Over the past month, HD, available on all major cable systems around the country. This holiday program will contain the most popular concert performances from this season's shows in groundbreaking state-of-the-art high definition, 1080i picture and 5.1 sound. London Live New Year's Eve Countdown, hosted by celebrated BBC1 radio and television personality Sara Cox, will serve as a soundtrack and visual focus for fans' high-energy New Year's Eve celebrations.

The winning selections, as voted by London Live fans, are (in order of votes): The Killers ("Bones"); Amy Winehouse ("Reha...

Rocker Beck is to re-release his break-out 1996 album Odelay with a handful of rare new tracks. The new tunes feature two never-before-released tracks from the original sessions, a soundtrack contribution, and 16 B-sides and compilation tracks.

The original album was recently ranked among Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

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Rock duo The White Stripes' recent collaboration with Beck was a relaxed affair - the songs were recorded in his living-room.

The stars teamed up to tape three new songs - "We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap," "Cash Grab Complications On The Matter" and "It's My Fault For Being Famous, Honey" - for the B-sides of three colored vinyl singles of The White Stripes track Conquest, which will be released on December 18.

And The White Stripes - Jack and Meg White - didn't let the fact Beck's home studio wasn't ready stop them from forging ahead with their plans.

Jack says, "We h...

On January 29, 2008, Louis XIV will release their second full-length album Slick Dogs and Ponies on Atlantic Records. It's been almost three years since their debut The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, and on their self-produced follow-up the San Diego quartet explore new sonic terrain.

The lush, grandiose collection includes string arrangements by world renowned composer David Campbell (as in Beck's dad...I know, right??). What results is a record that demonstrates a devotion to artistic growth, blending classical sensibility with their rock and roll roots.

The debut single, "G...

Rocker Beck has been accused of driving a New York artist to a drug-induced death after backing out of a movie project they had planned together.

Theresa Duncan told friends she and Beck had discussed working on a film she had written entitled Alice Underground - about two schoolgirls who kidnap a rock star after he told them he wanted to leave the Church of Scientology. Scientologist Beck was to play the protagonist.

In emails published in the January edition of Vanity Fair, dating from 2003 to 2006, Duncan claims the singer showed interest in the role, but backed out over fears...

Rock duo The White Stripes have added a third member in the shape of Beck for a special Christmas release. Three colored vinyl singles will hit stores on December 18, each featuring the track "Conquest" and a new song co-produced by Beck.

The B-sides are "We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap," "Cash Grab Complications On The Matter" and "It's My Fault For Being Famous, Honey." They'll appear on red, white and black vinyl singles.

According to Billboard.com, Beck contributed vocals and piano to Being Famous, and slide guitar to Honey. One of the pre-Christmas releases also features...

Rocker Beck has purchased a $7 million mansion in west Los Angeles. The singer and his actress wife Marissa Ribisi, with whom he has two children, have yet to move into the eight-bedroom, five-bathroom property, which was built in 1924.

The house was redesigned and updated just prior to Beck's purchase, although the 37-year-old has since done some redesigning of his own.

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In celebration of her upcoming full-length release, some people have REAL problems, Sia will release a 4-song digital EP on November 6 previewing tracks from the CD, including the first single, "Day to Soon." The Song will also be available as a free download via Starbucks on November 6 as part of the company's "Song of the Day" campaign.

Originally known as the vocalist for Zero 7 (Simple Things, When It Falls and The Garden), Sia made her first splash as a solo artist when her song "Breathe Me" was featured in the final episode of "Six Feet Under" in late 2005, and which shot to #1 o...

Sia is back with her stunning vocals and direct, clever lyrics on her second full-length release, Some People Have REAL Problems. She'll give audiences a glimpse of what the album holds when she hits the road for a tour of the states this fall.

Sia may be best-known from her days with Zero 7 (Simple Things, When It Falls and The Garden), and her solo track "Breathe Me," which was featured in the final episode of Six Feet Under, but one listen to her striking vocals leaves one feeling as if Sia is a beloved old friend.

The new music on Some People Have Problems, including Beck, w...

"I feel this record has been an amazing opportunity to push the artist in me," says Dave Gahan of his second album Hourglass, due October 23 via Mute/Virgin Records. The record follows the Depeche Mode front man's acclaimed 2003 solo albut Paper Monsters that marked his debut as a full-fledged songwriter.

The album's first single-- the soaring and pulsating "Kingdom"-- hit radio waves August 27. "It's this idea that there's a better place, and it's not up there in the clouds, it's right here," says Gahan. "And it's about becoming more accepting of life and the way it is. I would be lyi...

Italian movie star Marcello Mastroianni, David Bowie, Steve McQueen, Bob Dylan and George Clooney have been named among the 50 Most Stylish Men in the Past 50 Years by men's magazine GQ.

Elvis Presley, Bryan Ferry, Paul Newman, Johnny Depp, Miles Davis, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Al Pacino, Warren Beatty and Sean Connery also make the list.

