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Jake Shears' new side project 'Crystal Pepsi' made their London DJ debut last weekend. Crystal Pepsi — comprising Jake and David Geffen's boyfriend Jeremy Lingvall — supported Azari & III…

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A Newsdump for 12 October 2011: From Kelly Clarkson's label unity to sharing Cheryl Cole's duty free

» Kelly Clarkson's 'Stronger' album represents the first time she and her record company have really worked together. (Daily Star) How fortunate, then, that it is such a roaring success so far.…

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A Newsdump for 20 September 2011: From an orchestrated chart contest to Jessie J needing more rest

» It's the old guard vs the new guard. It's Louis vs Simon. It's Westlife vs One Direction. (The Sun) It's not really a contest is it, let's be honest.…

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A Newsdump for 26 August 2011: From Gary Barlow's Adele ban to Lady Gaga's secret performance plan

» Like most of us, Gary Barlow feels he's heard Adele's 'Someone Like You' a bit too much. (Metro) » After Katy Perry and Natalia Kills spent the weekend on rollercoasters (Global Grind), Cher Lloyd…

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Jake Shears didn't need much persuading for his new musical role

Jake Shears has spoken to Rolling Stone magazine about his involvement in the forthcoming musical based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels, claiming that he needed very little persuading to…

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The Mark Ronson album: it's highly likely to be highly brilliant

Here's a photo of Mark Ronson picking which songs from his new album 'Record Collection' to play us in what can only be described as a private playback scenario. When…

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More Kylie album information than you can shake a bent stick at

Everyone loves a tracklisting. Here's one for Kylie's 'Aphrodite'. 1. All The Lovers 2. Get Outta My Way 3. Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) 4. Closer 5. Everything Is…

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The Newsdump, April 15 2010: from Stevie Wonder in a field to Jake Shears in a field

Let's let off an air horn at 6am in the Stone Circle of recycled news: » Stevie Wonder will play at this year's Glastonbury. (Hello) » N‑Dubz will play at…

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A longish but strangely vague review of the new Scissor Sisters album

Right, let's not mess around here: the new Scissor Sisters album is amazing. First off (well strictly speaking it's track three but it's where the album properly starts for us)…

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The new Scissor Sisters album: here is the news.

1. We had a chat about it last week with Jake Shears. Over the last eight months he's kept us in the loop, every now and again, on the album's…

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Jake Shears didn't need much persuading for his new musical role

The Mark Ronson album: it's highly likely to be highly brilliant

More Kylie album information than you can shake a bent stick at

The Newsdump, April 15 2010: from Stevie Wonder in a field to Jake Shears in a field

A longish but strangely vague review of the new Scissor Sisters album

The new Scissor Sisters album: here is the news.

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