Oasis are considering buying a private jet to make travel between gigs easier. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher hired a private plane for their current European tour but are now interested in making it more permanent. Read more >>

Leona Lewis has described Laura White's much publicised departure for The X Factor as “a real shocker”. The singer, who won the programme in 2006, has joined the mounting debate surrounding the contestant's controversial dismissal last weekend. Read more >>

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has revealed that Robbie Williams and Rod Stewart had a showdown in a hotel in Los Angeles. The incident took place just weeks after Williams began dating Stewart's former wife, model Rachel Hunter. Read more >>

Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher has been hospitalised in London, a spokesperson for the band has confirmed. Doctors have been monitoring his condition, which is described as “improving”, since November 3rd. Read more >>

The members of Outkast will release a total of three albums in 2009, including a new LP from the duo, rapper Big Boi has revealed. The Outkast star told MTV that he would be releasing his own solo album, produced by Dr Dre, in the first two months of 2009. Read more >>

Kaiser Chiefs performance at Elland Road, the home of Leeds United Football Club, is to be released on DVD. The hometown gig, which took place in May, was watched by 40,000 people. Read more >>

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Keidis is to turn his autobiography, Scar Tissue, into a new American drama series. Unlike the book, which focuses on Keidis' upbringing in Los Angeles and relationship with his father Spider, a drug dealer in the city, the series will be an off-beat comedy. Read more >>

Boyzone have broken new boundaries by featuring a gay couple in the video to their new single, 'Better'. Singer Stephen Gately, who came out in 1999, gets close with an actor in the video for the song. Read more >>

US rapper Kanye West has spoken openly about the death of his mother, Donda, at a press conference in London. West's mother passed away a year ago this week after complications arose during surgery in Los Angeles. She was 58. Read more >>

Aretha Franklin has been named the greatest singer of all time in a new poll. The singer topped the list ahead of Ray Charles and Elvis Presley, who came second and third respectively. Read more >>

US rapper Ludacris has revealed that he hopes to tour with fellow hip-hop stars T.I. And Young Jeezy. Ludacris, who releases his new album 'Theatre Of The Mind' on November 24th, said he was in talks with the rappers. Read more >>

Justin Timberlake, Kid Rock and US rapper Snoop Dogg will all perform on the final episode of MTV's Total Request Live this weekend. Nelly and JC Chasez have also been added to the programme's curtain closer on November 16th. Read more >>

Foo Fighters will make a special guest appearance on an episode of the reality TV show Top Chef, according to US media reports. Frontman Dave Grohl and the rest of the band will judge contestants at a tour stop in Rochester, New York. Read more >>

Death Row Records co-founder Marion 'Suge' Knight is suing Kanye West for the alleged theft of a 15-carat diamond stud earring, US media reports claim. In a lawsuit, film as part of a bankruptcy case, Knight claims the theft took place during a scuffle at a party hosted by the rapper in Miami three years ago. Read more >>