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A let down: Amy Winehouse looked inebriated as she arrived on stage an hour late in Serbia, staggered about, slurred her words and was jeered by the audience


Earlier this month she checked out of rehab and was given the go ahead to embark on her European tour.

But it would seem that Amy Winehouse has spectacularly fallen off the wagon as her Serbian fans found out to their horror last night.

The singer was booed as she took to the stage in Belgrade on the first leg of her 12-date stint, and looked intoxicated as she stumbled around the stage.


Hello: Amy holds on to her guitarist who she went over and hugged as after being introduced onto the stage at Belgrade's Kalemegdan Park


An hour after she was due to arrive on stage, after being introduced by one of her backing singers, she staggered on and made her way to the back to hug one of her guitarists.

Wearing a short green and black dress that accentuated her cosmetically-enhanced breasts, she sat down on one of the speakers and adjusted her shoes while her concerned backing singer asked if she was ok and steadied her back to her microphone.

Amy, 27, looked confused and then took off one of her shoes which she threw on the floor before walking unsteadily over to her microphone.


Are you ok? As she stumbled around looking lost, her backing singer grabbed her hand in concern


After missing her cue a couple of times, she proceeded to deliver a half-spoken and mumbled version of her song Just Friends, her last release back in 2008.

Halfway through, slurring her words which she had difficulty stringing together, she told the crowd at the city's Kalemegdan Park: 'Let me bring the band introduction.'

But then she tried to continue singing the song, smiling all the while, seemingly oblivious of how she was coming across to her fans.

After hugging herself and failing to sing most of the song, she then came back in as the band finished, looked surprised and then slurred 'Just Friends' into the microphone as an astonished crowd booed and halfheartedly clapped.

The situation didn't improve much throughout the concert, as the Back to Black singer disappeared off stage several times leaving her band playing.

And according to local press reports, the 20,000 fans described as a 'scandal' and a 'disaster'.


What is she doing? To the amusement of her band, Amy bends over on stage to take off one of her shoes


Fans were also angry as may had paid about £35 a ticket which is a lot of money in a country where the average salary is about £274 a month.

One fan angrily wrote on YouTube - where videos of her disastrous performance have been posted - that he was still mad at her.

They fumed: 'She started a show and turned her back to public (btw, for most of us it was not that easy to give the money for ticket because of the economic situation in Serbia) and that was just the beginning of her disrespect and bizarre behavior.

'She did not sang one song from beginning to the end, Some of them she didn't even tried to sing. Not a fan anymore'

Amy is due in Turkey tomorrow to play Istanbul's Kucuk Ciftlik Park and also has dates in Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Romania, finishing up on 15 August at Iolanda Balas Soter Stadium, Bucharest.

Earlier this month she checked out of The Priory Clinic at the suggestion of her father, Mitch, over concerns she was drinking too much prior to her live shows.


Outrage: Fans, who had paid a lot of money to see her play, turned on the star afterwards and called the show a 'disaster'


Her spokesman said: 'Amy Winehouse has completed her assessment at the Priory Clinic in London and will continue as an outpatient.

'She is now looking forward to playing shows around Europe this summer and is raring to go.

'She would like to send a huge thanks to all her fans for the messages of support she has received over the last week and can't wait to see them.'




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By JODY THOMPSON and EMILY SHERIDAN

Hippy chic: Pixie Lott ignored the freezing rain and wore a tiny paisley crop top and matching hotpants to perform at the Isle Of Wight festival today


It was an outfit more suited to a hippy gathering in sunny San Francisco - but Pixie Lott disregarded the rainy delights of a soggy British summer to wear a psychedelic hotpants and crop top combo at the Isle Of Wight festival today.

The Cry Me Out singer got a soaking as she tried to cheer up the bedraggled crowd in her skimpy paisley print outfit, but according to Mail Online reporters joining the audience in mud and pouring rain, she wasn't having much luck.

