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Cheryl debuts Only Human video


Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has released her video for 'Only Human'.
The 31-year-old singer has revealed the clip for the track, which she has described as her favourite out of all the singles she has ever made, above chart-topping hits 'Fight For This Love', 'Crazy Stupid Love' and 'Promise This'.
Writing on Twitter, she said: "I'm happy to announce my third single 'Only Human', this single is my personal favourite so far."
Produced and co-written by Matt Schwartz, the video shows the star singing in front of stunning landscapes, and appearing to control the world as she opens her hand to show a cosmic scene in her palm.
Cheryl - who wed beau Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini last year after three months of dating - also displays her fashionable streak in several stylish outfits, including a figure-hugging yellow frock and a coral tutu which she pairs with a crop top.
The brunette beauty is hoping the single will be her sixth track to top the singles charts, after becoming the only British female to have five number ones in the UK when 'I Don't Care' debuted at number one in November, selling 82,000 copies in its first week.
The single is taken from her fourth studio LP of the same name, which reached number one in the UK album charts in November.
You can watch the video for 'Only Human' at www.muzu.tv/cheryl-cole/only-human-video/2356449/ and the track is officially released on March 22.

Jimmy Page getting ‘match fit’ for concerts


Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page has started rehearsing to get "match fit" for his live comeback.
The 71-year-old guitarist no longer wants to wait for his former bandmate Robert Plant to agree to a Led Zep reunion and has decided to get back on stage on his own.
Jimmy is practising to get his guitar playing up to speed and thinks he'll be ready for the concerts closer to the end of the year.
Speaking at the launch of the 40th anniversary deluxe reissue of Led Zeppelin album 'Physical Graffiti', at Olympic Studios in London, he said: "How it starts off is that you have to play guitar and get match fit first, that's currently what I'm in the process of doing now. I'm sort of slowly in the process of doing that now. It'll be closer to the end of the year rather than say, next month. I'm definitely warming up on the touchline, let's put it that way."
Jimmy insists his stage show will be something completely new for him and he won't be relying on guest vocalists to fill in for Plant on his tracks when he performs.
When asked by BANG Showbiz during the Q&A he had garnered any inspiration from Queen's recent gigs with Adam Lambert - who has replaced the late Freddie Mercury on vocals - he said: "Well what I'm going to do is do a project of my own. What I'm doing is something that's going to be quite different really. It won't be anything that, hopefully, you would imagine I'd do."
The deluxe edition of 'Physical Graffiti' is the latest release in the Led Zeppelin reissue series and comes with a companion audio disc which features seven previously unreleased tracks, including rough mixes of 'In My Time of Dying' and 'Houses of the Holy' and a very early mix of 'Trampled Under Foot' entitled 'Brandy & Coke'.
The album will be available from February 23, almost 40 years to the day after the LP's original February 24, 1975, release.

Lady Gaga working with Sir Paul McCartney


Lady Gaga is working with Sir Paul McCartney.
The 'Do What U Want' hitmaker has shared a photo of herself in the studio with the former The Beatles star, and revealed she originally hung up on him when he called her to propose the idea of collaborating because she thought it was someone playing a joke on her.
Along with a photo of herself and the iconic musician next to a drum kit on Instagram, she wrote: "Always a good time with my buddy. I'll never forget when he called me last year to work and I hung up the phone cuz I thought it was a prank! (sic)"
The 28-year-old musician is currently making the follow-up to her third solo studio album 'Artpop', which was released in 2013, and has been working with the 'Let It Be' singer as well as Disco producer Giorgio Moroder.
Another photo posted on her Instagram account also sparked rumours of a collaboration with Adele recently, as it showed the pair hanging out in Los Angeles online.
Meanwhile, Sir Paul has been busy working with other musicians as he features on Rihanna's new single 'FourFiveSeconds' which he will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (08.02.15), as well as Kanye West's emotional track 'Only One' which is about the 37-year-old rapper's 19-month-old daughter, North.

