Chili Pepper child
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has become a father after his girlfriend Heather Christie gave birth to a baby boy in a Los Angeles hospital.…
And Finally
Each week we carefully curate some of the stand-out stories that come across the CMU news desk, picking out the most funny, whacky or down right weird ones to include in the 'And Finally!" column.
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Laura Marling busks after gig is stopped
Laura Marling was stopped from playing the Soho Revenue Bar because she is 17 and the venue is over-18s only, so she busked before performing at The Exchange Bar.…
Shakira donates £22 million to disaster relief in Latin America
Shakira has donated around £22 million to help areas affected by natural disasters in Peru and Nicaragua, announced at a global climate change summit organised by Bill Clinton and Reuters.…
Ludacris to paint New York park and play volunteers gig
Rapper Ludacris will join volunteers to regenerate a New York park on 6 October, and will play a one-off gig at Radio City Music Hall with Busta Rhymes, Angels And Airwaves and Keyshia Cole.…
Kasabian's Tom Meighan buys ET bike for £10,000
Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has reportedly paid £10,000 for the ET BMX bike, haggling with its Leicester owner from a starting bid of £2,000, according to The Sun.…
Ozzy Osbourne says Tony Blair could never play Iron Man
Ozzy Osbourne claims former prime minister Tony Blair told him he never mastered the 'Iron Man' riff on guitar.…
Kanye West's mother says he is like Jesus
Kanye West's mother, speaking to the Baltimore Sun, says her son's voice should reach beyond hip hop and compares him to Martin Luther King, Gandhi and Jesus.…
Smashing Pumpkins fan dies at Vancouver gig
A 20-year-old fan died after being crushed in the crowd at a Smashing Pumpkins show in Vancouver, with police saying there were no suspicious circumstances.…
Future Of The Left frontman Andy Falkous rants at heckler
Future Of The Left's Andy Falkous launched a three-minute tirade against a heckler at a London gig at the Water Rats, according to NME.com.…
Woman sues to prove James Brown is her father
Houston woman LaRhonda Petitt is going to court to prove she is a daughter of James Brown in a bid for a share of his estate.…
Donovan on OD-ing
Jason Donovan describes overdosing at Kate Moss's 21st birthday party at LA's Viper Club in his new autobiography, as excerpted in the Daily Mirror.…
Displacements have lucky escape
Leicester band The Displacements escaped serious injury after their car blew a tyre and flipped on the motorway en route to a gig at Kingston University.…