Sting Can Be Your Hero, Baby

Every note you fake, it will look like Sting is watching you.

The British soft-rocker is the latest hitmaker to lend his image�and a strings-happy tune�to the megahot Guitar Hero franchise, which in recent geezerhood has welcomed Metallica and Aerosmith and noted strummers like Slash and Tom Morello into the pixelated fold.

Sting's upcoming contribution will be to the new Guitar Hero World Tour, which also boasts the stylings of Tool. Players will either be able to "take the stage" and play to wild crowds as Sting or "jam" alongside him on the song "Demolition Man."

This version of Activision's carpal tunnel-inducing funfest testament also feature microphone and drumkit attachments for a full-on engagement of the bands�as advantageously as composing and editing software, for those quieter moments when the keg is empty and your "drummer" is passed out on the floor.

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Sheriff's department: Hayes likely died of stroke

MEMPHIS, Tenn. �

Isaac Hayes apparently died of a apoplexy, officials with the sheriff's department said Tuesday.

The deep-voiced soul vocalizer died Sunday after he was establish unconscious at his Memphis residence. No autopsy was performed, only paperwork filed by Hayes' family mD, Dr. David Kraus, lists the cause of death as a stroke, sheriff's spokesman Steve Shular said Tuesday.

Deputies were among the emergency crews that responded after a 911 telephone, and sheriff's department detectives were looking into the death. Kraus told investigators that he had been treating Hayes, 65, for high blood pressure, Shular said.

Family members found Hayes lying on the floor of his home beside a treadmill that was still switched on.

Meanwhile, a memorial robert William Service will be Monday at Hope Presbyterian Church in Cordova from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

His family issued a statement Tuesday, locution: "While he was an iconic figure to many, to us he was husband, father and friend. We will ever miss his sexual love, wisdom, humour and the familiar comfort of his voice."

The baldheaded crooner, world Health Organization laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. He too acted in movies and provided the voice of Chef, the school cook, on the animated TV show "South Park."

He had recently ruined work on the forthcoming movie "Soul Men," in which he played himself. The pic stars Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac, who died on Saturday.

Hayes was hospitalized in 2006 for treatment of exhaustion, family friends said at the time.

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 Natures Quest

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Mercury Rev To Release New Album For Free, Announce New Tour

Mercury Rev have revealed that they will release two new studio albums this September.



In addition to 'Snowflake Midnight', the official follow-up to 2005's 'The Secret Migration', which is out on September 29th, the band will release another LP for free.



'Strange Attractor', which contains 11 new songs, will be available to members of the bands mailing list for free.



In a statement on Mercury Rev's website, both productions have been described as “new, unpredictable and spontaneous”.

Mercury Rev will embark on a UK tour in support of the album this November. Tickets are on sale now through Gigwise here.

Alternatively, you can call our ticket hotline on 0871 230 1098 for more details.



The tracklistings for both records are as follows:



'Snowflake Midnight':



'Snowflake In A Hot World'

'Butterfly's Wings'

'Senses On Fire'

'People Are So Unpredictable (There's No Bliss like Home)'

'October Sunshine'

'Runaway Raindrop'

'Dream Of A Young Girl As A Flower'

'Faraway For Cars'

'A Squirrel And I (Holding On...And Then Letting Go)'



'Strange Attractor':



'Love Is Pure'

'Taken Up Into Clouds, Changed And Rained Down'

'Pure Joie De La Solitude'

'Persistence And The Apis Mellifera'

'Fable Of A Silver Moon'

'Loop Lisse, Loop'

'In My Heart, A Strange Attractor'

'Incident On Abeel Street'

'Af Den Fader Kommer Den Sol'

'Because Because Because'

'Nocturne For Norwood'

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Jared Leto - Leto Denies Simpson Affair

Actor JARED LETO has denied having an affair with pop star JESSICA SIMPSON after a U.S. tabloid accused him of breaking up her relationship with footballer TONY ROMO.

Simpson and Romo were rumoured to have broken up over the last few weeks, but the couple ended speculation by spending Memorial Day weekend (24-25May08) together in Texas.

The National Enquirer reported that Leto had been a factor in the alleged split - linking him to Simpson while she has been dating the sports star.

But Leto's spokesman, Jason Weinberg, has hit back at the claims, telling Us Weekly magazine, "There is no truth whatsoever to the article."

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