Pink Floyd have passed up the chance to reform after the members learned that a forthcoming charity show they were set to play was to be staged at Jemima Khan's house.

Drummer Nick Mason said the band turned down the chance for the surviving members to reform for the first time in five years after they learned it would take place in the home of the ex-wife of retired Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan.

"That particular event wasn't right for a reformation of Pink Floyd," he told The Independent. "I said I would do it, but it was a charity event for suits, and it felt wrong to turn a small thing into a big deal just because Jemima Khan was in attendance."

Mason recently said he was keen to reunite Floyd for charity gigs, but the last time the band played together was at Live 8 in 2005, with keyboardist Richard Wright, who died in 2008.

He added: "Why play for a lot of posh totty instead of some of the other things we should save that up for – a Live 8 type of thing."

In July Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour performed together at a charity event.

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Calvin Harris has announced that he will never sing live again.

The producer, who has released two album albums - 2007's 'I Created Disco' and 2009's 'Ready For The Weekend' - says he has no plans to perform again despite being a fixture on the UK live and festival scenes for the past few years.

"I've stopped the live shows," he told Australia's Herald Sun. "I'm not a singer, I'm not trained. Taking it onto the stage in front of people was terrifying. I got much, much better at it but I never lost the terror."

He added: "Looking after your voice on tour is such a priority and such a nightmare. If I had a night out the night before a show it'd be awful and I'd feel for the audience. I'll do some studio singing for sure, but never live. It's not worth the risk for anyone, for the people in the audience or me, my pride."

Harris confirmed that he will concentrate on DJing and work behind the scenes with other artists.

"I'm going to focus more on production and DJing and zero percent of my time will go on singing," he said. "I'll do tracks with people who can sing well - proper artists, proper performers."

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The Isle of Wight Festival is very proud to announce that the Welsh legend Tom Jones will make a very special guest appearance at next year's Festival. With a career spanning decades, this is the chance to witness an unbelievable performance from one of the biggest names in music.

Tom Jones will bring his powerful vocals to the Isle of Wight Festival's Big Top on Saturday 11th June. Festivalgoers will get the chance to see a show stopping performance and one thing's for sure, Tom Jones will keep the audience captivated from start to finish.

The Isle of Wight Festival takes place 10th - 12th June at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
Keep up to date with the Festival and to buy tickets visit www.isleofwightfestival.com

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Following astonishing tickets sales this morning, Blink 182 have confirmed 3 new shows for their July 2011 UK arena tour. A second show at London O2 arena was announced earlier today and went on sale immediately, with dates in Sheffield and Cardiff being announced shortly after.

After a 5 year hiatus, breaking the merchandise sales record at Reading & Leeds Festivals this year and sold out shows in Scotland and Eire in August, Pop punk pioneers Blink 182 will be headlining their first arena tour in over 7 years.

The full list of 2011 UK dates are as follows:

Thursday 7th July* SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena
Friday 8th July MANCHESTER MEN Arena
Tuesday 12th July NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena
Wednesday 13th July NOTTINGHAM Trent FM Arena
Friday 15th July BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
Saturday16thJuly* CARDIFF International Arena
Monday 18th July LONDON The O2 Arena
Tuesday 19th July** LONDON The O2 Arena

*Extra date added ' tickets on sale 10am Saturday 27 November
**Extra date added ' tickets on sale now

Tickets for the Sheffield and Cardiff shows will go on sale at 10am on Saturday 27th November and are priced at £32.50. Buy sold out tickets at our partners here and check out all other tickets here.

Blink 182 were formed in San Diego in 1992 by Mark Hoppus and Tom De Longe and later joined by drummer Travis Barker. The bands breakthrough album, Enema Of The State, was released in 1999 and went on to sell in excess of 15 million copies worldwide. Their next two albums, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (2001) and blink 182 (2003) cemented their position as a pop punk supergroup. Additionally the band have won a number of MTV Awards throughout their career.

A new album will be released in Summer 2011 via Universal / Island Records.

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The Kinks' Ray Davies has been announced as the curator of next year's Meltdown festival in London.

The frontman, who recently teamed up with with Mumford & Sons, Billy Corgan and Frank Black for his new record 'See My Friends', will organise the line-up for the event at the Southbank Centre on June 10-18.

"My wish for Meltdown 2011 is that it will be a creative celebration through the decades," Davies said. "A bridge between the past, present and future."

He added: "I am thrilled to be asked to suggest what I hope will be a diverse programme."

The full Meltdown line-up will be announced early in 2011. See Meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk for more details.

In the past David Bowie, Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and Patti Smith have curated the annual event.

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Coldplay have confirmed their first European festival dates of 2011.

The band have been signed up to play the German Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park events, which both take place on June 3-5. Kings Of Leon will also play both festivals.

See Rock-am-ring.com and Rock-im-park.com for more information.

Coldplay are among the bands rumoured to be headlining Glastonbury Festival next June. They are set for two UK charity gigs next month.

The band are expected to release their new album next year.

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