The music video for My Chemical Romance's "Desolation Row" has finally made its North American debut. The song, a reinterpretation of the Bob Dylan classic, was recorded specifically for the upcoming feature film Watchmen. Watchmen: Music From the Motion Picture, which contains the song, is due from Warner Sunset/Reprise Records on March 3rd, three days before the film hits theaters nationwide.

The video, which was helmed by Watchmen director Zack Snyder, transports the viewer into the world of Watchmen in an alternate 1985. My Chemical Romance is performing at a dive bar, reigning as...

The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton has been found dead at his Michigan home at the age of 60.

The rocker's personal assistant contacted police on Monday night after failing to reach the star for days, according to Detective Bill Stanford. Officers were sent to Asheton's house in Ann Arbor to investigate and discovered his body on a couch in the living room at around midnight on Tuesday.

Cops believe the star suffered a heart attack a few days previously, although the official cause of death has yet to be determined. Foul play has been ruled out, and autopsy and toxicology reports...

Katy Perry has donated a sculpture of her bust to raise money for a breast cancer charity. The "I Kissed A Girl" hitmaker's chest mold will be painted by her boyfriend - Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy - and auctioned off in aid of the Keep A Breast Foundation's youth outreach program, according to E! Entertainment.

Bidding for the sculpture will open on November 26.

Other acts who have contributed to or painted busts for the sale - on auction website eBay - include Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, and new wave rockers Devo.

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The biopic is a longstanding Hollywood tradition. There are the big budget epics like the now infamous Elizabeth Taylor vehicle "Cleopatra," David Lean's masterpiece, "Lawrence of Arabia," or Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi." Then there are the smaller pictures chronicling the equally gripping stories of those less celebrated. Daniel Day Lewis' portrayal of the Irish cerebral palsy painter, Christy Brown in "My Left Foot," or Bill Condon's 2004 film "Kinsey" about human sexuality researcher Alfred Kinsey come to mind.

In recent years, thanks in part to the wide success of the films "Ray...

The theft of Iggy Pop's tour equipment left cult act Grizzly Bear sheltering from a storm in their tourbus - because the punk icon trashed their dressing room after learning his gear was missing.

Grizzly Bear arrived in Montreal, Canada in the middle of a thunder storm on Tuesday, the day after Iggy Pop and the reformed The Stooges performed at the venue they were set to play as support to Radiohead.

Bear star Ed Droste tells Rolling Stone magazine he and his bandmates were told their dressing room had been destroyed by Iggy Pop.

He says, "We had to ride out the storms on our...

The stolen van belonging to punk icons Iggy Pop & The Stooges has been recovered - but the band's equipment has yet to be found.

The truck - containing the group's gear - was stolen outside their hotel after a concert in Montreal, Canada on Monday. And Canadian police have confirmed the vehicle has now been found abandoned a short distance from the place where it was stolen. But there is no sign of any of the items which were stored inside.

The rockers have launched a new website appealing for help in tracking down the missing equipment.

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Scars on Broadway, the long-awaited collaboration between guitarist-frontman Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, both best known for their work in the multi-Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning band System of a Down, has signed with Interscope Records and will see their self-titled debut released on July 29.

With Malakian sitting in the Scars' producer chair, he and Dolmayan entered the studio last September, recorded nearly two-dozen songs for the album, and then whittled down the final track listing to 14 songs.

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Music lovers will soon be able to purchase internet downloads of rare concert performances by acts including Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix - following a groundbreaking deal by Universal Music.

The record label successfully brokered an agreement with music website Wolfgang's Vault, whose owner, Bill Sagan, purchased scores of original recordings from late promoter Bill Graham. Graham died in 1991.

Universal Music's involvement with the site now means rare concert archives held by the label will be made available to the public for the first time.

As well as performances from Marl...

Veteran rocker John Hiatt is to be honored by the Americana Music Association (AMA) with a lifetime achievement award for his songwriting.

The Grammy-nominated star, 55, will join previous recipients of the accolade including Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell and Billy Joe Shaver, when he is presented with the award on September 18 at the Nashville, Tennessee event.

Jed Hilly, the AMA's executive director, says, "It's a privilege to honor John Hiatt. He is the essence of what the Americana songwriter award is all about - a true artist, a performer and songwriter whose work is steeped...

Exploring the multidimensional nature and shifting personae of revered musician Bob Dylan - from the public to the private to the fantastical - I'm Not There debuts on DVD on May 6th from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.

Featuring the Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning performance by Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Aviator), I'm Not There weaves together a daring and complex narrative of an ever-elusive American icon. Garnering three awards at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, including Special Jury Prize and Best Actress, Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There was...

TV host Ellen DeGeneres has been praised by The Humane Society for her dedication to promoting key animal rights issues. The comedienne was recently embroiled in a scandal involving her former pet, Iggy - a rescue dog she adopted and had to give away to a friend.

