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Shakira, Kid Rock, The Kills, Dizzee Rascal and Johnny Borrell

Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.

Today's top gossip:

Slash joined Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie on stage at her gig in California over the weekend to play some rock hits. The Velvet Revolver man played anthems including Guns N Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. Just before the guitar legend came on Fergie teased the gathered crowd saying: "Some of you little ones may know him from 'Guitar Hero' but I know him from bands called Velvet Revolver and Guns N' fucking Roses"
(Daily Record).

From the papers:

A cowboy hat wearing Shakira joined protesters in Columbia to call for an ending to all the kidnappings taking place in the country (Daily Record).

Kid Rock has been ordered to take anger management classes after he had an early morning brawl in a Waffle House in Georgia (Daily Star).

The Kills' Jamie Hince enjoyed a shopping spree with his supermodel girlfriend Kate Moss in London yesterday (July 21) (Various).


E-mailed in from NME.com users:

looking confused in his trailer while Vampire Weekend played the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago (from Alex).

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