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I want a dvd single Right Now !!! I'm so happy I'm a fan, now :) LifeLight

The 5 years break has been officially denied the day after the rumor spread ;) LifeLight

Very useless collection... LifeLight

2 formats, announced ! 3814802 CD-Single 3814809 DVD-Video Single the cd will contain: 1. Lovelight 2. Mess Me Up the dvd will contain: 1. Lovelight video 2. Mess Me Up 3. Lovelight (Soul Mekanik Mekanikal Remix) *Update* According to UK website, there will be a maxi single with a lot of remixes !!! 1. Lovelight 2. Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Vocal) 3. Lovelight (Kurd Maverick Vocal) 4. Lovelight (Soul Mekanik Mekanikal Remix) 5. Lovelight (Dark Horse Remix) 6. Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Dub) LifeLight

You're all welcome :) The lyrics to the other songs are in the forum :) could anyone confirm or deny that Rudebox (the album) is already out in Germany ? A friend of mine told me so, yesterday ! :o :o :o LifeLight

Dickhead This is “T†to the mother fu.cking “Ofty†What’s you’re problem Dickhead 1st Verse Don’t kick my dog dickhead Don’t beep at me dickhead Why d’you mug me off in my car dickhead Why you disrespecting my bra dickhead Theres a dickhead in you’re mouth A dickhead on parade Do not have kids Don’t want dickheads to be made dickhead Why you disrespecting my bra dickhead Why d’you p*** me off in first class dickhead I’m not sitting here to be treated like a dickhead Bumba Clart, kin’ Raas Clart Where’s the Chorus dickhead Chorus Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends They say you’ve gone off me, don’t be so sloppy..baby Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends I know you still want me, cos I’m so lovely…baby 2nd Verse If you diss me you’ll sell copy dickhead What d’you expect dickhead Radiohead dickhead This is pop dickhead Size tens dickhead break you’re shins dickhead My security are a viscious crew They’ll kick f**k out of you Only if I ask them to, but They’ll kick f**k out of you You’re going home in a Stafordshire Ambulance I wasn’t looking at ya’ bird dickhead She was looking at me dickhead Who do I think I am dickhead Who the fu.ck are you dickhead You must have me confused With someone who gives a nuts I’ve found the dickhead of the year And you are fuc.king it dickhead Where’s the chorus…no chorus.. dickhead Chorus 2 Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends They say you’ve gone off me, don’t be so sloppy..baby Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends I know you still want me, cos I’m so lovely…baby The Tofty Rap I’ve got a bucket of shi.t Ohh Yeah I’ve got a bucket of shi.t I’ve got a bucket of shi.t Ohh Yeah I’ve got a bucket of shi.t Not, horse nuts, cow shi.t dog shi.t no real shi.t I’ve got a bucket of shi.t Ohh Yeah I’ve got a bucket of shi.t Verse 3 Why d’you cut me up in my car dickhead Why d’you say bad things ‘bout my bra dickhead I’ve got nothing for you dickhead Go to bed dickhead Don’t wake up dickhead Who gives a fuc.k dickhead No one gives a fuc.k about you cos you’re a dickhead true See your mate over there in the corner he’s a dickhead too like you, dickhead Chorus 3 Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends They say you’ve gone off me, don’t be so sloppy..baby Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends I know you still want me, cos I’m so lovely…baby Dickhead Thanx to Tinkerbell :) LifeLight

