Melody Plant

After receiving much attention and acclaim for her spellbinding performances, Lady Gaga is releasing the evocative live versions of her biggest hits. ‘The Cherry Tree Sessions EP’ will be available at all digital retailers on February 3rd, and available physically as a Borders Exclusive on March 3rd. See the official track-listing below!

‘The Cherry Tree Sessions EP’

1) Poker Face (Live at The Cherrytree House Piano & Voice Version)
2) Just Dance (Live at The Cherrytree House Stripped Down Version)
3) Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Electric Piano & Human Beat Box Version)

Plus, find out what music Lady Gaga has been listening to, and check out her new Celebrity Playlist on iTunes!
Lady Gaga’s webisode series, Transmission GaGa-Vision: imeem.com/ladygaga

Britney Spears’ new album ‘Circus’ has leaked in its entirety all over the internet recently. It was more than two weeks ahead of the anticipated release. It shouldn’t be too hard to find. To be honest, I like it less than ‘Black Out’ except for the track ‘If U Seek Amy’ which is a pretty killer track. It’s just too bad that it’s a rip off of Jessie Malakouti’s ‘Trash Me’. The similarities are just too much to be ignored. Not to mention that the producers run in the same circles. There’s a great chance that they heard Jessie’s track before and though that it will be a great song for Britney.

Alicia Keys and the Racounteurs front man Jack White have teamed up for the theme song of the next James Bond film, ‘Quantum of Solace’ and they have already released a video for the song. The song ‘Another Way to Die’ was written by Jack, who also played drums and guitar and produced the track. The single also features Alicia on piano. Their song marks the first duet in Bond history. It’s music and movie history in the making! The soundtrack for the new Bond film hits stores on October 28th with the movie itself opening in theatres on November 7th.

It was reported that Britney Spears’ single ‘Womanizer’ went back into the studio for remixing and remastering after a radio station leaked it out. Adam Davis, the intern at Nashville’s 107.5 The River radio station who leaked the clip of the song, was canned. His former official site said “Don’t expect any posts from [Intern Adam]. He is not here. We are sorry to inform you he is not on the air with ‘Woody & Jim In The Morning’. No details will be given at this time, however we are sure you can fish around the internet gossip blogs to figure stuff out.”

Alicia Keys says her fame can make you ‘a ghost of yourself.’ The 27-year-old singer says her gruelling tour schedule and long years of musical training have taken their toll on her life.

Despite selling over 23 million albums and winning over 80 major awards – including 11 Grammys – Alicia says her fame has a huge downside.

She said: “Fame can bring a lot of emptiness. You are so driven that you work 20 hours a day, you get four hours of sleep, you do all that for 10 years straight. Then, all of a sudden, you think, I’m a singer and, yes, I’m a songwriter and, yes, I perform, but what else is in my life? Do I have a family? Am I growing inside? Am I always too busy to see my mother and the people I love? You have to numb yourself because you are away so long. It can change you and that is not the type of person I want to be. People always want something from you – you become like a ghost of yourself or of the person you could be.”

Alicia – who is to perform the theme tune to the next James Bond film ‘Quantum of Solace’ with White Stripes singer Jack White – says her soul searching began when she gave up work to look after her dying grandmother last year.

She added: “Losing her made me realise how close I came to the edge. It took a while before I could even say the word ‘grandmother’ because I was so upset.”

Despite vowing to cut back on her workload, Alicia will release her latest single ‘Superwoman’ on September 1.

Gwen Stefani is set to reinterpret Dorothy’s famous ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’.

The No Doubt singer is one of 19 designers who have been chosen by Warner Bros. Consumer Products and CRYSTALLIZED(TM) – Swarovski Elements to create their own version of Dorothy’s footwear in honour of the 70th anniversary of the classic movie next year.’The Wizard of Oz Ruby Slipper Collection’ will be unveiled in a special event on September 4 at New York’s famous department store Saks Fifth Avenue.

The 19 pairs of shoes – designed by fashion icons including Alberta Ferretti, Christian Louboutin, Diane von Furstenberg, Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, Moschino and Oscar de la Renta – will then be displayed as part of New York Fashion Week, in the city’s Bryant Park, before being taken around the US on a tour and then being auctioned off, with proceeds going to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Gwen, who is considered one of the world’s most stylish women, already has her own fashion line L.A.M.B.

Enrique Iglesias has finally confirmed what we have all been speculating for a long time. The Latino singer has revealed to the British media that he was secretly married to former tennis star Anna Kournikova but that they are now divorced. He said “Oh I’m not married, no. I mean I was married. I was married, seriously. I was married a year ago to Anna and I don’t know what happened. We’re not married anymore but we are kind of still in contact.” It’s not really earth-shattering news but it should at least give some minds the peace they’ve all been looking for.

Duffy is tired of being compared with other female singers. The 23-year-old Welsh singer – real name Aimee Anne Duffy – has been compared with Dusty Springfield and hailed as the ‘new Amy Winehouse’ since releasing her breakthrough single ‘Mercy’ earlier this year, but wants to be recognized in her own right.

She said: “To be honest, if it’s not Leona Lewis, it’s Amy Winehouse. I’m being compared with Lily Allen or Dusty Springfield, bless her soul, she was an amazing woman. I just feel like one day I’ll be known as myself, but time will tell.”

The singer – who won Single of the Year for ‘Mercy’ at MOJO Honours List 2008 on Monday – also spoke about how far she had come.

She added: “This time last year I was eating fish and chips on a North Wales beach! This is my first big awards ceremony. No one cared about me then so I don’t know why they do now.”

Duffy remained tight-lipped over rumors she is set to record the theme song for the new James Bond movie, ‘Quantum of Solace’, teasingly saying: “A lady never exposes her secrets. You’ve got to leave this Welsh girl alone.”

Lily Allen recently blogged about the piece of news that she was jealous of Katy Perry, the singer who has since replaced Lily as Capitol Records’ golden girl. Sad to say, Lily was caught in a bunch of lies which were easily debunked. She said “And this is not meant in any way [to be mean] but I’d never heard of Katy Perry before I came here [to L.A.] a few days ago, I didn’t even know she was on Capitol.” Sources close to both singers says that they definitely know each other and have even met. Case in point, the picture for this rant of mine. Liar, liar pants on fire.

‘High School Musical’ actress Ashley Tisdale has given everyone some chance to reminisce about the past by recording exclusive cover songs from the 80s for Degree Girl anti-perspirant and deodorant. Starting this month, specially marked packages of the product will include a music download card which fans can use to download the covered songs. Previews of the songs are on DegreeGirl.com. The song’s that Ashley covered are ‘Too Many Walls’ by Cathy Dennis, ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)’ by Whitney Houston, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley, ‘Time After Time’ by Cyndi Lauper and ‘Heaven is a Place on Earth’ by Belinda Carlisle.