Aretha Franklin is a diva and she isn’t afraid to show it! The legendary singer allegedly pulled some diva shit before her performance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary. The soul siren demanded that the air conditioning be shut off hours before she was supposed to take the stage at NYC’s Madison Square Garden. Aretha left a string of angry voicemails to the promoters, threatening to cancel if her demands weren’t met. In one message, Aretha is heard saying “I am sorry that it is going down this way, but that’s the way it’s going down.” Of course, her demands were met and the show went on according to plan.
No, you’re eyes aren’t fooling you. That really is Lauryn Hill in that picture. The retired former multi-platinum selling singer is apparently a fan of Martha Stewart. The former Fugee also took her kids to a signing for the domestic diva’s new book ‘Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Lessons for the Home Cook’ at a Williams Sonoma store in New Jersey recently. Whatever happened to her? She just let herself go in all aspects. She had such a promising solo career too. I guess she’s going to be stuck to just being a domesticated mom and no longer a successful musician.
Talk about being a has-been. Macy Gray was once a chart-topping artist. If you’re asking yourself where she is right now, well, the ‘I Try’ singer is making ends meet by working as a DJ. The husky-voiced singer spun the turntables at Dolce nightclub in London on Thursday night. Is this what singer’s do when they run out of talent? Nick Cannon did it too though I can’t say he had any talent to begin with. I expected much more from Macy. I hope she can get her act together real soon and come out with a new record. How did she end up in London anyway?
Amy Winehouse could be dead within three months after developing emphysema.
The ‘Rehab’ singer – who was admitted to hospital after collapsing at her home last week – has been warned she must quit drugs or face using a wheelchair and oxygen supplies to help her breathe as the deadly lung condition worsens.
Amy’s father Mitch said: “To think this could be my beautiful 24-year-old daughter’s life is preposterous. But if drugs mean more to her than breathing properly, then so be it. The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her. It’s in its early stage but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there with a mask on her face struggling to breathe.”
Emphysema eats away at lungs leaving sufferers breathless and frail. Despite doctors’ warnings Amy is still determined to perform at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park on Friday and the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday.
A special St John’s Ambulance crew will be on permanent standby for the star on Friday. Concert organizers are also refusing her request for alcohol in her rider, and her backstage area will feature a private hospital suite.
The Godfather of Soul James Brown may have been dead for quite a while but his trustees still aren’t letting him rest in peace. According to a new report, the said trustees of his estate are questioning the paternity of James Brown II, the son of Brown’s widow Tomi Rae Hynie. A South Carolina judge has just ordered a paternity test for the supposed youngest son of the late musician to bring closure to the issue. The lawyer representing Tomi Rae said that she’s never objected to a paternity test even saying that “She’s said that she was in favor and would do the test, provided that the other children also took the test. She didn’t feel like her son should be singled out.” It’s war of the spawns!
It is being said that singer Sean Levert was physically restrained by jail guards right before he died. Staff at the Cuyahoga County Jail where he was detained said that Levert was “out of control” and “hallucinating” which forced them to place him in a restraining chair as he was a danger to himself. The jail’s warden says that Levert was cooperative when he was bound to the chair. The coroner also says that Levert’s body showed no signs of physical trauma nor do they suspect foul play. They are still waiting on toxicology results to come back – that may take four to six weeks.
Here’s another case of music royalty about to lose their castle. The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin’s Detroit mansion may be lost to the taxman. The said property is worth $700,000 for which Aretha owes a total of $19,192 in back taxes through 2007. The Queen says that she will pay up by the March 31 deadline. Tsk. If she paid on time, it wouldn’t have gotten this big. It was a $445 outstanding bill from the 2005 tax season that pushed for the foreclosure proceedings. The Queen can’t lose her castle! Oh well, if things go bad for Aretha, maybe Tina Turner would let her crash in her castle in Europe.
Keith Richards has warned Amy Winehouse to stay away from drugs.
The Rolling Stones rocker – who has previously battled a heroin addiction – says the troubled ‘Rehab’ singer needs to kick her dangerous habit before it ’s too late. The 64-year-old guitarist, who once infamously joked he had snorted his father’s ashes, said: “She should get her act together.”
The band’s frontman Mick Jagger, who was briefly jailed in 1967 for possessing drugs, has also advised young stars not to follow in the Stones’ notorious footsteps.
Speaking at the Berlin premiere of Rolling Stones documentary ‘Shine a Light ‘, Mick said: “When we were experimenting with drugs, little was known about the effects. In our time there were no rehab centres. Anyway I did not know about them.”
Mick, 64, has previously expressed concern for Amy’s wellbeing saying: “I’m worried she might die if she goes down the road she has taken.”
Aretha Franklin really got pissed when Beyonce deemed her Grammy’s duet partner Tina Turner as ‘The Queen’ but Beyonce’s father Matthew decided to come to the defense of his daughter by releasing a statement to People on Thursday. He says “Something this ridiculous — it’s childish, it’s unprofessional. And it’s a sad day when egos get bruised because somebody used the word king, queen, prince or princess.”
So not only is Aretha not a queen but she’s also a child. The Queen of Soul should really be pissed now! Watch out Matthew, Aretha might unleash the girls on you and have her chest crush your head.
Amy Winehouse must be feeling popular. She has been asked to perform at this years Brit awards – not once, but twice.
She will perform ‘Valerie’ as part of a Mark Ronson medley where Adele and Daniel Merriweather will also take turns to sing with the producer. The lights will then go down and the audience will think that Amy’s show is over.
But the Brit organisers have cleared another spot in the schedule for our troubled singer. The lights will come back up and she will perform a stripped down version of one of her other hits.
A source said: “Amy will be part of the Ronson medley, but she will also do something on her own. Along with Macca she is the night’s big attraction. The lights will come back up and she will sing one of her more emotive hits. It will be a magical moment.”
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