Westwood revealed the fact he had been 'fired' yesterday, launching a Twitter campaign in support of the hip-hop presenter.

It wasn't long until Nicki Minaj learned of the news, Tweeting Westwood directly to offer her support.

"Ur kidding right? Wtf?", she Tweeted. Adding: "Noooooooooooooo Tim Westwood is such a big part of my UK experience!!!!! He's a f**king superstar!!!! Best interviews hands down!!!! Wtf?!?!"

Nicki continued: "dm ur nmbr. U need to come to the States! Ur a f**king gold mine. No one in their right mind fired u."

Despite Westwood's protestations, he hasn't actually lost his job entirely. The 54-year-old DJ will vacate his weekly 4-7 slot from September 2012. However, he will continue to present his 1Xtra and Radio One saturday night shows and will host a Sunday night show from 7-9pm.

The Babyshambles has spoken about the pressures of his drug addiction, revealing that he was force to use heroin while filming his (recently panned) acting debut. The singer turned actor has battled with a drug habit for years and claims that director Sylvie Verheyde ignored him when he took the drug whilst filming the adaptation of Alfred de Musset’s classic novel.

Doherty has told The Guardian, "It's poison but it's also medicine. When you're in that state, you can't function unless you have your fix... But I was so absorbed in the work, there wasn't a chance (to go to rehab)... I couldn't hide it from (Verheyde). She didn't really care. It was just a question of how quickly I can find a vein and then let's get on with it."

Pete Doherty has also revealed that he will be using the late Amy Winehouse’s lyrics on his new solo album.

Below: music stars before and after drugs

The pair have dated since February 2011, her publicist today confirmed the engagement in a statement which reads:

"I can confirm that Keira Knightley is engaged to be married to James Righton. We are not discussing any further details."

Klaxons are tentatively due to release their third album later on this year. It has been rumoured that the band are planning to work with LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and The Chemical Brothers on the follow-up to 'Surfing The Void'.

Meanwhile, Knightley will star alongside Steve Carrell in the new film Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World.

McKean suffered multiple injuries on Wednesday (May 23), including a broken leg and cuts to the face. The actor was hit on his way to the theatre in New York.

The actor’s condition does seem to be improving as he was able to tweet, "Lucky man: best wife, great kids, awesome docs and nurses, priceless friends; a little overwhelmed by the sweet tweets", thanking his fans for support.

Currently starring in the play ‘The Best Man’, McKean is best known for playing the rock singer David St Hubbins in the classic 1984 spoof ‘This Is Spinal Tap’.

Close friend and producer, Jeffrey Richards has claimed the patient has joked with him on a visit: "We always tell each other to break a leg in this business. I never thought it would happen to me this way!"

"I have worked with Michael on three previous productions and he has never missed a performance, and I understand from his team that he has never missed a performance in his career. This is the kind of first we are reluctant to announce."

Sweden are hot favourites to win the annual competition with their entrant Loreen 11/8 on to take home the title with online bookmakers Oddschecker.com. Loreen's song 'Euphoria' has been in 14 European charts already this year and Number one in four countries.

76-year-old Humperdinck is now fifth favourite, although you can get odds as short as 12/1 on The Hump to win.

An outside bet for glory is The Russian Grannies, competing for Russia. The OAP group are aiming to raise money so that they can rebuild their village church, have seen their odds shorten from 14/1 to just 6/1 ahead of tomorrow’s performance.

It is bad news for Jedward however who, with odds of 38/1 must be considered an optimistic bet at best.

This year’s Eurovision contest is taking place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan on Saturday 26 May.

A protege of US superstar Drake, The Weeknd rose to fame in 2011 after giving away three albums of material and working with Drake on the track 'Crew Love' from his 'Take Care' album.

Making his UK debut, The Weeknd will perform at Wilton's Music Hall in London on June 7th. He will return to Britain a month later for an appearance at the Wireless festival.

Tickets for The Weeknd's performance at Wilton's Music Hall are on sale Monday 28th May at 9am. For more information, visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.

The Voice judge and former Black Eyed Peas star's new track is a collaboration with singer Eva Simons on the track ‘This Is Love’. The track is the rapper’s second single from his upcoming album.