A few surprises among the stylish 50 include filmmaker Woody Allen, Beck, punk icons The Ramones and British rocker Pete Doherty.

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LOS ANGELES -- 12-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris retraces the back roads of her remarkable musical journey that spans more than three decades with a highly personalized, far-reaching boxed set spotlighting her favorite tracks and difficult-to-find or previously unreleased gems.

Rhino lets one of the most instantly recognizable voices of any genre call the tunes for this four-CD and one-DVD collection of career favorites, difficult-to-find material and live performances from her days with Gram Parsons and, later, the Hot Band to her bluegrass material and her fascinating concep...

Capitol will release Teenager, the third album from acclaimed Irish rock band The Thrills, on October 23rd. The five-piece Dublin band had recorded its two previous albums – 2003's So Much For The City and 2004's Let's Bottle Bohemia – in sunny Southern California, but this time round they opted for The Warehouse (which was a makeshift morgue in a previous incarnation and is rumored to be haunted) in Vancouver, BC's seedy Gastown district.

The change in location imbued the band with a renewed intensity and a fresh perspective on its music. Working with Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, Smashing...

The Honorary Title is Jarrod Gorbel on lead vocals and guitar, Aaron Kamstra on bass and keyboards, Jon Wiley on guitar, and Adam Boyd on drums.

Based in Brooklyn, the band started in 2003 with Gorbel and Kamstra playing gigs on the New York City club circuit. In 2004 the group released their full-length debut Anything Else but the Truth. On the heels of this critically-acclaimed, Shortlist-nominated album, the group recruited Wiley and Boyd, and The Honorary Title began to tour nationally with such diverse groups as Switchfoot, Taking Back Sunday and AC Newman.

The Honorary Tit...

Liars – who released their fourth album "Liars" on Mute August 28, will open for Interpol on their US tour this autumn. "We can't wait to tour with Interpol," says front man Angus Andrew, "They're all really nice guys we share a lot in common with... We're super excited to play with them in venues like Madison Square Garden and The Forum in Los Angeles, as well as some states we've never been to like Florida and Idaho. Most of all, we hope it'll be a really great night out for fans of both bands."

The first single from "Liars," "Plaster Casts of Everything" will be available digitally...

Full of musical surprises, lyrical twists and sonic turns, The Else is a return to form for alternative rock legends They Might Be Giants, who started their illustrious career twenty-five years ago.

While The Else finally captures their notoriously talented live band in all their barnstorming glory, the complete effort is an electrifying mix of homebrewed sonic madness and studio mastery. Over a year and a half in the making and recorded on both coasts, the album was created in collaboration with LA producers the Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys, Hanson) and NYC engineer/producer Patr...

Happy Birthday to "One Tree Hill" actress Sophia Bush (1982), Canadian actress Kathleen Robertson (1975), singer/songwriter Beck (1970), actor Michael Weatherly (1968), "Almost Famous" actor Billy Crudup (1968), country singer Toby Keith (1961), prolific actor Kevin Bacon (1958), actress Anjelica Huston (1951), children's entertainer Raffi (1948), actress Kim Darby (1947), entertainer Steve Lawrence (1935), comedian Marty Feldman (1933; d. 1982), singer Jerry Vale (1932), actor Craig Stevens (1918; d. 2000), bandleader/jazz singer Billy Eckstine (1914; d. 1993), and businessman John D. Rock...

Sonic Youth are following in the footsteps of Paul McCartney by releasing a compilation album on coffee shop chain Starbucks' new Hear Music label. The veteran New York band have asked artists, including Beck and Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, to choose their favorite Sonic Youth song and to write some words for the CD's inlay card to accompany their selection.

Sonic Youth will also be recording a new track for the forthcoming album. Moore tells website PitchforkMedia.com, "We sort of devised this idea of a Sonic Youth record where we asked all these different people to choose their favor...

Pop legend Michael Jackson has bought publishing rights for rapper Eminem's back catalogue. The Thriller hit maker, who also currently owns The Beatles copyright, has purchased Famous Music LLC from Viacom for an undisclosed amount. Jackson is now the owner of The Real Slim Shady and Without Me but also owns the rights to songs by Shakira, Beck and Bjork under the transaction.

The singer says, "This is a milestone event for Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The diverse collection of songs in this catalogue range from timeless classics to contemporary hits, and I am pleased to add the acquisi...

Voted "best up-and-coming indie band" by SF Weekly, San Francisco's Scissors for Lefty has been setting off radars in both the US and UK, inciting NME to boast: "ambitious, sarcastic sophisto-pop; quirky, promising, and quite possible awesome." Signed to Rough Trade Records outside of North America (Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian), the group has performed alongside bands such as The Arctic Monkeys, French Kicks, Paul Weller, Dirty Pretty Things, Grandaddy, Metric, Blonde Redhead, Oh No! Oh My!, and Dios Malos, among many others. With each exuberant show, Scissors for Lefty...

