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This is the discussion topic for: Michael Jackson re-records 'Thriller' Michael Jackson has re-recorded his hit album, 'Thriller', with a variety of musical stars, plus has had tracks from it re-mixed. Jackson is joined by Will.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas, who reprises the role initially performed by Sir Paul McCartney on the song 'The Girl Is Mine'. Singer Fergie, of the same band, also appears on the album, singing on 'Beat It'. Kanye West has remixed a song on the album. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the record, which is the biggest-selling album ever. Speaking through a video link at the NRJ Music Awards on Saturday (January 26), Jackson said: “There is a lot more to come from Michael Jackson. I'm coming back. And I've got a very special treat for all my fans. “I have been recording 'Thriller: 25th Anniversary' with a lot of surprise guests.” 'Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition' will be released on February 11.

This is the discussion topic for: Next James Bond Film Is 'Quantum of Solace' Undercover Australia reports that Daniel Craig will play Bond in the 22nd James Bond movie 'Quantum of Solace'. The title of the movie was leaked onto the internet before the official announcement in London today after some bright fan noticed a new URL registered to Sony Pictures called quantumofsolace.com. Daniel Craig was at Pinewood Studios in London today to make the announcement along with his co-star Dame Judi Dench. The name 'Quantum of Solace' was a short story in Ian Fleming's 1960 book 'For Your Eyes Only'. Production began just two weeks ago. It will be released on November 7.

This is the discussion topic for: Whitesnake record new album To celebrate their 30th Anniversary, Whitesnake will release "Good to Be Bad", through SPV / Steamhammer at the end of April in Europe and USA - their first studio album in a decade. The album features 11 new songs. David Coverdale, says, "The new album contains all the elements I enjoy about Whitesnake, and more. I can hear moments that take me back to the bluesy, early years of the band all the way through the band's musical history to fully embrace the more electric aspects of where we are now, as a band. I'm thrilled with it and can hardly wait to unleash it on an unsuspecting public! If this is indeed the last Whitesnake studio record then I'm happy to finish like this. It was a labour of love making this record...a joy... and I'm still enjoying listening to it. Can't be bad!" The 11 new songs, written by Coverdale & guitarist Doug Aldrich (who also co-produced the album with Coverdale & Michael McIntyre) are 8 rocking tracks and 3 ballads. Coverdale feels it's the first 'real' Whitesnake album in almost 20 years, commenting "It's very butch. Very muscular..." Whitesnake also have the worst looking "Official site" ever -link-

This is the discussion topic for: Ringo Starr walks off US TV show Ringo Starr walked off the popular US daytime television program 'Regis and Kelly' in a dispute about the performance of one of his songs. The Beatles' former drummer was appearing on the show to promote his new album 'Liverpool 8' and was scheduled to perform the title song with former Eurythmics star Dave Stewart. When Starr found out that he would have to trim the performance down to 2 1/2 minutes or less, he refused. Starr's publicist, Elizabeth Freund, told the Associated Press that the incident occurred because of a miscommunication between her and the show's musical director. She apparently didn't realize that the song would need to be shortened. "We offered to cut back our chat time and asked them to fade or go to commercial. They were not willing to do that and Ringo was not willing to cut it further, so without a compromise we were not able to stay," Freund said in a statement.

This is the discussion topic for: Academy Awards 2008 Nominations Announced Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent) Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal) Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Performance by an actress in a leading role Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company) Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal) Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features) Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax) Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Best animated feature film of the year “Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird “Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck Achievement in art direction “American Gangster” (Universal) Art Direction: Arthur Max Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino “Atonement” (Focus Features) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Art Direction: Jack Fisk Set Decoration: Jim Erickson Achievement in cinematography “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins “Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit Achievement in costume design “Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky “Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood Achievement in directing “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson Best documentary feature “No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production Richard E. Robbins “Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production Alex Gibney and Eva Orner “War/Dance” (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine Best documentary short subject “Freeheld” A Lieutenant Films Production Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth “La Corona (The Crown)” A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega “Salim Baba” A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello “Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production James Longley Achievement in film editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor Best foreign language film of the year “Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production Israel “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production Austria “Katyń” An Akson Studio Production Poland “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production Kazakhstan “12” A Three T Production Russia Achievement in makeup “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald “Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli “The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Falling Slowly” from “Once” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “Raise It Up” from “August Rush” (Warner Bros.) Nominees to be determined “So Close” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz Best motion picture of the year “Atonement” (Focus Features) A Working Title Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers Best animated short film “I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production Josh Raskin “Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse “My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman Best live action short film “At Night” A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth “Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production Andrea Jublin “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Karé Production Philippe Pollet-Villard “Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans “The Tonto Woman” A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown Achievement in sound editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Skip Lievsay “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom and Michael Silvers “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Matthew Wood “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins Achievement in sound mixing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin Achievement in visual effects “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier Adapted screenplay “Atonement” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Written by Sarah Polley “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson Original screenplay “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Diablo Cody “Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) Written by Nancy Oliver “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Written by Tony Gilroy “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Tamara Jenkins

This is the discussion topic for: Portishead Announce European Tour You can check out Portishead at: MARCH 26 – Coliseum, Porto, Portugal 27 – Coliseum, Lisbon, Portugal 30 – Alcatraz, Milan, Italy 31 – Sashall, Florence, Italy APRIL 9 – Apollo, Manchester, England 10 – Hammersmith Apollo, Manchester, England 11 – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland 13 – Civic, Wolverhampton, England MAY 5 – Zenith, Paris, France 29 – 31 – Parc del Forum (Primavera Sound Festival), Barcelona, Spain They have promised more gigs to come. New album is also set for release this year.

This is the discussion topic for: Idiot of the Week: Robert Plant Robert Plant demanded a London bar stopped playing Radiohead, calling it "rhyming crap". The Led Zeppelin frontman dislikes the band so much he asked staff at Camden's Fifty Five Bar to change the record because it was ruining his night. A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Robert was drinking with a woman and didn't like the choice of tunes playing. "Radiohead was on and he started complaining. He said, 'What's this rhyming crap?'" However, when staff put on the Red Hot Chili Peppers instead, the 59-year-old was still unimpressed. "The staff were obviously keen to please so they changed their music. They put on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who they thought might be more up his street. But he didn't like their stuff either and said it was like a 'nursery rhyme'. "He then said he wanted to listen to Captain Beefheart, an American musician who was famous at a similar time to Zeppelin from the 60s to the early 80s."

This is the discussion topic for: The Sex Pistols To Record New Material The Sex Pistols might have a new album this year. It has been 30 years since the one and only album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' but Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones and Paul Cook are getting ready to hit the studio reports Undercover.com.au. Last year, the band re-recorded 'Anarchy In The UK' for Guitar Hero III. A new version of 'Pretty Vacant' was done at the same time but remains unreleased. The line-up then went on to play eight live shows, seven in the UK and one in the USA. Later this year, the Pistols will reform for a fully-fledged tour of Festivals. The new material is to modernize the setlist.

This is the discussion topic for: Lemmy attacks record bosses Lemmy has hit out at record industry bosses for taking so long to adapt to the idea of selling music online. He ssid the music business deserves its current sales slump because executives have had years to figure out how to best promote music on the internet. He tells Metal Edge magazine: "It's killing itself, isn't it? I mean, they are too dumb to realise. I mean, it was f**king years ago that this started, and they just carried on doing what they were doing, blind to any advice, blind to any sort of evidence. "They just kept on overcharging and kept on f**king people over, and now the chickens are coming home, you know? I think they're all gonna be out of business in 10 years."

This is the discussion topic for: Lily Allen suffers a miscarriage Pop star Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage. Her publicist has confirmed the devastating news, asking the media and fans to respect the singer's privacy. The 22-year-old singer lost her unborn baby after returning from a holiday in The Maldives with boyfriend and Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons. A spokesman for Allen says: "We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage, and we ask that her privacy be respected at this difficult time." A source tells 'The Sun': "They are in a state of shock. The bad news has been really difficult for them to take and they are both absolutely heartbroken. "Lily's entire outlook on life changed after she found out she was pregnant. She was looking forward to being a mum and starting a family with Ed. She had turned her back on her party girl image and turned over a new leaf."

This is the discussion topic for: More trouble for EMI. This time, The Rolling Stones! The Rolling Stones have further fuelled reports they are to quit record label EMI after signing a one-album deal with rival company Universal. The band will release a live CD which was recorded in New York in 2006 to coincide with the launch of Martin Scorcese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine A Light in March. The move comes after frontman Sir Mick Jagger raised concerns over the band's contract with EMI after the company announced it was axing 2,000 staff. The band has been with EMI for 16 years. The deal ends next month.

This is the discussion topic for: Johnny Depp visits children's hospital as Captain Jack Sparrow and donates 1million pounds! Johnny Depp secretly visited London's Great Ormond St Hospital yesterday to donate a million pounds to thank staff for saving his daughter's life, Herald Sun.au reports. Depp arrived unexpectedly at the children's hospital where eight-year-old Lily-Rose was treated last year when her kidneys failed. Last week he invited five Great Ormond St doctors and nurses to the party for the London premiere of his film Sweeney Todd. And unknown to the public, Depp spent four hours at the hospital telling bedtime stories to patients dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates Of The Caribbean. Last March, Lily-Rose spent nine days at Great Ormond St when E.coli poisoning led to the failure of her kidneys.

This is the discussion topic for: Stones film opens Berlin festival Martin Scorsese's documentary about the Rolling Stones, Shine A Light, has been chosen to open next month's Berlin Film Festival. The movie features coverage of two concerts, rare archive and behind-the-scenes footage. "We are extremely excited to have the world premiere of this magnificent film as our opening gala," said festival director Dieter Kosslick to BBC. Scorsese and the band are both expected to make appearances at the festival. The festival is also featuring Madonna's debut movie as a director, Filth and Wisdom.

This is the discussion topic for: White Stripes to boycott Grammy Awards White Stripes, Beyonce, 50 Cent and Jon Bon Jovi are considering boycotting this year's Grammy Awards ceremony in support of the Hollywood writer's strikes. The annual ceremony is under threat of cancellation after celebrities from the music industry pledged their allegiance to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) union members. Prince, Alicia Keys, Fantasia, Nelly Furtado, Tim MCGraw, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Fergie and Usher are also threatening to boycott the event, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on 10 February.

This is the discussion topic for: Beatles live recordings found Fifteen previously unreleased Beatles tracks recorded live in 1962 have been acquired by Fuego Entertainment, a production company which plans to release them in conjunction with the Echo Vista Group. The new tracks mark the first time the classic Beatles lineup was captured live on tape, shortly after Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as the band's drummer. The recording was made during the Beatles' first appearance at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany in front of about 20 to 30 people and includes songs "A Taste of Honey," "Hippy Hippy Shake" and Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues."

This is the discussion topic for: Robbie Williams leads strike against EMI Robbie Williams is going on strike in protest at the private equity firm that has taken over his record company, as other stars down tools in an artists’ revolt, Times reports. Williams, who has sold 70 million records for EMI, is leading a number of stars refusing to work for the company since its £3.2 billion takeover by Terra Firma, the financier. He is withholding the next album in his £80 million deal from EMI and his manager said Guy Hands, the new boss of EMI, was behaving like a “plantation owner”. Coldplay, one of EMI’s few US chart-toppers, are also prepared to withdraw their labour. Their manager said that the band was considering its options after EMI’s head of music left this week, with thousands more redundancies expected. Radiohead and Sir Paul McCartney have already walked out on EMI, which has cut advance payments to stars and told artists to work harder at promoting their music. EMI’s share of the British album market, already damaged by downloading, fell from 16 per cent to 9 per cent last year. You can read the rest of the article here.

This is the discussion topic for: Snoop wants to work with Bono and Jagger Snoop Dogg is eager to collaborate with rockers Bono and Mick Jagger because his hip-hop peers no longer inspire him. Snoop admits his next album could be influenced by rock 'n' roll - and Snoop plans to call on classic some musical legends to help him achieve an edgier sound. He told MTV.com, "I want to work with Madonna, Bono or Mick Jagger. I'm on some rock s**t, man. Snoop Dogg, man!

This is the discussion topic for: 3 Colours Red drummer dies Keith Baxter, the drummer of 1990s British rock band, 3 Colours Red, has passed away after suffering liver failure. The hard hitting, solid drummer, played with the band on their two top 20 albums and six top 40 singles. In his 36 years, he also played metal band Skyclad (recorded 5 albums with them), Elevation, and briefly with Therapy?

This is the discussion topic for: Barack Obama embraces Jay-Z US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama plans to utilize hip-hop artists to educate American people, should he be elected as the Democrat candidate. Obama has already been dubbed "B-Rock" by Vibe Magazine, has managed to capture the imagination of the American hip-hop community. The senator has confirmed that he plans to utilise hip-hop artists to educate American people, should he be elected as the Democrat candidate and then make it as President. Speaking on US TV show 'What’s In It For Us' he explained: "I’ve met with Jay-Z. I’ve met with Kanye (West). And I’ve talked to other artists about how potentially to bridge that gap." He added: "There are times, even on the artists I’ve named, the artists that I love, that there is a message that’s sometimes degrading to women, and uses the N-word a little too frequently."

