Guardian Music — The rock drummers have joined Beat for Peace, a campaign urging world leaders to prevent further conflict in the countryThis weekend, members of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, the Police and Elbow beat the drum for renewed diplomatic action in Sudan by, er, ... more info

Guardian Music — Will Boyzone singer Ronan Keating's new Sunday show add a 'moment of sparkle', not to mention listeners, to London's Magic 105.4?It's fair to assume that Thom Yorke will not feature too highly on Ronan Keating's playlist in his new career as a DJ for... more info

BBC 6 Music — Radiohead and Elbow drummers join campaign to avoid conflict in Sudan more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — From Sade to Paul Weller, an eclectic range of musical veterans are returning to the fray in 2010.Plenty of veterans are returning to the recording studios. We can look forward to new music from the reclusive Sade (it’s hard to believe that th... more info

Altsounds — Although Manchester has enjoyed recent success from bands such as The Ting Tings, The Courteeners and the meteoric return of Elbow it has been a while since the city has enjoyed a real progressive and identifiable movement. The next generation of you... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Killers have once again come top of an Xfm poll, with their 2004 song ‘Mr Brightside’.Xfm listeners voted on what they thought were the top 1000 songs ever recorded and chose the Brandon Flowers penned song as the number 1.The track ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Edison's: Aaron Vaughn, 8 p.m. Thu. Aaron Vaughn, 8 p.m. Sat. 220 Merrill, Birmingham. 248-645-2150. Elbow Room: Mittenfest IV, 40 bands perform over four nights, 4 p.m. Thu.-Sun. 6 S. Washington, Ypsilanti. 734-483-6374. Got Rocks Ultra Lounge:... more info

You are East, defending against three no-trump. Your partner leads the diamond four (lowest from an odd number or third highest from an even number): ten, queen, five. What would you do next? more info

Said the Gramophone — Sorry for all the technical troubles here this past week. It's unfortunate (and unusual). We're still trying to get all our troubles hammered out and apologize for any hiccups. Fingers crossed that everything will be better soon. Moderat - "Rusty ... more info

Guardian Music — For his Christmas concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Rufus Wainwright managed to cram in every cliche of live performance. So here is a list of offences that all musicians should avoid ...This week I witnessed the most excruciatingly boring gig of my ... more info