August 26, 2008 9:43

Madonna gets leered at by builders - Daily Gossip

Amy Winehouse, Dirty Pretty Things, Christina Aguilera, Metallica and Iggy Pop

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:

Madonna has been forced out of her personal gym by wolf whistling builders. The singer has been converting the house next door to her home in Mayfair, London, into a state of the art gym for the past seven months - but every time the pop star leaves her house she gets leered at by the builders. It got so bad the 'Hard Candy' star had to decamp to her personal trainer's gym in St John's Wood. An unnamed friend of the songstress said: "Madonna felt as if she has been living in a siege situation. The noise of the drilling meant she was forced to listen to her iPod at full volume, potentially damaging her ears" (Daily Mirror).

From the papers:

Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch, is set to turn actor after landing a role in a Brit comedy film about the music industry (The Sun).

Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barat has said he's well on the mend after his health scare earlier this year when he contracted pancreatitis (Daily Star).

Christina Aguilera sang at the Californian launch of Donald Trump's next tower, which will be built in Dubai (The Sun).

Newlyweds Chester French guitarist Max Drummey and Peaches Geldof had a row outside the Phoenix Club, London, but patched things up to fly to New York (Daily Star).

Metallica were so unimpressed with the sound quality at this weekend's Reading Festival the heavy metallers were prepared to pay £10k so they could whack the volume up a bit (Daily Mirror).

Iggy Pop injured his leg when he fell off a set of speakers during his set at Get Loaded In The Park in London but carried on his performance anyway (Daily Star).

Johnny Borrell drunk cocktails at Bungalow 8 in London (Daily Star).