OHMYGOSSIP — Lorde has been listening to her new album through Apple earphones so she knows what it will sound like for her fans.
The ‘Royal’ hitmaker has shared a picture of the white earpiece on her Twitter and hinted that her follow-up to 2013’s debut ‘Pure Heroine’ is nearly finished.
She captioned the photo: “listen to the record on these every day. wanna hear it exactly how you will (sic)”
Lorde previously teased new music in a heartfelt letter to fans to mark her 20th birthday.
The British singer – who turned 20 on November 7 – has produced “the best lyrics” she’s ever written and is desperate to release her second record.
The lengthy post titled ‘A Note From The Desk Of A Newborn Adult’ shared on her Facebook page begins: “Tomorrow I turn 20, and it’s all I’ve been able to think about for days.”
It goes on to reveal: “Writing ‘Pure Heroine’ was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this record – well, this one is about what comes next.
I want nothing more than to spill my guts RIGHT NOW about the whole thing – I want you to see the album cover, pore over the lyrics (the best I’ve written in my life), touch the merch, experience the live show. I can hardly stop myself from typing out the name. I just need to keep working a while longer to make it as good as it can be. You’ll have to hold on. The big day is not tomorrow, or even next month realistically, but soon. I know you understand.”
Her letter came after a fan took to Instagram earlier this year and moaned about how long it is taking for her to release new music.
The furious star replied: “Give up on me if you want to! I’m an artist, I write a record when I have enough special stories to tell, and it’s all me, every melody every lyric, not some team who just start the machine up every eighteen months like clockwork.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Morrissey was forced to cancel his concert in Denver on Monday night (14.11.16) after his keyboardist collapsed.
The former Smiths star was scheduled to perform a show at the Boulder Theatre in the capital of Colorado, however, he walked out on stage 15 minutes before the gig was due to start to announce that Gustavo Manzur had become ill and they didn’t know what was wrong with him.
In a video posted on social media by a fan, he told the sold-out crowd: “Our good friend Gustavo has collapsed and is in your local hospital.
“We don’t know what’s happened to him. This is a family, we stay together. We can’t move until we know what’s happened to him, if there’s any magical cure!”
Fans waited for more news from the band for 20 minutes before the 57-year-old rocker’s guitarist Jesse Tobias came out and called off the event.
A statement was later released by the concert’s promoters stating that gig-goers can claim a full refund and that Morrissey hopes to reschedule the show soon.
It read: “Refunds available at point of purchase.
“It is with great regret that tonight’s sold out engagement with Morrissey has been cancelled due to the severe illness of a member of the band.
“We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and hope to announce a rescheduled date soon.”
Morrissey is yet to give an update on his band mate’s condition.

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OHMYGOSSIP — The 1975’s next album may incorporate a “punk lyrical ethos” following the election of President Donald Trump.
The indie rock band’s frontman Matt Healy feels he has a “responsibility” to his fans to write songs which challenge the current political climate and although his lyrics are usually about his personal life, he looks set to tackle politics knowing his next album will be released with Trump in power in America.
Speaking in an interview with NPR Music, the 27-year-old singer said: “My band is starting to become a very, very big band. A very important band to lots of young people who have just felt directly disenfranchised by this situation.
“We’re talking about Brexit, we’re talking about the Trump presidency. And the fact of the matter is, is that my responsibility was always artistic and it was kind of to myself. But now I know that my next record is going to come out within the Trump presidency. I think there’s more of an expectancy for art to be more actively challenging what we see every day.
“And what would be interesting for me is to see how we incorporate that into the way that The 1975 works because The 1975 is kind of like my diary. I’m either really, really frank or it’s kind of conversational. When it gets political, it’s still all about me.
“So I don’t yet know how I’d make a kind of a record with a punk lyrical ethos.”
In June, the ‘Love Me’ hitmaker showed his political stance by pausing his band’s Glastonbury set to bemoan Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
The rock star stopped before their performance of ‘Loving Someone’ to claim the country has expressed a “sentiment of anti-compassion” following the referendum vote on the issue, saying that it stood in direct contrast to their song.
Matt explained: “This song is about compassion, and loving people, and I feel like as a young person I’ve got a responsibility to say something.
“What do I know, I don’t f**king know anything. I’m a pop star in a suit, but what I feel, and I know what a lot of people my age feel is that there’s this sentiment of anti-compassion that’s spread across an older generation and voted in a future that we don’t f**king want.”
