1. 

   Eminem announced this week that he will release his Dr Dre-produced new album – his first in four years – by the end of 2008. What will it be called?

   1. Re-release

   2. Recluse

   3. Relapse

   4. Renounce

2. Legendary Motown singer Levi Stubbs died last weekend. He was best known for performing as part of which group?

   1. The Temptations

   2. The Drifters

   3. The Four Tops

   4. The Spinners

3. The Black Keys are set to begin work with which ageing rock band, recording sessions for the unnamed group’s forthcoming record?

   1. ZZ Top

   2. Aerosmith

   3. Lynyrd Skynyrd

   4. Kiss

4. Which of these bands split up this week, after their guitarist and main songwriter was taken ill over the summer?

   1. The Long Blondes

   2. The Pipettes

   3. The Mystery Jets

   4. The Cribs

5. 

   REM announced that they will reissue a 2CD version of their debut album next month to mark its 25th anniversary – what is the record called?

   1. Reckoning

   2. Document

   3. Fables of the Reconstruction

   4. Murmur

6. A South Shields man appeared in court this week, charged under the Obscene Publications Act, for allegedly uploading a blog about the kidnap, rape and murder of which pop group?

   1. Sugababes

   2. Girls Aloud

   3. Spice Girls

   4. The Pussycat Dolls

7. Which rock band has reportedly hired Formula One fitness coaches to get them into shape ahead of their forthcoming world tour?

   1. AC/DC

   2. Motörhead

   3. Iron Maiden

   4. The Rolling Stones

8. 

   Lil Wayne celebrated the birth of his second child this week. What did he name his baby boy?

   1. Dwayne Carter III

   2. Kenneth Carter

   3. Tha Carter

   4. Charles Wayne Carter II

9. 

   Guns N' Roses finally set a release date for Chinese Democracy this week - their first album since 1993 covers record The Spaghetti Incident. But which of these songs did not feature on their last record?

   1. Raw Power - The Stooges

   2. Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners

   3. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth

   4. Androgynous - The Replacements

10. 

    In a recent radio interview, which UK band alluded to playing Knebworth next year, saying: "We realised there's a lot of people who don't like us in Britain but, you know, they don't have to come"?

    1. Radiohead

    2. Coldplay

    3. Keane

    4. Oasis

Solutions

1:C, 2:C, 3:A, 4:A, 5:D, 6:B, 7:A, 8:A, 9:D, 10:B

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Like eating glass

2. 5 and above.

   Mercury's in retrograde

3. 8 and above.

   Positive tension

4. 10 and above.

   Better than heaven