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RZA wants to reunite Wu Tang Clan for 20th anniversary of ’36 Chambers’ in 2013

Wu Tang Clan producer RZA wants to put the band back together to mark the 20th anniversary of their highly-regarded debut album, 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)', reports New York Times – and this time he wants the band to be more professional. RZA, who is currently promoting his film The Man With The Iron Fists, says making the movie showed him the power of "what a focused mind can do".

Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme: ‘Carl Perkins made me want to play guitar’

Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has revealed that rockabilly artist Carl Perkins was the artist who made him first want to pick up a guitar. Homme explained that he decided he wanted to be a musician after he saw Perkins play and found out that he had written the song "Blue Suede Shoes" for his idol Elvis Presley. Perkins - who died in 1998 - took part in the 'Million Dollar Quartet' recordings at Sun Studio in Memphis alongside Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.

More details on Janis Joplin biopic emerge

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels is in talks to direct a Janis Joplin biopic starring Amy Adams. Adams became attached to the project, titled Get It While You Can, back in 2010. Before Adams, Renee Zellweger had been lined up to play Joplin.

Beatles manager Brian Epstein to feature in new comic book

The story of The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein is set to be told in a new comic book.

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan: ‘I almost killed myself three or four times’

Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan has claimed that he "almost" killed himself several times. In an interview on Last Call With Carson Daly, the frontman admitted that he had considered committing suicide "about three, four, seven times" but faith in God had stopped him from feeling "like a victim". He said: "I almost killed myself about three, four, seven times. I literally started planning my death and what I would leave behind, and what I was gonna write. Three or four times in my life.

The Rolling Stones post setlist on Twitter

The Rolling Stones have hinted at the possible running order of their London dates in November with a hand-written setlist posted on Twitter. The image, appearing to show a full setlist of Rolling Stones tracks, was posted online shortly before the band announced their two dates at the 02 Arena in November. Most of the group's classic hits are featured, including 'Paint It, Black' and 'Honky Tonk Women', but new songs 'Doom And Gloom' and 'One More Shot' from forthcoming compilation 'GRRR!' are nowhere to be seen.

Jimmy Page: ‘It took two years for us to watch reunion gig footage’ – watch

Keith Richards on live show payday: “£16m sounds about right to us”

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards says he does not want to charge fans high prices to see the band, despite the fact that tickets for the newly announced London shows range from £90 to a deluxe package priced at £950. Appearing on BBC 6Music, Richards addressed rumours that the band will personally pocket £16m from the run of live shows, saying: "I haven't looked at the figures – numbers can get greatly exaggerated. I just wanna do some shows and I don't want to charge over the bloody top. I'm a bit out of the loop with showbiz. £16m sounds about right to us."

Patti Smith: ‘Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson could have starred in ‘Just Kids”

Patti Smith has said that on-off Hollywood lovers Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison could have 'easily' played her and the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in Just Kids, the film adaptation of her own memoir.

Fleetwood Mac confirm details of reunion tour, hint at new material in 2013

Stevie Nicks has confirmed that Fleetwood Mac will embark on a reunion tour from April next year. The band behind iconic 1977 album Rumours put an end to months of speculation by confirming their reunion, with Nicks also revealing the band are in talks about recording new music to coincide with the live dates. Speaking to ABC News Radio, Nicks said: "We go into rehearsals somewhere around the end of February. So... if everything goes to plan, we should probably be out [on the road] by end of April [or] May, I would think."
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