Green Day start work on 21st Century Breakdown follow-up album

Fri 19 Mar 2010
[Source: NME.com] Green Day have begun work on their new album, according to frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.Despite the trio’s last album 21st Century Breakdown only coming out in May 2009, Armstrong said the band started working on new material during downtime on their European tour last October.He added that they want...
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Big Star’s Alex Chilton dies aged 59

Fri 19 Mar 2010
[Source: NME.com] Alex Chilton has died of a suspected heart attack, aged 59.The singer and guitarist, who rose to prominence in Big Star and The Box Tops, passed away on Wednesday 17 March in a New Orleans hospital.Memphis-born Chilton is said to have complained about his health earlier on Wednesday, before being take...
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Lady Gaga too saucy for minors?

Fri 19 Mar 2010
Currently in Australia on her Monster Ball tour, outlandish New Yorker Lady Gaga has been wowing critics with her high octane live show... but not everyone is happy.Despite the majority of fans leaving the concert highly impressed with the antics of the 23-year-old “Telephone” star, some parents are concerned that ther...
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U2 reveal new remix album

Fri 19 Mar 2010
Irish rockers U2 are set to release a brand new remix album, titled Artificial Horizon. It’s the second time the Bono-led outfit have invited other names to lend their remixing skills to U2 tracks, with their previous remix disc, 1995’s Melon: Remixes For Propaganda, becoming something of a collectors item over the yea...
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Madonna exhibition heads to Chadstone

Fri 19 Mar 2010
Australian fashion fans of pop queen Madonna now have the chance to get up close and personal with some of the 51-year-old diva’s personal effects. A brand new display, Madonna: The Exhibition, has gone on show at Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping centre, and features everything from the “Like A Virgin” singer’s own credi...
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Jack White records new song with Jay-Z

Thu 18 Mar 2010
[Source: NME.com] Jack White has revealed that he recently recorded a new song with Jay-Z.The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather man confirmed that the pair had hooked up for the collaboration, but wouldn’t reveal when, or if, it would be released.“I just did a record with Jay-Z,” White told GQ.“We did ...
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Keane's Tom Chaplin: 'Golf has helped me overcome drug problems'

Thu 18 Mar 2010
[Source: NME.com] Keane frontman  has revealed that golf has helped him overcome his problems with drink and drugs.The singer, who checked into The Priory in 2006 to battle various substance addictions, has now credited the sport for helping him stay clean."I am actually quite obsessed with it," he told The Sun, a...
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Man thrown off train for writing Killers song titles on list

Thu 18 Mar 2010
[Source: NME.com] A 25-year-old man was asked to leave a train after staff became concerned when he wrote song titles by bands including The Killers on a piece of paper.Tom Shaw was thinking of possible tracks for his band, The Magic Mushrooms, to play at a forthcoming gig when he was asked to leave the South West Trai...
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50 Cent to drop hip-hop... for dance?

Thu 18 Mar 2010
He’s one of the biggest selling hip-hop stars in the USA, but according to rumours, “Do You Think About Me” star 50 Cent set to reinvent himself on his upcoming new album.Fiddy (whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III) is currently in the studio, working on brand new songs after the success of his most recent LP, 2...
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Gwen Stefani plans for the future...

Thu 18 Mar 2010
She’s one of the world’s hottest singers, and is currently preparing a highly anticipated comeback record with her original band, Californian ska-pop kings No Doubt. But 40-year-old blonde Gwen Stefani has confessed she doesn’t expect to be on stage forever… and is already putting plans in place for life away from the ...
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