OHMYGOSSIP — Liam Gallagher is to launch his new documentary film with an “exclusive performance”.
The former Oasis frontman’s eagerly anticipated movie will receive its world premiere at London’s Alexandra Palace on Thursday June 6 and the night will feature a live set from Liam, 46, that will be streamed via satellite into cinemas across the UK and Ireland.
The movie has been directed by Charlie Lightening – who helmed Liam’s ‘Chinatown’ video and worked with his former group Beady Eye – and will focus on Liam’s journey from “boredom, booze and legal battles” to major solo star with the release of his debut solo LP ‘As You Were’ and subsequent sold-out global concerts.
According the film’s official synopsis ‘As It Was’ “tells the honest and emotional story of how one of the most electrifying rock ‘n’ roll frontmen went from the dizzying heights of his champagne supernova years in Oasis to living on the edge, ostracised and lost in the musical wilderness of booze, notoriety and bitter legal battles. Starting again alone, stripped bare and with nowhere to hide, Liam risks everything to make the greatest comeback of all time.”
Oasis split in August 2009 when Liam’s older brother and ex-bandmate Noel Gallagher quit the rock band following a backstage bust-up between the pair before a concert in Paris, France, which ended with the volatile frontman swinging a guitar at his sibling’s head after the songwriter had stamped on one of his instruments.
Liam went on to form Beady Eye with the other members of Oasis, but the group had average chart success with their two albums; ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’ and ‘BE’, so they parted ways in 2014.
After that for four years, the ‘Bold’ singer – who divorced his second wife Nicole Appleton in 2014 – stepped back from the music business before making his return after being inspired by his new girlfriend Debbie Gwyther.
‘As It Was’ will be released on June 7 in the UK and Ireland via Altitude Film Distribution.
Tickets for the Alexandra Palace World Premiere go on sale Thursday 2 May from 4pm and Cinema screening tickets will go on sale on Friday 3 May.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Drake has become the most decorated winner in Billboard Music Awards history after taking home 12 prizes at Wednesday night’s (01.05.19) ceremony.
The rapper, 32, won Top Artist and Top Rap Artist, among other gongs, at the ceremony, which took place at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, taking his all-time total to 27.
And he even found time for a shout out to ‘Game of Thrones’ character Arya Stark – portrayed by Maisie Williams – after she defeated the evil Night King in the epic Battle of Winterfell on Sunday’s (28.04.19) episode of the HBO fantasy show.
While collecting the Top Billboard 200 Album accolade for ‘Scorpion’, he told the audience: “Thank you to everybody who gave me their time, their energy, stayed away from their family and friends while we were trying to complete this.
“I always had a dream of doing a double album and I finally did it so now I’ll never do it again.
“Hey, shout-out to Arya Stark for putting in that work last week.”
Drake beat off competition from Card B – who led the nominees with 21 nods – in the Top Artist category as well as Ariana Grande, Post Malone and Travis Scott.
Cardi also landed a big haul on the night, taking home six accolades including Top Rap Female Artist and Top Collaboration for her ‘Girls Like You’ hit with Maroon 5.
But she lost out to Ariana in the Top Female Artist category, which Halsey, Ella Mai and Taylor Swift were also nominated for.
Cardi took to the stage to accept the Best Rap Song prize for her song ‘I Like It’ with J Balvin and Bad Bunny, but her speech almost got cut short due to such big applause from the audience.
Speaking to the crowd, she joked: “Wait a minute. Let me finish my speech, goddamn it.
“I know y’all love me. If you got a favourite artist, support them. Stream their music. Listen to their music.
“Tell a friend to tell a friend about their music to get them on the chart, an upcoming artist or artists that’s already out there. Support their music.
“Be the biggest fan that you can be.”
Maroon 5 scored four award wins at the ceremony – which was hosted by Kelly Clarkson – while Ella, Ozuna, Luke Combs and Lauren Daigle each won a hat-trick of prizes.
