Made where?

Budweiser has announced the headliners of its “Made in America” Labour Day festival in Philadelphia: Rihanna and Coldplay. Guess no one told the Bud brain trust that neither Rihanna nor Coldplay was actually made in America.

Check your purse

Former Beastie Boy Michael Diamond has designed a man purse that retails for US$625. Look past the hefty price tag and you’ll see the bag is ideal for stashing your best porno mag before your nagging mom can throw it away.

Golden locks

A small lock of David Bowie’s hair snipped off for a Madame Tussaud’s mannequin in the ’80s is expected to fetch upwards of $4,000 at a Beverly Hills auction this weekend. If you ever cut Bowie’s hair in a salon, start kicking yourself in the ass.

Makes you wonder

Led Zeppelin’s lawyers have asked the judge to stop a trial where it’s alleged that Jimmy Page ripped off “Taurus” by the ’60s band Spirit when he wrote “Stairway to Heaven”. If Page were guilty, they argued, you would’ve heard “Taurus” at every elementary-school dance between 1972 and 1979.