Out this week, For The Lady includes tracks by Damien Rice, U2, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Sting, REM, Travis, Indigo Girls, Pail McCartney and Eric Clapton.

According to sources within the country, "Border guards have been ordered by its military intelligence to carry out thorough searches on people coming into Burma because it's afraid that they might be smuggling tapes in."

The leader of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since 1990 when her party won a landslide election victory, but was prevented from taking power by the army.