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Ed Sheeran has revealed that he was inspired to play the guitar by Eric Clapton. The 21-year-old singer told Absolute Radio that he had learned to play the musical instrument after seeing the legendary guitarist perform at Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at Buckingham Palace in 2002.

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Signs that The Futureheads are thinking well outside of the box show no indication of fading. As we reported last week, the band’s new album, Rant, comes out on April 2nd and will be an entirely a capella work and now the Sunderland band say they are preparing a food festival this summer to coincide with the London Olympics.

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Noel Gallagher has sung the praises of fried banana and pineapple. The High Flying Birds Star was blogging for the Huffington Post on his regular blog ‘Tales From the Middle of Nowhere’ about his recent travels on tour, where he focussed on the bizarre cuisine of the hotel he was staying at in Belfast.

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Jack White has revealed the tracklisting for his new album, ‘Blunderbuss’. The former White Stripes man’s first solo album comprises 13 tracks, with the new LP set to be released on April 23 through Third Man Records/XL.

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Adele made a rude gesture with her middle finger at the Brit Awards. The singer was angry that host James Corden interrupted her speech when collecting her Album of The Year award for ‘21’ due to time constraints, then made the gesture towards the Brits Award bosses. Watch the video of the incident here.

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