News reached Redvers towers that Mark Ronson has apparently reconciled his differences with Amy Winehouse and is thus producing her third album.
The duo fell out over their bungled attempt to record a theme for the last ‘James Bond’ film, but sources now say they have now patched things up.
The producer has his work cut out though, as Winehouse’s recent demos - which were said to be heavily influenced by reggae - were reportedly turned down by her record company, according to the Currant Bun.
A range of custom-designed Gibson guitars are to go on view at an exhibition in London this April, before being auctioned for charity.
The Action For Brazil’s Children’s Trust (ABC) is hosting the Força Da Rua (Force Of The Street) exhibition at The Print Space in London from April 23 - May 12.
Among the guitars on show is an ‘evil’ Beatles Gibson Les Paul (see right), which depicts a negative version of the band’s legendary ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ cover.
The guitar sees The Beatles themselves replaced by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Mao Tse Tung.
The guitars are due to be auctioned for the ABC at London’s The Cuckoo Club on April 29.
Fleet Foxes have added five regional dates to their visit to the UK this summer.
The epic band’s summer UK activity now looks like this:
Wolverhampton Civic Hall (June 25)
Glastonbury Festival (26)
London Hyde Park Calling, supporting Neil Young (27)
Leeds 02 Academy (28)
Glasgow Academy (September 
Newcastle 02 Academy (9)
Manchester Apollo (11)
End Of The Road Festival (12)
Bestival (13)
Osama Bin Laden’s niece Wafah Dufour is set to play a rare London gig with her band tonight (March 19).
The terrorist’s relative will play east London’s Old Blue Last with her band Dufour.
Her last London gig, set to take place on February 26 at the Bullet Bar, was cancelled after the singer’s new management company told her to pull all live commitments.
Although Dufour is related to Bin Laden, she was ostracised from the Saudi dynasty as a child after her mother fled the Middle East to preserve her daughters’ rights to free thought.
The northern monkey has unveiled his fashion plans on the website of his new label Pretty Green, named after a song by The Jam.
“The reason I’m doing it is I like clothes. We’re going to do clothes I like, if people like it cool if they don’t, they don’t!,” declared the singer in a video interview on Prettygreen.com
He added: “If you’re going to do it, you’ve got to get involved and I’m looking forward to it, and I think it’s going to be good.”
No designs have been revealed yet, but the label states that: “Pretty Green is an up-front, straight talking, classic clothing range owned, founded and designed by Liam Gallagher. The Pretty Green team is made up of key industry professionals.
“The clothing range, which is entirely ‘limited edition’, will include classic designs across footwear, denim, knitwear, jackets, trench coats, parkas, T-shirts, hats, scarves and accessories; all subject to Liam’s final approval.”
Pete Doherty’s debut solo album ‘Grace/Wastelands’ is now available to stream for free online, over a week before it goes on sale in the US.
The entire album can be heard for free on MySpace Music right now, and can be found here: myspace.com/gracewastelands.
Prroduced by Stephen Street of The Smiths and Blur fame, and featuring a number of special guests including Graham Coxon ‘ and Dot Allison it has had surprisingly good reviews.
Doherty’s Babyshambles bandmates Mik Whitnall, Adam Ficek and Drew McConnell also play on the album.
Over 40 years since his debut album reached 13 in the UK Albums chart, Bob Dylan has announced that his new album ‘Together Through Life’ will be released on April 27.
The self-produced album – with Dylan using his regular alias Jack Frost – was inspired after Dylan wrote a new song ‘Life Is Hard’ for a forthcoming film from French director Oliver Dahan.
As previously reported, Dylan will tour the UK from April. He plays:
Sheffield Arena (April 24)
London O2 Arena (25)
Cardiff CIA (28)
Birmingham NIA (29)
Liverpool Echo Arena (May 1)
Glasgow SECC (2)
Edinburgh Playhouse (3)
Michael Jackson announces 11 more London O2 Arena dates
Madness in the UK as Michael Jackson has added eleven further dates to his forthcoming London O2 Arena residency.
As well as the previously announced ten dates at the venue, kicking off on July 8, the King Of Pop will play there on July 30, August 1, 3, 10, 12, 17, 24, 26, 28, 30 and September 1.
London is due one of hell of a media circus this summer.
It is rumoured that the star will add further dates soon. Furthermore insiders have hinted that Jackson will embark on a world tour following the London dates.
It has also been reported by The Sun that the singer will release a new single before the residency begins.
Watch this space.
Due to illness, Tina Turner has postponed tomorrow’s gig at the London O2 Arena and Thursday’s show at the Sheffield Arena. She has contracted respiratory flu.
The shows have been rescheduled to take place on May 3rd in London and May 5th in Sheffield. Original tickets will remain valid.
Before falling ill, earlier this month Tina Turner kicked off a stint at the London O2 Arena with a spectacular live set-up, playing a greatest hits set.
Metallica were forced to cancel a show in Stockholm last night after singer James Hetfield was taken to hospital moments before they were due to perform.
Around 16,000 fans had already packed into the Globe Arena for the show, but were then told by the other members of the band that the gig was off.
Drummer Lars Ulrich told the crowd. “Trust me, none of you guys wanna hear me, Rob or Kirk sing.”
Hetfield was apparently suffering from a stomach bug and dehydration and has returned to the USA.
