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A Newsdump for 24 August 2011: From a Backstreet Boys ban to Cher still being a Lady Gaga fan

  • August 24, 2011
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» Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way' is on a list of songs banned in China for being in "poor taste" and including "vulgar content." (The Guardian)

» Miley Cyrus' heart-rending version of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' has been voted the worst cover version of all time. (Rolling Stone) 

» The New York 'castle' used in Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' video is up for sale if you're inter­ested? (Forbes)

» Calvin Harris has posed an inter­est­ing philo­soph­ical question. (Twitter)

» Will Young is a big fan of One Direction, spe­cific­ally "their youthful skin." (Yahoo! omg! UK)

» Justin Bieber sang 'Baby' during a Taylor Swift concert. (Hollywood Life)

» A snippet of Ke$ha's duet with Alice Cooper has emerged online. Oh dear. (Just Jared)

» Joe Jonas hasn't broken up with his brothers. (AOL Music)

» Tickets for the poten­tially dis­astrous Michael Jackson tribute concert are now on sale. (Official site) Thankfully the classy looking website adds a layer of respect­ab­il­ity to the whole thing.

» And finally, Cher's still banging on about this Lady Gaga col­lab­or­a­tion. (Twitter)

THAT WAS some of THE NEWS.

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  • Beyonce
  • Calvin Harris
  • Cher
  • Joe Jonas
  • justin bieber
  • ke$ha
  • Lady Gaga
  • Michael Jackson
  • miley cyrus
  • One Direction
  • Will Young
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