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DAVE GROHL wants to record the next FOO FIGHTERS album in his garage.
The rocker recently revealed he had cancelled the band’s planned hiatus after landing the opportunity to work with former Nirvana producer Butch Vig.
The Foo Fighters are now preparing to start work on a new "heavier than ever" album - and Grohl wants to take the recording process back to basi cs.
He says, "The way you make an album dictates the way it sounds. One of my favourite (Foo Fighters) records was our third one, which we made in m y basement in Virginia.
"We had sleeping bags that we nailed on the wall for soundproofing. The general vibe on that record is really comfortable. I’d go upstairs and m ake chili and come downstairs and do a vocal on a couch. It’s the same id ea. To me it’s about switching up the process; we’ve been using Pro Tools and all that computer stuff the last couple of records. We’re putting th at stuff in the closet and getting our old tape machines out so that we c an just do it like we used to do it."

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Hospitalised rapper GURU has had no contact with his GANG STARR collabora tor DJ PREMIER in more than seven years.
The MC, who has been under doctors’ care since suffering a heart attack in New York in February (10), formed the pioneering duo with Premier in 1985.
Guru’s friend MC Solaar has been appointed as his official spokesman, w hile Premier has also been keeping fans updated on Guru’s health status v ia his Twitter.com blog.
But Guru admits the old pals stopped speaking years before Gang Starr o fficially split in 2005.
However, he is refusing to provide more details about their lack of com munication.
He tells Allhiphop.com, "That’s something I don’t want to talk about. I don’t want to talk about the past. The past is the past. It is what it i s. It was great, but that was then and this is now."

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Rapper THE GAME has settled a civil lawsuit stemming from a 2007 allegati on of assault.
The Dreams hitmaker, real name Jayceon Taylor, served eight days in pri son after pleading no contest to a charge of possession of a firearm in a school zone following an altercation on a Los Angeles basketball court. He was also ordered to complete community service.
His legal troubles continued when he was slapped with a civil court law suit by basketball coach Shannon Rodrick, who accused the hip-hop star of punching and threatening him during the incident.
Rodrick filed suit in March 2008 for $1.5 million (=C2=A3937,500) in co mpensation - but The Game has now come to a financial agreement with the sports coach, three years after they clashed.
However, the terms of the settlement have not been made public, reports AllHipHop.com.

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Singer/songwriter RYAN TEDDER has warned LADY GAGA to take a break from h er gruelling tour schedule after his pop pal "passed out" on stage three times during a recent concert in New Zealand.
GaGa sparked fears for her health after fan video footage from her show in Auckland earlier this month (Mar10) showed her looking fatigued, befo re lying down on stage during her performance of the song Bad Romance.
A promoter for her Monster Ball trek claimed the singer was feeling "ti red and dehydrated", but GaGa later revealed she suffered a series of bla ckouts during the gig.
She said, "I was so jetlagged, I got in the night before and the jetlag just really caught up with me. I passed out about three times on stage t hat night but I got myself to the floor.
"I’d rather die on stage than walk off the stage because I was going to pass out… It’s never happened to me before, I was just really tired." But OneRepublic frontman Tedder fears GaGa will wear herself out if she continues to push herself to the limit.
He tells People magazine, "GaGa has to be careful. She’s already larger than life. How do you get larger than that?"

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TIM BURTON’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND continues to capture the imaginations of British movie fans - the fantasy film has topped the U.K. box office cha rt for the third consecutive week.
The director’s Disney adaptation, starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathawa y, has grossed $7.68 million (=C2=A34.8 million) in its third week of rel ease, keeping its distance from Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s roma ntic drama The Bounty Hunter, which debuts at two with $3.36 million (=C2 =A32.1 million).
Leonardo DiCaprio thriller Shutter Island slips one place to three with takings of $2.88 million (=C2=A31.8 million), while Jim Carrey’s new mov ie I Love You Phillip Morris and Matt Damon’s Green Zone round out the to p five.

