OHMYGOSSIP — Coldplay have launched a £14 million countersuit against their former manager Dave Holmes after he sued them for £10 million over the summer.
Holmes worked for the band for more than 20 years until he was dismissed in 2022 and he filed suit against Chris Martin’s group in August accusing them of owing him millions in unpaid commission – a claim they have denied – but now the rockers have hit back with a suit of their own.
A spokesperson for Holmes told The Sunday Times: “Coldplay know they are in trouble with their defence. Accusing Dave of non-existent ethical lapses and other made-up misconduct will not deflect from the real issue at hand – Coldplay had a contract with Dave, they are refusing to honour it and they need to pay Dave what they owe him.”
According to the newspaper, the rockers allege Holmes took out two loans totalling around $30 from promoters Live Nation which they argue potentially affected his ability to negotiate with the company on their behalf.
The band also accused Holmes of blowing the budget for their ‘Music of the Spheres’ tour which kicked off in March 2022. Costs for the trek ballooned and they allege millions of pounds was wasted on equipment that was not suitable including “16 bespoke stage pylons” for lighting and video which cost $10.6 million but could not be used as well as $9.6 million for a “visual project” called the Jet Screen which was too big and was only used for 10 concerts in Argentina.
In the suit, the band allege Homes failed “adequately to supervise and control the tour budget at all times”. They are seeking £14 million in damages in the lawsuit, which was filed at the High Court in London.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Robbie Williams feels like a “yeti” because fame has made him a mythical person.
The ‘Angels’ hitmaker – who found fame as a member of Take That from 1990 to 1995, before leaving to launch his solo career – says being famous isn’t all its cracked up to be and when he’s out and about he gets gawped at like he’s some sort of special attraction.
The 49-year-old singer is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: “Being a famous person is like being a yeti. People are aware of you but they don’t really think you exist.
“So when I’m out and about folks kinda freak a bit or behave in a manner that they usually wouldn’t. Normally wide-eyed and in disbelief as their head juts slightly forward and with furrowed brows try to convince themselves that they aren’t seeing things.
“Having computed every alternative and settling on ‘no, this is actually happening’ normally a smile comes across their face. And then a nod.”
Meanwhile, Take That are set to address Robbie Williams “unnecessary and unkind” comments about his time in the band during their upcoming appearance on BBC Two’s Reel Stories.
This comes after ex-bandmate Robbie appeared on the programme a year ago and mentioned to TV presenter Dermot O’Leary his beef with bandmate Gary Barlow whilst talking about his struggles with alcohol and drug addiction.
A source said: “When Robbie was on the show he talked about his ‘beef’ with Gary, which he took to levels ‘that were unnecessary and unkind’ — and how he worries Gary will still feel hurt about it all. The singer also said being in the band sparked ‘the onset of mental illness’, which included downing bottles of vodka after rehearsals and years of ensuing drug and alcohol abuse. Now Gary, Howard and Mark will be able to give their side of the story on a show which often leads to some seriously moving and candid moments.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Public Enemy will reissue their 1988 second album ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’.
It’s been 35 years since the American group – formed by Chuck D and Flavour Flav back in 1985 – released their second LP and to commemorate the anniversary, as well as 50 years of hip hop, a new vinyl will be released to mark the occasion.
In a statement, Chuck D said: “Thanks to Run-DMC, LL Cool J and Whodini, we knew that hip hop albums could explode on cassettes. At about the same time, [The Bomb Squad producer] Hank Shocklee was the manager of a record store, and he would point out how rock bands like Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, and even Bruce Springsteen were getting the most out of the album concept.
“So, we took that and went further with ‘It Takes a Nation’, approaching it like a rock band. It ended up becoming a part of rap’s evolution from a singles-driven genre into the dawn of rap’s album age.”
Pubic Enemy’s frontman Chuck D recently narrated a new docu-drama series ‘Can You Dig It? A Hip-Hop Origin Story’ across five 30 minute episodes.
In the series Chuck D talks about the rise of hip-hop by recounting the story of its birth in the Bronx in New York during the late ’60s and early ’70s.

‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ 35th Anniversary Edition tracklist as follows:
Side A:
01. ‘Countdown to Armageddon’
02. ‘Bring the Noise’
03. ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’
04. ‘Cold Lampin With Flavor’

Side B:
01. ‘Terminator X to the Edge of Panic’
02. ‘Mind Terrorist’
03. ‘Louder Than a Bomb’
04. ‘Caught, Can We Get a Witness?’

