AP - Plans to build the tallest building in Ireland with new recording studios for Irish supergroup U2 on top were suspended Friday because of Dublin’s slumping property market and slide into recession.
E! Online - From the looks of it, there’s not much clowning around in Britney Spears’ Circus…despite the “Come one, come all!” lettering and primary-color palette.
Reuters - Not long ago, fans would come to Blake Shelton concerts to hear pure country music. But this year — most recently on a mini-tour he completed with girlfriend Miranda Lambert — that has changed. Now, he says, fans “also want to hear some jokes and wisecracks.” And he’s been happy to oblige.
Reuters - Whether she’s exposing her erotic side on the 2002 “Stripped” album or emulating pinup dolls in videos like “Candy Man” and “Ain’t No Other Man” from “Back to Basics” in 2006, Christina Aguilera has continually reinvented herself.
Reuters - Marvin “Slim” Scandrick says “So Fly,” his first single as a solo artist, is a far cry from his stint with R&B quartet 112. And that’s exactly how he wants it.
AP - Police confirmed Friday they found the gun used in the killings of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, as the family’s South Side community prepared a public memorial to say goodbye.
E! Online - Count U2 among the list of global economic casualties.
Rick Ross has no hard feelings about his omission from T.I.’s “Swagger Like Us,” despite his “How could you forget about me?” freestyle.
Reuters - Nearly a third of all U.S. household Internet activity takes place while the user watches television, suggesting new and old media often share rather than compete for attention, the Nielsen Company said in a report on Friday.
Audrina Patridge isn’t sure if there will be another season of “The Hills.” “Who knows if there’s gonna be a fifth season or if there’s an end?” she told MTV News.
Reuters - Against all odds, Axl Rose is at last releasing “Chinese Democracy,” the first album of new Guns N’ Roses material since 1991 (it will be an exclusive at Best Buy). The opening track is a hard-rocking cyberpunk drama, complete with an action-movie intro, neurotic multitrack vocals and plenty of spaced-out guitar solos (Buckethead?) designed to make up for Slash’s absence.
It’s been a minute for some new tracks by the All-American Rejects, but the wait is over. Swing by our place next Tuesday, November 4, and you can watch the emo kingpins’ latest video, “Gives You Hell.” It’s allegedly a wild one, as the band recently told interviewers.
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Reuters - Sammy Hagar, former singer for Van Halen, spent his 61st birthday performing and relaxing at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The October event has become an annual rite for the Red Rocker and the fans who begin lining up days before the series of free concerts he throws there with friends.
E! Online - It’s not quite “Paradise City,” but it’s close.
AP - Mindy McCready has been released from jail after serving about 30 days for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge.
