A rhinestone-studded glove once worn by Michael Jackson is set to go on display in a hotel in the Chinese territory of Macau after selling at auction for more than $350,000.

The iconic glove, worn by the late superstar when he debuted his trademark Moonwalk dance move in 1983, was snapped up by Hong Kong resident Hoffman Ma when it went under the hammer in New York on Saturday.

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LONDON (Billboard) – Sometimes, much weirder things happen at the MTV Video Music Awards than Kanye West interrupting an acceptance speech.

Take the 2008 VMAs ceremony, for example, when the A-list glamour of Hollywood's Paramount Studios red carpet was upset by the entrance of four teenage cyborgs with preposterous hair who stood atop an enormous monster truck. Emblazoned with their band name in foot-high letters, the

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Dutch DJ Marcello's music policy revolves around celebrating life and accentuating the positive, an attitude it's hard to criticise without sounding curmudgeonly. Why it does seem fair to take issue with his modus operandi, however, is that it results in long stretches of his addition to Supperclub's Ninesins series conforming to the most dispiriting aspects of chillout and cocktail bar house music: politeness, complacency, anonymity and derivativeness.

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Tokio Hotel rocker Tom Kaulitz is at the center of a police investigation after a female fan accused the star of punching her in the face at a gas station in Germany.

The guitarist, 19, is alleged to have assaulted the unnamed 21 year old devotee following a heated argument in Hamburg. According to Bild.de, the woman spotted Kaulitz - whose twin brother is band frontman Bill - as he sat in his car on the garage's forecourt and approached him to request a photograph.

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To celebrate its 40th anniversary Trojan have given their most renowned collection a deluxe makeover. Furnished with an extra disc of material, Tighten Up Volume 2 remains a good entry-point for people who like the sound of reggae and love to dance – just as it was four decades ago.

The UK was then the second biggest market for reggae (unlike today where it lags behind continental Europe). The most zealous converts were the

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Can't wait for Sex and the City II? Not a problem: here's Confessions Of A Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella's chick-lit romantic comedy about a fashion-obsessed financial journalist whose spending habits land her in trouble with, ahem, hilarious consequences.

Happily, Confessions' soundtrack scores considerably higher than the shambles assembled to accompany the adventures of Carrie Bradshaw last summer. The tone is sassy and sharp –

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As the CD compilation market grows tinier and more fractured, the annual collection that accompanies the annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards becomes more indispensable. Like the Rough Trade Counter Culture CD which brings together the best in indie, this 24-track gathering of all the nominees is the one-stop shop for the folk uninitiated and a perfect round-up for the aficionado.

Compiled by the show's Executive Producer, John Leonard,

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