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Lily Allen Thinking Of Ending Her Non-Retirement?

Posted 7/27/11 3:45 pm EST by in Lily-Allen


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By Zachary Swickey

Surprise, surprise! It appears Lily Allen may have spoke too soon about enjoying a life of retirement, as the Brit pop songstress is hinting at an eventual return to the stage.

Talking with BBC’s Test Match Special, Allen casually mentioned, “When I do go to gigs I get a slight pang of envy and think, ‘Oh, I do miss being up on that stage.’ But I have other priorities at the moment.”

Those other priorities currently include a new marriage, pregnancy, designing clothing and writing the songs for the musical adaptation of “Bridget Jones’ Diary,” which is set to debut sometime this year in London’s West End. It’s the phrase “at the moment” that has us hoping for more.

The singer echoed a similar statement to Elle recently, admitting that she misses the fans and stage: “I can’t commit to going on tour for seven months and leaving Sam [Cooper, her new husband]. I really miss singing my songs to people and seeing the reactions on their faces. It’s one of the most special things you can do, or it was for me.”

Allen has been discussing her retirement at length for a very long time, and repeatedly delayed it when she kept adding new dates to her summer tour last year. It all began in September 2009 when she posted an anti-downloading rant on her website and mentioned leaving the music industry altogether. Read More...

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The 'Paranormal Activity 2' Playlist: Spooky Mood Music From Band Of Horses And Cradle Of Filth

Posted 10/22/10 9:30 am EST by in Music


Halloween is only a week away, which means it's high time you spent your weekend in a dark room with an unnerving film flickering before your eyes. Luckily, Hollywood has a solution for you in "Paranormal Activity 2," the follow-up to the surprise haunted house hit from last year. The details of the sequel have been kept under wraps (which works better for this movie, as the surprises are part of the fun and the fear), but if the trailers (and the first film) are any indication, it's going to be yet another dive deep into the minds of some paranoid people inside a probably-haunted house. "Paranormal Activity" director Oren Peli stuck around as a producer for the sequel, so the flick retains its spooky undertones, unnerving "found footage" look and general sense of dread that made the first film so thrilling.

In fact, it works so well that a soundtrack is almost completely unnecessary. Still, if you need to get into the spirit of "Paranormal Activity 2," the playlist below should shift you into the correct frame of mind. It's full of homages to spirits (Broken Bells' "The Ghost Inside," Fefe Dobson's "Ghost"), spine-tingling terror (Lily Allen's "The Fear," Sworn Enemy's "Scared of the Unknown") and, of course, sequels (Boys Like Girls' "Two is Better Than One"). There's also Stone Sour's "Say You'll Haunt Me," both for a bit of noise and a whole lot of spookiness. But we begin with Band of Horses' "Is There a Ghost," which might as well be the theme song for the "Paranormal Activity" series entire.


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Bret Michaels, Lady Gaga And Perez Hilton: Three To See

Posted 5/14/10 1:30 pm EST by in Music


Every morning, MTV News delivers the top news stories in music, movies and pop culture hot and fresh for your reading and watching pleasure. We then bring together a trio of the biggest headlines for "Three to See," the daily digest of the top stories making noise on our site and across the Internet. This morning, stories on Bret Michaels' recovery, Lady Gaga's support for the rain forest and Perez Hilton's ongoing feud with Lily Allen lead the way.

Bret Michaels Plans Return On "The Celebrity Apprentice," Tour
Poison frontman Bret Michaels has only been out of the hospital for 10 days following a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him, but according to People magazine, he is already on the comeback trail. Michaels apparently intends on being there for the live finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice" on May 23 and then heading out on tour on May 28.

Lady Gaga Performs At Rain Forest Benefit With Bruce Springsteen, Sting
Lady Gaga joined Mary J. Blige, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and host Sting on stage for a benefit for the Rainforest Fund. Gaga performed duets of "Speechless" and "Your Song" with John, and also performed a cover of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" on her own.

Perez Hilton And Lily Allen Feud Continues
The feud between celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and British pop star Lily Allen continues. Hilton posted photos of Allen crying at a soccer match and implied that Allen was drunk. She responded via Twitter, calling Hilton "a woman hating retard."

