Jack White has turned down the chance to appear on Slash's debut solo album, according to the former Guns N' Roses guitarist. Slash is due to release 'Slash & Friends' in early 2010, and the album reportedly features a host of guest musicians, including the likes of Flea, Dave Grohl and Alice Cooper. However, the one artist that Slash says he really wanted to appear was Jack White – however, The White Stripes mainman was apparently reluctant to sing on the record. "I wanted to get Jack White to sing on something, but he didn't want to sing," Slash told Musicradar.com. "He said...

No Doubt are taking legal action against the creators of the game 'Band Hero' in a bid to have their likenesses removed from the release of the new game. Having signed a deal with Activision to feature as characters, the band say that the manufacturers reportedly failed to stick to their agreement. Originally due to be singing three No Doubt songs on the game, the band have now filed a lawsuit against the company as the game allows the digital stars to sing, dance and perform over sixty songs. The band are particularly incensed that singer Gwen Stefani's character can sing in a male...

Leona Lewis and the Black Eyed Peas have confirmed they will perform live on the X Factor on Sunday 8 th November. Lewis and The Peas will now join the impressive X Factor roster which has previously featured Robbie Williams, Whitney Houston and of course, judge Cheryl Cole. The former X Factor winner is set to make her return to the show and perform her new single Happy, ahead of the release of her new album Echo, which is due to hit stores on 16 th November. The Black Eyed Peas complete the line-up for the Sunday night results show and will play their new single Meet Me...

Ronnie Wood has hinted that The Rolling Stones might be set to begin touring again. The band who haven't toured together since finishing their Bigger Bang tour in 2007, are said to be getting along well with a tour possibly in the works for 2010. "It's all very good. I saw Mick [Jagger] and Charlie [Watts] last week. Everything is great." Wood told BBC 6 Music, before revealing his thoughts on the band touring again. "Yeah, well I just did that with The Faces, but I'm ready to rock." And as for the Stones back on tour in 2010? "Let's hope so, yeah." He added. Being interviewed at the...

The closure of torrent website The Pirate Bay led to a 300 percent increase in copycat sites launching, according to a new report by McAfee. Swedish courts ruled in August that The Pirate Bay should be closed down after its four founders were jailed for copyright infringement. Although The Pirate Bay complied with the ruling but is now operational again, McAfee's third quarter report stated that the torrent files used on it were simply relocated to other similar sites, allowing users to carry on downloading illegal content just as easily. "Pirate Bay is just a redirect site to lead...

The Beatles' entire back catalogue has been made available to buy digitally for the first time, with individual tracks being sold for 25 cents each. US-based download site BlueBeat.com is selling the tracks – which include The Beatles' recently released remastered albums – and also streaming them online for users to listen to as many times as they like for free. However, it is unclear whether EMI and Apple Corps – who must give permission for The Beatles' music to be sold online – have agreed to let the website distribute the tracks. It has long been rumoured that The Beatles...

Michael Jackson film This Is It has topped the North American box office in its first weekend of release. The film, which was released worldwide on 28 October, took $21.3m (£13m) over the weekend, taking its five-day haul to $101m (£61.5m). Columbia Pictures said it now plans to extend the film's two-week limited run in North America until 29 November. Low-budget horror Paranormal Activity slipped from first-place to number two with $16.5m (£10m). The sleeper-hit has now taken $84.8m (£51.8m) in its sixth week of release. Gerard Butler action film Law Abiding Citizen and...

Lil Wayne and New Orleans rapper Birdman are being sued by a man who claims they used vocals of his without permission for their 2006 joint album 'Like Father, Like Son', as well as Birdman's '5 (Star) Stunna'. Thomas Marasciullo claims spoken-word recordings of his which the pair asked him to put to tape were used on the records, so he is suing for unspecified damages, reports BBC News. Marasciullo claims he first discovered that the "Italian-style spoken-word recordings" he made ended up on the records after his daughter was attempting to buy a song, 'Respect', they were allegedly used...

Lily Allen has said that despite previously declaring she is not planning to release another album, she is not leaving music behind – but working on setting up her own record label. The singer told us that she was "in talks" about setting up her own imprint, and suggested her work in the music industry may develop into a more behind-the-scenes role, rather than as a singer. "I'm not retiring from music," she said. "I might retire from singing for a bit. I feel like maybe having a bit of a break from doing that and do something else for a while." She added: "I love working in music. I...