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Rockstar food and drink?!

Blur’s bassist Alex James has decided he wants to get into making cheese. In his column for the Independent, he said loves cheese and as a result he wants to go into independent cheese making.

He followed up by claiming that his “heart always beats a little bit faster in the cheese aisle of a French supermarket. The Italians, too, eat more cheese than us, as do the Danes. Danish cheese is not as well known, but well worth exploring.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Marilyn Manson wants to set up his own line of absinthe and went further, saying he wants his brand ready for Christmas. The only problem with that is the fact that absinthe is illegal in the States. Oops.

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New Graham Coxon single

The former Blur man will be releasing a double A side on October 23rd on 7″ vinyl and also via download.

The tracks are called What Ya Gonna Do Now? and Bloody Annoying and they will feature his new band for the first time.

www.grahamcoxon.co.uk

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One off Deftones show

Deftones have announced they will be playing a one off show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on October 12th, tickets for which go on sale this friday. The band’s new album, Saturday Night Wrist, will be in the shops on October 30th and feature guest slots from Serj Tankian of System Of A Down and Giant Drag’s Annie Hardy.

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Plan B tour dates postponed

Plan B has postponed all the dates of his upcoming tour, with no official reason being given as yet. However, all the dates will be rescheduled for January 2007 and it is thought that there will be details of new dates released very soon. The dates that have been postponed are:

September:

29th: Dublin, Spirit
30th: Derry, Nerve Centre

October:

4th: Sheffield, Leadmill
5th: Manchester, Academy 2
6th: Liverpool, Academy
7th: Glasgow, Arches
9th: Leeds, Cockpit
10th: Preston, 53 Degrees
11th: Bristol, Anson Rooms
12th: Cardiff, Solus
14th: London, Shepherds Bush Empire
15th: Birmingham, Academy 2
17th: Southampton University
19th: Norwich, TBC
20th: Cambridge, Junction
21th: Oxford Brookes

www.time4planb.co.uk

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Jay Z and Paltrow duet?!

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow made a surprise on-stage appearance at a Jay Z concert this week. The Coldplay frontman and his wife got on stage during Jay Z’s show at the Royal Albert Hall with Paltrow providing the backing vocals to Song Cry.

As reported on Crossfire earlier this week, Chris Martin will be providing a track on the new Jay Z album Kingdom Come.

Make sure you check out the live review of Jay Z’s Wembley show by clicking here!

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Morrissey and Morricone team up

Morrissey has unveiled the news that he is to collaborate with Ennio Marricone on a piece that will be played in New York’s Carnegie Hall.

It won’t be the first time the two have gotten together, with Morricone doing the string arrangements for the track Dear Gold Please Help Me on Morrissey’s Ringleader Of The Tormentors album. The former Smiths man said:

“For the immediate future I am excited to be asked by Morricone (yes, Morricone) to sing and supply words for one of his musical pieces with a view to presenting this song at Carnegie Hall. Joy, joy, joy.”

www.morrisseymusic.com

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The Hedrons to host virtual concert

On Monday October 9th, The Hedrons, in conjunction with their upcoming single I Need You, are going to make history as the first British act to ever host a live virtual concert. They will do it in front of a 3-D social netword in Second Life’s fantasy land.

As they play live in Glasgow, 3-D animated figures of the girls will be playing Second Life’s “Hedro Dome”. The concert will start at 7.30pm and they group will play material from their forthcoming album One More Won’t Kill Us, which is due in 2007.

If you want to check out this virtual gig, all you need to do is register a character at Second Life and download the client, which you can do on PCs and Macs for free. Once you’re in the game, type “The Hedro Dome” in the search field and you’ll be at the venue. The audio from the gig will be streamed live to the band’s website too.

www.thehedrons.com

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Bonnie Prince Billy dates in the UK

Bonnie Prince Billy will be coming to London in January of 2007 to play 2 special shows at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

The shows will take place on the 26th and 27th of January and will be his first major UK dates since 2005’s Green Man Festival. Tickets are on sale now priced £22 and £22.50.

In other news, it has been announced that Cold And Wet will be the second single from the album The Letting Go and will be put out on November 13th. And there is now an official trailer for the album, which you can check out by clicking the link below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8TEW5qESg

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Count Bass D returns

Count Bass D is set to release his fourth album, Act Your Waist Size, on Fat Beats. The album will feature 20 tracks which will include boom-bap hip hop, instrumentals and even a ballad! You can check out the first two singles to come from the album by right clicking the links below. The album will hit the shops in mid-October.

Junkies (Hanging Out At The Store)

Internationally Known

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Jay Z comes out of retirement

Most unsurprising news of the year – Jay Z has come out of retirement. After releasing The Black Album, Jay had intended to stop recording studio albums and since then he’d become President and CEO of Def Jam, bought a slice in a basketball team, appeared on numerous artists’ albums and gone on a massive tour of the globe.

His new album is due this year and will be called Kingdom Come. The record will feature beats from Dr Dre, Kanye, Timbaland and even Coldplay’s Chris Martin will be up on the deal. It’s great to have him back… even though he was never really gone.

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