Hitchcock arrives, rather inconveniently, two months after the superior BBC/HBO co-production The Girl, which cast Toby Jones as a deadpan, ruthless Hitch and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedron, the blonde star of The Birds and Marnie who endured his abuse.

Warner Music Group has bought the Parlophone record label for £487 million. Universal Music has sold the home of Blur, Coldplay and Pink Floyd to Warners, who have said that they will be paying in cash for the label, which used to be part of EMI Music. Universal took over EMI in September of last year, but had to sell some of the company's assets in order to take care of concerns about competition, reports BBC News.

David Bowie and Iggy Pop's Berlin years are set to be made into a big-screen biopic titled 'Lust For Life'. The pair's legendary collaborative years in 1970s West Berlin, which led to Bowie's trilogy of albums 'Low', 'Heroes' and 'Lodger' and Pop's 'The Idiot' and 'Lust For Life' will be captured in the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Ramones frontman Joey Ramone's record collection is set to go under the hammer. The late musician's vinyl collection includes records by Led Zeppelin, The Who, Bob Dylan, The Human League, Iggy Pop and The Doors. The collection is listed as being "In overall very good to fine condition, with various scattered creases and small tears to sleeves, affixed prices tags and labels, and marks to vinyl."

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Cecil Womack, brother of Bobby Womack and one half of Womack and Womack, has died aged 65. Womack passed away on February 1 in Africa. Bobby Womack confirmed his death earlier today (February 7). In his later years, Womack was known as Zekuumba Zekkariyas after embracing his African heritage and finding family ties to the Zekkariyas tribe. He was best known for Womack And Womack's 1988 hit single "Teardrops", which he recorded with his second wife, Linda Cooke, the daughter of soul singer Sam Cooke.

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The first track Jack White has recorded with Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes has been revealed online. Scroll down to hear it. As revealed earlier this week, the pair worked on three songs, set to be released as a single on White's Third Man Records. The single features new songs 'You Don't Have To Be Smart' and 'Horse Named George', as well as a cover of hardcore band Adrenalin OD's 'Paul's Not Home' which you can hear below.

Elton John is the latest big name guest confirmed to appear on the new Queens Of The Stone Age album.

David Bowie's long-term guitarist Earl Slick has hinted that Bowie may tour after all. Speaking to Spinner, Slick said "It's kind of like doing the record [The Next Day]. I wouldn't be surprised if he toured and I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't tour... I know I would like a tour to happen!" Producer Tony Visconti previously told NME that live shows were unlikely, saying, "He’s fairly adamant he’s never gonna perform live again… One of the guys would say, 'Boy, how are we gonna do all this live?' and David said, 'We’re not'. He made a point of saying that all the time."