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Putin calls Elton John – and this time it's real says Kremlin

President Vladimir Putin called pop star Elton John and suggested a meeting, his spokesman said Thursday, after the British singer was tricked last week by a prankster impersonating the Russian leader. “Putin… had a talk with Elton John,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, quoted by RIA Novosti state news agency. The Russian leader told the British singer not to get offended at the pranksters who called him last week pretending

With new album, 'Still New Order, but happier'

New Order looked on the point of irreversible rupture not long ago, but now one of the definitive forces in alternative rock is back with a new album and different “DNA”. Founding bassist Peter Hook left in 2006, a year after New Order’s previous studio release, and declared the band finished. “The DNA of the band has changed, right, but it’s still New Order — but it’s a happier New