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Robbie Williams comes clean about his drug addiction

Robbie Williams informed the Sun that he was 24 hours from death at the ultimate depths of his drug addiction: “At the time you don’t give a s--- if you pop your clogs. I must have been very, very close. I would have carried on, to be honest… I might have been a couple of days of 24 hours from dying.”

Madonna awarded damages for wedding photos

Damages are to be paid to Madonna after the Mail on Sunday apparently violated the pop singer’s privacy and copyright when it published 11 photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie. A London judge ruled in Madonna’s favor last year concerning the breach.

Amy Winehouse to perform with Dionne Bromfield on Strictly Come Dancing

The Times Online reports that Amy Winehouse will be joining her goddaughter, 13-year-old Dionne Bromfield, for a performance on Strictly Come Dancing.

Forced entry at Gwen Stefani’s London house

The door to Gwen Stefani’s £2.5 million London home was reportedly beaten down by a gang of thieves, but when they were unable to force their way into the singer’s upstairs flat, jewelry was stolen from the singer’s downstairs neighbor, Dame Liz Forgan.

Robbie Williams does away with Take That reunion rumors

Though reunion rumors were once again in the air, a spokesperson for Robbie Williams says that he did not show up to the studio to write and record with the remaining members of Take That, but rather was there just to listen.

Elton John sides with Lord Mandelson

It seems that Elton John has joined in the discussion on internet piracy, and chosen to side with Lord Mandelson, who seeks to disconnect those online file sharers who persistently break the law.

There has been a split among music artists over the proposed new law, with some artists in favor and others – like those of the Featured Artists Coalition – claiming that punishing file sharers would criminalize young people. The Times reports that the Featured Artists Coalition have declared that disconnecting users from the internet would “reduce the civil liberties of every one of us in the country in order to afford a disincentive threat to a small minority of egregious offenders.”

Sugababes to arrive at the MOBOs seperately

It seems that Sugababes Keisha Buchanan and Amelle Berrabah will be attending the MOBO Awards ceremony separately; the two singers from the girl group trio will both appear at the awards, though Sugababes won’t be performing as a group.

Muse eye James Bond soundtrack

After performing at MTV’s Video music Awards, the members of Muse have found themselves at the center of more and more international media attention. The band’s fifth studio album – The Resistance - is released in the UK this week, and Muse recently appeared alongside Linkin Park and Paramore on the Twilight soundtrack. Now drummer Dom Howard confesses that the band wouldn’t mind appearing on the soundtrack for the upcoming James Bond movie.

Lily Allen defends file sharing

Even as the Conservatives have announced their resistance to government intentions to disconnect repeat file sharers from the internet, Lily Allen took to her blog to speak out against the big name artists who have spoken out against those same proposed laws.

Allen wrote: “I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O’Brien from Radiohead don’t seem to think so. Last week in an article in The Times these guys from huge bands said file-sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world.”

Dame Vera Lynn out-charts the Beatles

It seems that the collection We’ll Meet Again – The Very Best of Vera Lynn has outdone the Beatles’ much-hyped remastered albums in order to make Dame Vera Lynn the oldest living artist to ever top the UK album charts.

The album features a number of songs that recall a wartime Britain – “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square,” “White Cliffs of Dover” – which are so time-honored that they actually topped the commercial successes Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys on the charts on Sunday.