Kings of Leon have hit the U.S. Billboard charts at #4 and #1 on the Billboard Digital Singles charts with their latest release ‘Only By The Night’. Selling a total of 74,535 records in their first week, this marks the band’s highest debut ever in their native country. Read more >>

Radiohead and Coldplay were among the winners at last night's BT Digital Music Awards in London. Radiohead were named artists of the year for the way they allowed fans to name what price they paid for their latest album 'In Rainbows'. Read more >>

Sir Elton John fears Watford Football Club may be heading for “catastrophe” unless they reinvest money back into the club. The singer, who has previously held reign as the club's chairmen and director, is frustrated that Watford's current owners have not used money from Premier League parachute payments and player sales wisely. Read more >>

Eighties pop megastar Rick Astley has been nominated against U2, Britney Spears and Green Day at this years MTV Europe Music Awards. Astley, whose 1987 hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up' topped the charts in 16 countries, faces some of music's biggest stars in the Best Act Ever category. Read more >>

Champion boxer Ricky Hatton plans to release a Christmas single – and he's hoping to get Oasis' Noel Gallagher to join him on the track. Hatton and the comedian Joey Bowler have re-written Jeff Beck's 1967 song 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' so that it's now entitled 'Hi Ho Ricky Hatton'. Read more >>

Former Dirty Pretty Things bassist Didz Hammond has insited that the band didn't split up in order for the Libertines to reform. Dirty Pretty Things, fronted by former Libertines star Carl Barat, announced yesterday that it was “with some sadness” that they were to part ways. Read more >>

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has spoken about his interest in science. “Physics especially has become an obsession of mine in recent years. I've read an awful lot about it. It's something that mystifies and allures me all at once,” he told the BBC. Read more >>

Pete Doherty has sparked speculation that former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon may feature on his forthcoming solo album. Doherty has published a video of Coxon and himself covering Blur's 1997 track 'You're So Great' on YouTube. Read more >>

Former New Order bassist Peter Hook has said he found the acrimonious way in which the band parted company “hurtful”. Hook told fellow band members Bernhard Sumner and Stephen Morris in February 2007 that he no longer wanted to be a part of the group. Read more >>

Metallica have held on to the top spot in the US Billboard album charts for a third week. The American metal band's new album 'Death Magnetic' sold 132,000 copies in the last seven days, a 61% drop on the previous week. Read more >>

US R&B star Akon has said he wants British rapper Dizzee Rascal to appear on his next album. Akon revealed that he was a huge fan of the UK grime scene, which Rascal is at the centre of, and was optimistic that it would spread to the US. Read more >>

Independent record stores across America are shipping in copies of AC/DC's new album in order to bypass restrictions on its sale. 'Black Ice' is scheduled to be released exclusively in Wal-Mart stores later this month. Read more >>

The official video for Radiohead's new single 'The Reckoner' has been shot by one of the band's fans. The video, which will air next week, was created by Frenchman Clement Picon. Read more >>

A civil servant who allegedly wrote a blog in which he described the rape and murder of Girls Aloud is to be prosecuted. 35-year-old Darryn Walker's story, Girls (Scream) Aloud, was apparently published on a porn website. Read more >>