Mjsbigblog — Listen to James Durbin's unreleased Idol song, Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), available on his American Idol Season 10 Highlights EP. The tune is not only unreleased, but was never performed on Idol! Listen after the jump. more info

Guardian Music — Country singer and session guitarist, known for hits such as Rhinestone Cowboy, makes candid statement about his healthIt's some time since popular music was strictly a young person's game, but Glen Campbell's reason for retiring is nonetheless strik... more info

ContactMusic — Green Day star Billie Joe Armstrong is to reprise his role as St. Jimmy in the movie adaptation of hit musical American Idiot. Armstrong, who came up with the concept for the Broadway show which is full of his band's music, took a lead role on two se... more info

Gigwise — With Tom Hank's production company... more info

Guardian Music — 1 February 1994: Number 46 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicThough Green Day had long-established underground credentials, their decision to sign to Reprise opened the doors of middle America to punk rock. Their major la... more info

NME — Chic star also talks about possible UK shows for Chic later in the year more info

Guardian Music — Kerrang! may have lost focus in recent years, but the fact that it continues to thrive after three decades is cause for celebrationTo its admirers it represents an oasis of ear-shattering good taste amid a celebrity-obsessed media. To its detractors ... more info

ContactMusic — Green Day have "a ton of new songs" for their upcoming album. Lead singer and songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong has explained the punk rocker's ninth studio album will sound "fresh and high-energy". Writing on his twitter page, he said "Ok here's... more info

NME — Billie Joe Armstrong tweets that the band are hard at work on new material more info

Gigwise — US band return to the studio... more info