This is the discussion topic for: Morcheeba go 'Deep' on sixth album After several years working on their own projects, Morcheeba have confirmed a new album. 'Dive Deep' will see production duo Paul and Ross Godfrey working with a host of vocalists after seperating with their last collaborator, Daisy Martey. Martey herself replaced Sky Edwards, who fronted the band from 1995 to 2003. The new album will feature singers Judie Tzuke, Thomas Dybdahl from Norway, as well as rapper Cool Calm Pete and a few others. A French singer, Manda, also takes the helm on one track, after contacting the band through their myspace page. The tracklisting is: ‘Enjoy The Ride’ ‘Riverbed’ ‘Thumbnails’ ‘Run Honey Run’ ‘Gained The World’ ‘One Love Karma’ ‘Blue Chair’ ‘Au-Dela’ ‘Sleep On It’ ‘The Edge Beyond The Ledge’ ‘Washed Away’ ‘Dive Deep’ is out February 19.

This is the discussion topic for: Michael Jackson negotiating UK live dates Officials from London’s O2 Arena are in talks to get Michael Jackson to play a ten-night residency at the venue in 2008. The gigs will mark the 25 year anniversary of the release of Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ album, reports today's Times newspaper. Rumours of a Michael Jackson world tour have been circulating the net in recent months.

This is the discussion topic for: Radiohead Top UK Chart Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' became the band's 5th number one album in the UK this week. 'In Rainbows' is now available on CD three months after it was initially released as a pay-whatever-you-want download by the band through its website. The original download was reported to have "given" around 1.4 million paid sales although no official figure was released by Radiohead. They did announce though that 15 fans paid the maximum £99.99 for the download. The band has also finally signed a deal with iTunes for the digital releases of the album. Not bad at all.

This is the discussion topic for: Lenny Kravitz reveals new album tracklisting Lenny Kravitz has revealed the tracklisting for his forthcoming studio album. 'It Is Time For A Love Revolution' is due out in the US on February 5 and features 14 tracks including 'Good Morning', 'Will You Marry Me', and 'I Want To Go Home' as well as singles 'Bring It On' and 'I'll Be Waiting'. "I love this record and the feel of the record," Kravitz said in a statement. "I felt like a kid playing in my bedroom, and that's the most important thing you can tap into, that feeling of being free." The tracklisting is: 'Love Revolution' 'Bring It On' 'Good Morning' 'Love Love Love' 'If You Want It' 'I'll Be Waiting' 'Will You Marry Me' 'I Love the Rain' 'A Long and Sad Goodbye' 'Dancin' til Dawn' 'This Moment is All There Is' 'A New Door' 'Back in Vietnam' 'I Want To Go Home'

This is the discussion topic for: Lindsay Lohan broke Lindsay Lohan is so broke she has been asking friends for loans. Lohan who has reportedly blown her entire $7 million fortune on drugs, alcohol and rehab - is said to be so desperate for cash she has resorted to begging close pals for money. A source told the New York Daily News newspaper: "Lindsay has been openly asking her friends for handouts. She has nothing to spend." A separate source added: "Lindsay has been unofficially promoting Ariva, by making sure she is photographed carrying the quit-smoking tobacco lozenge wherever she goes. They have officially denied she is their new spokesmodel, but they privately paid her a mid-five figure sum this week." Lindsay's extravagant spending spree reportedly included $1 million on just one hotel bill. She has also spent more than $137,000 on three separate stints in rehab battling her drug and alcohol addictions, and thousands more in legal fees for her DUI charge. Lindsay is also thought to have blown more than $1 million on clothes and $500,000 on partying, with another $70,000 spent in tanning and hair salons. She has been forced her to sell her $2.85 million Los Angeles apartment and her $1 million New York property because she couldn't afford the mortgage payments. The 21-year-old actress is in such financial strife she allegedly tried to sell photographs of her family Thanksgiving dinner last year.

This is the discussion topic for: Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown Front Manchester Supergroup Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown and three other members of Manchester rock royalty under the band name of Freebass have confirmed details of their first ever live gig next month. Freebass who play the Manchester vs. Cancer event at the MEN Arena on February 23 with Brown and Gallagher upfront, features the legendary Peter Hook, Primal Scream’s Mani and The Smiths’ Andy Rourke. The trio have been busy recording the debut album and have drafted The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess and Bobby Gillespie as guest vocalists.