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Kasabian’s tribute to Cilla Black

asabian paid tribute to Cilla Black as they headlined Meighan was clearly pleased with the reaction the band V Festival. The ‘Days Are Forgotten’ hitmakers dedi- got, telling the revelers: “Thank you Chelmsford, my lovely Kcated their track ‘Goodbye Kiss’ to the late showbiz darlings.” And as a final ‘thank you’ to the supporters, the legend as they performed at the Virgin Media-sponsored band jumped off the stage and interacted with the lucky festival in Chelmsford. However, the tribute was met with fans who had made it to the front row. One fan who mixed reactions from their fans. One wrote on Twitter: watched the set wrote: “#kasabian- you were amazing last “Kasabian dedicating Goodbye Kiss to the late Cilla Black night! #VFestival #VHylands #HylandsParkOnFire (sic)” was a highlight (sic)” Whilst another added: “Still unsure Whilst another shared: “@KasabianHQ rocking my world how I feel about Kasabian dedicating a song to Cilla Black @vfestival #VFestival2015 #Kasabian (sic)” last night (sic)” During their energetic set, the rock band urged the crowd to “make some noise” as they opened with ‘Bumblebee’ before reeling off popular tracks includ- ing ‘Shoot The Runner’, ‘Underdog’ and ‘eez-eh’. Tom

edfoo impresses women with his twerking skills. The former LMFAO star has revealed his Rtop tip to getting a woman’s attention is to shake his derriere because it “keeps things light” and shows his playful side. He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: “If I want to get silly, sometimes I may play Haenow around. There’s a move that I do in the club all the buys time. The girls, they start twerking and stuff and then I start twerking on them and it always gets a laugh and keeps things light. It’s a go-to move for me.” The 39-year-old musician has been using the move a lot mum a house since splitting up with his tennis player girlfriend Victoria Azarenka last year and although the break- up was difficult, he and his pals are enjoying his sin- en Haenow has bought his mum a Rihanna, Jason Derulo, Sean Kingston, gle status. e enjoying his single status.He explained: “I house. The 2014 ‘The X Factor’ win- Destiny’s Child and Nicki Minaj. am single at the moment.”Right now I’m just having Bner has followed through on his fun. I just experienced a relationship and now I’m vow to buy his mother a home following back to my old me, which is what I like to say. Every his victory on the show in December, by time I’m out of a relationship, all of my friends are paying off the mortgage on the house in like, ‘He’s back! He’s back!’ They get all excited. So I’ve which she lives with his brother. Asked been hanging out with the fellas a lot.” what a win would mean to him prior to twerking the show’s final last year, he explained: “It would help get us, my family, in a better place. We live in a council estate and me, my mum and brother live together. So I’d like to sort my family out with somewhere Charli XCX else to live. “I just want to make my mum’s life a bit easier. I’d like it if she didn’t have to worry as she gets older and for her not to have to work quite so hard.” The news the 30-year-old singer has paid off his axes tour family’s mortgage comes as his single ‘Something I Need’ has gone platinum in harli XCX has axed her US tour because she’s

loves the UK, with the hunk hoping to build on “unhappy”. The ‘Boom Clap’ hitmaker recently com- the track’s success with his debut album, Cpleted the first leg of her US tour with indie pop which he is currently recording. Although band Bleachers, but has decided to cancel the remaining no release date has been revealed for the 13 tour dates because she has a “need to be creative” and LP, he has been co-writing songs for the has felt unfulfilled while performing. In a statement, she record with Irish folk band Kodaline as said: “I have some bad news. Regrettably I will not be con- well as songwriter JR Rotem who has pre- tinuing my spot on the “Charli and Jack Do America Tour” viously written chart-topping tracks for this coming autumn. For personal reasons I will not be able to continue this tour. These personal reasons include the fact that I need to be creative. Artists tour for a really really long time and I have been on the road for a while now, probably not as long as some, but for me it feels like an eternity. I am struggling to create whilst I’m on the road and that is making me unhappy.” The 23-year-old star - who released her second major label album ‘Sucker’ earlier this year - continued to say she feels “isolated” when she is unable to write music because of her hectic touring schedule. She explained: “As an artist I need to

