Guardian Music — The folk-rock veteran and musical maverick will act as artistic director for this year's Meltdown festivalFolk guitarist Richard Thompson is to curate this year's Meltdown festival. Following in the footsteps of David Bowie, Patti Smith and Massive A... more info

ContactMusic — Officials in Australia have offered an $8,996 (5,815) for the return of an ABBA costume which was stolen in Melbourne last year (09).The white suit, which was worn... more info

Undercover, Australia — Paul Dainty, promoter of Abbaworld coming soon to Australia, is offering a $10000 reward for the return the missing Abba jumpsuit. more info

Killed By Death Records — This unknown gem will probaly make a bunch of you scream and hide under a rock as it’s well produced mod/ power pop that sounds very British. Maybe not too surprising as two of the members moved to Sweden from the UK/ Ireland after they met some ni... more info

Guardian Music — ULU, LondonIt looked perfect on paper, but the ­combination of two of the most ­engagingly eccentric acts of the ­moment proved incapable of overcoming the handicaps of ULU, a venue whose very brickwork seems to rebel against ­anything bu... more info

Perez Hilton — Is there or isn't there? Despite reports that there is a second movie in the works, Pierce Brosnan apparently has not heard anything about a sequel to the ABBA smash "Mamma Mia!" When asked about the possibility, Brosnan replied "No, I don't think th... more info

Guardian Music — It might have started in 1977, but the Brit awards is still only 30 years old. Confused? Let me explain some Brits myths ...Imagine an alien civilisation captures a capsule as it hurtles through space and, on prising it open, discovers 30 DVDs each c... more info

Pop Justice — Well it's Valentine's Day on Sunday and instead of some hilarious 'sideways look' at the Valentine's pop market we've decided to put together a Spotify playlist of 68 love songs. Click here to listen. Warning: the songs are all INCREDIBLE. Thi... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Glastonbury, Joanna Newsom • Oscars Snub Jack White, Karen O • Pete Wentz Hints at End of FOB in Blog Post • OK Go Struggle With Label’s Viral Video Policy • Goldfrapp Embrace Abba, ELO on Head First • Sirius XM Launches ... more info

Rolling Stone — Electro-pop duo Goldfrapp wrapped work fifth album Head First (due March 9th) just a few weeks ago. “It’s so new we don’t even know what we think about it,” says lead synthesizer tweaker Will Gregory. The pair wrote and recorded the entire r... more info