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Children from tragic JOY DIVISION frontman IAN CURTIS’ hometown are to ma rk the 30th anniversary of the singer’s death by recreating his music for an orchestral concert.
Schoolchildren in Macclesfield, England will work with members of the N orthern Chamber Orchestra to recreate Joy Division’s music at an upcoming show.
Curtis committed suicide on 18 May, 1980.

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FLEET FOXES star ROBIN PECKNOLD, the RACONTEURS’ BRENDAN BENSON and BONNI E ‘PRINCE’ BILLY have teamed up to record a tribute to one of their favou rite albums.
The trio has recorded tracks for a revamp of Graham Nash’s Songs For Be ginners - to mark the album’s 40th anniversary.
The Crosby, Stills and Nash star recorded the album following the split of his band and his relationship with Joni Mitchell - and it became a cl assic.
Tracks included Chicago - about a 1968 riot between protesters and sold iers at the Chicago Democratic National Convention - and I Used to Be Kin g, which Nash wrote about his soured relationship with Mitchell.
Benson, Pecknold and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy will all appear on Be Yourse lf: A Tribute to Graham Nash’s Songs for Beginners, when it’s released ne xt week (25May10).
The brains behind the project is Nash’s daughter Nile, who contributes her renditions of We Can Change the World and Wounded Bird to the album.

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MICK JAGGER enjoyed pouring over 40-year-old ROLLING STONES footage for a new documentary, insisting the experience was like looking at a "family scrapbook".
Jagger and his bandmates joined forces to collect images and footage fr om their time in France recording 1972 epic Exile on Main Street - and th e result is acclaimed new documentary Stones In Exile.
The film contains never-before-seen footage of the band at work and pla y, and Jagger admits viewing the archive clips was fun for him.
He says, "It’s like when you look through your family scrapbook in a wa y. You get your book out or get your computer out and you look at these o ld pictures.
"You get these nice feelings, but then this isn’t actually a family alb um because you’re making a film or re-releasing a record, so you become a nother personality and think, ‘That was a good one, that was rubbish’ - y ou have to be professional."

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Gay country star CHELY WRIGHT prayed for God to remove her homosexual ten dencies when she first realised she might be a lesbian - because she thou ght it was a sin.
The God-fearing Single White Female singer fought her sexuality for yea rs and even attempted relationships with Vince Gill and Brad Paisley - bu t she always knew she was gay, and recently ‘came out’.
Now she reveals church lessons when she was a kid taught her that homos exuality was bad and she prayed not to become a lesbian.
She says, "I prayed every day for God to change me and it was, ‘Dear Go d, please don’t let me be gay. I promise to be a good person.’ "I said that prayer every day… sometimes 20 times a day.
"Young people in every corner of America are being told by their church es… that they are damaged goods, and they are not. I have to stand up. I’m in a unique position."

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A former bandmate of hospitalised rocker GUSTAVO CERATI has urged fans to "have faith" after the Argentinian star underwent brain surgery followin g a mini-stroke.
The singer was admitted to a hospital in Venezuela after collapsing at the end of his gig in Caracas on Saturday (15May10).
Doctors confirmed Cerati suffered an "ischemic vascular event", a condi tion known as a mini-stroke which reduces blood flow to the brain, but th e 50 year old’s health hit further trouble when surgeons were forced to o perate to remove a potentially-fatal blood clot on Tuesday (18May10).
He is now recovering in intensive care and his progress over the next f ew days will prove "critical", according to hospital director Adolfredo S aez.
Cerati’s former Soda Stereo pal, Charly Alberti, admits the news hit hi m hard and he’s praying the singer makes a full recovery.
The drummer says, "We must have faith. My head has been boiling since I found out on Sunday." And Ricky Martin has also offered his support to the ailing rocker.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Strength Cerati, we want you well!"

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Gay country star CHELY WRIGHT struggled to recount her romance with BRAD PAISLEY in her memoir LIKE ME - because she felt so terrible about making the singer think she loved him.
Wright dated Paisley in 2000 and called off the romance when the Celebr ity hitmaker started to get serious and talk about marriage.
But, rather than sit down with her one-time beau and tell him the truth , Wright simply cut the heartbroken star out of her life.
In her book she recalls taking a long bath with the music blaring from her sound system so she couldn’t hear Paisley outside her home begging he r to take him back.
Paisley has yet to comment on his ex-girlfriend’s recent big reveal and the fact she wrote about their twisted romance in her book - and Wright knows he must be very upset.
In a candid TV interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in America on Wednesday (19May10), the Single White Female singer said, "Not only do I have a lot of regret for how that (romance) ended, I have a lot of regret for how that began… I had no business being in a relationship with him .. I knew it the whole time.
"Being with a man intimately, doing anything with someone you shouldn’t be doing something with, having sex with him, kissing him, going to a mo vie and holding hands with a man when you’re a lesbian feels wrong… I w ronged him.
"It was really hard for me to write down my crimes against Brad and the other men that I damaged… but I had to tell my entire truth.
"I hope he forgives me. I don’t know if he will… Anytime that anyone gets to sit down and have a conversation with a man as amazing as Brad Pa isley is a gift, and I would welcome the gift. I hope this (book) fills i n some emotional gaps for him."

