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When it comes to Akon and his concerts, people are already expecting for things to go wrong. However, no one thought that it would be like this.

Several people, including a drummer, were injured as they were setting up for an Akon concert at Emory University in Atlanta. According to several eyewitnesses, crews were working on setting up the lights on the stage for the Fall Band Party with Akon as the headliner. They heard the canopy crack and fall causing the left side of the stage to collapse. Akon was reportedly not in the area at the time.

Two or three other people were injured. Fire trucks and ambulances responded to the scene, campus police have cordoned off the area and the show was canceled.

No wonder ‘Spice Girls’ tickets were so hard to get! Mel Chisholm (aka: Sporty Spice) says that the Spice Moms (or Old Spice as I like to call them) will strip down on stage and go completely nude.

Chisholm says, “We do actually go naked in the show, completely.”

Before you get too excited, I should warn you that even though they’ll be naked, you won’t be seeing much because they’ll be covered with stage props. Who wants to see them naked anyway? Maybe 10 years ago, but certainly not now.

The band is currently rehearsing sexy dance routines and has agreed to sing in the nude – with stage props covering their modesty.

Mel C was the first one to blog on the official blog of the Spice Girls and now it’s Mel B’s turn. In her entry, Scary Spice talks about the busy schedule that she’s keeping, their recent video shoot, Dancing With The Stars and what she’s feeling about getting back together.

She said that it was great to be back together again with her girls and that the video for their new song ‘Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) is going to be fantastic that she can’t wait to see it finished and on TV. She also says that she’s incredibly pleased with the new single and that she can’t wait to perform it.

On DWTS, she says that it was a rush to dance to ‘Spice Up Your Life’ and that she thinks her girls were her lucky charms on the show.

Dance star Moby has undergone medical tests to determine what causes him to suffer panic attacks. The Porcelain hitmaker volunteered for the U.S. study, which sought to determine if carbon dioxide causes attacks. A link was found – and now Moby fears the condition will become more widespread, because of rising levels of co2 in the atmosphere. All of you can get an idea of his mind set, look at his picture here and you will be convinced that he surely has some serious problem. Most of it is the head we all behave as per our mindsets and if he thinks has a panic problem he at least knows he has a problem and the cure is nothing but simply not brushing his teeth in the morning and then the obvious alcohol addiction and there you have a bad smelling celebrity that is going to cause an epidemic by interacting with others with bad breath. Co2 has risen just because they don’t brush their teeth and perform in front of 1000’s of people who are exposed to his insanity.

The dark-pop-rock album with the single “Williamsburg” and standout track “Smile For Them” makes it clear that Armor For Sleep has taken notice of society’s fascination with self-made celebrity and reality stars… and they aren’t shy about it.The video for “Williamsburg” will make its world premiere on TRL, MTV and mtvU October 29th, the day before the album hits stores. Shot with the intention to be a social commentary on the Hipster scene, the video gives a satirical lesson straight from the Hipster 101 classroom.

For a sneak peek of the new video check out Source

We can now safely say that the hatred for Avril Lavigne is universal. At the eve of her concert in Mexico city, the singer, if you could even call her that, had a rapprochement with her fans at a distance. One disappointed fan said that “We were told no pictures, no shaking hands, no hugging or kissing”.

Despite waiting for nearly 27 hours for Avril just to get an autograph, the singer and her staff were rude to the fans. Several fans complained about the conditions given by the staff but even the press were told the same. The press and TV crews were supposed to cover the whole thing but they got evicted after a minute of taking pictures.
Nearly 700 fans showed up and all of them got disappointed. No one should be surprised though, she acted the same way last Thursday at the MTV Latin Music Awards.

Rihanna was spotted leaving Café Med in Los Angeles on Sunday. The hot Barbados-born singer is rumored to performed her latest single, which features Ne-yo, ‘Hate That I Love You’ at the 2007 American Music Awards.

Other rumored performers include Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, Daughtry, Celine Dion, Duran Duran, Fergie, Will.I.Am, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Maroon 5 and Rascal Flatts. It’s going to be a packed night if all of them perform. There’s something for every type of music fan out there.

The AMAs will air on Novemeber 18th from the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

Rapper 50 Cent has recently shot the music video for his upcoming single entitled “I’ll Still Kill” with R&B singer Akon.
Looks OK.

New Common single titled “I Want You”. This is the fourth single from the rapper’s latest studio album titled “Findin’ Forever” released in July.

Her voice is over computerized.. It’s like they are trying to cover up too much how bad she really is or was at the time of recording.. Some of the beats are quite catchy.. cud see them being played in a club.. But I don’t think it’s worth any major attention. But we all know it’ll probably sell really well like gimme more just because of her name and cause she does have a loyal fan base.. Despite the fact she can’t sing! More so I have said time and again to my friends and in my groups while having a heated debate on this come back album of Britney’s is that there are many facts that are in line with this release, she is now divorced and is in a bitter custody battle for her kids with ex-hubby Kevin and these things are overshadowing the release of this album as the paps are busy with her custody case but with so much being written and told about her it is only going to up the interest in her new album, well I can’t figure out what’s happening next in the Brit story.

UK’s Holy Moly is reporting that British singer Amy Winehouse has been arrested. The 24-year old ‘Rehab’ singer was arrested while on tour in Bergen, Norway. She just got back to work and she’s gotten into trouble already.

Amy is said to have been arrested for drug possession, domestic violence or even both. And here I thought she worked her way to getting clean. I guess it was just a dream.

The singer was supposed to play a gig at Peer Gynt in Bergen on Friday, but it obviously didn’t happen. If it’s not Amy herself canceling, it’s the circumstance.

Finally we get official word! Madonna is definitely leaving Warner Brothers Records and signing a new deal with Live Nation for a reported $120 million.

The Queen of Pop released a statement on Tuesday confirming the news of the deal. “The paradigm in the music business has shifted and as an artist and a business woman, I have to move with that shift. For the first time in my career, the way that my music can reach my fans is unlimited. I’ve never wanted to think in a limited way and with this new partnership, the possibilities are endless. Who knows how my albums will be distributed in the future? That’s what’s exciting about this deal — everything is possible. Live Nation has offered me a true partnership and after 25 years in the business, I feel that I deserve that.”

BET’s Hip Hop Awards went down in Atlanta over the weekend and Kanye West won ‘Best Hip Hop Video’. Now, for the guy who’s been whining about not getting any awards from MTV, why would he even think of trying to give his BET award away?!

Kanye suddenly gets a piece of humble pie because after he accepted the award for ‘Stronger’ he tried to give it away to his competitors saying that UGK’s song ‘International Players’ which featured OutKast was more deserving. He even handed the award over to Big Boi but Big Boi handed it right back, he has enough awards without Kanye’s grubby fingerprints over them.

He may have been busted for making his bodyguard buy guns for him when he’s a convicted felon who’s not allowed to buy firearms but that doesn’t mean T.I. can’t have some good news given to him.

T.I. won two awards out of nine nominations at the BET Hip Hop Awards last weekend. The southern rapper didn’t walk the red carpet but he was in attendance for the show in one way or the other. News of his arrest got around which had some people talking. Rapper KRS-One said, “I’m saddened any time I hear of a hip-hopper being locked up or somehow being stunted in his life or his growth. I hope he wasn’t into nothing crazy.”

Common won CD of the year along with T.I. and he decided to dedicate his win to him saying “I salute my guy T.I., who also won, wherever he is.”

It should still be the honeymoon phase for most couples but then again, when you’re a celebrity, you can’t be considered in the ‘most’ category.

A month after he got married to longtime girlfriend Heather Singleton, country singer Joe Nichols got checked into rehab. Nichols, best known for his hit song ‘Another Side of You’, entered a program to deal with unspecified substance abuse problems.

Nichols’ management released a statement via his website saying “As Joe has alluded to in interviews over the past year, he has struggled with the issue of substance abuse. In order to be a healthier person and deal with longstanding issues, he has entered into a rehabilitation program for consultation and treatment.”

R&B songstress Alicia Keys performed her new single “No One”
Alicia’s new album titled “As I Am” gets released on November 13th.

All you movie fanatics don’t have to worry though because Madonna wouldn’t be acting. Although I’m not really sure if it’s good news or bad. This time, Madonna is sitting in the director’s chair for a new documentary.

Rosie O’Donnell revealed it in the ‘Ask Ro’ section of her website when asked about what movie she saw with the Queen of Pop when they were spotted together. Rosie described the documentary ‘I Am Because We Are’ as something devastating and amazing. It focuses on the poor, full of suffering lives of Malawi Children. Mainly, it’s about how AIDS has affected the lives of the children.

The documentary also highlights the work of Madonna’s organization Raising Malawi.

Much like the music on her upcoming album, Britney Spears’ album cover art for ‘Blackout’ has leaked. Do you believe it? I don’t. It’s a poor Photoshop job of one of her recent promo pictures. But People magazine published it as her official album cover, so yeah.‘Blackout’ will be released on October 30 as her record label announced earlier this week. It’s a twelve track album with most of the tracks already leaked out way before the release date.

The dance auditions that didn’t happen were supposedly for dancers for the music video of the second track of the album and her second single off of it ‘Piece of Me’.

Paul McCartney has boasted of his “decadent” womanizing years in The Beatles, during a candid interview with troubled rocker Pete Doherty. McCartney requested Doherty interview him for a British newspaper, after watching his band Babyshambles perform on TV. You go Paul; you deserve the best that the world has to offer. You have given so much to mankind you should get a little in return. I only wish the women in your life were as awesome as the band you were in. Some the women in your life have just entered your life to turn you into some trash that you certainly are not and rob you of your money that you have earned because of your sheer talent. Just look at how Heather Mills is trying and maybe succeeding at getting a large chuck of your fortune and you haven’t been able to kick aside these gold diggers from your life. Life is certainly to have fun and when you have the money there’s nothing to stop you too, but old guy act wisely or else you’d be like that tennis player Borg who left with nothing despite winning millions.

His lawyer might have gone on the record to confirm it but Bobby Brown himself is denying that he suffered a mild heart attack. Bobby says that he went to the hospital for a simple checkup.

Bobby said to the AP “I did go to the hospital … to just get a checkup, get everything tested out so that I could go on this tour, and everything is fine.” He has a performance in LA on Saturday and he’s all set for it.

His lawyer Phaedra Parks said that Bobby’s condition was serious but that he was doing good. So what’s the real story?