Full of musical surprises, lyrical twists and sonic turns, The Else is a full return to form for alternative rock legends They Might Be Giants, who started their illustrious career twenty-five years ago.

While The Else finally captures their notoriously talented live band in all their barnstorming glory, the complete effort is actually an electrifying mix of homebrewed sonic madness and studio mastery. Over a year and a half in the making and recorded on both coasts, the album was created in collaboration with LA producers the Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys, Hanson) and NYC engineer...

Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos will pay homage to its distinctive music heritage with the launch of a limited-edition CD series, Mark Ronson Presents Hard Rock, curated by DJ/producer Mark Ronson. The debut CD, featuring 14 rock songs hand selected by Ronson, will be available for purchase beginning May 22 at all Hard Rock Hotel and Casino locations, select Hard Rock Cafe Rock Shops and online at www.hardrock.com. Hard Rock partnered with Allido Records and music executive and producer Rich Kleiman, to release the series exclusively for the brand.

Hard Rock has enlisted Ronson to curat...

Rockers the All-American Rejects are to be honored with the Vanguard Award at the upcoming ASCAP Pop Music Awards after scoring the most-played tunes of 2006.

The band's principal songwriters Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler will also receive two ASCAP Pop Awards at the event on April 18 for hits Dirty Little Secret and Move Along.

The ASCAP Vanguard Award is given in recognition of the impact of musical genres that help shape the future of American music. Past honorees include The Arcade Fire, Beck, Jack Johnson and Modest Mouse.

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The Bird and the Bee, the L.A. duo made up of singer Inara George and keyboardist/producer Greg Kurstin, have announced that they will be the opening act for British singer Lily Allen on 22 upcoming concert dates throughout the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada.

Kurstin, a prolific producer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Beck and The Flaming Lips, also produced and co-wrote three tracks ("Everything's Just Wonderful," "Not Big," and "Alfie") on Allen's debut Alright, Still, which was just released by Capitol Records in the U.S.

The Bird and the Bee's self-ti...

A former drummer for Beck has been hired to join reformed Australian group Crowded House.

Matt Sherrod was selected for the coveted role after band members Neil Finn and Nick Seymour held dozens of auditions in Australia, the US and the UK.

In a post on his website, singer/songwriter Finn says: "A big thank you to all who put their hand up, and sorry we didn't get to play with everyone, but time and geography were against us. Look out for more dates announced soon and we are about to do some serious rehearsing so we can be very good."

The band is currently putting the finish...

The new Modest Mouse album, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, is set for release on Epic Records on March 20. The new album was produced by Dennis Herring (Good News for People Who Love Bad News) and recorded in Oxford, Mississippi at Sweet Tea studios and Portland, OR, at Audio Alchemy. We Were Dead is the follow up to the band's 2004 album Good News For People Who Love Bad News which included the hit "Float On," has sold over 1.5 million copies and earned the band two Grammy nominations.

The newly released first single, "Dashboard," has already shot to #8 at Alternative radio ...

Melancholic, Brooklynite folk/pop/punk band, The Honorary Title will be making its major label debut this spring on Warner with Scream and Light Up the Sky. The new release will be their first since the Doghouse Records album Anything But The Truth in 2004.

Jarrod Gorbel (vocals/lyrics/guitars) and Aaron Kamstra (bass/instrumentals) started the band as an acoustic two-piece but have since filled out the line-up to a full outfit. The new album, produced mainly by Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Beck) – with Butch Walker also pitching in for a track – reflects their Elvis Costello, Jeff B...

Inara George and Greg Kurstin, alias the bird and the bee, are an army of two. They listen to everything, and answer to no one. They started playing Jazz standards together, and when they were all out of covers, they wrote some songs of their own.

The outcome is their self-titled debut, an indie pop album that sparkles with tunes that recall Everything But The Girl, Broadcast, Jem, and the lush sensuality of jazz and bossa nova. A sweet and semi-psychedelic ode to sun drenched lazy days.

Over the course of 3 years, they whiled away scattered afternoons in Greg's home studio in Ech...

Produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck, Guided By Voices, The Vines), Kevin Devine's Put Your Ghost To Rest is a collection of 12 compelling songs showcasing Devine's keen, idiosyncratic observations on a wide range of topics including love, friendship, suicide, drinking and the sorry state of Western civilization.

The Brooklyn, NY-based artist's three previous albums - Split The Country, Split The Street (2005, Triple Crown Records), Make the Clocks Move (2003, Triple Crown Records) and Circle Gets the Square (2001, Immigrant Sun Records) established him as a "perceptive folk po...

Muse, Lily Allen and Gnarls Barkley lead the nominations at this year's BRIT Awards. The trio of acts are up for three accolades each. Muse have been named in the British Group, MasterCard British Album, for Blackholes and Revelations, and British Live Act categories.

Gnarls Barkley are up for International Group, International Breakthrough

Act and International Album, for stunning debut St. Elsewhere. Lily Allen - who took the music scene by storm in 2006 - has been put forward for British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act and will also compete with Muse for MasterCard Br...