The 1975’s last album was this year’s Mercury-nominated ‘I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Michael Stipe is returning to music.
The former R.E.M frontman is keen to get involved in the industry again five years after the group split following 30 years together, and his first foray into the business will be to produce electroclash group Fischerspooner’s album ‘SIR’.
He told the New York Times: “I’m not ready to go completely into pop stardom again, as a 56-year-old. I want to work in music again.”
R.E.M split in 2011 following the release of their 15th album, ‘Collapse Into Now’, and guitarist Pete Buck has since claimed tensions began for the group during a three-hour band meeting in 2008, and ended three years later when Michael, 56, revealed he needed “a long” break.
He previously said: “We got together, and Michael said, ‘I think you guys will understand. I need to be away from this for a long time.’
“And I said, ‘How about forever?’ Michael looked at Mike [Mills], and Mike said, ‘Sounds right to me.’ That’s how it was decided.”
In March, Michael was among the likes of Debbie Harry and Cyndi Lauper to honour the late David Bowie – who died of cancer in January aged 69 – at a special concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Michael teamed up with Karen Nelson for a rendition of ‘Ashes to Ashes’, Debbie performed ‘Starman’ and Cyndi belted out ‘Suffragette City’.
The singer recently commented on the US Presidential election, admitting he partly blames Alec Baldwin for Donald Trump’s popularity following the actor’s comic portrayal of the ‘Apprentice’ boss on ‘Saturday Night Live’.
He said: “It is so sad that we have allowed ourselves to sink to this level of really entertainment, that’s what it is.
“I blame media completely for it, including ‘Saturday Night Live’.
“What does it feel like from inside? What does it feel like playing that character? It’s satire, it’s brilliantly done, but it’s still adding to the push of… Warhol said, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. How have we created this monster? How have we put our particular American brand on this thing?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bruno Mars has announced a 2017 world tour.
The 31-year-old singer will release his brand new album ’24k Magic’ on Friday (18.11.16), and the star already has a whopping 85-date world tour lined up to go alongside the record.
The tour kicks off in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 28, and will see the ‘Grenade’ hitmaker travel around Europe before heading to North America to start a lengthy leg of tour dates from July 15 in Las Vegas, all the way through to a four-night stint at The Forum in Los Angeles on November 8, 9, 10, and 11.
Bruno’s run of gigs also includes 10 shows around the UK in April and May, where he will visit Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Dublin, Manchester, Leeds, and Sheffield.
Posting a photo of the list of tour dates on his Instagram, the ‘Just The Way You Are’ singer simply wrote: “On sale this Monday.”
Although fans only have four days left until the star’s new album drops, those who pre-order it will have early access to the tour tickets before they go on general sale on Monday (21.11.16).
Bruno Mars’ ’24k Magic World Tour 2017′ UK dates:
Apr 12 – Glasgow, Scotland – SSE Hydro Arena
Apr 15 – Liverpool, England – Echo Arena
Apr 18 – London, England – O2 Arena
Apr 19 – London, England – O2 Arena
Apr 24 – Birmingham, England – Barclaycard Arena
Apr 27 – Nottingham, England – Motorpoint Arena
Apr 29 – Dublin, Ireland – 3 Arena
May 02 – Manchester, England – Manchester Arena
May 05 – Leeds, England – First Direct Arena
May 06 – Sheffield, England – Sheffield Arena

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OHMYGOSSIP — Aerosmith have announced their 2017 farewell tour.
The ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ hitmakers will kick off their ‘Aero-Vederci Baby!’ farewell shows at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 17 and will play their final show on July 5 at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
Frontman Steven Tyler said: “Aerosmith just got done ripping through South America like true ambassadors of rock…The band is unstoppable right now and in Europe, we’re going to keep doing what we do best … Let The Music Do The Talking … Living On The Edge, and living to rock another day.”
And guitarist Joe Perry added: “It’s been 3 years since we have been on tour in Europe and I can speak for my brothers that we can’t wait to get over there and take it up a few notches. Last tour in South America we were running on all cylinders and I can see no reason to let up now.”
The legendary rock group – also comprised of Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford – have just completed a series of sold-out shows in South America, rocking to their die-hard fans in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Mexico.
The ‘Aero-Vederci Baby!’ tour sees them perform at several festivals including Sweden Rock, France’s Hellfest and the legendary Download Festival in Donington, Leicestershire, England, for their only UK date.
