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Adele Sidelined By Illness

Adele has been forced to postpone five concert dates on her current North America tour due to laryngitis.

The singer was diagnosed last Thursday in Minneapolis, MN, where doctors ordered immediate rest and postponement of that night's engagement at First Avenue (rescheduled for June 22nd).

Adele performed on Saturday evening in Denver, CO (Ogden Theater) which proved too early a return to the stage. Adele's show last Sunday evening in Salt Lake City, UT (The Depot) was postponed last minute when her illness worsened. more on this story

TV Star Arrested for Child Neglect

(TMZ) "In Plain Sight" star Nichole Hiltz was arrested early Tuesday morning in L.A. on suspicion of child neglect ... and TMZ has learned, her young child was taken into protective custody.

Law enforcement officials tell TMZ ... cops originally responded to a call about a disturbance in Hiltz's West Hollywood apartment. After cops checked out the situation, officers made the decision to arrest Hiltz and take the minor child into protective custody. The 32-year-old actress was taken to a nearby station where she was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor child neglect around 3:30 AM.

Hiltz has since been released from custody. Hiltz's attorney tells TMZ, "It was an unfortunate misunderstanding. No charges have been filed and absolutely no harm was done to the child." more on this story

Friend Tried To Prevent Sean Kingston Jet Ski Accident

(TMZ) Sean Kingston's female jet ski passenger tells TMZ Sean was driving "REALLY fast" when they crashed into a bridge this weekend ... and insists she begged him to slow down before the accident.

TMZ spoke with Cassandra Sanchez -- Sean's longtime friend -- who tells us she arrived to Miami Beach with another female friend to ride jet skis with Sean and his buddy on Saturday evening. Sanchez tells us, "Both jet skis pulled out of the dock at the same time and we were going so fast we just blasted past them. When we turned a corner and crashed ... they were so far behind us they didn't even see us crash."

Sanchez says ... as Sean was racing towards the bridge, she screamed out, "We can't fit under there?? Are we going to try and go under there? Sean stop!" Sanchez tells us .... she believes Sean tried to turn away from the bridge at the last minute ... and lost control because they were going "REALLY fast."

The next thing Sanchez remembers is waking up in the water in pain. Sanchez says her friends on the other jet ski raced over and tried to help out ... with Sean's buddy trying to position the injured singer so he wouldn't swallow any more water. They all signaled for help until a boat came to the scene to help out. more on this story

Kim Kardashian Dropping Her Last Name

(TMZ) Goodbye, Kim Kardashian ... HELLO, Kim Humphries -- TMZ has learned ... the BIGGEST name in reality television will soon cease to exist ... because Kim K will be taking her soon-to-be husband's last name.

That's right -- sources close to Kim are adamant ... the most famous Kardashian of them all will "for sure" take NBA star Kris Humphries' last name when the couple ties the knot this summer.

Which might piss off Kim's mom, Kris Jenner -- who recently told Popeater.com, "I don't think she should take his name and be Kim Humphries ... She needs to be Kim Kardashian because she's worked so hard to get where she is." more on this story

Singled Out: Water Tower Bucket Boys' Goatheads

Today Cory Goldman from Water Tower Bucket Boys tells us about "Goatheads" from their brand new album "Sole Kitchen". Here is the story:

This song is kind of a love song about a festival we go to every year in
Weiser, Idaho: the National Old Time Fiddler's Contest. It's held the third full week in June but we always show up a bit early. Its one of the highlights of our year and I don't think any of us have missed it since we started going. Its not a festival where you see a bunch of bands, we just go to hang out with friends from all over the country and play music for hours and hours and hours. And party. We're always as careful as possible not to book any gigs during that time, although once we did book a wedding and ended up rushing out there in the middle of the night afterwards. The festival has a fiddle contest and all that sort of stuff but I actually haven't ever seen that, we just hang out in a dusty, grassy field full of sticker bushes called Stickerville in between some weird abandoned buildings. The song is named after the nasty little stickers, called goatheads because that's what they look like. They have long sharp ends that stick up on all sides, so they're guaranteed to have one facing up for you to step on. The plant is used in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, and is supposedly an aphrodisiac...

