P Diddy flooded with job pleas
P. Diddy has been flooded with applications to be his new personal assistant after the rapper advertised the role on MySpace.
Over 10,000 offers have come in over the last four days after the singer invited applicants to post three-minute videos of themselves on YouTube.
Speaking on his MySpace page he said: "Oh my God, what have I started? Earlier I put it out there to you the viewers, you the people that made me. A lot of people dream about getting into this industry and being somebody. Everybody needs a chance. Someone gave me a chance, that is what this whole thing is about, it's about empowerment.
"This is not a joke, I'm trying to give a chance to somebody who is out there to be my personal assistant to help me to be the best and maybe I can help them to be the best. That's what this thing is about, helping each other out." |
Watch Tony Wilson online video highlights now
Following news of the death of Factory Records legend Tony Wilson yesterday (August 10), here is NME.COM's a top five of video footage featuring the man currently online.
Meanwhile we want your thoughts. Send your tributes, stories and photos to tonywilsonnme@hotmail.co.uk and we'll publish them.
Tony Wilson top five online clips:
1. Tony Wilson talking about his career and Factory Records in 1988. See it at Youtube.com/watch?v=oW5ChNf3Z1c
2. Tony Wilson introducing Happy Mondays on stage at this year's Coachella Festival. See it at Youtube.com/watch?v=9jKxu8JbMrU
3. Includes early footage of Tony Wilson introducing The Sex Pisotls on his 1970s Manchester TV Show. See it at Youtube.com/watch?v=BFndQ379ICw
4. Tony Wilson interviewing Sonic Youth. See it at Youtube.com/watch?v=TDvsUujUCkc
5. Tony Wilson being played by actor Steve Coogan in film 24 Hour Party People. See it at Youtube.com/watch?v=5JfXzvCrn9c
Plus make sure you get hold of next week's NME - on UK newsstands from August 15 - for our special tribute issue to Tony Wilson. |
Glastonbury tickets show up on eBay
Sellers attempt to foil new registration system
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Tickets to this month's Glastonbury Festival are being sold on eBay, despite festival organisers' efforts to prevent ticket re-sales.
For the first time this year, festival-goers' personal details and photographs appear on tickets to prevent them from being resold. But this hasn't stopped some individuals from trying to resell them on-line.
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis warned that people are "taking a huge risk buying those tickets."
"I'm moving heaven and earth to stop it happening," he told BBC News. "I have people watching eBay so we will have their information."
Eavis added that people who buy the second-hand tickets will not get into the festival. He admitted that he was disappointed with the quality of the photos on the tickets, but said it would improve in the future.
"This is the first year of the technology and so it's a trial run for this year," he said. "In the long term the photography will improve."
The sold-out Glastonbury Festival runs June 22-24. Headliners include the Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, The Killers and The Who. |