Royksopp, Laurent Garnier and Felix Da Housecat are amongst the big new names confirmed for this year's Get Loaded In The Park. Also joining the bill are Rob Da Bank, Esser, Miss Kitten & The Hacker, Eddy Temple Morris, Pendulum (DJ set), Trip, Steve Aoki, The Bloody Beetroots and Maria & The Diamonds. Read more >>

Record executive and rapper Bryan 'Birdman' Williams claims Lil Wayne's new album 'Rebirth' isn't a rock record – instead it's simply “great music”. Lil Wayne has been criticised in some quarters for his upcoming release which, musically, sidesteps his multi-award winning masterpiece 'Tha Carter III'. Read more >>

Spiritualized have announced a new 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' London show after the first two sold out almost instantly. Jason Pierce and co. will now play a date at the Barbican Centre on December 16 in addition to the Royal Festival Hall shows in October. Read more >>

Leona Lewis is set to delve into dance music on her second album, it has been reported. The multi-million selling X Factor winner is keen to change direction with super producer Timbaland at the helm. Read more >>

The Kooks have locked themselves away in the countryside to start work on their third album. Singer Luke Pritchard says the band have taken a break from touring ahead of the festival season to concentrate on the follow-up to 2008's 'Konk'. Read more >>

The Killers are on the verge of a meltdown due to the pressures of constant touring, a tabloid report claims. The Las Vegas rockers are apparently so “sick of the sight of each other” that they are considering taking a break in 2010. Read more >>

Actress Reese Witherspoon says she will buy her Walk The Line co-star Joaquin Phoenix's rap album when it's released. Phoenix, of course, has made a string of bizarre public appearances since he quit acting for hip-hop, including two nightclub performances, the last of which ended with an angry confrontation with a heckler in Miami, Florida on March 11. Read more >>

Roger Daltrey has revealed that Keith Moon was such a massive fan of The Beach Boys he would have left The Who to join them. Speaking to Australia's Courier Mail, Daltrey said of the late drummer: "He was a mad Beach Boys fan. Read more >>

Lady GaGa has become the first artist of the new millennium to top the US charts with her first two singles. Her latest track 'Poker Face' climbed to the top spot after 15 weeks on the chart, adding to her number one hit 'Just Dance' in 2008. Read more >>

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has described his long-awaited third solo album as “real loud” and “dark”. Speaking exclusively to Gigwise, the 61-year-old rock legend explained that he hopes to release the record, tentatively titled 'Beyond Aston', this year. Read more >>

Former Space singer Tommy Scott has spoken out again about the prankster who killed him off in a bogus email. As reported yesterday on Gigwise, a fake email was sent to local press in Liverpool stating that Scott had died of heart failure aged 37 on March 31. A tombstone was also featured on his record label's website. Read more >>