Can't find the thead of lyrics, so I'm posting some here :) Keep On Hotel motel Holiday Inn Hotel motel Holiday Inn Hotel motel Vein popping Heart clogging Name dropping Life stopping Got no strings But I think with my dingalingaling Can’t sing can’t speak ting tong’s tong ting I’m popping And I’m locking Pulse stopping Hypnotic Got no strings But I think with my dingalingaling Wing chang with the ching ching ting tong’s tong ting (I love my Mum and I love my Dad They never had any love I’ve had So much love it’s driving me mad) Blood clotter Slender tone Say très bon Dingadingdongadongadong Sound of the town Gets a little louder He saw and I saw in my soul mine If you’re in the club and you hear this sound Come on everybody boogie down boogie down Running in the fast lane Speeding in the dark Trying to maintain The feeling in your heart No leaving Shallow breathing Girl weeping Teef teathing Got no strings but I think with my dingaling Wu tang with the bling bling Sing a song sing sing Naughty things We’re geezing Day creeping Got not strings but I think with my dingaling Wu tang with the bling bling I spin with a tin tin gin grin (I love my Mum and I love my Dad They never have any love I’ve had So much love it’s driving me mad) Blood clotter Slender tone Say très bon Like a dingadingdongadongadong Sound of the town Gets a little louder He saw and I saw in my soul mine If you’re in this club and you hear this sound Come on everybody boogie down boogie down Running in the fast lane Speeding in the dark Trying to maintain No feeling in your heart Running in the fast lane Speeding in the dark Trying to maintain The feeling in your heart Hotel motel Holiday Inn Hotel motel Holiday Inn Hotel motel Croups crouping Roots rooting Ludes looting Loops hooping Got no strings but I think with my dingalingaling Two two for the two ting tong ting two stonking Two’s two Looks luking Fruits fruiting Sleuths sleuthing Got no strings I think with my dingalingaling Root root for the rooting Toot toot for the tooting (I love my Mum and I love my Dad They never have any love I’ve had So much love it’s driving me mad) Blood clotter Slender tone Say très bon Like a dingadingdongadongadong Sound of the town Gets a little louder He saw and I saw my saw mine If you’re in this club and you hear this sound Come on everybody boogie down boogie down Running in the fast lane Speeding in the dark Trying to maintain No feeling in your heart Running in the fast lane Speeding in the dark Trying to maintain No feeling in your heart Good Doctore Good Doctor Take that ..Take that You all right star? No star You all right star? No star You all right star? No star I don't feel proper I went to the doctor to get a prescription I told her little fact But lots of fiction About a bad back That I aint got They tried to sell me faith healing I think not I want Zanax, Vicidin and Oxycotton Funky fill the form out So I can drop them Got all these demons And I can't stop them To tell you the truth Doc I might have a problem Robbie Williams take one Adoral with water in the morning Pfftt as if I'm going to take one tablet I'm Keith Moon Dickhead They say this one's to take you up They say this one's to take you down When I took them I don't feel sound And I look rather round You all right star? No star You all right star? No star You all right star? Five star I don't feel proper You know what Doc, its all right you know I just hurt me leg It's not terminal But a painkiller could help for what's wrong with me knee And I'm a little bit down From too much tea Got my own collection Can't get an erection If I take 'em too long They'll fu.ck me complexion That's right, if I take 'em for like more than four days in a row I get that haunted look Give me loads of pills Give me loads of pills Give me loads of pills Give me loads of pills They say this one's to take you up They say this one's to take you down When I took them I don't feel sound And I look rather round You all right star? No star You all right star? No star You all right star? Five star I don't feel proper Now if you go to the barber shop long enough then you're gonna get a haircut If you go to the doctor's regularly then you've gots to be a fu.ck up Now I got five or six if I'm at a loss Do I have a history of drug abuse? No I never tick that box And I know one or two of you could be really really cross When the drugs don't work Prescriptions pills the boss Glory days are gone And we've all stopped having it No raves no more Just bedside cabinets Sleepers are great But don't start dabbing it The world carries on spinning Well mad, isn't it Take that ..Take that, isn't it? They say this one's to take you up They say this one's to take you down When I took them I don't feel sound And I look rather round You all right star? No star You all right star? No star You all right star? Five star I don't feel proper You all right star? No star Are you five star? No star Are you all right star? Five star I don't feel proper Know what doc Its not like I've been doing any research or anything But if you could give me any of the following pills I'd be very very grateful 'Cause I feel poorly So that's Codeine Morphine Opium Methadone Menocrabedene Hydroanoxycodeine Anolodene Buprenopheine Butrophenol Adorel Dorel Work with me antidepressants But not St Johns Wort 'Cause I can get that at