Massive Attack's New Material

Massive Attack have announced the
release of their first new
material in three years – an EP
of four new tracks due for
release in October.

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The lead track 'Splitting The Atom’
features Robert Del Naja, Grant
Marshall and Horace Andy, while
TV On The Radio frontman Tunde
Adebimpe guests on 'Pray For Rain’.
The EP also has remixes of two new
tracks. 'Psyche’ featuring Martina
Topley-Bird is given the re-rub by
Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid who
have recently remixed Bat For Lashes
and The Big Pink, while the Guy
Garvey fronted 'Bulletproof Love’
is stripped back to a minimalist
reworking by Christoff Berg, who
alongside Van Rivers & The
Subliminal Kid produced the Fever
Ray eponymous album...read more

Bob Dylan's Act of Kindness

All of Bob Dylan’s international
royalties from his forthcoming
album of holiday songs, Christmas
In The Heart - which is being
released on Monday, October 12 -
will be donated to the World
Food Programme and Crisis UK in
perpetuity, it was announced today
by Columbia Records.

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Dylan’s immediate donations will
provide 500,000 meals to school
children in the developing world
during the holidays through the WFP
and 15,000 meals to homeless people
in the United Kingdom during the
eight days of Christmas
(December 23 - December 30)
through Crisis.

The WFP is the world’s largest
humanitarian organization fighting
hunger worldwide, aiming to feed
108 million people in 74 countries
in 2009......read more

Johnny Depp Directing Video for Babybird

Johnny Depp is directing a music video.

The 'Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor was
spotted in the UK shooting the new promo
for British band Babybird.

RadarOnline reports: 'A scruffy Johnny
Depp was snapped in the UK on the set
of a Babybird music video he is
directing.

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'The video, which was shot over two days
at Hatfield House, stars Babybird lead
singer Stephen Jones and 'Snatch’ actor
Stephen Graham.'

The 46-year-old actor is known to be a
fan of the band, who are best known
for their 1996 hit
'You’re Gorgeous’.....read more

Christina Aguilera's not so happy Childhood

Christina Aguilera says living with
an abusive father helped her become
a successful singer.

The 'Beautiful’ singer star was the
victim of domestic abuse when she
was growing up and also regularly
witnessed her father Fausto attack
her mother Shelly.

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Christina turned to music to help
her cope with the trauma, and
insists it was her tough upbringing
that inspired her to follow her dream.

She said: "I witnessed a lot of
unpleasant things - a lot of
pushing and shoving and fighting
and quarreling. Growing up I did
not feel safe. Feeling powerless
is the worst feeling in the world.
I turned to singing as an outlet.
The pain at home is where my love
for music came from."....read more

Wall Street Riots New Single

London-based band of rabble-rousers
WALL STREET RIOTS will be putting
out a self-release of the eagerly
awaited single 'One More Ride’ on
September 28th. The track is backed
with a very special remix of the
single, by LostProphet Ian Watkins
under his L’Amour La Morgue side
project.

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Their debut, an EP titled
'Playground Politics’, was released
digitally back in May and caused an
online frenzy when sites and blogs
praised them with 5/5 reviews and
tipped them as the next big thing.
Kerrang! Radio have since been
consistently playing the EP on their
unsigned show.

Although Wall Street Riots are fairly
new, the musical style that blazes
through in their music has been a
long time in its evolution. Karnig
and Charlie started out by playing
nu-metal and pop-punk songs in their
early teens with Mike joining once
the duo began to get into hardcore
and post-hardcore....read more

Duran Duran to do a Classic

DURAN DURAN are set to record a
version of a classic Midnight Oil
track in a bid to raise climate
change awareness.

The 80s pop band have teamed up
with 55 other artists and
celebrities - including Sir Bob
Geldof, German rockers The Scorpions,
French actress Marion Cotillard
and singer Youssou N'Dour - to add
their voices to the cover of the
1987 song 'Beds are Burning'.

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More artists are expected to add
their support and talent to the
recording before the track is
released on October 1, at Paris
Fashion Week.

The song will be part of a campaign
headed by former United Nations
Secretary General Kofi Annan to
highlight environmental
issues.......read more

Taylor Swift accepts Apology from Kanye

Kanye West has personally apologized for
his outburst at the MTV Video Music
Awards (VMAs).

The rapper has finally said sorry to
19-year-old pop singer Taylor Swift – who
was awarded the prize for the Best Female
Video on Sunday (13.08.09) - after he
ran onto the stage during her acceptance
speech, snatched her microphone and told
the star-studded audience he thought
Beyonce Knowles deserved to win.

