Hallelujah test!

Inevitably it looks like X Factor will be number 1 at Christmas

But atleast they covered a good song. Already covered by 50 artists and originally written in 1984, Leonard Cohen wrote 2 full notebooks of notes of ideas for recording this song. Test your knowledge of the classic song here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7783704.stm

Stones' get streets named after them

13 places in Dartford to get names from Stones' songs.

In Stella Street style a series of streets in Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' childhood town of Dartford, Kent, are to be named after Rolling Stones songs. Councillors approved the names on December 11, with chosen titles including Satisfaction Street, Angie Mews and Ruby Tuesday Drive.

Other new names include Little Red Walk, Babylon Close, Stones Avenue, Dandelion Row, Lady Jane Walk, Cloud Close and Rainbow Close. Both Jagger and Richards were born in Dartford.

Police are apparently worried that fans will steal the street names as mementos.

Mick & Keith corner shop could be next!?

Radiohead 'Videotape' tape in eBay

A four-hour video remix of Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' song 'Videotape' is being auctioned on eBay to raise money for the Missing People charity.

The remix, which appears on a VHS video, is signed by all five Radiohead members. It was created by James Rutledge (aka music producer Pedro - check his MySpace for a good MGMT remix).

Only one copy of the remix has ever been made, and Rutledge says Radiohead have given him their full support in allowing it to be sold on eBay. All proceeds from the sale will go to charity.

Dave Tyack, one of his former bandmates from the band Dakota Oak, went missing in Corsica in 2002, and was found dead in 2004.

To view the item - the auction ends on December 21 - head to eBay.

Arcade Fire release 'Miroir Noir' film

Watch clips of the 70 minute documentary online now.

Its hard to keep up with band documentaries. I just watched Soulwax, Bloc Party & Justice and now its Arcade Fire's turn. 'Miroir Noir' documents the band through the making of their 2007 album 'Neon Bible' and subsequent tours. It also includes short films made on the road by the band. THe Website is here http://www.miroir-noir.com/ . I saw these guys 4 times already and they are incredible live. If you havent seen them, I would get this DVD as its sure to be a great insight into on of the most interesting and insular bands around.

New (Free) Hot Chip

Hot Chip announced the release of a new 4 track EP collaboration with Robert Wyatt & Geese on the back of a Grammy nomination for 'Ready for the Floor'.

The four-track EP will be released on a limited run on CD, but the band are making two songs available for download for free on Hotchip.co.uk - the first of which, 'Made In The Dark' (with Robert Wyatt), is available now. While 'We're Looking For A Lot Of Love' (With Robert Wyatt) will be given away on the website next week (December 19).

Animals Freaking Out

Skeeter the Narcoleptic Dog

Fainting Goats

Jizzed In My Pants

Andy Samberg & Lonely Island are back. Jizzed in my pants is the new song featuring Timberlake and its epic.

What Babe...

...The babe with the power, the power of voodoo, who do? you do.

Classic Metallicaaar

One...Epic.

Enter Sandman live in Moscow. Complete with 1000's of Russian nutters

Joseph, Better You Than Me

Fantastic new song with The Killers, Elton John and Neil Tennant(!?)

† Live Set

Messy

The Real David Brent (especially the end)

It's gonna be a bit like putting the 'A-Team' back together for a job.'

'It just felt right again' According to Damon

Blur are back! And reuniting for a ging in Hyde Park.

The full line-up – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – will play their first gigs together since guitarist Coxon quit the band in 2002. Albarn and Coxon explained that they had put their differences behind them and were looking forward to playing live in 2009.

"It just felt it was right again," declared Albarn of Blur's return. "It somehow feels like there's something for us to do again, we're not completely useless or pointless, we've got a reason to exist."

Coxon agreed, explaining the band were "making public what's been going on a little bit privately. For the benefit of the fans and those interested we can say that something's on the cards".

What is on the cards is a headlining show in Hyde Park, London on Friday, July 3. Click Here for info

Tickets will go on sale at 9am (GMT) this Friday (December 12). To check the availability call 0871 230 1094.

There are also rumours of further dates, including a possible appearance at the 2009 Glastonbury festival.

