Guardian Music — Elton John is just the latest celebrity to demonstrate his love for dropping his trousers and flashing his buttocks. So is mooning a cheeky protest or a gross indecency?The best moonie of all time wasn't a moonie at all. At the Brits in 1996, Jarvis ... more info

Guardian Music — Activists hope pop singer, due to sing in Moscow, will publicly express support for trio jailed after performing a 'punk prayer'Campaigners are hoping that pop superstar Madonna will publicly express her support for three imprisoned members of the fe... more info

Consequence of Sound — Three women face up to seven years for "hooliganism." more info

ContactMusic — Pete Townshend Jarvis Cocker and Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos have signed a petition demanding a fair trial for Russian punk band Pussy Riot Former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and singers Martha Wainwright an... more info

Guardian Music — As Putin visits London, Pete Townshend, Jarvis Cocker and Neil Tennant write letter to the Times calling for their releaseSome of Britain's leading musicians have published a letter calling for Russian officials to release a punk band that has been j... more info

Sky News — Stars including Jarvis Cocker and Martha Wainwright say they are extremely concerned about how the rockers are being treated. more info

Guardian Music — Ty Segall, On tourAccording to one of his T-shirts, "You can't spell party without Ty", and that's certainly true. This San Francisco native specialises in an upbeat, melodic garage rock somewhere between the Beatles and Nirvana, but without the pres... more info

Guardian Music — In a tiny Irish church, Amy Winehouse proved that she had a rare talentAmy Winehouse's musical legacy is presently being extracted from a tragically small body of work. Under any circumstances the 20-minute performance in a tiny church in Dingle, Co... more info

Guardian Music — Somerset House, London"The songs that we sing, do they mean anything to the people we're singing them to?" asks Charlotte Gainsbourg, closing the main part of her show with the 2006 track The Songs That We Sing. Good question. The actor/musician daug... more info

ContactMusic — Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has loaned a Damien Hirst painting from his private collection to a gallery in his native Sheffield England in a bid to support future arts funding Officials at The Graves Gallery were recently forced to cut staff after lo... more info