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AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has pleaded not guilty to breaching his home detention sentence.
The troubled musician was arrested for drinking alcohol last month but has insisted he did not break the terms of his sentence, eight days after he was given an eight-month home detention sentence for drug possession and making threats to kill.
A New Zealand judge has allowed the 61-year-old star to remain in home confinement on bail until a hearing on the breach in November, although could face harsher sanctions including jail time if he is found guilty.
But Australian-born Phil insisted he wasn't nervous before entering the courtroom on Monday (03.08.15) because he was unsure what was happening.
Asked if his nerves were getting to him, he told reporters: "No, the only thing I'm nervous about is I don't, I don't actually don't know what's going on."
His erratic behaviour outside the courtroom has become a regular occurrence as his case has unfolded, raising his middle finger to journalists on one occasion and jumping on the back of a security guard on another.
And although he has played shows with the band numerous times, Phil has not been invited on AC/DC's current tour, with his former bandmate Angus Young revealing they haven't spoken to him since their 'Black Ice World Tour' ended in 2010.
Asked if the drummer could make a comeback, he previously said: "It would take a while. From where he's at right now, he won't be able to come back soon.
"We didn't see that [criminal conviction] coming. Phil was kicked out of the band before, but you don't realise what someone's getting into at the time. Everyone was on board for the world tour, and then for ages it was very hard to get hold of Phil. The last time we saw him, which was during the tour for 'Black Ice', he seemed all right."

Skepta has confirmed he has recorded with Drake for his LP.
The 32-year-old rapper has revealed the collaboration will feature on his fourth studio album 'Konnichiwa' alongside songs with Wizkid and Earl Sweatshirt.
He explained: "There will be an official Drake song, an official Wizkid song, an official Earl Sweatshirt song. All that stuff is coming, but I really just like music and MC-ing on music.
However, the 'Shutdown' hitmaker admitted he is unsure when the record will be released because he's so busy.
He said: "It'll come. It's gonna come out, and it's gonna come out the best time that it can come out.
"It's gonna come out. It's gonna make everybody happy, it's gonna make loads of money, and it's gonna do what it's gonna do. But I'm making people happy now, and I don't care about the money."
But having joined Drake on stage during his set at Wireless Festival in London last month, Skepta added he believes he's "rubbed off" on the rapper, which is why he has been exchanging diss tracks with fellow rapper Meek Mill online.
He told The Fader magazine: "I definitely think that my vibe has rubbed off on Drake a bit. Just dropping chews at a man like, 'F**k it, SoundCloud war.' That's a real London, grime attitude to have. It's good, it's battle rapping. If you're on the mic saying, 'I've got this and this is what I'm like' or whatever, you've got to be ready for the other guy to say, 'Well, I've got a better one than you.'"

Sigma have "a lot of respect" for Kanye West.
The British drum and bass duo - Cameron Edwards and Joe Lenzie, both 28 - sampled the 'All Day' rapper's song 'Bound 2' on their first chart-topping single 'Nobody to Love' and although he didn't "reach out directly" they think he was "Ok with it".
Asked if Kanye gave them any feedback on their track, which did better than the original, Joe said: "He didn't reach out to us directly, though his team did ask us to do something with him at Wireless. But we were filming the video for 'Changing' in Miami, so we couldn't."
Cameron told Fabulous magazine: "We've got a lot of respect for him as an artist - look at what he's achieved. He's controversial, but he makes the world more interesting."
Meanwhile, asked about the progress of their forthcoming debut LP 'Life', Joe previously told BANG Showbiz: "Apart from tying up the final loose ends on the album, we haven't had much time to get into the studio and do any brand new bits, but we're trying to get everything finished and trying to work out who the features on the new singles are going to be. We've got the tracks written, but we're just working out who will sound best on them at the moment."

Dr. Dre's new album will feature Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg.
The eagerly-anticipated LP - officially announced on his Beats 1 radio show 'The Pharmacy' over the weekend - will be called 'Compton: A Soundtrack' to accompany the movie 'Straight Outta Compton' which tells the story of his hip hop group N.W.A., which he was in with Ice Cube, who will also feature on the collection.
He teased: "The record is bananas."
The album - released on Friday (07.08.15) - will be the 50-year-old rapper's first since 1999's '2001' and comes several years after his much-lauded but never released third LP 'Detox' was anticipated, which he has now revealed "just wasn't good enough" to be released.
He confessed: "I don't think I did a good enough job, and I couldn't do that to my fans, and I couldn't do that to myself."
News of the new LP was revealed last week by Ice Cube, 46, who gushed about what fans can expect.
Speaking about the album, he said: "It's mega. It's Dr. Dre, it's what everybody's been waiting for.
"It's definitely a dope record, and he's dropping it all on the same day."

The tracklist for 'Compton: A Soundtrack' is as follows:
1. 'Intro'
2. 'Talk About It' feat. King Mez & Justus
3. 'Genocide' feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay
4. 'It's All On Me' feat. Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid
5. 'All In a Day's Work' feat. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius
6. 'Darkside/Gone' feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar
7. 'Loose Cannons' feat. Xzibit & COLD 187um
8. 'Issues' feat. Ice Cube & Anderson Paak
9. 'Deep Water' feat. Kendrick Lamar & Justus
10. Jon Connor - 'One Shot One Kill' feat. Snoop Dogg
11. The Game - 'Just Another Day' feat. Asia Bryant
12. 'For the Love of Money' feat. Jill Scott & Jon Connor
13. 'Satisfiction' feat. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez
14. 'Animals' feat. Anderson Paak
15. 'Medicine Man' feat. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson Paak
16. 'Talking To My Diary'

