Guardian Music — Once dubbed the Official Home of Rock, the festival famous for hosting metal monoliths has gone all indieWhen this year's Reading and Leeds festival lineup was announced at an industry party last night, you may have heard the distinct sound of rocker... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Anderson's 'freeconomics' theory that pirating creates celebrity, which creates cash is fine for recording artists – but what about songwriters?Of the many professed experts who claim to have found the solution to the current economic up... more info

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NME — Former Marillion singer Fish has been forced to "retire from music" for at least six months because of a cancer scare. more info

Guardian Music — For anyone too young to remember the early 70s firsthand, progressive rock can seem almost impossibly arcane and strange. Was there really a time when a band could expect to do good business with 21 minute-long songs in 9/8 time about supernatural ex... more info

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Yahoo! Music UK — Press Assoc. - A British band has become the latest to shake-up the record industry by releasing its new album on free, music-sharing websites. more info

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