Royal Rock - Robbie Williams has been added to the line-up for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace on 4 June. "If this doesn't get me a knighthood, nothing will," the star joked on his website. "I can't wait for the show." His Take That bandmate Gary Barlow has assembled a star-studded bill that will also include Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Dame Shirley Bassey. The concert - broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2 - will be attended by 10,000 people chosen by random ballot.
X Certificate - Lady Gaga has kicked off her Born This Way Ball tour with a concert in Seoul that fans under the age of 18 were forbidden to attend. Protests in the South Korean capital prompted authorities to make the gig an adults-only event. The poster for Lady Gaga's Seoul concert said it had 'adult certification'. A group calling itself the Civilians Network against the Lady Gaga Concert said her performance was "too homosexual and pornographic".
Pop in the Park - Kylie Minogue is to headline the BBC's Proms In The Park concert in September. The Australian singer, who is celebrating 25 years in the music industry, will be backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the event. Minogue recently wrapped up an 'anti-tour', playing rare tracks with minimal lighting and no backing dancers. Her Proms concert is more likely to recreate new, orchestral arrangements of her hits which were recorded in London's Abbey Road Studios last year.
Sing A Song of Freedom - Bob Dylan is to receive America's highest civilian honour, the Medal Of Freedom, it has been announced. He is being recognised alongside former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, John Glenn, the third American in space, and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison. President Obama will award the medals at the White House in the coming weeks. In a statement, he said, "They've challenged us, they've inspired us and they've made the world a better place." Previous honourees include Mother Theresa, Margaret Thatcher, Stephen Hawking, Walt Disney, Doris Day, Maya Angelou, Duke Ellington and Aretha Franklin.
Web News - The names of the first 100 albums of the late DJ John Peel's record collection have been published online. The John Peel Centre, in Stowmarket, is behind the project, called The Space, which aims to recreate the late broadcaster's home studio and library. Peel, who died in 2004, had a collection of about 25,000 vinyl albums. The names of about 100 will be added in alphabetical order each week. Among the first artists are Abba, ABC, AC/DC and Adam & The Ants. The website does not allow users to listen to the albums but there will be links to other websites which offer this. There should be 2,600 album names put online by October, which is the period covered by Arts Council funding for the project.
(Jim Evans)
