NME — British Sea Power and Badly Drawn Boy also join the bill more info

Guardian Music — Former New Order bassist Peter Hook, ex-Smiths drummer Mike Joyce and Badly Drawn Boy will all be on hand for a music-themed tour of Manchester more info

Guardian Music — Gaga's product placement has reached a new order, but how might pop have looked if such blatent commercial opportunism had always been the norm?It's fair to say Lady Gaga's new video has caused a stir. Since it surfaced on Thursday night, the world's... more info

Perez Hilton — Cults has made a splash on the Internet by debuting online, surrounded by a shroud of secrecy, and dropping their debut EP for free. They have no MySpace or label that we know of. They just have songs that sound like Badly Drawn Boy meets the PS 22 C... more info

Guardian Music — For the second in his series of literary, rock'n'roll hijinks, Richard Milward decides that all you need is love. Unless, that is, you're being pinned to the ground by burly hotel staffAfter first nibbling ecstasy at 17, me and my pals made a conscio... more info

AngryApe — The singer-songwriter is going back to basics more info

NME — Bolton singer-songwriter feels like 'I'm back to the beginning' more info

Scotsman.com — BADLY DRAWN BOY Is There Nothing We Could Do? * * * BDB Records BDB01, £TBC more info

Guardian Music — His first new material in three years, Damon Gough's new album is music from and inspired by Caroline Aherne's new TV film The Fattest Man in Britain. Like 2002's About a Boy, it's a collection of delightful incidental music such as "All the Trimming... more info

The Playlist — As we previously reported, Badly Drawn Boy has finished work on a soundtrack to the Brit TV comedy/drama film, "The Fattest Man In Britain." Starring Timothy Spall and Bobby Ball, the film is "inspired by real events" and follows a man aiming for the... more info