Lady Gaga has released the artwork for her forthcoming single ‘Applause’ in which she appears with paint smeared down her face.

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Chris Brown attends a hearing in court

Chris Brown could face prison for breaching probation imposed after Rihanna assault

The singer was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run car crash and went 'ballistic' at the other driver

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones

Music producer Bob Clearmountain adds magic touch to Rolling Stones' Hyde Park setlist

Celebrated music producer Bob Clearmountain is being flown in to put his magic touch on The Rolling Stones' return to London's Hyde Park tomorrow.

Adele's waxwork was unveiled today at Madame Tussauds

'They've even got my chin right': Adele gives her Madame Tussauds waxwork seal of approval

"Skyfall" singer Adele has been immortalised by sculptors at London's Madame Tussauds

A young Amy outside her nan's flat in Southgate

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The singer's elder brother says years of suffering from an eating disorder left Amy 'weaker and more susceptible'

Sir Elton John, Angélique Kidjo, Richard Curtis, Bill Gates, Bill Nighy and Mo Ibrahim

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Physical performance: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan announced nine UK dates this autumn

The artist will play dates in Glasgow, Blackpool and London

Prince performing in September 2012

Prince signs new deal with record label Kobalt Music Group without giving up control over his rights

American singer Prince has signed a new deal with Kobalt Music Group to market and distribute his future work without giving up control over his rights, the company said on Monday.

In 2007, 'Back to Black' by Amy Winehouse was top of the charts - the year that Tony Blair departed

Any Winehouse's cultural icon status confirmed by Jewish Museum exhibition and bronze statue

Amy Winehouse's status as a cultural icon looks set to be canonised as plans to install a life-sized statue of the "Back to Black" singer in her native Camden are approved by the local council in the same week the Jewish Museum announces an exhibition dedicated to her.

Tim Lambesis, lead singer of As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis denies plotting his wife's murder

Heavy metal singer Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying has pleaded not guilty to plotting the attempted murder of his wife.

Eight-time Grammy Award winning singer Lauryn Hill leaves federal court in Newark, after sentencing in her tax evasion case. Hill was sentenced to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings

Fugees star Lauryn Hill sentenced to three months in prison over unpaid taxes

The Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on earnings of around $1m.

Country singer George Jones (R) is pictured with the late Tammy Wynette at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee in this October 4, 1995 file photo. George Jones, a classic country singer with a voice full of raw honky-tonk emotion and a life full of honky-tonk turmoil, died on April 26, 2013 at the age of 81

He Stopped Loving Her Today: Country music superstar George Jones dies aged 81

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today", has died. He was 81.

Google Doodle honours 'Queen of Jazz' Ella Fitzgerald on 96th birthday

The Doodle shows singer on stage with a band

Azealia Banks, first mermaid of hip-hop, is to headline Lovebox 2013 with Plan B and Goldfrapp

Azealia Banks, Plan B and Goldfrapp to headline Lovebox festival

Plan B, Azealia Banks and Goldfrapp are to headline this summer’s Love Box festival in East London.

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