Health & safety says no to Mariah Carey’s 20 kittens

The diva will have to switch on Westfield's Christmas lights without 20 kittens or 100 doves

Rihanna duet with Jay-Z at London gig seals comeback

Short and sweet: Rihanna's concert at Brixton was a spectacular success

Hip-hop loving Putin gets down with Russian youth

Vladimir Putin's appearance on a youth TV show went down well with Russian rappers

The Pope needs a miracle to land Christmas No. 1

Benedict XVI’s debut album Alma Mater is an ‘unholy mess’ say critics

Morrissey has left the building – again

Beer bottle thrown from the crowd hits him on the eye - and he walks off

Anger as new Berlin wall erected around ‘free’ U2 gig

MTV fails to see irony of erecting a wall around gig marking fall of the Wall

LA fears coyote attack after folk singer’s death

Griffith Park fears unfounded say park rangers: they're a different type of coyote

Jacko's last days

A film documenting preparations for Michael Jackson's O2 concerts has premiered

Old crock stars on tour: after Morrissey, who next?

More provincial gigs canned as long-in-the-tooth rockers fail the Mick Jagger test