Global Gathering 2008 announced

Future Entertainment, Ministry of Sound Australia and The UK’s Angel Music Group deliver a knock out first line up Global Gathering announcement!

Hot off the heels of the most successful Global Gathering in the UK to date, Future Entertainment, the Angel Music Group and Ministry Of Sound Australia announce the most dynamic and ground-breaking joint venture the Australian music industry has seen in a very long time; the launch of the Global Gathering Festivals across the country this coming November. Touring Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth November 22 -30 2008.
Check out these heavyweights!

Mark Ronson, Kraftwerk, Fischerspooner, Sasha, Above and Beyond, Felix Da Housecat (pictured), LA Riots, The Orb, Larry Tee and more to be announced!

Tickets on sale nationally September 1st.

http://www.global-gathering.com/

http://www.futureentertainment.com.au/

http://www.ministryofsound.com.au/

Lily Allen to sing on new Kaiser Chiefs' album

Lily Allen will sing on the Kaiser Chiefs' new album.

The collaboration is the brainchild of producer Mark Ronson - who masterminded Lily's cover of the band's 'Oh My God'.

He said: "I'm busy producing the new Kaiser Chiefs album as well as Lily's next record.

"Recently I had a thought: 'Why don't they do a track together?' I spoke to them and everyone was keen so it happened. It sounds awesome. Lily and Ricky Wilson's vocals really gel and the instrumentals are top drawer."
Mark says they've set their sights on summer success. He added: "We're hoping it's going to be a big one. I'd definitely rock out to it at a festival. It's a summer track, even if the weather isn't that great."

The Kaiser Chiefs - comprising Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines and Nick Hodgson - are currently working on a follow-up to their hit 2007 album 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob' in a London studio with Ronson.

Mark Ronson in bed with Amy Winehouse?

Music producer Mark Ronson has denied spending the night in a hotel room with troubled singer Amy Winehouse.

Ronson, who produced Winehouse's last album Back To Black, was accused of romancing the star after the pair were reported to have stayed at the K West Hotel in London together on Friday night after an alcohol-fuelled recording session. However, the 32-year-old has rubbished the reports that they are having an affair, insisting the pair are just friends.

He says, "We were pictured together at the weekend but we didn't spend the night together and we weren't even working in the studio. "We were just running around London, hanging out, going to a house party. I went to her house for a bit and she played me some new songs and then we went out."

Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently being held on remand at London's Pentonville Prison on charges of perverting the course of justice, was said to be furious at reports his wife had spent the night with Ronson. It was another blow for Fielder-Civil who was also reported to have been angered by Winehouse's decision to spend a festive holiday in the Caribbean with her ex-boyfriend George Roberts.