Guardian Music — Steve Rose digs out some of the most forgettable pop star film rolesMariah Carey's last attempt to conquer the movies, airbrushed autobiopic Glitter, served only to briefly unite the world in derision. So now she's back in a more humble role, as a so... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Jemina Pearl @ Williamsburg Waterfront in July (more by Bao Nguyen) Ex-Be Your Own Pet singer Jemina Pearl is already a week into her January/February tour across North America. The trip finishes with a show ("with special... more info

Guardian Music — Withering put-downs and gorgeous tunes: the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt is himself once moreThe drawback to making the Album of Your Life is the problem of what to do with your life afterwards. Admittedly, it's a problem most rock and pop artist... more info

John Lennon's primary school has banned Beatles fans from taking pictures of its playground to prevent pupils being captured in photographs. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - "No pictures" says head at former school more info

411 Mania — Metallica, John Lennon, Def Leppard and more returning to BTM... more info

Rolling Stone — After VH1 relaunched Behind the Music in 2009 with specials on Lil Wayne and 50 Cent, the long-running documentary series will head to VH1 Classic in 2010 with eight new half-hour specials dedicated to some of the biggest artists in rock history. Beh... more info

Live Daily — Reissues to follow Plastic Ono Band concert The celebration of music created by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their friends after the split-up of The Beatles is expected to continue beyond the reunion performance of the Plastic Ono Band at the Brookly... more info

XFM.co.uk — The Beatle admits to being no good at his own video game. Meanwhile, John Lennon completes the game on ‘Expert' and says ‘Told you so'. more info

Guardian Music — Director Robert Zemeckis has chosen Cary Elwes, Peter Serafinowicz, Adam Campbell and, er, Kev from Shameless to play the Fab Four in a new version of the 1968 filmThe cast of the Yellow Submarine film has been chosen, and there's not a Harrison, Len... more info