Boots The Actor(Principal actors to the stage please. Act one is about to begin in 8 seconds.) First you can't act, now you can't stop (That's my motivation) I used to like you a lot (I was the class nerd) Exactly who I'm supposed to be? (I'm totally Strasberg) You play a doctor on TV (What you're doing is so weird) Deep down you're dirty, but you try it (I'm a good person) The truth would break you, so you lie (I want my work to narrow) It's in the choices that you make (I want to inspire) No talent, just fate I don't know where you begin I end We start Again I need You love We all watch The actor acting The actor acting Good from far but far from good (All I have is my instinct) You left to act, I wish you would (It's not acting, it's reacting) Act like you're not from out of space (When I'm on stage I feel alive) You know, ambition isn't grace (For me it's the craft) Made of sex, made of ale (Would I do better in New York?) You are the alpha male (I'm just too pretty for that role) You are the good, you are the great (The words have power) Now let me fill you with my hate I don't know where you begin I end We start Again I need You love We all watch The actor acting Monroe (Monroe) Barrymore (Barrymore) Mansfield De-de-den-de-den-de-den Judi Dench (Judi Dench) Madonna Ritchie (Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie) Streep – Close – Hepburn – Burt Reynolds – Niven – Danson - Bundy – Bardot Joaqin Joaqin Joaqin Joaqin Joaqin Joaqin Joaqin Swank I don't know where you begin I end We start Again I need You love We all watch The actor acting I don't know where you begin I end We start Again I need You love We all watch The actor acting In the future everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes You are We all are A test card The stars of CCTV We are the nature of the beast Never touch That Switch Never Touch That Switch Size of which is paradoxic the only way you’re gonna stop this In the vessel there’s a switch in the middle, you really shouldn’t fiddle cause its toxic. Listen up ‘cos it’s a red light, and the pressure’s blowing up tight There’s a skism in the time mechanism, there’s a skism in the time mekanism Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. See the futures in the distance I know I’m facing some resistance Getting back within the blink of a bubble, time machine never gives us any Trouble. There’s a riot down in Shelton, only minutes after Brixton but this city never made it on the telly. Or the rumble of the nations underbelly Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. You know you’re heading for a meltdown, and you’re living in a tin town Thinking that you’re gonna be somebody, living in the land of milk and honey Listen up ‘cos it’s a red light, and the futures blowing up tight There’s a skism in the time mechanism, there’s a skism in the time mekanism Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Burslem Normals In your face there’s nowt left. They have defaced the marks you left upon the wall The writing’s now not there at all, can you stand what you stood for, are you more normal than before? Goodbye to the normals x 2 In your place there’s just chavs. The kids aren’t alright. They know they’re born today Reaching out to feel the sun at the time it seemed like fun. I was there when you got done. There for two weeks by the surf, you used to know what we were worth before the normals fell to earth Goodbye to the normals x 2 Whatever happened to, the Meir mortals crew, the fine young casuals blew a fuse and all the Burslem lads now that they’re all dads it meant so much to me, it makes me sad In your wake, there’s nowt left the 80s The 80s I smoke Consulate and Park Drive Drank Newcy Brown, learned how to skive Polo mints to hide my breath from my Mum Did a little weed 'cause it felt like fun Did a little speed if my friends had some Nicked Volkswagon badges, I'm a Beastie Boys son Me so horny, me so young, and I still get my washing done Auntie Jo died of cancer, God didn't have an answer Rhythm was a dancer, any room for a chancer That's me in the corner, thanks Sir Wore a Troop track suit, British Knights shoes Kangol hat like L.L. Cools Before I was having it, having it large They nicked the B.M.X. from out my garage And I knew it was Tire from off the estate 'Cause every time I saw him he smiled like we were mates From then on in, I'd have to walk to me Nan's and I'll dream my dreams for a sea of prams Like a hooligan on the football stands and I threw the V's to Leeds and West Ham And then I ran, I ran so far away Down Scotia Road to a taxi bay Then I ran again 'cause I couldn't pay Young Muslim didn't get his fare that day I apologise today Things look better when they start That's how the 80's broke my heart And who are you calling poof You like Wham, man I hate that stuff And then my Granddad died and left a hole in the family And lots of women there to nanny me School was a laugh, they didn't have A.D.D Thick was the term they used for me Over and over, repeatedly, over and over Take my breathe away, pass the bidley bidley bidley bidley bong Pass it on the left hand side Right turn, Clyde That girl in the fourth year got pregnant She was raised Catholic, brilliant I cried, she cried, we cried Her youth died Drank cider in the cemetery The year above us had discovered 'E' And I said it weren't for me Twelve