British pop duo THE TING TINGS have seen their debut LP shoot to the top of the U.K. album charts.
The dance act's We Started Nothing LP debuted at the top of Britain's album chart on Sunday (25May08), knocking U.S. crooner Neil Diamond's Home Before Dark to the number two position.
Welsh soul sensation Duffy still hangs in the top five, with her Rockferry album sitting at number three, while German techno band Scooter are at four with Jumping All Over the World, and Australian drum and bass group Pendulum are at five with In Silico.
In the U.K. singles chart, The Ting Tings missed out on a chart double after their single That's Not My Name - last week's (18May08) number one - was knocked from the top spot by Rhianna's Take A Bow. The Ting Tings's song is now in second place.
Madonna and Justin Timberlake's collaboration 4 minutes falls another place to number three, with will.i.am and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole's Heartbreaker and Sam Sparro's Black + Gold at four and five respectively.
"(I'll send) something from the girls. At the end of the day, he's their dad. They have to understand that." DENISE RICHARDS will put her rift with ex-husband CHARLIE SHEEN aside for one day on Friday (30May08) when their daughters Lola and Sam attend Sheen's wedding to Brooke Mueller.
The former Pulp frontman praised the troubled singer and British band the Arctic Monkeys for their use of language and lyrical themes in their records.
He says, "Rap music has stayed in relatively good health, because it's almost all about the words. Arctic Monkeys have made much of their love of hip hop and I think you can hear that in Alex Turner's lyrics.
"Amy Winehouse goes one better and just makes words up. I think Pete Doherty harks back to The Beatles' song 'I am the Walrus' - he plays games with words."
The 'Common People' hitmaker, who is currently working on material for his second solo album, was previously hailed the most important lyricist of the mid-nineties 'Britpop' era.
since suffering a minor stroke.
Don, 52, appeared at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye today where he told an audience that he was "very happy" to no longer be filming for 12 hours a day.
"I'm fine and recovering well," he said.
"I can't do regular… you know what TV is like with 12 hour days. I'm very happy to take that burden off me."
The gardening presenter said he was enjoying "pottering round" and was intending on making a "full recovery and do what I can when I can".
Don suffered a minor stroke six weeks ago which forced him to give up his presenting job on Gardeners' World.
The 52-year-old presented the BBC show for five years after taking over from Alan Titchmarsh in 2003.
26/05/2008 15:59:16