She'd accessorised her festival chic outfit with the obligatory wellies and a a flower-strewn hairband - but a mackintosh might have been more suitable.



Cheeky: The Cry Me Out singer tried her best to cheer up the cold and soaking crowd with her bottom-skimming flower power style and hippy make-up


The stoic 20-year-old star made a valiant effort however to put a smile on people's faces, despite the fact she must have been freezing.


c'mon boys and girls! The star really appeared to be giving it her all to get the audience engaged and take their minds off the weather


As well as her own hits like Mama Do, Boys And Girls and Turn It Up, she peppered her set with cover versions, including her take on Adele's Someone Like You, Katy B's Lights On, Chris Brown's Beautiful People and Aloe Blacc's I Need A Dollar.

However, on top of the atrocious weather, her set was plagued by sound problems, meaning half the soaked audience weren't able to hear her properly.


Tough gig: The singer made a hand gesture at one point however that almost seemed like she was thumbing a lift home


Turn it up! The crowd looked like they were too cold and wet to get into Pixie's poptastic set - and sound problems didn't help


As already reported by Mail Online, Kate Moss is having her hen do at three day bash with a 'Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' theme, as revealed by festival organiser John Giddings.

To celebrate her forthcoming nuptials to The Kills Jamie Hince next month, she and her 30 odd revellers - including Jade Jagger, Meg Mathews and Sadie Frost - are said to have downed 120 bottles of Mahiki rum.

They were said to have ordered another 180 botles which were being helicoptered in, and they also polished off magnums of Cristal champagne, plus bottles of Tanqueray gin and Grey Goose vodka.


Grim: After two days of good weather, conditions took a turn for the worse today


Muddy brilliant: Some revellers were still determined to have a good time however


This year's headliners are Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters and Kasabian.

Day one saw Kings Of Leon and Kaiser Chiefs, whereas yesterday saw Seasick Steve, Iggy and the Stooges, Stornoway, Lissie, Mike and the Mechanics, Hurts, before Foo Fighters and Pulp topped the bill.

Kasabian will round off the bash today after the likes of Beady Eye, The Script, Plan B and special guest Jeff Beck have strutted their stuff on stage.

Although the weather had been good for the first two days of the festival, the site has been plagued by heavy rain today.

Many revellers have decided to make the most of the conditions however and play around in the mud.

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By Donna Mcconnell and Jody Thompson


Tough cookie: Jessie J played the Capital Radio Summertime Ball at London's Wembley Stadium tonight despite being in agony after she ruptured tendons in her foot rehearsing yesterday


She'd been left in excruciating pain just 24 hours earlier after falling from a platform and tearing tendons in her foot while rehearsing for the show at London's Wembley Stadium - but nothing was going to stop Jessie J performing tonight at her biggest gig to date.

The Do It Like A Dude star had been putting the finishing touches to her routine for tonight's Capital Radio Summertime Ball when she slipped and ended up in hospital.

But the 23-year-old showed she was made of tough stuff tonight and walked onstage heavily bandaged up, before singing the rest of her set while sat on a throne.

Smiling through: Even though she was close to tears with the pain, Jessie was in fine voice as she performed for 75,000 at Capital Radio's Summertime Ball

Wearing a black knitted bejewelled bodystocking, she managed to stand unsupported to sing Do It Like a Dude, before holding onto the throne and finally giving in and sitting down on it.

She explained to the 75,000 music fans crammed into the stadium for the Capital Radio organised show: 'I fell off the stage and mashed up my foot - I ruptured all tendons in it.

'I was told to stay at home. But I said are you crazy? I'm not letting down my fans. I did ask for a crystal sock (to cover the bandage) but this is all they had.'

On the throne: The star had tried to stand up at the start of the show but was too much in pain so sat on her rather fancy chair

Having a ball: It was the first time that Jessie had played Wembley Stadium and she says she couldn't have missed it


Despite the untimely accident the London-born singer was in fine voice as she gave a stunning rendition of new single Nobody's perfect.

