Motorhead have scrapped a second show as frontman Lemmy battles to overcome a mystery hand injury.

The heavy rockers pulled the plug on a show in Bristol, England earlier this week (08Nov11) when Lemmy announced he was unable to play and a second show in Norwich, scheduled for Friday night (11Nov11) has also been axed.

A statement from the band reads, "With regret Motorhead has to cancel the Norwich show tonight due to an injury on Lemmy's left hand. Unfortunately, Lemmy is still not able to play."

At press time a concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo, scheduled for Saturday night (12Nov11), was still on.

Rihanna has won her battle with exhaustion after completing work on a new album as she tours.

The R&B star was forced to cancel shows in Sweden at the end of last month (Oct11) after falling ill when the pressures of late-night studio sessions and concerts took their toll on her health.

She says, "I'm just doing a lot, touring and trying to finish a record all at the same time. (There were) all these deadlines... and my immune system kinda got a little weak and I got sick.

"I'm a lot better now. The album's done, so I get to sleep at night instead of (going to the) studio. That helps a lot."

But the Umbrella singer won't conclude her current Loud tour until 23 December (11).

She says, "I don't see America officially until next year (12)... I will be on tour until the day before Christmas Eve."

And she already knows what she wants for Christmas: "I'm thinking about sleep with a big bow on it."

Folk icon James Taylor is to make his theatre debut next month (Dec11) as Bob Cratchit in a Massachusetts production of CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Taylor's wife Kim will play Mrs. Cratchit in the Berkshire Theatre Company play and the couple's twins will also be a part of the show, which begins at the Colonial Theatre in Pittfield, Massachusetts on 17 December (11).

Director Eric Hill, who will play Scrooge in the play, tells the Berskhire Eagle that You've Got a Friend singer Taylor makes the perfect Cratchit: "There are a lot of direct parallels between James and Bob Cratchit... Cratchit is a natural, self-effacing character, humble, very unassuming and gentle, trying to find the right path through difficult challenges. James seems to have a natural instinct for such situations."

It won't be Taylor's first acting role - he played The Driver in cult 1971 movie Two-Lane Blacktop.

The original members of Black Sabbath have confirmed they're heading back into the studio to record an album of new material with top producer Rick Rubin.

Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler reunited for a press conference at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles on Friday morning (11Nov11) - the 41st anniversary of their first concert at the fabled venue - to announce big plans for 2012.

As well as recording their first studio album together since 1978, the group will tour the world and headline Britain's Download Festival in June (12).

Earlier this month (Nov11), guitarist Iommi revealed the band had secretly regrouped and rehearsed at Osbourne's home in California.

He told Billboard.com, "It was for a bit of fun, and to see if we could all play. It was good, but it was just purely, 'Let's have a go and see what happens.'"

The four original members of the group reunited on and off between 1997 and 2006 for live events, but a feud over the band's name drove a wedge between Iommi and Osbourne and led to a brief legal battle which has since been dropped.

Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has hinted the band is set to headline the Hard Rock Calling festival at London's Hyde Park next year.

Kasabian have hinted they are headlining next year's Hard Rock Calling festival.

The group plan to do some massive open-air concerts in the UK next year, including one in their hometown of Leicester, and frontman Tom Meighan has suggested they will perform at the annual event in London's Hyde Park.

He said: "We still really want to do a big show in Leicester some time.

"We want to do four big gigs next summer - one in the Midlands, one in Scotland, one in the north of England and one in London. Hyde Park's calling."

Asked if he was suggesting Kasabian would be playing the festival, he added: "It's calling us. I think it needs to be done."

The 'Days Are Forgotten' hitmakers are set to headline The O2 arena in London on New Year's Eve (31.12.11) and Tom can't wait to play their new album 'Velociraptor!' at the incredible venue.

He said: "It's gonna be mega, empire. It's going to be a big party, a big great music event.

"To play 'Velociraptor!' live in an arena will be pounding, it'll be f***ing pounding."

Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber dominated the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) last night (06.11.11), winning six accolades between them.

Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber dominated the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) last night (06.11.11).

