Artist News

Natalie comes to life

Natalie Imbruglia has finally revealed the release dates of her fourth studio album Come To Life. It will be released on Island Records on October 5 in the UK and Oct 12th in Europe. It will be preceded by the single "Want" on September 28.

The 10 track album is produced by Ben Hillier (Blur, Elbow, Depeche Mode), and features three writing collaborations with Coldplay including the first single "Want", which Natalie co-wrote with Chris Martin. One of the tracks is produced by Brian Eno (U2's main collaborator).

It has been a long four years since the release of her last studio album Counting Down The Days, which debuted at #1 in the UK. In 2007, Natalie released a singles collection before cutting ties with Sony. Come To Life is said to "chart an entirely new path for this vastly under-rated artist. This remarkable record combines dark, driving beats and gorgeously wistful ballads into a totally cohesive whole."

We can't wait! Meanwhile, a music video for the album track "Wild About It" has been released to create buzz for the album. This is not the single. Watch it here.

Kasey Chambers “Doing it for the kids!”

Australian country princess Kasey Chambers and her father Bill Chambers will release an album of children’s songs under the name Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies.
Kasey’s husband Shane Nicholson and her brother Nash Chambers will play on the album. Nash and the Chambers family have produced the album. The album will also feature the songwriting debut of Kasey’s 7-year old son Talon who has written the song "Two Houses" for the album.

To coincide with the album, Kasey has also written a children’s book called Little Kasey and the Lost Music. The book will feature a bonus CD of the track "The Lost Music Blues" as well as an audio reading of the book by Kasey. “Writing this book has been a dream of mine since my first son was born 7 years ago. The idea of the story and characters started back then and have grown a little each passing year,” Kasey said in a statement. Both the book and CD will be released on October 30 through Liberation.

Eminem lashes out against Mariah

Eminem has attacked Mariah Carey with an extremely ugly rap called "The Warning". The lyrics graphically details his alleged sexual encounters with Mariah as well as an attack on her husband Nick, calling him a faggot (we're not impressed).


The public feud between the two stars began when Eminem released the track "Bagpipes to Baghdad" on his latest album Relapse. Mariah's latest single "Obsessed" is widely speculated to be about the rapper, although she denies this. It's hard to believe the song has nothing to do with Eminem when you watch the music video in which Mariah is dressed as Eminem stalking her! (see photo above).

Eminem claims to have had an affair with Mariah in 2001, although Mariah denies this ever happened. which she denies.

Pink breaks Rod Laver record

Pink has left her mark on Rod Laver Arena permanently. A pillar backstage has been painted pink to commemorate her record-breaking run of shows and she has even autographed it.

On Sunday, Pink performed her 13th show at Rod Laver Arena for the Funhouse tour, breaking John Farnham's previous record of most shows at the venue on one tour. Petro was at that very show and had an absolute blast!