US rapper The Game has been released from Los Angeles' Twin Towers prison, according to sheriff's records. The rapper served just eight days of a 60-day sentence for allegedly pulling a gun on another player during a basketball game. Read more >>

Nick Cave has revealed that he is currently working on two new projects – a screenpaly and a novel. He says he has already completed the follow to 2006’s ‘The Proposition’ but he’s not sure whether or not it will get made. Read more >>

Pete Doherty will front a new television documentary about teenage drug abuse, according to reports. Doherty has made a number of high profile attempts to beat drug addiction, including a recent spell in a rehab clinic in Wiltshire. Read more >>

New pictures of Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch appear to show the property in a state of disrepair. The expansive property in California, which includes a zoo and theme park, will go up for auction on March 19th if Jackson fails three months of arrears worth $25 million. Read more >>

Panic At The Disco played the second UK date on their kick-off tour for new album ‘Pretty. Odd.’ to a packed Roundhouse in Camden last night. Members of the audience were dressed in the ‘Pretty. Odd’ red sashes from the soon-to-be-released ‘Nine In The Afternoon’ video as well as animal masks: pigs, horses, eagles and bunnies. Read more >>

Editors frontman Tom Smith says he hopes that the band can capture the “ferociousness” of their live shows on their third album. Speaking to the BBC, Smith said that he plans to take some time out over the coming months to begin writing the album. Read more >>

Leonard Cohen has confirmed details of his much rumoured UK tour dates set for this summer. He will play six dates this June including four shows in Manchester at the Operahouse with one a piece in Edinburgh and London. Read more >>

Iggy and the Stooges covered Madonna’s ‘Ray Of Light’ and ‘Burning Up’ as the singer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night (March 10th). Madonna said she felt like she had been “miraculously and continuously possessed by some kind of magic” during her career. Read more >>

R.E.M. are to make their new album, ‘Accelerate’, available one week early via the social networking application iLike. Fans will be able to stream the album in its entirety on platforms such as Facebook and iTunes, which use the popular application. Read more >>

Radiohead will play a one-off show on behalf of the BBC next month, it’s been announced. The free gig will take place on April 1st at the BBC’s Radio Theatre in London and tickets for the event will be allocated randomly. Read more >>

Ringo Starr says he’s “fed up” with being known only for his time in The Beatles. The drummer and sometime singer believes the Fab Four’s enduring fame means his other subsequent achievements are sadly overlooked. Read more >>

The normally impenetrable Bob Dylan was shocked into speech after a Brazilian fan bumrushed him on stage on Thursday night. A young woman jumped up onto the stage in Sao Paulo, rushed over to Bob and kissed and hugged him. Read more >>

Courtney Love has claimed her late husband Kurt Cobain’s estate has been the victim of one of the largest cases of identity theft in US history. The singer has presented police in Van Nuys, LA of details of a defraudment worth up to £36 million from the Nirvana star’s estate. Read more >>

My Morning Jacket have announced their new album will be called ‘Evil Urges’. The follow up to 2005’s critically lauded ‘Z’ has been scheduled for a 10 June release, a little earlier than previously reported. Read more >>

Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed the long anticipated online release of The Beatles back catalogue is “ready to go”. McCartney has been negotiating with iTunes for some time to release the Fab Four’s songs, which have never previously been available online. Read more >>

The Charlatans latest album ‘You Cross My Path’, which was made available for free, has been downloaded 30,000 times in its first week. Had the album been released officially it would have entered the UK album chart at number two this weekend, according to Music Week. Read more >>