Apparently Turkish pop stars have graduations of bad

In Turkey, there are (it appears) so many pop stars on the run from the law, there is even a "most wanted pop star":

Deniz Seki had been convicted of drug-related offences. Her response was to skedaddle:

“Instead of going to jail I prefer to be chased,” Seki was quoted as saying by the Turkish media in June.

One part Ronnie Biggs; one part Duncan Norvelle.

Global warming gig under threat of cold reception

Live Earth might need a benefit gig of its own, at least in South Africa: they've moved the Joss Stone/UB40 leg of the gig closer to Johannesburg after ticket sales were doing poorly at the original venue. If the fans still refuse to go to the gig, it's rumoured they're thinking of making Stone bellow through their letterboxes.

The Istanbul leg of Live Earth was cancelled, fairly quietly, last week, after it failed to attract support of either government or business.