pounds fifty I could rob my mum's purse and buy one off Chalky Met a girl on Monday, drank fizzy pop on Tuesday Fingered her on Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday Dumped by Sunday Things look better when they start That's how the 80's broke my heart The wonder years I've played my part That's how the 80's broke my heart Like I said I lost my virginity to a girl called Anne-Marie Well, she said she fancied me And then she said "Fu.ck me" and I thought fu.ck me And I'm all talk and it'll be over too quickly And it was but I couldn't care less I'd seen a girl's part, made a mess on her dress Oh yes, you're now rocking with the best Second person in my year that had seen a breast I'm in my 30s now and I'm still impressed Why the Falklands Mum, and what have they done Where do girls come, where do girls come from, where do girls come from It's the 80's what you looking at, you mong So young, so long, so young, so long Too short, so long What you looking at, you mong Too short, so long, too short, so long So long the 90s The 90s Picking up the story from where I left off It’s 1990 now so school can f**k off I got no GCSEs, nothing higher than a ‘D’ I couldn’t tell me mum because she’d batter me Me and Tate sat on the bowling green, life was a nutster We had five quid between us and bought six cans of bitter I took me ten Benson home and I smoked through the sorrow If I could just avoid me Mum, maybe I’d tell her tomorrow I stumbled through the door I said "Mum it’s like this" She said “That man’s been on the phone and you’ve made the list You’re in that boy band son, come and give us a kiss†Phoned up Martin and Rich and carried on getting pissed Boys I don’t believe it, I’m goin’ to be famous Pick you up in a Porsche and buy you lots of trainers I met the other guys, one seemed like a c**k I think it’s going to be like New Kids On The Block I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) I adopted four brothers, some I liked more than others One was like a brother from another mother But the lead singer made it hard to like him And I still loved him, despite him The first three months, you know I nearly quit I played snooker with my Dad, he said “Don’t be a dick Unload the bullets, you’re mind is a gun You’re gonna shoot yourself when they’re number one†I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) Now it’s dinner with Versace lunch with Princess Diana And I’m gonna get battered if I go out in my manor ‘Cause as much as we were loved we were also hated The boys got jealous ‘cause the girls got plated And now we’re famous and that, and we’re dancing and that And I’m thinking I can sing why am I stood at the back So f**k the band give me Sambuka and gak I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) And now it’s breaking my heart because the dream’s turned to nuts It ain’t broke but I’ll break it in a little bit And I’m always in trouble but I’ve stopped saying sorry Everybody’s worried “What the f**k’s wrong with Robbie He not answering his phone, he’s not talking to me I saw him on the telly at Glastonbury†And now I’m running away from everything that I’ve been And I’m pissed and I’m f**ked, and I’m only nineteen I can’t conform no more, I can’t perform no more But the boys know I’m f**ked and so they show me the door And if the truth be told I wasn’t fit enough to stay So I put my head down and walked away That was the 90's, 90 to 95 I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) Summertime This is how I pray in the summertime This is how I pray in the summer Got my glass of shandy Now I feel fine This is how I pray, yeah The more you say The more you pray The less it’s gettin’ you down The more you pray The more you stay The less it’s gettin’ you down Autumn time leaves fallin’ all around Wintertime follows suit Little bunnies freezin’ in the snow Winter’s such an ugly brute Mid city blues gettin’ you down Take a break from the strain Get out your car Drink a glass of wine Admit it you feel great It’s the summertime This is how I pray in the summertime This is how I pray in the summer Got my glass of shandy Now I feel fine This is how I pray, yeah This is how I pray in the summertime This is how we play in the summer Got my glass of shandy Now I feel fine This is how I pray, yeah And if your love has met its sad refrain Believe me you will love again All the best laid plans of mice and men go wrong You can hear it in this song, oh This is how I pray for the summertime This is how I play in the summer What’s mine is yours Yours is mine This is how I pray, yeah, ohohoh, yeah You’ve got the funky drummer in 89 This is how I play, yeah, oh The Mondays, the Roses Blocking all your noses Wearing baggy clothes In our Buffalo poses Bank tellers, dropping little fellas Loved up in the clubs Of football thugs No malice I dig your dread locks Buzzin’ up your socks Big fish little fish Card board box So gimme french kiss I’ll love your voodoo ray I dream of Santa Ana on the road to Mandalay In the summertime Where the weather is hot In the summertime Where the weather is hot On my mind On my mind In the summertime Where the weather is hot In the summertime In the summertime When the weather is hot In the summertime On my mind In the summertime On my mind I got shivers Down my spine On my mind Happiness is surface blind On my mind On my mind

