Archive for the ‘singers’ Category

Amy Winehouse spends night in hospital

August 4th, 2008

You would think that I would get sick of writing about Amy Winehouse, but I don’t think that is possible. The singing sensation is constantly in a state of drama and it is almost to the point where her weird and erratic behavior is the norm. Soap opera writers couldn’t come up with a character as good as Amy.

Amy took time out from public intoxification and randomly doling out smack-downs to be rushed to hospital by ambulance. According to her spokesperson, Chris Goodman, the Rehab songstress suffered an adverse reaction to medication she was taking. That tends to happen if you drink like a fish while taking meds. This reaction resulted in Amy needing to be taken to the University College Hospital were she was admitted for overnight detox, I mean, observation.

A spokesperson for UCH has said that, “Our doctors decided to keep her overnight for observation. She had a comfortable night and will be discharged today.” On his way in to visit his daughter in hospital, Winehouse’s father, Mitch, asked the media and paparazzi to leave his family alone. Showing off a bag of fast food he told reporters, “This is how serious it is,” when pressed about her condition.

She has since been released and is back home. In his statement, Goodman says, “She had a bit of a scare yesterday because of a reaction to treatment. She was kept in overnight purely for observation. Amy is at home now after leaving with her father and manager. She is having a rest.”

This latest medical emergency comes amid grave concerns for the singer’s health. Her prior stay in hospital resulted in a diagnoses of early stage emphysema due to her chronic cigarette and crack habits. The diagnoses didn’t seem to faze the slightly crazy singer at all, as she still puffs away like a chimney every chance she gets.

David Lee Roth may still be nuts but he isn’t allergic to them

July 11th, 2008

Earlier in the week the internet gossip sites were a buzz with news that David Lee Roth almost died. So this is how the story goes: In May, two cops in Southern Ontario, Canada, pulled over a car for speeding and driving erratically. Well, it turns out the driver was none other than Van Halen’s David Lee Roth and he was suffering from a severe peanut allergy. One of the cops, Constable Chris Thompson told the Toronto Sun, “At the time, I wasn’t star struck. I was just trying to help him. The guy stuck out like a sore thumb. He was wearing a little silk scarf and flashy clothing … not something you see in Oakland too often.” The cops called for an ambulance, and the paramedics saved his life. All’s well that ends well. Except that the driver of the car wasn’t David Lee Roth.

Despite the fact that the two cops reported that the driver was indeed the flamboyant lead singer of Van Halen, contradictory stories are now coming out denying it. In fact, on the night of his near death, David Lee Roth was playing a make up concert at Madison Square Garden with Van Halen. And there’s plenty of youtube video to prove it.

In a statement to Sun Media made through his publicist, Elaine Schock of Shock Inc., David says, “I was in Canada only from July first through the fourth for a performance at the Quebec City Summer Festival. I had no encounters or incidents with the police. The only thing I’m allergic to is criticism.”

Whoever the imposter is, according to a Hamilton newspaper he had a good time, reportedly partying at the Liquid Lounge in Brantford with some nurses after the incident. Apparently he even got up and performed with the band, singing Roth’s’ song Ice Cream Man. When the club owner asked if the man was David Lee Roth, he said yes.

Now it is being reported that the two officers who helped the fake Dave didn’t even know who David Lee Roth was. Another constable, Larry Plummer says, “The guys didn’t put a report in till later in the week and someone else in the office spotted the name and went, ‘Hey!’.”

Kinda sad, isn’t it? Guess Diamond Dave doesn’t shine quite as bright as he thinks he does.

Tim McGraw keeps things under control

July 1st, 2008

Once upon a time if you acted like a twit at a concert, you only had to contend with the rent a cops that were hired to keeps things at a low level of chaos. Well now it seems that you’ve got to watch out for the musicians you’ve paid the big bucks to see, especially if that musician is Tim McGraw.

At a Tuesday night concert at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington Tim halted a performance of Indian Outlaw to haul a concertgoer on stage after calling for security to escort him out. Almost immediately after the concert, clips appeared all over youtube, showing the country artist man handling the fan. After Tim grabs him and pulls him onstage, a slew of security guards come to take the man off stage. Appearing a wee bit tipsy and probably crapping his pants at the fact that he was on stage with Tim, the fan didn’t want to go and seemed to go at Tim, who cocked his fist back and was about to punch the man when security finally got him under control. In typical drunken fashion, the fan whips his cowboy hat around in the air like he’d just won the lotto.

Now, through this whole incident the band is still playing Indian Outlaw in the background. Calm as anything, Tim walks up to the mike, looks out at the crowd and sings the next line to the song, “I ain’t lookin’ for trouble.” Of course the crowd goes wild.

But why did Tim get the fan kicked out? It appears the man was assaulting a female in the front row of the concert. For me, this put a different spin on it. I thought, good for you Tim! Nice to know that there are still a few gentlemen left in the music business.

Heidi Montag : Big ego or no common sense?

June 27th, 2008

Okay, I must have been really horrible in a former life. I’m talking puppy killer bad. I mean, how else could the release of yet another craptastic single from Heidi Montag be explained? Now, before I puked over this, I thought I should give the song a listen. Maybe she had sold her soul to the Devil and all of a sudden had talent. If she did, she might want a refund.

This song is well, horrible. Reminiscent of the worst early 80s synthesized pop, the concept of the song is how much Heidi likes clothes. Huh. You wouldn’t’ be able to tell with some of the get ups she wears. So the lyrics are so unbelievably bad that I giggled listening to the song. Here is just a sample of them:

I am, I’m too fabulous
I’m so fierce that it’s so nuts
I live, to be model thin
Dress me, I’m your mannequin

But I think the highlight of the song for me is Heidi saying the names of a bunch of designers in a fake French accent. Sounds like something you might do at a party after a bottle and a half of wine.

I don’t even understand why in the Hell she recorded and release another song. Does she not remember the world wide gag-fest her previous songs created? I thought for sure she would just go back to being a publicity seeking reality no talent. But that would have made sense. No, Ms. Montag has decided to give her music career another go.

And it’s gearing up to be quite the career. According to People, “Heidi has started her own record label with Super Producer RedOne. RedOne will write and produce with Heidi an entire album of 13 songs.” A word to the wise: if you have to start your own record company because no one else will sign you, your music is probably crap.