Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonEast London's boutique music festival Lovebox is now in its ninth year, but this relative longevity can't safeguard it from the ongoing pressures of the UK's saturated summer festival circuit. Clashing with both Latitude and Guil... more info

ContactMusic — Beth Ditto, Boy George and Mark Ronson were among the stars who joined Alicia Keys in London on Wednesday (15Jun11) to raise money for charity. The celebrities showed up at the Roundhouse venue in Camden for the annual Keep a Child Alive Black Ball, ... more info

Guardian Music — 24 January 2006: Number 49 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicUntil Standing in the Way of Control, the Gossip were just another garage trio on the American underground. Sure, they were notable for their feminist zeal and... more info

Guardian Music — Even while battling cancer in a hospice, the former X-Ray Spex singer was talking about writing new songs and fighting cynicism. Here was a pop star who truly made a differenceThe internet is already melting with the warmth and love extended towards ... more info

Guardian Music — The punk icon and singer with X-Ray Spex has died from an advanced form of breast cancerPoly Styrene, best known as the frontwoman with 1970s punk group X-Ray Spex, has died. Styrene was receiving treatment for an advanced form of breast cancer when ... more info

Guardian Music — There were early morning queues, a scramble for 7ins and at least one broken foot. But in the melee of Record Store Day, did anyone else notice a lack of women?For all the bluster that's surrounded Record Store Day this year, the 800-strong queue tha... more info

Totally Fuzzy — As lead singer of indie-disco trio Gossip, non-conformist Beth Ditto became just as famous for challenging the perceptions of female beauty and sexuality as she did for her spell bindingly raw gospel-soul voice. Born Mary Beth Patterson in 1981, she... more info

NME — The Joy Formidable and Flying Lotus also confirmed for this year’s bash more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - Jessie J and The Joy Formidable have also be added to the line-up... more info

ContactMusic — Kelis, My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and Beth Ditto joined Duran Duran for the 80s supergroup's Los Angeles concert on Wednesday night (23Mar11). The Mayan Theater show was captured by filmmaker David Lynch and beamed... more info