Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Lily Allen has backtracked in the fight against music piracy - she is happy for fans to circulate illegal copies of her albums, as long as they don't give them away for free. more info

NME — Singer 'all for burning CDs as long as people pay for them' more info

NME — Boy George for Big Brother, Brandon Flowers quits smoking – your music gossip stop more info

Guardian Music — And so it ends: the site that was selling digital downloads of Beatles songs - the only ones doing so anywhere in the world - have been shut down at the order of a US judge, reports the NME.We reported before on the legal travails that two interlinke... more info

NME — Lily Allen gets a flower, Sugababe on the dole – your music gossip stop more info

MTV.com News — For all the craziness surrounding it, Shakira's latest is a straightforward, oddly personal record, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Shakira Photo: Ben Hider/ Getty Images Conventional wisdom states that you shouldn't review a... more info

The Daily Mail — Singer decided to remove her platforms after she nearly ended up crowd-surfing in Manchester. more info

Guardian Music — Our pop critic's guide to the most festive albums and gigsA Not So Silent Night An all-star lineup troops across the stage for the Wainwright/McGarrigle family's Christmas show. Rufus and Martha Wainwright and their mum Kate McGarrigle have roped in ... more info

The Daily Mail — Here 21-year-old electro-pop sensation tells Benji Wilson that she's nothing like her stage persona, how she made Lily Allen give up Facebook and why she’s hugely proud of her eclectic style. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Lily Allen narrowly missed performing at a fundraising concert on Thursday after falling down a flight of stairs and hurting her ankle just before the show. more info