Rockers Kasabian have been forced to scrap a handful of gigs on their current tour after frontman Tom Meighan contracted swine flu.

Kasabian's mix of electronica and psychedelic rock is on full display on their third CD, "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum."

Morrissey has turned down three big money offers to break his boycott on performing in Canada - because he opposes the country's annual seal cull. The singer has previously left Canada off his world tour destinations, citing the nation's annual slaughter of 275,000 baby harp seals.

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan was rushed to the hospital after wounding his hand while watching a soccer game in his native England. The singer sliced his hand open on fencing at Walkers Stadium last week while celebrating a goal made by his favorite team, Leicester City Football Club - but the 27-year-old didn't want to leave the grounds for treatment.

British rockers Kasabian are following in Morrissey's footsteps by protesting against Canada's annual seal hunt. The former Smiths frontman has long criticized the country for its yearly cull and has vowed never to perform in Canada while the practice is still in force.

R.E.M. -- which is singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills -- are counting down the time to the release of Accelerate, their 14th studio album, on a website,

The Who star Roger Daltrey has recruited British rockers Muse to perform at his series of annual charity concerts in London.

Kasabian star Tom Meighan has taken his Star Wars obsession to new extremes - by paying out $16,000 on replica models of loveable robots R2-D2 and C-3PO. The Empire singer enlisted the talents of a model maker to reproduce George Lucas' bickering cyborgs for his growing collection of movie memorabilia.

After an alleged "department store confession," rapper Foxy Brown is rumored to be engaged. New York Post columnist Cindy Adams reports the hip-hop star, real name Inga Marchand, told customers at New York City shop Bed, Bath & Beyond that she is expecting and engaged. According to some customers, the 30-year-old said, "I'm getting married in September. I'm pregnant."

British rockers Kasabian fears they will have to stop playing at intimate venues in order to avoid causing "carnage." The Empire hitmakers recently played on a small stage in Ibiza to the delirium of their fans - but the band believe it's getting to dangerous for them to play at intimate venues.