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On Wednesday, cameras finally rolled on Britney Spears’ video shoot for Madonna’s tour. In the clip, Brit, clad in a gray hoodie, walks into an elevator and nervously paces as it begins its ascent. She then kicks and smacks the elevator walls, screams into the camera and pulls down her hood to yell, “It’s Britney, bitch.”

· Nobody here is trying to tell Amy Winehouse how to live her life. But does it really make sense for the troubled “Rehab” singer to be launching her own club night at London’s Camden Monarch on Thursday (July 10)? Love the name, though: “Snakehips at the Monarch.”

· Here’s the rehearsal footage of the Flaming Lips practicing their cover of the Who’s “Tommy” in preparation for Saturday’s VH1 Rock Honors concert (airing July 17). All we can say is: fish-eye lens, lots of smoke, a strobing gong, alien helium vocals and some kind of silver tassel rah-rah drum stick being waved around by singer Wayne Coyne. Have we mentioned how much we love the Lips?

· After the free Bon Jovi All-Star Concert in Central Park on Saturday, Sheryl Crow, 3 Doors Down and Josh Groban are getting in on the musical action at the All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium on July 15.

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Amy Winehouse Arrested Over Drug Video

MATT DUNHAM/AP PHOTOAmy Winehouse arrives at a police station in late April for questioning in a couple of alleged assault by the singer.

Amy Winehouse is back in police custody, this time over the infamous video that appeared to show the talented but self-destructive singer smoking crack and snorting powdered Ecstasy and cocaine. "Amy Winehouse voluntarily attended a London police station today by appointment," according to a statement from Winehouse's spokeperson. "She was arrested in order to be interviewed and is co-operating fully with enquiries. The interview relates to a video handed to police earlier this year."

In late April, Winehouse was briefly arrested and released for head-butting a man and slapping another man during a bar crawl. She was given a formal warning.

Amy Winehouse's album ultimatum

Amy Winehouse has been ordered by her record company to stay out of trouble if she wants to release another album.
The troubled singer - who has had a well-documented battle with drug addiction - was given the ultimatum by bosses at Universal who are dismayed by her recent behaviour.
A source close to Amy - who was ordered into rehab earlier this year by the label's European chief Lucian Grainge after he saw footage of her smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine - said: "Amy has been reminded of her responsibilities. Unless she is clean she will not be allowed to release another album.
"She took notice when Lucian talked to her earlier this year and agreed to go to rehab. But she didn't take it seriously enough.
"They would never release her from her deal, they would just not put an album out."
Amy - whose Grammy Award-winning second album Back to Black catapulted her to worldwide fame - recently scrapped plans to record her third LP in the Bahamas.
Universal bosses now accept it is unlikely her album will be released until 2009 and are urging her to get help.
The source added to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "The label were not impressed. She has been warned about her behaviour and needs to keep the standards up."

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