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Arctic Monkeys tension over glamour model – Daily Gossip

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys

Pete Doherty, Kaiser Chiefs, Amy Winehouse – your music gossip stop

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:

Arctic Monkeys' guitarist Jamie Cook is facing conflicting pressure from his band and his girlfriend over where to live – his bandmates want him to move to London to join Alex Turner, but his glamour model girlfriend Katie Downes is dead set on him staying up north where she owns a £1 million flat in Liverpool (Daily Mirror).

From the papers:

Sex Pistols' John Lydon has described Pete Doherty as "selfish and cowardly" for taking drugs, comparing him to late bandmate Sid Vicious (Daily Record).

Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson gets his mum to repair his stage gear when it gets torn during his trips into the audience (Daily Star).

Amy Winehouse was gutted to miss out on singing the theme for upcoming James Bond movie 'Quantum Of Solace' as, according to Mark Ronson, she "was going through some shit" (Daily Mirror).

The 'Rehab' singer is also the inspiration for the new autumn and winter range from Guess? (The Sun).

Rod Stewart has hit back at Ronnie Wood's claims that he's tight with money, claiming he keeps an eye on accounts because of his Scottish blood, but isn't a skinflint (The Sun).

The Corrs' Jim Corr has taken to ringing up Irish radio stations and claiming that the September 11 attacks were a hoax and that the world is run by "a global scientific dictatorship" (The Sun).

The Ting Tings claim they don't eat any of the cakes given to them by fans as they're concerned they've been dropped on the floor or laced with weed (Daily Star).

Rhys Ifans was spotted out with Kimberly Stewart again, picking a drunken fight with paparazzi outside her apartment (Daily Star).

Kate Moss was spotted out with her daughter Lila Grace at an Ibiza café, without The Kills' Jamie Hince, who had joined them on the holiday (Daily Mirror).

Christina Aguilera was spotted at a photoshoot in downtown Los Angeles dressed in gothic lace and fly-away white hair (Daily Record).

Kanye West chatted to UK R&B singer Jay Sean about a possible collaboration on a flight back from Tokyo (Daily Mirror).

Rihanna was spotted out in New York in a dress that appeared see-through to photographers' flashbulbs (Daily Record).

Britney Spears was spotted out horseriding in Los Cabos in Mexico (Daily Mirror).

Mark Ronson is claiming he may never perform any of the songs from his 2007 album 'Version' again after his set at Lollapalooza in Chicago this Sunday (Daily Record).

All Saints' Shaznay Lewis was spotted out at Soho's Freedom Bar (Daily Mirror).

Check back tomorrow for the next Daily Gossip. E-mail your spots to news@nme.com.

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arkestra1976 

Aug 7, 2008

Quick! Someone make Ronson promise!

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