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Guardian Music — Flags have been banned from this year's Reading and Leeds festivals, but they're integral to the atmosphereSo, a last-minute ban on flags and large banners has been imposed at the Reading Leeds festivals this weekend. The reason, organisers claim, is... more info

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NME — Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones to make UK live debut, NME understands more info

MTV.com News — Kings of Leon continue to hold strong on Billboard, nearly a year after album's release.By Gil Kaufman Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind Photo: Neilson Barnard/ Getty Images Congrats to country queen Reba McEntire for notching her second ... more info

411 Mania — Arctic Monkeys have been focused on their difficult third album. Since their barnstorming rise to success, what can they now do to further impress the listeners? With a slower and chilled sound, the group hopes to impress the music world with their p... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Brecheisen/WireImage The Arctic Monkeys’ third album Humbug leads this week’s fleet of New Releases. Coming just three years after the U.K. band’s breakthrough debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, Humbug finds the Mon... more info

Guardian Music — Music lovers going to the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend will be banned from taking flags into the arenas. Organisers said flags would not be allowed in as they block the view of other people in the crowd. The annual music events, which beg... more info

MTV.com News — 'We'll come play your garden. Like, at your house. Cool?' bassist Nick O'Malley says.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Christopher "CJ" Smith Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Photo: MTV News They've already been signed to Bad Boy (sort of)... more info

Allmusic Blog — Facing the third album blues, the Arctic Monkeys turned to Josh Homme, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind renowned for his collaborations but heretofore untested as a producer. On first glance, it’s a peculiar pair — the heirs of Paul Weller ... more info