Tyler, 68, previously teased they were planning a final tour and that there could be the possibility of making one last record too.
He said: “I’m doing 30 [solo] shows from May until August. And then in 2017 we go out with Aerosmith. We’re probably doing a farewell tour. Look, there’s two bands that still have the original members, us and the Stones. I’m grateful for that. Whether we do a farewell tour or go into the studio and do another record, I’m just excited about it.”
Outside of Aerosmith, Tyler released his debut solo album, ‘We’re All Somebody From Somewhere’, and Perry was on the road with The Hollywood Vampires, also comprised of Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan.
Aerosmith’s 2017 dates are as follows:
17.05.17, Tel Aviv, Israel, Hayarkon Park
20.05.17, Batumi, Georgia, Black Sea Arena
23.05.17, Moscow, Russia, Olympiski
26.05.17, Munich, Germany, Konigsplatz
30.05.17, Berlin, Germany, Waldbuhne
02.06.17, Krakow, Poland, Tauron Arena
05.06.17, Copenhagen, Denmark, Royal Arena
08.06.17, Solvesborg, Sweden, Sweden Rock Festival
11.06.17, Donington, UK, Download Festival
14.06.17, Dublin, Ireland, 3 Arena
17.06.17, Clisson, France, Hellfest
20.06.17 , Cologne, Germany, Lanxess Arena
23.06.17, Florence, Italy Firenze Rocks Festival
26.06.17, Lisbon, Portugal, Meo Arena
29.06.17, Madrid, Spain, Rivas Auditorio Miguel Rios
02.07.17, Barcelona, Spain, Rock Fest Barcelona
05.07.17, Zurich, Switzerland, Hallenstadion

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gabrielle Aplin has been using healing crystals to get her ready to face the music industry again.
The ‘Please Don’t Say You Love Me’ singer is gearing up to release her new EP ‘Miss You’ – her first release since 2015’s ‘Light Up the Dark’ LP – and in a bid to free her mind and deal with the pressures that come with being a pop star she’s taken up “spiritual practices”.
She said: “I’ve been involved in spiritual practices and trying to make myself a happy person. I set half an hour aside each day for my brain.
“I started meditating, learning about healing crystals, essential oils, ancient ley lines, Glastonbury, the Celts, Pagans. It could be b*******, but I really believe in it.”
The 24-year-old beauty, who shot to fame with her cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘The Power of Love’ in 2012, has opened up about her battle with her mental health and how “hard” she found it not having a structure to her busy schedule.
She told the Metro newspaper: “Creative industries are full of loads of highs but also loads of lows.I really like routine and it’s hard …
“one day you’ll be on tour, doing a day of promo, doing a show, coming off stage, meeting a hundred people, then you’ve got two weeks of nothing – that really affected me mentally.
“It’s very difficult to complain when you’re in such a privileged position and I don’t ever want to seem negative, but at the same time, it’s hard.”
Gabrielle’s EP ‘Miss You’ is out on December 16.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Green Day hate fans who use their phones during shows.
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s pet hate is seeing an auditorium full of lit up mobile phones and has admitted he wishes fans would stop filming and taking pictures during their concerts and instead have a more “human” connection with the ‘American Idiot’ rock band.
He explained: “Social media can be a very miserable place to be.
At our shows I see a lot of people holding up cell phones.
“You can look at a screen at home; you can look at your computer or your phone anywhere.
“You can take your picture but let’s have eye contact, let’s have a human experience right now you can’t capture on a cell phone.
“Why would you want to listen to your favourite song going like this [holds arm in air] when you can just hear it right in front of you? I feel like a little more human contact is good.”
The 44-year-old rocker – who is joined by Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt in the pop punk trio – also admitted he still hasn’t grasped the world of celebrity and may never will.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: “I’m trying to make sense of the things that will never make sense.
“Things about society that make no sense, the things about watching someone that is the biggest celebrity in the world who has absolutely nothing to offer the world.”
Green Day returned with their 12th studio LP ‘Radio Revolution’ last month and were honoured with the Global Icon Award at the 2016 MTV European Music Awards.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Leon Russell has died.
The ‘Tight Rope’ hitmaker – born Claude Russell Bridges – passed away aged 74 at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday (13.11.16), although it has been reported the rocker had been “recovering from heart surgery”, there has been no confirmation on the cause of death.
Leon’s wife, Jan Bridges, released a statement, which read: “We thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers during this very, very difficult time. My husband passed in his sleep in our Nashville home. He was recovering from heart surgery in July and looked forward to getting back on the road in January. We appreciate everyone’s love and support.”