The 'You and I' hitmaker picked up Best Female, Biggest Fan, Best Song and Best Video for 'Born This Way' at the ceremony in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with Justin Bieber taking the Best Pop and Best Male accolades.

Gaga also performed at the spectacle - which took place at Belfast's Odyssey Arena and was hosted by Justin's girlfriend Selena Gomez - while sitting on a moon sculpture.

Other big winners on the night saw Bruno Mars and 30 Seconds to Mars pick up two gongs, Linkin Park took home the Best Rock award and Queen were handed the Global Icon by Katy Perry.

Coldplay opened the ceremony - which saw Jessie J make an emotional video tribute to the late Amy Winehouse - with their single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall', and Taio Cruz, Gaga, Justin, and David Guetta also performed to the 8,000-strong crowd.

MTV EMAs 2011 winners

Best Female: Lady Gaga

Best Song: Lady Gaga

Best Video: Lady Gaga

Biggest Fans: Lady Gaga

Best Pop: Justin Bieber

Best Male: Justin Bieber

Best Alternative: 30 Seconds To Mars

Best World Stage: 30 Seconds To Mars

Best New: Bruno Mars

Best Push: Bruno Mars

Global Icon: Queen

Best Hip Hop: Eminem

Best Live: Katy Perry

Best Rock: Linkin Park

Best Worldwide: BigBang

Justin Bieber's team look set to be trying to ensure 20 year-old Mariah Yeater will be rueing the day she accused the baby-faced pop star of being the father of her three month old child. Bieber will reportedly take a paternity test to prove that he is not the father, and then his lawyers look set to take Yeater to court over an allegation that could - if proven true - tarnish the star's squeaky clean image at the time of his Christmas album 'Under The Mistletoe', which was released last week.

Entertainment site Tmz.com have reported that though Bieber is currently in Europe - he performed last night (November 6th 2011) in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the Mtv Europe Music Awards in a ceremony hosted by girlfriend Selena Gomez - he is deadly serious to take the Dna test upon his return to the Usa to prove he's not the father. The 17 year-old's lawyer Howard Weitzman has apparently contacted Yeater's attorneys to confirm this, and has also selected a lab to undertake the test. If - as Bieber's team are confident - he is found to be in the clear then it's expected that Weitzman will sue Yeater; something that her own legal team are reported to be "nervous" about.

For her part however, Yeater has now come out to The Insider to defend her allegations that he had sex with her backstage at a Los Angeles concert, saying "When we got to what turned out to be a bathroom, his whole demeanor changed, it went from cute and gushy to, just, more aggressive." She reportedly has proof of his fatherhood; that it'd be stronger than a Dna test though is pretty unlikely.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones was very surprised that no other bands had used the name his group chose for themselves.

Stereophonics couldn't believe their bandname hadn't been used before.

The 'Dakota' hitmakers took their moniker from an old musical device they found in the house of late drummer Stuart Cable's parents and jokingly claim they would have been called something else if the equipment - a cross between a radio and a gramophone - had been manufactured by another company.

Frontman Kelly Jones explained on Absolute Radio's 'Ronnie Wood Show': "There's an old radiogram in the studio, and that's what we got the band's name from. Stuart's dad used to have an old radiogram in his house and it said Falcon Stereophonic on it, so that's where we nicked the name, just off one of those things there.

"We couldn't believe it hadn't been used actually because it was on all the old jukeboxes and everything, but nobody nicked it, so we were quite chuffed with that, we had that.

"It could have been the Monophonics, or it could have been Murphy."

Kelly also believes the group owe their career to a box of matches after they inspired their 1997 track 'A Thousand Trees' which landed them a record deal after receiving a lot of radio airplay.

He explained: "I nicked it off a box of matches, England Glory. It said on the back 'It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches but one match to burn a thousand trees', so I nicked it and got a record deal."

Justin Bieber will undergo a paternity test when he returns from Europe to prove he is not the father of fan Mariah Yeater's four-month-old son.

Justin Bieber is set to undergo a paternity test in two weeks.

