NME - The Daily Download — Our weekly round-up of the best new tracks on the web, as featured in the current issue of NME 1. Zola Jesus – ‘Vessel’ Adapt or die is the rule of this hard world, my children. Just as Nika Danilova’s third album ‘Conatus’ is named for ... more info

Guardian Music — Record companies plan affordable alternative to Brits that will recognise variety and innovation as well as chart successMusic awards ceremonies are, as a rule, glitzy, champagne-fuelled affairs that celebrate chart-toppers and feature barely dressed... more info

NME — Coldplay, Mumford And Sons and Elbow also score chart rises after playing at Worthy Farm last weekend more info

Guardian Music — Beyoncé easily eclipses fellow headliners U2 and ColdplayWas this the year Glastonbury's special guest stars eclipsed the headliners? Certainly, Radiohead and a reformed Pulp wouldn't have looked out of place topping the Pyramid stage bill and the s... more info

NME — John Peel Stage slot voted ahead of U2, Coldplay and Beyonce more info

Guardian Music — The former Roxy Music synth twiddler's fingerprints are all over hits by U2, Coldplay and David Bowie, but he's most fascinated by musicians who 'don't completely understand their territory'I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking," says Brian Eno as he sim... more info

NME — U2, Coldplay and Beyonce enjoy huge viewing figures on the BBC more info

Guardian Music — Campfield Market Hall, ManchesterFrom Take That's 60ft robot to Coldplay's illumination of the Glastonbury pyramid, 2011 is the year of the visual pop spectacular, although Bjork's Biophilia showcase – which began a three-week Manchester Internatio... more info

Guardian Music — Powerful women help society muddle towards equality – even if the R&B star is marriage-fixated and the IMF chief is a neoliberalHow do you solve a problem like Beyoncé? She is the personification of the equality conundrum. On the one hand she was ... more info

VH1 Blog — The first thing Coldplay‘s fun new video for “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” might bring to mind is the Shynola-directed Chris Martin and the Purple Crayon Box of Chalk video for 2009′s “Strawberry Swing”. (It’s certainly what some fans... more info