Buzzgrinder — Apparently the land of tea and barren dentist offices is abuzz these days about whether or not illegal downloaders should be prosecuted. And as such, some respected British artists (and Robbie Williams) such as Iron Maiden, Billy Bragg, David Gilmour... more info

NME — Musicians including Billy Bragg, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Blur's Dave Rowntree have said that fans should not be prosecuted for illegally downloading music from the internet. more info

PopSugar UK — Robbie Williams was out in London yesterday to attend the first meeting of the Featured Artists’ Coalition, where bands and musicians like Blur, Kate Nash, Radiohead, KT Tunstall, Billy Bragg, White Lies and Robbie will be speaking out to ensu... more info

The Independent — Musicians including Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Billy Bragg, Blur's David Rowntree and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien said last night that the public should not be prosecuted for downloading illegal music from the internet. more info

AngryApe — He agrees artists need to be paid when the site shows their videos more info

NME — Echo & The Bunnymen, Idlewild, Little Boots, Wire, Billy Bragg and Golden Silvers have been added to the line-up of the Camden Crawl festival for 2009. more info

NME — Echo And The Bunnymen, Idlewild, Little Boots, Wire, Billy Bragg and Golden Silvers have been added to the line-up of the Camden Crawl festival for 2009. more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook The full title of this release offers some tantalizing hints at the contents long before you hear a plinkin' note: The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (released February 3 on Paw Tracks). As one might expe... more info

The Music Fix — News: Billy Bragg has announced a 9-date tour of Welsh venues to mark the 25th anniversary of the Miners' Strike. Bragg, who was just emerging as a musician when the strikes began in 1984, said the stand off had introduced him to politics. He also ... more info

BBC News - UK — The singer and guitarist Billy Bragg hopes a tour of Wales to commemorate the miners strike will reawaken the nation's "culture of progressive resistance". more info