New Alice In Chains Album

90's rockers Alice In Chains are working on a new album.

This is great news for all grunge fans, because it's been more than 13 years since they've been in the studio!
The new material will feature their new singer, William DuVall.
Their original crooner, Layne Staley, suffered a fatal drug overdose in 2002.

Oasis frontman attacked onstage

Oasis singer Noel Gallagher was attacked on stage in Canada during a concert by the British band on Sunday night, sending him to hospital with a suspected broken rib.
Video on YouTube showed a man running hard from the back of the stage and knocking Gallagher from behind while the band was playing its hit song "Morning Glory" for the 40,000-strong audience at Toronto's V Festival.
Gallagher, 41, who had his guitar strapped on, landed heavily onto speakers. The unidentified attacker fell into a microphone stand as security staff rushed to grab him.
Gallagher's brother Liam ran at the man and threw a punch, which failed to connect, before all three left the stage.
The band said in a statement on its Web site www.oasisinet.com that Gallagher returned a few minutes later and Oasis completed its set.
The singer was later taken to hospital where he was examined for a suspected rib fracture and ligament damage. The statement did not specify the results of the examination.
A police spokesman said a 47-year-old Toronto man had been charged with assault and released without bail. He is due to appear in court next month.
The motive for the attack was not known and Oasis said no decision had been made about Tuesday's concert in London, Ontario.
Oasis, one of Britain's biggest bands of the 1990s with hits like "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger," is playing several concerts in Canada and the United States before a sold-out British and European tour in late September to promote the upcoming album "Dig Out Your Soul."

Madonna Dedicates Song To The Pope

Pop star Madonna, once accused by the Vatican of staging one of the most satanic shows in history, surprised fans by dedicating her hit "Like a Virgin" to the pope at a sold-out concert held in Rome.
"I dedicate this song to the pope, because I'm a child of God. All of you are also children of God," the 50-year old "Queen of Pop" told the 60,000 fans that flocked to the Italian stop of her "Sticky & Sweet" world tour on Saturday.
Italian newspapers gushed over the singer's electric performance and called the dedication a surprising provocation.
"At the Roman leg of her tour, Madonna didn't miss the opportunity for a provocation that will certainly be discussed," Italy's top newspaper Corriere della Sera said in a front-page report.
Madonna, who comes from a devout Italian Catholic family, has raised the ire of the Catholic Church in the past with sexually charged antics designed to shock.
In 2006, she staged a mock-crucifixion at a concert in Rome to the backdrop of accusations from the Vatican of blasphemy.
The Vatican also condemned her controversial 1989 video for the song "Like a Prayer" that featured burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.
The Vatican later panned a show where she decked the stage out with religious imagery as one of the most "satanic shows in the history of humanity".

Britney doesn't surprise at VMA's

A year after her disastrous performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears opened the event's 25th annual installment on Sunday in anti-climactic fashion, leaving the singing to others.
After weeks of hype, the pop singer took the stage simply to deliver four sentences, shielding her lower face with her microphone.
"Thank you so much. Thank you for all the love. I'm here tonight to celebrate a very important birthday, the 25th anniversary of the VMAs. This is the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and it starts right now."
And that was it. While MTV had said Spears would not be singing, it had promised a fun surprise. The audience barely had time to digest her perfunctory delivery before R&B singer Rihanna belted out the show's first musical performance.
Spears did return to the stage a few minutes later to accept the first award of the night, best female video for her tune "Piece Of Me." It also represented the first MTV "Moonman" statuette of her career.
She thanked God, her family and dedicated the award to her fans. Spears is also in contention for video of the year and best pop video, both also for "Piece of Me," which stalled at No. 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart earlier this year.
Spears inadvertently stole the show last year. Clearly unsteady and out-of-shape, she badly lip-synched to a song, drawing bewildered stares from the high-wattage audience and universal derision in the messy aftermath.
But the tabloid target seems to have avoided any calamities in recent months. While she puts her life back together, her ex-husband has full custody of their two sons, and her father and a lawyer have taken control of her business affairs.

