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Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have again been foiled in their attempts to add to their family.

The pair found a child to adopt – this time in Malawi – only to learn he had several blood relatives.

Sir Elton recently said he never considered having kids until he met a Ukrainian boy, Lev, in an orphanage. Authorities in that country were initially opposed to the adoption on the grounds Sir Elton was too old and the couple is homosexual.

Sir Elton, 62, and Furnish, 46, went to Malawi and found a boy, only to discover he had a maternal grandmother and siblings. “We were in Africa for the [Sir Elton John] Aids Foundation and met a boy, and immediately thought about adopting him. When we found out he had a maternal grandmother, and brother and sister, we realised it wouldn’t be the right thing to take him away from the family he had there,” Furnish said.

“We would love to adopt Lev, but that does not seem possible under Ukrainian rules.”

Sir Elton has at least 10 godchildren, including the son of John Lennon, Sean, and the son of Elizabeth Hurley, Damian.

Source: Splash News

Between school, recording sessions, and her recent visit to Canada, singer/songwriter/actress Kate Voegele has certainly been busy lately! In a new video blog posted on her Myspace page, Kate updates fans on what’s been going on in her life and fills everyone in on her upcoming tour dates. Check it out here. She will be touring across the United States beginning October 7th, and will head to Germany, France, the UK and Ireland at the end of November. Visit her Myspace for the full list of tour dates and ticket details.

KATE VOEGELE U.S. TOUR DATES

10/7 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues

10/8 Norfolk, VA – The Norva

10/9 Asbury Park, NJ – The Wonderbar

10/10 LancasterPark, PA – Chameleon

10/11 Hartford, CT – Webster Theater

10/13 Albany, NY – Revolution Hall

10/14 Boston, MA – Paradise

10/16 Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel

10/18 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall

10/20 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe

10/21 Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom

10/22 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom

10/23 San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit

10/24 McAllen, TX – Buddha Mansion

10/26 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q

10/28 El Paso, TX – Take 2

10/29 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad

10/30 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center

11/1 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress

11/3 Bakersfield, CA – Narducci’s Cafe

11/6 Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort

11/7 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court

11/8 Fort Collins, CO – Hodies’s Half Note

11/9 Boulder, CO – Fox Theater

11/11 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater

11/12 St. Louis, MO – Fubar

11/13 Dekalb, IL – The House Cafe

11/14 Des Moines, IA – People’s Court

11/15 Chicago, IL – Park West

Video Blog
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63715733

U2 Announces European Tour Dates for 2010
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360° Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information.

Also new on the U2 website are some pictures from the band’s most recent tour stops. Check out the photo gallery here.

U2’s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon, as well as their I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Remix EP are available now on iTunes.

Photo Gallery Link:

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

8/10/2010 Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena

8/12/2010 Hannover, DE – AWD Stadium

8/15/2010 Horsens, DK – Casa Arena

8/20/2010 Helsinki, FI – Olympic Stadium

8/25/2010 Moscow, RU – Luzhniki

8/30/2010 Vienna, AT – Ernst Happel Stadium

9/03/2010 Athens, GR – Olympic Stadium

9/06/2010 Istanbul, TR – Ataturk Olympic Stadium

9/15/2010 Munich, DE – Olympic Stadium

9/18/2010 Paris, FR – Stade De France

9/29/2010 Seville, ES – Olympic Stadium

10/02/2010 Coimbra, PT – Stadium