Green Day have blasted US supermarket chain Wal-Mart after retail bosses refused to carry an uncensored version of their chart-topping new album. The band's 21st Century Breakdown shot to the top of the U.S. album charts this week, after selling 215,000 copies in the three days following its Friday release. Read more >>

Morrissey has reached the ripe old age of 50 today. Happy birthday Mozza! The king of mope has been in the limelight for almost exactly 26 years, starting when The Smiths released 'Hand In Glove' on May 13, 1983, and shows no sign of stopping. Read more >>

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has dismissed a plagiarism lawsuit the band is battling - insisting it drives him to write even better songs. The band are being sued by guitarist Joe Satriani who claims his song If I Could Fly inspired their hit Viva La Vida, but Martin is refusing to take the attack lying down. Read more >>

Massive Attack are planning to launch a 150-date 2009/2010 tour with their previously announced UK tour. Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall will tour the world and headline festival dates in Latin America to promote their first album in six years, which will be released in October. Read more >>

Michael Jackson has spent a third straight day at a medical facility in Los Angeles, fuelling rumours once again that he is being treated for skin cancer. The 50-year-old music icon was swamped by photographers as he left the Bedford Medical building yesterday. Read more >>

Muse have revealed through their Twitter account that the title of their new album will be 'The Resistance'. The band have been recording the follow up to 2006's 'Black Holes And Revelations' for several months with Matt Bellamy calling it Classic FM friendly. Read more >>

US rapper Jay-Z has parted company with Def Jam record in order to become an independent artist. The rapper signed a distribution deal with the label in 1997, before later becoming the company's chief executive. Read more >>

Sir Paul McCartney's house has been removed from Google's Street View program after the Beatle complained, it's been reported. Sir Paul was apparently “unsettled” that fans could get a 360 degree view of his house in North London. Read more >>

Pete Doherty is to headline this month's Love Music Hate Racism festival in Stoke. The Babyshambles singer joins a line up that already includes Kelly Rowland and Reverend and the Makers. Read more >>

Rihanna has filmed a special guest appearance in the video for Kanye West's new single 'Paranoid'. The video marks the singer's first major appearance since stepping away from the public spotlight in February following an altercation with Chris Brown. Read more >>

Eminem is on target to sell as many as 650,000 copies of his new album 'Relapse' in just seven days, it's been revealed. The US sales figures mean the rapper should comfortably claim the number one spot on the Billboard Top-200 chart. Read more >>

Franz Ferdinand have been added to the line up for iTunes Live in London. The Scottish band will play Camden's Roundhouse venue on July 6. Read more >>