However, while the band refused to confirm any other shows, Albarn promised fans around the UK that the band would be announcing some more shows.

"We'll do something in London because that seems sensible," he said, "but we're also playing in other parts of the country working up to there."

You can watch a video of the reunion here.

In the clip, bassist Alex James admits that he had feared the band would "never" get back together, before joking: "It's gonna be a bit like putting the 'A-Team' back together for a job. We've gotta bust Rowntree out of law school!"

I'm excited, I'm getting tickets.

Beetlebum

BUY JEFF BUCKLEY!! KILL X FACTOR!!

Jeff Buckley is in a chart battle but does not know who with yet.

The winner of this years X-Factor will be releasing a cover of 'Hallelujah' a song Jeff famously covered for his 1994 legendary debut album 'Grace'. So Jeff is up against the Irish furbie kid, the 4 urban lads or the girl who actually can sing but is 10 a penny.

Its a fucking shame that a truly great artists work is in the media for these reasons and a shame that the charts are so bullshit nowadays. Its a reason I listen to Radio 2. On the flipside some kids who read about this might have the foresight to download 'Grace' and thus find out about decent music.

Buckley's version rose from 49 to 43 last week (Nov 30) in the charts. Facebook groups are trying to help sales but sadly I reckon some flash in the pan muppet will have that at Christmas time thus to the annoyance of people who have taste and souring a great song.

Last Goodbye

Coldplay are copycats

Coldplay have been accused by Grammy award winning guitarist Joe Satriani of copying his song 'If I Could Fly' for their song 'Viva La Vida'.

However, speaking for the first time about the case, the guitarist insists he did not want his claims to come to court, but that Coldplay ignored him.

"Everybody assumes I'm trying to go after these guys in Coldplay, as if I'm doing this with malice, that's the furthest thing from my mind. I'm just doing what I need to do as an artist, to protect what's mine, to protect those feelings I put down in song," he told Musicradar.com.

"I did everything I could to avoid a court case with this situation. But Coldplay didn't want to talk about it. They just wanted this whole thing to go away. Maybe they figured this little guitar player guy will leave them alone after a while, I don't know. But we're talking about a piece of art that I created, and that's something I feel is important. I think everybody should feel that way."

Satriani said he recognised his work in Coldplay's single the moment he first heard the song.

"I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much," he said. "The second I heard it, I knew it was [my own] 'If I Could Fly'.

"Almost immediately, from the minute their song came out, my e-mail box flooded with people going, 'Have you heard this song by Coldplay? They ripped you off man.' I mean, I couldn't tell you how many e-mails I received. Everybody noticed the similarities between the songs. It's pretty obvious."

Coldplay have yet to respond to the guitarist's allegations.

Make your own mind up here

No New RAGE according to Tom Morello

Guitarist ends speculation of a new album from the reunited band

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello has said the band have no plans to record a new album together.

Rumours of new material from the band have been circulating since they reformed to play California's Coachella festival in April 2007.

Morello told Billboard that he feels there isn't enough time for the band to record new material together.

"There are no plans for that [recording new material]," he said. "We've had a wonderful year and a half of playing shows, and I don't see any reason to not play more shows. The thing is, there's only so many hours in the musical day, and mine are very occupied right now."

Morello also said that his Nightwatchmen project takes priority over Rage, calling it his "principal musical focus, as I see it, for the remainder of my life".

The guitarist has released two albums under the alias, including 2008's 'The Fabled City'.

Its a shame, but I saw these mothafuckas live at Reading at last so I'm happy.

Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of

Bob Dylan announces UK tour

The legendary singer-songwriter returns to Britain in April and May to play a series of dates.

He plays:

Sheffield Arena (April 24)
London 02 Arena (25)
Cardiff International Arena (28)
Birmingham NIA (29)
Liverpool Echo Arena (May 1)
Glasgow SECC (2)
Edinburgh Playhouse (3)

Hurricane

Grandmaster Flash to release first album in 20 years

Grandmaster Flash, who clearly got away with some dodgy costumes because he was one of the 'pioneers' of Hip Hop is releasing a new album featuring a lot of current Hip Hop heavyweights.

