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Beth Ditto never imagined being a style icon. The 28-year-old US singer - who is famed for her curvy physique and skimpy stage outfits - is surprised people admire her fashion sense because she just wears whatever she wants.

Gossip headlined NME Calling last night despite singer Beth Ditto enduring illness and an onstage period.

The solo album is a time-honored rock tradition, an outlet for when the other guys in your band just won't let you put that song that really showcases your hidden reggae influences or your love of Bach sonatas on their next record.

He won't have the cute, bone-dreaming dog from the Travelers Insurance commercial with him, but Ray LaMontagne can be expected to play his TV staple "Trouble" and other mellower fare at his latest solo acoustic date.

NEW YORK – Members of the band Gossip know precisely when they hit the big time.

How White County, Ark., thanks to way-larger-than-Kate Moss singer Beth Ditto, has punked the world.

A certain Straight staffer considers himself an expert on all things that rock. Despite the cajoling of a few in-the-know cohorts, he steadfastly refused to entertain the notion of going to the Gossip show at the Commodore.

Through all of the changes Gossip has undergone in the long journey from Arkansas garages to clubs the world over, it's never been overburdened by recorded material.

Portland band Gossip worked the downtown Showbox's sold-out showroom Friday, Oct.

The Jesus Lizard return to Seattle for a second go-round; if you missed 'em at Capitol Hill Block Party.

A A 'Big Man' talks Bruce and the E-Street Band Oct. 22: Legendary musician Clarence "Big Man" Clemons joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss his new book documenting his career with Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band.

A certain Gossip member was suddenly "having trouble with her e-mail" on the day the band memo dictating asymmetrical bangs was sent out.

SONIC REDUCER No way to keep it like a secret: word got out about Gossip. And so the direct descendants of riot grrrl were snatched up by whip-smart production savant Rick Rubin to join MGMT as two of the newish crown jewels in Columbia's auspicious yet aging catalog.

Michael Buble, "Crazy Love" Something odd happens on the second half of "Crazy Love," Michael Buble's follow-up to "Call Me Irresponsible." After a buttery, smoothly produced take on the standard "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You," Buble switches bands - from his own studio musicians to the real-deal Dap-Kings - for the analog-sounding "Baby ...

Beth Ditto is a singer whose name is synonymous with her band's name. While plenty of people may still not have heard of Gossip, they probably have some idea of who she is.

There's a whole lot about Beth Ditto to love. The plus-size singer of dance-punk outfit Gossip has a killer voice -- think the soul of Aretha Franklin, the drama of Siouxsie Sioux with the trill of Dolly Parton thrown in -- amazing style, infectious energy, dance moves for days and southern charm.

THE GOSSIP This trio brings its indie vibe to "Music for Men,'' its major-label debut of dance rock.

The band's universally loved frontwoman sported a new shorter 'do in Kool-Aid red or Sunkist orange , She wore form-fitting black, knee-length dress covered in silvery glitter sparkles that shimmered as she shimmied around the stage to the beat, giving the impression that Beth Ditto is not the centre of the universe, but the universe itself...and ...

"Did I turn this into a big gay interview?" Given I've been folding my boyfriend's briefs throughout our conversation, I don't think Gossip's Beth Ditto has anything to worry about on that front.

Now a major-label act with U.K. chart hits whose bluesy garage-punk style has been streamlined by producer Rick Rubin, the Gossip are no longer underground scrappers.