Side C:
01. ‘Show ‘Em Whatcha Got’
02. ‘She Watch Channel Zero?!’
03. ‘Night of the Living Baseheads’
04. ‘Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos’

Side’ D:
01. ‘Security of the First World’
02. ‘Rebel Without a Pause’
03. ‘Prophets of Rage’
04. ‘Party for Your Right to Fight’

Side E:
01. ‘Bring the Noise (No Noise Version)’
02. ‘Bring the Noise (No Noise Instrumental)’
03. ‘Bring the Noise (No Noise A Cappella)’
04. ‘Rebel Without a Pause (Instrumental)’

Side F:
01. ‘Night of the Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter Mix)’
02. ‘Night of the Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST And Chuck Chill Out Instrumental Mix)’
03. ‘The Edge of Panic’

Side G:
01. ‘Terminator X to the Edge of Panic (No Need To Panic Radio Version)’
02. ‘The Rhythm, The Rebel (A Cappella)’
03. ‘Prophets of Rage (Power Version)’

Side H:
01. ‘Caught, Can We Get a Witness? (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony Dub)’
02. ‘B-Side Wins Again (Original Version)’
03. ‘Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (Instrumental)’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Britney Spears wants to collaborate with Jay-Z on a Beyonce cover.
The 41-year-old singer is keen to team up with the 53-year-old rapper – who is married to the ‘Crazy In Love’ hitmaker – on a new version of her 2016 song ‘Daddy Lessons’.
Sharing a video of herself dancing to the track on Instagram, she wrote: “So many people have done remixes to my songs without my knowledge … so I guess it’s safe to say I will be redoing this song eventually !!!
“Just need to meet Jay-Z and add a rap to it … what’s up ??? (sic)”
The song originally featured on Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ album seven years ago, while a remix featuring The Chicks came out later that year.
Over the summer, Britney returned to music with will.i.am on their collaboration ‘Mind Your Business’, and the Black Eyed Peas star admitted he’s always available to work with the ‘Womanizer’ singer.
He told Variety: “Whatever, however and whenever, Britney, I am there for her. She’s a darling to work with, an amazing human being. I’ll always make myself available to her.”
Britney and will.i.am previously worked together on 2012’s ‘Scream and Shout’ and he revealed he was a huge fan of the star since she released the track ‘Toxic’ in 2003.
He said: “Portugal, 2007, Black Eyed Peas did Rock in Rio and she was the headliner. ‘Dang, we’re rocking right before Britney. We gotta bring it.’ At that time, I transformed into a huge fan because of ‘Toxic.’ That track changed my life as far as I how I write and compete in that realm. When I heard ‘bleeearn-neearn-neearn-neearn’ [his version of the ‘Toxic’ intro], we produced ‘No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart.’ Same tempo. I told her that. Amazing. The video. The chorus. Even that noodle guitar. I still study that song. The structure, and how she performs it — perfect. That’s when I became an ultra-fan.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Duff McKagan has his “middle finger up” to artificial intelligence (AI) in the music industry, insisting it will not disrupt his “creativity”.
The Guns N’ Roses bassist admitted he isn’t going to “pay attention” to the advances in technology being increasingly used within music, and he isn’t concerned about AI taking over.
Speaking on an ‘In Conversation’ livestream, he said: “You’re gonna always have guys like me who [have] just got their middle finger up. They’re gonna just keep creating and not even pay attention to it, really.
“I don’t pay attention to it. I’m not worried about it. It’s not gonna affect my creativity.”
Duff, who is gearing up to drop his third solo album, ‘Lighthouse’, also opened up about first battling panic attacks during his teens, and admitted he “didn’t do a good job of dealing” with them in his 20s.
He added: “I got my first panic attack when I was 16 in my mum’s shower getting ready for school.
“The floor drops three feet and I thought there was an earthquake.
“I thought I was really alone, so for the next couple years I just had these panic attacks and I’d be alone. It was f****** terrifying.