However Beverly Kaskey, senior director of the Hollywood branch of the Humane Society, has praised DeGeneres for using her profile for the good of animals. She tells New York gossip column PageSix, "Ellen took on the cruelty of hunting, cooking lobsters and even defended small insects."

The Humane Society also named car...

Alison Sudol inhabits a vivid imaginary world populated by siren songs and sailors, sightless creatures and fragile fallen eagles, a place where almost lovers and hopeless dreams are bid a melancholy musical farewell.

And on One Cell in the Sea, Sudol allows the listener inside that often-fantastical world, revealing her inner life via songs Harp magazine praised as "fraught, haunted and beautiful."

One Cell in the Sea is the 14-song debut from A Fine Frenzy, the lineup fronted by 22- year-old singer/pianist Sudol. While A Fine Frenzy's songs are ethereal, the musical and ly...

"Like A Prayer" has emerged as the fans' favorite Madonna song on the day the Material Girl is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The 1984 hit beat "Ray Of Light," "Into The Groove," "Vogue" and "Live To Tell" in a weekend online vote at RollingStone.com.

Madonna was be inducted into the Hall Of Fame in New York last night by Justin Timberlake.

As previously reported, fellow Michigan star Iggy Pop and the reformed Stooges will perform a musical tribute to Madonna at the event.

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Rocker Joan Jett will pay a musical tribute to the Dave Clark Five when the British group is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next week. According to a source at the Hall of Fame, Jett will join Iggy Pop & The Stooges, John Mellencamp, Damien Rice and Patti LaBelle among the performers at Monday's New York City gala.

As previously announced, Dave Clark Five superfan Tom Hanks will officially induct the band into the Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

The "Glad All Over" hitmakers recently suffered the tragic death of singer Mike Smith, who passed away last week, while prep...

"I got the idea to sing shirtless from a book I read on Egyptology. I kept looking at the pharaohs and thought, 'These guys look bitchin' - they never wear shirts.'" Iggy Pop reveals his inspiration.

"My nails are absolutely ruined. I can't be a lady and regrout the bathroom at the same time." Keira Knightley refused to show off her nails at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday because she arrived at the event fresh from regrouting the tiles in her bathroom.

Moonstruck director Norman Jewison will collect the Golden Eddie filmmaker of the year award at the American Cinema Edi...

Iggy Pop, Duran Duran and Daft Punk are among the musicians who have designed T-shirts to raise money for political charity Rock The Vote. The stars have all come up with their own take on the world-famous Playboy magazine 'bunny' logo for the 2008 Playboy Rock The Rabbit T-shirt series.

The shirts will be sold at Bloomingdales stores in the U.S. and online at ShopTheBunny.com.

The bands' original designs will be sold at auction with proceeds going to Rock The Vote, an organization which encourages young Americans to get involved in the political process.

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Singer/actress Jessica Simpson will co-host two episodes of her favorite talk show The View on November 15 & 16.

The stars of The View were literally left mopping up on Tuesday when a pregnant audience member's water broke. Ironically, the pregnancy emergency came during host Elisabeth Hasselbeck's last day on the show before taking maternity leave.

Transformers has sold more DVDs (8.3 million) in its first week on release than any other title in America so far this year.

Lance Bass knew he was a homosexual at the age of five. Bass struggled to keep his sexuality hidden for ...

The former-manager of rock legends the Ramones and Iggy Pop has filed a $100 million lawsuit against an American gay magazine for publishing fake quotes portraying him as a "sexual predator". Danny Fields filed the defamation suit against Out Magazine in New York's Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this month.

The 65-year-old claims his career has been damaged beyond repair by the false allegations, which imply he bribed underage fans to have sex with him in exchange for meeting their idols.

The lifestyle magazine quotes Fields, who is openly homosexual, as saying: "I don't rememb...

Cult rockers My Morning Jacket performed their Sunday night set at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois backed by the city's Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The group donned tuxedos for the classical crossover, which closed with a reggae version of Curtis Mayfield's Move On Up.

Iggy Pop prompted a stage invasion at Sunday's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois when he invited the audience to join him for a sing-along.

Ryan Adams will play as part of Cowboy Junkies' backing band at a special concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of the cult rockers' 1987 a...

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment, creators of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, are proud to announce the initial line up for Vegoose 2007. The third annual installment of this dynamic entertainment experience will be staged in Las Vegas on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27 and 28, at Sam Boyd Stadium, encompassing the surrounding complex – highlighted by the 30-acre grassy Star Nursery Field with its stunningly beautiful mountain backdrop. Two-day passes to the event will go on sale this Saturday at 10:00 AM PST only at www.vegoose.com.

