NEW YORK – AC/DC is putting the metal in the upcoming "Iron Man 2" film.

The band announced Tuesday they will release the official soundtrack, "AC/DC: Iron Man 2" on April 19. The first video from the album, "Shoot To Thrill," was released on Tuesday.

The CD won't contain new music, but 15 classic songs, including "Let There Be Rock," "Thunderstruck," and the recent "War Machine."

The film opens in the

NEW YORK – Nick Jonas is used to performing in front of screaming fans who know all the words to their favorite Jonas Brothers songs.

Now his new band, Nick Jonas & The Administration, is getting ready to perform as the house band for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles. The band will be expected to not only entertain but also keep the pace of the show moving.

"I'm excited and honored. ... We'll

Courtesy of NME.com - Cave's novel features a character fixated on the singers

Nick Cave has offered a public apology to Kylie Minogue and Avril Lavigne for featuring them in his latest book, "The Death Of Bunny Munro."

In the Bad Seeds frontman's novel the lead character, Bunny Munro, is obsessed with the two singers. Cave, who has collaborated with Minogue, told BBC 6music that he hoped at least she would not

Dutch DJ Marcello's music policy revolves around celebrating life and accentuating the positive, an attitude it's hard to criticise without sounding curmudgeonly. Why it does seem fair to take issue with his modus operandi, however, is that it results in long stretches of his addition to Supperclub's Ninesins series conforming to the most dispiriting aspects of chillout and cocktail bar house music: politeness, complacency, anonymity and derivativeness.

Daft Punk are set to work on the soundtrack for Tron 2.0.

The follow-up to the 1982 sci-fi classic is being made by Disney. It will see Jeff Bridges reprise his role as Kevin Flynn, while Joseph Kosinski will direct the film.

The previous film's director, Steven Lisberger, will return as producer. The film is scheduled for a 2011 release, reports Upcoming Film Scores.

The

To celebrate its 40th anniversary Trojan have given their most renowned collection a deluxe makeover. Furnished with an extra disc of material, Tighten Up Volume 2 remains a good entry-point for people who like the sound of reggae and love to dance – just as it was four decades ago.

The UK was then the second biggest market for reggae (unlike today where it lags behind continental Europe). The most zealous converts were the

Can't wait for Sex and the City II? Not a problem: here's Confessions Of A Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella's chick-lit romantic comedy about a fashion-obsessed financial journalist whose spending habits land her in trouble with, ahem, hilarious consequences.

Happily, Confessions' soundtrack scores considerably higher than the shambles assembled to accompany the adventures of Carrie Bradshaw last summer. The tone is sassy and sharp –