An auction of exclusive personal items and memorabilia donated by EMI’s family of artists and songwriters has raised $940,000 in funds to help the Red Cross support people affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The charity auction, which launched on eBay’s worldwide sites on April 5, attracted bids totaling $470,000 from music fans around the world. All the money from winning bidders will be doubled through a donation by EMI.

EMI Group CEO Roger Faxon commented: “What a wonderful result!! It was made possible by the extraordinary generosity of so many members of the EMI...

A track by British dance act The Prodigy has been voted the most controversial song of all time.

The band's 1997 offering, Smack My B**ch Up, was banned by the U.K.'s BBC network - the sex and drugs-filled video was not shown and the track was not played in chart rundowns.

It has now topped a poll by the Performing Right Society to find the most outrageous tune, ahead of the Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen at number two and Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood at three.

The top five is rounded out by Eminem's Kim and Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine.

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2009 saw the release of a number of great records, but it wasn't that hard to nail down a solid list of the ten best. The year saw a number of musical comebacks as well, none more awe-inspiring and utterly impressive than Alice in Chains. Coincidentally their latest release and first since the death of Layne Staley, Black Gives Way to Blue, tops this very list as my album of the year, although my best album of the year choice changed a handful of times as 2009 progressed.

At one point in time my album of the year was the Prodigy's Invaders Must Die, then that quickly changed once Julien...

Lady Gaga was the most listened to artist on the internet in 2009. Tracks from the star's 2008 album, The Fame, were played more than 18.5 million times on leading music site Last.fm.

She clocked up six million more plays than The Killers, who came second in the rundown.

British singer Lily Allen was named the third most popular artist, while the Prodigy were at number four.

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Lady Gaga has been voted the creepiest singer in showbiz for her provocative Paparazzi video.

The promo sees the eccentric star sitting in a wheelchair, declaring she has killed her boyfriend. GaGa even appeared to hang herself during her performance of the track at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

The singer's crazy stunts have spooked music fans, who have named her the weirdest musician in the charts.

Michael Jackson's 1984 Thriller video, which features dancing zombies, and Slipknot's Wait and Bleed both featured in the ghostly rundown by music video website Muzu.tv.

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When it comes to success, the Prodigy has definitely had their fair share. It may be going out on a limb to say, due to the excellent body of work the band has amassed throughout the years, but 'Invaders Must Die' could be the best they have released to date.

The new release marks the bands fifth studio album, their first in five years, since 2004's 'Always Outnumbers, Never Outgunned.' It has already spawned a top ten hit with the single 'Omen.' UK radio host Zane Lowe also proclaimed it as one of the hottest records in the world.

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Scottish singer Amy MacDonald is sickened by a stabbing at this weekend's T in the Park festival - and insists youngsters should put down their knives.

The 20 year old rocker, who performed at the festival near Kinross, Scotland, spoke out after a man was knifed on Saturday, leaving him fighting for his life in hospital.

She says, "People come here for a good time, not to get stabbed.

"It is absolutely shocking. It shouldn't have happened. No one should be carrying knives, it is a stupid thing to do.

"It is terrible it happened here because people come to have a good tim...

A seamless fusion of pounding dance beats and aggressive rock, In Silico features the recent UK smash singles "Propane Nightmares" and "Granite." After a legendary set at last year's Glastonbury Festival, Pendulum will bring their dynamic live show to this year's installment of Coachella on April 25th.

The bulk of In Silico was recorded at the band's studio (the acoustic drums were the only exception, recorded at London's Olympic Studios). Influenced by an eclectic array of sounds including Led Zeppelin, Tool, Underoath and Atreyu, In Silico is the perfect way to introduce Pendulum to ...

Mobb Deep star Prodigy has vowed to keep on working and even release his second solo album while behind bars.

The hip-hop star - real name Albert Johnson - is due to start serving a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence next week, after being jailed for gun possession charges relating to an incident in 2006. However he insists being locked up won't affect his creative output.

The 7th Heaven hit-maker tells MTV.com, "Throughout my life, I have always lived through adversity. I'm a survivor. You don't understand the mental power that I have. While I'm locked up, I'm going to be wri...

