Flamboyant rockers the Détentes return with festive cheer with the release of their holiday album "Its a Détentes kind o Christmas".

The album combines old Christmas classics like White Christmas and Fairytale of New York, as well as new cutting edge Christmas originals from the Drogheda band including "Spanking Santa", "December delight" and the leading single "tequila and tinsel".

Bassist Garret Cleland explains the motivation for the album;
"Its for the kids. Everything I do is for the kids.......kids"

Détentes guitarist Kevin Boyle is today waking up to a media frenzy surrounding pictues placed on social networking site Bebo.

Pictures were placed on a "close friends" of Boyle's page, showing him participating in lewd homosexual acts, some even includiding beastiality and scat elements. Mr Boyle was identified as the culprit as in one photo, he is seen holding a Delays cd. (He is known to be their only Irish fan)

Most of the content has been removed, however some of the less graphic ones can be found here:
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.js...

Bebo owner Michael Birch had this to say on the matter: "Yeah, I saw some of the photos that we had to remove and to say the man is worse than a paedo priest would be the understatement of the century. I mean if a kid ever saw these, you'd probably have to shoot them just to save them form the psychological damage."

The Détentes, who have recruited 27 new members since their last practice in August have remained quiet on the story with only guitarist and singer Brian Stephenson giving the following quote to NME following the bands shock ommission from the 2007 cool list: " It doesnt really shock me to be fair, I mean he was never that popular with the ladies. Like we use a ranking scheme similar to the way pitchfork do with albums and i cant remember the guy ever scoring a 5 or above. And sure up in the house during the week, he'd be doing all sorts of queer stuff, you know stripping inappropriately and stuff. I dont hold it against the guy, but the truth was always gona come out."

In other band related news bassist Garret Cleland and singer Stephen Gibbons were seen on a dangerous binge drinking session in Drogheda on Saturday night. Gibbons is known to have distributed garments of clothing to unsuspecting night-clubbers whereas Cleland was involved in a near fatal incident involving a gate.

Popular rock group the Détentes have hastened to defend their lead singer and guitarist Brian Stephenson, who was this week labelled "a flaming homosexual" by certain members of the press, promting the creation of the term BRAY, a hilarious mixture of the words Brian and Gay to form a town in the North of Wicklow.

Bray's band members have stressed a complete acceptance of their frontmans desire for male ass. Lead guitarist Kevin Boyle had this to say:
"Like in fairness we always knew. There were countless nights when Brian and his illicit immigrant lover Pedro would be loudly banging in the bed next to mine. Sometimes he would bring him to band practice, and the two would slip away for some afternoon fanny banditry. But like we never judged him for it."

Rumours began in the summer of 2006 over an alleged sexual encounter with jerry fish at the Oxegen music festival. Stephenson is quoted as saying:
"I only ever scored once at a gig, and it was Jerry Fish!"
Stephenson has so far been unavailable for comment and is thought to be hiding in Seville at the residence of Pedro Dominguez, a 28 year old interior designer, whom Brian met at a Pigeon Detectives concert.

What is next for the singing queen and his band is still unknown, with neither an album, ep or even a song having been released. The Détentes, however, still remain one of the most contreversial and exciting talents of our generation.