Guardian Music — Organisers of Rio 2016 Games promise their eight-minute segment in Olympic Stadium will feature 'joy and passion'Rio 2016 organisers have promised to bring the spirit of the Sambadrome to Stratford as their contribution to a closing ceremony on Sunda... more info

Guardian Music — The Spice Girls will be there, each atop a personalised London taxi, with Muse and George Michael also thought to be on the billIt began with one Beckham, and it will end with another. The Olympics, which opened with a cheery David Beckham scudding d... more info

411 Mania — Big sales across the pond… more info

ContactMusic — Katy Perry thinks Adele being pregnant is so cute The Teenage Dream singer is a huge fan of humble British star Adele - who briefly appeared in Katys Part Of Me 3D movie singing her praises - and says she is delighted her fellow singer is ex... more info

Perez Hilton — The UK is rollin’ in the digital downloads! With the help of Adele’s album 21 and Ed Sheeran's +, digital album sales in the UK have officially FLOWN past the 100 million mark! Both Adele and Ed’s albums have reportedly been the MOST downloaded... more info

Soul Sides — I’ve been a big fan of this British singer/songwriter’s current summer jam, “Is Your Love Big Enough?” (which I posted about previously) and now that I’ve heard the entire album (dropping on Tuesday), my opinion hasn’t changed. I should w... more info

DrownedInSound — On October 29th in London the second ever Independent Music Awards will take place. Last year, DiS' editor was on the judging panel and presented an award to Adele for 'The Best Difficult Second Album' on a night that saw the likes of Bjork and Domin... more info

ContactMusic — Karl Lagerfeld may be a design hero but he sure is losing friends in Britain this year after - following a right proper bashing of Adele for being too fat - he turned his ire on the sister of Kate Middleton the delightful Pippa Middleton Yes The Sun.... more info

Perez Hilton — Dayuum! There just isn't enough Adele to satisfy America's need!! Now that all of 21's official singles have been released AND enjoyed an intense amount of radio play across the nation, stations are suddenly HUNGERING for the high amount of listener... more info

411 Mania — They want new Adele material... more info