Guardian Music — Somerset House, LondonManchester electro-duo Hurts are so in thrall to new-romantic stylishness that one review of last year's debut album, Happiness, suggested that even their gigs were probably "in monochrome". If they could have pulled it off, tha... more info

ContactMusic — Janet Jackson is a "cool aunt" to her nieces and nephews. The 'Together Again' hitmaker has a close family and loves being the person her siblings' children - including late brother Michael's kids Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Prin... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offCharlie Haden Quartet West Sophisticated Ladies The great American bassist and bandleader Charlie Haden, a key figure in Ornette Coleman's free-jazz revolution of the 50s an... more info

Guardian Music — Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff and touringKylie Minogue's Aphrodite – Les Folies tour, which arrived in Britain with two dates in Cardiff last weekend before taking up a five-night residency at London's O2 next month, is billed as one of the most extrav... more info

Metal Injection — I know you guys were worried about who Avenged Sevenfold would name their new drummer now that Mike Portnoy is out. The band announced they will be bringing in Arin Ilejay, formerly of so-popular-I've-never-heard-of-them-group Confide. The band ... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have hired former CONFIDE star ARIN ILEJAY as their new drummer, after parting ways with MIKE PORTNOY.Portnoy was drafted in to replace tragic Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan, who died from a drug overdose in December 2009 - but he... more info

Metalsucks — Well, here’s an anticlimactic conclusion to a dramatic story. Avenged Sevenfold have announced that Arin Ilejay, formerly of the Christian band Confide, will be taking Mike Portnoy’s spot behind the drum kit for their upcoming tour dates. The ann... more info

Perez Hilton — Miz Minogue was on the BBC today and performed a lovely, stripped-down version of her hit Confide In Me. Accompanied by a full-on string section! Love it! Check it out (above)! more info

Cross Rhythms — LA's Confide to disband after Japanese tour more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonWith George Osborne channelling the economic policies of Geoffrey Howe, Manchester duo Hurts appear equally enamoured of the ways of the early 1980s. Their fixation lies with that era's new romantic synth-pop, a music of... more info