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Calvin Harris, who ran on stage with a pineapple on his head during John And Edward's act on Saturday before being escorted from the television studios, criticised the "frightening stranglehold" of judge Simon Cowell on the UK charts.

Calvin Harris: 'I made an idiot of myself for the good of the nation' new

Calvin Harris has claimed that he crashed The X Factor stage to "make a mockery" of the competition and its "terrible" music.

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Beyonc�’s 'Video Phone' premiere rescheduled for November 17

On Tuesday, November 17, MTV will air the world premiere of Beyonc�'s music video for "Video Phone," featuring Lady Gaga. The much-hyped premiere, which was originally scheduled for November 5, will air across 60 channels on MTV networks, reaching 168 countries around the world.

Navigator / Reveal Records Mixtape giveaway

Available exclusively to readers of The Independent online, Navigator and Reveal records present a compilation of 30 tracks of the finest new music around, all free to download.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London (Rated 4/ 5 )

The Empire's normally heaving, sweaty mosh-pit was furnished with seats for this particular concert, lending the venue a more low-key atmosphere, but one that seemed appropriate for the unostentatious Aboriginal singer-songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.