The Briefing A Newsdump for August 8 2011: From Burke’s bike obsession to Cowell’s X Factor ‘confession’A Newsdump for August 8 2011: From Burke’s bike obsession to Cowell’s X Factor ‘confession’
» First it was Ellie Goulding‘s jogging obsession. Now Alexandra Burke can’t stop banging on about cycling. (British Cycling) Where next – I Blame Coco’s secret javelin fetish?
» Beyonce will perform her fourth album ’4′ over four nights starting on the 4teenth of August. (Hollywood News)
» A 37 second snippet of a new Sky Ferreira song has emerged and it all sounds rather promising. Expect to hear the full version in 2014. (Soundcloud)
» Cher Lloyd may be at Number One but she’s just a normal girl who won’t change (though she might move to London later this year). (The Sun)
» Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift all won a lot of surfboards over the weekend. (CBS News)
» Lady Gaga went to see Britney Spears in concert (E! Online) and blew her kisses. Meanwhile, her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, is back. (Metro)
» Poor Example is trying to work out which is worse – a sewer rat or a drowned rat. (Twitter)
» It looks likely that Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers will work together again in the future, which is nice. (The Mirror)
» Radio 4 listeners don’t like Madonna. (The Independent)
» And finally, Simon Cowell has set the record straight in regards to Cheryl Cole and this whole US X Factor business. Kind of. Well, not really. (Radar Online) Thanks Simon.
THAT WAS some of THE NEWS.
beyonce Britney Spears cher lloyd Cheryl Cole Example justin bieber Lady Gaga Madonna Robbie Williams Selena Gomez sky ferreira taylor swift
There’s a Japan-only bonus track on Daft Punk’s new album and that’s now online 
The songs on Kelly Rowland’s new album now have titles 
The X Factor judging lineup has finally been confirmed and there are some ‘format’ changes too BITS ABOUT POP
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The Briefing A Newsdump for August 8 2011: From Burke’s bike obsession to Cowell’s X Factor ‘confession’A Newsdump for August 8 2011: From Burke’s bike obsession to Cowell’s X Factor ‘confession’
» First it was Ellie Goulding‘s jogging obsession. Now Alexandra Burke can’t stop banging on about cycling. (British Cycling) Where next – I Blame Coco’s secret javelin fetish?
» Beyonce will perform her fourth album ’4′ over four nights starting on the 4teenth of August. (Hollywood News)
» A 37 second snippet of a new Sky Ferreira song has emerged and it all sounds rather promising. Expect to hear the full version in 2014. (Soundcloud)
» Cher Lloyd may be at Number One but she’s just a normal girl who won’t change (though she might move to London later this year). (The Sun)
» Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift all won a lot of surfboards over the weekend. (CBS News)
» Lady Gaga went to see Britney Spears in concert (E! Online) and blew her kisses. Meanwhile, her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, is back. (Metro)
» Poor Example is trying to work out which is worse – a sewer rat or a drowned rat. (Twitter)
» It looks likely that Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers will work together again in the future, which is nice. (The Mirror)
» Radio 4 listeners don’t like Madonna. (The Independent)
» And finally, Simon Cowell has set the record straight in regards to Cheryl Cole and this whole US X Factor business. Kind of. Well, not really. (Radar Online) Thanks Simon.
THAT WAS some of THE NEWS.
There’s a Japan-only bonus track on Daft Punk’s new album and that’s now online
The songs on Kelly Rowland’s new album now have titles
The X Factor judging lineup has finally been confirmed and there are some ‘format’ changes too BITS ABOUT POP
TV By The Numbers
BBC
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