Ella, 24, defeated H.E.R., Khalid, The Weeknd and XXXTentacion to win Top R&B Artist.
Taylor Swift returned to the spectacle to perform her new single ‘ME!’, which was her first performance at the event since 2013, and Madonna, Paula Abdul, and Jonas Brothers were among the other performers.
Billboard Music Awards 2019 Winners:
Top Artist:
Drake
Top New Artist:
Juice WRLD
Billboard Chart Achievement Award:
Ariana Grande
Top Male Artist:
Drake
Top Female Artist:
Ariana Grande
Top Duo/Group:
BTS
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Drake
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Drake
Top Streaming Songs Artist:
Drake
Top Song Sales Artist:
Drake
Top Radio Songs Artist:
Drake
Top Social Artist:
BTS
Top Touring Artist:
Ed Sheeran
Top R&B Artist:
Ella Mai
Top R&B Male Artist:
The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist:
Ella Mai
Top R&B Tour:
Beyoncé & JAY-Z
Top Rap Artist:
Drake
Top Rap Male Artist:
Drake
Top Rap Female Artist:
Cardi B
Top Rap Tour:
Beyoncé & JAY-Z
Top Country Artist:
Luke Combs
Top Country Male Artist:
Luke Combs
Top Country Female Artist:
Carrie Underwood
Top Country Duo/Group:
Dan + Shay
Top Country Tour:
Kenny Chesney
Top Rock Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Top Rock Tour:
Elton John
Top Latin Artist:
Ozuna
Top Dance/Electronic Artist:
The Chainsmokers
Top Christian Artist:
Lauren Daigle
Top Gospel Artist:
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Drake ‘Scorpion’
Top Soundtrack:
‘The Greatest Showman’
Top R&B Album:
XXXTentacion ’17’
Top Rap Album:
Drake ‘Scorpion’
Top Country Album:
Luke Combs ‘This One’s For You’
Top Rock Album:
Panic! At This Disco ‘Pray For The Wicked’
Top Latin Album:
Ozuna ‘Aura’
Top Dance/Electronic Album:
The Chainsmokers ‘Sick Boy’
Top Christian Album:
Lauren Daigle ‘Look Up Child’
Top Gospel Album:
Tori Kelly ‘Hiding Place’
Top Hot 100 Song:
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B ‘Girls Like You’
Top Streaming Song (Audio):
Travis Scott ‘SICKO MODE’
Top Streaming Song (Video):
Drake ‘In My Feelings’
Top Selling Song:
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B ‘Girls Like You’
Top Radio Song:
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B ‘Girls Like You’
Top Collaboration:
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B ‘Girls Like You’
Top R&B Song:
Ella Mai ‘Boo’d Up’
Top Rap Song:
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin ‘I Like It’
Top Country Song:
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line ‘Meant to Be’
Top Rock Song:
Panic! At The Disco ‘High Hopes’
Top Latin Song:
Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna ‘Te Bote’
Top Dance/Electronic Song:
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey ‘The Middle’
Top Christian Song:
Lauren Daigle ‘You Say’
Top Gospel Song:
Koryn Hawthorne ‘Won’t He Do It’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Andrew Ridgeley “misses” his “great friend” George Michael.
The 56-year-old musician met the late ‘Fast Love’ hitmaker – who died in December 2016 at the age of 53 – at school and went on to form pop group Wham! in 1981, achieving worldwide chart success before eventually going their separate ways in 1986.
Andrew admits his grief will never fully go away but he felt “honoured” and “privileged” to be able to pay tribute to his childhood friend during the 2017 BRIT Awards, alongside their backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie, because there hadn’t been a “public expression of grief” until that moment.
Speaking on ‘The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show’, Andrew said: “At times I miss him, anyone would of a great friend. But it was a real privilege to be able to give tribute to him at that time and place. There hadn’t really been a public expression of grief so it was really important, it was the perfect context in which to do so. It was a great honour to do that and personally for me, it was something that I really had to do and it will live as an enduring memory.”
