Former duet partners Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue had an odd encounter in Los Angeles recently when the two Aussies met in a bar during a magazine interview.

Filmmaker Andrew Dominik was chatting to his The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford musical collaborator Cave at the Sunset Marquis hotel bar in West Hollywood for Interview magazine when fellow Antipodean Minogue, who was in town to play new music for record executives to hear, stumbled in and became part of the in depth expose.

After exchanging pleasantries, Dominik took the chance to chat to Minogue about her th...

American rocker and painter Captain Beefheart has died at the age of 69.

The star passed away on Friday, according to a representative for the Michael Werner Gallery in New York. His exact cause of death was unknown, although he had long been suffering from multiple sclerosis.

Born Don Van Vliet, the singer rose to fame in the 1960s with his own style of blues and rock, later influencing artists such as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

He recorded under the moniker Captain Beefheart with his pals in the Magic Band until 1982, before gradually moving away from the music ind...

Eminem's bizarre 2001 Grammy Awards collaboration with Elton John has topped a new list of the Most Surprising Duets in musical history.

The odd couple beat Aerosmith and Run D.M.C., who teamed up for a rap-rock rendition of "Walk This Way" in 1986, and Dusty Springfield's 1987 chart smash with the Pet Shop Boys (What Have I Done To Deserve This) on Entertainment Weekly's new list.

Also making the top 10: Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy Christmas" collaboration, Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue's "Where The Wild Roses Go" and the KLF's "Justified & Ancient" due...

Kylie Minogue is desperate to embark on a serious film career - begging directors to give her the same chance rocker Nick Cave offered when they dueted on anti-pop ballad "Where The Wild Roses Grow."

The Aussie pop star, best known for her catchy dance and pop tunes, shocked her fans when she teamed up with dark musician Cave for a song about murder. And Minogue would love it if a similarly edgy director would give her the chance to become a respected big screen star - because acting is was how her career got started.

She says, "(Cave) saw me in a totally different way, believed i...

Supergrass is back. A fantastic new album entitled Diamond Hoo Ha, a brand new home on Astralwerks, an extensive summer tour with Foo Fighters and a sixth studio album showcasing the youthful energy and witty musical stylings of these Britpop pioneers.

After a dozen years, Supergrass (Gaz Coombes-Vocals & Guitar, Mick Quinn-Bass & Vocals, Danny Goffey-Drums & Vocals, Rob Coombes-Keyboard) have rolled back home, and rolled back the years, while marching firmly into the future. "We wanted a record where you got all of Supergrass," says frontman Gaz. "The joy, the intensity, the darkness...

Legendary rockers Led Zeppelin were honored for their one-off reunion at Britain's Mojo Magazine Awards on Monday.

The group, which reformed for a sold-out show last December at London's O2 Wembley Arena, scooped the Best Live Act prize at the event in London.

Led Zeppelin were just one of a host of reunited veteran British bands who received gongs at the prizegiving.

Punk rockers the Sex Pistols were presented with the magazine's Icon Award by former Stone Roses rocker Ian Brown, while reformed ska act The Specials were inducted into the Mojo Hall of Fame.

Welsh soul se...

Kid Rock is to tour North America with Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd this summer. The Rock and Rebels Tour will begin in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 8.

"Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music. Before her the world didn't have a f---ing clue about our music, nor any interest in it. Kylie has more greatness in her little fingernail than every f---ing Aussie indie band put together." Nick Cave has high praise for his "Where The Wild Roses Grow" duet partner.

Frank Sinatra will appear on a new U.S. postage stamp. The late crooner's daughte...

Australian singer Nick Cave is sick of people branding his music religious - insisting the biblical imagery he employs is merely his way of expressing himself. The Bad Seeds frontman has just released his 14th album - Dig, Lazarus, Dig! - a work which is littered with religious references.

However the 50-year-old claims he deliberately tries to steer clear of religious issues and just uses the imagery as metaphors for everyday life. He says, "It ain't a religious record mate! I actually take great pains in staying away from religious matters. The thing is biblical imagery is so entren...

The Plug Independent Music Awards will be headlined by the legendary Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. This year's show--taking place at Terminal 5 in New York on March 6-- will see the esteemed band join previously announced performers St. Vincent and Jose Gonzalez and host Patton Oswalt. ." Additionally, seminal U.K.-based rapper and Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal--whose Maths and English LP is nominated for "Best Hip Hop Album"--has been confirmed to perform.

The Impact Award which honors his influence on the independent music community through his exceptional work and career. Last ...

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - of the internationally celebrated bands Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Dirty Three and Grinderman – release the soundtrack to the film The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford on Mute February 5th, 2008. February 5, 2008 also sees the film released on DVD. The soundtrack is currently available via digital download.

"The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" is a savage tale of the true American West. Director Andrew Dominik, who also directed the 2000 cult classic Chopper, brings his distinctive vision to this project;...

Happy Birthday to "Harry Potter" nemesis Tom Felton (1987), British pop singer Billie Piper (1982), Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara (1981), Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Tavares (1980), Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldo (1976), rapper Mystikal (1975), British one-hit-wonder Chesney Hawkes (1971), "Match Point" actor Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Weezer bassist Matt Sharp (1969), "Cheaper By The Dozen" actress Bonnie Hunt (1961), "Charles In Charge" actor Scott Baio (1961), rocker Joan Jett (1958), Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (1958), Australian singer Nick Cave (1957), singer Debby Boo...

