Kanye West has revealed that Beyonce and Kid Cudi are among the stars set to appear on his new album. The as-yet-untitled new project is set to arrive on November 16 in the US. Read more >>

Lady Gaga has said that she enjoyed her crowd surfing experience at last weekends Lolapallooza festival in Chicago. The star, who dived into the audience of Gaga's support band Semi Precious Weapons, was wearing a fishnet body stocking at the time. Many pictures showed fans grabbing the singer and pushing her through the crowd. Read more >>

Belle and Sebastian have announced that their new album will be called 'Belle and Sebastian Write About Love'. The name was revealed last night on the band's official website by front man Stuart Murdoch. Read more >>

A host of critically acclaimed indie acts have been announced as appearing on the Official Sound Track to Spike Jonze latest film 'I'm Here'. The film, Jonze first since he directed last years 'Where The Wild Things Are', is billed as a 'short robot love story'. Read more >>

Domino Records have announced plans to release a career spanning collection of Elliott Smith material, designed to be an introduction to the artist for first time listeners. The album, titled 'An Introduction To... Elliott Smith' will be released on November 1 and will feature tracks from all seven of Smith's albums. Read more >>

Carlos D reportedly quit his role in Interpol because he no longer enjoyed playing the bass guitar. Speaking to Canadian local paper the Toronto Eye Weekly, Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino said: "Carlos really doesn't like playing the bass guitar. How integral is the bass to Interpol? I mean, it's huge. It's a total harmonic component. It's hook-laden. But he really, really didn't like the bass. It's not his instrument of choice, and it definitely wasn't his first instrument." Read more >>

Rihanna has had the French phrase 'rebelle fleur' tattooed across her neck, adding to an already impressive amount of inkwork on the singers body. The 'Umbrella' star has the piece done in New York earlier this week and was spotted showing the work off yesterday whilst out and about with her sportsman boyfriend Matt Kemp. Read more >>

Morrissey is set to re-release his 1988 single 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' in remastered form next month. According to Morrissey fan-site True To You the single will coincide with the release of a 20th anniversary version of Morrissey's 'Bona Drag' album and will include new songs across all of its formats. Read more >>

Carl Barat will release his debut solo album in October, the week after he releases his own book of memoirs. Barat's self-titled album will be released on October 4, the same day as the albums lead single 'Run With The Boys'. Read more >>