Pete Townshend found the last Who tour "tough" because Roger Daltrey insisted on having "complete control".
The guitarist admits it was frustrating to be left out of decision making, particularly as he didn't agree with everything his bandmate did, but conceded the "sergeant major" singer's ideas made the shows successful.
He said: "When we did the last tour, I said I would do it if it was 'Quadrophenia'.
"Roger said he would do it on two conditions, I had to give him complete control creatively and complete control of the band. I thought, 'F**k, but I may as well give it a try.'
"It was a bit tough for me, I lost a few players I really liked and Roger was a bit of a sergeant major sometimes, but the reviews were spectacular."
In 1969, Pete penned rock opera 'Tommy' and admits he did so because he felt it was the only thing he could do to make the band "survive".
He explained to Q magazine: "I wrote 'Tommy' because I thought The Who were f**ked.
"We had descended into comedy singles, Keith Moon was dressing up as Hitler and getting on the front page of the Daily Mirror, Roger had the long hair...
"So I decided to write this dangerous piece for a rock band - an extended, kinda pretentious, kinda audacious attempt to change the rock form. I thought it was the only way we could survive."

Sir Mick Jagger gets "jealous" when Keith Richards works with other people.
The Rolling Stones guitarist believes part of the reason the group toured again in 2013 was after his bandmate learned he was recording a solo album.
Keith said: "I started [the record] when we were in hibernation, in 2007-8, so there's been no time pressure.
"All that's important is when it comes out, it comes out right.
"I have a feeling that when Mick found out about it, he said, 'Let's get the Stones working again.'
"He doesn't particularly like to work with me all the time, but he doesn't want me to work with anyone else, either. He's a bit jealous in that way."
While Keith admits he felt "disloyal" working on 'Crosseyed Heart', his third solo LP, and the rest of the band thought he was "crazy", he enjoyed the experience of recording alone.
He told MOJO magazine: "It's funny because there's one part of you saying, 'You're being disloyal.'
"Then you get all the other Stones thinking, 'You're crazy, why do you need to go out and do that?'
"And I didn't really need to do it, I just enjoyed doing it.
"It's an interesting way to work, just me and Steve [Jordan], which makes it fairly cheap. There's none of the logistics involved in getting a whole band together, and after a while it started to fall into a nice groove."

Dave Grohl wants his daughters to form a band.
The Foo Fighters rocker can't wait until his kids Violet, nine, Harper, six, and one-year-old Ophelia - who he has with wife Jordyn Blum - are old enough to "jam" with him, though he doesn't expect they will be as keen.
He said: "You know who I look forward to jamming with the most? My kids. I can only hope I have my own little Haim to jam with someday.
"Though I'm probably the last person they'd want to be their drummer."
Foo Fighters were recently forced to pull out of headlining Glastonbury after Dave broke his leg, but he dismissed reports they have already signed up to perform at next year's event as "bulls**t".
He told Q magazine: "I sent one email to Emily [Eavis] and her husband, apologising for missing the event and she invited me to come back some day, even just to camp out and watch the show for the weekend.
"I read all of those articles saying we confirmed for next year and just laughed.
"Total f***ing bulls**t. Of course, I'd love to come back and play Glastonbury but don't believe everything you read."

McBusted are hoping to get a slot on One Direction's forthcoming album.
The six piece super-group revealed they have penned a tune for the as-yet untitled record because they have previously spent time writing in the studio with Niall Horan and really enjoyed jamming with the young musician.
Danny Jones, 29, told We Love Pop magazine: "I like writing with Niall. We've done stuff with him before and he really liked it. We did submit a song for the new One Direction album, fingers crossed they like it."
In May, Niall revealed the album - which will include their brand new track 'Drag Me Down' - is actually finished and revealed they are going for a more "chilled" sound.
He said: "The songs have been coming out a bit more chilled. We want this to be quite a long-lasting album that you can listen to anytime, like Ed's (Sheeran) album."
Meanwhile the McBusted lads supported their chart topping pals on tour earlier this year and admitted they enjoyed getting a taste of the perks which come with being the most popular band in the world.
Tom Fletcher said: "We've been more diva-ish on this tour. It's the first time in 12 years we've asked for our dressing room to be a certain way. We saw 1D's and thought 'We want that'."
Harry Judd added: "It's worth it. Our dressing room is epic this tour. There's dark drapes up the wall, a couple of plants and a coffee machine."

Blur's Graham Coxon thinks Kanye West is an "idiot".
The guitarist has blasted the 'All Day' rapper and even questioned whether he writes the music which has featured on his six studio records.
Asked what he thinks about the musician, he raged: "He's a f**king idiot, isn't he? Does he even make his own albums?"
The 46-year-old musician continued to attack the controversial star - who has two-year-old daughter North with his wife, Kim Kardashian West - by insisting "there's no shape" to his music and rubbishing his lyric-writing ability as "idiotic".
He said: "People aren't interested in learning instruments and putting effort and time into it. They want it immediately. It's McDonald's, isn't it? It's convenient.
"But all I hear is a loop starting, some bloke starts to sing or rap, and the loop finishes. There's no shape to this stuff. And the lyrics just seem to be idiotic."
And after laying into the star, the rocker slammed the wider music industry by insisting all modern music is "boring".
He ranted to The Guardian newspaper: "Really, the whole music business is s**t, isn't it?
"We need more groups that have a bit more passion or sexiness or politics or something going for them.
"Instead, it just seems like a splurge of s**t all over the internet. And it's just so boring - people in too much make-up with session musicians."