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![]() A LOAD MORE JACKO The US's Drug Enforcement Agency hasn't commented, though, on whether the latest raid is linked to the earlier search of the Las Vegas base of Jacko's private physician Conrad Murray who, as previously reported, has been the subject of much of the authority's investigations into Jacko, though it seems likely. Of course toxicology tests undertaken by the LA coroner are expected to confirm that Jackson's cardiac arrest was brought on by one or another of the heavy-duty prescription drugs on which he seemed to depend. That said, we won't get that confirmation for a little while yet, because the coroner has announced that the full post-mortem report on the late king of pop will not now be released until police investigations are completed. Or TMZ.com get their hands on a copy, whichever comes first. Jacko's body, meanwhile, remains above ground, or so says his father Joe, despite rumours earlier in this week that there had been a sneaky secret burial. Joe Jackson has refuted claims in the press that his son was buried in a private ceremony at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in LA earlier this week, insisting the singer was "not buried yet" and calling for a permanent memorial to be erected in Las Vegas. Perhaps next to the aforementioned drug store that possibly supplied the chemicals that killed him. Finally in Jackson news for now, The Mirror claims it has found the mother of Jacko's youngest child, Prince Michael II, or Blanket, who, of course, was not brought into the world by the singer's ex-wife Debbie Rowe, unlike his two siblings Prince Michael I and Paris. They claim a Mexican nurse named Helena was paid $20,000 to be the boy's surrogate mother, with another unknown woman supplying the egg. It's thought that in this case Jackson himself provided the sperm. The tabloid quote a Mexican doctor who they claim delivered the youngest Jackson. Dr Maria Castillo says: "There was an attorney at the birth. He took the baby away immediately after delivery. I didn't know who the baby belonged to when I delivered the child. I was later told by a nurse at Grossmont that the woman had named the baby Prince Michael Jackson. I said: 'Wow, I guess they like their rock stars. Maybe she likes Prince and Michael Jackson or something'. It never occurred to me it was Michael Jackson's baby". A friend of the alleged surrogate told the tab: "[Jackson] kept his distance. She didn't have a chaperone or any kind of handler watching her every move or anything like that. She was a lovely person and told Michael the money would help her family out. Michael rang her a few times during the pregnancy to make sure everything was okay. He had a picture of Helena which he showed to close friends. But he never discussed whether he'd ever tell Blanket about his mom". BONO'S WIFE SUES PAUL MCCARTNEY'S DAUGHTER Bono's wife, Mrs Bono, is suing Paul McCartney's daughter, Macca Jr. Though both women are insisting on using their alternative names - Ali Hewson and Stella McCartney - when the case goes to court. Hewson, who owns a company called Nude Skincare, has taken an exception to a new fragrance released by McCartney called Stella Nude. As a result Mrs Bono and her business partner, Mrs Bono's Friend (aka Bryan Meehan) have filed a lawsuit against Macca Jr claiming that the use of the word 'nude' in the name of her fragrance amounts to trademark infringement, because they own all rights to the word in relation to things you might put on your skin, or something. A source told The Daily Mail: "Nude Skincare is suing for compensation, not because of anything to do with the scent of the perfume but because of branding and the use of the word 'nude'. Stella isn't likely to make any changes now because the fragrance is coming out in September and nudity is a big part of the perfume's look. The bottle, for example, is a nude colour". The case is set to go to court in London later this year. GARY LIGHTBODY BREAKS RIB IN GO KART CRASH Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody has revealed that he was recently hospitalised after breaking a rib in a go karting accident following a T-Mobile Street Gig in Germany in July. Lightbody told The Daily Record: "I had my very best idiot trousers on in Germany at the Street Gig and we did a go kart track in Dettenheim. I did say beforehand that I shouldn't be in charge of anything that can go over 20 miles per hour, and secondly I am the most accident-prone idiot in the western world. Did I heed my own advice? No! Crash after crash I finished on a particularly nasty one that put me in hospital where I discovered I had a broken rib". PIRATE PARTY TO LAUNCH IN UK MIKE SEEGER DIES The Ramblers were most active during the sixties, winding down somewhat in the mid-seventies, though they returned in 1997 with a comeback album called 'There Ain't No Way Out' having never actually officially split up. They continued to play together around the world, appearing at the UK's Cambridge Folk Festival in 2003. Seegar is survived by his third wife Alexia, and the three son's he had with first wife Marge. TALKING DOG REFORMS SKUNK ANANSIE Asked why the band were back together, bassist Cass told BBC Newsbeat: "My Dog. He kept telling me and I had to persuade these people that I wasn't mad". Frontwoman Skin had other ideas, suggesting that it was actually their fans who had brought it about. She said: "They've been on our case for years for us to do this". I still reckon it was the dog, though. I mean, Skunk Anansie fans, that's a bit far fetched. The band have a greatest hits compilation, called 'Smashes And Trashes', coming out on 14 Sep. But fans (and talking dogs) can expect new material too. Skin explained: "There's just a different kind of energy. There's not like a rehash of what we did in the 90s - they're more fierce. We're not trying to copy what we were doing before. We're seeing it as a new band". The first taste of that new material will come in the shape of single 'Because Of You' and a UK tour in the autumn. -------------------------------------------------- KIRI TE KANAWA RETIRES FROM OPERA The New Zealand-born singer told The Telegraph that her final operatic performance would be at the Cologne Opera in Germany in April next year, when she will sing the