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lifestyle THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 GOSSIP Drake for Wireless birthday show ew Look Wireless has announced a one- off show headlined by Drake. The N‘Started from the Bottom’ rapper had already been announced as a headline act for the three-day festival, and will now also head- line the 10th birthday celebration show on Sunday June 28. The party in London’s Finsbury Park will take place a week before the beginning of the festival, and will also feature a UK festival exclusive performance from ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ hitmaker and ‘The Voice UK’ judge, Rita Ora. Elsewhere at the single-day event, Chance the Rapper and Public Enemy will perform, as well as Black Star (Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def and Talib Kweli), Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, Big Sean, Kid Ink, Jhene Aiko, iLoveMakkonen and G-Eazy. Confirmed per- formers for Wireless Festival, which runs from July 3 - 5, include Nicki Minaj, David Guetta and Avicii, as well as Major Lazer, Kendrick Lamar, Clean Bandit and Jessie J. Tickets for the New Look Wireless 10th birthday celebration on June 28 will go on general sale on April 2 at 9am costing £69.50, while tickets for Wireless Festival are available online now. Minaj joined by Jessie Ware at The O2 icki Minaj was joined by Jessie Ware on stage at The O2 Arena in London.The 32-year-old musician performed to adoring fans Nin the capital and treated the audience to a rendition of her track ‘The Crying Game’ which she sang with collaborator, English singer-songwriter Jessie Ware for the first time. After performing the ballad - which appeared on her third studio album ‘The Pinkprint’ - Nicki wrote on Twitter: “Thank you for coming out tonight my love @JessieWare (sic).” The duet came at the midway point of her 90- minute set, quickly rapping tracks from the record before the song, before later re-visiting her pop-focused back catalogue with her high- energy singles including ‘Starships’ and ‘Super Bass’. During her per- formance she also joked with the thousands of gig-goers by adopting Hilton a fake British accent and asking if they had brought along any tasty English delicacies for her to enjoy, before thanking her fans for making her “feel at home” in the capital, despite being from New York. She shouted: “I can’t believe I’m back in my second home. Did anyone gets Las Vegas bring me some scones and tea? “Everytime I come to London, you guys make me feel at home. That’s why everywhere I go, I say, Iggy Azalea nobody’s palying with London.” Despite seeming to enjoy the per- DJ residency formance, she recently revealed she contemplated cancelling ‘The Pinkprint Tour’ after her crew member De’Von Pickett was stabbed to aris Hilton is set to take up a Las Vegas DJ residency. The 34-year-old I’ve been ‘annoying’ Britney death in a bar in Philadelphia. However, she was inspired to continue socialite recently ended a residency at Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza and has with the string of dates - which will also see her visit the US later this Pnow revealed her next regular slots will be in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. ggy Azalea has been “annoying” was such a journey, that song. I got asked year - because she wanted to honor him by performing. She previous- She admitted: “I’ve got a residency in Atlantic City, and I’m about to do one in Britney Spears with ideas for their and it was her song, and then she didn’t ly said: “I can’t let anything stop us from putting on the show because Las Vegas. I can’t say where yet.” After five years of DJing, the TV personality said Imusic video. The ‘Fancy’ hitmaker col- think she would have her album done in that would be quitting. So we’re going to continue the tour in his she hopes further residencies will quash speculation about her having a lack of laborated with the 33-year-old star on a time, and then I rewrote parts of it and it memory.” Nicki will continue her UK tour throughout April before talent on the decks, as she insists she has refined her skill since she first started track named ‘Pretty Girls’ which will fea- became my song, and I tried to make it returning to the capital to perform at Wireless Festival on July 5. out with the hobby. She explained: “There are so many rumors out there. ture on Britney’s new album and Iggy has all mine and keep it. “Then she said, ‘No, People who think that I don’t play live. There are so many haters that make up confessed she’s been bombarding her no, I am going to take it, my album is so many stories. But anybody who comes and sees a show and watches behind with ideas for the clip. Speaking about ready’. And so I swung it back her way the booth will see I know exactly what I’m doing. I’ve been training so hard for working with the ‘Piece of Me’ singer, she because she’s Britney Spears, you have to the past five years.” However, Paris said being a DJ is the perfect profession for shared: “She’s super nice. She came to my do that. She gets whatever she wants.” her because she has so much experience in going to parties. She told Billboard: house and had lunch and I didn’t know Iggy also spoke about the sound of their “Because I’m Paris Hilton, people assume, ‘Oh, she’s just this rich girl.’ They don’t what to expect, and we actually really collaboration, claiming it evolved into a understand that I’ve actually been going to raves since I was 15 years old. I love get along. “I’ve been texting her, annoy- “cool” “powerhouse” duet. She added: “It’s music. I love entertaining people. I love partying. I love having a good time and ing her with all my ideas for the video kind of really evolved into something having people around me have a great time. So I feel like DJing is kind of per- and she’s been a really good sport about that I was just featured on originally, into fect for what I do.” it, so I’m really excited.” The 24-year-old really a true duet, where I’m on the cho- rapper previously claimed ‘Pretty Girls’ rus with her. We go back and forth, she would be the first single off her new has her verses and I have my verse, but album as Britney didn’t think her new it’s not just me kind of popping in it. It record would be ready in time but she’s really is a duet. And I love that. I love a since been back in touch to ask for it good pop duet where it’s equally power- Duran Duran back. Iggy explained to MTV News: “It house. Cool.” sign record deal Bieber scrapped album ustin Bieber has scrapped an entire album. The 21-year-old singer recently Japologized for his past conduct - includ- Hart to receive ing wild parties, being arrested for driving offenses and egging a neighbor’s house - and vowed to be a better person, and as a result of his new outlook on life, he realized the music Comedic Genius Award he had been making didn’t reflect where his “head’s at” so ditched the recordings to make new songs. He said: “My whole direction has changed. What you are thinking about all the time is what you write, and now that I’m think- ing about more positive things, it completely changes my music. “I had to re-do my whole album. It was done but it didn’t match up to where I am now and where my head’s at. “I want to tell my story, but I also want to give people hope. I lost hope for a while, I was in a dark place, but it’s about getting out of that times and it might taint what you believe. I rut. It’s about knowing there’s sunshine on the think that’s what happened with me, I low- other side.” Instead, Justin’s new album - the ered my beliefs.” Justin is working with Kanye follow-up to 2012’s ‘Believe’ - will focus on West and producer Rick Rubin on the record “growing, hope and faith”. Asked what it will and thinks the finished album will be a big be about, he told USA Today newspaper: surprise to people. He said: “I’m finishing up “About growing, being in touch with your- the album now, working with Kanye and Rick. self.”What can I say, it’s life experiences, and I’m not rushing it, I’ll just wait until it’s totally knowing that you can and get back up and done. “I don’t want to say, ‘It’s different’, keep going. “Hope and faith, that’s what’s because that’s what everyone says. But it is uran Duran have signed ed with our catalogue after years gotten me through this too, my faith. What I different, it’s a grown-up version of Justin and an album deal with Warner apart - and in that sense it really believe in. “You’re around some people some- I think people will be shocked.” DBros Records. The world- feels a little like coming home.” renowned band - featuring Simon The record will be the band’s first Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor since 2010’s Mark Ronson-pro- evin Hart is to receive the ‘Comedic Genius Award’ at the and Roger Taylor - have duced ‘All You Need Is Now’, and Jolie prefers directing to acting 2015 MTV Movie Awards.

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