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by Andrew Trendell | Photos by Batman LDN

The week's music news in cartoons by Batman LDN

A twisted spin on the week's biggest music news stories

 

The week's music news in cartoons by Batman LDN Photo: Batman LDN

Well, it's been a pretty eventful week in the music world. Miley picked an unlikely fight with Sinead O'Connor, Lostprophets announced their split, Haim caused a ripple of controversy by dedicating a track to David Cameron, Glasto tickets went on sale and new music was announced from the likes of Elbow, Dev Hynes and Fall Out Boy

But of course, far more than that went down. So to make it all a lot easier to digest, allow us to introduce you to Batman LDN - animator, illustrator and self-confessed 'would be comedian. He's also the fountain of much great Twitter knowledge:

Batman LDN has put his own unique and twisted spin on the week's biggest music news for Gigwise in comic form (See more of his work here, and follow him on Twitter here

So without further ado, here are the week's biggest music news stories as seen through the eyes of Batman LDN...

1. Ricky Gervais' David Brent tickets sell out in 60 seconds
Fans spoke out in outrage and disappointment after tickets to comedian and renowned atheist Ricky Gervais' upcoming London shows as Office character David Brent sold out in just 60 seconds. "Twunts!" said one fan, "more chance of getting a love bite on me' bellend" said another.
- Read the full story here

 

2. Drake vs Grand Theft Auto trolls
The Nothing Was The Same rapper opened up about the time a follower on Twitter told him that he hoped his mother would 'die in a car crash'. Drake later discovered that the troll was just 'some 13-year-old jerking off to Grand Theft Auto'.
- Read the full story here

3. Alex Turner: 'Fame has gone to me f*cking head'
Opening up about his moments of madness and the power of fame in an interview with Q Magazine, the Arctic Monkeys frontman said:  "I'm sure it has fucking gone to me head, to be honest. How could it not, to some extent? There's certain moments of fucking madness, I suppose, that you have. You have nights where you're like, 'Oh shit, I shouldn't have done that.' "
- Read the full story here

 

4. Britney 'Work Bitch' gets banned
The 'Slave 4 U' star got a little bit too kinky and over-the top in her new video for 'Work Bitch'. Whipping, NSFW dancing, twerking, girating - you name it, it was all in there and totally unneccessary. So much so, that the video was banned from being shown on UK TV before 10pm.
- Read the full story here

 

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