“I didn’t do a good job of dealing with panic attacks throughout my 20s.
“I self-medicated, and my history of drinking and drug taking, that was to battle [them]. Half a bottle of vodka will kill a panic attack.”
But, fortunately, the star was “saved” by his acoustic guitar.
He added: “I found this new tool, my acoustic guitar. Man. F***. You are the truth-teller and panic attack saver, you know?
“If you get panic attacks, if you get depression, it’s not your fault. I can have a depression attack in the middle of things going amazingly well and it has nothing to do with what’s going on in your life.
“In my case, I discovered maybe I get these things so I can help my kids and help others. I have to look at it this way.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lauren Mayberry is keen to differentiate her solo music from Chvrches material.
The 36-year-old singer announced her first solo tour and music earlier this year and revealed that she didn’t want to simply mimic records she had made with the ‘Miracle’ synth-pop group.
Explaining how she isolated her solo work, Lauren told NME: “It was easy, because it was born out of things that I couldn’t or wouldn’t write in the band.
“The worse writing sessions were when I went in with someone who didn’t really understand what I was talking about and we would just sort of write a s*** Chvrches song.
“I was like, ‘This is a nice afternoon, but what’s the point in this?’ There’s already a universe where I can make that and I enjoy it. I don’t see why I would want to make the Tesco own brand version of that. These are musical and lyrical things that I don’t get to do in the band or don’t feel comfortable doing in the band.”
Lauren – who is part of Chvrches with Iain Cook and Martin Doherty – admits that she felt plenty of trepidation about going it alone.
She explained: “There’s always nervousness. For any frontperson in a band, but especially a woman, as soon as you say the words ‘solo material’ people get very upset with you. I feel like every second sentence is, ‘I’m not breaking up the band, guys, however…’
“But we’re lucky enough to have fans that care so much that they don’t want it to break up. I feel grateful, but I’m trying to be reassuring to them – ‘Just give us a couple more years guys, it’s going to be fine.'”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Oasis have taken the top two slots in a new countdown of the most streamed albums of the 1990s.
BBC Radio 2 is celebrating the decade’s top records in a special show to mark National Album Day on 14 October and the Manchester rockers top the charts with ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ at number one and ‘Definitely Maybe’ in second place.
Songwriter Noel Gallagher said: “I’m thrilled, but I wouldn’t say I was that surprised that ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ has been voted the most streamed album of the Nineties.
“I still do have my faith in the taste of people in this country. I mean if you’ve got ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ on an album, you’re gonna be alright aren’t you?”
The 56-year-old musician added: “For certain people, it’ll be bringing back memories of their youth in the Nineties and that brilliantly amazing decade we all lived through and then for the young people coming to it now, the songs deal with just the universal truths of life, and they will always be timeless.”
Noel’s brother Liam Gallagher also recorded a message for the programme – hosted by Steve Wright – where he reflected on the band’s 1994 debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’.
The singer said: “Love that record, without it god knows where I’d be and god knows where we’d all be.
“I’ll be celebrating it in my own way next year by doing some gigs, so stay tuned and listen out for details in a bit.”
The countdown also features ‘2001’ by Dr Dre at number three while Nirvana take positions four and five with ‘Nevermind’ and ‘In Utero’ respectively.
The show will also feature songs by the Spice Girls, Destiny’s Child and Metallica.

