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It looks like it could be the end of the American dream for Cheryl Cole as it is being rumoured that the Girls Aloud star has been dropped from the US version of the hit television talent show of the X Factor.

The annual free music festival organised by Radio 1 will be held in Hackney next year in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend has been confirmed as being a two day event to take place at Hackney Marshes over the weekend of June 23 and 24 of 2012.

Microsoft have revealed a new software update for their phones that will allow users the chance to be able access 500 new features, including Internet Explorer 9.

The new software has been given the code name of Mango by Microsoft and new phones available with the software are to be made by Nokia and are set to be available from later this year,

Canadian teen singing star Justin Bieber and US rapper Eminem were the big winners at the Billboard Music Awards.

Each of the stars from the opposite ends of the musical spectrum, won six awards with Eminem taking home the accolade for artist of the year despite not being there himself to pick up the award in person.

In the first televised Billboard Music Awards ceremony since 2006 Justin Bieber thanked everyone for his success saying that he wanted to thank “everybody who helped me get out of my home town.”

Justin Bieber added: “I'm 17. Every day is crazy to me because I see so many people and I get to make so many people smile.”

US pop sensation Lady Gaga paid tribute to the Royal Wedding during her performance at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Carlisle.

The eccentric singer dedicated a cover of a classic jazz song originally made by Nat King Cole, adding her own new words to the Orange Coloured Sky track.

Winners of the 2011 Eurovision song contest have returned back to their home country of Azerbaijan where they have received praise from the president regarding their victory in Europe.

According to reports an employees from the Phones4U high street phone retail store has revealed that the new iPhone 5 will be ready for sale from the shop in the UK on November 21. Extreemly popular with music fans, iphones are often used to store and play music on a daily basis. In many cases iphones end up being used more as a listening device over internet browsing, after the novelty has worn off.

New figures from Rajar have shown that the number of radio listeners in the UK has reached a new high with the data showing that 47.3 million listeners are tuning in to listen to at least one radio station per week.

The total sales of digital music in the UK has surpassed the £1 billion mark for the first time according to new figures released.

Sales of digital music have rocketed in recent years and have now passed the £1 billion bench mark since first being launched in 2004.

Michelle Obama has caused controversy with her inviting of a rapper who has previously rapped about threatening to shoot police and to burn George W Bush.

Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jnr, who goes by his rap name of Common had been invited to take part in an Evening of Poetry at the White House.

Teen singing sensation Justin Bieber has been accused of being rude to fans who had been waiting to catch a glimpse of their idol at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines.

The world of Britney Spears is often stranger than fiction so it should come as no surprise that she is being transformed into a comic book star in a biographic tale of her rise to stardom.

One of the most popular names in pop; Lady Gaga has teamed up with one of the biggest sensations on the internet; Farmville.

The singer and the game have joined forces to create a new neighboring in game farm which is due to go live on May 17 and will run until May 26 as part of promotion by Lady Gaga for her upcoming new album Born This Way.

It has been revealed that Take That lead song writer Gary Barlow has written a song for the upcoming X-Men: First Class film.

The song is to be officially available for download on May 11 from the Take That website however there is already a taster of the song available on the website, giving fans the chance to catch a glimpse of the track via the 30 second clip.

British sweetheart Cheryl Cole has kicked off her career as a judge on the American version of the hit television talent show, the X Factor however it has not gone as smoothly as she may have initially liked.

According to newspaper The Mirror, Cheryl Cole is reported to have been very nervous as she sat with Paula Abdul on one side and LA Reid on the other while those auditioning would continue to ask her to repeat herself because they couldn't understand her.

Lady Gaga has released another single from her new album Born This Way, via iTunes although her record company is saying that it is no an official single.

The new track, The Edge of Glory, is a another glimpse into the Born This Way album to be released to the public on May 23.

Lady Gaga let her fans know about what was going on with the track in her usual way, through Twitter.

She Tweeted on Sunday evening: “My song THE EDGE OF GLORY will be released on iTunes tomorrow to begin the countdown to another album release!”
She later added: “Our tomorrow 1pm PDT. Another shot before we kiss on the side. I am on the edge of something final we call life.”

Record company EMI will be reissuing all of the studio albums ever made by Pink Floyd along with unheard recordings from the archives after a legal dispute between the band and the label.

The Warner Music Group has been bought for $3.3 billion after the Russian born billionaire Len Blavatnik won a bidding war to secure the company for his Access Industries company.

The music company has been sold by chief executive Edgar Bronfman Jr and the private equity firms Thomas H Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners after they purchased the company for $2.6 billion back in 2004 from Time Warner.

Nashville,—There's no doubt that Spencer Strand knows the groove. A well-respected drummer, publisher of instructional materials and product specialist, Strand really has an understanding of how to teach and live deep pocket playing. So, it's no surprise that his current release, The Test Of Time Volume 10 of Turn It Up & Lay It Down, demonstrates his further commitment to providing drummers with a great learning experience, which is fun and challenging.

It has been revealed that this year the UK X Factor final will be taking place at Wembley Arena in London.

By holding the final of the show at Wembley it will mean that 12,500 fans will be able to come along and support their favouites while also enjoying the show which in the past has welcomed stars such as Rihanna.

The cast of the hit US television series Glee are said to be performing a version of the Cheryl Cole hit Parachute on the show.

According to The Sun newspaper the creator of the series, Ryan Murphy, is keen to feature the star in the series during an episode in the third series of Glee.