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Alice P writes again from Toronto, where the National Post has run a piece which, while not condoning people shoving Noel Gallagher over, s...

In the history of post-Blur/Oasis limp chart battles, this one is the lettuce left out a month in the hot sun: Weller versus, erm, AC-DC . I...

The main problem with Straight Edge was that for most Straight Edgers, it wasn't enough to draw an X on their hands, they had to keep ba...

Madonna has been trying to protect her privacy by surrounding one of her many houses with bushes. That, in itself, seems odd - it's like...

There is little to add to this email from Scary Boots than the sound of scrabbling around on the floor attempting to find my dropped jaw: La...

Ann Vervoort, the graphic designer and dancer who spent two years as theoretical vocalist for Belgian dance collective Milk Inc has been fou...

One of those moments where the majors behave so terribly, you could almost admire them: Warners' Atlantic imprint is trying to get fans ...

While 6Music is mostly trying a traditional, balanced BBC style approach to its own demise - the odd wink and nod not withstanding, presente...

Poison bloke turned "one of Donald Trump's celebrity Apprentices" Bret Michaels is in hospital after a haemorrhage in his brai...

You know the thing about sharing? Sharing is selfish . Don't take my word for it, Ian Astbury says so : "Whoever was irresponsible ...

For some reason, Betty didn't get a greeting when the Beloved greeted The Surpemes. Or Barbara. They were once called the much-less allu...

Gordon Smart enjoyed a supper with Paolo Nutini and - aside from something about Nutini missing a doctor's appointment , what do you sup...

I'm never sure whether the RIAA is actually as ignorant as some of their public statements would suggest, or if they're just happily...

Diana Vickers 'accidentally' tells the Mirror she's going out with someone : Blushing, Diana said: “I don’t know why I said that...

Not everyone at The Sun offices are busy hiding pro-Liberal Democrat poll results or clomping around London like they're The Mitchell b...

* - well, actually on web video, but that doesn't rhyme. Motherboard TV - the notevenslightly geeky kit 'n' shit Dell-sponsored ...

Kelly Clarkson isn't normally incendiary, but she's managed to generate to fug of outrage as she brings the great news about fags to...

The bloke who shoved Noel Gallagher over, and sent Liam into Bin Laden like hiding, has finally been sentenced : Danny Sullivan, the man who...

Coldplay. They're meant to be evil. It makes it hard to remember this when they do something nice : COLDPLAY have emerged as unlikely sp...

I know we're supposed to pretend Evelyn Evelyn are conjoined twins, but we all know who they are . But look: puppets!

Voxtrot are going to do one more tour, and that'll be it. Why? Ramesh can tell you why . It's bloody Fran Healy's fault: Being i...

The idea of Suede playing the big room at the Millennium Dome would have been cool. At the Millennium. Not sure it works now - it has the a...

The suspicion that the BBC are trying to make 6Music as unpleasant as possible in a bid to quell calls for the closure decision to be revers...

Mark Ellen went to the Islington Academy last night. Although he nearly didn't : I told them [...] there was a tiny cassette machine in ...

If there used to be one thing in defence of Cirque Du Soleil, it was that they used to use interesting music as a backdrop to their juggling...

Gordon Smart hasn't bothered to do any news today; instead he's just written about an advert for a telephone instead featuring Beck...

There was Nihal, doing a gentle interview on Radio One, when his guest suddenly dropped the d bomb. Yeah, she called herself a digger. Unfor...

Look, listen, love: it's ATR doing Activate: [via RCRDLBL ]

The ash cloud has claimed another batch of tour dates - The Mary Onettes have dropped their planned US tour. Refunds at the box office. Mean...

Who knew there was a still a land where working on a Dolores O'Riordan record would see you win a prize, rather than be detained in a se...