Guardian Music — Laura Marling tells Sarah Boden about her second album, I Speak Because I Can, and about seeing her personal life dissected in the press"I'm almost an entirely different person to the one I was when I wrote the first album," says Laura Marling, smoki... more info

ContactMusic — The KINGS OF LEON will follow their massive Hyde Park show in London this summer (10) with a second big gig - they'll headline the 15th V Festival in Essex... more info

Guardian Music — The Leicester lads are to helm their first summer festival, joining Kings of Leon on top of a bill featuring Florence and the Machine, Pet Shop Boys and Cheryl ColeKasabian are to headline their first summer festival, joining Kings of Leon on top of ... more info

BBC News - UK — Kasabian and Kings of Leon are headlining this year's V Festival in Leeds and Chelmsford. more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Kasabian and Kings of Leon are headlining this year's V Festival with other artists on the bill including The Prodigy and Florence and the Machine. more info

MTV.com News — Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Pink and Kings of Leon also make the top 40 list for 2009.By Gil Kaufman Britney Spears Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage Billboard magazine's fourth-annual Top 40 Money Makers list is topped by U2... more info

Gigwise — Will Kings of Leon and Kasabian feature?!... more info

Mjsbigblog — I just finished the satellite conference call with this week’s eliminated Top 24 contestants: Tyler Grady, Joe Munoz, Ashley Rodriguez and Janell Wheeler.  Here are the highlights: Tyler Grady:  He seemed a little taken aback by the media cr... more info

MTV.com News — Downloader who bought 10 billionth track wins a $10,000 iTunes gift card.By Ryan J. Downey iTunes hits ten billion sold Photo: Apple Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry helped drive sales of tracks on Apple's iTunes store past the 10... more info

AngryApe — 65,000 fans snapped up tickets instantly more info