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Rocker SLASH has spoken about his decision to oust SCOTT WEILAND from sup ergroup VELVET REVOLVER, insisting "chemical issues" led to the split.
Weiland was fired in April 2008 after a series of public bust-ups and t he band has failed to find a replacement - but Slash doesn’t regret getti ng rid of his former frontman.
In a candid exclusive with Spinner.com, the guitarist says, "Velvet Rev olver was intended to be a lot of fun and we started off having a great t ime, but I think that we all had a lot of chemical issues as that thing w ore on.
"I definitely went way down the f**king drain for a minute there after the Contraband record came out and we went on tour for two years.
"I started drinking heavily and revisited my opiate passion, then had t o come out of it, so eventually I had to say, ‘That’s it!’ Certainly Scot t had his issues, even (bandmates) Duff (McKagan) and Matt (Sorum) went d own the same road. The only one that stayed sober during the whole thing was f**king Dave Kushner.
"We all eventually came out of it and made the Libertad record, which I thought, musically, was a good record, but we lost Scott and we never re gained that. I thought the overall spirit of everything was declining at that point… The Australian tour was the final blow." Slash insists he and Weiland have now been able to put the past behind them - and he’s on good terms with the Stone Temple Pilots frontman: "I’m sort of happy for him…. I still love the guy and there’s not really an y hard feelings about the whole thing. I even hung out with him recently.
" And Slash insists Velvet Revolver isn’t over: "We’re going to reconvene next year, look at the singers again, and try to find the right guy to m ake the most bitchin’ Velvet Revolver record… Velvet Revolver still exi sts."

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ROBERT DE NIRO and BRADLEY COOPER helped an eight-year-old brain tumour s urvivor raise money for charity during filming for their new movie THE DA RK FIELDS earlier this month (May10) - by buying drinks from the youngste r’s lemonade stand.
Enterprising Charlotte McAuliffe and her sister Emily, six, set up thei r lemonade business close to the movie set on the streets of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.
The sisters were raising cash for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer and the two stars encouraged castmates and crew to stop for a drink break at the McAuliffe’s street stand.

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON is a sister again - her mum has adopted a baby girl fr om Ethiopia.
Melanie Sloan missed out on her superstar daughter’s Iron Man 2 film pr emiere because she was in Africa picking up the latest member of the fami ly, little Fenan.
As well as a celebrity sister, the baby has two older brothers, Adrian and Hunter, who is Scarlett’s twin.
UsMagazine.com reports the adoption was full of drama thanks to the vol cano ash cloud that grounded planes in Europe recently.
A source tells the publication, "The volcano put the whole adoption pro cess in jeopardy due to time constraints, but it worked out in the end."

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IRON MAN star TERRENCE HOWARD has let it slip he’s married.
The 41-year-old actor reportedly wed Michelle Ghent, 33, in a small Los Angeles ceremony in January (10).
The couple kept the news to themselves for months - but Howard went pub lic with his marital status at the Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this week (beg17May10) when he revealed he was at the event with "my wif e".
A source tells UsMagazine.com, "Terrence is so in love with her and she ’s a great, down-to-earth girl who really understands and loves him for h im." Speaking to CNN at the film festival, the Hustle & Flow star said, "To come here and be with my wife, it’s the best feeling in the world." Howard split from his first wife, Lori McCommas, in 2003 and remarried her in 2005.
The couple has three kids.

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The final installment of the TWILIGHT movie series appears to be back on track after two of the film’s supporting cast resolved their ongoing pay disputes, according to U.S. reports.
Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene were reportedly in negotiations to land b etter salaries for the final movie, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, aft er it was revealed Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were receiving mu lti-million dollar pay cheques.
Summit Entertainment movie executives were keen to prevent a deadlock f rom causing delays, and sources claimed the film bosses were willing to r ecast some of the supporting roles if appropriate salary deals could not be reached.
But now Lutz and Greene - who play siblings in the films - have signed new contracts.
The Hollywood Reporter claims the pair is receiving around $1.25 millio n (=C2=A3830,000) for each of the films.
Shooting on the two Breaking Dawn films is slated to begin in the autum n (10). The movies will be shot back-to-back, ahead of possible releases in November 2011 and summer 2012.

