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In case you haven't heard, a UK tabloid article has actually proven true: LIAM GALLAGHER has knocked up an All Saint! Liam and his girlfriend, All Saint Nic Appleton, are expecting. The child will be Liam's second. Oasis' live album, Familiar to Millions, hits stores tomorrow.

By now you should know that a certain fella named MARTIN CARR, who was once in THE BOO RADLEYS, has a new project called BRAVE CAPTAIN, and has just released one heck of a debut record. What you might NOT know is that now he's chatting with YOU... Thursday night... over at INSOUND. The chat starts at 9 p.m. EST, 2 a.m. GMT - and you should go.

For Giselle

Rarewerks from ASTRALWERKS? The label has just announced the release of a collection of rare, hard-to-find, and previously unreleased tracks from Astralwerks artists entitled "Rarewerks". Most of the tracks have not been available commercially anywhere in the world. Artists to be included are Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Primal Scream, Beta Band, and Basement Jaxx. The release is scheduled to be released January 23, 2001.

Brian Molko is, without doubt, a bit of an odd duck. Capitalizing on the perfect mix of hedonism, ego, and androgyny, he's led his group Placebo to great worldwide success, while ensuring his face adorns the cover of many a magazine. But Placebo find themselves in a bit of a sticky situation these days. The band's third album, "Black Market Music," was met with less-than-stellar reviews from the British press, and has been pretty lukewarm in sales since its October release... This at a time when the band's American popularity has reached an all-time high with the modest US alternative radio success of 1998's "Pure Morning." At press time, there's still no sign of a US release for the new record, but it's likely to happen sometime in the coming few months. Before the October release of "Black Market Music," Excellent Online was able to get a few words with Molko prior to a London webchat. What follows is a complete transcription of the interview.

Interview by Scott Stegenga

BADLY DRAWN BOY will be making his U.S. television debut tonight on Conan O'Brien. Set those VCR's, kids...

SIGUR ROS set for American Release. Well...maybe. Interscope is trying to win over the anti-major label band. We'll keep you posted of the results.

The tour is back on! RICHARD ASHCROFT rescheduled his US tour for January/February 2001. And he even added a few dates just to make up for it. Check out the dates here.

RICHARD ASHCROFT has postponed his entire US tour due to illness. No more details are being offered at this time, other than a statement to NME that Ashcroft is currently "at the doctor's." If/when the dates are rescheduled, we'll have 'em.

Looks like PAUL WELLER has gotten himself out of quite a jam. The allegations of rape have been dropped. PAUL WELLER is now calling for a change in the law on the reporting of alleged rape cases. Weller calls for the "need for anonymity...extended to both parties in such cases...especially prior to any criminal charges being brought."