The year that this song was written, this great band from Louisiana called the Red Stick Ramblers stopped by on their way to Seattle. They're an awesome Cajun band and there was a lot of that music being played, and food being cooked. There's nothing better than stumbling back to your camp at 4 in the morning to discover the crawfish etouffee is finally ready! We were listening to their album on the way home from the festival and I think I wrote the song that night, having so many Cajun tunes buzzing around my head is what gave that tune that flavor. The song is mostly about how I absolutely love the festival, but the lyrics at the end of the chorus "You can pick all night long, drink until dawn, and pass out on the hot dusty ground" is based on one ill-fated night that year. I decided it was a great idea to have an event in honor of our friend Jeff, who didn't make it that year, called "Dickel Dawn". I don't think that really needs any further explanation, suffice it to say that for a while when we performed this song I felt obliged to apologize to anyone in the audience who had been there!

We got to record this tune with Harley, the drummer from Tumbledown, and I really dig the energy of the drums on this one. Whenever we do tunes with a drummer I try to squeeze this one in. I especially like the texture of the fiddle and harmonica together, it makes me think of Cajun accordion which is a sound I really like a lot. This tune is a staple of our live shows as its one of the few waltzes that we have written, and the only drinking song slow enough to raise a beer in the air and slosh it around to.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver Divorce Progressing

(TMZ) Arnold Schwarzenegger is pulling out a big gun for his inevitable divorce battle with Maria Shriver ... officially hiring attorney Bob Kaufman -- who's already tackling some touchy issues of the split.

Sources tell TMZ ... Kaufman's already been in touch with Maria's attorney, Laura Wasser -- and we're told they are "moving forward" with divorce negotiations.

Kaufman and Wasser have gone head-to-head on other high profile celebrity splits -- and both specialize in something Arnold and Maria value right now ... keeping divorce settlements hush hush. more on this story

Bravo Going After Real Housewives Porn Site

(TMZ) Bravo is on the rampage ... after the network discovered a XXX website using the "Real Housewives" good name to promote its sex performers -- and now, they're gunning to shut the whole site down.

A rep for the reality network fired off a letter on Monday to RealHousewivesofScottsdale.com -- a site that boasts live XXX performances from several "housewives" -- and accused the site of sullying the "Real Housewives" reputation.

Bravo claims RHOS is infringing on their trademark -- insisting site operators better pull the plug on the entire operation stat ... or else. But the site owner ain't scared -- telling us, he's not pulling the plug on anything ... and he's willing to go to court over it. more on this story

Courtney Love Ordered To Pay Maids

(TMZ) Courtney Love has been ordered to fork over more than $35k to her two former maids -- after allegedly stiffing them out of their hard earned paychecks for years.

TMZ has learned ... Love's former maids -- named Miriam and Myriam -- scored a huge victory in Beverly Hills court ... after proving Love never paid them for cleaning up her pad several years ago.

The judge now ruled Love must now kick out $16,632.45 to Mirium and $19,137.27 to Myrium ... totaling $35,769.72 in wages, penalties and interest. more on this story

New Roxette Coming To America

Roxette will digitally release their new album, Charm School, in the U.S. on July 26 via Capitol/EMI.

On the same date, Capitol/EMI will release a new collection of Roxette's Greatest Hits on CD and digitally. Both titles will be available for album and individual song download purchase from all major digital service providers.

Charm School is a new album of 12 songs in a style that's best described as "updated classic Roxette," from the initial power pop fireworks of "Way Out" to the bittersweet closer, "Sitting On Top Of The World." Roxette's new Greatest Hits collection features 12 major chart hits and fan favorites, including "It Must Have Been Love," "The Look," "Listen To Your Heart," "Dangerous," and "Joyride," as well as two new songs from Charm School. more on this story

Maxwell Storytellers To Air This Month

"VH1 Storytellers: Maxwell" is set to premiere on Friday, June 17th at 11 PM ET/PT on VH1. Here is some info they sent over:

The mood was definitely set for "Sumthin' Sumthin'" as Maxwell and his 10-piece, all-star band eased into a soul-filled set in front of an intimate 150-member audience at Metropolis Studios in NYC on May 11th. The double Grammy-winning and multi-platinum artist connected immediately with the crowd as he beamed with pride over his involvement with the iconic series declaring, "Storytellers has been around for 15 years, and it's been 15 years since I put out my first album 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite'…You have this dream as a kid, and the next thing you know you're at 'VH1 Storytellers' and the crowd is singing along to your songs. It's a blessing."