Custard/Atlantic recording artist James Blunt has announced details of his upcoming North American tour, part of his extensive "2008 Lost Souls Tour." The highly anticipated headlining tour celebrates the release of Blunt's new album, All The Lost Souls. Presented by VH1 "You Oughta Know", the tour kicks off in February '08 and will feature special guest Sara Bareilles.

"I am really pleased to be returning to the U.S. on my 2008 world tour," said Blunt. "We've had some of our most memorable shows in America on past tours, and I am so excited to be playing out some of the material ...

In their decade-long career, The Crystal Method have sold over a million albums, scored a Grammy nomination and collaborated with everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Scott Weiland to Ol' Dirty Bastard. They headlined the Hollywood Bowl, rocked Coachella and played a fashion show in Milan for Donatella Versace. Meanwhile, their songs appeared in countless video games, movies and television series. Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, who are The Crystal Method, even spent a surreal night in the Los Angeles County Jail. But before any of that happened, they made Vegas, their debut album from 1997. ...

Madonna has sold her Maverick Records label, 12 years after she founded it. The Material Girl owned 60 per cent of Maverick with her partners Guy Oseary and Ronnie Dashev, while Warner Music Group owned the remaining 40 per cent.

Madonna has now agreed to let Warner Music executives buy her out of her contract - just months after Maverick took legal action against the firm and its former parent company, Time Warner, alleging breach of contract and mismanagement.

Warner Music responded by filing its own lawsuit against Maverick.

However, according to Maverick lawyer Bert Fiel...

Happy Birthday to "Bring It On: All Or Nothing" actress Hayden Panettiere (1989), French singer Alizee (1984), The Prodigy singer Liam Howlett (1971), System of a Down singer Serj Tankian (1967), "The Matrix" actress Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall (1956), The Clash singer Joe Strummer (1952; d. 2002), Australian film director Peter Weir (1944), singer Jackie DeShannon (1944), actor Clarence Williams III (1939), guitarist James Burton (1939), country singer Kenny Rogers (1938), basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain (1936; d. 1999), actor Melvin Van Peebles (1932),...

British soul sensation Amy Winehouse has canceled a fourth concert in a week, after axing a scheduled performance at a festival in Austria. The singer was due to appear at the event in St. Polten, longside the Beastie Boys, The Roots and The Prodigy - but has pulled out after her doctor ordered her to get rest.

She blamed the cancellation of gigs at T In The Park in Scotland, the Oxegen Festival in Ireland and Summer Pops in Liverpool, England on exhaustion.

A spokesperson says in a statement, "Amy has cancelled. We were told she has had a long tour and that the doctor told her...

Released nearly a year ago in their native England, Iron Maiden's latest live DVD, Death on the Road, will finally be receiving a much-deserved U.S. release on January 30. Filmed at the Westenfalenhalle Arena in Dortmund, Germany, the performance was personally edited by founding member/bassist Steve Harris, to fully capture the magnificent stage production and to cut right to the heart and the electricity of the band’s performance.

"We realize that the fans have been made to wait a little longer than planned for the DVD to come out," admits Harris. "We won't settle for anything but ...

Nirvana's breakthrough single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is the best pop song of the last 20 years, according to British magazine Q. The seminal song beat efforts by Madonna, U2 and Britney Spears to top the list.

Q's deputy editor, Gareth Grundy, explains, "The thing about 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' it was a watershed moment in rock music. It changed everything. It put heavy music back on the map in the early 1990s, really, that combination of punk-rock anger and the heavy Black Sabbath 1970s metal. It was something new. Sulky kids everywhere loved Nirvana and continue to do so."

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Happy Birthday to "Bring It On: All Or Nothing" actress Hayden Panettiere (1989), French singer Alizee (1984), The Prodigy singer Liam Howlett (1971), System of a Down singer Serj Tankian (1967), "The Matrix" actress Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall (1956), The Clash singer Joe Strummer (1952; d. 2002), Australian film director Peter Weir (1944), singer Jackie DeShannon (1944), actor Clarence Williams III (1939), guitarist James Burton (1939), country singer Kenny Rogers (1938), basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain (1936; d. 1999), actor Melvin Van Peebles (1932),...

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...