Guardian Music — From Ocean's frank confession to Stone Roses in Heaton Park – catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis weekThere's been two big stories in the world of music over the past seven days – the first being the Stone Roses' gigs at H... more info

Guardian Music — Lady Gaga and her entourage forced to find alternative venue for end of tour after-party as Melbourne bar refuses to ditch blues bandA small Australian pub is unrepentant after turning away Lady Gaga's band. Melbourne's Cherry Bar cancelled a Gaga af... more info

Guardian Music — (4AD)It can't be often that one of 4AD's rota merits a comparison to Lady Gaga, but there's much in Twin Shadow's second album that ploughs the leather-clad, hog-riding 80s rock-pop furrow that Gaga attempted on her last record. But where she fell f... more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga treated her tour entourage to an Independence Day party Down Under on Wednesday night 04Jul12 by hiring out an Australian social club The pop superstar is currently performing her Born This Way Ball shows in Australia but she took time out ... more info

ContactMusic — Cher is having an operation on her foot The 66-year-old singer was due to go on tour later this year but has had to postpone the concerts because the recovery time for the surgery would take too long and she wants to be in top condition for her fans.... more info

Starpulse — Lady Gaga recently debuted a new song during a concert in Australia. The morbidly themed "Princess Die" isn't the singer's normal fare though; it's a slow, piano heavy ballad about suicide. After... more info

Guardian Music — The Hit Man on working with Lee Perry, being an 'antichrist' in the 80s, and the appropriate level of sauciness in pop videosYou're a big fan of trains. Do you see any similarities between the music industry and the railway industry?I think you've go... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, London; Glyndebourne, east Sussex; Royal Festival Hall, LondonMen and supermen, aristocratic women and suicidal Trojan Wags, ancient Carthage, modern Venezuela, a pre-Columbian tropical jungle and a groovy 1960s-style conga: last w... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo; Coliseum, London"Mad" is one of the more annoying adjectives regularly flung at strong female pop presences. That Lady Gaga – she's bonkers, you know. The habit defies genre. Kate Bush, Grace Jones, Björk: all "mad". The gurnin... more info

Guardian Music — Es Devlin has designed sets for Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Take That, and has just recreated Carthage for Les Troyens at Covent Garden. Now she is preparing for the biggest show of all – the London 2012 closing ceremonyWhat do Harold Pinter, Lady Gaga,... more info