Filmed on London’s Southbank, The Voice Judge is seen playing his piano with the occasional appearance of Simons on his laptop and then digitally imposed next to him thereafter. Produced by Steve Angello from Swedish House Mafia, the single will follow his previous track ‘T.H.E’.

Will.i.am has recently revealed that he worked with huge names for his forthcoming album, including Britney spears, Busta Rhymes and Shakira.

The video for ‘This Is Love’ officially premiered on will.i.am’s VEVO page earlier and the single will be available to download in the UK on June 24.

Watch ‘This Is Love’ below:

Altive Media and Eagle Rock Entertainment Present Kasabian Live! Live At The 02 at selected cinemas nationwide for one night only, Wednesday 30th May 2012. For screening times and tickets, visit http://www.altivemedia.com/kasabian

Below: Kasabian live in Amsterdam

The singer, now a successful Hollywood actor, is to make a comeback to music, and will compose the soundtrack to his fiancé Jessica Biel’s new film.

Having made a successful move from music to the big screen, Timberlake will be composing and supervising the soundtrack to the film ‘The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea’, claims the entertainment industry website, The Wrap.

Timberlake’s finance, Jessica Biel, with be starring alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgon and Chloe Moretz, from the film ‘Kick Ass’. The film’s plot follows the life of a man whose wife dies, subsequently creating a new friendship with a young girl.

This will be Justin Timberlake's first solo music work in over five years.

The biggest issue they are facing is the cost, with Chris Martin telling The Sun that most of the tour budget is going on the wristbands, which light up in the dark.

"Most of the money we're earning on the tour is put into the wristbands," he told the paper. Adding: "We have to figure out how to keep it going without going broke because it's a crucial part of the concert."

One idea had been for fans to hand their wristbands back after each concert ended, however the band were told this would contravene a number of health and safety rules.

"You have to clean everything in case someone picks up herpes or TB. Our lawyers told us we'd get sued, and having been sued a few times we're not keen on that," Martin added.

"It's a little self-indulgent but we love the way it looks when there are 15,000 or 40,000 or however many people with all those lights on them. The technology is still very experimental."

It was confirmed earlier this week that Coldplay will headline the closing ceremony of the Paralympics this September.

The live concert and behind the scenes movie will be released in the UK and US on July 5. The film follows the ‘Firework’ singer on her ‘California Dreams’ world tour.

The preview, below, shows Katy’s sister Angela saying, “We always kind of had this deal that, when she made it big, that I was going to work with her and we were going to be together."

The clip shows the sisters at a Theme Park, bungee jumping and on huge water slides. Perry has also revealed that the film will address the issue of her ex-husband Russell Brand.

Katy Perry’s newest single ‘Wide Awake’, will be released on July 2, to coincide with the film ‘Part Of Me 3D’.

Watch the clip of 'Part Of Me 3D' below:

The steady, stoic song is classic National material, though it does lack the explosive pay-off some of their material often boasts. Game Of Thrones-pedia, the GOT online oracle, says the song displays "violent dynastic struggles among the kingdom's noble families for control of the Iron Throne."

Game Of Thrones is a huge hit in both the UK and US with the current series detailing the efforts of Ned Stark's children to over throw the Lannister family.

The Game Of Thrones Season 2 soundtrack features no other artists music besides The National, with all other music coming from the series itself.

Check out The National - 'The Rains Of Castamere' below:

The band have added a second headline set at the Brixton Academy in London on July 26, which will be following their European tour in June and July.

Travis Barker has said, “We’re super-excited to be doing a couple of smaller club shows at the end of our European run,"

"It's been a while since we've done shows in the UK like this and we think it will be awesome for our fans and for us too. I'm leaving next week to come over to Europe and can't wait to see all of our fans at the shows!"

The band recently had to cancel tour dates in the US, as Travis Barker was forced to undergo an emergency operation, however it is not likely to effect the UK tour dates.

Blink 182 will start their UK tour at Birmingham’s NIA on June 7 and end in Liverpool at the Echo Arena on July 12.

Below: Blink 182 live

The UK rapper behind hits such as 'Paper Planes' and 'Bad Girls' will release her fourth album later this year and has hooked up with the music giants to help her reach the next level in her career. The news was confirmed via a statement on Roc Nation's official website yesterday, (May 24).

