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Following on the heels of Queen Elizabeth II's Jubilee Celebration, the 50th Anniversary celebration for The Rolling Stones is anticipated to be another block-buster time at London's O2 Arena on November 25th and November 29th of 2012. Rumour has it that 1993-retired drummer, Charlie Watts will join The Stones onstage once again. Although many sources maintain that the estimated 33,000 tickets for these two performances sold out in seven minutes, other sources advise that tickets are still available.

In Japan virtual pop stars are on the increase, in fact many spread worldwide, best of all the creators of the songs and characters can be produced by anyone in their home. A popular news story in theatlantic.com this week covered in detail how this could represent the future of pop.

Rihanna’s : Best Friend in Hot Water after Racist Slurs Against Chris Brown’s Ex Karrueche Rihanna’s best friend Melissa Forde has got herself into a spot of bother after making racist slurs at Chris Brown’s Ex Karreuche Tran. Forde stuck up for her bestie Rihanna on Instagram this week.

X Factor judge, singer, and business woman Tulisa has been slapped with a ban on certain designer dresses for wearing fakes. A representative for designer Herve Leger stated that they would not lend Tulisa their bandage body con dresses because she has been spotted wearing knock off versions of the authentic dress.

P Diddy Combs was injured in a car accident yesterday evening. The incident took place outside his Beverly Hills hotel when an SUV that Diddy was a passenger in, crashed into another vehicle. Diddy was seen lying on the grass after the accident.

Just two days after Chris Brown was snapped all loved up with Rihanna at the Queebey launch party in Hollywood. He is snapped leaving his ex Karrueche Tran’s house, although they did get into separate cars, it is looking pretty suspect.

It has been reported that Adele gave birth to a baby boy on Friday night. However, full details have not been released. The 24-year-old songstress is keeping “mum” regarding the details of the birth and how the baby is doing. Adele’s publicist stated this weekend that they are not releasing a statement at this time. Despite various papers like US Weekly and the Daily Mail publishing confirmation of the birth.

N-Dubz star Dappy has landed his very own reality TV show. The 24 year-old rapper has vowed that show is going to be “bigger and badder than Towie.” The show is going to give the fans a rare sneak peek into the life of the North London lyricist. The show will focus on his music career, and his domestic life with girlfriend Kaye Vassell and his sons Gino, and Milo.

Reality star Kim Kardashian tweeted yesterday that she was over the moon at the news that her little sister had been confirmed as a host on the US version of the X Factor. She tweeted “OMG!!!! How exciting is this!? Khloe joining the X Factor this November to co-host with Mario Lopez.”

Is X Factor contestant James Arthur feeling the strain already?

Tonight saw the shocking exit of Carolynne Poole from the X Factor Competition. After a nail biting five minutes presenter Dermot O’Leary announced the bottom two contestants. Rylan Clark and Carolynne Poole had to go head to head in a sing off to fight for their place in the competition. With Rylan singing  ‘One Night Only’ and Carolynne singing ‘There you’ll be.’

The UK saw another internet fuelled song hit the top spot. This weeks number1 is that of a Korean called Parker Jai Sang AKA 'Psy' made it with song 'Gangnam Style'.

Chris Brown is arguably one of the hottest and most talked about entertainer of this generation. Having shot to worldwide recognition at the tender age of 16, Chris Brown has gone on to become one of the “most wanted” musicians, uniquely standing out of the pack with his smooth vocals and intriguing dance skills. In a world where some music professionals complain of declining album sales, Chris Brown still goes platinum and wins Grammys, BET awards, AMAs and features in great movies. Chris Breezy, as he is commonly known, is a superstar who has changed the music scene and may as well follow in the legendary steps of his greatest inspiration of all times, the late Michael Jackson.

She was really born to make us happy!! Britney Spears is such a gifted entertainer that she never ceases to amaze us. She found massive mainstream success in her teens and is now one of the most successful musicians in the history of music, having sold over 100 million album copies worldwide. And Oops! . . . She Did It Again!! The elegant Miss Spears is back on the limelight this time judging talent on X-Factor.

Reports have been emerging that Adele is in the process of making the new James Bond theme song. The movie and song is said to be named Skyfall and reports are saying that the 24 year old has already started recording. This news is bound to be exciting for any Adele fans, James Bond enthusiasts also seem happy with the choice.

Available Today for Free in the UK Google Play Apps Store

September 18th, 2012- Today, download-and-discovery service eMusic released its new Android mobile app, fulfilling its commitment to bringing its members new products and services that better serve their music discovery and listening habits.

Results of a study have emerged today for the amount of illegal music downloads in the UK. The results are split up into cities. It seems Manchester has come out top, for the area which downloads music illegally most. A whopping 1.3 million tracks were reported in the city alone. The digital music analysts Musicmetric has been measuring the downloads through BitTorrent downloads. Reports suggest that a high percentage of these would be illegal.

New rapper from North London, Bomber, has decided to give you all a taste of his music for completely free. His track On My Way can be downloaded completely free from his homepage, with an option to get the whole EP for free also.

Bossk are a post-rock band from the UK who earlier this year reformed after a 3 year hiatus. The reformed band has been playing a number of live shows across the UK to celebrate their return to the music scene and have begun work recording new material.

This week we have seen one of the most anticipated devices hit the market, the iPhone 5 is one of the most discussed pieces of technology on earth. Obviously its a device which is very useful in the music world and it seems the new model has been geared up with some pretty neat music features for playback, recording and sound.