Clearly in a lot of pain. She looked close to tears however as she said: 'Sometimes its best to follow the doctors orders. Why couldn't I be an artist who just wears trainers?!'

She confessed to the crowd: 'I wanna do the next song but I'm scared,' before pausing for a drink of water, then launching into emotional ballad Who You Are.

She wrote on her Twitter afterwards to her fans, who she calls Heartbeats: 'Wembley stadium #STB #heartbeats I love you. Most amazing moment in my life. Bruck (sic) up foot and all.. Thank you. Thank you for it all. Thank you for supporting me :) I am truely (sic) touched.'

Hospital dash: Jessie J, seen here at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2011 in London earlier this week, was rushed to hospital tonight


The accident happened yesterday, as the singer revealed on her Twitter She wrote: 'Just want to let my #heartbeats (ones waiting outside wembley) know that I have been taken to hospital after falling off a platform.

'I have ripped a main ligament in my foot and have been put on crutches and told to rest. Im in a lot pain :( so please dont wait in the cold for me.. #sorry! :`(

Earlier, she'd said that the prospect of playing the concert was 'an overwhelming thing.'

Talking backstage to the radio station during her soundcheck before she hurt her foot, she said: 'My wishlist is becoming my reality and it's an amazing thing to be experiencing.

'I just think I am showing these thousands of people that watch me that dreams do come true because I never dreamt in a million years that I'd be singing at Wembley Stadium so early on in my career.'

She also admitted: 'I don't think it's going to hit me until I've stepped off stage and I'm done.'

Stylish: The star, who picked up the Woman Of Tomorrow award at Tuesday's Glamour Women Of The Year Awards, showed off a softer more feminine style


It's fairly certain the star wasn't expecting to step off stage quite like she did last night, however.

Other stars on the bill of tonight's mammoth pop extravaganza Summertime Ball included Jennifer Lopez, LMFAO, Cee Lo Green, Nicole Scherzinger, JLS, Enrique Iglesias, The Wanted, Ne-Yo, Katy B and Example.

Summertime Ball @ Wembley Stadium, 12th June 2011



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By Jody Thompson


Where's Harry Hill when you need him? Jennifer Lopez (l) and Nicole Scherzinger (r) were both battling it out on the bill of the Capital Radio Summertime Ball tonight at London's Wembley Stadium


They're judges on rival talent show over in the U.S. - but it was up to 75,000 music fans at London's Wembley Stadium to decide who was the best after both Nicole Scherzinger and Jennifer Lopez performed at the Summertime Ball tonight.

The pair were having a diva face-off on the bill at the Capital Radio-organised pop concert on a star-studded bill - but the jury was out on not just who had the best songs, but the best outfits too.

Former Pussycat Doll Nicole, 32, who has just started her job on the X Factor USA, was first up on stage, wearing a low-cut feathery number, despite the chilly rainy weather.


Despite probably worrying about how well her boyfriend Lewis Hamilton was doing in the Canadian Grand Prix - terribly, as it turned out - she was pretty much note perfect as she belted out her short set.

It included her two recent UK No. 3 hit singles Poison and Right There, her No. 1 Don't Hold Your Breath, as well as the Pussycat Dolls 2005 smash Don't Cha and at one point, was carried aloft by hunky male dancers.

She arguably got one over her older rival Jennifer too by changing into a red and black tasselled dress and getting Enrique Iglesias onstage with her.

Such great heights: Nicole was first onstage and was carried aloft by some hunky male dancers

Shake a tail feather: Nicole was performing before 75,000 pop fans at the Capital Radio-organised bash

On the low down: The new X Factor USA judge didn't seem phased about her older, more experienced musical rival being after her on the bill


However, 41-year-old mother-of-two J-Lo was determined not to be outdone, and showed she meant business when she took to the stage in a black jewelled basque with combat trousers and bovver boots.