Katy Perry singing at Grammys?


Katy Perry is preparing a Grammy Awards performance.
The 30-year-old pop sensation is planning to perform the touching ballad 'By the Grace of God' at the ceremony on February 8 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which is taken from her fourth studio album, 'Prism'.
Billboard magazine reports the 'Roar' hitmaker is hoping to recreate her slowed down 2011 Grammys performance at which she sang her track 'Not Like the Movies' before launching into an energetic rendition of her hit single 'Teenage Dream'.
Explaining the meaning behind the track in 2013, the pop sensation revealed it was inspired by a "tough" time in her personal life following her divorce from comedian Russell Brand, when she contemplated suicide.
She said: "That song is evident of how tough it really was at a certain point. I asked myself, 'Do I want to endure? Should I continue living?'"
As well as performing, the 13-time nominee will also be hoping for a win in the Best Pop Vocal Album category, as well as Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her collaboration with Juicy J on 'Dark Horse'.
The performance will come just a week after her 13-minute performance at the Super Bowl halftime show which was watched by a record 118.5 million viewers.
The 57th annual event will also see Madonna, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande and Ed Sheeran take to the stage, as well as Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney who will perform their new single 'FourFiveSeconds'.

Noel Gallagher would ‘rather drink petrol’ than listen to Alex Turner


Noel Gallagher would "rather drink petrol" than listen to Alex Turner.
The former Oasis star has slammed the Arctic Monkeys frontman and claims he would rather drink fuel "straight from the nozzle at a garage" than listen to an interview with the 29-year-old singer.
He said: "I would rather drink petrol straight from the nozzle at a garage than listen to an interview with Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. Wouldn't you?"
The 'Wonderwall' hitmaker went on to attack the "s**t pop music" in the charts and is hoping their will soon be a rise in bands with "proper characters" at their helm.
He also blamed "boring" artists for the failure of many indie record labels.
Noel told the Evening Standard newspaper: "There is a lot of s**t pop music these days that's just devouring everything at the minute. I'm hoping that will come to an end.
"There doesn't seem to be any characters any more. When you have proper characters, the music sort of becomes secondary - it looks after itself. Look at bands like The Smiths and The Jam - all great characters.
"Is it any coincidence that all the indie labels got bought up by the major labels and things have started to get boring?"
The 47-year-old singer - whose band, High Flying Birds, were recently announced as the headliners of London's Calling festival in July - has also spoken ill of Ed Sheeran and James Blunt over the past few weeks.
After branding the 'You're Beautiful' hitmaker "boring", he also rubbished 23-year-old Ed's "polished pop".

Noel Gallagher: Liam ‘won’t be out of music for long’


Noel Gallagher believes Liam Gallagher will release music soon.
The High Flying Birds frontman regularly sees his brother and former Oasis bandmate at Manchester City matches despite their high-profile bust-up which led to the band's demise, and thinks it is only a matter of time until the 42-year-old musician records new music.
He said: "I see him at the football and we talk."
"Liam won't be out of the music game for long, and he shouldn't be, because there aren't many people like that still left."
The singer-songwriter performed as part of Beady Eye from 2009, but the four-piece disbanded in October after the release of 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' in 2011 and 'BE' in 2013.
However, Noel revealed the siblings still wind each other up, branding Liam "a cheeky little ****" after he said he could have sung the High Flying Birds track 'Everybody's On The Run' better than him.
He told Q magazine: "He said, 'I'd have smashed it.'
"I was like, 'Yeah, whatever'."
The comments come just days after the outspoken 47-year-old guitarist slammed the BRIT Awards for ignoring independent musicians such as himself and 'eez-eh' rockers Kasabian.
He told the BBC: "I'm an independent artist and we get shafted by people at the Brits.
"You won't see an independent artist [among the nominees], unless they sell 50 million records and it becomes an impossibility to leave them out.
"If Kasabian don't fulfil the criteria for one of the best groups, what is that saying?"

