Guardian Music — 1980: Upping the ante at the start of the decade were the brightest of the US new wave brigadeSome contend that Atomic is a pallid retread of Blondie's first UK No 1, Heart of Glass. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Both fused rock and dance music, but HoG was a... more info

ContactMusic — Malin Akerman will play Blondie singer Debbie Harry in CBGB The actress joins a cast including Alan Rickman and Rupert Grint in the movie which tells the story of New York City nightspot CBGB - Country BlueGrass and Blues - and its impact on the... more info

Perez Hilton — It's recently been confirmed that Malin Ackerman will be playing the part of Debbie Harry, lead singer of the punk rock band Blondie, in the new movie, CBGB. The movie, directed by Randall Miller, tells the story of the famous New York underground pu... more info

ContactMusic — Alan Rickman is to play Hilly Kristal in a new movie about the legendary New York club boss The British star will shoot Cbgb in Savannah Georgia this summer 12 with an all-star cast portraying the likes of The Ramones Blondie Television Talking Head.... more info

Guardian Music — Now in her 30s, Beth Ditto's priorities – and her music – are changing. Here she discusses her forthcoming marriage and how Abba became an influence on Gossip's latest albumBeth Ditto is tremendously unflappable, even at the end of a long day wit... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Arnie Goodman Prolific blues guitarist Joe Bonammasa's new album Driving Towards The Daylight drops May 21 (May 22 in the USA). It's his seventh album in six years. The title track can be picked up for free. The album was recorded at Studio ... more info

Guardian Music — A new picture of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger at primary school has emerged. Why is there something so compelling about seeing the icons of our own youth during theirs?In pictures: rock stars in their high-school yearbooksFresh-faced, clean-cut, sq... more info

ContactMusic — Famously blonde heartthrob Niall Horan from One Direction has allegedly been forbidden to change his hair colour by straight-talking manager Simon Cowell The teenager reportedly sent a text to Simon asking if he could dye his golden locks completel..... more info

Topix — As March comes to a close, so does our month-ish-long battle royale between 64 New York musicians, all of whom were put in the mix to decide which one best embodied the spirit of the city. more info

Guardian Music — It's easy now to see that when rock and disco clashed, disco won. But records like this suggest we should have realised a whole lot earlier It happened earlier this month as I piloted a tiny rented car across Lanzarote, regaled by the awful playlist ... more info