No Rock And Roll Fun

Gordon Smart wants us to believe that Lady GaGa has been working through a Top gear box set while she's been unwell. Alright, then. I...

Apparently Kasabian are under the impression they should appear at Glastonbury every year , like mud, Billy Bragg, and those people who stea...

Gary Biddles, Cure roadie turned collaborator, has died . Biddles made deep connections with The Cure - as Slicing Up Eyeballs remembers, ...

Scott Miller, leader of Game Theory and Loud Family, has died . Miller's Game Theory were a plausible-sounding college rock band from ...

Well, this piece from Stephen Moyes in today's Sun is pretty clear : MICHAEL Jackson’s daughter has vowed to “karate chop” convicted do...

Wayne Bridge, out of Brighton And Hove Albion, has become engaged to Frankie Out the Saturdays. Tell us, Frankie, how did he ask for your ...

Andy Halls has bagged an exclusive : AFTER coming second on The Voice last year you’d think Bo Bruce would have the world at her feet. Real...

The All-New Stone Roses might be quite a big deal in, erm, NME editorial meetings, but not so much at Coachella , the Guardian reports: If ...

So, if you were involved with the Ding Dong campaign, you might be thinking you'd succeeded pretty well: the push to get the song charti...

Of course, it ends in shallow disaster , as Bieber signs the guest book: "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great gi...

Chi Cheng, founder member of, and bassist for, The Deftones has died. His mother issued a statement: This is the hardest thing to write to ...

Over on Sweeping The Nation, there's some lovely Wire from the late 1970s . You should - arf! - dot-dash over there to watch.

At the start of last month, Dave Haslam interviewed Vini Reilly about his experiences of depression. The event was organised by CALM and the...

The most-read things so far this year: 1. Neil McCormick's Telegraph piece looks a lot like an Observer piece 2. Liveblog: Brits 2013...

Plimsol company Reebok have ended their relationship with Rick Ross after somebody pointed out his pro-rape song: Reebok released a statem...

Now, finally, the reason for the Ding Dong fuss has become clear, thanks to this BBC News report : DJ Paul Gambaccini said Sunday's sho...

Whoever would have thought the legacy of Thatcher would turn out not to be a debate over the merits of Keynes against Alan Walters, but a si...

Just time for a quick look at the Sony nominations - congratulations to Lauren Laverne, Jarvis Cocker and Cerys Matthews for their recogniti...

There's a nice piece about Thatcher's influence on the media by Maggie Brown over on MediaGuardian , although if focuses on TV so do...

In case you read No Rock away from the site, I just wanted to draw your attention to Rick's comments on Ding Dong , because you should r...

You'd think that, after his time spent as musical egg Ludwig on children's television, Charles Moore would understand the charts a b...

It's just a coincidence... it's just a coincidence... it's just a coincidence... But the current front page of the BBC One web...

There's a thoughtful piece from Dan Martin on the NME site right now which explains why he won't be buying Ding Dong The Witch Is D...

Here's a story from The Daily Express . Skip past the the headline and first bit - where a person who does drama sessions at school is m...

I'm sure somewhere in the middle of this , Liam Gallagher thinks he's making some sort of hilarious joke: LIAM GALLAGHER has starte...

Leigh Holmwood, looking after TV for the Sun, reports on a shocking show of disrespect to a national figure who, while divisive, has unquest...

Back in 2009, No Rock And Roll Fun put Thatcher to the ultimate test: Was pop music better when she started, or by the time she'd finish...

Morrissey has offered a Thatcher obituary for The Daily Beast . Given that Thatcher was probably the only person who could dig heels in mo...

Did the UK's relatively tight gun legislation lead to Michael Jackson choosing London for the comeback that never happened? Yes, accor...

Chris Bailey, bassist for The Angels, died last week . Bailey joined The Angels in 1976, after a reshuffle saw original bassist Doc Neeson...