Damon Albarn has hinted that there could be another Gorillaz album without his partner, Jamie Hewlett.
Speaking in an interview with Shortlist, Albarn said that nothing would change musically if he went ahead and made a record without Hewlett, but that there would be no cartoon element in the form of Murdoc. He said:
Kings Of Leon's Jared Followill and his girlfriend Martha Patterson are engaged, according to reports.
The bass player, 25, apparently proposed to Patterson, a 21 year old model, last month on April 11. Rolling Stone reports that the pair have only been dating a few months. Followill confirmed the news earlier today via his Twitter account, joking:
It's true! I'm engaged! CANNOT wait to finally lose my virginity.
Following his online revelation, The Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture responded: "Congrats man! You're gonna love it!"
The xx are set to make a live return with three dates in London this month.
Tickets are being allocated through a special lottery system on the band's website.
The xx will play:
London Electrowerkz (May 14)
London Chats Palace (15)
London Battersea Arts Centre (18)
The band are currently working on the follow-up to to their Mercury Prize-winning debut.
In December the band posted a demo of a new song titled "Open Eyes" on their blog.
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has launched his own aircraft repair business in South Wales.
Dickinson, who has worked as a commercial pilot for over a decade, has launched a firm called Cardiff Aviation Ltd, which will be based at the Twin Peaks Hangar at St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, reports BBC News.
The firm's launch could create up to 1,000 new jobs, with Dickinson vowing to help develop the local area.
Robert Plant has announced details of three live dates for this summer.
Plant will debut his new band, Sensational Shape Shifters, at:
** Gloucester, Guildhall - May 8
** HMV Forum, London - July 12
** WOMAD, Wiltshire - July 29
Apart from Plant, the line-up for the Sensational Space Shifters is:
Juldeh Camara (JuJu)
ritti (one-stringed African Violin), kologo (African Banjo), talking drum, vocals.
Justin Adams (JuJu, Jah Wobble)
guitar, bendir, vocals
John Baggott (Massive Attack, Portishead)
keyboards
Liam "Skin" Tyson (Cast)
The Allman Brothers Band have confirmed a number of American shows to take place over the coming summer.
The band have announced six co-headlining dates with Santana (see all dates below) as well as one-off festival dates, their own Peach Festival in Scranton, Pennsylvania and dates with fellow Southern rock icons, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The Allman Brothers Band play the All Good Music Festival on Saturday, July 21 in Thornville, Ohio. The line-up also includes Phil Lesh & Friends, the Flaming Lips and Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby.
Plenty to be getting on with here, but a couple of things before I run this week’s list. First up, after all the talk (plugs own blog once more), Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s “Oh Susannah” is out there. Video after the jump.
Arctic Monkeys have spoken about their plans for the follow-up to Suck It And See and have hinted that their next album may be filled with faster songs.
Speaking to Spinner, bassist Nick O'Malley stressed that it was early days in the writing process, but that the band had a rough idea of what they wanted to do.