Andrew recalled how he and George’s homemade cassette, that was played to record labels in a bid to get a deal, consisted of the three tracks ‘Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)’, “half of ‘Club Tropicana'” and a segment of ‘Careless Whisper’.
He added: “Hearing it, one would have thought it had taken ten minutes, because there wasn’t much of it. Our demo tape we got signed on was composed of three songs, ‘Wham Rap’, half of ‘Club Tropicana’ and a verse and the chorus of ‘Careless Whisper’ and we thought that was good enough. There were a few that turned us down.”
The ‘Everything She Wants’ hitmaker also opened up about how “success” came very “quickly” for the band once they were signed to independent label Innervision Records in 1982.
He said: “The success came very quickly and it was a different age so one’s awareness, especially in a global sense wasn’t quite the same as it was these days because of social media and because of the huge variety of media that people are exposed to.
“We were in a little bubble to a degree, but you’d never really know what was going on elsewhere, you’d done a tour in the States and then you wouldn’t really know what the reaction was out of the shows because it wasn’t immediate on Instagram and Twitter. It wasn’t perhaps as broad as it is these days, it was fab though.”
In 1985, Wham! embarked on a 10-day visit to China during their world tour and became the first “contemporary band” to perform in the communist country, something that Andrew is still proud of.
He said: “It was an extraordinary experience. We were the first contemporary band, I think The Chieftains had been there – [who were] an Irish folk cross pop cross over – we were the first kind of pop act as people would understand it to go to China, it was still very much a communist country and was in the process of industrialisation and it was very, very tightly controlled – we were guests of the Chinese Youth Workers Party.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shakespears Sister are reuniting.
The ‘Stay’ hitmakers, made up for former Bananarama star Siobhan Fahey and US musician Marcella Detroit, are set to return to the stage this year after reportedly settling their feud.
An industry insider told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “It’s taken years to broker this truce and reunion between Siobhan and Marcella.
“They’re both such strong-willed women but they know they make some of their best music when working together.
“The rumours have been circulating for a while and finally they’re true.”
The pair’s 1992 hit ‘Stay’ remained at number one in the UK for eight consecutive weeks, but Siobhan – who founded the group in 1988 – axed Marcella from the band in 1993.
Marcella found out she had been booted out of the duo when Siobhan’s publisher read out an acceptance speech at the 1993 Ivor Novello Awards ceremony after Shakespears Sister’s second studio album ‘Hormonally Yours’ had won Best Contemporary Collection of Songs.
In the speech, Siobhan wished Marcella “all the best for the future” and added “all’s well that ends well”.
Siobhan, 60, ended the project herself in 1996 but in 2009 she revived the name and released album ‘Cosmic Dancer’ in 2011.
But the record failed to chart and the project disappeared again.
What’s more, in 2017, Siobhan re-joined original Bananarama members Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward for a tour.
She had departed the group in 1988 to form Shakespears Sister, which was initially a solo act until Marcella joined in 1989.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig still doesn’t own an amplifier for his electric guitar.
The 35-year-old frontman has released the band’s fourth album ‘Father of the Bride’ – their first in six years – on Friday (03.05.19) but he admitted more than a decade after the group’s debut he still doesn’t always see himself as a “professional musician”.
Speaking to The Sun, he explained: “I still can’t think of myself as a full-time, professional musician.
“It’s not necessarily impostor syndrome. I can recognise the fact that this is reality. Maybe this is just my own myth or something but I just associate being creative with being an amateur.
“I have a piano and an electric guitar but I don’t even have an amp. I’m still getting used to understanding that this is what I do.”
The ‘A-Punk’ band – completed by Chris Tomson and Chris Baio, and former member Rostam Batmanglij – leaped onto the scene in 2008 with their self titled debut, and that early success meant the group felt like they were in a “life-or-death” situation with each subsequent release.
Ezra added: “The early years of the band were a whirlwind. There was a lot of excitement and also a lot of stress and anxiety making the follow-up albums.
