NEWS DIGEST: Thursday, January 8

11:07 AM GMT 08/01/2009

Jimmy Page's manager, Peter Mensch, has been speaking to 6Music about the rumoured Led Zeppelin tour plans.

"That's what Jimmy does," said Mensch. "That's his job, his hobby. People don't really understand it. Jimmy Page has been playing guitar professionally since he was 16 years old. Jimmy Page likes being a musician. He doesn't want to be a race car driver or a solicitor. So they did the show with Robert Plant; they had a really good time rehearsing, the three of them, before Robert showed up. And they decided that if they could find a singer that they thought would fit their bill, whatever their bill was at this stage in their career, that they'd make a record and go on tour".

With Plant now out of the picture, several vocalists have been rumoured to be lining up for the role, but Mensch refused to go into further detail: "I can't comment on any rumours right now," he added. "It's gonna be a long and difficult process. And we're not soliciting people. So don't call me about it!"

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A new Eminem track has appeared online.

Crack A Bottle features guest vocals from fellow hip-hop luminaries Dr Dre and 50 Cent and is set to appear on the Detroit rapper’s new album Relapse - due out this spring.

An earlier recording of the song was leaked onto YouTube in November last year.

You can listen to the track HERE.

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Bruce Springsteen will play at Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony, according to a report in The Washington Post.

The Boss played several benefit shows for Obama throughout his race for The White House and is now set to join Aretha Franklin and other stars when the President Elect is sworn in on January 18.

Springsteen’s new album Working On A Dream is released on January 27 and will be reviewed in the next issue of MOJO.

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Bon Iver's new EP, Blood Bank (out January 19 through Jagjaguwar), is now available to hear via his MySpace page. Check it out HERE.
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Franz Ferdinand will be the first band to appear on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross when the show returns to the BBC on January 23.

The Glasgow four-piece will perform their forthcoming single Ulysses at the end of the programme.

Ross was suspended last year following the prank calls made to Fawlty Towers' star Andrew Sachs during Russell Brand’s Radio 2 show.

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And finally...Happy 62nd Birthday David Bowie! Here he is having a Karate lesson with Dinah Shore. That's probably worth repeating. Here's David Bowie having a Karate lesson with Dinah Shore.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 11:07 AM GMT 08/01/2009

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