Pete Doherty is set to play a one-off solo gig this week at Monarch in Camden on Thursday (November 6).

The Babyshambles singer will play the acoustic set with support from The Vaults, a four-piece suffolk group made up of Beaz Harper, Richie Kicks, Eddie Treasure and Jimmy Vandel.

Doherty is also set to perform a re-scheduled date for his solo gig at the Manchester Ritz on November 13, after it was cancelled on October 3rd due to illness. The singer was set to play but pulled out of the show at the last minute, leaving fans waiting in disappointment.

We previously reported in our article “Pete Doherty To Line Up Solo” , how Doherty announced his plans to release a solo album. That was back in January 2008, when it was allegedly “just over-half recorded”.

Speaking during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the Oasis frontman gave his opinion on the Kings of Leon’s latest album Only By The Night.

Liam had this to say:

“I like Kings Of Leon, but I don’t know about this fucking new record, I like the old stuff. I like his voice. When they first come out I was going, Who the fuck is this? They were cool, and now they’ve all got their sleeves cut off.”

Liam believes that the Kings Of Leon are trying to emulate U2 - something I couldn’t disagree with more. The rough singer thinks that the Tennessee band have sold out and “gone for the bucks”.

The opinionated singer went on to reaffirm his favour of Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys as bands he likes.

Saying that the Kings of Leon are trying to simulate a U2 sound is like saying The Bee Gees and Guns N Roses sound alike. They just plain don’t.

More than 100 artists and bands have united as one voice and written to the FCC in order to express their fears and concerns in regards to a vote that the FCC will be making on November 4th which will decide whether technology companies will be allowed to produce wireless devices that use the same radio spectrum as wireless microphones.

The artists worry that the new devices will interfere with the wireless microphones used on stage. Their concerns are well placed as the interference could cause a very annoying high pitched screeching sound which I don’t think they nor their fans would enjoy during live performances.

The list of musicians includes :

1. The Eagles
2. The Dixie Chicks
3. Guns N Roses
4. Jurassic 5
5. Maroon 5
6. Megadeth
7. Morrissey
8. Stone Temple Pilots
9. Clay Walker
10. Weezer

The letter goes into the vast depths of what artists could have to go through if the vote is passed :

“The thought of having to debate each night which band member gets to have the one wireless microphone that might be available in a given market on a given night is not a scenario we want to face, nor is it one that benefits the concert-going public.”

The legion of concerned voices are strongly requesting that at least 8 channels be made available exclusively to wireless microphones.

I’m sitting on the fence on this one though. Musicians and sound technicians must protect the delivery of sound to the audience - while technology must evolve and “white space” devices are the future.

Wireless microphones will have to evolve to prevent interference. Its a technological challenge that will have to be met.

Lily Allen is clearly on it. Kate Moss is on it and not so long ago it couldn’t have been anymore obvious that Britney Spears was on it.

The constantly controversial star has released a short video which is to accompany the promotion of her new single Everyone’s At It.

The video, viewable below, contains images of Kate Moss, Britney Spears, The current President of the United States - George Bush and Amy Winehouse in a series of images surrounding drug-taking, celebrities and news headlines.

The insinuations made in the video will definitely raise the blood temperature of people included in it - or it could land the singer in some legal trouble. It is pretty much defamation of character as well as slander.

This is set to be the first single for Lily’s new album It’s Not Me, Its You which is out in February next year.

Let me know what you think of the song snippet and the contents of the video.

Pink has joined an already growing list of musicians who are creating applications for the iPhone in order to market their tunes to the masses.

You can download the app from the iPhone App Store now and get a preview of each track of her new album, Funhouse, as well as photos and news of the rock chick herself. The album is due to be released on 28th October.

You can also browse her entire discography which will include links to buy all Pinks songs and albums.

The reach of the iPhone has been very dramatic since its 3G version was released and moves like these by artists show just how important Music labels believe the mobile market to be. The iPhones integration with iTunes makes it all the easier to push album sales which is something that Nokia is nervously watching closely.

Nokia released their own music service recently in order to compete with Apples iTunes store but after an initial push I am yet to here anything positive about the move.

Snow Patrol, Fall Out Boy and Nine Inch Nails have also been developing applications for the iPhone in order to promote their latest albums.

The makers of Dr.Pepper, the marmite of soft drinks - you’ll either love it or hate it, are to stand by their promise of giving every American a free can of the soft drink now that Guns N Roses are releasing Chinese Democracy.

