Guardian Music — Government will make quick decision on English Heritage recommendation as EMI plans saleAn application to list the famous Abbey Road studios, a pop music shrine since 1969 when it gave its name to the Beatles album, will be fast-tracked by the govern... more info

Stereogum — A hefty price tag accompanied tickets to this very special one-off at Brooklyn Academy Of Music last night, a mix of simple supply-demand economics and, presumably, underwriting costs associated with corralling these names under one ornamented roo... more info

Guardian Music — Organisation already owns other Beatles' sites, including childhood homes of Paul McCartney and John LennonThe National Trust has come forward as a possible buyer for Abbey Road studios, the birthplace of most of the Beatles' records, which is under ... more info

Buffalo News, New York — Of the boatload of rock star cliches out there, the “dark period” is a biggie. From Brian Wilson's obese sandbox wallowing to Sly Stone's drug-addled hermitage, John Lennon's lost weekend and Ol' Dirty Bastard's imprisonment, pop music history ha... more info

Guardian Music — Citizens, GlasgowTheatre is ill-equipped to ­represent other art forms. It can cope with ­portraying a brilliant painter, but ­struggles to show off a brilliant ­painting. It can convince us that a play's Â­characters are in a top pop ... more info

Guardian Music — For their first performance since the release of Chinese Democracy, Axl Rose and his crew managed to clear out a New York fashion boutique that was formerly CBGBsThe world died a little on Friday, as Guns N' Roses played to the half-empty fashion bou... more info

NME - The Video Blog — On February 24, Paul Weller will be named Godlike Genius at the Shockwaves NME Awards, before closing the show with a live performance. In honour of the great man, here are a few classic clips of the Modfather in action, selected by NME's resident W... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "WE ARE PLASTIC ONO BAND on February 16 sold out immediately! Due to popular demand, a special dress rehearsal show featuring Yoko Ono and her core band (Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, and Cornelius) has been added. They have never done... more info

Pop Crunch — -In news that will surprise absolutely no one: Jamie Lynn Spears has traded in Baby Daddy Casey Aldridge for an older model…. -A New York boy was nearly tossed out of school for playing with a Lego gun…. - Photographs of Marilyn Monroe lounging a... more info

All About Jazz — The world's only authorised John Lennon Museum, on the outskirts of Tokyo, will close its doors in September when a deal with his widow Yoko Ono ends, the operator said Thursday. The museum dedicated to the former Beatle opened in Saitama north of... more info