The Duff departed:Bassist Duff McKagan has left Jane's Addiction after less than a year. Why? "Musical differences."

Rihanna No 4: Rihanna will release the follow-up to last year's Rated Rin November. Loud will be preceded by the single Only Girl (In the World). 

Classic Lips: The Flaming Lips will perform their album The Soft Bulletinin its entirety as part of ATP's Don't Look Back series next July in London. Deerhoof and Dinosaur Jr are lined up to play Milk Man and Bug at the same show. 

No release: Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, has been denied parole for the sixth time since 2000.