Sir ELTON JOHN wants religion banned completely because he believes it promotes hatred of gays.

Speaking to the Observer Music Monthly Magazine the singer said religion lacked compassion and turned people into "hateful lemmings", and that "religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays.

"But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion. From my point of view I would ban religion completely. Organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."

He added: "The world is near escalating to World War Three and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren't they having a conclave? Why aren't they coming together?

"I said this after 9/11 and people thought I was nuts. Instead of more violence why isn't there a meeting of religious leaders?"


Well... I wouldn't go as far as to say all religion should be banned... (surely a lot of good has also come from it, hasn't it?)
BUT I would say it would be a good idea to make it illegal to preach/teach/spread discrimination of any kind - as this only translates into hate...

One of the most exciting bands to have surfaced this past year, and one of the songs of the year without a doubt... great to learn that South Africa's FRESHLYGROUND has won the MTV Europe Award for "Best African Act" in Copenhagen... Doo Be Doo!

A music video and song I've descovered on Youtube that's really such a WONDERFUL musical experience to behold... a track by GLORIA ESTEFAN that also features on her absolute must-have new 'Essential' compilation - 'Santo Santo' - a Spanish track which also features a very talented (and quite attractive) male singer...!

This video's for everyone tired of the war...

I'm not anti-American and not specifically only against the Iraq war... I'm anti-ANY-war...
This song is certainly not everybody's cup of tea; it's the band DISTURBED's version of the Genesis CLASSIC "Land Of Confusion"...

'Williams in duet talks with ABBA'

(How bizarre is this?)

Robbie Williams has been in talks to team up with ABBA, according to reports.

The star has apparently met former band member Anni-Frid Lyngstad and talked about recording Dancing Queen.

Anni-Frid, best known as "the brunette one", was quoted in the Daily Star as saying: "Robbie and I talked about doing an ABBA hit together. He has not yet come back on that one."

ABBA - which stood for Ann-Frid, Björn, Benny and Agnetha - split in 1983.


(Robbie doing 'Dancing Queen'?? Maybe he plans to use this opportunity to come out...! )