February 3rd will see British Beatle Sir Paul McCartney? join Mary J Blige, Marc Anthony and Mariah Carey in providing pre-game and half-time entertainment during American football's Super Bowl 2002.













The event will be beamed live from the Louisina Superdrome, and will should have an audience of over 80 million.













Sir Paul will perform his track "Freedom" - a song written directly after the September 11 attacks in the US.













Irish rock band U2 will also be playing at half-time.

Overprotected, the brand new single by Britney Spears, hits UK stores today.













The CD Single features the Album version, the JS16 remix and the Thunderpuss Mix Show Edit of "I'm A Slave 4 U".

"In Your Eyes" will be the next single by pop starlette Kylie Minogue. The song is taken from her current album "Fever" and is due for a UK release on February 18th.













The release will be available on two CD Singles, while the 12" Single will be released 7 days later on 25th February.

Britney arrived in London on Thursday for a quick two-day visit, during which time she'll do several interviews, perfomances on Top Of The Tops, and the much-anticipated Frank Skinner chat-show.













Upon arriving in London she went on a shopping spree in Knightsbridge where she was looking at jewlery and clothes, and then went for a stroll in Hide Park - accompanied at all times by security guards.

Britney Spears will give her very first UK chat show interview late January. The pop babe, 20, is set to appear on ITV1 on comedian Frank Skinner's show.













The show should be a lot of fun, especially after the way she performed in the US in Saturday Night Live. Frank Skinner had a number one hit in 1996 with song "Three Lions" - the England football song. So - could we see Frank and Britney doing a duet?













Be sure to watch the show to find out.....













Other upcoming Britney appearances include:

Alanis Morissette's new CD "Under Rug Swept" is available for pre-order now at her Official Online Store:













http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?dept_id=852&band_id=374













Visitors may also stream her new video "Hands Clean" from the site.













Written and produced by Alanis in both Canada (writing and demoing) and Los Angeles (subsequent tracking, layering and mixing), these 11 songs were created with her playing both acoustic and electric guitar and keyboards and were written in a very stream-of-consciousness accelerated way...

80’s Synth / Sax pioneers "Swinging Laurels" release a 15 track compilation album "Greatest Bits" on Internet Label peoplesound.com. Find it under peoplesound artists or the Pop/New Romantic Genre.













The CD Includes three singles - “Lonely Boy” ( Featuring Boy George), “Rodeo”, and “Push & Shove”. You can download 6 free tracks by visiting the peoplesound website. Their first single, "Peach Of Mind" on Albion Records was an independent chart No. 1

For those Kylie fans in the US, be aware that the video for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" will be debut on MTV2 on January 24th. The video will play at the top of every hour that day!

Th nominations for the 2002 Brit awards was made yesterday. The Gorillaz were nominated for a total of 6 awards, whilst Kylie, Robie Williams and Dido each received 4 nominations.













The award ceremony will be held on 20 February and screened on the UK's ITV1 channel on the following day.













Who do you want to win an award?













Full nomination list is shown below.

Kym Marsh from the British pop group Hear'Say is the subject of much speculation today as to whether or not she will leave the band. Kym, 25, is reported to have clashed with band-mate Myleene Klass on several occasions, although the two have denied this when asked about it on television.













Hear'Say are signed to Polydor records, and talks will take place this week to determine the band's future.













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