She romped through tracks including her No. 1 hit Get Right, as well as classics Waiting For Tonight and Jenny From The Block.

After her most recent single I'm Into You though, she changed into in a racy beige basque, jewelled tights and over-the-knee boots to launch into her No. 1 hit On The Floor - one more song than Nicole had in her set.

Great platform: J-Lo took the stage after Nicole and performed five of her hit singles

On the floor: The star flung her hair around and got up and close and personal with her fans during her set

Making a point: Jen got to sing one more song than Nicole too


J-Lo also has more talent show experience than Nicole too, having got an entire series of American Idol under her belt, whereas Nicole has just got a few outings as a guest judge on the UK's X Factor under hers.

Nicole has also recently spoken of her joy at being promoted to a judge after Cheryl Cole was sacked.

Speaking at to be part of the US X Factor and said she was 'ecstatic' after she given a judging role.

Great British summer: Just a few of the 75,000 music fans who landed tickets to go to the Capital Radio Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium

Singing in the rain: JLS were one of the biggest hits of the event

Nice touch: Marvin Humes reaches out to one lucky fan during the JLS set
The former Pussy Cat Doll was speaking at her debut appearance in New Jersey.


She told The Sunday Mirror: 'I wanted to be part of the show. I love the show, I believed in the show, I believe in Simon.

'When they proposed the idea of me being a judge, I couldn't have been more ecstatic. I absolutely think the dynamic is working and this is a new chapter in my life and I'm so grateful,' she told the Sunday Mirror.

And Jennifer had had something of a warm-up when she performed On The Floor on the live final of So You Think You Can Dance the night before, showing off her incredible figure in a skintight sparkly catsuit.

Hot stuff: Despite the cold, Enrique Iglesias raised temperatures when he dragged fan Sophie Elphick out of the crowd during his set and kissed her

In the spotlight: Ne-Yo was bathed in red light at one point during his set

Braving the rain: Capital Radio breakfast hosts Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon got wet as two of the hosts of the huge live music event


Other stars who performed at the bash today included Jessie J, who took the stage despite badly injuring her foot in rehearsals, JLS, and the aforementioned Enrique.

He whisked fan Sophie Elphick, 18, out of the audience onto stage to sing for her, before kissing her on the cheek.

Also entertaining the crowds in the bucketing rain were Katy B and Cee Lo Green and the show was hosted by the likes of Capital Radio's Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon.

Summertime Ball @ Wembley Stadium, 12th June 2011



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Going for gold: Taylor Swift kicked off her Speak Now world tour in Omaha, Nebraska tonight looking stunning in a gold fringed dress and knee high black boots


She is one of American music's shining lights, with her platinum-selling albums and a stash of awards to her name.

So it was perhaps fitting that 21-year-old Taylor Swift sported a striking golden fringed dress on the first date of her Speak Now world tour tonight.

The 21-year-old singer teamed her fringed mini dress with a pair of knee-high black boots as she kicked off her most elaborate tour yet in Omaha, Nebraska.

The star also returned to a past habit of writing on herself for live shows, this time seeming to scrawl a lyric along her arm in black pen.

Backed by a nine-piece band and eight dancers, the singer played for two hours, changing costume several times as she performed songs from hit albums Fearless and Speak Now.


Fun times: The 21-year-old singer looked like she was enjoying herself as she played a cherry red guitar and sung to the enthusiastic crowd


Earlier, she had told People.com how she helped plan the theatrical looking show, which includes pyrotechnics and a fake snowstorm.

'The tour is exactly how my imagination looks and I'm so excited that we get to have these entire scenes created on stage,' she said.

'I started out in theatre so you definitely see influences of that.'


Skin graffiti: Taylor wrote what looked like lyrics on her arms in black pen for the show


'We get to have such groovy, cool stuff happening,' she added to MTV about the stadium-based show. 'I've never had pyro before. I've never had aerialists before.

It's got this grand staircase. The stage in itself looks like an old-world theatre.

