Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil has turned down the opportunity to leave prison early, according to reports. Fielder-Civil, who was jailed in July, was apparently told that his sentence could be cut short if he entered rehab. Read more >>

Stereophonics were chased by Canadian police for two miles after the driver of their tour ignored police calls to pull over. The Welsh group were subjected to a three hour fingertip search by border officials on the American and Canadian border because their driver had parked illegally. Read more >>

Sir Paul McCartney has praised Duffy's cover of The Wings' track 'Live and Let Die', which appears on a new War Child album. Duffy is one of a host of current chart stars who were picked by legendary musicians for the album, entitled 'Heroes'. Read more >>

Bloc Party have unveiled their first set of tour dates for 2009, which will begin with two shows in Glasgow. The band's short tour, which begins on January 29th, will also include two nights in Manchester, Wolverhampton and a single show at London's Olympia on April 11th. Read more >>

Pete Doherty's childhood sweetheart, Emily Baker, has revealed how the Babyshambles frontman wooed her with his impressive chess moves. Baker and Doherty were reunited at the weekend for the first time since their school days at St Leonard’s School in Dorset. Read more >>

Radiohead are allowing their fans to remix 'The Reckoner', a track off their latest album 'In Rainbows'. Six stems – which are the separate parts from the song – are available to download from iTunes in Garageband friendly and DRM-free formats. Read more >>

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers says the band's decision to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall was inspired by a video of Morrissey playing at the venue. The Las Vegas band are due to perform at the venue on November 3rd in support of their new album 'Day And Age'. Read more >>

Steve Tate, former drummer in the boy band Take That, has been jailed for five years for robbing bank. Tate, who performed under the musician name Steve Washington, stole £1,200 from a branch of Lloyds TSB near Folkstone in July. Read more >>

Singer Ryan Adams have compared the new Oasis Album 'Dig Out Your Soul' to 'Kid A' by Radiohead. Adams told the Quietus that Oasis' record, which is released at the beginning of next month, had affected him in a similar way to Radiohead's 2000 album. Read more >>

An exert of 'Womanizer', the first single to be taken from Britney Spears' new album, has appeared online. A 40-second video clip appears to show Spears rehearsing the track in a Los Angeles dance studio along with her backing dancers. Read more >>

Courtney Love has appealed for a new housekeeper via the social networking website Myspace. Love said in a post on her blog that she had grown “sick of pigs who steal” from her and would pay the successful applicant “very good money”. Read more >>

The Kinks frontman Ray Davies has said he has no intention of reforming the band for “nostalgic reasons”. But Davies said the band, who formed in the 1960s, are "three quarters of the way" towards recording new material. Read more >>

Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has slammed Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, calling him an “idiot”. Keating, who has recently got back together with the rest of his band mates, said he met the singer when they were both staying at the same hotel. Read more >>