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JANET JACKSON, JILL SCOTT and TYLER PERRY had to put up with some unwelco me visitors while filming their new movie WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? in t he Bahamas - the actors were constantly harassed by huge black moths.
Perry stars in and directs the sequel to 2007’s Why Did I Get Married? and took the cast to the tropical location for two weeks of shooting.
But many of the actors were not prepared to deal with the local insects and struggled to escape the invasive moths - although Jackson was not on e of them.
The superstar singer/actress admits she grew quite fond of the moths, a nd even considered them "beautiful".
She says, "There were these huge, huge moths, but I thought they were b eautiful. They were massive, like really big. They looked like huge black butterflies but everyone thought they looked like bats and they were hai ry. The thing about them, they’re not afraid of people, of humans, so the y’d land on your head, your shoulders, fly right by you, land on your fac e…"

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U.S. reality TV show star DAVID RAINEY has been hospitalised following a near-fatal car accident in California.
The Real World: San Francisco star, aka Puck, and his eight-year-old so n were both seriously injured after Rainey swerved to avoid a deer and lo st control of his car during a fishing trip last Friday (19Mar10).
Rainey was trapped inside the car, which rolled down an embankment and landed on its roof, but his son managed to escape the wreckage and get he lp.
The TV star was airlifted to a San Diego hospital with broken bones in both feet, his right hand and his neck. He also fractured his sternum and clavicle, according to TMZ.com.
His son was left with bruised internal organs and damage to his liver.

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The producers of CHARLIE SHEEN’s hit TV sitcom TWO AND A HALF MEN have sc rapped two of the upcoming season’s final four episodes after filming was halted following the actor’s admission into rehab.
Shooting on the U.S. comedy was suspended last month (Feb10) when Sheen , who has a history of drug abuse, checked himself into a recovery facili ty as a "preventative measure".
But the rehab stint has disrupted TV bosses’ plans to film a total of 2 4 episodes and they have now cut the seventh season down to 22 shows, rep orts TMZ.com.
Sheen’s admission into a treatment centre came just weeks after his Chr istmas Day (25Dec09) arrest in Aspen, Colorado following a bust-up with h is wife Brooke Mueller.
The altercation has left Sheen facing a string of felony domestic viole nce charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty, and he is due to stand t rial later this year (10).

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GERARD BUTLER had an awkward encounter with actress SOFIA VERGARA on Tues day (23Mar10) when she confronted him about an outstanding $60 (=C2=A337.
50) debt on U.S. TV.
The Scottish star was a Hollywood newcomer when he first met Vergara at Los Angeles’ upmarket Chateau Marmont hotel in 2007, having risen to pro minence in Greek war tale 300 and romantic drama P.S. I Love You.
The sexy Latina spotted Butler arguing with a car valet attendant after finding himself short of change for a tip - so she came to his rescue an d lent him some cash.
Three years on, Butler has become one of Hollywood’s hottest leading me n - but he’s yet to repay his debt, and Vergara made sure to address the oversight when they both appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
And the Colombian star is expecting interest on top of the original loa n.
Vergara explained, "He owes me money! He was like a damsel in distress at the Chateau Marmont and had no money to pay the valet. I was coming do wn the stairs and I see this guy fighting with the valet guy, so I was li ke, this guy has no money to pay, what an a**hole! So I said OK, I gave h im money for the valet. Of course the valet was not $60 but I didn’t want you to go on without extra money so I gave him $60, but that was like th ree years ago so now you owe me, like, $300, at least!" Vergara admits Butler did try to pay her back on one occasion - but his offer to recoup the $60 didn’t come at the most appropriate time.
She adds, "He did (offer to repay), but we were with people and he was like, ‘OK, here’s the $60 for the other night!’ At least make it a respec table amount of money!"

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RIHANNA is learning to play the drums with the help of a celebrity music tutor - she’s enlisted rocker TRAVIS BARKER for private lessons.
The Umbrella hitmaker reportedly wants to play an instrument on stage w hen she tours in Europe later this year (10), and has been practising her percussion skills at a rehearsal room in Los Angeles with the Blink-182 star.
Barker revealed his famous student by posting a picture of their practi ce session on his Twitter.com page on Monday (22Mar10).
In the accompanying message, he writes, "Teaching Rihanna some things o n drums. She JAMS!!! Watch out for her!"