'I can't believe we get to play stadiums. I'm so excited about this tour. I want to live on that stage. I hope people leave the concert feeling like they know you better.'

The star also said she saw the tour as a 'thank you' to her fans, who made Speak Now one of the most successful albums of last year.


American sweetheart: Taylor revealed she has had a lot of input into the theatrical tour


'That's why I'm so blown away. That's why I can't wait to go out on tour and thank them personally,' she said.

And she certainly seemed to enjoy tonight's show, tweeting after her performance: 'Woah Omaha. That first show was SO much fun and I can't wait to see you again tomorrow!!'


Taylor Swift -Sparks Fly Live Omaha 2011



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By MARCUS BARNES

Another Gaga stunt: Lady Gaga donned a fake baby bump, rested her feet in stirrups and 'gave birth' to gold liquid as she sang hit Born This Way on Saturday Night Live


She's covered herself with blood, emerged from an egg and danced around with a crucifix on her crotch.

And now Lady Gaga can add giving birth to her growing list of outrageous stage show stunts.

With a false belly attached to her midriff, the singer placed her legs in a pair of stirrups and proceeded to secrete gold liquid during a performance on U.S. show Saturday Night Live.


Controversial: The singer is never one to shy away from outrageous stunts - this the latest in a long line of bizarre performances


The 25-year-old singer began her performance by emerging from a pod, emblazoned with the name Beluga Gagaviar No1 - a reference to the famous, and very expensive, brand of caviar.

Wearing a pair of PVC trousers and a cropped PVC blazer, which exposed her ultra-flat midriff, she launched into a typically energetic performance, singing all the vocals live as usual.

Towards the end of the song her dancers surrounded her and, when she emerged from the scrum Gaga had acquired a huge bump.

She immediately headed from a mock hospital bed to the side of the stage where her dancers helped into a pair of stirrups, and she subsequently 'gave birth' to a gold liquid.

The performance was part of Saturday Night Live's closing show which was hosted by singer Justin Timberlake.


Eccentric: Gaga's influence spread to the set of the show which was covered with gold and black stripes to match the outfits of her dancers and herself


Plenty of bottle: Gaga joined in the fun throughout the show dressing up as a wine bottle in this Liquorville with host Justin Timberlake


Gaga also performed her songs Edge Of Glory and Judas during the show, as well as joining in with the comedy sketches.

she was the female element in a song about threesomes performed by Timberlake and comedian Adam Samberg.

The hilarious song, which included the chorus 'It's okay when it's in a three-way, it's not gay when it's in a three-way. With some honey in the middle there's some leeway, the area's grey in a one, two, three-way.'


Surprise: Timberlake and Samberg end up in bed together without Gaga in the amusing video


The singer kept a straight face throughout the song, which sees Timberlake and Samberg end up in bed together without her.

In another scene she put a huge cork on her head, with a dress covered in grapes and a huge wine glass on each of her arms in Timberlake's Liquorville sketch.


Appeal: Gaga asked fans to send in videos for the advert and editors were inundated with material


Fans responded within minutes and uploaded hundreds more videos.

As the videos streamed in, editors worked on the video in real time dropping in new footage as it was received.

The film was completed four days ago, just in time for Gaga's performance on yesterday's season finale of Saturday Night Live.


[HD]Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Saturday Night Live S36E22)


Google Chrome: Lady Gaga "The Edge of Glory" Commercial [HD]


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By Sarah Bull


This is how I roll: Cher Lloyd joins a group of hopefuls as she auditions dancers for her debut music video


She won over Cheryl Cole with her unique mix of rapping, singing and street dancing when she auditioned for The X Factor.

And now Cher Lloyd has posted a video of herself auditioning dancers for her debut music video - working them hard to ensure they are up to her standards.

The 17-year-old star is seen getting down with the hopefuls to make sure they 'gel' with her.

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In the video, Cher says: 'The auditions are going really well. I'm really glad there's bedroom dancers as well.