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Lily Allen, Jarvis Cocker And La Roux: 10 In 2009

Posted 12/29/09 2:45 pm EST by in Music


2009 is coming to a close, which means that it's time to check in on what the favorite albums, artists, songs and moments were among the fine folks in the MTV Newsroom. Be sure to check out James Montgomery's definitive year-end list for 2009, and enjoy the "10 In 2009" series that will be running over the next two weeks.

By April Richardson

These are in no particular order, and my taste is predictable as always.

Jarvis Cocker, Further Complications
Pulp was one of the greatest bands to ever exist, so it's no surprise that ex-frontman Cocker's second solo album is full of genius. I love this guy, his voice, his lyrics and everything he does.

Manic Street Preachers, Journal for Plague Lovers
The band used lyrics left behind by still missing since 1995 (and declared "presumed dead" in 2008) bandmember Richey Edwards for this haunting album.

R.E.M., Live at the Olympia
One of the best live albums I've ever heard. These guys play seemingly almost everything from their near 30-year career at this "not a show" in Dublin, Ireland, from Chronic Town cuts to early versions of songs that ended up on 2008's amazing Accelerate.

The Gossip, Music for Men
Top of their game, tightest and danciest and post-punkiest. "Men In Love" could have been a perfect Au Pairs song. This CD has nothin' but hits.
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Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Amy Winehouse Invade V Fest In U.K.

Posted 8/24/09 10:51 am EST by in Concerts, Music


Over the weekend, around 80 bands descended on two different locations in England for this year's V Festival, one of the U.K.'s biggest annual musical traditions. Oasis were supposed to headline the closing night, but singer Liam Gallagher caught a case of viral laryngitis and couldn't perform. (Snow Patrol filled in for the band in the top slot, covering "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" in honor of their absent colleagues.) But the weekend really belonged to the ladies, as Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and the always-fashion-forward Lady Gaga turned in crowd-pleasing sets.

(Click here for more photos from V Fest, including shots of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and more!)

The Killers, MGMT and Lily Allen also turned in memorable sets, but perhaps the weekend's biggest surprise came during the performance by the Specials. In the middle of their set, the veteran ska band brought out a very special guest to join them on two songs: Amy Winehouse. In her first U.K. performance in over a year, Winehouse backed the band up on "Ghost Town" and "You're Wondering Now" before ducking back out again. That wasn't the only appearance she made during the weekend, as she also introduced fellow British tabloid regular Pete Doherty before his set on Saturday. Though she wasn't necessarily in top form with the Specials, her performance was a far cry from her appearance at last year's V Fest (where she was roundly heckled) or her attempt at a comeback earlier this year in St. Lucia (where she cut off her set six songs in because of "technical difficulties"). The festival season is coming to a close both here and abroad, which is why MTV News will be getting our last licks in this weekend in San Francisco at the Outside Lands Festival.

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Lily Allen, You Should Date Our Producer

Posted 2/12/09 3:02 pm EST by in Lily-Allen


Lily AllenBy Nick Neofitidis

Lily Allen is looking for love. Lucky for her, so am I! OK, more like lucky for me. Truth is, I've always had a little crush on Lily, but it wasn't until she showed up yesterday for an interview did I realize that this girl is freaking awesome. Down to earth, cute as a button and just overall a really cool, honest woman. How refreshing!

Anyway, James did the interview, and I did the boyish giggling in the corner, managing to man up only at the end to ask for a photo. I have to admit we look pretty good next to each other!

But let's not go by looks alone. After all, Valentine's Day is coming up. And though Lily isn't husband-hunting, as so many tabloids claim, she is looking for L-O-V-E, dammit! So, Lily, I'll break it down for yah!

· I'm 6'1. OK, fine, I'm 5'10. Read More...

