Adele’s sex tape? 
Adele’s lawyers have confirmed that legal action will be taken against Public, a French magazine, for producing false images that made it appear as though the 23 year old singer had been involved in making a sex tape, which had first been posted on a French paparazzo’s blog. Although she has not publicly commented on the subject, Adele is reportedly offended by these fake and explicit photographs. Her representatives were quick to confirm that she has never been involved in anything like it and they will be suing for making claims that are “untrue and grossly defamatory.” The tape was allegedly made by Adele’s former boyfriend who is said to have left her for his gay, male friend, and became the inspiration for many of her songs. It has already been a great year for Adele. She recently received six Grammy awards and won ‘Best British Album’ and ‘Best British Female’ at the BRIT Awards, so let’s hope she won’t let this get to her too much.
Missing: Jamie T
Indie music maestro Jamie T, whose real name is Jamie Alexander Treays, has been missing from the music scene for almost two years now.His unique sound incorporates elements of post-punk revival, indie-rock and UK garage and the 25 year old singer released two critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums; Panic Prevention (2007), shortlisted as a nominee for the Mercury Prize, and Kings & Queens (2009). He has won two NME awards for ‘Best Solo Artist’, in 2007 and 2010 and has attracted the likes of Lily Allen to work with him; she provided backing vocals to the B-Side of his track ‘Sheila’, ‘Rawhide’, in 2007.
Despite this he has dropped off the face of the planet. If you visit any of his Facebook fan-pages – amongst the spam and people writing long letters of adoration, you will find Jamie T loyalists debating and theorising over where the man has gone. A performer taking a brief hiatus or retiring obviously isn’t something out of the ordinary, but the odd thing here is that there was no indication given that Jamie planned to stop. No update from his manager, no press release, nothing.
As of late February 2012, if you visit his website, it hasn’t been updated since giving details of his last appearance at Glastonbury in 2010. He has completely disappeared at what was the pinnacle of his success.
It is anyone’s guess as to why Jamie has decided to take this unexplained break, but the most likely explanation is that he has doesn’t feel like he has anything worthy of writing at the moment.
Wherever he has gone, judging by his Facebook and Twitter page, many fans are becoming increasingly concerned and hope he makes a return to the music scene soon. With Panic Prevention regularly featuring in countless ‘Best Albums of the Decade’ lists, it seems the world is crying out for more of Mr. T.