", I almost vomited. And I'm serious, i've had a virus all week, and things are pretty touch and go for me.

I was totally down with Kanye and Jamie Foxx doing the marching band thing on Golddigger. Pretty cool. Poor Kanye, though... immediately following his performance, they handed out the Grammy for Record Of The Year. When Kanye's name was mentioned, they cut to him backstage, still catching his breath. And then the award goes to... Green Day?!? The same people that have been holding Kanye down awards-wise for two years now? Even they were embarassed. "Wow - this record is two years old," said Billy Joe. No sh*t. Luckily for Green Day, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams was released as a single before this year's Grammy window closed. Lame.

That poor Sugarland chick had to deal with major technical glitches during her two minute hoedown. Dem's the breaks. "I've got mic 3 and mic 4 (or something like that)" - I bet we weren't supposed to hear that.

And finally, a shoutout to Madonna's legs - Wow.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Madonna And Her Thighs

Posted on February 9, 2006 at 11:35 AM

Mariah Carey and U2 were the big winners at last night's Grammys. The big losers were humility and Madonna's pants.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

People Just Love Avenged Sevenfold

Posted on February 9, 2006 at 10:57 AM

From the Oven Fresh boards:

Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
SynysterHelena from Denver - Posted on: 02/08/06
Best band ever. If you don't love Beast and the Harlot then you were dropped on your head as a child.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (4) | Add Comment | Permalink

Britney, Baby Busted

Posted on February 8, 2006 at 11:54 AM

In case you haven't seen this yet...

Spears' parenting skills came into question after paparazzi snapped her on Monday [above thesuperficial via stereogum] driving with one hand on the wheel of her SUV and the other on her 5-month-old son, Sean. California law requires children to ride in a car seat until they are at least 6 years old or weigh 60 pounds.

Spears blames the lensmen for provoking her risky maneuver.

"I had a horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi while I was with my baby," she said in a statement. "Because of a recent incident when I was trapped in my car without my baby by a throng of paparazzi, I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm's way."

Sean drove but Britney handled the pedals since Sean can't reach the pedals yet.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (2) | Add Comment | Permalink

Hope It Was In HD

Posted on February 7, 2006 at 11:22 AM

The most important padding in this football game is in the push-up bras.

[The Lingerie Bowl] is a 90-minute live pay-per-view event for viewers who would rather watch girls tackle and shout than Mick Jagger strut during the Super Bowl XL halftime show in Detroit. Among the players are MTV reality show uber-participant Trishelle Cannatella, WWE diva Christy Hemme, Playboy's Miss April 2001 Katie Lohmann and pop singer Willa Ford.

"These girls completely bring it on," says Cindy Margolis, a commentator in this year's Lingerie Bowl and 1999's "most downloaded woman in the world.''

"They look like Victoria's Secret models, but they can throw like Tom Brady."

And the final score? Who cares.

Tagged as: Sports

Read Comments (1) | Add Comment | Permalink

You Make A Dead Man What?!?

Posted on February 6, 2006 at 11:59 AM

The Rolling Stones were censored during their halftime performance at the Super Bowl XL in Detroit on Sunday. TV censors deemed two lyrics too sexually explicit to be broadcast and they were cut from the three-song show.

Start Me Up and Rough Justice were subject to censorship, while (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction was left intact.

In 2004, Janet Jackson caused outrage in the US when a "wardrobe malfunction" exposed her right breast during a routine with Justin Timberlake.

This year TV network ABC broadcast the Super Bowl with a five-second tape delay and a sellout crowd of 65,000 people watched the Rolling Stones, led by 62-year-old Mick Jagger.

Say what you will about the Stones, but I am somewhat fascinated that a 62 year-old man's lyrics were censored. Rock n' roll never dies. And those lyrics?

Start Me Up:
You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man c***

Rough Justice:
One time you were my baby chicken
Now you've grown into a fox
And once upon a time I was your little rooster
Am I just one of your c****?

Tagged as: Games

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

Bryan Adams, Jodie Sweetin and Marilyn Manson...

Posted on February 6, 2006 at 11:52 AM

...All in this week's Fuse Action News.

Windowz.

Tagged as: Current Affairs

Read Comments (0) | Add Comment | Permalink

It's Always The Middle Child

Posted on February 2, 2006 at 12:42 PM

Yikes.

Former Full House actress Jodie Sweetin [FRONT AND CENTER IN THE PIC] has made startling admission: she once had a daily methamphetamine habit.

The problems began when Full House ended its run in 1995, the actress told Good Morning America on Wednesday. Seeking a "normal" life, Sweetin attended high school and college, and was married by age 20 – to a Los Angeles policeman. But two years ago, feeling bored and being unemployed, she says she began experimenting with drugs and got hooked on meth.

After a three-day "lost" weekend, reportedly followed by an intervention staged by her former Full House costars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, John Stamos and Bob Saget, Sweetin checked herself in to the Promises rehab facility for six weeks of intense treatment.

The Olsens, John Stamos and Bob Saget? That's a heck of an intervention. Kinda makes you wanna do meth. (JUST KIDDING.)

Tagged as: Television

Read Comments (2) | Add Comment | Permalink

Another Sign Of The Apocalypse: Bryan Adams In The News For Second Consecutive Day

Posted on February 1, 2006 at 02:11 PM

This is kinda freaky:

Lindsay Lohan was treated at a London hospital last week after she cut her leg in an accident at Bryan Adams' home (possible pictured above?), according to published reports.

The 19-year-old "Mean Girls" star had 10 stitches to close a gash on her shin after she slipped on a set of stairs Friday. Lohan was released from the hospital later that day, the reports said.

"She and her friends were preparing breakfast, with eggs and everything, and Lindsay was going up the stairs, carrying a ceramic teacup," her mother, Dina Lohan, was quoted as telling Star magazine.

"She had just come out of the shower so she was still wet and had some lotion on, and she completely flipped on the stairs since it was slippery. The teacup went flying, it was shattered, and one of the pieces cut Lindsay in her shin. It was an accident."

Just when i had my fantasy all laid out (by Lindsay's mom, no less), it all comes crashing down when i realize she was at Bryan Freakin' Adams' house.

Tagged as: Music

Read Comments (4) | Add Comment | Permalink

« January 2006 | Main | March 2006 »