Pop sensation Lady GaGa and award-winning N-Dubz will perform at an exclusive gig in Manchester on 13th July for thousands of volunteers. For its second year, Orange RockCorps, the music-led volunteer programme, will give people in Manchester and London the chance to earn a money-can’t-buy ticket to an all-star gig in their home city in return for four hours hard graft at community-based charity projects.
The Programme will continue with a series of four-hour projects in Paris, followed by a gig for volunteers at Le Zenith on 2nd October.

Rihanna is not dating anyone.
The 'Umbrella' singer has been linked with a series of handsome famous men, including rapper Kanye West and Aubrey Graham, since splitting from Chris Brown - who is accused of assaulting her in February - but is happy to concentrate on her career for the moment.
A source said: "Rihanna needs the focus to be on her talents right now, not the bumps in her personal life. She doesn't want anything else to overshadow her career. "Kanye is all over Rihanna's album - not all over Rihanna.

Kylie Minogue wowed the crowd with a stunning performance at a charity concert at the Cannes Film Festival.
The singer, who turns 41 tomorrow (28.05.09), sang a medley of hits at the Miracle Africa International Fundraiser, which helps fight malaria in African countries, held at the VIP Club.
Speaking before the event, Kylie said: "This is a very small venue compared to what I would normally do, and I'm going to absolutely love it, it just feels like a really sweaty show. I turn around and there's my band and we are all crammed in together."

Paris Hilton wants to help Katie Price through her divorce.
The 28-year-old socialite, who is dating The Hills star Doug Reinhardt, plans to contact the former glamour model to offer her a shoulder to cry on following her split from husband Peter Andre.
She told Britain's OK! magazine: "I should call her later and talk to her. She's so hot. I've never met Peter so I can't talk about him, but I hope she's OK.
"The advice I'd give her is to not read the papers or the internet, because nobody wants to be nice."

Jesus Luz has doubts about his relationship with Madonna.
The 22-year-old model – who has been dating the 'Hung Up’ singer since late last year – is unsure about his feelings for his 'friend' Madonna and has no plans to propose to her.
He said in an interview on Brazilian TV: 'Madonna is a friend who has entered my life. I don’t have plans of marrying her. I can’t say if she is the girl of my life.'
However, the Brazilian hunk has praised the 50-year-old star – who filed for divorce from 'RocknRolla’ director Guy Ritchie last October - on her generous character. He said: 'She is a marvellous, nice person whom you not detect defects.'

BRITNEY SPEARS said she hopes that the success of her ongoing tour has proved her critics wrong.
The Womanizer singer said she was enjoying her Circus tour having put all her time and effort into making it a success.
She said: "A lot of people thought maybe I wouldn't make it. People thought I was finished, didn't they? I guess for a while last year it looked that way.
"Nothing I can do about the past, I guess. But I'm hoping to prove them wrong now. And I have really put everything I have into this new show."
She added: "I'm happy. Truly, I feel like the girl who has it all. I have my family, my boys, my friends, my fans... this show.

Kylie Minogue has got engaged.
The 40-year-old singer was reportedly thrilled when her Spanish boyfriend of seven months Andres Velencoso popped the question during a romantic trip to New York earlier this month.
A source told Britain's Grazia magazine: "Andres told her he wanted to wake up next to her every day for the rest of his life. She asked him if she knew what he was saying and if he was serious, and when he said yes and that he wanted to marry her, she was thrilled."
The smitten couple have yet to find the perfect engagement ring so Kylie has taken to wearing a diamond heart band on the fourth finger of her right hand until they do.

Hard at work on its fourth album, rock band Linkin Park has kept busy on a number of other fronts as well, among them its first movie soundtrack.
In addition to the group's contributions to the new "Transformers" film, some of its members have solo projects in the works. As for the new Linkin Park album, it likely will come out in 2010, according to co-frontman Mike Shinoda.
"It's moving," Shinoda told Billboard.com. "I feel like we've been writing a lot. I'd say we've got about half the music done, though I shouldn't say halfway, because who knows how long the next batch of songs will take."

Singer Kelly Rowland was in France last summer when she discovered DJ David Guetta, at one of his exhilarating techno shows in Cannes.
When she later met up with Guetta and asked him to play a new track for her, the French DJ unveiled a pop number built around a lush piano loop and throbbing percussion. The track, which would become the groundwork for "When Love Takes Over," moved Rowland to tears.
"I felt so much emotion from the track; something happened the first time I heard it, and it was just beautiful," Rowland says. The former Destiny's Child member took the track to London to write and record the song's vocals.

Pink claims her dog has calmed down since she stopped calling him F**ker.
The 'So What' singer was forced to change her pet's obscene name to Fred when her dad took charge of the animal.
Pink is quoted as saying: "My dog was called F***er. My dad adopted him and changed his name to Fred. He is a much happier dog now. He still responds to both names but he's happier."