The Cure's Robert Smith, Tokio Hotel and Franz Ferdinand are amongst the names appearing on the soundtrack to Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. The soundtrack, 'Almost Alice', will be released on March 2 and will also feature the likes of Wolfmother. Metro Station and The All-American Rejects alongside the previously announced Avril Lavigne and the Mark Hoppus/Pete Wentz collaboration. Read more >>

The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is to make his directorial debut at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam next month. The fetchingly titled 'The Sentimental Engine Slayer' is the 34-year-old's third feature film, but will be the first to get a public outing when it's screened at the festival on February 4th. Read more >>

Jedward are to record their debut single with washed-up rapper Vanilla Ice, their manager Louis Walsh has confirmed. Walsh says the X Factor twins - full name John and Edward Grimes - are “beyond excited” about working with the 42-year-old American - real name Robert Van Winkle - on a 2010 remake of 'Ice Ice Baby'. Read more >>

Brazilian metal titans Soulfly have covered Led Zeppelin's 'Four Sticks' as a bonus track for their upcoming seventh studio album 'Omen.' A recent studio update from the band confirmed that 'Four Sticks' - which was a b-side to Zep's 1971 single 'Rock and Roll' - will appear alongside Sepultura's 'Refuse/Resist' and Excel's 'Your Life, My Life' in the bonus tracks. Read more >>

Liverpool's prodigal sons Hot Club de Paris are returning next month with a new six-track EP. 'With Days Like This As Cheap As Chewing Gum, Why Would Anyone Want To Work?' - which takes its verbose name from a phrase by British poet Matthew Welton - will be available to download via Moshi Moshi Records on February 8th. Read more >>

Wyclef Jean has called on the world to act and help his home nation of Haiti after it was hit by a massive earthquake yesterday. Immediately after hearing about the devastating quake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, The Fugees star sent out a series of tweets calling for action. Read more >>

Jay-Z and Beyonce have been named as Hollywood's top earning couple by Forbes Magazine. It's estimated that Beyonce earned $87million between June 2008 and June 2009 and Jay-Z notched up $35million in the same period, taking $122million (£75million). Read more >>

Hole front-woman and queen of gibberish tweets, Courtney Love, has stripped on Twitter to show the world her new tattoos. Kurt Cobain's widow revealed her new body art – small flowers around her upper torso – in a series of scantily clad shots, including one at the tattooists. Read more >>

Julian Casablancas has hit out at his record label claiming the distribution of his album 'Phrazes For The Young' was “executed terribly.” The Strokes frontman's debut solo effort was released Stateside through the independent imprint Cult Records in conjunction with RCA Records, and it's the latter he had issues with. Read more >>

Music heavyweight Meat Loaf has been drafted in as a judge for the latest ITV talent show 'Pop Star to Opera Star'. The singer – real name Michael Lee Adday – will be judging the singing talents of Blur's Alex James, former McFly singer Danny Jones, Jimmy Osmond, former Pop Idol reject Darius Campbell and four more tenuous stars. Read more >>

Joanna Newsom is set to return next month with her eagerly-anticipated third studio album. The follow-up to 2006's acclaimed 'Ys' is called 'Have One On Me' and is released through Drag City on February 22. Read more >>

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash believes Robert Plant made the right choice by choosing not to reform Led Zeppelin. Despite the other members of Zep being interested in reforming following their one-off O2 Arena show in December 2007, Plant, of course, snubbed the idea - and Slash believes it was best that way. Read more >>

The remaining members of Atari Teenage Riot are reportedly reforming for a one-off show in London later this spring. The German digital-hardcore outfit disbanded at the turn of the millennium and any chance of a reformation seemed dashed when band member Carl Crack died of a drug overdose in September 2001. Read more >>