Amy Winehouse may have had her theme tune for the next James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, rejected recently in favour of a composition from The White Stripes Jack White and Alicia Keys, but she’s not going to take the matter lying down (in a gutter).

In fact, she’s so pissed at getting the cold shoulder that she’s threatening to release her single on the same day as theirs.

Amy Winehouse seemed to be a natural choice to record the official theme tune for Quantum Of Solace, with her being British, and Bond being a British spy, and the fact that on her day she can match any diva who has ever record a Bond theme song.

However, for reasons that are still unclear, but are thought to relate to the studio not wanting someone so heavily associated with drugs as part of the project, Jack White and Alicia Keys got the nod instead.

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I’ve been avoiding talking about Amy Winehouse and her efforts to become the next Bond girl, well singer of the theme tune at least, mainly because it was just speculation and I wanted to wait until the official announcement was made.

But this isn’t that, instead it’s more rumour, speculation and gossip about it all… I just couldn’t resist.

It’s been known for a while that bosses of the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace have been looking at Winehouse as a possible candidate for the theme tune. First it was on, then off (with the studio heads probably concerned about the negative connection with drink and drugs and a jailbird husband) and still nothing has been decided.

Winehouse and Mark Ronson, her friend and producer are reported to have fallen out earlier in the month while trying to record the theme together, with Ronson claiming in the press that she wasn’t ready to make music. But now it seems that they are mates again, and back trying to come up with a winning theme song.

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The chances of a new album from Amy Winehouse being released in 2008 took a downward turn today when it emerged that the singer had cancelled a recording session in the Bahamas.

According the The Sun, Island Records had booked a trip to the Bahamas for Winehouse, where she was meant to start laying down the bulk of her new album with producer Saleem Remi.

Remi is the man behind Winehouse’ first album Frank, and also had a big hand in the hugely successful Back To Black, which although being released back in 2006, is still Top Ten in the UK Album Charts.

Winehouse decided not to go on the trip, and is instead spending time in the studio with friend and producer Mark Ronson working on the theme tune for Quantum Of Solace, the new James Bond film.

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The Kaiser Chiefs have revealed that they hate James Bond and find the movies boring.

The band have recently performed at The BBC Electric Proms, an annual music festival which sees a diverse range of British artists come together to perform sets.

At the event, the Kaiser Chiefs worked with David Arnold, famous for his work on Bond Soundtracks, which lead to the being questioned about the long running British spy franchise.

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