Tom Waits: New Live Album!

10:33 AM GMT 09/10/2009

Tom Waits will release a live album of material taken from his 2008 Glitter and Doom tour.

"Yeah, it's coming out at Thanksgiving," Waits revealed to CBC Radio. "A lot of applause, followed by a song, and after the song there's more applause, and then there's a song. And it goes like that all the way through."

The album will join Nighthawks At The Diner and Big Time in the Tom Waits live recordings catalogue.

Glitter and Doom Live is set for release on November 24.

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Will 2010 mark the return of Amy Winehouse? The troubled star's record label seems to think the answer so.

"I've heard a couple of song demos that absolutely floored me," Island co-president Darcus Beese told the BBC. "Hopefully we'll have her album next year."

Back to Black - Winehouse's last album - was released in 2006 and has gone on to sell 10 million copies.

Fans will be able to catch a glimpse of Winehouse on Saturday night when she takes the stage during the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing programme. The Beehived soulstress will provide backing vocals for her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield whose debut album, Introducing..., is released on Monday through Winehouse's new label, Lioness.

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Brian Wilson has been granted permission to complete two unfinished works by composer George Gershwin.

Wilson told the L.A. Times that he was "thrilled to death" by the challenge to complete these pieces. "I'm proud to be able to do it," he added. "Hopefully I'll be able to do them justice."

This is, of course, not the first time Wilson has been faced with the prospect of salvaging unfinished music. His Smile set was finally completed in 2004 after a rollercoaster 37-year history.

Gershwin died in 1937 at the age of 38.

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Liam Gallagher has confirmed that Oasis are no more.

Brother Noel quit the band at the end of their world tour in August citing "verbal and violent intimidation" and a "lack of support and understanding" from his management and band mates as reasons for his departure.

Speaking to The Times, Liam said: "Well, Oasis is no longer. I think we all know that. So that's done. It's a shame, but that's life. We had a good run at it. The thing about Oasis is no-one... we ended Oasis. No-one ended it for us. Which was pretty, kind of... cool. I'm thinking of what the next step is musically, which is all my mind's on."

Read the full interview HERE.

Click HERE to read MOJO's reaction to the Oasis split.

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And finally...as we await the arrival of that Tom Waits live album, here's the man himself announcing details of the tour in typically surreal fashion:

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:33 AM GMT 09/10/2009

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