Guardian Music — Tokyo-born musician and activist 'deeply honoured' to organise 10-day Meltdown arts festival at Southbank centreYoko Ono has been named the next curator of the Meltdown festival at the Southbank centre in London. The musician, artist, author and acti... more info

Guardian Music — Will BBC Radio 1's latest playlist help retune the station to a younger audience?Like the Propellerheads song featuring Shirley Bassey, there was a sense of history repeating itself when Radio 1 excluded Robbie Williams's No 1 single, Candy, from its... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A letter John Lennon wrote urging Eric Clapton to start a new band with him shortly after the Beatles broke up will go up for auction next month. The letter is one of several pieces of correspondence from some of the world’s greatest musicians, inc... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — John Lennon held out the promise he could bring out more musical greatness in legendary guitarist Eric Clapton in a letter that could fetch as much as $30,000 when it is sold at auction next month, the organizers of the sale said on Monday. more info

ContactMusic — John Lennon once approached Eric Clapton with a plan to form a supergroup, according to correspondence that will go under the hammer at an upcoming... more info

Guardian Music — Singles' resurgence put down to advent of digital downloads, which have brought down cost from equivalent of £5.84 to 99pData blog: the full list of UK million-sellersIt is a music chart in which Don't You Want Me? by the Human League sits outside t... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the official singles chart, the Official Charts Company has ranked the top UK million-selling singles. See which songs make the list and which have sold the most• Get the data• More dataThe most authoritative ... more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)The random conceit on this umpteenth Aerosmith record, their first of original material in 11 years, is that the injury-prone, feuding rockers are beaming their music in from outer space. It's hard to avoid the impression that Aerosmith mig... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian shares "The Eye," an Alice Munro short story from her new collection, Dear Life. World Cafe interviews the Afghan Whigs about the band's reunion tour. J. Robert Lennon interviews Jonathan Franzen at the Writers at Cornell podcast. The... more info

ContactMusic — Slain Beatles star John Lennon's tooth is to tour dental practices all over Britain as part of an oral cancer awareness campaign.Dentist Michael Zuk... more info