Auralize this...

Sporting a change of career for this...

Heavyweight rap boss Marion 'Suge' Knight is considering quitting the music business and becoming a college football coach.

The Death Row Records founder, who was shot in the leg at a pre-MTV Video Music Awards party last month (AUG05), is seriously thinking about walking away from the industry that has made him a multi-millionaire to live out his sporting dreams.

Knight, who insists he could retire tomorrow and still live a wealthy life from all his achievements to date, is interested in taking gang youths in California and turning them into athletes.

He says, "I'm at a point where probably in the next couple of years I'm gonna go coach football. It's something I enjoy. I don't need a paycheque for it.

"I like the idea of coaching at a junior college because the majority of athletes there would normally go to a four-year school but don't have the S.A.T's (qualifications).

"I wanna be involved with the guys who got some talent but maybe haven't been taught a lot lifewise."

And, before the shooting incident last month, Knight was beginning to get into shape - so he could take the pressures of being a football coach in his stride.

He explains, "I've been running a lot lately. I like to be outside... two, three, four miles a day around the streets."

contactmusic.com - Sept. 26, 2005

"Pretty Vegas" is the first single for this...

By now you know that J.D. Fortune was chosen as the new lead singer of INXS and that the song he wrote in the "Rock Star: INXS" clinic, "Pretty Vegas" is the first single off the new INXS album.

On Friday, following their taping of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, the band convened to discuss video treatments, so we can look forward to that sooner than later.

If you live in Los Angeles, you may have already heard the song in high rotation on 95.5 KLOS.  Call your local rock radio station and request it today!

"Pretty Vegas"
Written by J.D. Fortune and INXS
Performed by INXS

Fallin’ asleep at the wheel again baby
You’re driftin’ over the line, line yeah
You’re hands are tied, but you’re losin’ grip quickly
Fix me, could you read the sign

Thumbin’ your way to Vegas, dirty
Dreamin’ of the other side
Save your tears and laughter because
It doesn’t matter what you find

It ain’t pretty
After the show
It ain’t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go

If you think you want it
Here’s the place to get it
It ain’t pretty

When, everything that you do is wrong and
You feel like you can barely survive, yeah
When those around you are crumblin’ downwards
Buried in the sunset of life

Thumbin’ your way to Vegas, dirty
Screaming like youe back from hell
Save your dreams and occupations
Doesn’t matter what you sell

It ain’t pretty
After the show
It ain’t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go

So, if you think you want it
Here’s the place to get it
It ain’t pretty,yeah, yeah
It ain’t pretty

Thumbin’ your way to Vegas, dirty
Dreamin’ like you’re out of control
Save your tears and laughter
Because this is the ride
This is the show

It ain’t pretty
After the show
It ain’t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go

If you think you want it
Just come in and get it

It ain’t pretty

Downloads:
Pretty Vegas video
Pretty Vegas audio

The new INXS will appear on this...

On Friday, Sept. 23, INXS will appear on Ellen and The Late Show with Craig Ferguson with their new lead singer, J.D. Fortune.

Check your local listings.

Diamonds might be forever, but they're not free to this...

Legendary diva DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY is furious after discovering rapper KANYE WEST sampled her 1971 hit DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER in his single DIAMONDS FROM SIERRA LEONE.

The 68-year-old star is considering legal action after West used the chorus from the JAMES BOND soundtrack song and alleges his record label Roc-A-Fella never approached her, reports British newspaper the Daily Mail.

Bassey says, "I didn't know anything about the song before its release.

"He didn't ask my permission to have me singing on the his song. I didn't even know it existed until I heard him performing at the Live 8 concert. I didn't even hear from his record company, which wasn't very nice.

"(Legally) it's something I want to look into, because he was very cheeky, so one way or another he is going to have to pay me a lot of money."

contactmusic.com - Sept. 21, 2005

The sun went down on this...

Access Hollywood (Sep. 15) - After five months of marriage, country singer Kenny Chesney and actress Renée Zellweger are having their marriage annulled, their publicists have confirmed, according to People magazine.