Hair salvaged from the burning head of the late Michael Jackson will go up for auction this week (October 17) and is expected to sell for up to £1000 ($1600). The hair was collected by the executive producer of the infamous Pepsi commercial, Ralph Cohen. The commercial was made famous because the singer was set alight while he was filming the commercial, with the producer Cohen helping to put out the fire with the use of his coat. Footage of the incident resurfaced recently in the wake of Jackson's sudden death, with many pinning the start of his prescription drug abuse to the Pepsi...
Wyclef Jean is set to return next month by releasing a new 13-track 'EP' featuring guests including Timbaland, Cyndi Lauper and Eve. The release, entitled 'From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion', is scheduled to be released in the USA on November 10, reports Billboard. The 'EP', recorded with producer DJ Drama, is a concept record telling the story of the fictional character Toussaint St Jean. The character is based on the 18th century Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture – the rapper is also of Haitian descent. Ex-Fugees member Jean last released a studio album,...
Paul McCartney has revealed the tracklisting for his forthcoming 'Good Evening New York City' live album and DVD, which is released on November 23. The album was recorded at McCartney's New York Citi Field gigs in July, and features 33 tracks spanning his entire career. As a venue, Citi Field is particularly significant for McCartney, who played there with The Beatles in 1965 when it was known as Shea Stadium. The release is also available on vinyl and as a deluxe edition. The tracklisting for 'Good Evening New York City' is: Disc 1 'Drive My Car' 'Jet' 'Only Mama Knows' 'Flaming...
A memorial to Freddie Mercury will be unveiled in Feltham town centre next month. The Queen singer who lived in the area will be remembered with a Hollywood-style star outside the town centre library. "I am delighted that at last we are honouring Freddie Mercury 's memory and his achievements with a permanent memorial." Councillor and memorial organiser Paul Jabbal told the Richmond and Twickenham Times. "As well as celebrating his life and success, it can serve as a reminder to local people that it doesn't matter where you come from, if you work hard you can...
Rock Band has announced it is to launch an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Details of the deal were announced by game developer EA Mobile on its Facebook page. According to the post, the app is to be released later this month. Users can play guitar, drums, bass or sing vocals, and also to launch multiplayer games with up to four people taking part simultaneously. 20 tracks have been confirmed for the app, including the likes of Pixies, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Blondie and Smashing Pumpkins. The full tracklisting for Rock Band on the iPhone and iPod Touch is: 30 Seconds To Mars –...
Dr. Dre has admitted that his long-awaited new album 'Detox' won't be released until at least 2010. The rapper who previewed a track from the album earlier this year on a Dr Pepper advert, has blamed a lack of "motivation" for the delays. "Hopefully, I'll get it done at the end of this year, and we can hear it next year," he told ABC News. The album which was originally due in 2004 has been hit by persistent delays and was last scheduled to be released this year. The follow-up to Dr. Dre's critically acclaimed album '2001', which was released in 1999, the number of postponed release...
U2 may follow in The Beatles' footsteps by having their own edition of the 'Rock Band' video game released, despite initial discussions with the game's makers breaking down. Bono and co had talks last year with the makers of the game, MTV Games and Electronic Arts, but a deal wasn't agreed because of what bassist Adam Clayton called "compromises" they wouldn't agree to. Now, since the release of 'The Beatles: Rock Band', Clayton has told USA Today that the U2 game could still be on the way. "We definitely would like to be in there," he said. "But we felt some of the compromises weren't...
N.E.R.D, the group fronted by Pharrell Williams, have added a new member to their line-up. Rhea, a classically trained singer from Toronto, Canada, has joined the band to work on their next album and will also play at future live shows. "Musically, we're just somewhere else [with her]," Williams told MTV News "The music is now very 3D. It's something you have to hear. But you'll see." The band who are currently working on the follow up to 2008's album 'Seeing Sounds', also revealed a little more about the music on the new record. "The music is very three-dimensional," Williams...
The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is set to kick off with a concert in Johannesburg's Orlando Stadium featuring "major" international and African acts. The event will take place on June 10, last for three hours and be broadcast all over the world. The line-up is set to be announced in January, reports BBC News. Kevin Wall, who produced the Live8 and Live Earth events, is in charge of the show, and has said that much of the bill will be given over to African artists, so spaces for acts from outside the continent would be limited. "We are going to have a lot of the major African...
Guns N' Roses are being sued for $1million (£627,116) for copying songs which ended up on their last album 'Chinese Democracy'. Filing the lawsuit are British record label Independiente and the US arm of Domino Records, who are seeking damages against the band and the album's producers. The songs in question - 'Wherever You Are' and 'A Strangely Isolated Place' by German electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss, were used on the Guns N' Roses track 'Riad N' the Bedouins', according to the lawsuit. 'Chinese Democracy', the band's first new album in 17 years, was released in November 2008.
