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Those who showed up at the 9:30 Club on Saturday night with any doubts about The Kooks' talent were certainly persuaded, and maybe even wooed into super-fan territory. The four lads from Brighton played a pitch-perfect set that had all the classic elements of an epic rock show, including crowdsurfing and a young woman who threw her underwear up on stage. The Kooks have been on the fast track to superstardom since forming in 2004, with several hit singles and a debut album that went quadruple platinum in the U.K. Judging from Saturday's sold-out show, it won't be long before the band is a household name on this side of the pond too.

A plane bound for Washington's Dulles International Airport out of London was diverted to Bangor, Maine, when a name popped up on a U.S. watch list: Yusuf Islam. The person in question is the man who used to go by the name Cat Stevens, the famed singer, who converted to Islam years ago. According to the AP, via WJLA, Mr. Islam will be put on the first available flight out of the country today because "[h]e was interviewed and denied admission to the United States on national security grounds," says a Transportation Security Administration spokesman.