Guardian Music — Emeli Sandé, Spice Girls, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J … was this really the best music Britain has to offer?As the celebratory dust settles, we would like to know: which five songs you would have chosen to close the Olympic Games?To start things off, her... more info

Guardian Music — Danny Boyle got Shakespeare – Stephen Daldry got John Lennon, Freddy Mercury and more ShakespeareAs nine o'clock approached, we counted down as an audience, all very cheerful and inclusive; it was like Hi-de-hi on a giant scale, or the millennium. ... more info

Guardian Music — The last act of the great sporting festival that enthralled the nation – and displayed a capacity to charm and amazeThe great festival that began with the stirring resonances of Danny Boyle's opening ceremony came to a poignant end with a light-hea... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — It has been reported that Beady Eye will sing 'Wonderwall' at the Olympics closing ceremony later today.Liam Gallagher Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock will perform a new arrangement of the hit.The ceremony begins at 21:00 (UK Time) and ends ... more info

Nialler9 — Big Boi’s upcoming Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors will feature some fine plinking plonking from Sweden’s Little Dragon. Here’s a live preview of ‘Mama Told Me’. Reaaal nice. Previously we heard ‘Gossip’. Via Thomas Lennon. more info

Guardian Music — The one-time New Jersey punks have hit the big time with their brand of nostalgia-tinged rock. But they are ill at ease with their fameThe girls in the front row at the Middle East in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are gazing up at Brian Fallon, singing e... more info

Guardian Music — The 14-minute title track of Tempest, due out in September 2012, refers to Leonardo DiCaprio and tells 'its own kind of truth' about the shipwreckBob Dylan's new album started out as an album of "religious songs", he revealed this week. But it ended ... more info

Metalsucks — “Everybody’s talkin’ about Bagism, Shagism, dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism, This-ism, That-ism, ism, ism, ism.” -John Lennon, “Give Peace A Chance” Call me a washed-up hippie wannabe burnout (in the Comments section below, please, as qu... more info

ContactMusic — Liam Gallagher is passionate about expanding his fashion label to include a childrens line because his son is desperate to wear the range The rocker who is dad to Lennon 12 and 11-year-old Gene is the owner of Pretty Green which launched in 2009 a... more info

Cross Rhythms — References to John Lennon and the Titanic on new Bob Dylan album more info