A blogger who leaked songs from Guns N' Roses' latest album 'Chinese Democracy' ahead of its release has been sentenced to two months home detention. 28-year-old Kevin Cogill posted nine tracks from the record on the website antiquiet.com in June 2008 and pleaded guilty to his crime in December. Read more >>

Justin Timberlake has remixed Kings of Leon's 2008 track 'Use Somebody'. The pop star is close friends with the band and claims his reinterpretation of the hit single is “really cool”. Read more >>

The Strokes' Julian Casablancas is to release a solo album entitled 'Phrazes For The Young'. The eight-track LP, due out in the autumn, includes the tracks 'River Of Brake Lights', 'Ludlow St' and 'Glass'. Read more >>

Police in Los Angeles are treating Michael Jackson's death as a homicide case, according to US media reports. Entertainment website TMZ claims the investigation has now focussed on the singer's former physician, Dr Conrad Murray. Read more >>

Michael Jackson has continued to dominate the US album charts, selling more than one million albums in the last seven days. The singer, who died on June 25, now holds the top-12 places on the Billboard pop-catalogue chart. Read more >>

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has said the days of the band's bitter Britpop rivalry with Blur are over. Various music publications have attempted to re-ignite the feud this year following Blur's decision to reform. Read more >>