Sleeve Notes: Election fever sweeps pop (sort of)

So how late did you stay up last night? Our political future may be as confused as our fuzzy heads, but there were at least some pop stars happy to show their true colours yesterday. Lily Allen tweeted a picture of herself at the polling station with the words "Come on the reds!", and who can forget the nauseating image of Take That's Gary Barlow smiling by David Cameron's side? Meanwhile, Kieran Yates pondered "Is this the first grime election?" , after noticing Dizzee Rascal and Nu Brand Flexx in the political arena. We'd forgotten about Lib Dem Norman Lamb declaring he was "living the grime scene". Presumably that means he's coping with today's results by listening to the soothing tones of DJ Semtex's latest mixtape. Five things we've learned this week It's a bad week for ginger child actors Diddy's ego is still rampantly out of control Poison's Bret Michaels is set to recover from his brain haemorrhage Don't tie the knot if you want to make good tunes Readers are, um, "divided" on the merits of unheard material by the La's Morrissey's ode to a late fan Morrissey has had an unexpectedly busy week, beginning with the sad news that his superfan, Melinda Hsu, had died . Hsu was a regular at gigs and on fansites; a true fan among a legion of Morrissey devotees. Her death prompted a heartfelt letter from her hero. "[She] was a smiling face who lent strength to every single concert, even when events were going somewhat pear-shaped. I felt as if I knew Mel because she was always there – regardless of wherever 'there' happened to be; no snowbound landscape too far, no off-the-beaten track too untrekkable," wrote Moz. All this, and he still had time to threaten the BBC with an injunction to prevent them broadcasting a clip of an early demo. Seize this once in a generation chance to join a progressive coalition with the Guardian Music Twitter page