Guardian Music — • House star Hugh Laurie celebrates release of debut blues album with intimate New Orleans gig• Watch exclusive footage of Hugh Laurie performing on guardian.co.uk from 16.00 GMT on Wednesday 23 MarchIt is not the fate you would expect of the sta... more info

Mjsbigblog — Carrie Underwood performed John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” at the Points of Light Gala, honoring George H. W. Bush tonight at the Kennedy Center  in Washington DC.Three presidents were in attendance to honor Bush Sr. at the podium. It was the... more info

Impose Magazine — The Miller Theatre at Columbia University in New York City has announced an illustrious line-up for their Japan benefit concert that includes Sonic Youth, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Mike Patton, Cibo Matto with Mephista, Marc Ribot, and Uri Caine & Zorn�... more info

NME — Wilco and Deerfoof members also join Ono for show more info

ContactMusic — Yoko Ono, Lou Reed and Sonic Youth are to perform at special fundraising gigs to boost aid efforts in tsunami-hit Japan. The Japanese widow of John Lennon will be joined by their son Sean Lennon, rockers Sonic Youth and other acts for a concert at... more info

NME — Two New York fundraiser gigs are in the pipeline more info

Guardian Music — I took this in Toronto in 1977. I'd known Debbie Harry for a couple of years. I remember the first time I got a call telling me to go and take pictures of a band called Blondie because the singer was an unbelievably beautiful girl and they were goin... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — In August it'll be 20 years since Gallagher and his brother Noel first took the stage as Oasis. It'll be almost two since they broke up backstage in Paris in a shower of guitar splinters. As in a proper divorce, Noel cited Liam's "verbal and violent ... more info

Impose Magazine — He was a ballet dancer, sound engineer for the Grateful Dead, and the guy who provided Lennon with a "lifetime supply" of his wonderfully pure acid. His father was a congressman and governor of Kentucky who hated Prohibition. He ate nothing but red m... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonPerhaps taking its cue from the US's recently revived, all-female festival Lilith Fair, comes the inaugural WOW (Women of the World) conference at London's Southbank centre. Alongside three days of discussions spanning the ... more info