Another rumored tracklist 1. Wind It Up, (Produced by Pharrell Williams) 2. Orange County Girl, (Produced by Pharrell Williams) 3. Breakin' Up, (Produced by Pharrell Williams, featuring Slim Thug) 4. Candyland, (Produced by Pharrell Williams) 5. Fluorescent, (Produced by Tony Kanal) 6. Parental Advisory, (Produced by Rich Harrison) 7. Criminal, (Produced by Linda Perry) 8. Vientiuno, (Produced by J.D. Crutch) 9. Sparkle, (Co-written with Dave Stewert) 10. Can't Stop The Music, (Produced by Linda Perry) 11. Average Guy, (Co-written with Dave Stewert) 12. Fine By You, (Produced by Linda Perry) 13. Wonderful Life For Him, (Produced by Linda Perry) 14. That's The Way, (Produced by Pharrell Williams) 15. You Started It, (Produced by Pharrell Williams) Other sources state that Vientiuno (what ??? what does this mean???) is a UK bonus track. LifeLight

Gwen Stefani new album is officially confirmed. New material :) LifeLight

Oxy blog don't have tracks to download, only the cover and the tracklist ! :o LifeLight

the cover is amazing ! I'm gonna buy it anyway !!! :) :) :) LifeLight

If you go herE: http://www.newusic.it/php/sh_archivio.php On the right coloumn, the one that advertises Rudebox, if you put the pointer on the pic, the coloumn gets bigger and you can see and hear some interviews at Robbie, PSB, William Orbit, SoulMekanik... LifeLight

(4:01 p.m.PST , to be exact), pop star Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone gave birth to a 6-pound, 9-ounce girl named Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon on October 14th 1996. The blessed event happened at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. With Madonna’s pediatrician Paul Fleiss - yes, father of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss delivering the bundle of joy. Source: VH1. LifeLight

No tracklist, yet ? LifeLight

Now that has been leaked, are all the lyrics available ? :) LifeLight

I don't care ! I'm waiting !!! :) And happy to see the 90s on the tarcklist :) :) LifeLight

Coming Around Again Seventeen Sunshine (Love Like That) Go To Sleep Ain't True To Yourself Don't Wanna Be That Man Angel (My Life Began With You) Fool For You My Soul Pleads For You That's The Way It Goes Take Your Time Grace Out nov 13 LifeLight

I don't like the first part... he's giving too much attention to critics and reviewers. There are some of them who give you 1 star just cos it's their contract ! Btw, I cannot believe that he parted with Guy only cos of the bad press and the rumors and the bad reviews... LifeLight

This song was huge in Europe some years ago... I think Robbie is trying to do what Ronan tried to do with Iris... Old Ro' flopped quite badly, tho'... LifeLight

I don't think Kylie wants it "Ultimate", it's her record company... LifeLight

Who put this topic here ? At least ask before doing it ! No respect at all here from moderators ! LifeLight

