Reformed rockers The Jesus And Mary Chain are planning to record a new album - according to media reports. The British band performed their first gig in nine years last Thursday at the Glass House venue in Pomona, California, before wowing the crowds at the Coachella Festival two days later.

Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Jason Statham and Adam Brody gave the first three-day Coachella Festival some real star power, heading out to the California desert to catch acts like Bjork, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the reformed Jesus & Mary Chain.

The Jesus And Mary Chain performed their first gig in nine years on Thursday - although reports actress Scarlett Johansson was to duet with the cult rockers proved unfounded.

Happy Mondays have become the latest reformed act to be added to the upcoming Coachella Festival line-up in Indio, California. The group's performance at the end of the month will be their first in America for 15 years.

Top US rock festival Coachella has sold out all advance tickets, more than two months before the event gets underway in Indio, California. It's the fastest sell-out for the eight-year-old festival, which this year boasts performances from a reunited Rage Against The Machine, Jesus & Mary Chain and Crowded House as well as much-anticipated appearances by Bjork and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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.