The pop superstar has been accused by Mariah Yeater of being the father of her four-month-old son Tristyn Anthony Markhouse Yeater and she and her legal team have requested he take a DNA test to prove he is the dad.

According to TMZ.com, Bieber's lawyer Howard Weitzman contacted Yeater's attorneys on Friday (04.11.11) to tell them the singer will take the test when he returns from a work trip to Europe and Weitzman has already chosen a laboratory to conduct the test which is agreeable to both parties.

After the paternity test is carried out and comes back negative, Bieber - who was in Belfast, Northern Ireland, yesterday (06.11.11) for the MTV Europe Music Awards - and his lawyer intend to file a lawsuit against Yeater.

Meanwhile, in a TV interview Yeater has claimed she has already "provided evidence" that Bieber is the father of her baby.

During an appearance on 'The Insider', the 20-year-old Californian woman - who claims she got pregnant after a sexual encounter with the 'Never Let You Go' hitmaker after his concert at Los Angeles Staples Center on October 25, 2010 - said: "I've provided evidence to my attorneys. He immediately took a liking me.

"It was kind of me and him with other people, and then he eventually asked me, 'Would you mind if we could go somewhere and be alone?' "When we got to what turned out to be a bathroom, his whole demeanor changed. It went from cute and gushy to more aggressive."

One of John Lennon's rotten teeth has gone under the hammer for £19,500, almost double the asking price.

One of John Lennon's rotten teeth has fetched £19,500 at auction.

Dentist Michael Zuk purchased the late Beatles legend's molar by telephone bid at the Omega Auction House in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on Saturday (05.11.11), and the 49-year-old dental surgeon was "buzzing" after finalising the deal.

He said: "Most people would say I was crazy, but I think it's fantastic."

The "gruesome" tooth went under the hammer for almost double its £10,000 reserve price and it comes with an affidavit signed by John's former housekeeper Dot Jarlett, who he gave the molar to when she worked for him at his Kenwood mansion in Surrey in the 1960s.

Karen Fairweather, owner of Omega Auction House, said: "John Lennon came back from the dentist and gave it to his housekeeper and said to dispose of it 'or better still give it to your daughter as a souvenir'.

"It's rather gruesome, yellowy, browny with a cavity."

Dot has previously sold other items related to the late singer - who was shot dead aged 40 in 1980 - including a jacket he wore on the cover of the Beatles' 1965 'Rubber Soul' album.

Her son Barry Jarlett explained: "John was in the kitchen and he had this tooth which he had wrapped in a piece of paper.

"He said, 'Dot will you dispose of this,' and then he said, 'Or, as your daughter's a Beatles fan, you can give to her as a souvenir.'

"It is something that we felt was very personal and my mum actually gave it to my sister who has kept it safe."

Earlier this year, a lock of pop star Justin Bieber's hair went under the hammer for £25,000, with all the proceeds going to charity, and a jar of Angelina Jolie's breath once sold for £330.

Pixie Lott found it ''hard'' selecting the songs for her new album 'Young Foolish Happy' because she had written over 70 tracks and had grown attached to every one.

Pixie Lott found it "hard" selecting the songs for her new album because she had grown attached to everything she'd written.

The 20-year-old singer has been working on her second LP 'Young Foolish Happy' - a follow-up to 2009's 'Turn This Up' - since January and has penned over 70 tracks and admits she finds it difficult selecting the songs that make it to the final cut.

She said: "I started writing this album in January of this year and I've only just finished it. I probably wrote about 70 songs for it because I was in the studio every day and I was working really hard.

"It's kind of like a joint effort between me, my management and my label and we all kind of compromise but it's still really hard. I get attached to all of them and most of them people never hear."

Pixie also says there is more mature sound to her second album because she has a lot more life experience.

She told 'BBC Breakfast': "It's just about how you're feeling and songs always come from personal experience and they always come out much better like that.

"The majority of it is a lot more soulful and it's lot more mature. Some of the songs on the first album I wrote when I was 14 and now I'm 20 and I feel like I've just moved on a bit. And my influence has come through more as I grew up listening to soul music."

Radiohead have announced 10 live dates in the US for February and March next year.

Radiohead have announced a string of live dates for 2012.