The legendary DJ and producer releases 'The Bridge: Concept Of A Culture' on February 23. Flash is joined on the album by guests including Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes & Snoop Dogg.

It's the star's first brand new record since 1988's 'On The Strength'.

The tracklisting for 'The Bridge: Concept Of A Culture' is:

'Welcome'
'Shine All Day' Feat. Q-Tip, Jumz & Kel Spencer & Jumz
'We Speak Hip Hop' Feat. Afasi, Kase-O, Maccho, Abass & Krs-One
'Here Comes My DJ' Feat. DJ Kool & DJ Demo
'Bounce Back' Feat. Busta Rhymes
'Swagger' Feat. Red Café, Snoop Dogg & Lynn Carter
'What If' Feat. Krs-One
'Unanswered' (Interlude)
'Tribute To The Breakdancer' Feat. MC Supernatural
'Grown & Sexy' Feat. Mr Cheeks
'When I Get There' Feat. Big Daddy Kane & Hedonis Da Amazon
'Connection' (Interlude)
'I Got Sumthin' To Say' Feat. Lordikim Allah, J-Flo & Almighty Thor
'Can I Take You Higher' Feat. Mr Cheeks, Grandmaster Caz & Tito
'Unpredictable' Feat. Syndee & Big Daddy Kane
'Those Chix' Feat. Byata, Princess Superstar & Hedonis Da Amazon
'Bronx Bombers' Feat. Lordikim Allah, Almighty Thor & Mann Child
'Zuka The Sound' (Interlude)
'Oh Man' Feat. Syndee & Natacha Atlas

It pains me to say it but judging by how shit every other once-great hip hop artists' new albums have been over the last couple of years, this is likely to be bloody awful.

THE MAC ARE BACK!!! (only in the US)

Fleetwood Mac are set to embark on their first concert tour in five years, and this time it's a greatest hits outing.

The band will kick off the 'Unleashed' tour in Pittsburgh, PA on March 1, and will be performing their biggest hits from a career which has now spanned 41 years.

Tickets for the tour go on sale to the public on December 15 at livenation.com and ticketmaster.com.

American Express card members will have early access to tickets from December 8 at 10am local time through to December 14 at 10am at ticketmaster.com, excluding Uncasville, Ottawa and Montreal. American Express presale tickets for the Albany, NY show are available at tickets.com.

Meanwhile, the band’s classic album 'Rumours', which has sold over 10 million copies, will be re-released as part of a special CD/DVD boxed set early in 2009. It will include previously unreleased tracks recorded during the making of 'Rumours', as well as a DVD with never-before seen footage of the band.

The dates are:

Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena (March 1)
St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center (3)
Chicago, IL Allstate Arena (5)
Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills (8)
Washington, DC Verizon Center (10)
Boston, MA TD Banknorth Arena (11)
Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum (13)
Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena (14)
Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena (16)
Albany, NY Times Union Center (17)
New York, NY Madison Square Garden (19)
East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center (21)
Ottawa, ONScotiabank Place (24)
Montreal, QC Bell Centre (25)
Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre (26)

Go Your Own Way

Guns N' Roses sulking about Dr Pepper Debacle

Drinks company Dr Pepper has responded to a letter from Guns N' Roses lawyer last week that demanded an apology for the free drinks promotion intended to celebrate the release of ‘Chinese Democracy’.

“We are disappointed that Gn’R’s lawyers are turning a fun giveaway into a legal dispute,” the group said in a statement according to Rolling Stone. “We simply commented on the delayed release of ‘Chinese Democracy’ and openly encouraged the band to release it before the end of the year. Axl even expressed support for our efforts earlier in the year.”

As previously reported, Dr Pepper a free drink to everyone in America if the album came out in 2008, but the overwhelming response in the 24-hours after the offer launched crashed the company’s website and many fans were unable to download the coupon to avail of the free soda.

However, the company then extended the offer online as well as adding a toll-free phone number.

“This was one of the largest responses we have ever received for a giveaway” the statement continued “and we’re happy we were able to satisfy the thirst of so many Dr Pepper fans. We wish Guns N' Roses the best with their album.”

