Guardian Music — Critics say music weekly with proud history no longer has the huge relevance it once hadOne of the perils of being an institution is that you get gossiped about. So it is with the NME, the totemic name in British music journalism.In recent weeks, fol... more info

Sky News — An envelope containing nails, putty, wire, and a digital timing device was sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon, the trial of two men accused of conspiring to murder him has heard. more info

Guardian Music — A series of events are planned in the city in 2012 to mark the 50th birthday of the band's formationThe Beatles will be remembered in a year-long season of music, film and verse in their home city of Liverpool.The 12-month programme of cultural event... more info

Guardian Music — Light in the AtticPop's fading power to shock is thrown into stark relief by this compilation, conceived as the soundtrack to a new book of the same title that charts the black power struggles of the late 60s and early 70s. It's not as if anyone want... more info

Guardian Music — The music producer's conviction for the murder of Lana Clarkson in 2003 will not be overturned after court refuses to hear appealPhil Spector's fight to clear his name has ended. The US supreme court yesterday declined to hear an appeal against the l... more info

Guardian Music — This was never going to be a year to branch out. These days the record industry's shindig has an eye for commercial successEarlier this week, a blog called Yes It's Number One spotted that an enterprising soul had uploaded the 1989 Brit Awards in the... more info

Stereogum — Mark Ronson’s producing the forthcoming Rufus record Out Of The Game, a 12-song set featuring cameos from Nick Zinner, Sean Lennon, Nels Cline, Thomas Doveman Bartlett, and sister Martha. Rufus has called it his “poppiest” album to date, contai... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — "Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by the British rock band Oasis, written by the band's guitarist, Noel Gallagher. Released as the fourth single from their hit second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, on February 19th 1996.The song became t... more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter reportedly in negotiations to create stage version of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy, directed by Rupert GooldAfter the quickfire announcement of three forthcoming stagings of The Great Gatsby last week, the West End could be set for... more info

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