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October 20, 2008 | 5 Comments
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Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.

Today's top gossip:

Pink has taken on the British royal family in a row over animal rights.

The 'So What' singer is livid that neither The Queen nor Prince William have replied to her letters demanding that the royal guards bearskins be replaced with synthetic materials, and that the Prince quit bloodsports.

She said: "It's a bit rude that they didn't reply isn't it? I don't get why we can't question people just because of their position in society. I don't care if they have a crown. One or two Canadian bears are killed to make each hat and that is totally unnecessary" (Live magazine).

From the papers:

Cheryl Cole failed to join her Girls Aloud bandmates at London's Whiskey Mist bar following their live performance on 'The X Factor' on Saturday night (Daily Star).

Mark Ronson snubbed Paris Hilton at the Sanderson Hotel in London at the weekend. Onlookers say she tracked the DJ down to the cocktail bar and begged him to get her into the Groucho Club and bring Amy Winehouse along (Daily Star).

Kylie Minogue out drinking with a dark-haired mystery man in Paris (Daily Mirror).

Take That's Howard Donald struggling to cross the road on Kensington High Street, west London (Daily Mirror).

From NME.COM users:

Edith Bowman, Tom Smith from Editors, Colin Murray and Nicole Appleton were all spotted in the crowd at Oasis' Wembley Arena show (from Dave).

Joe Lean went out drinking on Columbia Road in east London (from Sarah B).

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Comments (5)

jeepcat

Oct 20, 2008

Colin Murray was spotted in the crowd at Oasis' Wembley Arena. Colin Murray.... Colin MURRRAAYYY!!!!

The 2nd earl of Rochester

Oct 20, 2008

Pink??!!!!! sorry but she should be banned from entering the UK! as much as i dissagree with killing bears for skins she has no right having a go at our monarchy!!!!! She clearly has no concept of the tradition a crown carries! maybe we should skin her and her other useless, talentless press hungry pals and get our guards to wear them! wanker!

mAttthhheaLy

Oct 20, 2008

Dear "2nd Earl of Rochester", I do hope you're being sarcastic, because otherwise you're an idiot. Pink has every right to have a go at whomever she wants - as do we all.This right, is called the right to free speech and, I think you will find, can be found in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, and Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.So really, although you may think that the Royal Family are above us all and deserve to be worshipped like Gods, we can all say whatever we like abou them.Goodbye :)

MartynDavenport

Oct 21, 2008

the right to free speech is a joke. It only applies if you want to say something that won't offend anyone, which doesn't make it free speech at all. I apply the same logic to this as racism. It's not ok to be racist just because you have freedom of speech, so in the same way it isn't ok to disrespect our monarchy.

The 2nd earl of Rochester

Oct 21, 2008

Practice what you preach matthew! You mention several articles relating to our freedom of speech and still brand me an idiot for exercising my own opinions regarding Pink! I do not put quite so much stock into articles relating to the freedom of speech (hence my opinions on Pink's comments). I am a firm believer that there is a large percentage of us who abuse that right by regularly spewing out dribble like yourself! And if you believe for a second her comments have more to do with her concern for the needless culling of Canadian bears than the Uk arena tour that she begins in a few months then you seriously need to tone down your informative but rather boring retorts!