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Singer Iggy Pop has hit out at the two biopics of his band The Stooges currently in pre-production, wishing "they'd both f%&k off". The Gimme Danger rocker is upset nobody has asked him to give his blessing to either film.

Pop - real name James Osterberg - tells website NME.com, "At the moment neither of them have my permission to be made. Frankly, I wish they'd both f%&k off and leave their biopics."

However, in June Pop was pleased at the news The Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood was being lined up to play him in The Passenger.

He said, "We have no agreement yet but Elija...

Veteran rocker Iggy Pop has apologized for using a derogatory racial term during a live BBC interview at the Glastonbury Festival in June. The Lust For Life star - real name James Osterberg - was being interviewed at the British event when he recalled visiting "Paki shops".

The BBC swiftly issued an apology for the singer's use of the disparaging term for a person of Pakistani descent. And Pop himself has now also apologized.

He tells website NME.com, "I'm sorry. It was one in the morning (when I said it)... that was a phrase I learned from English people while I was living there....

Legendary Australian music venue The Palace, which has played host to Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Iggy Pop, is to be demolished after it was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday. The popular Melbourne haunt, which has also seen performances by British rockers Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys, was gutted in a blaze which broke out around 3pm local time.

Authorities have yet to say whether there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident, but reports claim the building is likely to be knocked down soon as it is no longer safe to operate as a concert hall.

The neighboring Palai...

Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop both decided to give up alcohol and drugs when they found themselves coughing up strange colored substances. Cooper has been sober since 1983 after suffering such severe alcoholism he was hospitalized.

After a long association with narcotics, Pop joined Cooper and now lives a healthy lifestyle, relying on coffee and tai chi.

Remember the moment he decided to quit, Cooper tells Mojo magazine, "I was throwing up blood. That was kind of my first clue. That's not a good thing. Pop adds: "It was green stuff for me. It was bile."

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Veteran rocker Iggy Pop has been blasted after using a racist term during a live interview with the BBC. The Lust For Life star - real name James Newell Osterberg Jr - was being interviewed at England's Glastonbury interview last weekend when he recalled visiting "paki shops".

A spokesperson for the Commission for Racial Equality says, "It is a phrase that educated, sensible people would not use. It is not nice and it is not pleasant."

The singer left the festival shortly after the interview to catch a flight to Warsaw, Poland - while the BBC issued an apology, saying, "We would l...

Amy Winehouse, Arcade Fire and The Good, The Bad And The Queen were among the winners at the Mojo Awards in London last night. Newlywed singer Winehouse accepted Woman Of The Year and Song Of The Year for "Rehab" at the star-studded ceremony in The Brewery venue.

Blur frontman Damon Albarn's new project The Good, The Bad And The Queen picked up Best Album for their eponymous-named debut, while Arcade Fire was named Best Live Act.

Music veterans Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper were named Icon Of The Year and Hero Of The Year respectively, while Ike Turner was named Legend Of The Y...

The White Stripes star Jack White is still looking for answers as to why Iggy Pop shunned his efforts to produce The Stooges reunion album last year. White, a huge fan of the punk icons, offered to do anything if Pop and his bandmates agreed to let him take charge of their comeback album - and he thought he'd got the job after a chat with the group's frontman.

The White Stripes star, who made his full producing debut on country queen Loretta Lynn's acclaimed Van Lear Rose album, says, "Years ago I got a call from Iggy and I said, 'yeah, let's do it.' I had an idea: let's all live in a...

Rocker Steven Tyler has the answer to his Mick Jagger and Iggy Pop's long successful careers - their attitudes. The Aerosmith singer insists he and his contemporaries are far from the most talented performers of their generation, but have stuck around because of their personalities.

He says, "(Pop) doesn't have the greatest voice, but neither do I and neither does Mick. But what we've all got is the attitude. Iggy just does not stop."

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NEW YORK (AP) - Like most political satire, ''Lil' Bush'' pinpoints the logical extreme of real life.

Take its title character. Lil' George Bush is a pushy if none-too-swift lad making mischief with his pals from Beltway Elementary: Lil' Condi, Lil' Cheney and Lil' Rummy (pint-size versions of Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld). Another thing: Lil' George resides in the White House.

Oh, sure, this new Comedy Central cartoon show does take lil' liberties with the truth. For instance, ''Lil' Bush'' is set in the present, yet George H.W. (not George W.) Bush is the na...

Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy will guest star as The Voice Of God in an upcoming episode of animated American TV show Lil' Bush.

The singer/songwriter joins Pixies rocker Frank Black, who voices Satan, and Iggy Pop, who stars as Lil' Donald Rumsfeld, in the Comedy Central cartoon.

Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and Red Hot Chili Peppers also guest on the show, which satirizes U.S. President George W. Bush's administration.

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