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Britney Spears is thinking of packing up and moving to Britain. “I went to London last week and it’s so cool there,” the pop singer told Britain’s ITV television in an interview broadcast Monday. “I’m thinking of moving there. It’s really beautiful. I love it there.” Spears, 21, is promoting her latest single, “Me Against the Music,” which features vocals from Madonna. She also had advice for wannabe stars participating in the TV talent show “Pop Idol,” counterpart of the U.S. show “American Idol.” Both feature music-industry judge Simon Cowell’s often withering assessments of the hopefuls’ singing abilities. “I would… Read more »

Duran Duran, the 1980s “New Romantic” band who championed eye-liner, shoulder pads and teased blond hair, will play a comeback show in London on Tuesday. Their publicist said all 2,000 tickets had sold out within 20 minutes of going on sale and were changing hands on the Internet for 200 pounds ($330) each. The clamor has evoked memories of when the British band were idols who attracted a devoted following of teenage girls and sold millions of records around the world. The London show is the first in Britain with the original line-up for 18 years and follows a series… Read more »

Paul McCartney was involved in a scuffle Friday when a photographer tried to take his picture near the site of illusionist David Blaine’s latest stunt. McCartney spokesman Geoff Baker said the former Beatle fired him when he learned that Baker had informed the photographer that McCartney would be visiting the site on the River Thames. Blaine is trying to live there without food for 44 days while suspended from a crane in a plastic box. Baker later said he’d been reinstated, and described reports of a “fracas” as exaggerated. London’s Metropolitan Police, however, said they were investigating two counter-allegations of… Read more »

One of London’s most famous music venues, which in its heyday in the 1960s played host to The Who, David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, is for sale, its administrators said Thursday. The Marquee Club, which in the 1970s was the epicenter of the punk explosion, ran into financial difficulties after its high-profile relaunch last fall, said a spokeswoman for administrator BDO Stoy Hayward. “We’re looking for someone in the music business who can capitalize on the Marquee brand and keep running it as a live venue,” she said. The price tag is at least $200 million. The club opened… Read more »

More details are emerging on just what Michael Jackson said to fans about Sony Records and its head Tommy Mottola at a concert in the singer’s honor in London. In addition to calling Mottola “the devil,” several Jackson fansites say the “King of Pop” also claimed that Mottola attempted to spy on his former wife, Mariah Carey. Speaking to 2,200 fans at London’s Equinox nightclub on June 15, Jackson said, ” Mariah Carey, after divorcing Tommy, came to me crying. Crying. She was crying so badly I had to hold her. She said to me, ‘This is an evil man,… Read more »

England is gripped by a heady patriotic fervor these days – between the England team’s highly anticipated appearances in the 2002 World Cup and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, you can barely move without seeing a flag or banner. Yet the Brits still seem to have a little fervor left over for their American cousins, especially when those Americans happen to be the Red Hot Chili Peppers. When the Chilis took the stage for a “secret” club gig at the Garage in London on Friday (May 31), the primarily invite-only crowd erupted with an enthusiasm normally reserved for a winning goal… Read more »

Two of the surviving members of legendary rock band Queen have teamed with actor Robert De Niro to answer the venerable questions: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Fantasy, apparently. On May 14 at the Dominion Theatre in London, the futuristic new musical “We Will Rock You” will bring the music of Queen to the stage, producers Brian May and Roger Taylor – the former guitarist and drummer for Queen, respectively – and De Niro announced in a press conference Tuesday (March 26). Rather than tell the story of Queen, which came to an end when singer… Read more »

Madonna will make her West End debut in May, starring in an Australian comedy called “Up For Grabs.” She’ll lead a cast of seven in the British premiere of David Williamson’s play, a satire on the art world that first was staged in Sydney in February 2001. Previews start May 9 at Wyndham’s Theater, with May 23 the “Up For Grabs” opening night. The director is Laurence Boswell, who’s rehearsing for the London premiere of Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Hayden Christensen and Oscar-winner Anna Paquin. Madonna, 43, hasn’t acted on stage since her sellout 1988… Read more »

Fred Durst is currently in the midst of packing up once again, but this time he plans on leaving the country. The U.K. publication NME is reporting that the Limp Bizkit singer may soon to be a resident of London. The frontman told the paper he’s sick of the perception Americans have of him. “I want to move to England and I have already started looking,” said the controversial vocalist. “I am sick of the attitude towards me in America. I am always getting judged and there is no loyalty. Everyone is so great in Europe, and I am trying… Read more »

Logistical issues and scheduling complications have postponed the London debut of the Tibetan Freedom Concert. Scheduled for September 15 at London’s Brockwell Park, the festival was to feature organizers the Beastie Boys, along with Joe Strummer, Pulp, Morcheeba and others. “We will take this time to continue our political work and to transfer the energy generated in the planning of the London event to an alternative event to be announced at a later date,” organizers said in a statement Friday. This year’s Tibetan Freedom Concert would have been the first since several were staged simultaneously around the world in the… Read more »