The French government says it stands by its proposals to introduce that slightly controversial ‘three strikes’ rule in relation to illegal file sharing, despite a new European rule which may make it difficult to enforce.

We all know that Johnny Borrell is one of the least egotistical people in this industry, and he’s proved it again by revealing that he wants to get some lyrics tattoed on his skin. His own lyrics, mind, no rubbish.

Amy Winehouse has been blacklisted by Harvey Nichols after she returned some clothes she had borrowed from the store covered in vomit. Nice. The Mirror reports that the company has now banned the singer from borrowing clothes from them again and slapped her with a £25,000 bill for the damaged items.

A self-portrait by Kate Moss with added blood from Pete Doherty will go up for sale at auction this weekend. Moss is understood to have painted the piece with lipstick in 2005 or 2006, while Doherty added the inscription “Who needs blood when you’ve got lipstick?” in, er, his own blood.

Paul McCartney performed a well-received concert in Israel yesterday, under the protection of a team of 5,000 security guards. Which is probably what you’d expect, really, given the circumstances, but just to put it in perspective, this apparently dwarfs the operation put in place when president George W Bush visited the country.

Talking of radio station rebrands, ahead of its relaunch as Absolute Radio next week, Virgin Radio is looking back at its fifteen years on air under the Virgin brand with a retrospective show today hosted by Russ Williams, the only consistent voice on the national commercial station throughout its time on air.

The Walkmen, who release their new album, ‘You & Me’, via Fierce Panda on Monday, are seeking trumpet and trombone players to play with them at their upcoming show at ULU in London on 28 Oct.

Kevin Shields has resumed work on the long-awaited third My Bloody Valentine album, work on which originally began in the mid-nineties, but was aborted in 1997 after Island got fed up with him living in isolation and not delivering anything to them.

Guns N Roses are apparently planning on following The Eagle and AC/DC by striking an exclusivity deal with a US retailer for the release of their new album ‘Chinese Democracy’.