'I'm looking for fresh-faced people, just people that mix in with the crowd and just back me up really.'

Cher, who wears baggy jeans, a brown vest top and checked blazer, is then seen getting up and joining the group for an impromptu street dancing session.

She explained: 'The reason I got up and started to dance with them was because I wanted to see if they would actually gel with me and to see the interaction.'

Getting down: Cher appeared to be enjoying herself in the video of the auditions, which she posted on her official website

Are we gelling? Cher laughs as she messes around with the dancers


And presumably those who didn't 'gel' with the X Factor runner-up didn't make the cut for the video, expected to be released later this year.

It was also revealed today that So You Think You Can Dance runner up Tommy Franzén has been enlisted to choreograph the routine.

He said: 'I will be choreographing Cher Lloyd's first music video that will be shot on May 17.

'After [having] had two dance auditions for it, we're in the process of finalising who is to be in it. Keep a look out for the video! I believe it's going to be a good one.'

Watching and learning: Cher appeared in awe of some of the tricks performed by the candidates

I can do it too: But she was also keen to prove her own worth as she made her way into the centre of the room to dance with the rest of the hopefuls


Cher has been in New York and Los Angeles recently putting the finishing touches to her debut album.

And songwriter Savan Kotecha, who is executive producing the record, said it is sure to be a hit - and sounds just like Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie's first solo album.

He said: 'It's such a blend of different things. Each song is so different from the other, but it's her.

Home again: Cher was seen arriving at London's Heathrow Airport today after her trip Stateside


'The only way I can describe it is that it's like Fergie's solo album, where London Bridge was completely different from Clumsy, but then you also had Big Girls Don't Cry, but Fergie was still the red thread throughout it all - that's how Cher's songs are.

'There's some hard ones, some vulnerable ones and some fun, silly ones and she just delivers on every one. We were just so impressed.'

Cher's debut album is due for release on 12th September.




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Sultry: Rihanna is her sexiest yet in the video for California King Bed


Rihanna is her most sultry yet in the video for her new ballad, California King Bed.

In a marked departure from up-tempo hit Only Girl (in the World) the sixth single from her Loud album is a slow-paced song about lovers growing apart.

The short film, which was directed by Anthony Mandler in Los Angeles, features the scarlet-haired Bajan beauty lying between the sheets with a shirtless lover.


All white: The video begins and ends with the pop superstar lying in tall grass in her underwear


As she laments the distance between the protagonists lying on the California King Bed, Rihanna - dressed in white shorts and bra - is sexy and dishevelled as she rolls around restlessly.

Donning a floaty night dress, the 23-year-old then laments to a heavenly backdrop of clouds and a Californian sunset as the lover drifts away.


Intimate: This is the singer's most revealing video yet


The director changes from colour to a black and white lens during the song's third refrain, before switching back to colour for the final shots of Rihanna lying in a field of grass, the same shot that opens the video.

At the end of February, the pop superstar took to Twitter to poll her fans, asking them to choose her next single, she wrote: 'QUESTION EXISTING: I'm shootin a new vid in a cpl wks, I just need u to tell me, which song should I shoot? What is my next single?" she tweeted before firing off, "Its hard to go from s+m to SKIN! Don't want to be 2 swiney.'

California King Bed was announced as the next single just a few days later.


Yearning: Director Andrew Mandler conjured up a real Californian sunset


The singer has been jetting across Europe to promote the big event, which culminated in the rousing gig last night where she blasted through Only Girl (in the World), Disturbia, Don't Stop the Music, Umbrella and the new single.

Rihanna has also just signed on to perform at the opening of The Today Show's summer concert series.

Her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown has also signed on to perform but they will be on stage on separate days - Rihanna on May 27 and Brown on July 15.


Distance: The ballad tells the story of lovers drifting apart


Dishevelled: Rihanna sports bed hair in the video


Rihanna performing California King Bed



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