PINK FLOYD TEAMS UP WITH FLAMING LIPS.

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne reveals none of the original members of Pink Floyd have given their blessings to the Oklahoma band's plans to perform the album in its entirety at upcoming festival shows - but a new merchandising team-up is as good as a call from Roger Waters.

Coyne says, "Their merchandising camp wants to do a Pink Floyd/Flaming Lips T-shirt. To me, that's a sure sign Roger Waters is saying, 'Even tho ugh I don't like them, I think I can make some money off them.'" The Flaming Lips first performed Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety at their annual New Year's Eve (31Dec) show in Oklahoma in 2009.

NINE INCH NAILS HIRE LOSTPROPHETS DRUMMER.

Rockers NINE INCH NAILS have found a replacement for their drummer JOSH FREESE - they have hired LOSTPROPHETS star ILAN RUBIN. Freese recently announced he is to quit the group at the end of the year (08) to spend more time with his pregnant girlfriend, who is expecting the couple's third child in January (09).

And frontman Trent Reznor insists they have now found the perfect drummer to take over from Freese, according to Blabbermouth.net. He writes on the band's website, "I had the chance to see Ilan playing his ass off at Reading and Leeds (festivals in the U.K.) a couple (of) summers ago and he blew me away. We recently invited him out to rehearse with us and he blew U.S. away - the perfect guy to pick up the sticks after Josh leaves us at the end of the year."

Good luck to Josh and his family. OMG Ilan can MF DRUM! That kid was born the day I graduated Pharmacy school in 1988. Check out baldie Ilan in the background.