part of the Marschallin in Richard Strauss' 'Der Rosenkavalier'. However, Te Kanawa said that she would remain involved with the world of singing, mentoring "future opera stars" at the Solti Academy and her own Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation, as well as touring and performing in less tough disciplines. MARLING ON NEW ALBUM Discussing what she has created instead, Marling continued: "The vibe of it is pretty different to the old stuff. There's a lot more instrumentation. There's still a few solo songs but it's different". CALVIN HARRIS PREMIERES THE HUMANTHESIZER "It was sent to me by a team of boffins, and I took the boffin's idea and decided it should be done by attractive women", says Harris of the invention. I could sit here and explain to you what it is and how it all works, or you could just watch the video. Which would you prefer? Good, me too. here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IObPkUFq0hg 'Ready For The Weekend' is out this week, and Harris' second album, also called 'Ready For The Weekend', is released on Monday. -------------------------------------------------- PISSED JEANS OFFER BONUS LIVE CD Pre-order the album here: www.subpop.com/releases/pissed_jeans/full_lengths/king_of_jeans KISSY SELL OUT ANNOUNCES TOUR AND DJ COMPETITION Fans will also get a chance to play a DJ set at a selection of the gigs, through a mixtape competition. All you need to do is create a 15 minute mix and send it to Kissy via his MySpace page - www.myspace.com/kissysellout. The competition opens on 19 Aug and closes on 1 Sep. Tour dates: 18 Sep, Manchester, Sankeys -------------------------------------------------- EVERYTHING EVERYTHING NEW SINGLE AND TOUR Tour dates: BEST OF EDINBURGH ON THE WEBBY RADIO TONIGHT, FROM THREEWEEKS UNIVERSAL SUE RUSSIAN ISP Moscow-based net company Akado entered into a licensing agreement with the major in order to launch its web-based music service, but dumped the venture shortly after launch because of that pesky economic downturn. But Universal say they are still owed royalties for the period when the service was live. A spokesman for the major confirmed to Billboard that legal proceedings had begun and should reach court this month, though added that out of court negotiations continued also. Given how few Russian operators even consider paying royalties, Universal probably don't want to completely fall out with one firm that did go to the effort of negotiating a deal, even if they couldn't afford to honour it. -------------------------------------------------- SPOTIFY TO LAUNCH IN CHINA The deal increases Spotify's reach massively. Tom Group, the media arm of Hutchison Whampoa. which has previously done similar deals with eBay and Skype, has 300 million users in China, and a further 100 million in Greater China. The deal will see Spotify go head to head with a number of other free streaming services, with China's three main telecom companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, all operating similar services already. Not to mention Google China's licensed music search service and fellow Chinese search company Baidu's slightly controversial not really licensed music search engine. Principal analyst at BDA, Liu Ning told Brand Republic: "Many local websites are already providing the same free services in China for online music streaming. I don't expect Spotify to be popular in China, as Chinese people are not familiar with this website. It will depend on Spotify's business models". But Sean Leow, co-founder of creative networking site Neocha.com, disagreed, saying that it was the best of the services available, though he noted that there are currently very few Chinese artists available on it. He said: "I think Spotify service is the best; it offers one of the largest bodies of streaming music available, [but has] a limited amount of Chinese musicians. Chinese music consumers are used to paying no money. I believe Spotify's free service would do well in China, but its premium subscription service will find it more difficult". As previously reported, Spotify is reported to be planning to also roll out in the US later this year. When this happens depends partly on a new injection of venture capital. Following a valuation of $250 million last month, the company is apparently on the verge of gaining $50 million from the Li Ka-Shing Foundation and Wellington Partners and possibly one of the major labels. It's not clear who, under the Chinese deal, will cover the bandwidth and licensing costs of the China service. Providing the technology to other net firms who then cover running costs through local ad sales or subscription revenues will presumably be an attractive proposition to Team Spotify. -------------------------------------------------- 7DIGITAL EXPAND INTO SWEDEN -------------------------------------------------- DRE TO ENCOURAGE BETTER QUALITY DOWNLOADING ABDUL FELL OUT WITH IDOL PRODUCERS OVER PAY DISCREPANCY According to the New York Times, Abdul started to complain about the pay situation, saying the discrepancy made her feel "disrespected" and "undermined", and it was that which ultimately led to the judge and show parting company. -------------------------------------------------- CLUB ASIA RADIO STATION IN ADMINISTRATION IAN BROWN'S KIDS REFUSE JOHN SQUIRE SONG Brown revealed that his former bandmate John Squire had written a song for him to use on his new solo album. He told The Word: "It was good, sounded nice - I liked it". However, upon asking his children if he should use it the following apparently happened: "My sons turned round and said 'Dad, you can't work on that. He sold you out, didn't he?' John's manager asked if I liked the tune, and I said: 'I did, but my sons won't let me work on it'". -------------------------------------------------- NICOTINE TO BLAME FOR ALLEN'S SMOKING ADDICTION Giving up smoking is easy, though. You just stop and then deal with the fact that you want a cigarette every single day of the rest of your life. I'm dealing with it just fine. Look, see how I'm dealing with it! I am doing just great and certainly don't have an overwhelming urge to go and chain a pack of Marlboros because Lily Allen just mentioned smoking. No, I am fine. Er, I'm just nipping out for a sec, be right back. |
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