FORMER Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is stepping in as a guest judge on The X Factor.

Cheryl Cole’s wealth has grown by 150% in the last year.

Sophie Dahl thinks her weight loss left people feeling “betrayed”.

Sophie Dahl has married Jamie Cullum.

Pop princess Kylie Minogue is to play her only UK show of the year as one of the headliners at Radio 2’s tribute to Abba, it was announced today.

Guinness today announced the line-up of artists for Dublin’s Arthur’s Day 250th anniversary celebrations on September 24.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen could barely contain his delight after winning a Golden Globe award.

Michael Parkinson is making a return to radio – with an online show.

Michael Parkinson fought back tears as he brought down the curtain on his talk show career.

Michael Parkinson fought back tears as he brought down the curtain on his talk show career tonight.

Kylie Minogue was honoured by the record industry at a gala ceremony.

ROARING ticket sales, record visitor numbers and a bigger-than-ever programme of events have conspired to make this year’s Guinness Jazz Festival in Cork the biggest in its 30-year-history.

ONE of Europe’s most renowned jazz festivals, the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival, will celebrate its 30th year with a line-up featuring a mix of traditional jazz styles.

A singing waitress hung up her apron today as she signed a £1.5m (€2.2m) deal with the Rolling Stones’ record label.

AN Irish singer has become the first entertainer to launch an entire album exclusively on a mobile phone.

U2 STOLE the show at last night’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards as the country’s legendary rock group swaggered away with a hat-trick of awards from the event, held in the band’s hometown of Dublin.

U2 stole the show at tonight’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards as the rock band swaggered away with three awards at their home town event.

The Sugababes are set to make their first Irish performance with new member Amelle Berrabah at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards at The Point on Thursday, February 2.

Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is to present one of the awards at next month’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards ceremony in Dublin, organisers confirmed tonight.

The Pogues, famed for controversial frontman Shane McGowan’s antics, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards, organisers said tonight.

Irish rock band Republic of Loose are to join a host of stars on stage at the sixth annual Meteor Music Awards in Dublin.

Chart-topping singer Jamie Cullum has become an ambassador for the Samaritans.

THE record label behind U2 and rapper Eminem saw its Irish profits rise by almost €2 million last year.

Girl group Sugababes has stormed straight to the top of the UK single’s chart.

Jazz musician Jamie Cullum is sending a free copy of his new album to each of the UK’s head girls.

NEARLY 60,000 music fans gathered last night for the final star-studded Live 8 concert — with a call for world leaders gathering at the G8 summit to make poverty history.

Bob Geldof is to receive an award for outstanding contribution to music at the up-coming Brit Awards.

Three members of girl band All Saints are set to reunite to record a track for the Asian tsunami appeal.

Jamelia was crowned queen of the Mobos tonight as she scooped three awards.

The Mobo Awards take place in Britain tonight as organisers hope nothing else goes wrong after the ceremony was plunged into crisis when host, NERD star Pharrell Williams, pulled out with only days to go.

Jazz singer Jamie Cullum is desperate to team up with opera beauty Charlotte Church - because he's convinced a mix of his piano playing and her vocals will produce a hit single.

Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand are firm favourites to scoop the prestigious Mercury Music Prize tonight with their debut album.

Spirits among festival-goers at Glastonbury remained high tonight despite news of a suspected drugs death and persistent rain.

Singer Morrissey today received an award for being an inspiration to the music world.

COMPUTER giant Apple launched the long-awaited version of its iTunes online music store in Britain, France and Germany yesterday, allowing users to download a song for just €0.99.

A DJ from Chicago has knocked Britney Spears off the top of the British charts with a novelty song he wrote eight years ago as an aerobics workout.

The Darkness proved that rock rules tonight as they scooped three Brit awards.

Beyonce beat Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys (pictured performing live at the ceremony) and Kylie Minogue to win Best International Female tonight.

Retro rockers the Darkness lead the field for next month’s Brit Awards with four nominations.

Buffy star Alyson Hannigan has been practising her orgasm technique for the new stage version of When Harry Met Sally, she revealed today.

An untrained musician has escaped the world of smoky bars and endless improvisations to land possibly the biggest ever deal for a new jazz star.