TOXIC ADVICE
On the 8th of January this year, power duo Jay-Z and Beyonce announced the birth of their baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter. The pair seem thrilled with their new responsibilites and have been given advice by none other than Britney Spears who told them to “embrace” parenthood and to just “do whatever you want to do.” Who better to be giving advice then the mature, responsible and mentally stable Britney? I’m sure the happy couple were thrilled at receiving such sage advice. Concerned fans hope they don’t take these words too seriously – “do whatever you want to do” coming from Britney could mean anything from shaving your head to attacking paparazzi with an umbrella. Britney confessed how hard being a mother can be in the music industry and hopes that Beyonce can learn from her experience. We are sure she was trying to be genuine but the happy couple should take this advice with a pinch of salt.
QUEEN GLAMBERT
RUMOURS OF Adam Lambert’s plans to sing with Queen have been floating around for months. The American Idol runner up recently told the Daily Star that he was going to sing with the legendary band at Sonisphere… but later denied this on Twitter. Lambert claimed he wanted to “pay tribute to Freddie Mercury and keep the band alive”, however after backlash from Mercury fans arguing that he is irreplaceable, Lambert was quick to agree with the fans and blamed journalists for taking his words out of context. He has already performed with the remaining members of Queen during his time on Idol but for the time being there are no plans for Lambert and Queen to record an album.
M.I.A-OW
Madonna is reportedly less than impressed by British rapper M.I.A who ‘flipped the bird’ during their performance together at the Super Bowl. Madge is said to pride herself on professionalism and felt the gesture was unneccessary, especially as she had not approved this during rehearsals. The unlikely pair collaborated on ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’ and Madonna felt upstaged by this unneccesarily inflammatory and offensive gesture that was seen by around 111.3 million US viewers. M.I.A defended her actions by saying that when adrenaline kicks in it clouds her judgement. Despite this, she could still be heavily fined and critics feel it was a shameless publicity stunt, especi