NEWS WRAP

* Aussie fans of Mariah Carey should mark Friday October 30 in their diaries ’cause that’s the day Universal Music will release the ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ remix package to digital media. No word yet on how many of those remixes will make it to the online sites.
* We’re a bit sick and tired of all the goings-on in the world of Ronan Keating’s new album. The album, called ‘Winter Songs’ in the UK, is being given a different title in Australia given it won’t be released in winter. First it was called ‘Homeward’, then it was called ‘Stay’. Then when we reported on it last week, the name had changed back to ‘Homeward’. Well wouldn’t you know it – this week it’s called ‘Stay’ again. We’re assuming we won’t really know ’til it’s in the shops!
* Chugg Entertainment has announced that pre-sale tickets for Status Quo’s forthcoming Australian tour will go on sale at midday today. The pre-sale ends at midday tomorrow, Friday October 23.
* Lady Gaga fans won’t have to wait too long before they can get their hands on the singer’s new single ‘Bad Romance’. The single, which went to radio this week, will be available on the digital retail sites from this Tuesday.
* Flamboyant American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has revealed this his forthcoming album will be entitled ‘For Your Entertainment’. Although there’s no scheduled local release at this stage, the album will drop at American retail on November 23.
* Britney Spears has debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with her new single ‘3’. The new song is lifted from the singer’s forthcoming greatest hits package. The songstress kicks off the local leg of her ‘Circus’ tour in Perth tomorrow fortnight.
* And it’s not only Australian audiences that seem to have fallen under the spell of crooner Michael Buble. His album ‘Crazy Love’ has also debuted at No.1 on this week’s Billboard albums chart.

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