Fall Out Boy will pay homage to the career of Michael Jackson in the video for the new single – a cover of the singer’s hit, ‘Beat It’. Patrick Stump, the band’s frontman, said the video had been inspired by all Jackson's videos but made “on a Fall Out Boy budget, so it’s not quite as fancy." Read more >>
Elbow have unveiled that their next single will be ‘One Day Like This’. The second song to be taken from their recent top-10 album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ will be released on June 2nd. Read more >>
Amy Winehouse has picked dup three nominations for this years Ivor Novello songwriting awards, including two for Best Song. The singer’s hits, ‘Love Is A Losing Game’ and ‘You Know I'm No Good’, will go up against ‘Let Me Out’ by Ben’s Brother in the song category. Read more >>
Weezer have unveiled the full tracklisting for their new self-titled album. The 10-track LP, which is released in America on June 24th, will include four bonus tracks – ‘Miss Sweeney’, ‘Pig’, ‘The Spider’ and ‘King’. Read more >>
Sir Paul McCartney has told people to think seriously about becoming a vegetarian in order to control global warming. The former Beatle, who is a longtime vegetarian, said that the meat industry was one of the biggest contributors to climate change. Read more >>
Velvet Revolver are to launch a new website to audition a new singer for the band, according to guitarist Slash. "The band is actually talking about building a Web site [and] doing some auditions via that, so that's been something that's developing at this point," he told Billboard. Read more >>
Lily Allen has published two new demos, ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘I Could Say’, online for fans to “get an idea of my new direction”. In a message on her Myspace, the singer said that she was working hard in the studio on the follow-up to her number one debut album ‘Alright Still’. Read more >>
US rapper Foxy Brown has been freed from jail after serving just over half of her one year sentence. The rapper, who was greeted by family and fans outside Rikers Island jail, told reporters that she intended to go straight to church to “get on my knees.” Read more >>
The Kooks have gone straight in at number 1 on the UK album charts with their new album, ‘Konk’. The band’s second album fought off competition from Duffy, whose debut album ‘Rockferry’ fell from 1 to 4 in the chart. Read more >>
Reggae legend Horace Andy has revealed he’s collaborated with Massive Attack on three tracks for their new album. The ‘Skylarking’ singer – who has worked with Massive Attack throughout their career – will also join the trip-hoppers when they tour this summer, as well as appearing with them at June’s Meltdown festival, which they’re curating. Read more >>
Sting is facing a bizarre lawsuit from a chef who claims he’s owed royalties after helping him write two of The Police’s biggest hits. Roy Smith has filed a complaint with police in Reno, Nevada, and is seeking royalties from ‘Roxanne’ and ‘Message In A Bottle’. Read more >>
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Fall Out Boy will pay homage to the career of Michael Jackson in the video for the new single – a cover of the singer’s hit, ‘Beat It’. Patrick Stump, the band’s frontman, said the video had been inspired by all Jackson's videos but made “on a Fall Out Boy budget, so it’s not quite as fancy." 
Elbow have unveiled that their next single will be ‘One Day Like This’. The second song to be taken from their recent top-10 album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ will be released on June 2nd. 
Amy Winehouse has picked dup three nominations for this years Ivor Novello songwriting awards, including two for Best Song. The singer’s hits, ‘Love Is A Losing Game’ and ‘You Know I'm No Good’, will go up against ‘Let Me Out’ by Ben’s Brother in the song category. 
Weezer have unveiled the full tracklisting for their new self-titled album. The 10-track LP, which is released in America on June 24th, will include four bonus tracks – ‘Miss Sweeney’, ‘Pig’, ‘The Spider’ and ‘King’. 
Sir Paul McCartney has told people to think seriously about becoming a vegetarian in order to control global warming. The former Beatle, who is a longtime vegetarian, said that the meat industry was one of the biggest contributors to climate change. 
Velvet Revolver are to launch a new website to audition a new singer for the band, according to guitarist Slash. "The band is actually talking about building a Web site [and] doing some auditions via that, so that's been something that's developing at this point," he told Billboard. 
Lily Allen has published two new demos, ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘I Could Say’, online for fans to “get an idea of my new direction”. In a message on her Myspace, the singer said that she was working hard in the studio on the follow-up to her number one debut album ‘Alright Still’. 
US rapper Foxy Brown has been freed from jail after serving just over half of her one year sentence. The rapper, who was greeted by family and fans outside Rikers Island jail, told reporters that she intended to go straight to church to “get on my knees.” 
The Kooks have gone straight in at number 1 on the UK album charts with their new album, ‘Konk’. The band’s second album fought off competition from Duffy, whose debut album ‘Rockferry’ fell from 1 to 4 in the chart. 
Reggae legend Horace Andy has revealed he’s collaborated with Massive Attack on three tracks for their new album. The ‘Skylarking’ singer – who has worked with Massive Attack throughout their career – will also join the trip-hoppers when they tour this summer, as well as appearing with them at June’s Meltdown festival, which they’re curating. 
Sting is facing a bizarre lawsuit from a chef who claims he’s owed royalties after helping him write two of The Police’s biggest hits. Roy Smith has filed a complaint with police in Reno, Nevada, and is seeking royalties from ‘Roxanne’ and ‘Message In A Bottle’.