Panic At The Disco say they are inspired by The Beatles, but find it difficult to swallow when music critics compare their new songs directly to the Fab Four. The band are currently in the midst of a worldwide promotional tour ahead of the release of their new album ‘Pretty Odd’ on March 25. Read more >>

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has called for national governments and the European Union to act in the battle against global warming. Yorke said that the world would "never wake from the nightmare of climate change” unless structures were put in place. Read more >>

Sir Paul McCartney will learn how much of his estimated £825 million fortune his estranged wife Heather Mills is entitled to on March 17th. Judgement was reserved in the couples’ case earlier this month after they failed to reach an agreed settlement. Read more >>

The Pigeon Detectives have announced details of their second album which is due out this May via Dance To The Radio. Entitled ‘Emergency’ the record will hit shops on May 26, just two days shy of the one year anniversary of the release of the band’s debut album ‘Wait For Me’. Read more >>

Members of Dirty Pretty Things will head a list of Love Music Hate Racism supporters at the Unite Against Fascism’s national conference next month. Other artists, including, Bashy and Natty, will also be taking part in a special Question and Answer session at London’s Congress House on March 1st. Read more >>

Mark Ronson is reportedly set to produce the Kaiser Chiefs’ third album. The trumpet loving darling of the Brit Awards admitted just yesterday that he will be working with a “big band” on their next record. Read more >>

Madonna’s eleventh studio album will be entitled ‘Hard Candy’, her record label Warner Brothers have announced. The album will be released in the UK and Europe on April 28th, and a day later in America. Read more >>

Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna into the Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New York next month. Timberlake is currently working with the singer on her new album, which is expected to be released later this year. Read more >>

The American version of Maxim magazine has been forced to apologise to The Black Crowes after it awarded their latest album ‘Warpaint’ a rating without having even listened to the record. Read more >>

The tracklisting for the soundtrack to ‘Shine A Light’, Martin Scorsese’s film documentary about the Rolling Stones, has been unveiled. The soundtrack, which includes such hits as ‘Paint It Black’, ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ and ‘Brown Sugar’, will be available on single and double disc CD. Read more >>

A cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ will feature on Fall Out Boy’s forthcoming live album, it’s been revealed. ‘****’ was recorded at a concert in Phoenix last June and will include a studio version of Jackson’s song which also stars a special guest guitarist. Read more >>

Eric Clapton has been invited to play a landmark concert in communist North Korea, according to an official at the country’s embassy in London. The confirmation follows a report in today’s Financial Times which claimed that North Korea had invited Clapton to perform in the capital Pyongyang in 2009. Read more >>

Michael Jackson‘s Neverland ranch will go to auction unless he can pay $25 million of outstanding costs on the property. The pop star has not lived at Neverland since he was acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005. Read more >>