I'm with Thisispop: very A-ha-ish track ! :) And I like it ! :) LifeLight

From the sun Hawkins in 'I quit' shocker By SEAN HAMILTON October 11, 2006 JUSTIN HAWKINS has sensationally revealed he blew more than £150,000 on cocaine in the past three years — during a secret battle with chronic drug addiction and alcoholism. The Darkness frontman, 31, decided to talk openly about his cocaine shame in a moving interview to warn others about the dangers of drugs. Justin also delivered the shocking news that he is QUITTING the band — which will carry on without him. The singer — renowned for his outrageous catsuits — has been clean for nine weeks after undergoing intense treatment at the famous Priory clinic in Roehampton, London. The extent of his cocaine and booze problem will shock fans of The Darkness — who cracked the charts in 2003 when their single Growing On Me debuted at No11. Weeks later their album Permission To Land went straight in at No2 before reaching the top spot, shifting 1.5MILLION copies in the UK alone. On the surface, Justin seemed to be living the rock dream. But privately he was struggling to cope with the pressures of fame. He sought solace in cocaine and vodka, covering up the extent of his use to even his closest mates and family. Addicted ... singer would go on four-day booze binges Justin confessed: “I hit absolute rock bottom. I spent over £150,000 on cocaine in three years — a frightening amount. I was consuming up to five grams a day which cost me £1,000 a week, sometimes more. “I regularly used to stay up for four days at a time on coke and alcohol binges. “I became secretive, volatile and verbally abusive, a really unpleasant person to be around. There were lots of periods I don’t even remember, blackouts. “I couldn’t even tell you how much I was drinking — it was all day when we were on tour. My weapon of choice was vodka. It has affected every aspect of my life, with the band and my girlfriend Sue.†Justin’s addiction became so bad that all he cared about was getting his next fix of the white powder. The guitarist, who grew up in Lowestoft, Suffolk, organised his entire life around the drug. Justin confided: “It affected every single decision I made. Everything was decided on the basis that I wanted to take cocaine at some point. “I would demand that we were the first on at awards shows so that I could get on with my drinking and drugging. “I feel like I’ve lost three years of my life. I’m only just coming to terms with what has happened because I was always off my face.†Justin is relieved the drug has not made his nose totally disintegrate — unlike other famous cocaine casualties including Danniella Westbrook and Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, who both destroyed their septums, the flesh dividing the nostrils. He explained: “On the surface my nose looks OK but there are problems higher up. I’m lucky I still have a septum. It was always terribly sore but I would just take more cocaine to kill the pain. I was constantly blowing out blood. “And it played havoc with my eating habits. Some days I ate nothing and others I ate constantly.†Justin started taking cocaine when The Darkness first attracted attention in 2002 with debut single I Believe In A Thing Called Love, which charted outside the Top 40. The re-release of the song the following year saw them claiming No2 in the singles charts — followed by prizes at the Brits and MTV Europe Awards as well as a Mercury Prize nomination. Justin’s addiction grew at an equal pace to his band’s fame. He explained: “Initially it was a huge slab of fun. We performed with heroes like Def Leppard and we had control over what we were doing. All my dreams came true. We did the private jets and fancy hotels. I bought designer clothes and expensive guitars. I headlined the Reading Festival. Wild ride to the top ... Justin's crazy stage antics masked pain “But the simple truth of it is that when you realise your dreams they are not special any more, particularly when you are in the midst of addiction. “We never really had a chance to sit back and enjoy things. It all happened so quickly. And I never coped with it all as well as I thought I would. “I went through a period of doing drugs during shows. I would come off stage and do a line and then go back on. But it affected my voice so I switched to starting the minute I came off stage. I wouldn’t stop until I blacked out. Every day focused around drink and drugs. Simply the chest ... debut album sold 1.5m copies in UK alone “I’d have a stash of drugs which I’d use myself and a stash I shared with other people.†Despite all my years on the showbiz circuit, Justin’s revelations come as a real shock to me. I first met the singer before The Darkness were even signed and immediately fell for their refreshing brand of old-school rock. I’ve followed his career closely since, interviewing him many times. I never saw any signs of his secret snorting. Not dis-band-ing ... group will carry on without Justin But looking back there was a glaringly obvious clue on the band’s second album One Way Ticket To Hell And Back. The title track starts with the sound of someone snorting a line of coke and is clearly about the Class A narcotic. When I challenged Justin about the song after the album’s release last November, he brushed it off before talking about the dangers of cocaine. Now he admits the song is “of course, thoroughly autobiographical†and told me, “There is no time I’ve met you when I was not using itâ€. He continued: “But you have to understand that I have always publicly had a very anti-drugs stance — for the right reasons. My family has been affected by heroin in the past. A close family member was addicted. “That is one of the reasons I found it hard to be open about it. It flew in the face of my moral code and my values.†Things reached crisis point for Justin this summer. The second album had not done as well as the band had hoped, peaking at No11, and Justin was no longer happy in the band. He toyed with the idea of leaving last year and even released a solo single — a cover of Sparks’ hit This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us — which reached No6. But then The Darkness set off on another major world tour . . . and Justin’s addictions got even worse. In August he pulled out of a festival in Denmark and checked himself into rehab. He said: “I started to hear voices. I thought my dad was speaking to me and he wasn’t even there. And I was starting to hallucinate.†Chat ... Justin and Sun Man Sean But it was only when he got to The Priory clinic that he realised just how bad the situation had become. Justin said: “I thought I’d go in, do a lap of the grounds and come back out. “But I got in there and broke down. I was shaking like a leaf and going through cold turkey. “So I joined the month-long addiction treatment programme. It was exhausting. “People have this unfair view of places like The Priory as a holiday camp for celebrities. But the work they do there is so important. “There were people from all walks of life — housewives and builders. “We had nothing in common other than drink and drugs but I made friends for life. I’d love to become a counsellor.†During his spell in rehab, Justin made the difficult decision to quit the band he formed with brother Dan and best friend Ed Graham. They will carry on without him — with bass player Richie Edwards (who took over from Frankie Poullain in May last year) expected to take over as the frontman. Justin said: “I feel bad for the others. It will be an upheaval. But it’s time for me to move on. “It would be damaging to my recovery to stay on. I’m not blaming the band for my problem — I am an addict. There are people who can be in bands and stay clean, but I’m not one of them. “I am going to do a solo record at some point and get into scoring films. But this is all new so the future is still uncertain.†Justin’s main goal right now is to save others from the nightmare of cocaine addiction. He added: “I have to say please avoid getting into it at all costs. “Let’s not pretend — there are upsides to drugs. It’s a thrill, a bit naughty. “But you pay a price. You lose a massive chunk of your life — and money.†Although Justin is still in the early stages of recovery, he is buzzing with excitement about his new, clean life of domestic bliss with girlfriend Sue Whitehouse, manager of The Darkness. He enthused: “It sounds stupid but I now get a thrill from things like putting on a cashmere cardigan and feeling how soft it is. I never used to notice things like that. I moved into a lovely house a couple of years ago but I’m only enjoying it now. Everything used to be at arm’s length and numbed. I feel like I have woken up from a stupor. My gran died recently and I was really upset. Before I would have self-medicated to block it out. “I don’t feel cured, though — you never do. I go back to The Priory from time to time and attend meetings. But I am feeling things for the first time in ages.†LifeLight

