NME — Echo And The Bunnymen, Jarvis Cocker Glasvegas, Late Of The Pier and The Bronx are among the acts who are set to play live on the first day of the South By Southwest festival which kicks off in Austin, Texas today (March 18). more info

NME — The 2009 South by Southwest music festival kicks off in Austin today (March 18) with performances by Glasvegas, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gallows, School Of Seven Bells and Peter, Bjorn and John. more info

JamBase — THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEVENDRA BANHART, ETIENNE DE CRECY THE ORB, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUSY P AND PLUMP DJs ADDED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 Coachella 2008 by Dave Vann The Chemical Brothers (DJ ... more info

JamBase — U2 - 360° TOUR U2 U2.com confirms that the U2 360° tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on June 30. The U2 360° Tour is the band's first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06, and follows the release o... more info

MTV.com News — North American leg of tour for No Line on the Horizon kicks off September 12 in Chicago.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Sway Calloway U2's Bono performs at Fordham University on Friday Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage U2 will kick off thei... more info

AngryApe — More names are confirmed for this year's line-up more info

Pasta Primavera — They may have been upset a bit that a crappy audio version of their new album, Veckatimest, leaked recently, but Grizzly Bear were generally good sports (which should help them not be called pricks by Wayne Coyne).  To take our minds off of the th... more info

NME — Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Glasvegas, Pet Shop Boys and Lady GaGa have been added to the line-up of the T In The Park festival for 2009. more info

NME — Pet Shop Boys, Glasvegas, Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction and Doves have been added to the line-up of the Oxegen festival. more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — All of The Big Pink's good photo's won't upload on here and the rest are blurry and/ or rubbish so I'm going to have to embarrass Robbie Furze,one half of the band, by adding a picture of him with Lily Allen who he briefly dated last year. Sorry (E-m... more info