Guardian Music — This month Tim goes pastoral and discovers something stranger than folk - "weirdlore"Franz Ferdinand once declared that their mission was to "make music for girls to dance to", but if you're more fond of making girls scream like a One Direction gig i... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsAntony Hegarty to curate Meltdown 2012Rolling Stones will not tour for 50th anniversary, says Keith RichardsElton John announces his 'most exciting record' in yearsSade pips Adele ... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction will make music history if their debut album Up All Night reaches No 1 in the United States next week The boy-band -put together by Simon Cowell on the Uk X Factor - need to sell 180000 copies of the record to become the first Brit band... more info

Gigwise — Baby-faced pop sensation set to topple Beatles first-week album sales more info

Guardian Music — A mop-haired UK boy band UK are on the verge of hitting No 1 in America with their debut album. Sound familiar? But what is behind One Direction's dizzying US rise?'My bum's ready!" says Harry Styles, one fifth of One Direction, face down on the flo... more info

ContactMusic — Rebecca Ferguson told her London audience that her relationship with Zayn Malik of One Direction is so last year Their relationship may have been overshadowed by that of Harry Styles and Caroline Flack of late but when they were dating briefly last y... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction have been forced to call in US police to save them from crazed fans The British boy band - who consist of Niall Horan Zayn Malik Liam Payne Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson - have been told to stay in their New York hotel after offi... more info

Pop Justice — In 'we’re not sure this is really going to happen' news, Lady Gaga claims that after her Oprah interview airs this weekend, she doesn’t "intend to speak to anyone for a very long time… No press, no television, if my mom calls and says, 'Did you... more info

411 Mania — Band would make history by doing so... more info

The Newsroom — British boy band One Direction transfer their success from the U.K to the U.S. more info