Leon – who was known as the “Master of Space and Time” – had been in the music industry for more than 50 years, where he was known for his performances of piano rock, blues, and country. He was also a prolific songwriter, and had a hand in writing rock hits such as Joe Cocker’s ‘Delta Lady’, and lending his musical talents to Beach Boys’ ‘California Girls’.
In 2011, Leon was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions to both fields.
Elton John, who worked with Leon on the 2010 album ‘The Union’ tweeted shortly after the statement was released, dubbing the late star as an “inspiration”.
He wrote: “My darling Leon Russell passed away last night. He was a mentor, inspiration & so kind to me. I loved him and always will #LeonRussell #RIP (sic)”
Kings Of Leon musician Nathan Followill also shared his condolences, tweeting: “RIP Leon Russell. #legend #Okie (sic)”
And Whoopi Goldberg called him an “amazing musician.”
She wrote: “The magnificent Leon Russell amazing musician, true superstar “Long ago and so far away,I fell in love with you..After the 2nd show” R.I.P (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Billy Bob Thornton wrote his first ever song aged three years old.
The 61-year-old singer and actor embarked on a career in the music industry in the 1990s, but has admitted he began writing songs long before he released his debut album ‘Private Radio’ in 2001 after being given a “little guitar” from his uncle.
Speaking about his earliest musical memory, the ‘Angelina’ hitmaker said: “My uncle bought me a little guitar when I was very young. I wrote my first song at three [years old], called ‘Cat S*** On A Rat Box’. My dad would swear, so that’s where I got it from.”
And The Boxmasters band member has revealed he was a “huge fan” of The Allman Brothers Band and has revealed his most prized possession is the leather bag the group’s late bass player, Berry Oakley, always used to carry around before he passed away in 1972.
Speaking about the band and his treasured gift, the filmmaker said: “I was a huge fan of The Allman Brothers Band and Phil Walden, who was head of Capricorn Records, helped launch their career and later became my manager. [Their bass player] Berry Oakley died in a motorbike accident in 1972 and he had this leather bag he always carried around, which Phil gave to me after he died. I still treasure it.”
Meanwhile the ‘Sling Blade star – who won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 1996 production – has revealed he is “obsessed” with musicals.
Speaking about his biggest secret to The Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine, he said: “I love musicals. ‘Anchors Aweigh, Singin’ In The Rain’ – I’m obsessed with them. The only one I don’t like is ‘Seven Brides For Seven Brothers’. It’s too squirrelly for me.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Justin Bieber was among the big-name winners at the NRJ Music Awards last night (12.11.16).
The chart-topping pop star claimed the International Male Artist of the Year gong and the International Song of the Year prize for his tune ‘Love Yourself’ at the ceremony in Cannes, France.
Justin’s awards are the latest landmark in an increasingly memorable year for the 22-year-old Canadian star, whose most-recent album ‘Purpose’ has been widely hailed by fans and critics.
The record features a string of big hits, including ‘Love Yourself’ and ‘What Do You Mean?’, and was the fourth best-selling album of last year.
He followed the album’s release with his Purpose tour, which has seen Justin play at sold-out venues across the world.
Other big-name winners at the event organised by the French radio station NRJ to honour the best in the French and worldwide music industry included Sia, who scooped the award for International Female Artist of the Year, while Coldplay were named the International Duo/ Group of the Year.
Elsewhere, Bruno Mars was handed an Honour Award, while local star David Guetta won the DJ of the Year gong.
Selected NRJ award winners:
International Male Artist of the Year – Justin Bieber
International Female Artist of the Year – Sia
International Song of the Year – Justin Bieber, Love Yourself
International Duo/ Group of the Year – Coldplay
Honour Award – Bruno Mars
DJ of the Year – David Guetta

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OHMYGOSSIP — Photography is Sir Elton John’s biggest passion outside of music.
The iconic singer-songwriter is an avid art collector and is particularly fond of photography – even though he is useless with a camera himself.
Recalling how his passion for photography developed in 1991, Sir Elton shared: “I’d just gotten sober back then and it was like I was seeing with clear eyes. I was in a chateau in the south of France and David Fahey, who owns a gallery in LA, showed me some prints by Herb Ritts and Horst and Irving Penn and that was it.
“Suddenly, I discovered something that I had been surrounded by for years and never noticed as an art form despite having had my portrait taken by the likes of Penn and [Richard] Avedon.
