Veteran rockers Status Quo and the German dance act Scooter have launched a bid to top this year’s Christmas charts. Scooter have re-worked Status Quo’s ‘Whatever You Want’ into a fast dance anthem using the track’s trademark guitar riff. Read more >>

The Who’s Pete Townshend has been writing new material for the group, according to band mate Roger Daltrey. The singer said Townshend’s current bout of inspiration is one of the reason’s why a forthcoming Who covers album has been delayed. Read more >>

An alleged tape of the late John Lennon fantasising about having sex with his mother has been leaked. The audio diary is set to feature in a forthcoming biography about the former Beatle, entitled John Lennon: The Life. Read more >>

Sir Paul McCartney will have “sacrifice operatives” waiting for him if he plays a concert in Israel this month, an Islamist militant leader has warned. Omar Bakri said the former Beatle had become the “enemy of every muslim”. Read more >>

Metallica have stormed to the top of the UK album charts with ‘Death Magnetic’, the metal band’s third UK number one. The group’s ninth studio LP beat bookies’ favourite Glasvegas - despite only officially going on sale on Friday (September 12th). Read more >>

White Stripes frontman Jack White has hit out at Coca Cola after the drinks company used his James Bond theme song in a new advert. An instrumental version of the track, entitled 'Another Way To Die', appears in Coke's new Zero Zero 7 campaign. Read more >>

Sir Paul McCartney has denied that his former Beatles band mate John Lennon ever tried to make a sexual advance on him. A new book about Lennon, who died in 1980, claims that the former Beatle wanted a gay relationship with Sir Paul. Read more >>

Amy Winehouse disappointed members of her family and friends on Saturday (September 13th) after she failed to turn up for her own birthday party. Winehouse, who turned 25 yesterday (September 14th), had been due to celebrate the occasion at London's Jazz After Dark. Read more >>

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has come to the rescue of hundreds of holidaymakers left stranded after holiday company, XL Leisure Group, were forced into administration. 21 aeroplanes were grounded last week after rising fuel costs meant the company could no longer afford to bring customers home from various European destinations. Read more >>

DJ Fatboy Slim has described seeing a dead body as he and his son swam in the sea near his home in Brighton. “I was swimming 50 foot from my back door with seven-year-old Woody in my arms, when a corpse floated gently by,” the DJ said. Read more >>

Robbie Williams is to award extraordinary pupils at his former school in Stoke-on-Trent with personal messages of congratulations. Students at St Margaret Ward Catholic School and Arts College who succeed against the odds will also receive certificates. Read more >>

Nirvana's former manager Danny Goldberg has revealed in a new book the impact that Courtney Love had over her late husband, and the band's frontman, Kurt Cobain. Goldberg, who also worked with Led Zeppelin, claims that Love acted as Cobain's “mouthpiece”. He also details the extent of the pair's alleged problems with drug addiction. Read more >>

The Automatic announced details of a huge tour of universities around the United Kingdom. The November dates will take in Student Union's in Swansea, Coventry, Bournemouth and Derby. Read more >>

US R&B singer Kelis has had all charges relating to an incident in Miami against her dropped. The singer was arrested in 2007 after interrupting and abusing police as they interviewed a group of men, including her husband, rapper Nas. Read more >>

The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey has asked for bad singer's to donate him their songs. Daltrey plans to release a new solo album – his ninth – and wants people to contribute to his effort. Read more >>

Britney Spears will release her new album on December 2nd, the singer's 27th birthday. The album, entitled 'Circus', is the follow-up to 2007's 'Blackout', which was well-received by critics but never performed live by the singer. Read more >>

US rapper 50 Cent has declared himself to be the biggest hip-hop touring artist in the world. The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, said he had a bigger international presence than fellow hip-hop stars Eminem and Jay-Z. Read more >>

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has revealed that some of the band took music lessons before recording their new album. Lightbody said the group wanted to do “something extraordinary” for 'A Hundred Million Suns' - which is released next month – and needed to “shape up to do it.” Read more >>

The Police are to release a live album and DVD of their performance at the Riverplate Stadium in Buenos Aires last summer. 'The Police: Certifiable' includes the full live show and a bonus feature that is packed with extras, including interviews with the band and photo galleries. Read more >>

Metallica's 'Death Magnetic' outsold Glasvegas' self-titled debut album by nearly 20,000 copies to get to number one, new sales figures show. Despite only officially going on sale on Friday, the American metal band's album topped the UK charts, selling 75,164 copies compared to Glasvegas' 56,387. Read more >>

US rapper Kanye West may have a charge of felony vandalism downscaled to misdemeanor because of a loop-hole in Californian law. West and his road manager, Dom Crowley, were both arrested and charged last Friday over an incident at Los Angeles International Aiport. Read more >>

The Killers will release their new album, 'Day and Age', on November 24th. The album, the band's follow-up to 2006's 'Sam's Town', will be preceded by the single 'Human'. Read more >>