Michael Jackson’s father Joseph has launched a court bid for a share of the King of Pop’s estate.

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Britney Spears fans stormed out of the pop superstar’s show in Perth, Australia on Friday night (06Nov09), insisting the singer was terrible.

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Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith, according to the band’s guitarist Joe Perry.

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Robbie Williams will join his former Take That bandmates onstage at a charity concert in London on Thursday (12Nov09), according to reports.

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Rihanna is not convinced her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown fully understands the hurt and pain he caused following their violent bust-up in February (09) after viewing his video apology online for the first time this week (ends06Nov09).Brown released a two-minute video on the internet in July (09) in which he expressed his “deepest regret” for raising his fists to Rihanna, beating her black and blue.In the footage, Brown admits he is “very ashamed” of his “inexcusable” actions and wishes he could go back in time to correct his mistakes: “I wish I had the chance to live those few moments again but unfortunately I can’t. I can’t go into what happened but most important (sic) I’m not gonna sit here and make any excuses. I take great pride in being able to exercise self control but what I did was inexcusable. I am very sad and very ashamed at what I’ve done.”Rihanna was shown the video by U.S. newswoman Diane Sawyer during a candid TV interview earlier this week, and while she accepts his apology, she fears Brown will never know just how badly he hurt her.The Umbrella singer says, “Sounds like he might have been reading off of a teleprompter… I know he felt really bad about doing it, I just don’t know if he understood the extent of what he did.”The thing that men don’t realise, when they hit a woman, it’s… the face, the broken arm, the black eye, it’s going to heal. That’s not the problem. It’s the scar inside. You flashback. You remember it all the time. It comes back to you whether you like it or not. And it’s painful. So I don’t think he understood that. They never do. They don’t know that. They can’t know that.”Brown was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to stay away from Rihanna after pleading guilty to the attack. He was also ordered to undergo anger management counselling and complete community service.

Songs by The Beatles have been pulled from the internet after record label bosses at EMI won a temporary injunction against a U.

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Rockers Echo & The Bunnymen have cancelled their US tour over an “unreasonable” demand for tax payments.

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Ozzy Osbourne picked up a 2009 Billboard Touring Award on Thursday (05Nov09) in honour of his contributions to live music.

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Britney Spears’ lip-synced shows are causing controversy in Australia – one of the country’s leading politicians is urging ticket agencies to warn fans when artists plan to mime.

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Beyonce is facing another backlash from Islamic groups – conservative Muslims in Egypt fear her upcoming concert will threaten the country’s “social peace and stability”.

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