Guardian Music — After Take That split, Gary Barlow retreated to his Cheshire mansion, driven to despair by his failure to write new hits. Now he's back and more popular than ever. He talks to Barbara Ellen about family, feuds and stepping into Simon Cowell's shoesGa... more info

Guardian Music — Elbow, Marina And The Diamonds, Example, Goldfrapp and Sinead O'Connor are on board for Mencap's Little Noise Sessions (22-27 Nov, St John-at-Hackney, E5) …Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers guitarist Walter Lure will show young punks he's still... more info

Guardian Music — (Virgin)Where last year's Scratch My Back saw Peter Gabriel remodelling some of his favourite songs by other artists with just voice and orchestra, New Blood – as its title implies – sees his own back catalogue getting the same treatment. Tense, ... more info

ContactMusic — Elbow Marina and the Diamonds and Goldfrapp have signed up for this years Little Noise Sessions The artists have the joined the bill for the annual intimate charity concerts which see artists play special stripped back sets in London to aid chari... more info

NME — Goldfrapp, Ed Sheeran and Sinead O'Connor will also play more info

NME — The Manchester band are triumphant at The Greek Theatre more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The British band is touring to support its latest album, 'Build a Rocket Boys!' The band may not be widely known in the U.S., which may be due to its elusive sound, but it's been around since 1990.The British band is touring to support its latest alb... more info

NME — Band to be backed by Halle Youth Choir for free church gig more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The new issue of Q (out on 27 September 2011) features 25 different covers with the artists who are shaping music right now. Each issue features a new interview with all the cover stars, but which one will you pick? The full list of cover stars are: ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Redboy "Elbow. Slightly different audience from the Kyuss show. (@ Terminal 5) - Andrew Cove "Concert #3 this week: Elbow. Everybody here has a British accent." -Jackie Balzer Elbow played a show at NYC's Terminal 5 last night... more info