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TRACK OF THE WEEK : Gone Gone Gone by Nikki Lane. We’re pretty into Nikki Lane

TRACK OF THE WEEK: Gone Gone Goneby Nikki Lane. We're pretty into Nikki Lane. The South Carolinan lass is a sometime stylist and model, but sings like a sleep-deprived Jenny Lewis who has just had a bust-up with the Watson Twins over someone else's boyfriend. Single Gone Gone Gonesees her playing the rambling (wo)man, over a Lone Ranger guitar line.

Kelly Rowland has put the brakes on a Destiny’s Child reunion for the time being, stating “to be honest with you – myself, Michelle and B – we haven’t talked about it. It has not come up in our conversations”. She added: “it’s just really great that we’re all doing different things and we’re all happy in our space.” While on her high horse, she called out interviewers who never asked Michelle the same question, saying – “what kind of angers me a bit is just the fact that Michelle is in Destiny’s Child, too, and respect her and know that it’s three of us – it’s not two”.

N-DUBZ WATCH:We've got an extended N-Dubz section this week, as the Camden trio begin to promote their solo careers. First up is Fazer, who plans to branch out into super-production, á la Mark Ronson. Speaking to the Daily Star,he boasted "My album is going to do what Timbaland did.

“I’m in the studio this week with Katy Perry and there’s a couple of megastars coming up, too.” Meanwhile, Dappy is gunning to beat his rivals: “Wiley’s had couple of number ones, Tinie’s had number ones, Tinchy’s had number ones. I need to make sure I keep up on that level. If I’m not anywhere near them in the chart,I feel like I’m bad at that.”

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However, he’s worried that he’s already raised the bar too high with his work in N-Dubz, and that he might not be able to follow the precedent he’s set. Ever rational, he wailed: “I’ve got to make sure I keep up to that level, I need to aim high, if it goes to five, six, seven, I will be devastated.”