The show was hosted by British comedian Russell Brand, who implored Americans to elect Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Brand described U.S. President George W. Bush as a "retarded country fella ... In England, George Bush wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors."
Perhaps best known to mainstream audiences for his scene-stealing turn as a lovably sleazy rock star in the romantic comedy feature "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Brand also ripped Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and described the British royal family as "inbred nitwits."
The awards are being held in Los Angeles for the first time in a decade, on the historic studio lot of MTV's corporate sibling, Paramount Pictures. The lifestyle cable network is using the faux city streets, rooftops, and sound stages all over the Paramount lot to show various performances.
Besides Spears, other video of the year nominees are: R&B singer Chris Brown's "Forever," teen idols the Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up," girl group the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up" and English pop duo the Ting Tings' "Shut Up and Let Me Go."
Last year, 7.1 million MTV viewers watched the festivities, according to Nielsen Media Research. While viewership was up from 5.8 million the year before, the numbers were a far cry from the record 12 million viewers for the 1999 version.

The Doors close on Manzarek and Krieger

Doors` founders Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger have been stopped from The Doors name again.

The California Supreme Court has issued a ruling stopping Manzarek and Krieger from promoting their band with any name that includes 'Doors’.The pair can no longer tour as The Doors of the 21st Century and cannot use any likeness to Jim Morrison in their promotion.Manzarek and Kreiger’s troubles started when they dumped original member John Densmore from their touring line-up. Densmore aligned with the family of Jim Morrison to take action against the two remaining members, claiming that their continuation in any form using The Doors name watered down the legacy of the band. In an interesting turn of events, the California Supreme Court agreed.Manzarek and Krieger have been ordered to pay damages and costs estimated at $5 million for Densmore and Morrison family for using images of the original band during their tours that have grossed more than $8 million.Manzarek and Krieger no longer tour as The Doors of the 21st Century. You will find them listed in your gig guide as Riders On The Storm, a reference to another great Doors song (but legal).

Lily Allen Won´t Quit Drugs

Lily Allen doesn't know if she will stop taking drugs.

The 'Smile' singer, who attempted to punch a passer-by after leaving a London nightspot in the early hours of Tuesday morning (19.08.08), admits she isn't a "good person" when she is under the influence of illegal substances but still can't bring herself to quit. She told Paper magazine: "I'm not going to say I'm never going to do drugs again. I just know I'm not a good person on drugs." However, the 23-year-old star insists she did stop using recreational drugs after she discovered she was expecting a baby with then-boyfriend Ed Simons last November. Lily, who suffered a miscarriage in January, says she vowed to clean up her life for the sake of her unborn child. She said: "It was the hardest thing for me. When I realised I was pregnant and realised I wanted to have the baby, I made a huge decision - to make my life more stable." Lily has previously openly discussed her drug use, admitting she first began experimenting with ecstasy when she was just 14. Lily also claimed she thinks her drink was spiked in June this year when she was pictured being carried out of a party for the Glamour Magazine awards in London. She said: "I did drink that night. Then I woke up in my bed at 8 am and felt totally fine. So I Googled myself, and I saw the pictures. "It was awful. I can't believe I got into that state. It leads me to believe somebody put something in my drink or something. Because it's totally not in my repertoire to do something like that."

Madonna vs. McCain

Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" world tour on Saturday night, and - as she has done in the past - made sure to include some political satire in the new show.
In it, she compares Presidential hopeful John McCain with Adolf Hitler!
She also compared McCain to Zimbabwe's authoritarian President Robert Mugabe.
Well, McCain's camp is fighting back. His spokesman is speaking out against her Madgesty.
The Republican's rep, Tucker Bounds, says in a statement, "The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time."
Bounds adds, "It clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off limits."
Apparently this all happened during Madonna's song Get Stupid. Photos of McCain were flashed up alongside images of global warming and destruction, as well as pics of Hitler and Mugabe.
Then, towards the end of the song, photos appeared of John Lennon, Mahatma Gandhi, Al Gore, and even Barack Obama.