N-Dubz aren’t my favorite group in the world, or even in the U.K., but they are growing on me and I do have a grudging respect for their music and how they’ve become hugely successful. The group are currently working on a follow-up to their debut album, Uncle B, and preparing to play the Wireless Festival in London in July.

Last month, while N-Dubz were riding high in the charts with their collaboration with Tinchy Stryder, Number 1, Tulisa was rushed to hospital with suspected swine flu. It turned out to be nothing of the sort, and she actually just had the regular sniffles which most of us get a few times a year. But it gave the group some nice publicity, which is never a bad thing.

In an interview with BBC Newsbeat, where she also spoke about being back in the studio writing songs for the group’s second album, and having to spend every day with Dappy and Fazer, Tulisa spoke about the prospect of playing the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park. She, and hopefully her band mates as well, seem to truly understand what’s required to do well at a festival.

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When Michael Jackson announced he was going to make a live comeback at the London O2 Arena, I wasn’t surprised as it had been rumored for ages, but I was shocked and stunned. Could Wacko Jacko really pull this off?

What better way to answer that question than to ask the readers of Brit Music Scene, some will who no doubt be going to see the once-great man and some who (like me) wouldn’t do so if it were the only live music event all year.

The result was actually a lot closer than I thought it would be, with ‘A disaster’ only just pipping ‘Brilliant’. However, if you combine the numbers for the negative answers and compare those to the number of votes for the one positive answer, it seems Michael Jackson still has work to do to convince us he’s capable of a comeback.

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I still can’t quite believe it but Michael Jackson is forging ahead with his This Is It concert tour, regarded as the finale to his career. What’s more, he’s beginning the world tour with a residency at the London O2 Arena for 50 gigs. Is this a train wreck just waiting to happen?

For a man who hasn’t sung live for over a decade, is a shadow of his former self, and has been a virtual recluse for the last four years, this should be fun. With 50 nights of performances now sold out, Jacko needs all the help he can get.

There have already been rumors that Jackson is seeking to secure the services of Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, although I can’t see why they’d give up their own tours to be bit-part players for This Is It.

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As expected, Michael Jackson has extended his residency at the London O2 Arena, although the length of the commitment has taken me by surprise. Jacko initially announced a run of 10 shows but the number is now 37 and likely to grow even more.

The dates will be broken into two halves, the first happening between July 8 and September 29. The second will then take place between January 7 and February 18. Whether any more London dates will be added is not yet known.

Meanwhile, the setlist for the upcoming shows has supposedly been leaked although the British tabloids could be just making it up based on what are Jackson’s biggest hits. The proposed setlist is reportedly:-

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Michael Jackson has finally announced a residency at London’s O2 Arena, two weeks after I reported on the rumors that these concerts were about to be announced. Jackson, Wacko Jacko, or The King Of Pop depending on your point of view will play 10 dates in July, with tickets going on sale on March 13.

The ‘This Is It’ tour is set to kick off on July 8, and Jacko claimed this would be the last time he ever played in London. But that doesn’t mean the tour won’t continue, and a I suspect other countries will be visited if England reacts well.

However, I will not be going to see the 50-year-old Michael Jackson’s apparent live swan song even though I can afford it, I live close enough to the venue to get there easily, and it’s sure to be a much talked about event.

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Michael Jackson is now 50 years old and not getting any younger. The chances are that he has just one chance left of making a comeback, and if it flops, that’s the end of his career.

Jacko has been a virtual recluse since the child molestation charges against him were heard in 2005. The court case was shown around the world, and despite being cleared of the charges, his reputation has never really recovered.

Since then, the singer has been declared a virtual bankrupt, with debts piling up around him. His Neverland Ranch, where he built his own theme park and kept a menagerie of animals, has also reportedly changed hands and isn’t now owned by Michael himself.

The last four years have seen him make one appearance on stage to perform, and that was at the ‘World Music Awards’ held in London in 2006 where he failed to sing as expected. Can anyone say train wreck?

But now, it looks as though Michael Jackson could be preparing to make his long-awaited comeback, and he’s reported to have chosen London to make it. The Daily Mail claims the singer is looking to perform a 30-date tour at the O2 Arena.

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There I was thinking Amy Winehouse had started to settle down a little bit when she goes mad once again. I thought the spells in hospital and time out of the limelight since taking a break from touring may have calmed her down but it seems not. And that’s even before she’s reunited with her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.

The Mirror newspaper reports how Winehouse was on yet another bender in Camden when she started acting strangely. She screamed for Blakey, even though she knows he’s currently in rehab, and banged loudly on the door of her old flat just up the road from her new one.

Winehouse is said to have been completely out of it, which is unsurprising seeing as how she was carrying a liter bottle of vodka with her. She offered the vodka to passers-by and signed autographs on her way back to the flat she currently resides in.

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We all know Amy Winehouse hasn’t exactly been healthy for the last couple of years, with the continued drink and drugs abuse really taking a toll on her body. But there are new fears over the state of her health after her latest public appearance where she looked almost on the verge of death.

Winehouse’s year started off surprisingly well, with her winning five Grammy Awards stateside. This made her the most successful artist at the annual backslapping event, and although she couldn’t attend in person, she performed via satellite without messing up one little bit. She actually looked quite healthy and there was optimism surrounding her addiction problems.

But it’s been downhill since then. Her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has been jailed, although he’s expected to be released in to his mum’s care soon. And Winehouse has also been hospitalised twice, the second time being when she was diagnosed with emphysema.

And then there are the numerous incidents of fighting in the street with paparazzi, reporters, and innocent bystanders. While all of this has been going on in her (supposedly) private life, her professional career has bombed, with the James Bond theme slipping away, and her new album nowhere near being finished.

Phew. And that’s only the half of it.

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Led Zeppelin could be about to tour once again, with reports suggesting that a full reunion is now back on the cards after lead singer Robert Plant finally agreeing to come on board. There has been no official word from the band as of yet, but if this is true, it could see Led Zeppelin kick off a huge world tour in the summer of 2009.

Ever since Led Zeppelin reformed for the one-off Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at the end of 2007, there has been speculation over the reunion being made more permanent. The fans wanted it to happen, and most of the band did too, but Robert Plant seemed insistent that he was too busy working on his collaboration with Allison Krauss to get involved.

The beginning of this week saw rumours of a split in the camp, with the rest of Led Zeppelin (barring Robert Plant) preparing to go on tour without him. To this end, Jimmy Page, John-Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham had been testing out other singers, with one in particular, rumoured to be Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, standing out.

The report stated that Jimmy Page and co. had issued a sort of ultimatum to Plant: come on tour with us or we’ll find someone else. If true, it seems to have worked, with The Sun reporting that Plant has now signed up to the idea of touring once again.

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George Michael’s latest arrest in a public toilet on suspicion of drug possession is just the latest in a long line of embarrassing and quite openly illegal acts committed by the British singer. But he always seems to comes back from them. Could this finally be the incident that kills his career?

I’ve never really been a fan of George Michael. I can see the appeal, and some of his big hits are definitely up there with the best of British. But from his days in Wham through to his burgeoning solo career, he’s never really been my favourite artist in the world, or even come close to the top 50.

While his private life should really remain separate from his public life, the two have become inextricably intertwined over the past few years as Michael has found that he does in his spare time can sometimes become important to his career.

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