“I just flew into it and began to amass prints at auction and in private sales. It became the greatest passion I have outside of music.”
Sir Elton said that although he is unable to take a good photograph himself, some of his well-known musician friends are talented with a camera in hand.
Asked if he is a good photographer, Sir Elton told the Observer newspaper: “Nah, I can’t take a photograph to save my life. The singer John Grant is a great photographer, though he hasn’t published any yet. And Michael Stipe is fantastic. I’m not.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gwen Stefani was almost “killed” by touring.
The 47-year-old singer – who has sons Kingston, 10, Zuma, eight, and two-year-old Apollo with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale – has recently returned to live performing and admitted she took a lengthy break from the stage because it is so demanding.
She said: “Every time I go out on stage, I have to do my best. You can’t just walk through it. You have to be in it, and its exhausting.
“I think it’s one of the reasons I haven’t toured solo in seven years, because the last one I did almost killed me, after having those two babies then going on tour and nursing an infant. Doing those No Doubt shows [in 2015] were super physical.”
But Gwen is enjoying performing live to promote her album ‘This Is What The Truth Feels Like’ – which was written in the wake of her marriage breakdown – as she finds it “healing” and empowering.
She said: “Touring is really draining, but it’s also satisfying and healing and it’s going to be something that will make me feel super empowered.”
The ‘Used To Love You’ hitmaker – who is now dating Blake Shelton – is still amazed at how quickly her latest album was written and recorded.
She told Psychologies magazine: “It came together a lot more quickly than I expected.
“It took me eight weeks and sometimes it’s taken me three years to finish an album. I wrote ‘Used to Love You’ and two weeks later, it was on the air. IT was like this was all happening in real time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emeli Sande did not feel under any external pressure making her comeback album.
The 29-year-old singer took a four-year break from the industry following the success of her debut release ‘Our Version of Events’, but she has revealed that the success of her first release has minimal impact on ‘Long Live the Angels’, her second studio album.
Emeli shared: “I didn’t feel pressure from the outside. When I write I take myself away and surround myself with friends and musicians, people I love, so any pressure comes from me, nitpicking and making it right.
“I wanted to make something that was worth four years out and reflected what those years of growth were for me.
“I wanted to tell a story of survival, that was very honest about the lows and the highs. I wanted to say you can get through it and find self-love, which I found towards the end, that’s the message.”
Emeli believes she has become more self-aware in recent years, and thinks that is reflected in her new music.
She told the Scotsman newspaper: “I feel like the last four years changed me. I’m much more realistic in my view of the world and my place in it. I have grown up a lot. Before I shied away from being independent and having responsibilities and being a grown up.
“As long as you do your job writing songs, everything is done for you, which is amazing, but I needed to learn grown up skills and develop knowledge and independence, self-awareness and identity.
“Now I’m more confident in what I want to say. It’s a cliché, but it’s about understanding yourself and your identity. Over this time I stepped into womanhood and adulthood and understood the reality of life. I went on a crash course of life. It was a coming of age.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Victoria Beckham wants to oversee her son’s pop career.
The former Spice Girls singer is keen to ensure 11-year-old Cruz Beckham doesn’t fall victim to the pitfalls of fame and thinks her own experiences make her the perfect person to manage the aspiring singer, though her husband David Beckham is worried she is already too busy with her fashion empire.
A source said: “Victoria is adamant she needs to be Cruz’s manager and says it’s a no brainer given she has the vital experience from being in the industry for so long and knowing the mechanics of how it works.
“David thinks it is too much and doesn’t know how she’ll have the time to give Cruz the attention he needs. But she insists she’ll do whatever it takes and make sacrifices if need be to ensure she’s there to guide him.”
Instead, the retired soccer star – who also has Brooklyn, 17, Romeo, 14, and Harper, five, with Victoria – thinks Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun would be the ideal person to help Cruz achieve musical success.
The source added to Closer magazine: “David thinks someone like Scooter would be far better suited given his experience managing Justin as a child star and having so many connections in the industry, which Victoria doesn’t have after being out of the game for so long.
“But Victoria is upset David won’t back her on this and it’s causing tension with neither of them wanting to back down. Like any parents, they both want the best when it comes to their children.”
‘X Factor’ boss Simon Cowell has previously expressed an interest in signing Cruz to his Syco label after seeing his online performance videos.
He said: “Get him in and we’ll sign him.”

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