ContactMusic — Singer Katy Perry has played down reports suggesting shes set to portray the girlfriend of flamboyant rocker Freddie Mercury in Sacha Baron Cohens upcoming biopic The I Kissed A Girl hitmaker has previously showed off her acting chops on U S TV comed... more info

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Guardian Music — Metallica headline Download festival this weekend, playing their classic Black album in its entirety – and to mark the occasion, here's a classic interview with James Hetfield by Steven Wells, taken from Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archiv... more info

ContactMusic — Ska heroes Madness will do one better than Brian May did at the Queens Golden Jubilee by performing their song Our House in full on top of Buckingham Palace As stars from across the globe will take to a specially built stage in front of the palace... more info

Perez Hilton — Get More: fun., We Are Young Featuring Janelle Monae (Live), Music, More Music Videos Is it just us or is this guy totally channeling Freddie Mercury? The 2012 MTV Movie Awards kicked off with an absolutely fantastic, energetic performance from fun... more info

Guardian Music — A winner must be declared even if no one's actually watching, so let's pick through the scraps to find out it who it might beThe Voice is doing abysmally in almost every regard. Millions of viewers have abandoned it in favour of the sunshine, or othe... more info

Guardian Music — (Warner Brothers)It's an apt name, but only in that this New York trio's second album is a reminder that many things commonly regarded as fun are in fact not only not fun, but actively depressing. Lyrically vapid, auto-tuned and stadium-aspiring chor... more info

Guardian Music — Britain is celebrating Music is Great week with a DVD of iconic live moments. But why has the campaign ignored the melting pot that makes British music special?Did you know this week is Music is Great week in Britain? You may think it's Music is Grea... more info