Last week, Axl Rose's lawyer Alan Gutman wrote to Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc's president and CEO Larry Young, accusing the company of operating an online redemption scheme that was an "unmitigated disaster which defrauded customers".

Gutman demanded that the company extended the period for the offer and called for full-page apologies in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

UNKLE release new album this month

Christmas time, time for bands to get all their remixes and reworkings out the door so the cheques clear in time for a big snow holiday in April. Not excluding UNKLE.

atures classical reworkings of some of their existing songs plus two new efforts.

The album, 'End Titles... Redux', will feature seven reinterpreted songs from the dance duo's 2008 album 'End Titles... Stories for Film' plus the two new songs.

Around 3,000 copies of the album will be released on CD on December 15, while digital copies will be available to download from Unkle.com a day earlier (December 14).

The album will be performed live by The Heritage Orchestra on December 18 at the London Union Chapel.

Damon Albarn's 'Monkey: Journey To The West' to extend London run

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's successful opera 'Monkey: Journey To The West' has had its London residency extended.

The opera will now run until January 4 at the Meridian Gardens by the O2 Arena in London, with performances taking place throughout the Christmas period.

Written, conceived and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, the opera is scored by Albarn and was designed by his Gorillaz bandmate - and renowned graffiti artist - Hewlett.

Here is a look at the show

Akon 'Fan Throwing' Trial Postponed

That annoying little cunt Akon's trial regarding the 'Fan Throwing' incident has been postponed until December 17th.

The rapper will have to face criminal charges in a trial stemming from an incident in which he threw a fan off a stage at a show last year.

The boy had heckled The singer at a concert at a baseball stadium in Fiskhill, NY in June 2007. Akon had him pulled onto stage by security and then hoisted the boy onto this shoulders and threw him into the crowd, where he landed on another concertgoer, who said she suffered concussion.

The star has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment.

Watch the fuckwit throw a fan here

If you get one folk inspired Aids charity compilation in 2009, get this one

Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear and Cat Power have contributed towards a new album to be released for the 'Red Hot' Aids charity.

The album, 'Dark Was The Night', will be released on February 16, with profits going to Red Hot – which raises money and awareness to combat AIDS worldwide. The album will feature a rare Arcade Fire song, 'When Lenin Was Little', while TV on the Radios Dave Sitek has covered ' 'A Girl Like You' for the album.

Artists who have contributed to the folk lead album are as follows (It looks very good!)

Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

Arcade Fire & Bowie - Wake Up

The Specials re-unite for 2009 tour

The legendary ska band have announced they are getting back together to play a series of UK gigs next April. Frontman Terry Hall said that the band were playing in 2009 to celebrate their significant birthday.

"It's the right time to do it [reunite] - we talked about it at 25 but we weren't together enough. Now we're all getting on and it feels comfortable again," he said.

Original members of the band including Hall, Neville Staple, Sir Horace Gentleman, Roddy Radiation, Lynval Golding and John Bradbury are all confirmed to play the gigs.

Tickets for the tour go on sale at 9am (GMT) on December 11.

The Specials will play the following dates:

Newcastle Academy (April 22)
Sheffield Academy (23)
Birmingham Academy (25, 26)
Glasgow Academy (28)
Manchester Apollo (May 3)
London Brixton Academy (6, 7)


The Specials - Gangsters

Bloc Party - New Single 'One Month Off'

Prodigy Announce free song and album listing

The Prodigy are giving away a free single today for 1 week only. This is to help launch their forthcoming album 'Invaders Must Die' out March 2nd next year.

Download the song here

Respect.

'Terrible' Terry Tate - Office Linebacker

It's Crysssstal Casssstles, Bitches!

Yeah its just alot of shouting and Atari noises but its good

Glastonbury Un

Glastonbury Deux

Britney Spears; Beers

Britters has announced she will play live at the O2 next June 3rd & 4th.

They will be her only European appearances. Tickets go on sale December 5th. Now this sounds shite but anyone with a bit of Delboy in them would know that to grab a couple of these and bang them on eBay will be very fruitful in the bunse department. Bunsen Burner? Nice little Earner; Apple & Pears, 'Cor Blimey Guvanor, Whistle & Flute, who are ya? whatever.

