The singer, who has co-written songs for Madonna, Paul McCartney and Snow Patrol, met the band's keyboardist and songwriter, Andrew Farriss in Sydney at a house party and it all took off from there. 

Speaking to the Irish Times, Gribbin says:

"...someone said, ‘Sing an INXS song,’ and as Andrew played the guitar, I sang 'Mystify' . We kept in touch over the next year via e-mail, etc, and six months ago I got a call out of the blue, inviting me to co-write with him in Australia”. 

Since the death of Michael Hutchence in 1997, Jon Stevens and 'Rock Star: INXS' winner, J.D. Fortune have fronted the Australian band. Gribbin says that he doesn't not intend to fill the shoes of Hutchence, who once dated Kylie Minogue:

"I don’t think anyone can replace Michael Hutchence. I am here to pay my respects to him. I am aware of the history and the legacy of the band and when I walk out on that stage I hope the fans know that. I am as big a fan of Michael as everyone who will be coming to the gigs. I genuinely want to perform those older songs the way they should be performed – with passion to entertain a crowd".

Check out INXS' demo track, 'Tiny Summer', with Ciaran Gribbin on vocals and a video of INXS' classic song, 'Never Tear Us Apart':

The 25-year-old reality TV star turned film director proposed to his girlfriend of four months, Lisa Stelly, and she said yes. The model and actress revealed the news to her followers on Twitter earlier today, September 30, and wrote:

"The most amazing man I've ever met asked me to marry him....and he wasn't joking! Crazy, right? :)"

Osbourne hasn't yet spoken out about the exciting development in his relationship, but you can watch him talk about his latest project as the director of 'God Bless Ozzy Osbourne' below:

Blur's Alex James has his range of cheeses, Pharrell Williams recently unveiled a female orientated cocktail mix and now the 'Ace of Spades' rocker will sell fine wine in his home country after its recent success in Sweden. 

Talking about the alcoholic beverage, Lemmy explained that since 2010 it's been "hitting Scandinavia like a Lancaster bomber" and fans in the UK can now expect to "approach it with caution. I mean, wine is deceptive, anything could happen."

Great Wine Online's Ewen Cameron added, "just like Lemmy, it can survive just about anything."

Watch a recent interview with the musical icon here:

The singer, who fronted Soundgarden and Audioslave, has said that a mean teacher put him off of it when he was younger.

In an interview with indiewire.com, he explained:

"I learned to read music when I was 10 and did piano and took lessons. Unfortunately, I didn't really have any direction. It just felt like school. It was another subject, another course. I had kind of a mean piano teacher. I picked it up very fast and I learned to read music very fast, but I don't now at all".

As one of the biggest names from 90s grunge, he says that it hasn't affected how he writes songs because he has "learned to create music without a language" and he works both well and quickly that way.

Check out Cornell's performance of 'Black Hole Sun' with Soundgarden and 'You Know My Name', his song from 'James Bond: Casino Royale', here:

The Kerrang! Tour 2012 will be starting in Dublin on February 5 and it concludes on February 17 at London's Roundhouse in Camden. 

New Found Glory's seventh album, 'Radiosurgeries', will be released on Monday (October 3).

Sum 41 are still touring their album, 'Screaming Bloody Murder', which was released last March.

Here are the dates that the two pop-punk bands will be playing:

• February 5 - Dublin Academy
• February 7 - Southampton Academy
• February 8 - Norwich UEA
• February 10 - Bristol O2 Academy
• February 11 - Cardiff University Great Hall
• February 12 - Newcastle O2 Academy
• February 13 - Glasgow O2 ABC
• February 15 - Manchester Academy
• February 16 - Birmingham O2 Academy
• February 17 - London Roundhouse

Tickets go on sale today (September 30) at 9am.

Check out New Found Glory's video for 'Radiosurgery' and Sum 41 performing 'Screaming Bloody Murder' on Jimmy Kimmel Live:

This is the second book from the former Hole frontwoman. Her first book, 'Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love', which was released in 2006, included personal photos, diary entries and song lyrics.

The 47-year-old's yet-to-be-named second book is set to delve deeper into her personal life, including her marriage to the Nirvana frontman, her relationship with her 19-year-old daughter, Frances Bean, and her trips to rehab.

The book will be published by William Morrow, a branch of HarperCollins Publishers, and the deputy publisher, Lynn Grady has said:

"Courtney is one of the most fascinating and provocative artists of our time, one of those rare performers who continues to reinvent herself time and again throughout the arc of her career".

The book is expected to be available by the end of 2012.

Watch Courtney Love perform 'Celebrity Skin' with Hole and an interview with her on The Graham Norton Show from 2007:

Speaking to Rap-Up, she explained that her forthcoming new album will be very "real":

"I paid so much attention to the subject matter and making sure it was honest and nothing was sugar-coated and that it wasn't a polite record. I just wanted it to be real."