Ellie Goulding tips Jessie Ware for BRIT win


Ellie Goulding has tipped Jessie Ware to win a BRIT Award.
The 'Tough Love' singer has been nominated in the British Female Solo Artist category at the ceremony which pal Ellie - who was awarded with the gong in 2014 - believes she will win despite facing strong competition from Ella Henderson, FKA twigs, Paloma Faith and Lily Allen.
She said: "In my category I think Jessie Ware will win. I didn't think I would win it last year so I was pretty chilled. I get nominated for a lot of awards, that's a fact. I don't win a lot of awards."
As well as the 30-year-old singer-songwriter, Ellie thinks Sam Smith, who is up for five awards, and Ed Sheeran, shortlisted in four categories, will take home the most prizes.
She added: "I think Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran will win big this year."
The 28-year-old singer also praised her 'Outside' collaborator Calvin Harris - who is up for British Video and British Single for his track 'Summer' at the BRITs, which will take place on February 25 - by saying they are "best friends" and are hoping to head back into the studio together again soon.
Speaking to Rickie, Melvin and Charlie on the KISS FM UK Breakfast Show, she said: "Well we've talked about doing other bits. For some reason, we just really love making stuff together. He's like one of my best friends, he's very dry, and funny, and it just kind of works, because he's so modest. I think the reason he's done so well is because he's so humble. He's extremely clever and I genuinely love everything that he puts out."

Rihanna, Kanye and Sir Paul McCartney confirmed for Grammy Awards


Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney will perform at the Grammy Awards.
The 26-year-old star has been confirmed to sing her new single 'FourFiveSeconds' along with Kanye and Sir Paul at the ceremony, with the 'Bound 2' rapper also set to give a solo performance at the ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
A source said: "Rihanna's seriously pleased to have bagged a big slot at The Grammys and two huge names to kick off her comeback."
Kanye's performance comes six years after the 37-year-old musician - who has 19-month-old daughter North with Kim Kardashian West - last performed at the prestigious occasion, where he rapped a medley of tracks including his collaboration with Estelle, 'American Boy'.
At the ceremony on February 8, Kanye - who has won 21 Grammys during his career - is up for two awards, while Rihanna has been nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for 'The Monster' with Eminem.
The 57th annual event - which will be hosted by LL Cool J for the fourth consecutive year - will also feature performances from Madonna, AC/DC, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Usher, Sam Smith, and duets from Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine, and Sir Tom Jones and Jessie J.

Madness and Rudimental come together for Pancreatic Cancer UK


Madness and Rudimental are to perform at the Emirates Stadium on March 12 in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK.
'An evening with Suggs and friends' - which will feature a unique set of performances from both groups - will be hosted by the lead vocalist of Madness, who is determined to raise money to fight the disease that took the life of his sister-in-law.
Suggs shared: "My wife Anne's sister, Alanah, was such a big part of our lives. She radiated the most extraordinary, non-judgmental joy everywhere she went.
"She is no longer here. Her illness and death from pancreatic cancer came as a huge shock to us all and at her wake we vowed to do something to help research into pancreatic cancer. I am delighted to be an Ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK and will do all I can to support the charity.
"For the third consecutive year 'An evening with Suggs and friends' organised by the Gig Company will take place in Alanah's memory."
Meanwhile, 'Waiting All Night' hitmakers Rudimental are looking forward to appearing alongside their heroes and raising money for a worthy cause.
They said: "It's an honour to be asked to be a part of The Gig Company's 'An Evening With Suggs and Friends' and to play alongside Madness, they are such heroes!
"It's an incredible cause, raising money for Pancreatic Cancer UK. We are pleased to be a part of this event to help raise awareness. It's going to be an amazing night and we're really looking forward to it!"

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