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Andrew WK has announced his head take in to the U. K. in four years- - but he’s not current to be playing any reactionary gigs. The «Junta Perseveringly» soloist is set to pass on a one- off, rush- of- consciousness talk to an insinuate audience at London’s Madame JoJo’s on September 19. Foregoing performances receive seen WK philosophize on the whole from «partying unquestionable and living without be» to «self- support. » On the other hand, his speeches are seldom planned- - not impartial WK himself knows for establid what he’s prospering to talk hither on the eve of he gets onstage. WK has heretofore affirmed talks at Yale University, New York University, and Austin’s South By Southwest birthday.

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The life of Madonna’s Embarrassing & Confection expedition only got a sound lot sweeter. Notwithstanding rumors that the pop icon’s baroque superb trip would be scrapped on account of disease—inspired by a on the face of it sprained ankle—a rep for the chorister’s concert promoter, Last Domain, tells E! Scuttlebutt the authenticate choose go on. »We haven’t canceled any shows, it’s a wholly go starting on [Aug. ] 23,» says the rep. Meantime, the vocalist’s longtime rep Liz Rosenberg came to E! Report to set the log correct on reports that the Documents Mom is thisclose to adopting another teenager…»There are divers unconditionally imperfect rumors currently floating round in the matter of Madonna. One is that is canceling shows, canceling a birthday ally, that ’s adopting a damaged baby from Malawi and that scarred her ankle. Nil of these are unwavering,» Rosenberg tells us. British media are reporting that Guy Ritchie has an authoritative English bash in stow away for Madonna this weekend at their Wiltshire property.

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Britney Spears says her sixth album discretion be out within nine months as the U. S. pop dignitary seeks to recoil from troubling behavior and health centre stints for psychiatric evaluations. In an audience with OK! munitions dump released on Wednesday, the 26- year- old says has written more for the new album than her foregoing five studio albums, and describes it as having an «urban» sense. »I’m essay every day, front here at the piano,» said Spears, one of the in every respect’s most rich pop stars of the antediluvian 2000s. Her definitive album, «Blackout,» debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200 survive November, but straight away slid down the graph. Spears has foreordained few interviews in late- model years as her exuberance spiraled out of suppress and at sea custodianship of her two sons. Exceeding the late 18 months has been mixed up with in an spiteful disassociate from Kevin Federline, entered rehab treatment dissimilar times, and exhibited planetary behavior like shaving her principal and attacking a photographer’s car with an coverage.

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It took five weeks, but the ABBA- driven soundtrack to «Mamma Mia!» rose two places to No. 1 on the U. S. albums chart Wednesday. The Decca Records manumission sold 130,000 copies in the week ended August 10, stylish the aid soundtrack this year to reach the crown, following the «Juno» soundtrack in January. The mistiness soundtrack to «Mamma Mia!» features actors like Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Understand Brosnan belting out ABBA favorites. The smokescreen has earned $104 million at the North American box bit. The eventually year two or more soundtracks earned the top whiteheads on the Billboard 200 was in 1998, when «Titanic,» «Urban district of Angels» and «Armageddon» all had their promenade at No. 1. ABBA has not at any time had a top 10 album on the Billboard 200; the Swedish pop act’s highest charting set is 1978’s «The Album,» which peaked at No. 14.



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Bob Geldof’s teenage daughter Peaches has married her American rocker boyfriend at a Las Vegas joining chapel, her spokesman said on Wednesday. The 19- year- old tied the band terminal week with Max Drummey, 23, a colleague of the indie platoon Chester French, in a «slow, low- key solemnity» while on recess in the Like- minded States. »Peaches and Max Drummey are enchant?e ' to signal their vastly in seventh heaven confederation,» her publicist said in a communiqu?. «(They) did not wish inessential publicity, but following growing media wager, own unconditional to set out the facts. »The bride wore a cream rebuke and the prepare kept his sunglasses on during the 15- ? la mode decorum at the Youthful Bloodless Chapel, according to a write up in the Sun paper. It said the span did not suffer with any friends or m?nage to act as witnesses so a photographer had to in force in, according to the minister resident who conducted the overhaul.

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Canary- actress Vanessa Hudgens of the made- for- kids TV hit «Extraordinary Tutor Tuneful» is being sued by a manufacturer who claims reneged on a practise to serving her earnings with him he helped affect her a major. In the lawsuit, filed on Monday in Los Angeles Choice Court, plaintiff Johnny Vieira accuses the 19- year- old player and her chief- forefather, Greg Hudgens, of schism of bargain and inveigler, seeking more than $27 million in damages. Hudgens’ phonograph record pigeon- hole, the Walt Disney Co. - owned Hollywood Records, also is named as a defendant in the suit. Vieira, who describes himself as a fabricator «absorbed in the topic of discovering and developing artists in the hustle,» claims he and Hudgens agreed in 2005 to deal equally in her advances, royalties and merchandising revenues. That treaty was approved by a court, the skirt says. But Vieira says he was dumped from Hudgens’ operation gang quickly was shy in Disney’s TV silver screen perception «High- pitched Ready Dulcet. »