Veteran singer Neil Diamond has revealed that he was shot as a teenager.
Diamond said that during his younger years he got involved with the wrong crowd in Brooklyn, New York and was only convinced to leave the gang when he ran into trouble.
"On weekends, my friends and I would go out and get into fights with kids from other neighbourhoods.
"One night we were scrapping with these guys, when all of a sudden I heard a pop and felt a hit under my left eye,” he told Blender.
"It turned out I'd been shot. It was only a pellet gun, but it hurt pretty bad. That was my first and last gang fight."
Neil Diamond previewed songs off his number one album 'Home Before Dark' in New York earlier this year.
You can view Gigwise's exclusive pictures from the performance below.
US rapper Eminem made a surprise appearance on the radio earlier this week disguised as a prank caller.
The rapper, who is currently recording his new studio album, phoned into his own radio station, Shady 45, during a live chat with the rapper LL Cool J.
Calling under the pseudonym 'Jason from Miami', Eminem challenged Cool J to a game of Name That Tune, where Eminem would recite Cool J's own lyrics and the rapper would have to guess what song they were from.
“Hold your nose, dead bodies are around/ I leave scratch marks under the tears of a clown," Eminem rapped, to which Cool J immediately replied: 'Eat 'Em Up L Chill'.
After receiving praise from Cool J for his rapping ability, Eminem finally broke out of his character to rap is own song 'Lose Yourself', causing Cool J to erupt with laughter.
Eminem then set the rapper another challenge - he asked him to collaborate with him on a new record.
"Listen, man, you got this relationship with Dre," Eminem said. "You're cool with 50, so when are we gonna hang out? I got cable at my house, and the game is on."
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The Gossip's Beth Ditto will be launching her own plus-size cloting range according to the Daily Mirror.
The deal is in partnership with the Evans chain and will feature clothes between the sizes of 14 and 32.
A source told the paper that Ditto says, "She wants to show the world that big girls can have fun with fashion � and stick two fingers up to the size zero brigade."
Last year rumours hinted Ditto would sign with New Look, however the deal never happened.
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