M.I.A. joins a roster which includes Rihanna, Rita Ora, Wale, Shakira, Santigold, Ester Dean, Meek Mill, and Melanie Fiona.

Rihanna was the first star to reach out to M.I.A. following the news, Tweeting a picture of the pair together and saying: “welcome home MIA.”

M.I.A. recently previewed her new album, to be titled Matangi, with a clip of the song 'Come Walk With Me'.

Gilmour and his family were forced to leave their £3m mansion in Hove, East Sussex after a German explosive was discovered by developers working on the six-storey property.

Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson kept fans up to date via Twitter, telling her followers: “They’ve found a bomb under our building site!

Adding: “We think it’s a bit of old pipe but MoD on their way.”

A Navy disposal team was called in to deal with the problem, removing the potential danger and declaring the site safe.

“They’ve taken away our bomb. Incendiary but missing bit that makes it go bang,” Tweeted Polly.

The former Libertines frontman has announced that he will be using his late friend’s lyrics in his new song ‘Bird Cage’, from his new solo record. The singer will duet with Suzi Martin on the track.

Producer Adem Hilmi spoke to NME, revealing the line written by Winehouse goes, ‘We could never be together, I'm too pretty, you're too clever'.

Pete Doherty also revealed that the six other songs from the LP will be called, ‘Down For The Outing, Siberian Fur, Nothing Come To Nothing, Shine A Light On Your Misery, Ba Ba Ba’ and ‘Dust On The Road’.

Speaking to NME, Doherty said, “I've got a hard drive full of new songs and a few of them have taken more of a definite shape”.

“Things that were ad libs and off the cuff, we're putting more into traditional song structure.”

Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse would spend a lot of time together penning down lyrics and painting, with Doherty selling their joint artworks, created with the duo's blood, at auction for £35,000, earlier this month.

Below: music stars before and after drugs

Pattinson, speaking in Cannes where he is premiering his new, David Cronenberg directed film Cosmopolis, said that he is working on the film, which details 'the nature of songwriting'.

"I'm going to do a movie about The Band, the one that played with Dylan: a beautiful script about the nature of songwriting," Pattinson told les inRockuptibles.

The Band hit the headlines earlier this year when drummer Levon Helm passed away. Stars such as Bob Dylan, Black Keys and Red Hot Chili Peppers all payed their respects following his death.

The rapper is no stranger to the 1978 musical, having sampled the song 'Hard Knock Life' on a track from his iconic 1998 album 'The Blueprint'.

Willow Smith's Father Will confirmed that the new film was being made, starring his daughter. Smith himself will produce the film with British actress Emma Thompson penning the script.

Jay-Z is currently on tour with Kanye West as Watch The Throne, with the pair recently completing five night in London. The rapper was spotted in Cannes at the premiere of West's film Cruel Summer.

Former winner Leona is tipped to fill in for the departed Kelly Rowland during the audition stages of the show, with that position currently being filled on a temporary basis by Geri Haliwell.

However, Geri has her eyes on making her current guest role permanent and has claimed that she would recruit her friend George Michael for the Judges Houses stage if she were kept on for the whole series. Clearly, this would be a big draw for viewers and could secure her the position.

"Whoever I bring in as my guest helper will be authentic to me. It wouldn't be [a] 'rent-a-celeb'," Geri told The Sun.

Adding: "I'd possibly ask George, as that feels authentic. It would either be him or my mum."

Other stars linked to the fourth judging spot include Robbie Williams, Katy Perry, Mel B, Rita Ora and Dannii Minogue.

Bassist James Tweeted yesterday to say simply, "I love being in the studio with blur #blur"

This goes to rubbish claims made by William Orbit earlier in the week in which he said an album he was making with the band had been scrapped by Damon Albarn. "The new stuff sounded amazing," Orbit said. Adding: "Then it all stopped suddenly. It was all over with Damon, and the rest of the band were like, 'is this it?'".

It now looks more like Orbit has been merely replaced as producer of the material, possibly for not being able to keep details of the new album under wraps.

Meanwhile, Blur will be back on the stage this Summer, having recently announced details of four tiny warm-up dates before their huge Olympics gig at Hyde Park in August.

Below: Blur - a career gallery