“It felt like a real life-or-death thing for us, as we had success on our first album, which seemed like a one-in-a-million thing to happen.
“We didn’t wait around too long in between the first three albums (including 2010’s ‘Contra’ and 2013’s ‘Modern Vampires Of The City’) as we benefited from the very specific moment when we started. So taking time off after the third album was a necessity.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Madonna has started discussions for her new live tour.
The ‘Material Girl’ hitmaker has confirmed she is planning to head out on the road, and while it is certainly on the cards it sounds like an official announcement isn’t coming just yet.
Asked by Billboard about the possibility of going on tour, she responded: “Uh, it’s… it’s been spoken about in such a deep way that I’m actually having production meetings.”
The 60-year-old tar also opened up on three of her top 10 Billboard Hot 100 songs – ‘Rescue Me’, ‘This Used To Be My Playground’ and ‘I’ll Remember’ – which she is still yet to ever perform live.
She explained: “I’ll tell you why [they haven’t been performed]: Because they’re very laid back dreamy songs.
“[But ‘Rescue Me’ is] kinda dope! I’ve actually… I’ll consider that one. Your love has given me hope, OK? To quote the song.”
Madonna is set to release her 14th studio album ‘Madame X’ on June 14, and this week has has unveiled her latest single ‘I Rise’.
She sings “There’s nothing you can do to me that hasn’t been done/ Not bulletproof, shouldn’t have to run from a gun/ River of tears ran dry, let ’em run/ No game that you can play with me, I ain’t one.”
The first single released from the upcoming record was ‘Medellin’, which she performed for the first time at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday night (01.05.19) alongside her collaborator Maluma.
She made her triumphant return with a big budget performance seeing her surrounded by holograms of herself.
Each of the hologram Madonnas were wearing a costume modeled by the star in the track’s muic video.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Pete Doherty thinks a Babyshambles reunion would be too complicated to pull off.
The band hasn’t been active in five years after some festival shows supporting their third album ‘Sequel To The Prequel’ and while there have been offers to return it would logistically be tough.
Speaking to NME, Pete explained: “Babyshambles were offered some money to have a comeback. Good band, they were – amazing tunes. [But] no, I don’t think so.
“There’s money involved, f***ing hell. It doesn’t matter how much you love the songs. You can be like, ‘Oh are you going to get Babyshambles back together, Pete?’ But then who’s going to manage Babyshambles? There are all these managerial f***eries with Babyshambles.”
He also admitted there would be issues with figuring out who should be part of a reunited lineup, as he pointed to the difficult task of fitting original guitarist Pat Walden into the mix.
The group was formed in 2003 with Pete and Pat joined by Drew McConnell on bass and Gemma Clarke on drums, and when the group reunited in 2014, Adam Ficek was behind the kit with Mick on guitar duties.
He added: “Who are [Babyshambles] anyway? Who’s going to play guitar? It’s gotta be [Mick Whitnall], but does Pat want to? Last time we tried to get Pat back, but should get Mick and Pat?
“If you’re gonna do Babyshambles you’ve got to play ‘Pipedown’, but then you’ve got to play ‘F**k Forever’, and you can’t not play ‘I Wish.’ ”
Meanwhile, Pete was hospitalised earlier this week after getting spiked by a hedgehog he was trying to save from his dogs.
The Libertines rocker had been out walking his two Siberian huskies when one of the dog picked up the spiny mammal, and his attempts to free the terrified animal meant one of the spines ended up lodged in his finger, leading him to hospital to get it removed and treated in case of infection.

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Lightning Seeds are reissuing ‘Jollification’ for the album’s 25th anniversary.
The group’s defining third LP – which featured hit singles like ‘Lucky You’, ‘Marvellous’, ‘Change’ and ‘Perfect’ – was released in 1994 and went on to sell 900,000 copies.
To coincide with the re-release of the classic album, the band will be performing the record in its entirety with two very special shows later this year.
