Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd is homeless, despite the group's recent reunion.

Although the 90s grunge group reunited in April, the bass player admits he still technically has no home since he split up with his girlfriend and moved out of their house in Seattle in February.

When asked where he lives, Ben told Spin Magazine: "Nowhere. Literally. I've been sleeping on studio couches and at friends' houses. I'm totally broke."

Ben also told how after the band broke up in 1997 his life spiraled out of control and he lapsed into pain killer addiction after breaking three ribs and became a "total rock'n'roll cliche".

However, he has since overcome his problems to reunite with singer Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil and drummer Matt Cameron and the reformed band are releasing a new best of album 'Telephantism', which will including an unreleased track.

Frontman Chris Cornell insists that since the group originally split, there has been no tension between the constituent members of the group and that they still retain the same energy as they had in the 90s.

He said: "The one thing about Soundgarden most people don't get is that we always got along.

"A lot of times bands re-form, and people have changed in ways that might be negative, and you're just fighting to be able to play the music with some degree of efficiency. We're not that."

'Telephantism' is scheduled for release at the end of this month.

Royksopp don't know how to play their new album live.

The Norwegian dance pop duo are currently preparing for the release of their new LP 'Senior' and admit they are unsure how well the record's "introspective, dark" sound would translate in a live environment.

Svein Berge said: "We don't know how to approach touring because it's a hard thing to bring to the stage.

"I think the audience would have to be sat down in a dark room, preferably with an opium pipe in their hand for it to work, so we'd have to be clever.

"It's not one we could expect to bring to somewhere like Glastonbury and have people going off their heads."

Although the duo are happy with their new album, they don't want to stay introspective for the rest of their career - which could potentially run for several more decades.

Svein added to BBC 6 Music: "We don't want to become so profound that we become artistes or pretentious -we're not 98 and dying and sitting in an old people's home.

"I would consider making a techno thing when I'm 90."

'Senior' is released on September 13.

Lady Gaga's producer has promised her next album will be "shocking".

RedOne - who was behind Gaga's biggest hits 'Just Dance', 'Poker Face' and 'Bad Romance' - has worked on two new tracks for the singer's forthcoming third album, and claims the new songs will go against people's expectations.

RedOne - real name Nadir Khayat - told Billboard.com: "It's going to be shocking, shocking, shocking!

"You never want to go too far from your brand - people love you for a reason. But we still want to give them something with a kick, something that makes them say, 'Oh my God! We didn't expect this!"

He added he encouraged Gaga to work with other producers on her album - which is set for release next year - although he wouldn't confirm who has been involved in the project.

RedOne added: "I got a sound out of her, and that made it easier for other producers. Her sound is so defined that no matter what people can follow it. That sound belongs to her."

Lady Gaga has previously described the new album as: "My absolute greatest work I've ever done: The message, the melodies, the direction, the meaning. It is utter liberation."

Gaga has already previewed one new track, 'You and I', from the record, on her current 'The Monster Ball' tour.

Gaga has also vowed to release the title of the album at midnight on New Year's Eve in typically spectacular style, saying: "I think I'm gonna get the album title tattooed on me and put out the photo."

Noel Gallagher is deliberately hiding from his brother and ex-Oasis bandmate, Liam.

Since Oasis split last August due to tensions between the guitarist and the volatile frontman, Noel said he's been going to great lengths to avoid a confrontation between them.

When asked why he wears his shoes at home by Talksport radio, Noel joked: "Well, I could have to run off at a moment's notice. Our kid might be passing. I might have to jump over the back fence and nip out through the local pub."

Noel - who is set to release a solo album, while Liam works on a new band - also revealed he is returning to the studio this week, to play drums for a mystery collaborator.

Although he wouldn't reveal the identity of the musician he's working with, he claimed to have "thrown up with him" in the past.

He told Talksport radio: "I'm playing drums this week on a session for someone else. I've thrown up with him at someone else's house."

The 42-year-old musician also said he's looking forward to comedian Russell Brand's upcoming wedding to pop star Katy Perry.

He said: "I have been invited and I'm going out on the stag do but I'm not going to be a best man or an usher.

"I believe he's going to come down the aisle on a flying carpet and the prenup is going to be brought in on an elephant."