UK News

NICKI MINAJ FORCED TO CANCEL LONDON GIG AFTER FIGHT BREAKS OUT IN NIGHT CLUB

January 21, 2011

Source Via MTV News Nicki Minaj was forced to cancel an appearance at London nightclub, Runway, after a fight broke out at the venue. The Check It Out rapper, who is currently promoting her new album, Pink Friday, in Blighty, was due to perform at the club, but had to change her plans last-minute after hearing about the brawl. Continue Reading….. I read via Twitter that some people paid £1,000 just to be near Nicki at the Runway night spot. If this is in […]

VIDEO: DIDDY – DIRTY MONEY LISTENING PARTY (LONDON)

January 21, 2011

Last night London went in to an absolute “frenzy” because  Diddy-Dirty Money were in town to launch their new album Last Train To Paris, released in America in late 2010. The album will drop here in the UK on the 24 January, but lets face it most people on this side of the pond (who are fans) have probably already listened to the album. Anyway Sumit from The Hip Hop Chronicle UK attended the listening party last night where Diddy later brought on stage the crème de la […]

UK NEWS: LIVE CHICKEN THROWN AT KFC STAFF

January 20, 2011

Via BBC News A live hen was thrown through the open window of a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Warwickshire. RSPCA inspectors say they want to speak to the two men who approached the restaurant in Bermuda Park, Nuneaton, on a moped on Tuesday evening. A third man filmed the pair and the footage has since appeared on the internet. Inspector Helen Smith, from the RSPCA, said the bird was not harmed but did suffer some distress. Continue Reading….. Only in […]

UK NEWS: NICKI MINAJ SET TO APPEAR AT LONDON / WATFORD NIGHT SPOTS

January 19, 2011

Ok London! 2moro nite I'm @ OCEANA (18 & up) then RUNWAY (21 & up). Yep! All in the same nite. fri&sat itinerary cmng soon! Cheers! 😉 — Anaconda (@NICKIMINAJ) January 19, 2011 Rapper Nicki Minaj is here in London and as you can imagine a tidal wave of excitement has gripped the entire nation. Anyway Nicki tweeted today that she will be at the Oceana nightclub (in Watford) tomorrow night and will then move on to Runway.  I can hear her “UK […]

UK NEWS: SUGAR MAGAZINE TO CLOSE

January 19, 2011

Another print publication bites the dust! Via The Guardian Teenage girls’ magazine Sugar is to close after a 75% fall in circulation over the past decade, with publisher Hachette Filipacchi blaming young readers’ appetite for free content. The 17-year-old magazine, which at its peak in the first half of 2000 had an average monthly sale of 422,179, sold just 113,320 a month during the first half of last year. Hachette said it had taken the decision “with regret” and would concentrate its […]

UK EVENT: MEET P.DIDDY AT HMV OXFORD STREET (LONDON)

January 19, 2011

WHAT: Signing session   WHERE: HMV London, 150 Oxford Street W1   WHEN: Thursday 20th January 2011 at 6.00 pm   Fans of the hugely successful P Diddy, get the rare chance to meet the megastar himself, in person, with his group Dirty Money, when they visit HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store in London’s West End on Thursday 20th January 2011. The in-store is in celebration of the release of new Diddy-Dirty Money single, ‘Coming Home’, the forthcoming album ‘Last Train to […]

UK EVENT: EARLY BIRD TICKETS UP FOR GRABS FOR INDUSTRY TAKEOVER ALL-DAYER

January 18, 2011

Industry Takeover All-Day Seminar & Showcase is back and bigger than ever for it’s third season. Following the unprecedented achievements of urban music acts such as Tinie Tempah and Labrinth in the charts, and the popularity of the Industry Takeover monthlies at the Rich Mix; it’s now time to join Urban Development in association with Rich Mix as they ‘take over’ the entire multi-media arts venue in Shoreditch to equip you with the essentials for music industry success. Taking place on Saturday […]

ELTON JOHN REVEALS NEW BABY SON ZACHARY

January 18, 2011

Elton John and his husband David Furnish grace the front cover of OK Magazine, along with their new baby son Zachary. Source OK Magazine Elton? Really? I bet they have hired a full-time nanny to take care of the child. I’m sorry but I cannot see either of these two being hands on parents, especially Elton. But congratulations to the both of them.

UK NEWS: POLICE HUNT MAN SUSPECTED OF INFECTING LOVERS WITH HIV

January 16, 2011

Via The Daily Mirror POLICE are hunting a man suspected of knowingly infecting his lover with HIV. Jermaine Scott, 27, is wanted after a mum-of-two told officers he had given her the virus. She says the pair had ­unprotected sex even though he knew that he was infected. She fears other women could also be at risk. Scott is originally from Jamaica but is believed to have been living in the UK for up to 10 years. He has links to Merseyside, […]

VIDEO -UK “URBAN” CELEBRITY FEATURE: MODEL/ARTIST NONI ZONDI

January 16, 2011

Friend to Mad News and fellow blogger Brown Eyez has once again left me questioning the world we live in, and the mindset of certain individual’s in this country (within the world of entertainment) with her latest blog post. Meet Noni Zondi who some are hailing as being the UK’s answer to Nicki Minaj *looks away and shakes head.* According to Brown Eyez, She is part-model, part-video vixen, part rap-stress, part singer, part hostess, professional dancer, part glamour model, and 100% full-time […]