The Mirror — Former Happy Mondays star Bez has been convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend at their home after a row over money. more info

The Mirror — Former Happy Mondays star Bez was today convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend at their home after a row over money. more info

The Mirror — Happy Mondays' Bez gets high at Airkix Indoor Skydiving in Trafford Quays, Manchester... Geri Halliwell stocks up on beetroot, Sainsbury's, West London... more info

Undercover, Australia — Gorillaz celebrate their Damascus performance by bringing in The Clash, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Happy Mondays and more. more info

Guardian Music — Shoreditch, LondonLondon's trendiest festival is back for a third outing, but this year the young fashion rebels, with undercut hair and sock-suspenders, face an assault by the older generation. Survivors of punk circa 1976, Subway Sect mesh catchy m... more info

Guardian Music — The DJ, who announced she was leaving Radio 1 on Friday, was instrumental in taking dubstep to a wider audience. But this was just a tiny part of a mindboggling careerMary Anne Hobbs announced on Friday that she's quitting her popular Radio 1 show Ex... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Bobby Gillespie unveiled his garage rock supergroup The Silver Machine for a one-off show at London's 1234 Festival tonight (July 24).As promised, the Primal Scream frontman teamed up with Sex Pistols founder Glen Matlock, sometime Oasis drummer Zak ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This was what I expected to be writing about last week instead of some emotional outpourings about the sudden death of a brother.And just because I'm writing about it today doesn't mean I've gotten over everything. Far from it.It does seem very stra... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mp3hugger said... indie mp3s you can hug The Innocence Mission - The Happy Mondays Viernes - Entire Empire Cotton Jones - Glorylight And Christie The Yellow Melodies - We Will Win The World Cup Tears Run Rings - Waiting For The End http://mp3hugger.c... more info

Guardian Music — These Parisians are so in thrall to the sound of Madchester that they named themselves after the former Stone Roses frontmanHometown: Paris.The lineup: Sebi Browne (vocals) and Benjamin Browne (bass), joined by Denis Browne Jr, Hadrien Browne, and Ti... more info