Coldplay have revealed their plans to release a four-track digital only single called ‘Lost!’.

The single is set for release to the world on 10th November and the video has already been produced. Directed by Mat Whitecross, the video is available now to view on Coldplays official website.

According to Coldplay drummer Will Champion, the single ‘Lost!’ has been around for a while but just needed those few finishing touches before being deemed worthy of release. He said:

“That song had been around for a long time, without ever getting finished. I was starting to get into using a particular drum programming programme. I was messing around with that and I built this beat up from scratch. Then Chris overheard it and played ‘Lost!’ over the top of it.”

The song “Lost” also appears on Coldplays new album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All his Friends’.

The other three tracks set for release alongside “Lost” have not yet been confirmed.

Chinese Democracy has had us waiting for an untold number of years as its creator, Axl Rose, continues to tweak until he either feels it is complete or simply hasn’t the heart to tweak any more.

Well signs are starting to show that the album may be set to drop this year!

One of the supposed tracks from the album “If The World” is to be screened to movie goers during the closing credits of the film “Body Of Lies” - starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. The film is due out October 15th.

Another song from the album, Shackler’s Revenge, is including on the tracklisting for the Rock Band 2 game.

There are also rumours that the band are planning to release the album in late November, although these rumours cannot be confirmed.

So here’s hoping that we can finally get to review the hell out of an album that we have all been longing for - for to long.

Rapper 50 Cent has had a pop at Jay-Z, claiming that he was a “nobody” before he married Beyonce Knowles!

Rapper Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, wed the Destiny’s Child beauty in May 2008.

Fiddy allegedly made the remarks to MTV, and said that up until his wedding Jay-z was very much unknown and he also suggested that Jay-Z’s wealth is very much over-estimated.
Jealous anyone??

The Queens rapper is reported to have said:

“I’m a big fan of Jay-Z, but outside of the States and hip-hop circles, no one really knew who he was until he married. I don’t believe he’s worth that much! It’s all been exaggerated. I’m comfortable. I don’t want for anything so I’m not in a race.”

50 Cent is adamant that this is not jealously talking.

50 Cent recently topped Forbes magazine’s poll as the biggest earning hip-hop star of 2008, making $150 million or 81 million sterling in the last year, compared to Jay-Z, who came
second with $82 million equivalent to 44 million sterling.

Busta Rhymes is due to perform at a charity concert event in London tonight (26th September) after winning a legal battle to be released from detainment at a London airport for nearly 12 hours.

Busta was held for apparent “unresolved convictions in the USA”, but was released less than two hours before he was due to perform. London’s High Court ruled in his favour, allowing him to make his way to the Orange Rockcorps bash to perform in front of a 5000 strong crowd.

High court judge, Julian Flaux said he found it “difficult” to see the basis for Busta’s, real name Trevor George Smith Jr, arrest and subsequently ordered his immediate release.

A Rockcorps spokeswoman expressed her relief to reporters: “We are over the moon that Busta Rhymes will be able to play the Orange Rockcorps show tonight as planned in front of 5,000 young people who have volunteered four hours of their time to community projects”.

The Orange Rockcorps charity bash is set to take place tonight in the Royal Albert Hall, London. The young fans were all given free tickets to the concert as a reward for completing voluntary community projects such as litter picking.

Oasis frontman, Liam Gallagher, has stated to a UK newspaper, The Sun, that he’d be bigger than “WH Smith” if he wrote more lyrics.

For those that don’t know, WH Smith is a large book store.

Liam had this to say:

“If I found it easier with words I’d be huge. Bigger than WH Smith.”

This is a dramatic statement in many ways. Liam believes that if he wrote more songs that he’d be perceived as a great song writer - whereas the reality and irony of what he says couldn’t be further from that.

If we all found it easier with words then everyone would be a great songwriter. The simple fact is : Liam Gallagher is a terrible song writer. There. I said it. That’s me struck of the back stage list at Oasis shows.

Let me back this all up - If we take examples from his repertoire :

Better Man

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9SsAlFEw5g
Album: Heathen Chemistry
Chorus Lyrics:

I wanna love you
I wanna be a better man
I don’t wanna hurt you
I just wanna see what’s in you hand

I can follow along with the first two lines, but the last two lines in the chorus are terrible and if you try to tell me that “I just wanna see what’s in your hand” is metaphoric - you are delusional.

Better man = A terrible song.

Little James

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CIMXXBSW_g
Album: Standing On The Shoulders of Giants
Lyric Sample:

You live for your toys, even though they make noise
Have you ever played with plasticine
Or even tried a trampoline
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us

The song was written for a 4 year old, Patsy Kensit’s son, and can’t be anymore simple that how its written. It borders on completely dumb. I don’t even think I need to continue slating this song. It’s just awful.

What do you think?

The graggy voiced frontman of Aerosmith, Steve Tyler, has launched a lawsuit against bloggers who have impersonated him and his girlfriend, Erin Brady, online.

The, as yet unknown, bloggers have written about intimate times in Tyler’s life - like the relationships he has with his children and his girlfriend as well as the bond he had with his late mother.

If brought to justice, the unknown bloggers will be charged with misappropriation of likeness, public disclosure of private facts and making false statements.

The blogs were hosted on Google’s “Blogspot”, which is a place that anyone can create a blog for free. Google has reacted swiftly to Steve’s complaints and shut the blogs down.

I can’t understand why anyone would want to do this. What benefit does it serve to impersonate someone?

Ideas on a postcard please…

A mere 3 days after its release, Metallica’s new album “Death Magnetic” topped the billboard 200 charts, selling over half a million copies.

Metallica released the album a few days earlier than planned in order to meet the worldwide demand that was anticipated and co-ordinate worldwide release dates.

The album sold more than 490,000 copies in its first few days or release. Only one other Metallica album has topped this sales volume - 1996’s “Load,” which rolled out 680,000 copies.

Metallica obviously haven’t lost their touch as this is their fifth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1, meaning they have broke their previous records, of 4 No.1 billboard albums, which tied them with The Beatles, U2 and the Dave Matthews Band.

Oasis fans are set for a little treat in the form of a new single “I believe in all”.

The record, penned by front-man Laim Gallagher, will be available to download by fans who have pre-ordered the new Oasis album ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ from iTunes.

“Dig out your Soul” is set for release on 6th October and on the same day, fans who have pre-ordered will receive their free download.

The free download is a one-off special as it won’t be appearing on the official album, but was recorded at the same time.

Not wanting to leave any fans out they have decided to make a shorter ten-track album to buy for a mere £5, available after the official release date of the complete “Dig out your soul” album on 6th October.

The full album, when downloaded, will give fans a half hour video-documentary of Oasis making the album, allowing fans a little inside snippet of what really goes on in the recording sessions.

Documentaries like this are great. I always like to see how a band or artist crafts an album into the final result.

I can’t wait for this album. Here’s hoping it lives up to expectations…

The last time this happened - Kanye West stormed through to take the top of the album charts and 50 Cent was never to release another studio album again.

Yet, the pair are set to battle it out again this December when they release their latest albums within a week of each other.

Kanye’s previous album “Graduation” had little difficulty brushing aside 50’s “Curtis” - which was by all means a let down.

50 Cent is set to drop “Before I Self Destruct” on December 9th and Kanye West has pencilled his album “808’s and Heartbreak” a week later, on December 16th.

You can download Kanye’s new single “Love Lockdown” through iTunes.

Two days ago (21st Sept), The Stereophonics were attempting to evade the Canadian Border Police in a high speed chase that saw them eventually being pulled over.

Kelly Jones had this to say:

“What a day. We got chased by the cops for two miles - for illegal parking”

It seems strange that the tour bus driver felt it necessary to drive at high speed in an attempt to ditch the cops. What were the lads hiding?

I couldn’t possibly theorise as that could be termed as defamation - but you guys can…

What do you think they had stored away in the bus?