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			:: The fashion world may be embracing the 50s, but for music, we’re going back to the 80s. Two of the biggest groups of the era, Duran Duran and Eurythmics, have new releases this November. Duran Duran’s first live concert DVD, Duran Duran: Live From London, captures the last two shows
Madonna is set to bare all once more in the forthcoming documentary film I’m Going To Tell You A Secret. And rather than having to go to the cinema to see it, as was the case with In Bed With Madonna 14 years ago, Channel 4 have gained the rights to screen the film. Showing on the channel on Thursday December 1, the documentary, directed by Jonas Akerlund, shows a very different Madonna to the one we met in In Bed With Madonna. But although she’s now a happily married mother of two, we still find a pop star at the peak of her career, as she heads around the world on her sell-out 2004 Re-Invention tour.			from their record-breaking 2004 run of sold-out gigs at Wembley Arena. Their first shows caught on film, since the original members reunited in 2001, includes hits such as Girls On Film, Planet Earth and Rio. Meanwhile, the Eurythmics are releasing a greatest hits album, Eurythmics Ultimate Collection, and reissuing their digitally remastered albums with bonus tracks. The Ultimate Collection includes two new songs - I’ve Got A Life and Was It Just Another Love Affair? - but if it’s old school you prefer, make sure you start hinting for the Boxed Collectors Deluxe Box Set, a special edition collection containing all eight albums McFly :: It was probably inevitable but McFly look set to be the stars of the T4 Poll Winners’ Party With Smash Hits this year. They lead the way with a massive eight nominations, but could this be the beginning of the end? Fellow band members Danny and Dougie go head to head in the
Alice Cooper
In his own words "We brought theatrics to rock 'n' roll. We did it before Bowie, we did it before Kiss and before anybody. There was no show biz in rock 'n' roll before Alice Cooper." The seminal shock-rocker is back on tour. Check our article Celebrity ditties			categories of Most Fanciable Male and Top Mop - can the band survive such rivalry? Two rising pop queens are also set for a close battle for the coveted Poll Winners’ awards - Gwen Stefani and Rachel Stevens both have three nominations each.
:: Celebrities often get stressed with the pressures of performing, and like us, they have their favourite tunes to chill out to. While James Blunt prefers the fast pace of Josh Wink’s Higher State Of			And the Best Video category looks like it’s angling to be re-named Most Raunchy Video with nominations for Pussycat Dolls’ Don’t Cha and Sugababes’ Push The Button amongst others.
Consciousness, ex-S Club singer Jo O’Meara prefers Enya or Enigma when she relaxes in the bath. “They’re my bath tunes, when I lie there with candles around me,” she says.			Ms Dynamite :: Five News goes pop this Friday (November 11) when Ms Dynamite takes over editing the show. She is one of a slew of celebrity editors that will be helming the show each
Estelle prefers Mary J Blige’s All My Love, and Gabrielle listens to David Gray, while McFly’s Harry prefers a different kind of vibe, saying: “I can chill out to anything. But I suppose Dashboard Confessional are best.”			Friday for the next month including Dame Kelly Holmes and Howard Marks. But Ms Dynamite, real name Niomi McLean-Daley, will be making her mark on this Friday’s half hour show by investigating the lack of
Best Friends :: Think you and your best friend are the best coupling ever? To celebrate the release of Best Friends pop album on November 14, based on Jacqueline Wilson’s best-selling book, a competition has been launched to find Britain’s best friends.			funding for youth centres across the country. “I’ve always wanted to find ways in which to help young people in this country to be everything they can be,” says Ms Dynamite. “They don’t get enough attention, I feel.”
The winners get the ultimate day out in London, with a personal chauffeur, £200 worth of Tammy vouchers, celebrity make-over, lunch in a trendy restaurant, visit to Madame Tussauds wax museum, Jacqueline Wilson goodies and more. All you have to do is say in no more than 200 words why you and your best friend are Britain’s best friends, with any experiences or stories. Email info@republicmedia.net or send entries clearly marked Britain’s			Michael Buble
Best Friends, to 202 Westbourne Studios, 242 Acklam Road, London, W10 5JJ. Linda Perhac :: Rare musical gems are hard to come by, but we’ve found one. Linda Perhacs’ Parallelograms is a long-lost gem from the 70s - one of the ultimate hippie goddess records with a sound so gorgeous, ethereal and spaced-out it’ll leave your head spinning.			:: Canadian crooner Michael Buble (Boo-blay, not Boo-ble) has made his name singing standards from the likes of Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles. His 12-date UK tour kicks off on October 31, and his new double A-side single, Song For You/Home, is out on November 14. Read More

With a haunting and soaring voice, paired perfectly with gentle acoustic guitar, Linda’s psychedelic folk music are as experimental like Joni Mitchell. Previously only available on import, it’s now on general distribution from November 7.

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