Just last month Mark Oliver ‘E’ Everett of the Eels invited Her Majesty the Queen to attend his Royal Festival Hall show in London who sadly failed to turn up. Now on his North American jaunt, E has turned his attention to President George W Bush and the First Lady. Yep, he has sent a letter to Dubya and his missus inviting them to attend his Washington D.C show on March 29. Read more >>

Rivers Cuomo has posted a message on Weezer’s official website confirming that they have nearly completed work on their sixth album. The singer described the work as “meaty, crunchy and melodic like a good Weezer album should be” and once they’ve done mastering the record it should be released by June. Read more >>

Jake Shears from the Scissor Sisters is writing the music for a Broadway musical. The singer has teamed up with touring band member John Garden to the write the music for a stage adaptation of the Armistead Maupin book Tales of the City. Read more >>

Lou Reed used his keynote speech at the South By Southwest Festival in Texas yesterday (March 13th) to attack the quality of MP3s. The veteran performer said that low quality MP3 sound files were an example of how “technology is taking us backward.” Read more >>

Dirty Pretty Things have revealed that their second album will be more diverse than their 2006 debut, ‘Waterloo To Anywhere’. The album, which is currently entitled, ‘This Is Where The Truth Begins’, is expect this June. Read more >>

Legendary video director Chris Cunningham has been unveiled as the surprise producer of The Horrors’ second album. Cunningham, who has made iconic videos for the likes of Bjork and Aphex Twin, will be making his first ever foray into music production on the follow-up to The Horrors’ 2007’s ‘Strange House.’ Read more >>

Portishead’s Adrian Utley has described the immense pressure the three-piece were under while recording their new album ‘Third.’ Both Utley and fellow bandmate Geoff Barrow split from their wives after the recording sessions began, in what Utley described as a “dark time” for the Bristolians. Read more >>

Michael Jackson has successfully refinanced his Neverland property in California, according to his lawyer. The 2,200 acre estate would have been auctioned next week had Jackson failed to pay three months of arrears worth $25 million. Read more >>