In perhaps the hardest hitting news story of the day, Kanye West has ‘fessed up to being obsessed with big breasted women. The mammary-fixated hip-hop star even proposes a theory for his penchant for ladies of the buxom variety. Read more >>

Operator Please keyboard player Sarah Gardiner has left the band it has been announced. Gardiner revealed the news in a post on Facebook after the band made a mutual decision on her departure. Read more >>

Pete Doherty’s manager has hit out at reports that the Babyshambles man has been taking heroin while in prison. Doherty is currently incarcerated in Wormwood Scrubs after being given a fourteen week jail sentence for breaking a probation order. Read more >>

Outkast’s Big Boi has confirmed that he has recorded a duet with Mary J Blige for his upcoming solo album. The as-yet-untitled record hits the shelves in July and also features three collaborations with Raekwon. Read more >>

Gogol Bordello, Kate Nash and The Gossip are amongst the new additions for this year’s Get Loaded in the Park. Also newly added are Reverend and the Makers, Ipso Facto, Boys Noize, The Presets, Supergrass, The Maccabees, Soulwax and Mylo. Read more >>

Wu-Tang Clan founding member RZA has extended his ever growing empire by launching his own chess website. Wuchess.com allows players to meet up online and play with the first 500 members to sign up getting the special designation of ‘Founder’. Read more >>

David Bowie has announced plans to release this summer taken from his 1972 US Ziggy Stardust tour. ‘David Bowie, Live Santa Monica ‘72’ will be released on June 30 on CD, DVD and double vinyl. Read more >>

Franz Ferdinand have given fans a taste of their new album with a teasing 47 second clip of a new song. The youtube video released by the band shows them playing in a dingy back room and is titled ‘Under The Stairs’. Read more >>

Britney Spears’ former manager Sam Lufti has been told by a court to stay away from the troubled singer until the end of July. The original restraining order in February ordered Lufti to not go near Britney for three months. Lawyers of both Lufti and Spears agreed to extend this further. Read more >>

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has admitted that the band forced Scott Weiland out by ignoring him. Slash says that during the band’s European tour he and the other members acted like Weiland didn’t exist until he took the hint. Read more >>