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Lily Allen's Got Her Eye On Katy Perry — No, Not That Way

Posted 1/7/09 4:32 pm EST by in Lily-Allen


Lily AllenLily, oh Lily. I guess an apology just isn't good enough, is it? You know I love you and all your childish antics. You're like a not mentally ill Pete Doherty, or a slightly less disheveled Courtney Love. And yeah, I get that it stuck in your craw that Katy Perry once referred to herself as the "fatter version of Amy Winehouse and the skinnier version of Lily Allen." Who wouldn't be pissed about that? But c'mon, Katy apologized and said she "didn't mean anything by it."

But since you insist on picking public fights (watch your back, Elton) — not to mention refusing to wear a top at the beach — there you've gone and done it again: You claim on your Facebook page that you "have Katy Perry's number" and that you're just "waiting for her to open her mouth one more time then it hits Facebook," according to England's tabloid of record, The Sun. The paper also claimed you've joined the "I hate Katy Perry and her dumb-ass song 'I Kissed a Girl' " Facebook group, as well as the "Katy Perry? Who in the hell does she think she is" clique.
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Lily Allen's Cover Of Britney Spears' 'Womanizer': Boring Or Brilliant?

Posted 12/15/08 2:59 pm EST by in Britney Spears, Lily-Allen


Lily AllenMy colleague James Montgomery and I have a somewhat friendly difference of opinion about many things musical. James, it appears, favors writing hard-hitting stories about female pop stars "jumping" and "screaming," while I tend to prefer grittier exposés about the perils of the mosh pit and uplifting tales of fallen Idols reaching for redemption.

But there's one thing we always agree on: Neither of us will give an inch when it comes to Lily Allen. James, for instance, thinks the British popwreck is simply brilliant, witty and entertaining as she barrel rolls, seemingly with no shame gene, from one outrageous act to the next, frequently with one of her naughty bits hanging out.

Me? Not so much. Though initially charmed by her devil-may-care attitude, I now find her more tiresome than an Amy Winehouse health scare. So it was no surprise that we disagreed about Allen's recently unwrapped cover of Britney's "Womanizer." Producer-of-the-moment Mark Ronson debuted the song on Friday during his "Authentic Sh--" show on East Village Radio, though it's unclear whether he actually produced it.

Changing up the beat from a relentless electro hammer to the forehead into a kind of 1960s smoky girl-group trifle backed mostly by a two-note repetitive jazzy piano riff and some spare drums, Allen has set the table for her upcoming album, It's Not Me, It's You, by showing her relevance in the pop world. Read More...

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For The Record: Beck, Motley Crue, Michael Jackson & More

Posted 6/12/08 6:29 pm EST by in Beck, For The Record, Lily-Allen, Michael Jackson, motley-crue


Sway· Beck has finally confirmed the release date for his upcoming Danger Mouse-produced album, Modern Guilt. The 10-track LP — featuring the trippy first single, "Chemtrails" — will drop July 8. A release announcing the disc describes it as vacillating between "economy and experimentation, hybrid and pop classicism, while consistently manifesting Beck and Danger Mouse's shared interest in psych-rock, folk, electronic minimalism and orchestration." What, no space-age polkas? No drum-machine-assisted cumbias?

· Mötley Crüe shout at ... their former manager. The band has filed a suit against Burt Stein and his companies, alleging that Stein screwed them out of lots of cash.

· It's the battle of the century! Perez Hilton has been saying mean things about Lily Allen, and she's pissed! Go, Lily go!

· Michael Jackson might be coming out with his own clothing line. Blah, blah, blah, designer surgical mask joke.

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An Open Letter To The Haters: Lily Allen = Ideal Girlfriend

Posted 6/4/08 11:52 am EST by in myspace


I know some of you think she's awful, but as [MTV News producer] Monty put it, "Lily Allen rules. She put pics of herself hammered and being carried out of a club up on her Myspace."

And I agree. She'd be the awesome girlfriend you'd have when you're 22, and you'd backpack around Europe with her, take mushrooms in a field and go to Ibiza. You’d stay up late, do bad things, swim in the ocean nude, drink Ouzo, laugh and get bright red from the sun. You would wear sandals. She'd wear a sarong. Then, like a decade later, you'd be staring out your window onto a cul-de-sac in Wisconsin and you'd think to yourself, "Wow, I wonder what she's doing right now."

And you'd die a little bit inside.

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