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:
Keith Richards has given up booze. The legendary drinker – who once claimed he’d outlived several doctors who told him to stop – hasn’t had a drink in four months. The move reportedly stems from Richards witnessing his Rolling Stones bandmate Ronnie Wood‘s public battle against booze, and taking stock of his own life. A source said that after a lifetime of hellraising, Richards “has started to feel for the first time like it might do him some good to give up the booze for a while” (The Sun).
From the papers:
Amy Winehouse “blew up” her north London home after she fused the electrics by playing loud music. She’s moved into a hotel while the problem gets fixed (Daily Star).
Ronan Keating is moving to Hollywood – and taking acting. He’s already had a casting for The Hobbit (The Sun).
Jay-Z has invited the entire Arsenal team out to New York to have lunch with him if they win the Premier League this year (The Sun).
Ronnie Wood partied with a unknown woman at London‘s 100 Club and Automat (Daily Star).
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