The comedian Andy Kaufman is to release Andy And His Grandmother, which is being billed as the comedian's first-ever comedy record.
Kaufman, best known as one of the stars of TV series Taxi and who was played by Jim Carrey in the biopic Man In The Moon, is reported to have died in 1984. Scroll down to watch footage of Kaufman on the David Letterman show.
Courtney Love will be embarking on a solo tour under her own name next month in the United States.
Though she resurrected the Hole name to release the album Nobody's Daughter in 2010, at the end of last year she tweeted: "Hole is dead". Nobody's Daughter was the first Hole album since 1998's Celebrity Skin. Love was the only original member in the most recent incarnation of the group. She was instead backed by a band which included Micko Larkin, formerly of British indie act Larrikin Love.
A new song by The Avalanches has been revealed as part of a preview of the soundtrack to new musical version of King Kong.
The stage version of King Kong will hit Australia's Regent Theatre in Melbourne from May 28 and comes with an illustrious list of musical contributions including Guy Garvey of Elbow, Massive Attack's 3D, Justice and The Avalanches.
David Bowie's controversial new video has been branded "juvenile" by a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
The singer plays a Christ-like figure in the video for "The Next Day", while his co-star Gary Oldman appears as a priest and Marion Cotillard is seen with stigmata wounds on her hands. The video premiered yesterday (May 8) and was briefly banned from YouTube before being reinstated later in the day.
The controversial new David Bowie video is streaming once again on YouTube after being banned by the site.
A spokesperson for Bowie said that the promo for "The Next Day" single had been removed from the streaming site as it "contravened their terms of use".
The Breeders performed two songs on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (May 7). Scroll down to watch their performance.
Taking a break from their current US tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of 1993's Last Splash, the Kim Deal-fronted band performed their best-known song 'Cannonball', plus a web exclusive of 'Driving On 9'. 'Last Splash' was The Breeders' second album and would be the last the band recorded until 2002's 'Title TK'.
Keith Richards has spoken out about Rolling Stones ticket prices.
Richards told Rolling Stone "From my point of view, it's like this: We say we want to put a Stones tour together and people come to us with proposals. And these proposals are all basically the same."
The evidently controversial new video from David Bowie has been banned by YouTube.
A spokesperson for Bowie said that the promo for "The Next Day" single had been removed from the streaming site as it apparently went against YouTube's terms of use. They commented: "They took it down as they say it contravened their terms of use".