Redfoo move quickly and write a lot to not feel restless. Sometimes touring really puts me in this isolated world where I feel down and sad but primarily I struggle to mul- titask and write songs at the same time which is what I need to do to feel OK. I never want to do a show where I just feel like I’m going through the motions. I want to per- Jon Fratelli: ‘Chelsea form and feel alive and like I want to be there and if I force myself to do this, I will not perform a great show for you.” Charli - who has recently been working on new music Dagger’ isn’t special with electronic music producer Sophie - added she felt “terrible” to have had to make the difficult decision. on Fratelli doesn’t think ‘Chelsea Dagger’ is The Fratellis’ best Concluding her statement, she said: “I feel terrible letting song. The track reached the top five in the UK singles chart back you down like this and I really I hope I haven’t messed up Jin 2006 and made the band a household name, but the 36-year- your plans too much. I’ve been honest and even though old rocker and his bandmates Barry Fratelli and Mince Fratelli some of you will be understandably angry, I hope you can doesn’t think the single is “special” Asked about the track, Jon exclu- respect my telling the truth in this matter.” sively told BANG Showbiz: “I never thought it was particularly spe- cial or not special. It had a life of its own then it did very well. Nothing very much really changes for me. I just continue to write songs as songs arrive. I never particularly feel that one’s any more special than the other.” The quirky Glaswegian frontman has just released the band’s fourth studio album ‘Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied’ and revealed the LP is based on fictional characters he has invented rather than his personal life, including ‘Too Much Wine’ which he made because songs about alcohol and rock ‘n’ roll have “always gone hand-in-hand”. Speaking about the track, he explained: “It’s all Spice Girls giggle together fiction. Everything to some degree is fiction, it may get closer to the truth, but that doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily true. Drinking he Spice Girls “giggle like children” when they get together. The five songs and rock ‘n’ roll have always gone hand-in-hand. Drug songs members of the group - Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Mel C, Mel B, and rock and roll have always gone hand-in-hand. “They don’t even Tand Victoria Beckham - all have children now so their meet-ups are Perry and Diplo very different to when they were at the peak of their success, but they still need to necessarily come from personal experience. But too much wine and rock bands seem to fit together quite well. We needed have a “lovely” time together. Emma said: “We just giggle like children but that kind of song, sometimes you just need a bit of light relief.” then we chat like mums, it’s quite weird.”It’s still there with all of us. “Now make Swift diss track we’ve all got children, when we see each other, we hang out and all the kids get on so well, it’s lovely.” Though she adored being a part of the group, 39- year-old Emma - who is rumored to be reuniting with her band mates for aty Perry and Diplo have teamed now is a good time to give her side of their 20th anniversary next year - admitted they didn’t always look great. up for a Taylor Swift diss track. The the story. The source continued: “So far Asked her biggest fashion error during her Spice Girls days, she said: Kformer lovers have reportedly got she’s been very restrained with what “Matching eye shadow with whatever you were wearing. Why did we do together in the studio and bonded once she’s said about Taylor in public but is that? “But it was the 90s. I love having fun with fashion and I always have again over their mutual hatred of the now finally ready to put her side across done. “Once I went to a party in a bright yellow dress with butterflies all ‘Shake It Off’ singer by penning a track via the song - which is all about being over it and matching awful yellow Minnie Mouse shoes. It was horrendous!” titled ‘Crocodile Tears’. A source revealed: fake.” And although it remains unclear “Katy knew Diplo would be just the man whether the track will feature on the fol- to produce ‘Crocodile Tears’ for her and low-up to the 30-year-old singer’s 2013 has now registered it.” The song is album ‘Prism’, she has vowed to release it expected to be retaliation against at some point. The source told The Sun Taylor’s scathing hit ‘Bad Blood’ which newspaper: “It isn’t yet known whether it took aim at Katy, who Taylor once would be released as a one-off or as part described as her “straight-up enemy”. of Katy’s fourth album, but she is keen Diplo has previously spoken about his for fans to hear it.” dislike of the star, which led him to back a campaign to get the singer “a booty”. Up until now, both Taylor and Katy have not specifically mentioned each other’s names in their mysterious feud but while the ‘California Gurls’ singer has remained largely quiet on the subject, she feels