On November 7, the band – made up of Ian Broudie, Martyn Campbell, Riley Broudie, Abi Harding and Jim Sharrock – will be at the iconic London Palladium, before they play a hometown gig at the Liverpool Philarmonic Hall on November 27.
The reissued record will be remastered from the original analogue master tapes and as well as a digital release, it will also be available on both heavyweight black vinyl and a limited edited strawberry red – and scented – coloured copy.
Both of these will come with a bonus 7″ featuring rare b-sides ‘Lucifer Sam’ and an acoustic version of ‘Perfect’.
Broudie played most of the instruments himself on ‘Jollification’ when it was recorded with long time collaborators Simon Rodgers and Cenzo Townshend at an old lab in Liverpool City Centre.
The record also featured contributions from Terry Hall and Alison Moyet, and Broudie is excited to celebrate the anniversary in style.
He said: “I’m thrilled that Jollification is being reissued on vinyl to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It evokes some great memories of that time for me.
“It’s brilliant to have the opportunity to celebrate the occasion with two very special nights at two iconic venues.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Passenger is donating all the profits from his new album to Shelter.
The chart topping musician – whose real name is Mike Rosenberg – has announced that 100% of the money raised by his new album ‘Sometimes It’s Something, Sometimes It’s Nothing At All’ will be given to the homeless charity.
He said: “When I started out, I spent a lot of time busking around the UK and in Brighton where I live, which really opened my eyes to the number of people forced to sleep rough.
“So, I was even more shocked when Shelter told me about the thousands of homeless families out there, hidden from view in hostels and emergency B&Bs.
“It’s made me realise how lucky I am to have a safe place to call home – something everyone should have – so this donation is something I could do to help in a small way.”
The record was released on Thursday (02.05.19) and Mike marked the occasion by visiting the charity’s flagship shop at Coal Drops Yard in Kings Cross to meet staff and Shelter service users as he also treated them to a performance of the title track from the album.
Proceeds from the LP will be used to help Shelter’s Family Support Services, which operates in seven locations across the UK and works with hundreds of homeless families every year to help them overcome both the immediate and underlying causes of homelessness.
The charity’s chief executive Polly Neate added: “We are incredibly excited that Passenger has chosen to support Shelter through this very special partnership, which will see 100% of the profits go towards funding our vital Family Support Services.
“With 131,000 homeless children living Britain today, this is a crisis that simply cannot be ignored.
“The proceeds from Passenger’s album will help our dedicated support workers to find safe, secure homes for the many homeless families and children who desperately need us right now.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tulisa wants to reunite with N-Dubz.
The ‘Playing with Fire’ hitmakers – also comprised of her cousin Dappy and their friend Fazer – haven’t worked together since 2012 and the 30-year-old star admitted there is “nothing like” the feeling of being on stage with her bandmates.
Asked if she misses N-Dubz by new! magazine, she said:” Yeah. There’s nothing like being able to write songs when there are three of you.
“And then you step on stage and look at the crowd and look back at each other… If you’re going through an emotion by yourself and you’ve achieved something, it’s great, but when you’re going through it with your best friend, it’s incredible.
“But, work aside, they’re still there as family.”
But Tulisa admitted it’s hard to get “musical genius” Dappy into a conversation about reuniting the band and thinks he needs to pursue his own endeavours away from the group before he’ll be ready to return.
He said: “I don’t know that he doesn’t want to but it’s hard to grab his attention.
“He’s a musical genius and he wants to do his own thing with his music.
“When he feels like he’s done, he’ll come back to N-Dubz.
“He’s on a bit of a mission achieving what he wants in life. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I think that’s what has held the group back from getting together again.”
Last year, the ‘Daddy’ singer won a five-year legal battle against will.i.am after being left off the writing credits, but she insists there’s no hard feelings between them.
She said: “[Things are] totally cool. I’ve seen him and we’ve even exchanged numbers.
“We’ve laughed about it all and had a drink together.
