ContactMusic — Sneering THE FALL rocker MARK E. SMITH literally took aim at folk band MUMFORD & SONS during a recent music festival in Ireland - he launched a bottle at the stage during... more info

NME - Festivals — Guerrilla bake sales, a tug of war and The Fall - it could only be Field Day in London's, thankfully, sunny Victoria Park. Here are the ten things we learnt there. 1. Erland And The Carnival went on too early Erland And The Carnival took to the Fie... more info

Allmusic Blog — Some days the bitter, twisted rantings of Mark E. Smith are exactly what you need to get you past all the trivial and ridiculous travails of daily life. His exhortations help keep the knuckleheads, backwards thinkers, and lovestealers from getting in... more info

Pitchfork — Glastonbury is still quite possibly the best music festival in the world not only because it attracts the biggest of the big but because the biggest of the big often do things at Glastonbury that they probably won't do anywhere else. Like a surprise ... more info

Nialler9 — Someone has uploaded the whole BBC stream from Gorillaz’ Glasto performance on Friday night to Megaupload. At 97 minutes long, the set took in 17 songs with guest appearances from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon’s... more info

Pitchfork — The 2010 World Cup runs June 11 to July 11 in South Africa. Of course, it's a global phenomenon-- and the only time most U.S. citizens will remotely care about soccer (or, as the rest of the world knows it, football). The World Cup is such a sensatio... more info

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Pitchfork — This weekend at Butlins holiday resort in Minehead, England, the Pavement-curated All Tomorrow's Parties fest went down. It featured not only Pavement, but performances by Pavement's own Spiral Stairs, Atlas Sound, Broken Social Scene, the Walkmen, B... more info

DrownedInSound — Mark E. Smith saunters into the light all arms and mouth, the former looking slightly too long for his frame in a short-sleeve shirt, the latter forever chewing and slurping on an invisible hunk of cud. He prowls the stage and takes a spot, eyes fixe... more info

Pitchfork — In the Fall's new video for "Bury Pts. 1 + 3", directors ThirtyTwo film the latest lineup of the deathless Manchester punk band moving in slow-motion against a stark background. If you thought frontman Mark E. Smith looked like some sort of reptile b... more info