Guardian Music — Bad gal Courtney Love gears up for a one-off appearance with "a modified Hole" (17 Feb, Shepherd's Bush Empire, ticketmaster.co.uk) before the release of upcoming album Nobody's Daughter …More female guitar-slinging can be caught from Queen of ... more info

Live Daily — Hole [ tickets ]'s previously announced February shows in Europe will feature a new band lineup, according to Spin.com. Hole's new configuration includes guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey and drummer Stu Fischer; Love is the only origin... more info

Kerrang! — Despite singer Courtney Love being the only original member, Hole are gearing up to release a new album in the next few months. Entitled Nobody's Daughter, the record will be the Hole’s first album in nearly 12 years. In related news, the ba... more info

Undercover, Australia — Courtney Love has posted new video footage of her reformed Hole rehearsing a new song. more info

Guardian Music — Who are they?They are a she: 16-year-old singer-songwriter Daisy Coburn from Dunmow, Essex, who's threatening to move into the tween-angst slot vacated by Avril Lavigne. She's been tipped by the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which isn't bad going for someo... more info

NME — Band to make UK live return this February more info

Rolling Stone — • Jack White on the Stripes’ Rise, Industry’s Fall • Complaints Over Lambert’s AMAs Hit Web • Courtney Love Books First New Hole Shows • At Home With Devendra Banhart: Video • Boyle Maintains Number One as LP Sales Slide • Lemmy Doc... more info

Stereogum — Courtney Love lost guardianship of Frances Bean and then lost her shit on Facebook. Now it seems like she's again lost the part of the brain that tells you certain ideas are no good. Today Love announced the first Hole show in 11 years. If you rec... more info

Rolling Stone — In June, Courtney Love announced she would resurrect Hole for the first time in 11 years; now she’s making it official. The band has scheduled its first three shows in Europe to support Love’s long-in-the-works album Nobody’s Daughter. It’s b... more info

Guardian Music — An indie/electro supergroup of sorts, these riot grrrls feature two-thirds of Le Tigre and combine hedonism with activismHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: JD Samson, Michael O'Neill and Ginger Brooks Takahashi – with contributions from Johanna Fa... more info