Guardian Music — Live, NewcastleA journalist once had cause to ask why Frank Sinatra was sitting backstage without any trousers. The singer pointed at the hack's crumpled suit and replied: "So I don't go out with my pants looking like yours." Fiona Evans's play finds... more info

Guardian Music — Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney were among the stars who learned their skills using musician's Play in a Day books Bert Weedon, the English guitarist credited with inspiring millions to pick up and get to grips with the instrument using his Play in a... more info

Guardian Music — Influential musician who inspired millions of budding guitarists to 'play in a day'The manual Play in a Day was the bible for generations of budding guitarists in the 1950s and 1960s. Its author was Bert Weedon, an unassuming dance-band musician whos... more info

The Independent — Guitarist Bert Weedon, who played with stars including Frank Sinatra and inspired millions to pick up the instrument with his Play In A Day books, has died at the age of 91. more info

The Independent — Guitarist Bert Weedon, who played with stars including Frank Sinatra and inspired millions to pick up the instrument with his Play In A Day books, has died at the age of 91. more info

Gigwise — Second Julian Plenti release due in June as frontman returns to solo role more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonMichel Legrand has the kind of musical CV that makes everyone else's look like a sick note. He's worked with jazz legends, scored hundreds of films and won three Oscars. His heart-tugging melodies have been performed by everyone... more info

Starpulse — Director Martin Scorsese has set his sights on shooting a Frank Sinatra biopic, revealing he has already met with writers to develop the project. The Goodfellas filmmaker is hoping to bring the R... more info

ContactMusic — Director Martin Scorsese has set his sights on shooting a Frank Sinatra biopic revealing he has already met with writers to develop the project The Goodfellas filmmaker is hoping to bring the Rat Pack stars life story to the big screen but Scorsese r... more info

Perez Hilton — Yay! It's been announced one of the more brilliant actors of our time, Tom Cruise, has joined Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra as the only actors to ever receive Friar Foundation's Entertainment Icon Award. That's right, the star of t... more info