Guardian Music — Following her success at the Brits Lada Gaga opened her tour in Manchester with swaggering confidence, offering something noticeably edgier than your average pop stadium showThere's an impressive swaggering ­confidence about the way Lady Gaga take... more info

BRITS winners JLS are plotting a big spring offensive to become popular in America more info

Guardian Music — Stars feature alongside comic's regular characters including Dennis the Menace and Minnie the Minx in charity specialThe Beano will feature cartoon versions of stars including Alesha Dixon and double Brit winners JLS in a special edition for Sport Re... more info

AngryApe — The band want to focus on their music instead more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - He says they could be bigger than N*Sync more info

MTV.co.uk News — Jay-Z is apparently a fan of UK boyband JLS after watching them perform at The Brit Awards.   The group picked up Best Breakthrough and Best Single for Beat Again at the ceremony and it seems... more info

AngryApe — The rapper is impressed by the UK boy band more info

The Mirror — JLS may have wowed Simon Cowell and picked up two Brit Awards, but they now face the ultimate challenge as they take on Dennis The Menace and his Dinmakers in a battle of the bands. more info

JLS are on a roll - two gongs at the Brits and now a thumbs-up from their hero JAY-Z more info

The Mirror — The Sugababes, the Saturdays and JLS were all desperate to party with hip-hop legend Jay-Z at the Brits after-show bash - but it was 3am who got on the right side of the velvet rope. more info