Guardian Music — The Factory, Manchester"We made history, not money," reads Peter Hook's T-shirt, referring to how the bassist's bands, Joy Division and New Order, changed the course of music, but saw the proceeds disappear into FAC251 The Hacienda. Hook's recent hil... more info

Guardian Music — Editing out the singer to make Cheryl Cole's performance look better is not in the spirit of celebrating British talentThe multimedia pop bulldozer was halted briefly in its tracks this week as Manchester-based singer and songwriter Rowetta put the k... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Former Happy Mondays singer Rowetta is fuming at Cheryl Cole after the Girls Aloud star asked to use her vocals for an upcoming award show - but snubbed her offer to sing live. more info

ContactMusic — Former HAPPY MONDAYS singer ROWETTA is fuming at CHERYL COLE after the GIRLS ALOUD star asked to use her vocals for an upcoming award show - but snubbed her offer to... more info

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Guardian Music — Chris Salmon hears the latest in web sounds at the Midem music conferenceNot surprisingly, much of the chatter at this week's Midem music industry conference in Cannes revolved around the future of digital music and how it might make someone other th... more info

Guardian Music — Never mind the Buzzcocks … or Stone Roses, or New Order: Manchester can stop trading on its former glories. Three new bands explain how they are reinventing the city's musicThere's an old adage in the trades (the music business, newspapers and ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The hot sun is beaming down on the face of the rhythm guitarist playing onstage in Mexico in 1999. On occasions he gazes up to the sun, he is slightly blinded by its glare and he is annoyed that he has left his sunglasses behind in the dressing room ... more info

Guardian Music — From epic rock to Buddhist boogie, here are 15 acts destined for big things over the coming monthsAgile BeastAgile Beast were a fantastic pop surprise for me. I spotted them at their first gig at Brixton Jamm. They're reminiscent of both Happy Monday... more info