Avril Lavigne gets together with Marilyn Manson
Avril Lavigne has revealed that she has recorded a track with Marilyn Manson for her new album, due this year. The unlikely collaboration features on a track titled ‘Bad Girl’, which Lavigne describes as one of the album’s “heavier” songs. “The record’s really diverse,” Lavigne said. “We’ve got these pop-rock tunes, and then these piano … [Read the full story]
Primal Scream need More Light
Primal Scream have announced their new album ‘More Light’ will be released on May 6. Frontman Bobby Gillespie revealed the details of the album, the follow-up to 2008′s ‘Beautiful Future’. Gillespie said: “It’s a rock ‘n’ roll record, but modern rock ‘n’ roll. Pretty psychedelic rock, it’s kind of guitar-driven but we use guitars in … [Read the full story]
Eddie the Emu’s strange animal facts
Have you ever heard of a shrimp that can break glass? The Mantis Shrimp is such a creature. Mantis shrimps are crustaceans, like crabs, rock lobsters and other shrimps. They are the only animals to have hyperspectral colour vision and are considered to have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. They can see … [Read the full story]
Hot Hugh is to get even hotter
In an official promotional still from upcoming blockbuster movie The Wolverine, Hugh Jackman is in fine form with his ripped muscles taking centre stage. With his veins pushed to the surface of his skin and his claws fully extended, the heartthrob actor looked a million miles away from his Golden Globe winning musical character. Hugh, … [Read the full story]
Adele wins three gongs at the Billboard awards
Adele has picked up three gongs at the Billboard magazine awards in the US. The Skyfall singer was named top artist of 2012 and top female artist…while her hit record 21 took the top album. She is the first entertainer to win both top artist titles two years in a row. It crowns another great … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1969
In August 1969, the massive, three-day Woodstock Music & Art Fair had proved that hundreds of thousands of young people could gather peacefully even in a seemingly chaotic environment rich with sex, drugs and rock and roll. Four months later, it would become clear that Woodstock owed its success not to the inherent peacefulness of … [Read the full story]
Liam Gallagher turns 40…in a tuxedo
For years he has been the bad boy of the British music scene with a nonchalant attitude and outspoken opinions. But Liam Gallagher may have just grown up as he celebrated his 40th birthday on Friday night at Whiskey Mist, in London. The Mancunian was suited and booted as he and his celebrity mates hit … [Read the full story]
Thieves steal from Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper has appealed to his fans for help after thieves stole several items from his LA storage facility. The haul, which included the rock veteran’s jacket he wore in 1992 movie Wayne’s World, original vinyl records and a sculpture featured on the cover of the star’s 1991 album ‘Hey Stoopid’, was swiped from the … [Read the full story]
