With the celebrated chanteuse and former model Carla Bruni and the French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy apparently planning marriage, Abba to Zappa picks out 10 Strange Relationships in rock and pop...
1. Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy. (see above). What chance that Gordon Brown/Katie Melua double date?
2. Lyle Lovett and Julia Roberts. The country singer, apparently engaged in some kind of perpetual gurn-a-thon, married the Mouth in 1993 (left). They said it wouldn't last. It didn't.
3. Gabriela Irimia and Lembit Opik. Take one half of the legendary Cheeky Girls, add a geeky Lib Dem, and arrange a first date at the Science Museum (right). Job done. Still going strong.
4. Marianne Faithfull and Alex Higgins. It may not have lasted much longer than the length of a 147 break, but the pair hooked up at the height of their respective wild times in the early Eighties. Scary.
5. Brix Smith and Nigel Kennedy. Anyone who marries Mark E Smith must have unconventional taste, but from pissed-up frying pan to faux-lout fire...
6. Brian Eno and Bonnie Greer. The pair recently bumped into each other on the BBC's Sunday AM and surprised host Andrew Marr with the, um, warmth of their embrace. Greer happily revealed that they were once a couple.
7. Natalie Imbruglia and Liam Fox. The Aussie songstrel thanked the Tory frontbencher on her Left of the Middle album, amid rumours of a 'close friendship'. Odd.
8. Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. She was the world's premier sex kitten; he looked like a Parisian dustman...
9. Courtney Love and Steve Coogan. The Widow Cobain and Alan Partridge in an embrace? Almost too much to bear.
10. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. The Oscar winner and the country music star (above) are having a baby in July. Bless.