The top ten most streamed albums of the 1990s:
1. (What’s the story) Morning Glory? – Oasis (1995)
2. Definitely Maybe – Oasis (1994)
3. 2001 – Dr Dre (1999)
4. Nevermind – Nirvana (1991)
5. In Utero – Nirvana (1993)
6. Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell – Meatloaf (1993)
7. The Lion King Original Soundtrack (1994)
8. Californication – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1999)
9. Metallica – Metallica (1991)
10. Ready to Die – Notorious B.I.G (1994)

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OHMYGOSSIP — John 5 studied Motley Crue after joining the band.
The 53-year-old guitarist joined the glam metal group as Mick Mars’ replacement in 2022, and John has now revealed that he studied their old concerts in a bid to overcome his nerves.
The musician – whose real name is John Lowery – told Australian Guitar magazine: “I would go through the set every day. I prepare myself for everything because I never want to feel nervous. I don’t like that feeling.”
John paid particularly close attention to the finer details of the band’s shows.
He explained: “I would study their stadium concert tours – what Vince [Neil] is going to say, where I should go during this, where I should go during that – and I mean really study.
“In rehearsal, Nikki would say, ‘At the end of the song, we’re going to do ten hits here.’ I knew all of these endings.”
The former Rob Zombie guitarist shocked his bandmates with his intimate knowledge of their shows and their on-stage routines.
However, he doesn’t have any regrets about his preparation.
He said: “They looked at me like I had the memory of a crazy elephant. I knew their show so well because I didn’t want to be nervous.”
John was a fan of the ‘Home Sweet Home’ rockers before he joined the band and thinks that their fans will appreciate his efforts.
He said: “I did it every day for months. I wanted to play those solos exactly as they were written.
“Those solos are so important to me as a fan, and they’re so important to the audience.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs believes hip-hop “unified the world”.
The 53-year-old music mogul argued people who grew up in the 80s and 90s are all part of the “culture” of the genre because they understand it better than their parents’ generation, but insisted people had to seek out the music, rather than have it marketed to them.
Speaking to The Sunday Times’ Culture magazine, he told his interviewer: “You are part of hip-hop culture. You’re white, from London, but hip-hop got so big that you don’t look at it with a stereotypical view like your parents did. Because you grew up with it.”
He then added: “I don’t think it was marketed to the suburbs. People went on the hunt for it. It wasn’t your mother’s music. It was cool. Hip-hop has had the biggest impact of all musical genres. It unified the world.”
Diddy believes the “hustle and entrepreneurism” found on social media is a result of hip-hop and argued young people making music on their phones are also inspired by rap’s spontaneity.
He insisted: “That’s what hip-hop was always about — having a voice.”
Despite selling millions of records over the years and inspiring artists including Eminem, Rihanna and Ed Sheeran, Diddy can’t play any musical instruments but insisted he can always “feel” what works in a song.
Humming, he said: “That’s what I tell a keyboardist.
“Me hearing sounds is like how Messi kicks a ball — it’s all feeling.
“When I had to do my chores. I’d be vacuuming and hear a record, but heard other sounds over it — I was hearing records in the way that I would take them, if I had the chance.”
Diddy thinks he was heavily influenced by his year of birth.
He explained: “I love that I was born in 1969!
“When I was conceived man landed on the moon and there were assassinations. I was born and conceived in that energy, but also the energy of Curtis Mayfield and Barry White. That’s the music I grew up with. Then, in the Eighties, hip-hop landed. And then I made all the music for the Nineties . . .”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Pet Shop Boys have slammed Drake for using their song without permission.
The duo – comprising Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – have been left unimpressed by ‘All the Parties’, a track on the ‘God’s Plan’ hitmaker’s latest studio album, ‘For All The Dogs’, which seemingly samples their 1984 track ‘West End Girls’ but they have not received a credit for their contribution.
They posted on X, formerly Twitter: Surprising to hear @Drake singing the chorus of “West End Girls” in the track “All the Parties” on his new album. No credit given or permission requested.”
Drake sings in the song: “It’s 6, our town a dead-end world/ East End boys and West End girls, yeah.”
The lyrics and melody echo the pop smash, in which the duo sang: “In a West End town, a dead end world/ The East End boys and West End girls.”
Neither artists’ representatives have commented on the similarity as yet.
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed Drake is taking “maybe a year” off from music to focus on his dealth.
The 36-year-old rapper told SiriusXM’s ‘Sound 42’: “I probably won’t make music for a little bit.
“I’m gonna be honest. I got some other things I need to do for some other people that I made promises to, but I probably won’t make music for a little bit.
“I’m gonna be real with you. I need to focus on my health first and foremost and I’ll talk about that soon enough.
“I want people to be healthy in life and I’ve been having the craziest problems for years with my stomach. So I need to focus on my health and get right, and I’m going to do that.”
The ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker – who is one of the world’s best-selling artists – isn’t sure when he’ll return to the music scene.
