getting a head start

V Festival (UK) happened over the weekend. For those lucky attendees, I hate you. For those wanting to know what they missed out on check NME.com.

Some girl from Big Brother (UK) is claiming Pete Doherty hired her as an 'escort"... And as for Pete, well, he's still in trouble with the law these days and his Mom's trying to figure out where it all went wrong.

Lily Allen contributed back-up vocals for the new Robbie Williams album... back before she was famous.

Last week Placebo announced US tour dates - little disappointed there are no Canadian dates.

The Killers have announced a North American tour this October.

Scott sent me some photos of Dirty Pretty Things show in Chicago a while back.

Jarvis Cocker has posted a podcast (or "Jarvcast") on his MySpace (er, "JarvSpace").

Have you streamed Kasabian's new album yet?

A sneak at White Stripes on The Simpsons. Oh and Jack White is selling his house in Detroit.

Just for your general knowledge, "How kissing works".