Perez Hilton — It's about damn time! We can't believe Paul McCartney hasn't received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!! Is this real life?? The legendary icon will FINALLY get his star on Feb. 9 alongside fellow Beatles, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John... more info

Starpulse — The Yardbirds. Yes, the very same seminal 60’s rock outfit that helped to spawn the careers of not one, not two, but three of the most legendary guitar players in history – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck ... more info

Guardian Music — (Hear Music)After recent Fab Four nostalgia, Kisses on the Bottom may see anyone left arguing that Macca was the progressive, avant-garde Beatle gnashing their teeth. In a similar tradition to 1999's Run Devil Run album of rock'n'roll standards, it's... more info

Guardian Music — Be among the first to hear Paul McCartney's cheeky new albumThis is the album that Paul McCartney always wanted to make with the Beatles. It's his 15th solo LP – his first for almost five years – and comprises 12 cover versions of songs he grew u... more info

411 Mania — From the Rolling Stones' "Angie" and Eric Clapton's "Layla" to "Lola" by the Kinks, the Ramones' "Judy Is A Punk" and more, 411's Christopher Bell breaks down the top 10 songs about girls! more info

Guardian Music — The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of roc... more info

Here Comes The Flood — For me, it's about the music. I'm just the messenger, and I hope to do it as long as I live. Eric Clapton more info

Dlisted — "This is what beauty can be! Beauty celestial the best you'll agree..." are not only the lyrics to a Stephen Sondheim song, but those are also the words that fell from my head like rose petals on a silk pillow when these pictures of demure Irish... more info

Guardian Music — Going to see the Carpenters might have been a badge of shame – until they started playing and the magic beganThe Carpenters have never really been cool. Not now, not then, not ever. So on the day I went to see them at the London Palladium in Novemb... more info

The Independent — Eric Clapton proved himself no slow hand in the moneymaking stakes again last year as he took a salary of nearly £4m out of his music business. more info