From RTE Justin Hawkins quits The Darkness The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has announced he is quitting rock and roll after successfully undergoing rehab for drink and drug problems. The singer dropped the bombshell to his band mates last night. Hawkins has been clean of cocaine and alcohol for nine weeks, and feels he just can not live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle any more. But the other lads are planning to carry on regardless, despite poor sales of second album 'One Way Ticket To Hell And Back'. Hawkins is quoted as saying: "I feel bad for the others, but I can't do it any more." From EntertainmwentWise Justin Hawkins Quits The Darkness By: Daniel Melia on 10/11/2006 Justin Hawkins has quit the darkness after admitting to having a £1000 a week cocaine habit for the last three years. The singer, 31, apparently broke the news to his band mate last night and they have vowed to carry on with out him. Of his decision to quit he told the Sun: “I feel bad for the others. It will be an upheaval. But it’s time for me to move on.†“It would be damaging for my recovery to stay on. I’m not blaming the band for my problem – I am an addict. There are people who can stay in bands and stay clean, but I’m not one of them.†Speaking about his future plans Hawkins added: “I am going to do a solo record at some point and get into scoring films. But this is all so new the future is still uncertain.†Speaking about the addiction he said: “I hit absolute rock bottom. I spent over £150,000 on cocaine in three years – a frightening amount.†“I was consuming up to five grams a day which cost me £1000 a week, sometimes more.†The remaining members of The Darkness are yet to comment on the news. LifeLight

