Guardian Music — Does the success of Trent Reznor, Clint Mansell and Mark Mothersbaugh suggest that the days of the orchestral soundtrack are numbered?Two words said it all. Moments after winning a Golden Globe for his score for The Social Network last year, Nine Inc... more info

Guardian Music — My husband, Andrew Miller, who has died aged 65 after a short illness, was a music-business promoter and staged many memorable festivals, but his enduring love was for Nordoff Robbins, the music-therapy charity. In 1976, he founded the organisation's... more info

Guardian Music — Arena, ManchesterQuite why the former Dire Straits frontman and the 20th century pop colossus who only last week added runner-up in the Nobel prize for literature to his accolades are touring together is, at first glance, a mystery.But their collabo... more info

Guardian Music — For years the 80s star has remained resolutely uncool, but Bob Dylan doesn't seem to agreeChances are, if you're over 35, you were responsible for one of the 30m worldwide sales of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms. It's the fifth best-selling album in ... more info

Altsounds — Following The Straits' recent stunning debut show at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2011, original Dire Straits members Alan Clark and Chris White continue their UK tour as the recently formed band "The Straits" tonight at the York Barbican (Friday Oct... more info

Guardian Music — Singer supplies plenty of big hits and spectacle, but the more relentless the raunch, the less interesting her music becomesAs the crowd assembles at the O2, you don't have to look far for evidence that Rihanna long ago turned from an R&B star into a... more info

Popdose — I knocked around the fringes of academia for years, but it’s just as well that I never became a teacher — because there’s nothing I find more irritating than a C+ paper from an A student. And that’s what On Every Street is, for the most part.... more info

NME — 1985 hit was pulled due to use of 'faggot' more info

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ContactMusic — A bizarre radio ban on Dire Straits' Money For Nothing hit has been lifted in Canada. The 1985 track was pulled from stations earlier this year (11) following complaints over the use of the word 'faggot' in the lyrics, and radio bosses were told they... more info