Courtney Love banned from Claridge's
Courtney Love has been banned from London's Claridge's Hotel.
The former Hole singer, who started a fire in a ?1,630-per-night suite on her last visit, was refused a room when she contacted the exclusive Mayfair hotel.
A source told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "Courtney is desperate to stay in Claridge's again, but when her people tried to get her a suite it was a no go. Even the best known fixers in the business can't get her in there.
"When Courtney's name was mentioned they were told it was fully booked. But when her people rang up again requesting the same dates under a different name they were told there were a number of suites available."
Courtney, 43, was smoking a cigarette in her Claridge's suite when the fire broke out on her last visit. The room had to be redecorated and a fire marshal was stationed outside her suite for the remainder of her stay.
This isn't the first time Courtney has upset staff at a five-star London hotel.
In July, the rocker celebrated her 43rd birthday by reportedly getting drunk and "wildly" wrecking her ?495-a-night Covent Garden Hotel suite.
A source said: "Staff said the room was left in a right state - like a wild animal had been let loose in there.
"She had used the place as an ashtray with butts strewn about and burn marks all over the bed, carpet and upholstery. I feel sorry for whoever had to clear it up."
A spokeswoman for Claridge's declined to comment on reports Courtney is not welcome at the hotel.
Courtney's spokesman said: "Sorry, I don't know anything about it." |
Amy Winehouse plays Camden Crawl homecoming
Amy Winehouse played a homecoming gig tonight (April 19) as part of the Camden Crawl.
The north London singer played most of the tracks from her album 'Back To Black' as well as the Mark Ronson collaboration 'Valerie'.
Arriving at the Dublin Castle pub half an hour after her scheduled performance, Winehouse told the packed crowd: "I'm really chuffed to be here- I come from Camden!"
After playing album track 'Just Friends' she said: "When they came and said to me: 'you're playing the Camden Crawl, they asked me where I wanted to play and I said 'The Dublin Castle of course!'" Winehouse then asked told the crowd to: "get out" if they weren't from Camden.
Earlier in the evening Cajun Dance Party played their jangly guitar pop for a packed audience at the Electric Ballroom. As well as single 'The Next Untouchable', the five piece played 'Colourful Life' and 'Run To The Fun' which saw singer Danny Blumberg doing herky jerky dances across the stage.
Hadouken! played new single 'Liquid Lives' at Koko but the biggest cheer of their set came when they played 'That Boy, That Girl'.
"Are you gonna buy our new single?" asked frontman James, the crowd roared with approval.
For more on tonight's action check out our blog filed straight from the event.
Meanwhile NME.COM will be back in Camden tomorrow (April 20) for the second day of this year's bash, so stay tuned for more. |
Tabloid Hell: Gwen is obscene!
The skilful gyrations and liberal jiggling of the average Gwen Stefani live show provokes plenty of reactions.
Mostly from blokes doing things like Jim Carrey did in that film 'The Mask', when his eyes popped out of his face and he started howling like a wolf at Cameron Diaz.
As the red-tops today are reporting, campaigners in Malaysia, where Gwen is touring now, have certainly been howling.
But not with pent-up sexual frustration - they're positively sizzling with anger about Gwen's "obscene" show.
"We want organisers to cancel the concert, failing that we will ask authorities to intervene," said Hilmi Ramli, president of the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students, who are leading the protest against Gwen's leg exposure.
As a result, apparently Gwen has hired a crack squad of ex-SAS security guards to make sure no one runs at her with a big sheet to try and cover her up.
"Since she is a mother and a loved wife, she will be very careful about her security," said "an insider".
So, will Gwen continue the tour? No Doubt! Sorry... |