He shared: “I need to get right. I have a lot of other things that I would love to focus on. So I’m gonna lock the door in the studio for a little bit.
“I don’t even know what a little bit is. Maybe, maybe a year or something, or maybe a little longer.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Darkness’ rhythm guitarist Dan Hawkins “sliced his fingers to pieces” all the time nailing his harmonising solos with brother Justin.
The ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ hitmaker would get wounded from regular use of the G-string.
Dan told Total Guitar magazine: “When we’re harmonising off the back of one of my solos, it normally sounds like Thin Lizzy and ABBA. And when I’m trying to harmonise with Justin’s solos, you can literally hear me sweating! Especially on Permission To Land, it was a f****** nightmare. To be honest, the first six years of my career in The Darkness was a nightmare because my G-string was a wound 22. So we’d do one of the solos where I have to join in and harmonise, for instance something like Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End), and it would literally be slicing my fingers to pieces. Forget about moving an inch, that G-string wouldn’t be moving a millimetre.
“Justin loves bending those strings all over the place!”
Dan praised his brother for bringing the “raunchineness” to their harmonising.
After Justin suggested their relationship is like “fire and ice”, he replied: “I’m ice and you’re fire. You’re bring the raunchiness! The only time I’ll take a solo is when I’ve got a melody in my head, something that helps add to the emotion of the thing. If it makes sense to my ears, then I will put my hand up. And then sometimes I will think, ‘Oh no, I can’t really solo in this key!’ But if I hear something, I will stick my hand up and say, ‘Yes, I will take this section of the song!'”
The Darkness reflecting on their early playing comes as they dropped the 20th anniversary reissue ‘Permission To Land… Again’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lana Del Rey has revealed money from ticket sales on her tour has been “poured right back” into the cities where she has been performing.
The pop star has spent much of this year on the road playing shows in Europe and South America and she wrapped up the US leg of her trek with a concert in Charleston, West Virginia on October 5 and she told the crowd there she’s been using money from ticket sales to do good.
She told the audience: “I just wanted to say thank you to you and just every city I’ve gone to before this … and I just wanted to let you know for what it’s worth every ticket, every dollar, it is poured right back into the city.”
Lana went on to insist she tours for the love of it rather than to make a profit. She added: “It’s not about that [the money] for me. I know that sounds cheesy, but I tour because I love it … I don’t need to. I just love it, and we’re all about the places we’ve been to.”
Lana previously showed her generosity back in 2020 by donating the $350,000 advance payment she received for her poetry book ‘Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass’ to charity.
The money went to the Dig Deep Project, which helps provide clean water to vulnerable communities, to help the Navajo Nation.
Lana explained in a post on Instagram: “As I’ve been lucky enough to be given an advance from [publishers] Simon and Schuster, I’m so grateful to be able to spread that money around to foundations that are in need of our help beginning with foundations connected to the Navajo community.
“We hope the @digdeepwater project will find relief with the $350,000 that we delivered to them last month. I personally have always believed in personal reparations to give back to the people who have shaped our land.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Blink-182’s new video is a “love letter to the Ramones”.
The pop rockers wear wigs, leather jackets and sunglasses in the promo for their track ‘Dance With Me’ which pays tribute to the legendary punk band and recreates several moments from their career including scenes from their ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ video while Blink-182 also perform on a stage reminiscent of New York venue CBGB where the Ramones played a famous gig back in 1974.
A press release states of the promo: “The video serves as a love letter to the Ramones and finds the guys paying homage to one of their favourite iconic bands that came before them.”
The video opens with a recreation of the Ramones’ 1981 interview on ‘The Tomorrow Show’ with an interviewer introducing Blink-182 and asking: “What the hell is punk? And is it punk that I said hell?”
Mark Hoppus then replies” “Punk is doing what you think is right on your own terms and not answering to anybody else and not letting people tell you how to live your life.”
‘Dance with Me’ is from the band’s upcoming ninth studio album ‘One More Time’ which is due for release on October 20. It features 17 songs and has been produced by drummer Travis Barker. Previous singles taken from the record include ‘Edging’, ‘More Than You Know’ and title track ‘One More Time’.
Guitarist Tom DeLonge previously insisted he thinks the record is their best yet. In a post on Instagram, he wrote: “What if I was to tell you we just made the best album of our career.”
In a later post, he added: “The new @blink182 album has some of the most progressive, and elevated music we‘ve ever had. In honesty, I am holding my breath for you to hear these other songs. ‘Edging’ is fun, and a perfect way to remind u of the fun again. But just u f****** wait.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ed Sheeran worried his wife would think ‘Perfect’ was “cheesy”.
The 32-year-old singer wrote his huge 2017 single just two months into his relationship with Cherry Seaborn – who he married in 2019 and went on to have two daughters with -and he admitted he felt “uncomfortable” putting so much of himself into the song, but believes that’s why people “connected” with the track.