“It’s done and dusted now. I’m not one to hold on to things you can’t change.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Justin Bieber has compared Chris Brown to Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
The 25-year-old singer took to Instagram to share an image suggesting Jackson plus Shakur equals his pal Brown and said that people don’t appreciate Chris like he deserves.
He wrote: “everyone wants to wait til people die To give them the credit they deserve. I’m calling it now when CB passes away after a long full life, you will miss what you had in front of you the whole time … trust me watch you will see. the people who have over looked this mans talent because of a mistake he made.. you need to reevaluate! Love you @chrisbrownofficial (sic).”
Justin has slammed people for ignoring Chris’ “talent” because of a “mistake” he made. Although he did not elaborate on the mistake, he was likely referring to Chris’ brutal beating of his former girlfriend Rihanna in a car after a pre-Grammy’s party in 2009.
Speaking previously about the assault, Rihanna revealed she had to “fend him off”.
She said: “I fended him off with my feet. He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank. He was clearly blacked-out. There was no person when I looked at him. It was almost as if he had nothing to lose. He had so much to lose. It wasn’t the same person that says I love you. It definitely wasn’t those eyes.
“I was battered, I was bleeding, I was swollen in the face. So there was no way of me getting home, except … to get out of the car and walk. Start walking in a gown, in a bloody face.”
Chris sentenced to five years of probation, one year of domestic violence therapy, and six months of community service for the assault, which he completed in March 2015.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shawn Mendes wrote ‘If I Can’t Have You’ for Dua Lipa.
The 20-year-old star revealed that he originally thought the song would be a perfect fit for Dua Lipa but after listening to it again, he knew he had to keep it for himself.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1’s ‘Best of the Week’ show, he said: “I was back in the studio with Teddy Geiger and Nate Mercreau and I was playing it on piano and I was like oh my god this would be really cool for Dua Lipa. It was on guitar and I turned it to piano it was right after ‘One Kiss’ came out. In the voice note – I’m speaking like I’m gonna send to Dua I’m like, ‘Okay, Dua, I have this song I have just a chorus we can finish it if you want.'”
Shawn also revealed that acting is his next great ambition.
He said: “[Acting] is the biggest you-have-to-own it thing. As I’m starting to see I can own this singing thing I think I’ll fall into acting and stuff more, 100 per cent.”
However, Shawn recently admitted that auditions make him extremely nervous.
He said: “I wanna do some acting. I wanna do some acting soon, like very soon. I think that’s, like, my next big thing that I wanna step into.
“I did one audition and when I say that is the most nervous I’ve ever… I mean, I played at Wembley just with an acoustic guitar and was ok and I mean, I walked in and it was me and three people that were auditioning and my hands were shaking.
“I don’t even think I was speaking English. It was insane, dude.
“Acting is very, very hard, it’s really super nerve-wracking but I wanna do it.”
And the ‘Treat You Better’ hitmaker already knows his dream role would be in a biopic of the late Elvis Presley.
Asked his ideal role, he said: “It’d be amazing to be able to do something about Elvis. I think that would be great.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — k.d. lang felt a “deep, deep connection” to the late Patsy Cline.
The 57-year-old singer began her career as a country artist but admitted she had always “shunned” the genre, until she was given some records for her 21st birthday and appreciated the “direct nature” of the songs, which had a big influence on her own music.
Speaking to MOJO magazine, she said: “I was never a fan of country music as a kid. In fact, I shunned it because I thought I was cooler than that.
“Then the Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn movies came out and country was somehow experiencing this hip renaissance.
“On my 21st birthday I was given some Patsy Cline records.
“My initial reaction had been sort of ironic but then I started listening to those records and I started to realise the direct nature of country music, how it can enter you like a kind of emotional intravenous.
“Patsy spoke to me spiritually. This deep, deep connection.
“At the same time I was listening to Patsy I was doing sort of avant-garde folk and performance in Edmonton, and this vision arose almost spontaneously of k.d. lang and The Reclines.”
