Kylie Minogue to release New York live performance
Kylie Minogue will release a download-only concert album titled "Kylie Live In New York." The album is planned for a December 14 release date and was recorded at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom this fall. "Kylie Live In New York" will also be available digitally on that same date. The 25-song set contains live versions of hits like "Confide In Me", "The Locomotion" and "Can't Get You Out Of My Head."

Editors announce US tour and album release date
The Editors have announced a US tour as well as the US release date of their latest album. The band will tour the US in February. Prior to the tour, the band will release their third album “In This Light And On This Evening” in the US on January 19.

Julian Lennon recording again
After a 10-year hiatus, Julian Lennon is making music again. Lennon is prepping a new album for spring 2010. Prior to the new albvum, on December 15 he will release a 4-track EP featuring charity single "Lucy." The song pays tribute to Lennon's childhood friend Lucy Vodden, who also inspired the Beatles song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." Vodden died in September of complications from lupus and was depicted by Lennon in a watercolor painting that prompted his father John to write the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" song. The EP also features an acoustic version of "Lucy," a song titled "Sober" and the track "Beautiful" from Lennon's new album "Everything Changes."

Corinne Bailey Rae reveals new album details
Corinne Bailey Rae has announced the release details of her new album “The Sea.” The album will be out on February 1, with new single “I'd Do It All Again” the same day. Bailey Rae has said that some songs deal with her grief following the death of her husband Jason Rae from an accidental overdose in 2008.

Gossip Girls’s Leighton Meester plans album for early 2010
While Leighton Meester's "Somebody To Love" single are doing well, Meester is still working on her debut album. The actress revealed that she is still writing new music while she is also set to do a movie about country music. She expects her upcoming album to be out early 2010, in February or March. Meester recently worked with Lil Wayne on the track "Make It Rain."

Coldplay working with Brian Eno on new album
Coldplay have returned to the studio to work with Brian Eno again. Frontman Chris Martin wants to regain their trademark stadium rock sound and wants to achieve this by enlisting music producer Eno who also did production for the last album “Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends.” Coldplay are now working in a church in London. The album is planned to be out somewhere next year.

Was (Not Was) greatest hit collection set for February 23
Was (Not Was) will release their greatest hits collection "Pick Of The Litter (1980-2010)" on February 23. The 19-song compilation commemorates the 30th anniversary of the dance/rock/soul/funk/jazz group's recording career. The album’s content ranges from the 12-inch version of first single, "Wheel Me Out" to songs from 2008's "Boo!" album as well as the group's two biggest hits "Spy In The House Of Love" (1988) and "Walk The Dinosaur" (1989). Don Was and David Was founded the group during the late '70s in Detroit.

Norah Jones gets remixed by Beastie Boys, Santigold and Beck
Norah Jones has enlisted two members of Beastie Boys as well as Santigold and Beck to remix tracks from her new album “The Fall.” The three remixed tracks are available online and will be released on vinyl on January 12. Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D have reworked “That's What I Said,” while Santigold and Snotty's remixed “Chasing Pirates.” Another version of “Chasing Pirates” was remixed by Beck's collective Droogs.

Goldfrapp to release new Head First album in March 2010
Goldfrapp will follow up their 2008 album "Seventh Tree" with "Head First," which is planned for a March 23 US release date. A track list has not been announced yet, but first single "Rocket" will be released on March 9. Goldfrapp will also tour behind the album next year. Meanwhile, group members Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory wrote the score for the film Nowhere Boy, the story of John Lennon as a youth. The pair have also been working with Christina Aguilera on tracks for her next album.