There Will be Bud

If you have seen 'There will be Blood' this will rock your bells

Tease Me Tease Me Tease Me Baby

I remember dancing around to this song with some mates stoned off my nut and finding it hilarious. Still is.

Classic Ali G

Before he sold out and made a shit film he was proper good

DEA Agent Shoots Himself in the Foot

Watch DEA officer Lee Paige announce to a class that he is the only person in the room qualified to carry a gun....then shoot himself in the foot.

Richey Manic Officially Declared Dead

Nice and morbid. Family get missing guitarist's legal status updated

Richey Edwards has officially been declared "presumed dead".The guitarist went missing nearly 14 years ago, although his body has never been found. According to the band's spokesperson, Edwards' family have obtained a court order officially changing his legal status. They added that the matter was "hugely emotional" for the band, who along with the guitarist's family are not commenting further at this stage.

The Manic Street Preachers have continued to pay Edwards' share of band royalties despite his disappearance. The star went missing from a hotel in central London on February 1, 1995 aged 27. His car was found near the Severn Bridge, and it is believed Edwards took his own life, although there have been a series of alleged sightings of the guitarist around the globe since his disappearance.

Heres the Manic Street Preachers at their best. Before they sang songs about Australia

Faster

La Tristesse Durera live at Glastonbury 1993

Mad About the Girl

Katy Perry - She is too fucking hot!

Radiohead premiere 3 new videos on MysSpace

MYSPACE MUSIC TO PREMIER RADIOHEAD’S THREE NEW VIDEOS IN THE COMING WEEKS STARTING NOVEMBER 21

VIDEOS WERE ALL OF WINNERS OF THE ANIBOOM ANIMATED VIDEO COMPETITION

MySpace Music announced that it will premier Radiohead's three new videos starting November 21 with the "Weird Fishes" and following with videos for "15 Step" and "Videotape" to be premiered on November 25 and November 28 respectively.

The creative teams behind the videos are Tobias Stretch from the US for "Weird Fishes;" the German team of Wolfgang Jaiser and Claus Winter for "Videotape" and Kota Totori from Japan for "15 Step." MySpace Music had previously premiered the video for "Reckoner" which was created by Clement Picon of France, which the band chose as the official video for the song. All four videos were winners of the In Rainbows Animated Music Video Contest. The contest was put together by aniBoom (aniboom.com), the premiere virtual animation studio, TBD Records and the band. The winners were selected by the members of Radiohead themselves .

"The aniBoom video competition, totally blown me away it has," said Thom Yorke, lead vocalist of Radiohead. "We are proud that In Rainbows songs were the source of inspiration for so many amazing creations."

Here is the first one - Weird Fishes by Tobias Stretch/Arpeggi

Dr Pepper sticking to their Guns

Huge Demand for Drink crashes special site built on Gn'R promise.

Drinks company Dr Pepper have extended their 'Chinese Democracy'-related offer of a free soda until 6pm EST today (November 24), after massive demand crashed the company's servers on release day yesterday (November 23). Everyone in the states was offered the drink apart from previous band members Slash & Buckethead.

In March, the drinks company announced it would give a free Dr Pepper soft drink to everyone in the United States if Guns N' Roses released their long-awaited 'Chinese Democracy' album this year. Guns N' Roses had been working on the album since 1994, and it finally came out in the US on Sunday.

In addition to extending the free drinks offer, during which consumers were invited to apply for a coupon online, the company also increased its server capacity and added a toll-free number - 1-888-DRPEPPER. However, despite the additional server space, the site still remained largely inaccessible today.

Joaquin Phoenix Quits Movies

Star is now focusing on music

I know its a couple weeks old but this is quite a funny video. Loooking a bit sniffed up, Joaquin gives an exclusive to this interviewer who laughs in his face. Its not taken too well.

Franz Ferdinand New Track - Ulysses

Out Jan 19th - Check it.