The ‘Constant Craving’ hitmaker recorded an album, ‘A Wonderful World’, with veteran crooner Tony Bennett in 2002 and admitted she’d jumped at the chance because American standards are a “secret passion” of hers.
She said: “He’s a couple of years younger than my mum.
“MY secret passion is easy listening. Traditional pop and American standards – I love that music.
“It’s so tempting for me to go into that world but it’s been done, I don’t need to do it.
“But when you have one of the holders of the lineage asking you to join him, that was my green light into that world and I lapped it up.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ashley Tisdale says writing her new album ‘Symptoms’ was “healing”.
The new record tells the story of Ashley’s struggle with anxiety and depression and each track title represents a different symptom in her battle.
She told Forbes: “This experience has been a lot of fun and I’ve really gotten to know myself as an artist. It was also very healing for me. This album is a piece of me, verses when I was younger, I didn’t know who I was as an artist.
“I went into the studio and on the first day we wrote ‘Symptoms’ and it was very organic for me. For me to do another record, it had to be important. I feel like for the first time, my fans are going to get to know me for everything. I could be honest with my fans about my experiences.
“This record is a very fun record and I wanted to talk about these feelings, but not dwell on them. Having anxiety and depression makes you who you are and I’m very proud of these things. We all have issues, so let’s just celebrate and have fun…that’s what the music translates to.”
And Ashley is excited about taking to the road to tour her new album.
She said: “I’m getting ready to do a Netflix series [‘Merry Happy Whatever’] in Quebec, but I would love to be able to go on tour with Symptoms. I haven’t been on tour in a long time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Claire Richards used to get too homesick to enjoy travelling the world with Steps.
The 41-year-old singer – who has children Charlie, 11, and nine-year-old Daisy with husband Reece Hill – didn’t properly appreciate the opportunities that came her way in her early 20s because she felt “too nervous” to go out and explore new cities she performed in with the band.
Speaking to Closer magazine, she said: “I was only 19 when I joined Steps and I really missed my mum and dad when I was away from home on tour with the band.
“I spent a lot of time travelling the world, but not actually appreciating all these amazing countries.
“Instead, I would stay in my hotel room because I was too nervous to explore.
“I wasted a lot of opportunities. I wish I had ventured out more, instead of getting caught up in a bubble of homesickness.”
Claire finds the key to finding a balance with her professional and personal life is to regard her music career as just a job and creating a true “separation” between her public and private personas.
She explained: “It’s easy to forget that being famous is just a job and having a good balance between family and work is key.
“The glitz and the glamorous side of showbiz is amazing, but it’s not real life.
“I try to remember that I’m going to work, just like everybody does, and I have to have that separation between work and family. It took me a long time to figure that out.
“When I come home, I’m not Claire from Steps – I’m Mrs. Hill.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Carly Rae Jepsen wrote 200 songs for her new album.
The 33-year-old star is a self-confessed workaholic and admitted she struggled to whittle down the 200 songs she wrote for her fourth record ‘Dedicated’, which is set for release on May 17.
She said: “I rarely write a song and am like, ‘It’s done!’ It’s sort of my passion and obsession in a way: late at night being like, ‘I found the lyric!’ I envy writers that are like, ‘I just wrote this and put it on the album.’ I’m like, ‘How do you sleep at night?!’ ”
And Carly revealed her album is inspired by love, both her break-up with her ex, photographer David Kalani Larkins, and her relationship with her current musician boyfriend.
She told Rolling Stone: “When you get to the place where you know somebody, and they’ve seen your absolute embarrassing worst and love you still, there’s a rush and a high. I try to create that with the music that I make: a feeling of a moment being so intense that you’re present in it and you’re nowhere else.”
Carly found fame with the catchy track ‘Call Me Maybe’ but it was her follow-up album that resonated with fans and Carly isn’t interested in huge, worldwide fame but instead she wants to make an emotional connection with her fans through her music.
She said: “Here’s how I’ll put it. I would much rather have a small and mighty group of people who are getting what I love about music and connecting than a ‘Call Me Maybe’ ever again.”

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