Producer Brendan O'Brien Not Working With Madonna

After rumors that Brendan O'Brien, who's known for his work with Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine, would be working on the Madonna record circulated last week, the producer told HitFix that he's made no plans to collaborate with the pop star.

"No one has contacted me about working with Madonna," he said. "Someone actually showed me something today that said that Bruce Springsteen was going to fire me because I'd worked with Madonna. It was awesome. It's really hilarious. I'm a huge fan of Madonna's but no one has talked to me."

Calling the web "bulls---," the Grammy-winning rock producer added that people shouldn't believe everything they read on the internet. Instead of Madonna, O'Brien just finished working with My Chemical Romance and is now in the studio with country singer Faith Hill.

As for the new Madonna record, it seems that no one is too sure how the next album will sound as DJ A-Trak, David Guetta and Fernando Garibay have all claimed that they also were not working with her.