Noel Gallagher will perform live with close friends Kasabian on their upcoming arena tour, Tom Meighan claims. Kasabian supported Oasis on a string of summer shows and have long been admirers and friends of the Manchester group. Read more >>

'Celebration', Madonna's Greatest Hits collection, entered the album chart in the top spot yesterday giving her the record for the most number ones by a solo artist. The album is Madonna's eleventh number one album putting her on level pegging with Elvis Presley, only The Beatles now have more number one albums than Madonna with fifteen. Read more >>

Portishead hope to release their fourth studio album by the end of next year, says Geoff Barrow. The 37-year-old instrumentalist/producer said they have already been talking about new ideas and hope hit the recording studio soon. Read more >>

Robbie Williams has reunited with his former band Take That to record new material, it's been reported. The singer is understood to have met up with the group at Mark Owen's stage night in New York. Read more >>

Fans of Michael Jackson flocked to get tickets to the This Is It movie after they went on sale this weekend. Tickets for all advance screenings sold out in just two hours in Los Angeles on Sunday. Read more >>

Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney has compared the leaking of their album to being raped in prison. The Seattle rock outfit release their new long-player 'Black Gives Way To Blue' today, but fans have been able to hear the record online for weeks after it was leaked two weeks ago. Read more >>

Representatives of Marilyn Manson have denied the star has swine flu. Last week, the singer posted a message on his MySpage page claiming he had been diagnosed with the disease by doctors. Read more >>

U2 are yet to make any profits from their huge 360° World Tour, despite having already performed 32 stadium shows in Europe and America. The band's long-term manager Paul McGuinness explained that the band have mammoth overheads of $750,000 per show (around £470,000) and it won't be until the end of their North American leg this year before they go into the black. Read more >>

Lady Sovereign has been arrested and charged with assault following an incident at a gay nightclub in Australia. The singer, real name Louise Amanda Harman, spat in a doorman's face at Beat, in Brisbane, after being ejected from the club. Read more >>