Despite her change in lyrical direction, she added that her musical style will remain similar:

"In any type of record that I do, you're gonna hear my R&B influence, and definitely a soulful vocal delivery, but I really like to rock. Im just feeling a little angsty lately, so I really want to headbang and rock out."

Her new record, 'Jumping Trains', is expected to be released in early 2012 and you can listen to her saucy remix of Drake's 'Marvin's Room' here:

The star has produced countless albums with the 'Parklife' Brit-pop outfit and with Gorillaz, but would like to create something by himself using only his tastes and influences. He told Q magazine:

"I'd like to do a record with my own name on it. That's the next one I want to make. I don't know if I could bear to start a band from scratch again. I don't know what kind of record it will be but I've got an idea about a club that no one goes to, so maybe it will be my 'empty club culture' record."

"...A club that absolutely no one turns up to except the proprietor or a barmaid and a bouncer. I'm writing about an empty club!" he added. 

He also admitted that his daughter's musical preferences help to show him what's popular at the moment and he feels that as long as he writes something about nightlife or clubs it will be fine:

"I've been trying to listen to the real coalface of popular music, which is made easier because my daughter is really into that. It's all of a type at the moment. It has to be about a club. You're either getting ready to go to the club, queuing up, in the club, or you've left the club to go to a better club. I thought it would be good to make a pop record about a club that nobody goes to."

Watch Albarn talk about his latest project, Doctor Dee, here:

La Toya has maintained that her brother Michael was murdered since his death was announced in 2009 and has now spoken out about the people taking the stand in Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial, labelling them a dishonest bunch:

"I can't wait until justice is served! It's so hard to sit in the courtroom and hear all the lies and cover-ups. Been laying here in bed for the past hour thinking about everything I've heard in court over the past two days, I'm shocked by the lies!"

Check out an exclusive audio clip of Jackson's slurred speech that was played as evidence in court here:

At the start of September, Green Day's frontman Billie Joe was removed from a plane for having trousers that "sagged too low" and most recently The L Word actress Leisha Hailey was ejected for kissing her girlfriend. Moby tweeted about the situation and wrote:

"southwest air has kicked people off of their planes for: kissing, wearing baggy pants, and being overweight. so: boycott southwest airlines."

Singer and television personality Kelly Osbourne has also been spearheading the boycott campaign and told her Twitter followers that "Southwest told Kevin Smith that he was too fat to fly, Billy Joe Armstrong that his pants were to saggy to fly, also told a lady that she was too slutty 2 fly & now they've kicked Leisha Hailey of The L-Word off a flight 4 kissing her GF!"

"America is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave! so why when someone tries 2 be brave & free do u knock them down," she added. 

Watch U.S talk show The View discuss Leisha Hailey's unfortunate incident below:

The Spanish DJ knocked Dappy's 'No Regrets' from the top position down to number four in the UK singles charts.

'Loca People' was released on September 25 in the UK and it is currently number one in Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Austria. 

Goo Goo Dolls' 'Iris' has re-entered the charts at number two, following a number of The X Factor contestants performing it over the weekend. 

'Iris', which was on the 'City Of Angels' soundtrack, reached the number one postition in 1998 in the US but its highest position in the UK charts was 26.

Check out the videos for Sak Noel's 'Loca People' and Goo Goo Dolls' 'Iris' here:

Their names will be added alongside the 13 other nominees who will hope to be inducted on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The other artists nominated are: Beastie Boys, Donovan, Eric B and Rakim, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Heart, Freddie King, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rufus with Chaka Khan, The Small Faces/The Faces, The Spinners and Donna Summer.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in its 25th year and it honours great names like Leonard Cohen, REM, Blondie and U2.

Check out Guns N' Roses performing 'Live and Let Die' live in 1991 and The Cure performing 'Friday, I'm In Love' at this year's Bestival:

The King Complex EP is out now on Lost Balloon.

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In his opening statement to the court and jury, he said:

"Conrad Murray abandoned Michael when he needed help. It was Conrad Murray's gross negligence, unskilled hands and desire to obtain this contract that led him to not only abandon his patient, but to abandon all principles of medical care."

Jackson died suddenly at the age of 50 in 2009, three weeks before his This Is It Tour and Murray is on trial for involuntary manslaughter.

Kenny Ortega, the show's choreographer, gave evidence yesterday and he said that he felt Jackson was too ill to perform. 

The trial continues today in Los Angeles.

Check out Michael Jackson performing 'Billie Jean' live and a video of the arrival of Jackson's family to the trial:

Talking to todayonline.com, the 'Poison' hitmaker said:

"I thought, if it was Alice's nightmare and he was going to meet up with the devil, who would be the one person that he would rather not have to deal with? A pop diva. And I called up Ke$ha, and she said she would love to do it."

"Of course, I did this not realising at the time that she probably is the devil," he added. 

Check out a preview of their duet and footage of the pair performing 'School's Out' together below: