The X-Factor winner is set to release a cover of Damien Rice's 'Cannonball' as their debut single, according to the Sun.

According to the article, all four of the show’s remaining contestants have recorded a version of 'Cannonball', which one of three tracks being considered for release.

A source told the paper: "It's one of three songs being considered for release. The acts are still recording the different options but Cannonball has a good shot. After reworking Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' for Alexandra Burke then Biffy's track 'Many Of Horror' for Matt last year, it's the next step. It would be a safe bet to sell well in the run-up to Christmas."

This year’s “talent” competition ends on December 11, with the named winner releasing their debut single on that very same night. With the Christmas Number One being announced on Christmas Day itself this year, the single will need to secure two weeks at Number One to become this year’s Christmas chart topper.

When 'Cannonball' was released as a single back in 2004 it peaked in the charts at Number 19, but the track been in constant use ever since on television and film, and is considered as one of the iconic songs of the “noughties”.

After the success of 2008 winner Alexandra Burke’s covering of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' as her debut release, Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor's Joe McEldery to Christmas No 1 after a Facebook campaign against Simon Cowell's chart domination of the Christmas number 1.

X-Factor winner Matt Cardle covered Biffy Clyro's 'Many Of Horror' (renamed 'When We Collide') when he won the competition last year but there are further grumblings of another campaign to take back to top spot from the X-factor Christmas No 1 juggernaut.

Elbow have been chosen to record the BBC's soundtrack for the London 2012 Olympic Games, it has been announced.

The Salford five-piece who in 2008 won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid, have been nominated three times, including this year for the album Build a Rocket Boys!, and are one of the most popular groups in the country right now.

The band, who released their fifth album earlier this year, have written and recorded a six-minute long track that will be used for BBC's coverage of the events next year.

The Elbow theme will be used by the BBC across its Olympic content. Further details of the track itself have yet to be released.

The track will follow in the footsteps of previous Olympic them

es including the Monkey theme by former Blur front man Damon Albarn's group Gorillaz for Beijing 2008.

Speaking to BBC News, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey described recording the track as "a real responsibility" and revealed: "We are knocked out to be involved and it's been quite a challenge.”

“We have feelings of real responsibility as we will be the soundtrack to so many images of personal sacrifice and endeavour while the nation roots for and celebrates with Team GB."

The BBC's Director of London 2012 Roger Mosey said Elbow

's piece had yet to be recorded. The first section of the song would be aired around the time of the beginning of the torch relay in May 2012, with the full track unveiled nearer to the Olympic Games opening ceremony later that year.

He continued by adding: "It should be just-about the most heard piece of music in 2012.”

Meanwhile, the band, who began playing together in 1990, have revealed that they are already working on their next album, though a planned release date is still unknown.

Heavy metal supergroup Metallica have announced that they will perform their best-selling self titled album Metallica, also known as The Black Album, in its entirety when they step onto the stage to headline at next year's Download festival at Donington Park.

It will be the band's eighth visit to Donington Park when they step onto the stage at Download 2012. They first played at the Monsters of Rock festival in 1985 and most recently back in 2006, Metallica headlined Download festival.

Co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich revealed on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show that the reason for them performing the 1991 album in full is to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Download heavy metal festival.

Lars Ulrich said: "Six years is way too long to be away from the hallowed grounds of Donington Park. We are beyond psyched and feel privileged to come back once again to soak up the energy and vibe of the most legendary of festival sites."

Vice president of promotions at Live Nation, which runs the festival, Andy Copping was “bowled over” by Metallica's decision to perform in such a way, noting "The album is up there as one of the greatest albums of all time, everyone knows the songs,".

The “Black album” was the band’s self-titled fifth studio album and reached number one in more than 25 countries selling more than 25 million copies worldwide. It includes the six hit singles that are considered today among the band's best-known hits including Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam, Nothing Else Matters, and The Unforgiven.

Black Sabbath are also set to headline the main stage on the 10th of June, closing the  Download 2012 festival which takes place from June 8-10. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (November 18).

According to NME, ex-Blur front man Damon Albarn confirmed that the band “have been meeting up regularly and recording again.”

With the reunion of The Stone Roses back in October we could be in for another treat with the reformation of Britpop legends, Blur. Back in February 2011, Coxon told the NME that while "Every now and then we like to meet up and record a few things".

Blur have never been afraid of reinventing themselves. From the shoegaze influences of their debut album Leisure in 1991 right up to the 2003 album Think Tank, which was comparatively different and drew on a range of styles including jazz and hip-hop. The band are currently being covered by the Guardian to find the fans favourite Blur album.

In an interview earlier this week, the Gorillaz mastermind revealed that the band recorded a spoken word piece with poet Michael Horovitz earlier this year, in response to the very brief threat of cancelation of this year's Notting Hill Carnival. Albarn is doubtful about whether or not the track will ever see the light of day, commenting:

"If they'd have cancelled the carnival – and thank God they didn't – maybe we'd have put it out. It had its moment: it was a perfect plea to reinstate the carnival. So it wasn't relevant – it was relevant for about 12 hours."

Albarn added that he still gets an "amazing feeling" from playing with Blur and hinted at plans to play live with the band next year outside the UK. But he also explained that he's still working out how to fit Blur in with his other projects.

A new album is set to be released of Amy Winehouse’s material is to be released just days after a coroner’s report identified the cause of the troubled singers death as alcohol poisoning following a relapse.

The singer's father, Mitch Winehouse has agreed to release the album noting “If the family had felt that this album wasn't up to the standard of Frank and Back to Black we would never have agreed to release it and we believe it will stand as a fitting tribute to Amy's musical legacy."

Billed as her third album, Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures has been put together by producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi using tracks that the singer left unfinished when she passed away earlier this year.

It comprises 12 tracks including previously unreleased material, alternative versions of existing songs and two new songs.

'Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures' features 12 tracks, featuring alternative versions of previously released material, including a demo adaptation of 'Wake Up Alone and slowed down versions of 'Tears Dry On Their Own' and 'Valerie'. The record also includes a number of previously unreleased tracks. Among them are 'Like Smoke', which sees Winehouse teaming up with American rapper Nas, and 'Between the Cheats', thought to be a reference to her troubled relationship with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

A donation of £1 from the UK sale of each copy of Lioness: Hidden Treasures will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which was launched on what would have been the singer's 28th birthday, 14 September 2011.

According to a statement on her Official Website, the album is set to be released on the 5th December 2011.