The company made the promise earlier in the year, at a time when nearly everyone was convinced that Guns N Roses were just going to continue to string us along with their promises and hints of a new album.

Now that Chinese Democracy is finally going to hit the shelves next month Dr.Pepper/Seven Up Inc have been caught and publicly called out to payout on their promise. It’ll be an extremely costly promise if it pays out in full.

The simple fact of the matter is that only a small proportion of Americans are going to actually jump through the hoops to get a free can of Dr.Pepper - which will leave the company with two things :

1. Massive positive PR and cheap marketing for the overall cost
2. An association with the new Guns N Roses album

In order to claim your free can you must :

1. Signup on the Dr Pepper website (www.drpepper.com) on November 23rd (Chinese Democracy release date)
2. Register for a coupon
3. Take the coupon to your nearest Dr.Pepper selling store

The coupon offer will only be available for 24 hours and you’ll have until February 2009 to use it. Of course, giving up your email address while signing up for the coupon will mean that you are subjecting yourself to any and all advertising that Dr.Pepper wishes to send you in the future.

The move has left MTV and James Bond film chiefs reeling Jack White, The Raconteurs and White Stripes frontman, has pulled out of the MTV Europe Music Awards at the start of November due to a slipped disc - in his neck.

The nasty injury occurred last month while White was touring with his side project band The Raconteurs.

A source close to the rocker had this to say:

“Jack’s still in a lot of pain. He hoped it would have cleared by now but the injury is refusing to heal. MTV are disappointed, as are Bond film chiefs. No one knows when he’ll be fit enough to travel again.”

Doctors have advised Jack not to travel in his current condition and that means all James Bond promotional activities involving the White Stripes man and Alicia Keys have been thrown into disarray. The couple were set to hit the stage at the MTV show for the first live performance of Another Way to Die - the theme tune to the latest Bond film Quantum Of Solace.

Catch the Quantum Of Solace theme tune below…

14 years in the making and Guns N Roses have finally gotten serious and have set a date and a tracklisting for their new album.

November 24th is the date you have all been waiting for and you’ll have 14 tracks to satisfy every one of the years you have been patiently waiting for your next hit.

Chinese Democracy will have cost more than $14million to create by the time it gets released.

Accordingly to UK retailer HMV the tracklisting for the latest Guns N Roses album will be :

1. ‘Chinese Democracy’
2. ‘Scraped’
3. ‘Shackler’s Revenge’
4. ‘Street Of Dreams’
5. ‘If The World’
6. ‘Better’
7. ‘This I Love’
8. ‘There Was A Time’
9. ‘Riad N’ The Bedovins’
10. ‘Sorry’
11. ‘I.R.S.’
12. ‘Catcher’
13. ‘Madagascar’
14. ‘Prostitute’

Are you excited about this release?

Being a world renowned female Pop star has more benefits than just living the glitz lifestyle. It also allows you to setup a nice pension for when your chest doesn’t sit as high as it used to or your legs are showing some signs of ’stretching’.

Nearly all stars are given good money management classes these days - except for TLC - who were hung out to dry without 2 dimes to rub together - funny but true.

Girls Aloud singer, and fellow country mate of mine, Nadine Coyle has apparently been listening attentively in her “Best Places To Buy Right Now” classes by snapping up a run-down hotel in Los Angeles.

The star has plans to renovate the site into a 50’s theme hotel and bar which will be the first in a line of ’boutique’ hotels she wishes to own.

It has been reported in many areas that Coyle has pumped in all of her own money on the venture but I find this very hard to believe.

The management structure needed to run the hotel as well as two other bars in the LA area would be too much for a constantly touring musician. 99% of the time a dedicated businessman or team approach artists with ways to invest their money and I’m sure the same has occurred here.

Nadine, I’m sure, is being well advised no matter where the money is going.

Speaking during an interview on Shade 45 Radio show Eminem confirmed that he is definitely coming back to rap and has most of an album in place.

The new record will be called “Relapse“.

No release date was mentioned in the interview but 50 Cent dropped a hint that it may drop before his next album “Before I Self Destruct” which is due to hit the shelves on 9th December.

Eminem’s previous studio album, Encore, came 4 years ago in 2004 and was followed up a year later with - what was supposed to be his last release - a greatest hits record called “Curtain Call: The Hits“.

The news about the new album came as the 8 mile star was launching his book “The Way I Am“.

There is a video doing the rounds on YouTube which indicates that could be one of the songs of Eminems new album. You can catch it below. Be warned that it could just be a freestyle.