Carl Barât has announced that he and former Libertine bandmate Pete Doherty won’t be working on a musical together, after all. Barât said, “I haven’t seen Pete for donkeys. The musical is off – the window closes. I’m too busy concentrating on my other projects right now.” Bummer - at least there are still those Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand musicals and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots on Broadway to look forward to, right?

MP3:
The Libertines - “Can’t Stand Me Now”

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Pete Doherty and Carl Barât To Start Work On Musical
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Jay-Z’s top-billing at Glastonbury 2008 notoriously upset Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who implied having hip-hop at the festival was “wrong“. Over the weekend, Jay-Z finally got the chance to respond to the criticism by kicking off his setlist wearing a Gallagher-esque parka and covering “Wonderwall.” Later in his set, HOVA broke out a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab.” Check out both below!

MP3s:
Jay-Z - “Wonderwall / 99 Problems” (Live @ Glastonbury)
Jay-Z - “Rehab” (Live @ Glastonbury)

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After launching accusations that Coldplay plagiarized his band’s song, Creaky Boards frontman Andrew Hoepfner has now admitted that the allegations might be unfounded. While Coldplay has categorically denied the allegations, Hoepfner recently posted the following retraction at the end of his viral video:

“Well, it appears that Chris was actually recording in London during my October show and Coldplay demoed Viva La Vida in March 2007, before I taught my band “Songs” in June 2007. What’s most likely is that both Chris and I were inspired by The Legend of Zelda’s “Fairy Theme,” causing us to write similiar songs in 2006. What a coincidince! I guess Nintendo’s the big winner. But isn’t it weird how in 2008, an independent artist can make something in their bedroom that receives almost as much attention as EMI’s biggest marketing push of the year?”

In addition to bestowing a Biggest Douche of 2008 nomination, Christine Tarbet has discovered that an acquaintance of the Creaky Boards frontman is claiming the whole scandal is just an uncool publicity stunt.

MP3:
Legend of Zelda - “Fairy Theme”

Set your Tivo, kids! From the department of answered prayers comes news that John Oates of Hall & Oates is readying a cartoon about his superpowered moustache entitled J-Stache! As laid out in a two-minute trailer, Oates is portrayed as a modern-day family man who finds himself enticed back to the rock star life by his mustache, which is voiced by comedian Dave Attell. The pilot, which is estimated to be between six and 10 minutes long, is said to feautre the following awesome plot:

Oates is opening a new wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that focuses on mustachioed musicians. Suddenly, a dying David Crosby appears and with his last breath warns Oates of a mysterious secret group of mustache wearers bent on killing other mustache wearers. As actor Tom Selleck attempts to escape from the latest murder scene, Oates summons his own mustache with a fist pump that simultaneously changes his clothes from conservative attire to pink pants and white boots.

Independent publisher Primary Wave Music, which owns a majority stake in most of the biggest hits in the Hall & Oates catalog, is currently shopping the toon, with plans for it to either go straight onto a network or launched via the Web. (Who would’ve thought that Hypeful would post two Hall & Oates-related stories in the span of a week?)

MP3:
Hall & Oates - “Private Eyes”

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Chromeo Records Track With Daryl Hall

If you’ve been lucky enough to catch safe-sex promoters Vampire Weekend live recently, you may have noticed a couple of new tracks popping up in their setlist - “Little Giant” and “White Sky” . It may be too late to get the Glastonbury crowd caught up on these new tunes, but there’s plenty of time for you to familiarize yourself with the tracks before the band returns to the States for more relentless touring in July. Check out the choice new cuts below!

MP3s:
Vampire Weekend - “Little Giant” (live)
Vampire Weekend - “White Sky” (live)