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Taylor revealed: 'Kanye did call me, and
he was very sincere in his apology, and
I accepted that apology.'

His gesture came after the 'Love Story’
singer appeared on US chat show The View
yesterday (15.09.09) and admitted she
hadn’t heard from Kanye.....read more

Norah Jones New Album

Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer
and songwriter Norah Jones has
announced the title and release date
of her upcoming album, The Fall, her
fourth studio album which will be
released by EMI’s Blue Note Records
on November 16th. Jones has also
revealed the cover artwork for the
album, which features a portrait by
photographer Autumn de Wilde.

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Jones was the surprise guest performer
at Apple’s 'It’s Only Rock n’ Roll'
press conference yesterday in San
Francisco. Her breakout album Come
Away With Me is one of the first albums
to be released in the iTunes LP format,
a new feature of iTunes 9 that reinvents
the visual experience of the record
album.......read more

Grohl Not Happy with Guitar Hero Creators

DAVE GROHL has slammed the makers of a computer
game that features Kurt Cobain.

Grohl and his fellow former Nirvana bandmate
Krist Novoselic hit out at game giant
Activision after they created a Cobain
character for Guitar Hero 5, which was released
last week.

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The late Cobain's creation can be used to play
two Nirvana songs, as well as a range of 85
tracks by other artists - a move which has left
Grohl and Novoselic "dismayed and very
disappointed".

They said they "didn't know" Cobain's character
could be used to play any kind of song
the user wants........read more

Mary J. Blige 'Positively Beautiful'

Mary J. Blige, nine time Grammy Award-winning
singer/songwriter, producer and actress, will
receive the first annual "Positively Beautiful,"
Award from HBA Global Expo on Tuesday,
September 15th at the Javits Center in New York.
Lisa Price, founder of Carol's Daughter will
present the award to Ms. Blige as part of HBA's
Keynote and Kick-off Presentation starting
at 8:55 a.m. HBA Global Expo is the largest
product development event for the cosmetic,
fragrance, skin care, personal care, and
well-being industries.

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The Positively Beautiful Award was established
to annually recognize a person who has had a
positive and inspiring influence on the lives
of the very people who are customers of HBA's
many attendees and exhibitors. Ms. Blige, who
has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide,
is the co-creator of The Mary J. Blige and Steve
Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women
Now, Inc. (FFAWN). The mission of this
significant philanthropic undertaking is to
help women gain the confidence and skills
necessary to reach their full individual
potential.........read more

Michael Jackson's resting place

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's
family and about 200 of their closest friends
gathered on a hill Thursday evening for their final
farewell to the pop singer, who died 10 weeks ago.

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Jackson's burial may lay to rest some of the
mystery and controversy that erupted with his
sudden death on June 25.

His large family was divided over where the
superstar's final resting place should be, but
matriarch Katherine Jackson settled on a crypt
inside the well-guarded and ornate Great Mausoleum
at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California.

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Thursday's service began 90 minutes past the
announced start time, leaving dozens of
celebrities -- including Elizabeth Taylor -- waiting
in their seats for the 26 cars carrying
the Jackson clan to arrive. read more

Jackson's Internment

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Seventy
days after his sudden death, Michael
Jackson will be interred in what may or
may not be his final resting place
Thursday evening.

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Only his family and closest friends will
attend the private funeral inside the
ornate Great Mausoleum on the grounds
of Forest Lawn cemetery in
Glendale, California.

The news media, which has closely covered
every aspect of Jackson's death, will be
kept at a distance, with cameras no
closer than the cemetery's main gate.

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Little is known about the planned
ceremony, though CNN has confirmed that
singer Gladys Knight, a longtime friend
to Jackson, will perform. Her song has
not been disclosed. read more

Oasis No More for Noel Gallagher

Lead guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher
has quit Oasis, according to a statement he
posted to the band's website. The announcement
came shortly after the last-minute
cancellation of the group's scheduled
performance today at the Rock En Seine
festival in Paris.

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"It's with some sadness and great relief to
tell you that I quit Oasis tonight," Gallagher
wrote. "People will write and say what they
like, but I simply could not go on working
with Liam a day longer."

Noel's brother and Oasis lead singer/guitarist
Liam Gallagher founded the band in 1991 with
Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCaroll.
Noel joined shortly thereafter and took over
as Oasis' lead songwriter. The Gallagher
brothers are the longest-standing members of
the band; the rest of the current lineup
includes guitarist/keyboardist Colin Archer,
bassist Andy Bell and drummer
Chris Sharrock. .......read more