The Gherkin Playlist - 24/11/08

(Ctrl & left click to open artist or song in new window)

Jimi Hendrix – Drifting

Cream – White Room

Strokes – Modern Age

Secret Machines – Nowhere Again

Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends
Fergal Sharkey - A Good Heart

T-Rex – Hot Love

Kings of Leon – Four Kicks

The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows

Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal

Nine Inch Nails - Closer

New LCD Soundsystem Album on the way

Happy Days, LCD Soundsystem have announced a new album

Mainman James Murphy has revealed he has written the band's next album, quashing rumours that the band were unlikely to return following the release of 2007's 'Sound Of Silver'.

The producer/solo artist said that he has penned eight songs for the album, which will be the third LCD effort, and is keeping the tracks under lock and key - in his head.

"I write all my music in my head, I never demo," Murphy said "I get to a point where there are too many songs and I have to get them recorded. I recently felt that. I've got eight in my head - that's critical mass." Murphy said he was unsure when he would begin recording the new album, but said that when he did, he wouldn't tell anyone.

"When I start recording I don't tell anyone not even my manager," he said, possibly explaining some recent reports where Hot Chip/LCD guitarist Al Doyle claimed the group were finished. "I'll go away for a month to a studio outside the city [New York] and do it."

Suge Knight Cocks up again

Some people just never learn.

Rap impresario Marion 'Suge' Knight is being charged with battery and drug possession charges.

The Clark County district attorney's office in Nevada sent the criminal complaint to the Las Vegas Justice Court on November 17.

Police claim that they saw the former Death Row Records boss beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife in a parking lot near the Las Vegas Strip in August, reports the Associated Press.

The woman was later treated for injuries at a nearby hospital. They also said that Knight was in possession of Ecstasy and hydrocodone when they arrested him. He was later released on $19,000 bail.

Meanwhile, Knight has filed a suit of his own against Kanye West for damages stemming from an incident in which he was shot in Miami, as previously reported.

Go Cali.

Big Fat Smelly Cocks

Classic scene from BBC's Big Train. Big Arses on your Head.

Silent Japanese Gameshow

Slapping Machine is the best

Monte Barrett twats it into the Ring

Not only is this mincer using a 50 Cent (the worst human being on the planet) song to enter a boxing ring. He tumbles over the rope infront of 30 000 people looking like a cock. And he got beaten.

McCartney to release 14 minute Beatles 'lost' song

Macca confirms 'Carnival Of Light' exists

Paul McCartney has confirmed that the mythical Beatles song 'Carnival Of Light' exists, and has suggested it may soon see a release. The experimental 14-minute song was recorded in 1967 for an electronic music festival, but was never released.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Front Row, McCartney said: "The time has come for it to get its moment. I like it because it's The Beatles free, going off piste. I said all I want you to do is just wander around all the stuff, bang it, shout, play it, it doesn't need to make any sense. Hit a drum then wander on to the piano, hit a few notes, just wander around. So that's what we did and then put a bit of an echo on it. It's very free."

According to BBC News, McCartney pushed for the song to be included on The Beatles' 'Anthology' releases in the mid-'90s, but it was vetoed by the rest of the band.

Anthony Keidis Autobiography to be turned into TV Show

RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis' 2004 autobiography, 'Scar Tissue', is set to be adapted for a new TV show on US network HBO.

The show, produced by Marc Abrams and Michael Benson, will be an offbeat comedy, reports the Guardian. It will focus on the singer's early life in Los Angeles, where he lived with his father, a drug dealer to musicians in the area, as well as the LA rock scene.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently on a hiatus, with the group previously stating they would take a break from band commitments for at least a year from May 2008.

The Strokes' Fab Moretti releases new single

The Strokes Fab Moretti releases first single from side project, Little Joy.

From the bands self titled album out now. Its alright.

MItch Mitchell 9/7/47 - 12/11/08

Mitch Mitchell died at the age of 61.

Mitch is best known for drumming in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The drummer also took part in the brilliant 'Dirty Mac' as part of the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus in 1968 along with John Lennon, Cream & Keith Richards. Pretty awesome collaboration

The Dirty Mac - Your Blues

Jimi Hendrox Experience - Woodstock July 1969