The band will kick off their first US tour since 2008 in Miami on February 27, just over a year after the release of their last album 'The King of Limbs'.

Support for the 10 concerts will come from Oklahoma rockers Other Lives.

Further American dates, as well as other shows worldwide, are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the group are auctioning off a signed guitar to raise money for a child stricken by an inoperable brain tumour.

Guitarist Ed O'Brien donated the instrument - which was used during the recording of their albums 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac' and carries the signatures of all five members - to the Billie Butterfly Fund, which is trying to generate funds to pay for four-year-old Billie Brainbridge to receive treatment in Texas that is not available in the UK.

The guitar comes with a handwritten authenticity note from Ed which says: "It was bought in the summer of '98, just prior to us going into record the albums which came out as 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac'. It was pretty much the only guitar I used at that time. It's also been gigged a lot, up to and including the 'In Rainbows' tour."

A representative for the fund said: "It's an unbelievably generous gesture from Ed, hopefully the guitar will end up with a big Radiohead fan."

Bidding for the guitar is now open on auction site eBay and currently stands at almost £8,000.

Radiohead 2012 US tour dates

27/02 American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida

29/02 St. Pete Times Forum, Miami, Florida

01/03 Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia

03/03 Toyota Center, Houston, Texas

05/03 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

07/03 Frank Irwin Center, Austin, Texas,

09/03 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri

11/03 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

13/03 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, Colorado

15/03 Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Arizona

Country superstars Rascal Flatts are branching into the world of fashion by designing their first clothing line.

The trio, comprised of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney, is teaming up with stylist John Murphy to debut their first ever collection.

DeMarcus explains, "We're right now in the design phase, but it's definitely something we want to do. (Murphy) has come up with some concepts and some lines that are individually unique for the three of us.

"We're really excited about the possibilities and we've just now started pitching the ideas to some different kinds of partners that would make sense for us to implement this (sic)."

Country legend Dolly Parton is turning her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee into a winter wonderland by installing an ice rink for the first time this Christmas.

Dollywood's Christmas on Ice will open on Saturday (05Nov11) as part of the Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival.

The original production features a cast of professional ice skaters as well as six singers who perform Christmas standards like Jingle Bell Rock, and I'll Be Home for Christmas.

Liam Gallagher has promised his band Beady Eye's next album will be ''life-changing'' and will be inspired by George Harrison's seminal solo LP 'All Things Must Pass'.

Beady Eye's second album will "life-changing".

The group are getting ready to start recording the follow-up to 'Different Gear, Still Speeding', and singer Liam Gallagher promises it will be a landmark LP in his career.

Referring to the group's debut, he said: "It wasn't life-changing, but the next album - that'll be life-changing. It'll be a much grander affair too, with strings.

"I'm really into 'All Things Must Pass' by George Harrison at the moment, so I think we'll be going down that road a bit more."

Referring to the famous Wall of Sound producer, he added: "(It will be) a bit Phil Spector-ish. I want it to be big-sounding. But there will be some rock 'n' roll too. You've always got to have a bit of rock 'n' roll."

Liam also doesn't understand how people could dismiss the group - which also includes Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, who were in Liam's old band Oasis at the time of their split - just because it doesn't involve his estranged brother Noel.

He added to The Independent newspaper: "I was surprised that people were surprised [by how good the album was]. The idea that we wouldn't be able to make a decent album between us is stupid. I know what I'm doing, Gem and Andy have been writing great songs for years so they know what they're doing. Why wouldn't it be good?"

Basement Jaxx star Simon Ratcliffe has revealed he and Felix Buxton have begun work on a new album.`

Basement Jaxx are "refreshed" and "ready" to record their new album.

The 'Bingo Bango' hitmakers released their last LP 'Zephyr' in 2009, and after finishing their last live tour in 2010 the duo took time out to pursue other projects, but have now started preparing tracks for a new record.

Simon Ratcliffe exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I think it's time to get on and do some Basement Jaxx tunes, we both feel quite refreshed and ready for the next phase.

"We've got a few tunes which need finishing and they should result in an album. There is going to be another Basement Jaxx album, definitely."