A generous fan of British singer Elton John paid $220,000 on Thursday to be serenaded by the star. The star-studded karaoke benefit in London saw the Rocket Man cover Elvis Presley classic Are You Lonesome Tonight? in aid of the Hoping Foundation, a charity which supports children in Palestine.

One lucky bidder paid $140,000 to duet with rocker Nick Cave on Destiny's Child's Bootylicious, while Bryan Adams' performance of Status Quo's Rocking All Over The World went for $60,000.

Other stars who took to the stage in aid of the charity included The Clash star Mick Jones, former Pret...

Rocker Nick Cave was delighted when he met Bob Dylan at a music festival - but was embarrassed to find out they had nothing to say to each other. The Into My Arms singer was playing at legendary English music festival Glastonbury in 1998, when Dylan came over to greet him.

He explains, "I was standing in the mud backstage, and I looked up and there was this old guy making a beeline across the muddy field, and I thought 'Ok, here we go.' And when he reached me he said, 'I just wanted to say, I really like what you do.' And it dawned on me that it was Bob Dylan. And then we stood there i...

A host of rockers including Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry, Beth Orton and Pete Doherty are teaming up to pay tribute to the Disney songbook this weekend. Sunday's one-off event, Forest Of No Return - Hal Willner Presents The Vintage Disney Songbook, at London's South Bank Center will see the left-field stars playing their favorite songs from Disney movies.

Among the performances will be Babyshambles front man Doherty playing Chim Chiminey from Mary Poppins and Jarvis Cocker covering I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book.

Legendary musician Van Dyke Parks is organizin...

Erasure-the iconic British pop duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clark who've sold more than 20 million albums worldwide-have released their new single "I Could Fall in Love With You" through Mute on April 3. The song is taken from their new album Light At The End Of The World due out May 22. Coming after 2006's Union Street-an acoustic album of drastically rearranged lesser-known Erasure songs that was recorded with a full band and underlined the enduring quality of the material--Light At The End Of The World is a potent return to classic, totally electronic Erasure form as last heard on 2005's ...

"Cohen, who was born in Montreal in 1934, was 33 years old when Songs of Leonard Cohen came out, old enough to embrace the creative momentum of the '60s counterculture without falling prey to its more naïve aspects. He had also been a published poet for more than ten years, and a novelist as well." - from the new liner notes written by Anthony DeCurtis

Like the ancient scriptures themselves, whose parables and lessons have always inspired the poetry and songwriting of 72-year old Leonard Cohen, the verses and cadences of his first trilogy of Columbia albums recorded between 1967 and ...

Happy Birthday to "Harry Potter" nemesis Tom Felton (1987), British pop singer Billie Piper (1982), Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara (1981), Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Tavares (1980), Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldo (1976), rapper Mystikal (1975), British one-hit-wonder Chesney Hawkes (1971), "Match Point" actor Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Weezer bassist Matt Sharp (1969), "Cheaper By The Dozen" actress Bonnie Hunt (1961), "Charles In Charge" actor Scott Baio (1961), rocker Joan Jett (1958), Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (1958), Australian singer Nick Cave (1957), singer Debby Boo...

Long before its black velvet and pale skin fashions crept into American malls, Goth music represented an underground movement led by fans who favored songs that tapped into the antisocial energy of punk but celebrated dark introspection, tempestuous atmospherics and visual panache. Rhino brings together influential bands that rarely or never participate in Gothic music compilations to create a fascinating cross-section of all matters pertaining to Goth with "A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box"his four-disc boxed set-three CDs and one DVD-will be available September 19.

In support of th...

James Bond actor Daniel Craig has been named the world's best-dressed man by the American edition of men's magazine Esquire. The 38-year-old beat out competition from R&B singer John Legend to claim the coveted accolade, with Terrence Howard coming in third place.

Heart-throb Jake Gyllenhaal was named the world's fourth most dapper man, with Australian rocker Nick Cave rounding out the top five.

Britney Spears' baby son Sean Preston, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose and Jennifer Lopez's husband Marc Anthony were named the worst dressed.

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Bono, Sting and Nick Cave are among the stars who have reworked classic pirate tunes and sea chanteys for a new album inspired by Johnny Depp's Pirates Of The Caribbean movies. The big names join Bryan Ferry, Jarvis Cocker, Andrea Corr, Rufus Wainwright and Chicago star John C. Reilly on upcoming double album Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (corr).

The 43-song album was the brainchild of "Pirates of The Carribean" director Gore Verbinski. He says, "I slowly became fascinated by the idea of a contemporary reinterpretation of the sea chantey. I imagined the artists ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea was devastated to read a bad review of the band's latest album Stadium Arcadium - because he discovered his idol Nick Cave dislikes the group's music.

The guitarist, real name Michael Balzary, was reading British newspaper The Guardian's review of the disc, which included the anecdote, "Two years ago, when asked about current music, Nick Cave focused his ire on one band in particular. 'I'm forever near a stereo saying, "What the f--k is this garbage?"' he fumed. 'And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.'"

Writing on the band's official...

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Yoko Ono launched a veiled attack against Sir Paul McCartney at yesterday's Q awards - branding him an inferior musician to John Lennon. The Japanese artist was at the prestigious ceremony to collect the Q Special Award on behalf of her late husband and took the opportunity to lay into John's former Beatles songwriting partner.

As she went up to collect the award, she said: "I wish John was here today as he would have really loved it. But I'd like to tell you a story about me and John. He always found it extraordinary that people would always cover Paul's songs, and I used to tell him...