Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys chosen for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Guns N' Roses, The Faces/The Small Faces, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie Boys have been chosen as the next acts to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

The bands were chosen ahead of Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, The Spinners, Donovan and The Cure to be added to the roll of honour. They will be officially inducted at a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 14, 2012.

The decision to induct Guns N' Roses will raise questions about whether the band's original line-up will reunite to perform at the ceremony. Both Axl Rose and Slash have both separately said that they would not rule out some kind of reunion for the ceremony, but neither has offered any kind of confirmation either.

The Faces are almost certain to be joined by former singer Rod Stewart for their performance at the ceremony, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers may be joined by former guitarist John Frusciante for their performance.

Previous inductees to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame include Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Tom Waits and Neil Diamond.

Wow... ! Now that all these groups are getting nominated...makes me feel old! Enjoy!

In the mourning - Paramore new song (full studio version)

Paramore debut new single 'In The Mourning'

Paramore have unveiled their new single 'In The Mourning', scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen to the track.

The track is the third and final installment of the band's 'Singles Club', which has offered fans the chance to buy one new track per month for three months.

'In The Mourning' follows October's release of 'Renegade', the first single of the three and 'Hello Cold World', which came out last month.

The band said at the outset of 'Singles Club' that they wanted to celebrate all they had achieved in 2011 with the new tracks and would shortly be starting work on their fourth studio album.

They wrote: "We really wanted to do something special for all of you around the holidays to thank you for making 2011 so amazing and sticking with us as we go into 2012 and start working on the new album."

Just lovely....keep it up Paramore!

She & Him Do “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” on Ellen

The She & Him network TV circuit continues with a performance of “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” on Ellen. Thought it’s a totally tepid rendition that’s almost impossible to comment on because it’s so neutral, I appreciate how devoid of subliminal messaging it is (This morning, I woke up in my bed after a long blackout surrounded by boxes of Nintendo DSs). Check out the video after the jump.

Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Adele lead 2012 Grammy nominations Bruno Mars and Bon Iver also up for gongs at 54th annual bash

Kanye West has received the highest number of nominations at next year's 54th annual Grammy Awards, with seven nods.

The rapper is vying for gongs for his solo work and tracks from 'Watch The Throne', his collaboration album with Jay-Z, while Foo Fighters have also racked up six nominations.

Adele is also among the nominees, shortlisted for Album Of The Year for '21' and Best Solo Pop Performance.

'Rolling In The Deep' is also up for Record Of The Year, where she'll go up against the likes of Mumford and Sons ('The Cave') and Bon Iver ('Holocene').

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are due to take place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on February 12.

Lady Antebellum won five awards at this year's ceremony, while Arcade Fire became the first indie act to win Album Of The Year for 'The Suburbs'. Jay-Z, Lady Gaga and Jeff Beck walked away with three awards each, with The Black Keys and Eminem both bagging a brace of prizes.

See Grammy.com for a full list of next year's nominations.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Death Of You And Me

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce new single release

Photo: Dean Chalkley

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are set to release the brand new single 'If I Had A Gun…' on December 26.

The third track to be taken from Gallagher’s debut album, it will be released on seven-inch vinyl, CD and download and will be available as a digital bundle, which also includes the video. The B-side 'I’d Pick You Every Time' will only be available on the single release.

Yesterday Noel Gallagher hit out at brother Liam of Beady Eye, blaming him for Oasis' failure to truly break North America. He revealed that his brother bailed on the opening night of the band's US tour in 1996 after his then wife Patsy Kensit called and said that they needed to buy a house.

Noel went on to say that his brother's behaviour "killed us stone dead in America" and that he blamed him "for Oasis never becoming as big in America as we were in England".

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds tour the UK next year, with arena dates booked in February and September.

Coldplay - " Us Against the World " ( Mylo Xyloto ) HQ Live @ Rock am Ri...

Coldplay's Chris Martin: 'I'd be terrible if I went solo'

Coldplay's Chris Martin has said he will never go solo as he'd "be terrible" without his bandmates.

The singer, whose band released their fifth studio album 'Mylo Xyloto' on October 24, said that he didn't believe he "could even get a gig in Butlins" without his bandmates.

Asked about the chances of him going solo, Martin told Q: "I'd just be terrible. I don't think I could even get a gig in Butlins — and I've been to Butlins. I think me and my keyboard would be outside Woolworths most days, getting shouted at."

Martin also spoke about how much he depended on his bandmates, adding that he "couldn't do it on his own" and that he was grateful they dealt with the increased media attention that surrounded him.

He added: "They're very good friends to me because they know that, as the singer, and especially because I'm married to Gwyneth Paltrow, I get eight times as much media as them. They know how much I need them, I just couldn't do it on my own."

Check out a live vid of one my favorite songs from the new album:

damn..that's harsh!

Slipknot's Corey Taylor: 'Rick Rubin is overrated and overpaid'

Photo: Danny North

Slipknot's Corey Taylor has made a public attack on producer Rick Rubin, saying that he considers him to be "overrated" and "overpaid".

The frontman, who worked with Rubin on Slipknot's 2004 album 'Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)', told an audience at a Q & A session in Texas last Friday (November 18) that the producer was a "thin shadow" of his former self.

"There are some people who would love for me to toe the party line, which is basically, 'Working with Rick Rubin was a very enriching experience,'" he said. "Let me give you the fucking truth of it: Rick Rubin showed up for 45 minutes a week. Rick Rubin would then, during that 45 minutes, lay on a couch and have a mic brought in next to [his] face so he wouldn't have to move."

Taylor went on to add:

The Rick Rubin of today is a thin, thin, thin shadow of the Rick Rubin that he was. He is overrated, he is overpaid, and I will never work with him again as long as I fucking live.

Taylor isn't the only musician to have made a dig at Rubin in public. In 2010, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy jokingly thanked Rubin for "teaching us how not to produce" at the Music Producers Guild Awards.

Earlier this month, Taylor revealed that Slipknot's next album would be entirely inspired by their former bassist Paul Gray, who died of a suspected overdose last June.

The band also re-released the 10th anniversary edition of their 2001 album 'Iowa'. The band's DJ, Sid Wilson, described recording sessions on the LP as "brutal" and "really dark".