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British socialite PEACHES GELDOF was left red-faced recently after she wa s mistaken for a transvestite in the U.S.
The daughter of Sir Bob was trying out outrageous make-up looks for her column in American magazine Nylon, and took to the streets of New York C ity to show off her creations.
But the over-the-top look, which was inspired by outlandish British sin ger Boy George, left some members of the public baffled.
She says, "In keeping with the beauty theme of this issue, I thought it would be fun to try out other people=E2=80=99s make-up looks to see the reactions I get. Culture Club front man Boy George is an obvious first ch oice for me.
"I apply several layers of thick, stick-applicator foundation until it looks like my whole face has been airbrushed out. I follow with streaks o f magenta blush and an insane amount of blue, green and silver eye shadow ..
"On the subway, a man recoils in shock, mouthing the words, ‘Oh my God’ to his equally disturbed girlfriend. Above ground, I elicit calls of ‘tr anny’ and even ‘alien’."

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A benefit concert for Chile featuring Holland’s top rock stars has been c ancelled due to poor ticket sales, just hours before it was due to begin.
Former The Gathering singer Anneke Van Giersbergen organised the show t o raise funds for aid efforts in the country following last month’s (Feb1 0) earthquake.
Her band, Agua De Annique, agreed to perform and Van Giersbergen also s igned up metal star Simone Simons and British rocker Danny Cavanagh for t he gig on Wednesday night (24Mar10).
But ticket sales have been so slow, Van Giersbergen has been forced to axe the fundraiser.
She tells Blabbermouth.net, "These last two weeks we’ve been working ar ound the clock to make this happen. We had some of Holland’s biggest name s in popular music supporting this benefit. Nevertheless, ticket pre-sale s weren’t even close to what one would expect from a line-up like this. T oday we had to throw in the towel, despite the massive support of the Mel kweg venue and all artists and crews.
"I received an overwhelming amount of moving messages (from) Chilean pe ople: thank you all. I can’t begin to tell you how sad I am at the moment .. All profits of my new single will still be going to Chile. Thank you fo r understanding, stay safe and I hope to see you all soon." (CL/WNWCBBM/L

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Veteran British pop stars SQUEEZE have accused record label bosses of sti fling creativity in the music industry by dropping bands if they don’t ac hieve immediate success.
Band member Chris Difford admits the British pop act wouldn’t have surv ived in the ruthless environment of the modern-day music business - becau se their self-titled debut album flopped in 1978.
The band was retained by the record label and went on to score a hit wi th their second offering, Cool for Cats, a year later (79).
And Difford is convinced record label bosses need to spend more time nu rturing their artists.
He tells BBC 6 Music, "There aren’t record companies that will stick by you if your single doesn’t do well. If you don’t do well, you’re out the door. Whereas our record company, A&M, in those days, would stick behind you." Squeeze frontman Glenn Tilbrook adds, "If we’d been placed under the sa me commercial criteria, I think we’d have been gone after our first album .. I don’t think there’s the same freedom and I feel really sorry for peop le who are up and coming now." The group was honoured in London on Tuesday (23Mar10) with the unveilin g of a plaque at the site of their first gig. The tribute was placed at G reenwich Dance Hall, which has been named a site of historical interest.

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British rockers EDITORS stopped a gig in Folkestone, England on Tuesday n ight (23Mar10) after police were called to break up a fight in the audien ce.
The band was playing at the Leas Cliff Hall as part of its current U.K.
tour, but the musicians were forced to halt the gig midway through their set after violence erupted in the crowd.
Staff at the venue called police, and officers escorted two audience me mbers outside of the building, while another was questioned.
No one was arrested and the concert continued after calm had been resto red, according to NME.com.

