Stereogum — The former Jam frontman and general all-around Brit-rock icon Paul Weller has a new album called Sonik Kicks coming out, and it features guest appearances from spiritual descendents like Noel Gallagher and Blur’s Graham Coxon. And in the video for ... more info

Gigwise — Weller says he would like to collaborate... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher has been questioned if he will be performing as a warm up act for The Stone Roses for their shows this summer at Heaton Park in Manchester?The songwriter said "Unequivocally no - I'm in America when it happens, actually. But I have no ... more info

Core News — “Watch out for new cuts from Buriel track, a Kon re-work of Gil Scott Heron, Soul Clap, Gang Colours, and Paul Weller. Plus tracks from Lyn Christopher & Loleatta Holloway and a couple of tunes by Whitney Housten,” Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2012-... more info

Gigwise — 'The Dangerous Age'... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher: not the staid three-chord classicist some perhaps thought, it turns out. Created in tandem with his High Flying Birds solo album, the man they call The Chief has a second record under his own name out this year and it'll sound (litera... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher spent much of the 90s proving that ‘Rock Stars’ still exist. His early days in Oasis are as memorable for their expletive-fuelled speeches, drug binges and public stoushes with brother Liam as they are for the band’s seminal albu... more info

Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadAfter dabbling in 16th-century songs on a lute, a Police reunion, tantric sex and being insulted by Paul Weller, Sting has finally returned to the instrument that once made him one of pop's national institutions. There are almost a... more info

ContactMusic — David Bowie sent his congratulations to new father Paul Weller after learning the rocker had named one of his twin boys after him Weller became a dad again when his wife Hannah gave birth to two boys earlier this month Jan12 and the couple has called... more info