He told America’s GQ Hype magazine: “I think that any song that people connect with has to feel uncomfortable while you’re writing it.
“When I was writing ‘Perfect’ I thought, ‘This is really cheesy, Cherry is gonna think that I’m like the cheesiest f****** boyfriend’.
“And you know, when I was writing ‘Salt Water,’ which is all about imagining your own suicide, I was like, F***, I don’t want to put this out and have my parents listen to this.”
While Ed finds it helpful to pour his feelings into his songs, he admitted he doesn’t always need to make them public.
Speaking on his track ‘The Man’ from 2014’s ‘x’ album, he said: “It felt super uncomfortable at the time, writing it, and everyone I played it to reacted in an uncomfortable way, which I thought was a good thing, and I put it out.
“The album probably didn’t need that song. I probably needed to write it, but I didn’t need to release it.”
The ‘Castle on the Hill’ hitmaker thinks his songs strike a chord with fans because of their familiar themes.
He said: “I think everyone loves love, and everyone feels low, and I feel like those are the two subjects that I’ve written most about.”
Ed believes ‘Perfect’ is the track he will be most remembered for in the years to come.
He explained: “‘’Perfect’ is the one where, whenever I play it at a concert, you see the stadium change, and everyone suddenly starts hugging the person next to them.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Paul McCartney says The Beatles song ‘Back in the U.S.S.R’ was a nod to The Beach Boys and Chuck Berry.
The song, which is a parody of Berry’s 1959 hit ‘Back in the USA’, tells the story of a Russian man who is keen to return to the Soviet Union after visiting the ‘Land of the Free’.
Speaking to Paul Muldoon on the ‘McCartney: A Life in Lyrics’ podcast, Paul, 81, said that Chuck’s song was overly positive about the US and that he wanted to reverse the roles for the Soviet Union: “It’s a little bit too pro-US, cos we were in the UK, so I could poke fun at it in my own way.
“When I saw the USSR was kind of similar, then I realised I could, instead of back in the US, I could do a little parody on Chuck’s idea of being back.”
The music icon continued: “And I would have a Russian guy, who’d come from America, and was glad to be back in Russia. He’d come from Miami on BOAC (British Overseas Airways Cooperation).”
During a meditative visit to India in 1968, The Beatles ran into The Beach Boys’ Mike Love.
Meeting the music legend inspired Paul to utilise their famous harmonies in ‘Back in the U.S.S.R.’, as another ironic nod to American culture in a Soviet song: “They [Beach Boys] were big influences round about the time, so this, as I’m doing a parody of Chuck, and I’m doing it American [style], but it’s a Russian guy having all the sentiments.
“So I’m using stuff from The Beach Boys for the parody. So, when I’m going ‘Ukraine girls really knock me out’ I’m thinking, ‘California girls knock me out.'”
Whilst the song was a smash hit in 1968, Paul admitted the didn’t think it had stood the test of time: “I do sometimes think, particularly about this one, how amazingly ancient all the ideas are.
“Now, there isn’t a USSR anymore, there isn’t a BOAC, and I often wonder, like you [Muldoon] didn’t get it, I don’t think the kids get it. I’m not sure they know what the USSR was. It’s just a Rock ‘n’ Roll song.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — BLACKPINK star Jennie has released her new solo tune, ‘You and Me’.
The K-pop star has released the original version of the dance song and the remix version ‘You and Me (Coachella ver.)’ – from the South Korean girl group’s Coachella performance in April and BST Hyde Park shows in July.
She sings: “Nothing in the world can make me feel the way you do, the things you do.
“I love you and me, dancing in the moonlight / Nobody can see, it’s just you and me tonight.”
It also comes with a striking music video set against the backdrop of a giant moon with an epic choreography that sees Jennie taking centre stage.
YG Entertainment said: “We hope the song becomes a special gift through which fans remember their memories from ‘Born Pink’ tour.”
‘You and Me’ was first performed during BLACKPINK’s ‘Born Pink’ world tour stop at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea in October.
It marks the 27-year-old star’s first solo release since 2018’s ‘Solo’.
Jennie recently teased a new song that is unique to her is on the way.
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar Korea and translated to English by Korea JoongAng Daily, she said: “I’m making a song that’s by Jennie, the most Jennie and something unique that is only Jennie’s.”
Jennie recently teamed up with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp on the track ‘One Of The Girls’ from their HBO series ‘The Idol’.
Meanwhile, YG Entertainment recently rubbished a report that suggested Jennie and bandmate Jisoo – who are joined by Lisa and Rosé in the ‘Pink Venom’ group – are planning to launch their own “one-man agency”.
The label also insisted that BLACKPINK’s contract renewal negotiations are still ongoing.
The entertainment agency said in a statement: “Nothing has been confirmed regarding BLACKPINK’s contract renewals and their future activities.”
It had been claimed that only Rosé was going to renew her contract with YG.
The four-piece is the highest-charting female Korean act on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 13 with ‘Ice Cream’ in 2020, and on the Billboard 200, peaking at number one with their second studio album, 2022’s ‘Born Pink’, which is the best-selling album of all time by a female act in South Korea and the first to sell more than two million copies.

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