The evening's 12-song set highlighted Maxwell's groove-filled catalogue of hits with several tracks from the Grammy Award-winning, "BLACKsummers'night." Taking a break from preparing for the sequel to that album, VH1 took Maxwell back in time to play past favorites and celebrate with fans. The anticipated new album, "SUMMERS'," will be released soon. more on this story

45th Annual CMA Awards Announced

The 45th Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast Wednesday, Nov. 9 (8:00-11:00 PM/EST) on ABC live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Winners of "The 45th Annual CMA Awards" will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

The eligibility period for the 2011 CMA Awards is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. All voting for "The 45th Annual CMA Awards" will be conducted online. The first ballot and instructions will be e-mailed June 27 to CMA members in good standing who are eligible to vote. Voting for the first ballot closes at 5:00 PM/CT, July 13. more on this story

NRBQ Set New Album Release

(Conqueroo) Terry Adams, resumes his life's work with the release of a new studio album, Keep This Love Goin' by NRBQ, due out July 19, 2011.

Recorded with the band he formed in 2007 — Scott Ligon on guitar and vocals, Pete Donnelly on bass and vocals, and Conrad Choucroun on drums, formerly known as The Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet — Keep This Love Goin' features 12 unforgettable songs, from the opener "Boozoo and Leona," inspired by Adams' relationship with the great zydeco musician Boozoo Chavis and his wife (Adams produced three albums for and performed with Chavis), to the instrumental closer "Red's Piano," a tune written by Piano Red and recorded in one take in that unmistakable NRBQ style. Adams learned the song from Red himself, when the Atlanta legend visited him at his upstate New York home in the 1970s.

In between is the unique Q mix of rock, pop and jazz, and of course no album of theirs would be complete without a classic Adams twist — here, an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor," done as a country tune called "In Every Dream." Original compositions from Adams, Ligon, and Donnelly, written separately and together, and stellar playing throughout make for a true band effort. Former NRBQ bandmate Tom Ardolino provided the front cover art (and sits in on drums on two tracks). more on this story

Clint Black Receives Message From Space

Over the weekend Clint Black received a message on his Twitter page from NASA. He discovered his "Galaxy Song" song was played to wake the crews of Endeavour and Expedition 28.

The message was: "Astronauts and space station crew awoke to 'Galaxy Song' by Clint Black, played for the entire crew on their last day at station."

A very emotional Clint Black tweeted, "As a child, I dreamed of being an astronaut. And now one of my songs is an astronaut. I hope they gave it some Tang." more on this story

Sugarland and Little Big Town Stand Up For Tornado Victims

Sugarland are showing their support of the victims of last month's Alabama tornados, as well as the more recent victims in Joplin, MO, with a special performance and video clip of "Stand Up" from their The Incredible Machine album.

"Stand Up (For Tornado Relief)," featuring friends and tour mates Little Big Town, premiered yesterday May 31 on iTunes. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross.

"Stand Up (For Tornado Relief)," featuring Little Big Town, was filmed in Chicago and Minneapolis earlier this month while on their 2011 The Incredible Machine Tour.
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American Diabetes Association Vs Jackass

(TMZ) The American Diabetes Association wants to teach Steve-O a lesson ... after he BOYCOTTED a diabetes benefit for serving meat -- telling TMZ, eating animal flesh isn't necessarily bad for diabetics.

As we previously reported, Steve-O walked out on an ADA benefit when he found out meat was on the menu -- claiming serving meat at a diabetes fundraiser is "like serving alcohol at an AA meeting."

But a rep for the ADA tells us, there is no rule that you can't eat meat if you have diabetes -- every person is different, and should be on a meal plan that works best for them. more on this story

Wu Lyf Coming To America

Wu Lyf, four kids from Manchester, England who make unique, exciting, uncompromising Heavy Pop music, are setting their eyes on America.

Wu Lyf have announced their North American release plans. The debut album Go Tell Fire To The Mountain will see a physical release on the band's own L Y F Recordings label on August 22nd 2011.

It will also be made available via digital retailers timed to their UK and European release in June. more on this story

Sean Kingston's Jet Ski Victim Not Pressing Charges

(TMZ) Sean Kingston's jet ski victim won't be pressing charges against the "Beautiful Girls" singer after they crashed into a Miami bridge this weekend -- telling TMZ, "I know he didn't mean to get either of us hurt."

Cassandra Sanchez -- who emerged relatively unscathed after the crash -- adds, "I know this whole thing was just an accident. I won't be pressing any type of charges or hiring a lawyer. Sean is a good guy."

Cassandra -- a longtime friend of Kingston's -- only wishes him the best ... "I am going to be visiting him in the hospital at some point soon and hope he has a speedy recovery." more on this story