This Week In Music

Rapper Snoop Dogg was sentenced to three years informal probation (which means he has to lose the morning coat and top hat for a while) after pleading guilty to attempting to carry a police baton onto a plane. 35-year-old Snoop also received 160 hours community service. To read the full story, click here. Photograph: Bruce Chambers/AP

Rumours abound that Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams are set to perform a “surprise” duet at next year’s Brit awards in what is being billed by some as a “spectacular comeback”. Neither singer has confirmed or denied the rumours, though should it go ahead, it’s safe to assume it will no longer be a surprise. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty

The Super Furry Animals reveal their vision for a Welsh utopia and talk about their new album Hey Venus! in the latest Music Weekly podcast. Plus, there’s the a rundown on the State of Illinois versus R Kelly and music from Babyshambles sand PJ Harvey. Click here to listen. Photograph: Jo Hale/Getty

Franz Ferdinand revealed they’ve been working with Girls Aloud on a cover of Davie Bowie’s Sound and Vision for the new Radio One covers compilation. Big news it may be, but we’re much, much, much more excited to hear they’ve hired pop production team Xenomania for their new album. Click here to read all about it. Photograph: Jo Hale/Getty

This week marks the 30th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac’s masterpiece Rumours. The album spent a staggering 443 weeks in the UK album charts and has since sold over 30 million copies. Jim Butler is calling for a reunion, but what do you think? Photograph: Michael Ochs/Getty

It was the Mobos this week, Shaggy and Jamelia (seen here working the grey carpet) presented the awards, Amy Winehouse and Mutya Buena performed, and Kanye West finally got an award. Click here for the full story. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Phil Collins’s breakthrough hit In The Air Tonight made a surprise chart comeback, thanks to this very peculiar advert featuring a gorilla. In other chart news, Kanye beat Fiddy in both album and singles sales. Photograph: Rex

Here's the drumming gorilla again, this time in full-flow. Photograph: rex

Sir Richard Branson sold his Virgin Megastores chain, saying: "Despite escalating competition there is still very much a place on an increasingly homogenised high street for an independent entertainment specialist that puts customers, product, service and personality at the top of the agenda.” Bafflingly, the new name for this entertainment specialist will be Zavvi. Click here for more. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

The Sex Pistols became the twelfty millionth band to announce plans to re-form, this time for a one-off gig at London’s Brixton Academy. But why, asks Dave Simpson, can’t they bring themselves to venture north of the Watford gap? Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA