In today’s Soundbites, our quick take on news, reviews and tabloid gossip, Amy Winehouse covers an Oasis favourite, Russell Brand and Katy Perry get all cultural in India, Kanye West pays a visit to the rapper’s dentist, Kings Of Leon are running scared from Susan Boyle and a White Stripes single fetches a tidy sum at auction.
Amy Winehouse covered Oasis’ classic 1996 single ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger‘ at a secret gig in London last night (October 21st). The performance marked the launch of her new clothing range in East London and consisted of four tracks, reports the Evening Standard.
US rapper Kanye West has taken bling to a new level by replacing his entire set of lower teeth with diamonds. West told chat show host Ellen Degeneres: “It’s really my real teeth. It’s replaced my bottom row of teeth. I just thought the diamonds were cooler. There’s just certain stuff that rock stars are supposed to do.”
With their wedding reported to be taking place in India tomorrow, tabloids are in full snooping mode as they look to unearth every details of the celebrity marriage of Russell Brand and Katy Perry. The latest rumour to surface from The Sun’s own snoopings claims the pair have chosen ornate seats for their traditional Indian wedding ceremony which is set to take place at the Aman-i-Khas resort in Rajasthan. A source told The Sun: “They are very much keeping to Indian tradition. There will be feasting and dancing. And Katy will be painted head-to-toe in henna tattoos.”
Kings Of Leon might look untouchable at the moment as they look set for the fastest selling UK album of they year, but they have been speaking of the one act they fear the most – Susan Boyle. Speaking to The Sun, frontman Caleb Followill described the Britain’s Got Talent singer as a ‘force of nature’ and added: “I am worried about Susan Boyle. If she sells more records than us. She is a force of nature, that woman. I am anxious to see how our album does now it’s out in the UK. I usually don’t think about it but the day before I start to think too much.”
A rare version of The White Stripes’ second single ‘Lafayette Blues‘ has sold for $18,000 (£11,400) at auction, reports Consequence Of Sound. Released in 1998 through Italy Records, only 15 hand-painted copies by Jack White and Dave Buick were ever made, and originally were sold for $6 (£3.80).
