Soul star Joss Stone was unveiled as the latest Bond girl today.

FRANCE’S first lady joined musical heavyweights in New York to celebrate the birthday of Nelson Mandela.

Annie Lennox is adamant there will be no more Eurythmics reunions - insisting she is determined to move on with her life.

Singer Kelly Clarkson is hoping 2009 will be a year of collaborations - she wants to record duets with both British singer Adele and Eurythmics star Annie Lennox.

Former Eurythmics rocker Dave Stewart is calling on Motown legend Stevie Wonder to join him in the studio, so they can record an album together.

'X-Men' star Hugh Jackman is set to go from comic book character to comic book creator after teaming up with screenwriter Marc Guggenhaim for a new sci-fi thriller.

Ringo Starr, known for being the amiable Beatle, showed his tough side when he walked off the set of US TV show Live With Regis and Kelly rather than cut short one of his songs.

Ringo Starr tonight ruled out any chance of him and Paul McCartney reforming with the Beatle children to play the fab four’s hits.

Paul McCartney will play a massive stadium gig in his English home city of Liverpool next year.

PAUL MCCARTNEY and Ringo Starr will pay tribute to their native city when Liverpool becomes European Capital of Culture next year.

Bono and Dave Stewart have teamed up to write a new aid anthem for TV talent show American Idol.

Singer Annie Lennox has donated a number of her old report cards to her former school.

Annie Lennox baffled Americans when the Eurythmics first became a hit there - because some promoters refused to believe she was a woman.

Bono is giving a reformed criminal a boost as he plans a pop career after calling him "the most important Jamaican artist since (Bob) Marley".

Film legend Clint Eastwood was named best director today at the Golden Globe awards.

Jude Law and Sienna Miller had the look of love at the premiere of their new movie Alfie.

Beyonce Knowles, Bono, Peter Gabriel and musicians from around the world took to the stage tonight for a star-studded Aids benefit concert hosted by South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela.

IT will take greater unity and effort to conquer HIV than it took to tear down apartheid, former South African president Nelson Mandela told a host of music celebrities yesterday, gathered in Cape Town for an AIDS benefit concert named in his honour.

Paul McCartney has written and recorded a song for Nelson Mandela’s Aids campaign, it was announced today.

NELSON MANDELA gave his backing yesterday to a music-led campaign aimed at raising awareness of the devastating impact of AIDS in Africa.

Nelson Mandela gave his backing today to a music-led campaign aimed at raising awareness of the devastating impact of Aids in Africa.

FIRE OFFICERS need to concentrate on preventing fires rather than putting them out, the chief fire officers’ conference was told yesterday.

Bono, Joe Strummer and Dave Stewart have written a song in tribute to Nelson Mandela.

U2’s Bono has teamed up with former Clash frontman Joe Strummer to write a tribute song to Nelson Mandela to be played at a huge Aids fundraiser, it was announced today.

Primal Scream are to perform at the opening of London's new Marquee club on September 5.

U2 star The Edge has got married wearing one of his trademark wooly hats.

One of the UK’s most famous music venues, The Marquee, is to be revived by chart star Dave Stewart, it was announced today.