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Lady_cait worked for the Virgin Megastores as they became Zavvi and then crashed into a wall. She then joined HMV, and is seeing her employe...

Nic Potter, who had two spells in Van Der Graaf Generator, has died . Potter joined VDGG when the band reformed for the first time at the ...

Last March, computer game store Game was having difficulties, and HMV was gloating. Gennaro Castaldo, hearing the rival chain was finding it...

Here's a headline to chill the blood : Mick Hucknall and Stereophonics to re-record first Beatles album Obviously it's not just tho...

While Deloitte are still trying to find a buyer for the UK HMV chain, the Ireland branches have been put into receivership and closed . St...

Michael Howells, once better known as MJ Drone, has died . The Drones had originally been a pub rock act Rockslide, and seem to be the onl...

Gordon has spotted a gruesome twosome : HOW about this for an unusual partnership? Former England striker ALAN SHEARER and Essex lad OLLY M...

As HMV bravely claims there's a way ahead, more grim news from record shops: Aberdeen's OneUp is closing : "It is with deep re...

Not an unexpected move, but Deloitte have just announced that any HMV gift vouchers will not be honoured. I can understand why they do thi...

You don't want to look, but you can't look away: HMV is continuing to limp on , with Deloitte apparently planning to find a buyer fo...

BBC News is reporting that HMV has appointed administrators and suspended trading in its shares. It looks pretty grim indeed now.

Last year there was no Big Chill, ostensibly because of the Olympics. Presumably the cancellation of the 2013 event is the Olympic legacy ?

When Teena Marie died in 2010, there was an album waiting to be released. It's finally getting an airing , after Marie's daughter, A...

SCUM are the latest band to take advantage of the new year to call it a day: Hello everyone, It seems an appropriate time to announce after...

James Lambert had been trying to raise interest in putting up a statue to George Harrison in Henley On Thames , but he's put his ideas o...

The most-read stories from 2013 so far are: 1. Shrag split 2. NME's best singles of 1993 3. Cassingles are growing in popularity 4....

Damon Albarn doesn't bother locking his bike - he just pops into the bike shop and spends a few more hundreds on a new cycle each time ...

Despite all the jokes about 'who he?' and 'no, really, which one was he again?', Gordon reports this morning that James Arth...

When I first read that the Independent is closing, I thought "well, Lebedev isn't made of money." Then I thought "hang on...

It's something of a rotten January for great bands, as Race Horses are following Shrag into retirement : Hello We are sorry to announ...

So yesterday, the shortlist for the Brits was announced. A chance to show the world how Britain is leading in the music industry; our steely...

The worst thing about New Year is that each change of calendar means that, somewhere, a shady group is getting ready to put on a Brit Awards...

HMV is having a massive, massive closing down sale. But it's just what people do, isn't it, Gennaro? : HMV spokesman Gennaro Casta...

The NME breathlessly runs up with the news that homophobia pays : The ongoing fued between Azealia Banks and Angel Haze – which then became...

Kent Abbott, guitarist with Grade and Somehow Hollow, has died . Abbott joined Grade as they were touring in support of their last proper ...

It might be looking increasingly clapped-out on both sides of the Atlantic, but there was a small glimmer of hope for The X Factor, as it pi...

With the closing of the loophole that allowed Jersey-based shops (or "Jersey-based" shops) to sell CDs and DVDs without charging V...

So within a twenty-four hour period, David Bowie, Suede and Jimi Hendrix all came back from the dead with new singles. Which comebacks exc...

Stumbling And Mumbling sees every penny invested in David Bowie records as a penny wisely spent: It lies in the concept of consumption cap...

It's like the golden age of Edmonds : Magic 105.4 breakfast presenter Neil Fox is offering a ride in his own helicopter as a prize in a...