Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has been diagnosed with cancer. Yauch, better known as MCA, said he was due to have imminent surgery on a cancerous tumour in his left salivary gland. Read more >>
Chris Brown has offered an unreserved public apology for assaulting his former girlfriend Rihanna. In an video message posted on YouTube, the 20-year-old singer said he was “very sad” and “very ashamed” of his "inexcusable" actions. Read more >>
Amy Winehouse is no longer addicted to drugs and is on the road to recovery, her mother Janice claims. Janice says that since her daughter returned from her eight month break in St Lucia last week the family have got “the old Amy back.” Read more >>
Kasabian, Friendly Fires and La Roux are among the 12 acts nominated for this year's Mercury Music Prize. The Horrors, Florence and the Machine, Sweet Billy Pilgrim and Speech Debelle have also been short listed for the honour. Read more >>
Fans of Oasis have voiced their surprise after the band failed to make the short list for this year's Mercury Music Prize. The Manchester group had been hotly tipped to scoop a nomination for their eighth album 'Dig Out Your Soul'. Read more >>
Lily Allen has backed La Roux to win this year's Mercury Prize. Allen voiced her support for the singer, who has been nominated for her 2009 self-titled debut, on her Twitter page. Read more >>
Michael Jackson's father, Joseph, has once again claimed “foul play” was involved in his son's death. Joe reaffirmed his assertion in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live on Monday. Read more >>
Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has described the band's Mercury Prize nomination as “pretty big”. The group's third LP 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' is among twelve albums shortlisted for the annual prize. Read more >>