Simon added the work he and bandmate Felix Buxton have done away from the group and the fact they've worked on soundtracks to two films - 'Attack the Block' and 'The Hooping Life' - have inspired there new tracks.

He said: "I did my solo EP, Felix did a couple of dance tracks and the orchestral thing, it's been good as we've had a break from the pressure of it all, and doing the films was wicked, and throwing ourselves into a world we weren't accustomed to, you come across new sounds, textures, chord sequences - it's all good practice."

Simon also teased that fans will be able to catch a preview of what their new material will sound like, if they go to see them DJ, as they have started dropping tracks into their live sets.

He added: "We've started playing some tunes in our DJ sets, and that's how we always used to do it, when we started the first album we played the songs in our DJ sets and they morphed from there really."

Basement Jaxx are part of the line up who will be performing at the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project at Alexandra Palace on 12th November 2011. To find out more visit www.facebook.com/SmirnoffGB

Nickelback Are Biggest Musical Turn-Off


Canadian rockers Nickelback have topped a new online poll to find the biggest musical turn-off for young lovers.

The group beat fellow Canadian Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha and Coldplay to top the Tastebuds.fm list.

The dating website matches potential partners based on their taste in music.

Britney Spears To Make Acting Comeback In 2012


Britney Spears is planning to make her acting comeback in 2012 - and she wants to turn bad for her big screen return.

The Toxic hitmaker made her feature film debut in 2002's Crossroads, which was panned by critics and only pulled in $61 million (£38 million) at the international box office.

Spears has stayed away from movies since the project, but now the pop superstar admits she's eager to give acting another shot - and has her sights set on playing against type.

She says, "Definitely next year I am going to take a different route. I see myself being a detective, assassin or even a bad girl."

Florence + The Machine's 'Frightening' Performances


Florence + the Machine's live performances are ''violent and frightening and overwhelming,'' as singer Florence Welsh feels like she can leave behind the ''typical boundaries'' of normal life on stage.

Florence + the Machine's live performances are "violent and frightening and overwhelming."

Singer Florence Welch, who fronts the musical project, feels like she has been transported to another world when she's touring, where she neglects the "typical boundaries" of everyday life.

She told USA Today newspaper: "I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.

"On stage, it's violent and frightening and overwhelming, and you're disappearing yet completely present. It's the hallelujah moment. You know what you've been living for."

Florence also admits she is a perfectionist when it comes to recording, and sometimes has "to be taken aside and given a chat" in order to complete tracks, because she puts so much focus into them having as much impact as possible.

She added: "It all comes down to the drums. That layering process is huge for me, the swells of music, the overwhelming feelings they create.

"When something really hits me, it makes me want to either jump off something really high or lie down and be buried. I want people to get hit and caught by my music."

Florence + the Machine's second album, 'Ceremonials' is released today (31.10.11).

Taio Cruz's Drinking Music


Taio Cruz was inspired to create his latest single 'Hangover' after witnessing people getting ''completely smashed'' in Ibiza.

Taio Cruz created his latest single 'Hangover' to honour drinkers who get "completely smashed" in Ibiza.

The 'Higher' hitmaker was inspired to write a track celebrating the party lifestyle after a visit to the Spanish Island - famous for its dance music club scene - and seeing the effects too much alcohol had on people first hand.

He said: "'Hangover' was inspired by me being in Ibiza this year. We had a whole week of going out and it being crazy, even though I didn't actually get drunk myself, but everyone around me was getting completely smashed. I felt like, 'We need to create an anthem for them. That would be fun.'

"I have to be honest: I really don't drink that much. I really don't. Seriously, I don't."

Despite insisting he doesn't like to drink very often, the 28-year-old producer and singer once had a "crazy evening" where two girls jumped on his back while he was serving drinks behind a bar.

He added to MTV: "I have had the odd occasion where it's gotten a bit crazy, and it's always in Ibiza. For me, I think my craziest moment was in Ibiza at a bar with a couple girls on me, piggybacked whilst behind the bar making drinks. I remember that was a bit of a crazy evening."