Pixies planning Hollywood-themed new album
(06/25/2009 4:00:00PM)
Pixies frontman Black Francis has revealed that he is planning to record the band's first new album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde with a Hollywood film director. Francis told NME.COM that he would like to work on a film and music tie-in project, but ...
Michael Jackson bringing Neverland to U.K.
(06/08/2009 2:00:00PM)
Michael Jackson is set to turn the Kent house he'll be renting during his London O2 Arena residency into a replica of his Neverland Ranch. The singer has apparently told gig promoters AEG that he wants a funfair installed in the grounds of Foxbury M...
Michael Jackson 'angry' at 50 London shows being booked
(06/02/2009 2:00:00PM)
Michael Jackson has hit out at his London O2 Arena gig bookers, saying he believed he only signed up to play 10 shows--not the 50 he is scheduled for--at the venue. Speaking to fans outside the Los Angeles dance studio where he's rehearsing for the ...
Pink blasts Kanye West over fur support
(06/01/2009 1:00:00PM)
Pink has attacked Kanye West for his views on fur. The songstress says she was at Stella McCartney's Paris fashion show in January alongside West, the vice-president of PETA, and Paul McCartney, when the rapper started complaining that more of the c...
Jimi Hendrix's roadie says guitarist's manager murdered him
(06/01/2009 12:00:00PM)
Jimi Hendrix's former roadie James '"Tappy" Wright has claimed that the late guitar legend was murdered by his manager, Michael Jeffrey. In his new book Rock Roadie, Wright claims that Jeffrey told him he plied Hendrix with pills and alcohol in orde...
Weezer to release own Snuggie blanket
(05/26/2009 3:00:00PM)
Weezer have teamed up with a leading U.S. blanket company to produce their own branded blanket, according to reports. The band are set to get their own "Snuggie," which is a blanket with sleeves, and instead will call the item a "Wuggie." Frontman ...
Ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett dies
(05/25/2009 1:00:00PM)
Former Wilco band member Jay Bennett has died at age 45. The multi-instrumentalist died in his Illinois home on Saturday night (May 23), although the cause of death has not been revealed. A message on the website of his record label Undertow Music, ...
Amy Winehouse rushed to hospital in St Lucia
(05/20/2009 3:00:00PM)
Amy Winehouse has been taken to the hospital in St. Lucia for the second time this month. The singer fell ill at her rented house on the island, forcing friends to call an ambulance, reports The Sun. It is under three weeks since Winehouse was last...
AC/DC gig draws complaints for being 'too loud'
(05/19/2009 2:00:00PM)
AC/DC's gig at Munich's Olympic Stadium on Friday (May 15) drew over 100 complaints from irate residents. According to police, some people who protested about the "overly loud" gig were as far as 12 miles away from the stadium, where the band perfor...
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