Stereogum — Bono has had a roller coaster ride of a year between the (however troubled) release of Songs Of Innocence and the bicycle injury that left him largely incapacitated. He used some of his time recovering from the accident to write a massive blog post l... more info

TMZ — Well, now we understand why Jay Z just HAD to take a pic with a fighter after a Muay Thai match this week ... the dude nearly decapitated a grown man with a ferocious spinning back elbow!!!As we previously reported, Jay and Beyonce had date night at�... more info

Stereogum — A fourth version of the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by the rotating all-star cast known as Band Aid is in the works, this time to fight Ebola. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Bono, Ellie Goulding, One Direction, Ed Sheeran... more info

Stereogum — Continuing in the documentary style of their “New York Morning” video, Manchester rock band Elbow have put together a short, oddly poetic paean to speedway motorcycle racing, soundtracked by “Charge” off of the band’s recent LP, The Take Of... more info

NME — Guy Garvey will play the single on his BBC 6 Music show more info

NME — Plus; tickets for tours from Death From Above 1979, Bombay Bicycle Club and Elbow more info

NME — The band will play three dates at Manchester's O2 Apollo and three at London's Hammersmith Eventim Apollo more info

NME — Pre-sales for live dates start tomorrow (September 3) more info

The Independent — Elbow, Paolo Nutini, Rudimental, Ryan Adams and Lenny Kravitz are among the newly announced artists confirmed to play at the iTunes Festival in London next month.  more info

The Telegraph — The series of free gigs at the Roundhouse have added more big names more info