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The MAMMA MIA! romance is over - DOMINIC COOPER and AMANDA SEYFRIED have reportedly split.
A source tells People.com the couple who became an item as they played lovers in the Abba movie musical have decided to take a break from each o ther.
The insider says, "Amanda and Dominic have been on and off for a while, and right now they’re taking a break, but they’re great friends and coul d still get back together." The split comes just weeks after Seyfried told Teen Vogue magazine she was unsure if Brit Cooper was "the one".
She said, "A lot of people ask me, ‘Is Dominic The One?’ I don’t know, and I’m fine with that. Too much planning can lead to heartbreak. Love is great and possible always, but it’s very rare to have the feeling that ‘ I want to be with this person forever.’"

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MEGAN FOX has been dropped from the third TRANSFORMERS movie after public ly criticising moviemaker MICHAEL BAY.
The sexy star will not be playing Shia LaBeouf’s love interest in the s econd sequel, according to Paramount Pictures insiders.
The news comes after Fox slammed director Bay and revealed he was a "n ightmare to work for" and "hopelessly awkward" in 2009 interviews.
Fox was not popular on the set of the blockbuster - she had to reach ou t to crew members last year (09) after they branded her "dumb" and "ungra cious".
An open letter from three unnamed Transformers workers surfaced on the internet in September (09), hitting out at Fox after she criticised Bay.
The unnamed crewmembers claimed Fox was "about as ungracious a person a s you can ever fathom," adding that the brunette beauty "shows little int erest in the crew members around her." They added, "We work to make her look good in every way, but she’s abso lutely never appreciative of anyone’s hard work." Bay proceeded to defend the 23 year old against the allegations, tellin g fans he didn’t "condone" the crew’s letter to the star - and then Fox h erself reached out to her disgruntled colleagues.
In a statement she said, "I have spoken with the parties involved priva tely. I am very fortunate to be involved in this amazing franchise and lo ok forward to Transformers 3."

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JUSTIN BIEBER is back at the top of the U.S. album charts for a fourth no n-consecutive week.
The teen pop sensation’s My World 2.0 has returned to the top spot on t he Billboard 200 with the second-lowest weekly sales for a number one alb um ever.
Bieber’s album sold just over 60,000 copies last week - a few thousand more than the Dreamgirls soundtrack when it claimed the top spot in 2007.
Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now stays put at two with 54,000 sales, and cult New Yorkers The National claim the week’s highest debut at three wit h High Violet.
AC/DC’s Iron Man 2 soundtrack and the Dead Weather’s Sea of Cowards com plete the new top five.

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Rapper DRAKE has hammered JUSTIN BIEBER to top the nominations for Canada ’s leading music video awards.
Drake picked up seven nominations for the MuchMusic Video Awards on Wed nesday (19May10) to lead the field, with pop sensation Bieber picking up four nods.
The hip-hop star will compete for Best Hip-Hop Video (Successful) and s eparate Best International Video nods for promos for Over and Forever.
Vancouver artist Hedley picked up six nominations.
Miley Cyrus will host the prizegiving in Toronto on 20 June (10). (KL/W

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THE EAGLES are to return to the road on Thursday (20May10) after scrappin g a string of shows to allow TIMOTHY B. SCHMIDT to recover from unexpecte d surgery.
The group cancelled a handful of concerts when bassist Schmidt fell ill .. He underwent surgery on Friday (14May10).
Details of his illness remain a mystery, but he’ll be well enough to re sume The Eagles tour in Denver, Colorado on Thursday.

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The members of rock group AVENGED SEVENFOLD were left so devastated by th e death of drummer JIMMY SULLIVAN in December (09), they were sure the ba nd would split in the days after the tragedy.
The rocker was found dead in his home and his bandmates felt sure they couldn’t go on without him.
Guitarist Synyster Gates tells British magazine Kerrang, "We were all r eady to quit for the first week after (the death). There was no way we co uld imagine being in a band anymore.
"But, quickly, that went away because your logic comes back to you. You start to realise that, had it been you, you would have shuddered at the thought of the rest of the guys not continuing." Gates admits Sullivan’s family members helped the bandmates make the ri ght decision: "His family said, ‘You guys have to keep going’. We had sup port from everybody, so that made it a lot easier." Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy has stepped in to temporarily replace Sull ivan, aka The Rev, and he’ll perform with Avenged Sevenfold on the group’ s 2010 tour.

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The members of rock act FEAR FACTORY are feeling lucky after narrowly avo iding death on the road.
The group was heading to Idaho on Tuesday (18May10) when their tourbus driver fell asleep at the wheel of the vehicle and woke up just in time t o avoid a smash.
A release from guitarist Dino Cazares reads, "He (driver) swerved to th e opposite side of the road… and woke up in time to swerve back onto ou r side of the road and pull over. Thank God there was no oncoming cars or 18-wheelers on the road. Everyone is fine, just a little nervous." It is not known if the exhausted driver will keep his job behind the wh eel for the remainder of Fear Factory’s U.S. dates.

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