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Alex Curran launches new fragrance

The latest celebrity fragrance is set to hit the shelves today, exclusively at The Perfume Shop. Launched by the UK’s favourite celebrity title OK! Magazine, the fragrance, called ‘Alex’, is an exotic blend of florals and musks that have been personally chosen by the face of the fragrance, Alex Curran.

Jodi Albert issues rallying call to Bueno girls

Former Hollyoaks favourite Jodi Albert is fronting a new digital campaign for Kinder Bueno, as the purveyors of those permissible pods of chocolate pleasure launch their new website - Alittlebitofwhatyoufancy.com.

Kerrang! Tour 2008 confirmed

Kerrang! is proud to announce that the Kerrang! Tour 2008 will be taking place across January and February next year, hitting 13 cities across the UK and Ireland with the best of this year’s – and next’s – rock talent!

Natasha Bedingfield to light up Hard Rock

Natasha Bedingfield to light up Hard Rock

Pop princess Natasha Bedingfield is set to kick the festive season off with a bang when she makes a special appearance at the London Hard Rock Cafe on 27 November to turn on their Christmas tree lights! She will then follow that with an exclusive live set upstairs in the Cafe in front of a specially invited VIP audience, playing out tracks from her multi-million selling album Unwritten and her more recent album NB which has already been certified Gold.

We Start Fires announce winter tour dates

They’ve not even come off the road yet from their October tour and Darlington’s hottest indie electro punkas We Start Fires are getting back on that tour bus for more UK dates in November.

Soybean eating Yorkshire men are brainiest Brits

The next Einstein is likely to be found in Yorkshire and Humberside, be a man in their twenties, and munch on soybeans and blueberries, according to new research released this week which reveals the results of a nationwide intelligence test.

Glasgow hosts Magners International Comedy Festival

Glasgow hosts Magners International Comedy Festival

Now in its sixth year- and still growing - the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival is the largest event of its kind in Europe. Taking to the stage for 18 days in March, the festival programme is side-splittingly stuffed with top national and international stand-ups, plus brand new comedy dramas, classic films, workshops and shows for the whole family.

Sea Monsters – A Prehistoric Adventure

Sea Monsters – A Prehistoric Adventure

National Geographic’s new giant-screen film “Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure”, the first release to premier simultaneously across all UK IMAX cinemas and selected specialty theatres on 20 October 2007, brings to life the extraordinary marine reptiles of the dinosaur age in spectacular photo-realistic 3D.

Guitar legends find a sweet home in Chicago

Three years ago, Eric Clapton assembled a who’s who of guitar masters for the first Crossroads Guitar Festival, raising funds for the Crossroads Centre, Antigua, a chemical dependency treatment and education facility which Clapton founded. The sold-out show yielded a double-DVD that has been certified platinum eight times on the way to becoming one of the worlds’ top-selling music DVDs.

Foreigner to play 30th anniversary tour

Celebrating their 30th anniversary of Foreigner, the band, led by its founder, Mick Jones, will play a 7 date tour visiting Glasgow, Newcastle, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Wolverhampton, Manchester and London, and runs from 9 to 17 November. At all of the concerts a local school choir will be invited to join the band on stage to sing Foreigner’s classic hit ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’.

Kylie Minogue visits BRITS school

Kylie Minogue visits BRITS school

Kylie Minogue visited the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology this week, as she is this year’s recipient of the Music Industry Trusts’ Award (in association with PPL & PRS). The BRIT school is one of the charity beneficiaries of the Music Industry Trusts’ Award.

Its Wet Wet Wet at Hard Rock Café

Its Wet Wet Wet at Hard Rock Café

Hard Rock International are proud to announce that Glaswegian pop chart toppers Wet Wet Wet are to perform at Hard Rock Cafe’s around the UK at the end of October. They join Lil Chris, Nerina Pallot, Ross Copperman and Ghosts, all of which are playing Hard Rock Cafes this month to benefit The Caron Keating Foundation as part of the Hard Rock Rocktober series of shows.

Rising R&B star releases first album

Rising R&B star releases first album

Energy charged performances and passionate vocals infuse Desire, the 14-track debut album by singer-songwriter Lauren Tilly. Lauren is a 21 year-old Scot who performs R&B with a twist. When asked for that particular recipe, she quotes “one large measure of R&B, with a good twist of soul, pop and rap, and a liberating vibe”.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks returns to BBC Two

Stand-up comic Simon Amstell returns for a new series of ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC two from Novermber 10th. Celebrity guests from the worlds of entertainment and music join the team captains (Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus) as the guest presenter leads them through a series of quiz rounds, finding out if they know their Arctic Monkeys from their Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Catch Argentina's hottest Tango show on tour

Catch Argentina's hottest Tango show on tour

Estampas Porteñas, Argentina’s hottest dance company come to St George’s Hall, Bradford this autumn with their sizzling show, Tango Fire on 24 October. The show - direct from Buenos Aires - features 10 sensational dancers accompanied by one of Argentina’s finest singers and a quartet of brilliant young musicians, Quatrotango.