Following her foray into pop-R&B on her previous effort 'Hard Candy', Madonna is now ready to embrace rap and rock music on her next album. The 50-year-old singer has drafted in two very different producers for the record in keeping with unwavering eclecticism. Read more >>

Feeder have set up their own record labe in a bid to “control their own destiny”. The band’s first release on Big Teeth Music will be an EP entitled, ‘Renegades’. Read more >>

Green Day and Guns N' Roses could become eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if organisers decide to change its rules. Currently Hall of Fame rules state that nominees can only be put forward if it's 25 years after the release of their debut album. Read more >>

Leona Lewis is set to collaborate with Kings of Leon after both acts expressed their mutual respect for each other, it's been reported. It's claimed that The X Factor 2006 winner will team up with the Followills on a track to be included on the deluxe version of her new album 'Echo'. Read more >>

Pendulum will be showcasing tracks from their upcoming new album 'Immersion' in London later this month. The Australian drum and bass outfit will play an album preview DJ set at the Ear Storm night at London’s Matter nightclub on Friday January 22. Read more >>

Jimmy Page attended the launch of the Royal Mail classic album stamps in London yesterday and praised the inclusion of 'Led Zeppelin IV' in the series. The collection, aptly dubbed 'Classic Album Covers', showcases defining album covers side by side on ten first class stamps. Read more >>

Comedian, radio presenter and friend of Radiohead, Adam Buxton, has hit out at the Stereophonics for berating his elderly father back in the late '90s. The 40-year-old was speaking about his TV series 'The Adam & Joe Show' where his dad Nigel Buxton (aka Baaad Dad) interviewed the Welsh outfit only to get a hostile reaction. Read more >>

Shane MacGowan says he doesn't sleep for an entire week when he's on an booze bender. The infamously debauched Pogues singer says he only catnaps occasionally, but while drinking doesn't usually go to bed for seven days. Read more >>

Santigold has teamed up with New Wave legends Devo to produce some of their new material. Currently working on her second studio album, the star - real name Santi White - admitted she was overwhelmed with the whole experience. Read more >>

Kings of Leon have denied they're working with Leona Lewis on new material. A report on perezhilton.com earlier this week claimed the Followills were “big fans” of the X Factor winner and were collaborating with her on a bonus track for the deluxe version of her second album 'Echo'. Read more >>

Paramore, Lady Gaga and Eminem were amongst the winners at the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles. The annual popular culture bash, now in its 36th year, was held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and featured live performances from Cobra Starship and Mary J Blige. Read more >>

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe joined Patti Smith at the opening reception of her collaborative exhibition with artist Steven Debring in New York last night (January 6). The exhibition has opened following the recent airing of Steven Sebring's film 'Dream Of Life' in the US last December. Read more >>

To celebrate the release of their brand-spanking new album 'Contra', Vampire Weekend are playing an intimate in-store set at London's Rough Trade East next Friday (January 15). Fans of the New Yorkers who buy the record at the store from 8am on Monday will be given a free wristband to the show. These will be strictly limited to one per person. Read more >>

Thom Yorke and TV on the Radio's Tunde Adepimbe are two of the big names contributing remixes and reinterpretations to the expanded edition of Liars' new record 'Sisterworld'. The New Yorker release their fifth studio album on March 8th and were keen to get high-profile artists involved on the second CD. Read more >>