Bullet Points - No Doubt, U2, Foo Fighters

No Doubt are taking legal action against Activision, makers of Band Hero and Guitar Hero, to have avatars in their likeness removed from the game.

A deal was originally signed that would feature an animated version of the band performing their hits "Don't Speak" and "Just A Girl". However, much like the Kurt Cobain Guitar Hero 5 case just a few months ago, not only could No Doubt play as themselves but other artists such as Marvin Gaye, The Rolling Stones, 3 Doors Down and Everclear.

A court document relating to the lawsuit states, "While No Doubt are avid fans of The Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with The Rolling Stones, the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice choir boasting about having sex with prostitutes."

Band Hero is in stores now.

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Even though their latest album, No Line on the Horizon, has sold over 1 million copies and their current tour has broken attendance records, U2 still find themselves disappointed with their latest creative effort.

While the Irish quartet's 2 previous albums, All That You Can't Leave Behind and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, sold 7 million copies combined No Line has struggled to find a solid radio single to attract more significant sales.

"We weren't really in the mind set," front man Bono said about the struggling sales in a recent interview with Spinner. "We felt that the album was kind of an almost extinct species and we should approach it in totality and create a mood and a feeling, and a beginning, middle and an end. And I suppose we've made a work that is a bit challenging."

"I think in a sense, the more interesting challenge is, 'What is rock n roll in this changing world?" bassist Adam Clayton said. "Because to some extent the concept of the music fan - the concept of a person who buys music and listens to music for the pleasure for music itself - is an outdated idea."

Make no mistake though. U2 is still doing just fine financially. At a recent show in California where the band broke their own attendance record, it is reported they made a whopping 9 million dollars.

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Dave Grohl has some uneasiness with the Foo Fighters new greatest hits album saying that the move is "premature"

The band's record company has been pushing for a best of album for quite some time as it is written in the Foo's contract.

"It still seems premature because we're still a functioning, active band," Grohl said in an interview with British radio station Radio 1. "Those things can look like an obituary."

Grohl says the band was asked 4 years ago for a greatest hits package but said it wasn't the right time.

"Don't we need more hits?" Grohl said.

The 16 track album is in stores today and features 2 new songs "Wheels" and "Word Forward"

The Foo Fighters are on hiatus. Grohl is currently drumming for the super group Them Crooked Vultures with John Paul Jones and Josh Homme.