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by Paul V.
We’ve talked about Amy Winehouse and her spiraling
drug use before, but it looks like the leaked video of her
smoking crack just might snap her back into reality. In fact,
she just said yes to rehab again, after being given an ultimatum
by her U.K. record label, which included not allowing her
to appear at the Grammy Awards. If she stays clean for the
next few weeks, she’ll be allowed on the Feb. 10 show.
Luckily her husband, still in jail awaiting trial, is now
clean himself and wants to start over with his wife—without
any drugs! We actually — seriously — wish them
the best in their recovery!
The trend of ’80s bands reuniting continues, as it’s
just been revealed that synth pioneer Vince Clark and powerhouse
vocalist Alison Moyet (better known as Yazoo or Yaz) will
be teaming up for a short tour of the U.K., in time for the
release of the In Your Room box set of their two classic
CDs. No word on a U.S. tour yet, but we sure hope it's in
the works!
Did you catch that sizzling hot remix/duet of Tone Loc's “Wild
Thing” by Peaches? If not, you can grab it on iTunes,
and Delicious Vinyl will release a full slate of the label's
classic records all this year, as re-imagined by artists
like Hot Chip, Spank Rock, Diplo, Bonde Do Role and DJ A-Trak.
We send our well wishes out to singer Lily Allen, who suffered
a miscarriage last week. But the British press reports that
she's getting back in good spirits, and will begin work on
her new CD, and shooting her new TV series, Lily Allen & Friends,
for BBC3.
Jane's Addiction may have broken up and reunited more times
than we can count, but there are rumblings that the influential
alt-metal band might get together again, if only for live
shows. In the meantime, Jane’s fans should be on the
lookout for a box set CD/DVD combo sometime this summer.
It's also been rumored that Scott Weiland will be reuniting
with his former Stone Temple Pilots bandmates for a tour
in 2008.
Now that the train-wreck known as American Idol has started
back up, let's check in with former No. 2 Clay Aiken. He
recently told the press that he loathes going to bars or
clubs, stating “The only reason people go to bars is
to get drunk and have sex. To me, bars are what hell is like.” We
assume that for Clay, heaven must be the Internet?
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