Weezer have confirmed that their new album will be entitled ‘Weezer’. The band’s third album will be released on June 16th in the UK and the following day in America. Read more >>

The Cult singer Ian Astbury has hit out at claims that he said his band would support Led Zeppelin on a world tour this year. Asbury apparently made the claim during a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 2007. Read more >>

The Los Angeles Times has retracted a story it published about the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur because it contained information the publication “no longer believes to be credible.” The article, entitled ‘An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War’, was published last month and claimed fellow hip-hop star P Diddy was involved in the attack. Read more >>

The Specials have thrown some doubt upon their reunion, saying that if the practise sessions don’t go well they won’t reform. Frontman Terry Hall made the announcement last week that the ska legends are hoping to get back together for some dates, possibly towards the end of the summer. Read more >>

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has explained why it has taken them a decade to release their new album, ‘Third’. Barrow says that their most fruitful recording sessions came when they were in a negative mind-frame, so they had to wait long periods to be inspired. Read more >>

The Enemy’s frontman Tom Clarke has revealed that the band are in talks to collaborate on new material with Reverend and the Makers singer Jon McClure. Clarke said he felt that he and McClure were on “very similar wavelengths” when it comes to British society. Read more >>

Foals frontman Yannis Phillippakis has said that their album hitting number 3 in the charts has led them to think inwards and get back to being reculsive. He told the Daily Star “The problem with being in a band like that, with this level of intensity, is you get severed from your real life.” Read more >>

George Michael has reportedly offered the graffiti artist Banksy £2million to paint a wall at his home in North London. The pop-star already owns two paintings by the covert artist but apparently wants Banksy to paint him an original. Read more >>

Radiohead have launched their very own social networking site at waste-central.com. Users can add their own profile, photos and personal info, comment on other users’ pages and photos, view exclusive Radiohead photos and videos and a whole plethora of other activities. Read more >>

Feist was the big winner at Canada’s annual music awards yesterday (April 6th) - taking home five Junos. Feist’s ‘1234’ was awarded single of the year, while her album ‘The Reminder’ was named best album and pop album of the last 12 months. Read more >>

R.E.M. have knocked Duffy from the top of the album chart with their first record in four years, ‘Accelerate.’ The band’s 14th studio album, their first since 2004’s ‘Around The Sun’, ended Duffy’s four week reign at the summit. Read more >>

Lily Allen’s interest in women’s literature has proved a passing fad - she’s pulled out of judging the Orange Prize due to “ill health”. The pop star became the youngest ever member of the prestigious women’s literature award’s judging panel when named last December. Read more >>

Kasabian have revealed their new album is only 20-per-cent off being completed. The band - who have variously described their third long player as “psychedelic” and a “road movie soundtrack” - have been holed up in the studio for some time completing the record, but bass player Chris Edwards reveals there’s now light at the end of the tunnel. Read more >>