From Nerve Her Lips Unsealed As the face — and the unmistakable voice — of the Go-Go's, Belinda Carlisle wore the excesses of the '80s like ten rubber bracelets. She struggled with drugs, and her weight, for years before swapping a career in Los Angeles for motherhood in the South of France. Now forty-seven, she's wrapping a French-language solo album, Voila, and recently finished a tour with the Go-Go's, celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of their debut album, Beauty and the Beat. The Go-Go's snarfed drugs and bedded groupies as insouciantly as they stormed the charts, but they've aged so well it could almost make a teetotaler think twice about spending a decade on a coke-fueled bender. Of course, Belinda Carlisle hasn't entirely defied the aging process. On the phone just prior to the tour, she had one request: "Can you speak up?" she asked. "The line's bad, and I'm deaf." — Sarah Hepola So you live in the south of France. What do you see out of your window right now? Mountains. Mountains and the Mediterranean and the Bay of Cannes. It's the best place. It really is heavenly. You're on a twenty-fifth anniversary tour right now, and you're playing Beauty and the Beat from start to finish. Are there parts of the album you want to skip? Oh, there's always stuff I want to skip, in any show. There's always some part where you want the drummer to play faster, but it just depends on the show. As far as songs, I really don't like singing "Turn to You." It's my least favorite. I just don't like it. It's a really hard song to pull off live, and I just don't think it's a good song. It's weird to be playing the entire album, in order, for the set. I always made a case in rehearsal not to do it that way. Usually, most bands putting together a set list want an ebb and flow, and it feels odd, because the only people who know it's in order are the real freaks. I mean, I wouldn't know the order of any album, with the exception of Queen 1 or Queen 2, so I wasn't too sure. But it does work. You guys were infamous for wild backstage antics. Is there still some backstage action? We've calmed down. Been there, done that. It doesn't seem that interesting to carry on like that. A few of us are wives and mothers, so we have some responsibilities. My son's gonna travel with me on this next leg, although generally, touring with my family is not something I like to do. It's difficult enough on your own. Do guys still try to pick you up? If they do it's guys who are twenty, twenty-five years younger than me. It's funny, I never really thought of myself that way. I always thought I was okay-looking, and then I look back on pictures of myself from thirty years ago, when I was in the punk scene, and I think I'm so cute. The green spiky hair and the little prom dresses. I think, wow, I was really an adorable teenager. But you have to look back on that stuff in retrospect. At the time, I never really felt that great about myself. I wish I could say I did. Almost without exception, every article about you mentions your weight. Oh, I know. It's gross. I mean, I'm normal. I'm not fat. At the time when the Go-Go's were a big deal, I was always referred to as "the pretty, plump one." I really didn't have a hang-up before we were up there for public consumption, before people I didn't even know were saying these things about me. My weight went up and down, and people would say things, like, "It looks like she's been eating too many jelly donuts backstage!" I'm a million times better now, but it's still a sensitive issue. There's even more of a hysterical preoccupation with weight today in the American press. It's like I'm getting weekly updates on people's waist sizes. It's revolting. I'm so glad I'm not bombarded with that c**p. If I were, it would do my head in, honestly. This whole anorexic trend is revolting. It's not healthy. It's just all these wrong ideas about the way someone should look. I don't have to deal with that here, but in the States I notice it. After being in L.A. for a week, I started to feel a little fat and ugly. When I lived there, I had some real issues. But I've been in Europe for fourteen years now, and I just don't have to deal with it so much. And being a mother helps. Being a mother takes you out of yourself. You have a lot more things to worry about than food. So the infamous Go-Go's roadie tape has been circulating [featuring several of the Go-Go's harassing a drunken roadie, and Carlisle babbling in a chemically induced haze]. What are your thoughts about that now? [Groans] It's embarrassing and awful. If you're going to do something so stupid, don't do it on camera. It doesn't make me uncomfortable, because it was over twenty years ago, but I'll tell you what: It's a good anti-drug film. And it's something I really regret. It was complete stupidity. There's a rumor that you're producing a movie about your life. Is that true? No, no, I would never do a book about my life, or a movie, or anything. Never, ever. I don't know where that came from. I even read quotes from me talking about it, which is bizarre, but my manager made them retract it. The quote had you saying you wanted to be played by Jessica Alba. Oh God, no, no, I have no interest in airing my dirty laundry, far less in a movie. At one time the Go-Go's were gonna do a movie, and it fell through, and I'm kind of glad. It's something that's better left unsaid and not talked about. I don't want to cheapen anything I've done in the past. And what about your French solo album? I have an album coming out in September. It's an album of French classics by people like Serge Gainsbourg and Edith Piaf. It's classic French songs, done with Massive Attack and Portishead production. It's called Voila. Is it hard to sing in French? It's harder to speak in French than sing in French. But I'll tell you what. I worked my butt off for this album. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, and it turned out great. Hilary Duff did a remake of the song "Our Lips Our Sealed" with her sister Haylie. Have you heard it? I haven't. It was a big hit there, wasn't it? Wait, who did it again? Hilary Duff. No, I haven't heard it. She's a cute girl, and I'm sure she did a good job with it. But it's the writers who handle those things. And believe me, there are certain decisions I don't agree with. "We Got the Beef," for example, because it sends the wrong message. "We Got the Beef?" It was, I don't know, I think it was for Popeye's. Corporate sponsors, there are certain things we wouldn't do. But I'm not a writer on that song. And now you're touring in your late forties. Do you still perform onstage barefoot? Oh yeah, I kick my shoes off. It just depends. That seems like it could be dangerous. Yeah, I have glass and splinters in them sometimes. I try to wear comfortable shoes. LifeLight