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LADY GAGA passed out three times during a recent show in New Zealand - bu t the singer refused to halt the performance because she would "rather di e on stage than walk off".
The singer sparked fears for her health after video footage from the gi g in Auckland earlier this month (Mar10) showed her looking woozy and fat igued.
Gaga was seen half-heartedly joining in the dance routine to her hit Ba d Romance, before lying down on the stage.
A Monster Ball tour promoter put the lacklustre performance down to the singer feeling "tired and dehydrated" - and now the star has explained t he incident, revealing she suffered a series of blackouts during the conc ert.
She tells Australian radio station 2Day FM, "I was so jetlagged, I got in the night before and the jetlag just really caught up with me. I passe d out about three times on stage that night but I got myself to the floor ..
"I’d rather die on stage than walk off the stage because I was going to pass out. I said, ‘Lay down and sing those lyrics, you little b**ch,’ th en you see at the end of Bad Romance, I get up and hit that last eight co unt. It’s never happened to me before, I was just really tired." (LR/WNWC

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JUSTIN BIEBER’s manager has turned himself in to police to face charges r elating to the singer’s chaotic appearance at a shopping mall in New York in November (09).
The teenage star was forced to cancel a signing at the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City, New York after thousands of fans descended on the ve nue - overwhelming security teams and police. One young girl was hospital ised in the chaos.
After the incident, the singer claimed he and several associates had be en threatened with arrest unless he sent out an internet message to fans using his Twitter.com page, informing them the event had been cancelled a nd urging them to go home.
Bieber’s manager Scott ‘Scooter’ Braun turned himself in to police on W ednesday morning (24Mar10) to answer misdemeanour charges of reckless end angerment and criminal nuisance - after he allegedly refused to send the ‘tweet’ and cancel the event, according to TMZ.com.
Braun faces a year in jail if convicted.

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Police in Britain are re-examining the circumstances surrounding the deat h of DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY’s daughter - just months after the singer told r eporters she "never believed" the 21 year old committed suicide.
The body of Samantha Novak, Bassey’s daughter with second husband Sergi o Novak, was found floating in a river in south west England in 1985. Pol ice at the time concluded she had jumped from a nearby bridge, and the co roner’s report did not find evidence of any foul play - meaning the death was ruled a suicide.
Bassey spoke about the tragedy in October (09), insisting she did not b elieve the youngster took her own life - because she suffered no "broken bones" and there was no "water in her lungs".
Police have now launched "fresh inquiries" into Novak’s death after rec eiving a letter from a woman whose daughter was killed by a man in East S ussex, England in 2001.
Michael Moffat, 47, was convicted of killing Penny Beale and is current ly serving an 11-year prison sentence, and the victim’s mother has writte n to Avon and Somerset Police alleging he was also involved in Novak’s de ath.
Detective Chief Inspector Mike Carter, of Avon and Somerset Police, has confirmed officers are re-evaluating the case in the light of the new in formation.
He says, "The mother of Moffat’s victim wrote to us with some informati on in the last couple of weeks. Her daughter had said that Moffat told he r he was involved in the murder of Samantha Novak.
"We looked at the circumstances surrounding the death six months ago af ter comments made by Dame Shirley Bassey. There was nothing from the coro ner’s report to suggest it was murder rather than suicide. This informati on is obviously additional so we are making fresh inquiries." (LR/WNWCCB/

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PARIS HILTON’s boyfriend DOUG REINHARDT is turning TV producer for his si ster CASEY - he’s teaming up with the former LAGUNA BEACH star to launch her own show.
Reinhardt was rumoured to be working on a new reality programme with th e hotel heiress, documenting their romance amid reports he has been plann ing to propose.
A representative for Hilton denied the claims on Monday (22Mar10), insi sting the socialite couple had not signed up for such a show - but Reinha rdt has now confirmed his own plans with his younger sister.
His agent Greg Weiss tells the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six, "Doug is producing the show, which will star his sister and her friends. But he and Paris will also make appearances." Casey Reinhardt, 23, previously starred in the second season of MTV rea lity show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, while brother Doug appear ed on The Hills.

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