The singer had a Catholic upbringing and tells Word magazine that it conflicted with her life at home.

How many more years do you want to continue making music? Morrissey: "I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also. There has to reach a point where you've said enough, I think."

"My thoughts and Condolences go out to his Family and Everybody that knew Andrew. There is no words to describe the shock......

Britney Spears faces her new single 'If U Seek Amy' being banned by US radio stations, due to its lyrics being misunderstood. The track is the third single from 'Circus' and the questionable lyrics causing concern are when Spears sings the phrase 'If you seek Amy', which actually sounds like she is saying 'F U C K me'. more. And here we started reading and expected something about lesbians.

A lawyer for Amy Winehouse's jailed husband said Monday his client will be seeking a divorce on the grounds of the soul diva's alleged infidelity.more

U2 are to perform their new single Get On Your Boots live at the Brit Awards on 18 February. The track is taken from the Irish band's forthcoming album No Line on the Horizon, due out in the spring. more

New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, Bayside, and Verse will be touring the U.S. this spring. more

Kansas celebrate their 35th anniversary this year with a gala performance February 7th, 2009 at the White Concert Hall in Topeka, the eponymous state of Kansas. Both founding guitar player Kerry Livgren and current Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse are confirmed as special guests.more

Isaac Hayes' landmark 1971 album 'Black Moses' is set to be reissued next month. The late soul man's original label Stax Records is set to re-release the album on February 24 more

The MuseBox is proud to announce that former Smiths member Andy Rourke will join the New York City and Toronto-based music marketing firm as its Director of A&R. We'd send you to their site for more info but it crashed Internet Explorer when we tried going there.

Mute Records is proud to announce that M83 will be performing "Kim and Jessie," on Late Night With Conan O'Brien January 27th. In addition to playing Madison Square Garden with the Killers on January 25th, M83 will play a solo show in New York at Irving Plaza on January 24th.

Kicksville have reworked The Talking Heads' 'Once In A Lifetime' into an electro-rock whirlwind of bizarre sound effects and polyrhythmic. Listen to "Once In A Lifetime," Kicksville's eight digital single in 'Season 1,' here

Primary Wave has purchased the publishing interest in the Tennessee Ernie Ford catalog that has reverted to the late singer's estate, Tennessee Ernie Ford Enterprises.more

Abigail Williams has announced a string of headline dates for the US with Rose Funeral, Burning The Masses and The Breathing Process as support. dates

G. Love and Special Sauce will return to the road in support of Superhero Brother now that the G-man has recovered from vocal chord surgery, which he had in November.more

A few more Glenn Hughes live dates have been released, in both the USA and Europe. details

Primer 55 (remember them?) have tentatively titled their new album "The New American Gangsters." There is no word on a possible release date. more

There is, of course, more to it than that: the mobile phone � a Motorola Micro T-A-C UTE II � was a birthday gift from Vinnie's brother and guitar legend Dimebag Darrell.

After reissuing several of Radiohead's albums on vinyl last year, Capitol Records intends to release a handful of the band's singles on 180-gram vinyl, reports Atease.

The gig, performed to raise awareness of Teenage Cancer Trust and raise money for Moonfest, saw Daltrey share vocal duties with Pete Doherty on a number of Who classics including 'Substitute' and 'Magic Bus'.

Ne-Yo was heard saying: "Just chillin' one day, I was like, 'Is that... Jeezy? I hit him up: 'Yo, you probably shouldn't walk around naked - I can see you."

The collection of songs was written for a forthcoming theatrical piece. Whisper House marks Sheik's first solo album since 2006's critically-acclaimed White Limousine and comes on the heels of the success of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening for which Sheik collaborated with lyricist Steven Sater and composed an original score.

Junior follows the band's 2001 platinum break-through Melody A.M and 2005's critically acclaimed The Understanding.

The song is inspired by my days at school. A teenager of 13 my friends brother was a guitarist in a band and I would sit in lessons at school day dreaming of being in that band parents and teachers said I should get a real job but I had the unstoppable feeling of wanting to be involved in music .

The idea of the riff is something close to our 80s song wheels of steel and the who it sounds a strange mixture but I think it works really well.