Archive for June 1st, 2008

Ashlee Simpson On Why She Postponed Summer Tour

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Sunday (June 1), discussing reasons for her postponed summer tour, though leaving out the massive sales slide of her new album ‘Bittersweat World’ in comparison to her two prior albums. Ashlee writes:

“The Dog Ate My Tour”
Dear friends, fans, lurkers, stalkers and sh**talkers!
I’m really [...]


Cheryl Cole And Sarah Harding Wasting Away On Tour

The Sunday Mirror reports Girls Aloud stars Cheryl Cole and Sarah Harding are wasting away in what may be a destructive battle over who can be the thinnest. “All the girls seem to be competing with each other to see who can eat the least,” a tour insider tells the tabloid. “It’s particularly bad with [...]


Lindsay Lohan ER Visit Was For Asthma Attack, Mom Says

Lindsay Lohan’s mother Dina tells People magazine the 21-year-old was spotted leaving Century City Hospital with friend Samantha Ronson on Thursday because of an asthma attack. “She was losing oxygen. She couldn’t breathe,” Dina said, conflicting with claims from Lindsay’s rep indicating that she was there to visit a friend. “She was afraid to go [...]


‘Canadian Idol’ Enters Its Sixth Season - Will It Be The Last?

The Toronto Star is suggesting that CTV’s ‘Canadian Idol’ franchise could be in trouble as the show enters its sixth season on Tuesday after a ratings slide last year and after ‘American Idol’ sustained a ratings slip as well. Veteran music industry observer Larry LeBlanc offered a familiar criticism, whether a country can sustain a [...]


Ashlee Simpson Postpones Summer Tour Over Pregnancy… Or Album Flop?

People magazine reports that pregnant Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has decided to postpone a summer tour in support of her third album ‘Bittersweet World’. The 23-year-old is citing the pregnancy behind the move, but sales of her new album have been awful, 47,000 units in the opening week, just a fraction of her last disc ‘Autobiography’ with [...]