APPEARING IN CHARLOTTE: Blunt seeks common ground

With his inescapable No. 1 hit "You're Beautiful," former British army Capt. James Blunt is one of 2006's biggest surprise success stories. With the help of fans Elton John and Linda Perry, who signed Blunt to her Custard Label, Blunt's soft-rock, singer-songwriter debut, "Back to Bedlam," has made him one of the most successful English exports since Coldplay.

• APPEARING IN CHARLOTTE: Blunt seeks common ground

Are James Blunt And Petra History?

U.K. papers have reported that singer James Blunt and model Petra Nemcova have ended their six-month relationship because of his rumored cheating ways. A source close to Nemcova denies the allegations.

• Are James Blunt And Petra History?

Rolling Stone's Exclusive Funeral Mixtape

Inspired by news that James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover" is the song most requested to be played at people's funerals in the U.K., we asked you, our beloved readers, to provide us with a selection of your picks for that fateful day (hoping that in the process we'd be able to prove that we have way better musical taste than our British brethren.) We chose ten of the best suggestions so that we could bring you this exceptional mixtape. Till death do us party! Listen to the whole Till Death Do Us Party mixtape Bob Dylan : "Not Dark Yet" [Listen] The Pogues : "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" [Listen] Lynyrd Skynyrd : "Free Bird" [Listen] Sleater-Kinney : "Funeral Song" [Listen] Oasis : "Live Forever" [Listen] Pink Floyd : "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" [Listen]

• Rolling Stone's Exclusive Funeral Mixtape

David Ford - I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused

Rating:
3 Stars
Artist:
David Ford
Album:
I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused
Review:
Ford's tender whine begs easy comparisons to James Blunt or that
other David (Gray), but Ford shakes them off on tunes like "State
of the Union," a wh...

• David Ford -
  I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused

Franz Ferdinand Album Enjoys No. 1 U.K. Debut

Anka's "Rock Swings" (Globe), a collection of rock hits covered in swing style, opened his U.K. album chart account 48 years after he hit the British singles chart on the way to No. 1 with "Diana" in the summer of 1957.

Franz Ferdinand Album Enjoys No. 1 U.K. Debut

James Blunt's Ex Confirms Split

JAMES BLUNT's ex-girlfriend CAMILLA BOLER has confirmed reports their two-year relationship has come to an end after the singer admitted having an affair with British socialite TARA PALMER-TOMKINSON.

• James Blunt's Ex Confirms Split

Live Review: James Blunt in San Francisco

There's something about James Blunt's inescapable single "You're Beautiful'' that definitely says "junior high school dance." The overwrought, catchy tune--with its lyrics that can be overly simplified and taken in the wrong way--seems tailor-made for first crushes.|
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• Live Review: James Blunt in San Francisco