Pop Justice — Model agency Select have signed up 'Cooler Than Me' chanteuse Cher Lloyd. (The Sun) (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/x_factor/4150070/Singer-Cher-signs-up-with-model-agency.html) The company notes that "she represents everything that ... more info

Guardian Music — As Blur pick up their outstanding contribution award at the Brits, we travel back in time – courtesy of Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism, to March 1994, when Paul Moody met the band on the brink of their bre... more info

Pop Justice — FEBRUARY 13: DJ Fresh feat Rita Ora - 'Hot Right Now' N7OPZOBJZyI This track would be 28% better without the "eh-oh, eh-oh" bits (a bit of a songwriting copout, right?) but DJ Fresh's album is shaping up to be a massive corker and Rita's star quali... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Check out the visuals for Dappy’s Rockstar feat. Brian May available on iTunes 26th February. more info

Pop Justice — The never knowingly understated Adam Lambert performed his new single 'Better Than I Know Myself' on Jay Leno last night and jolly good it was too. (Neon Limelight) (http://neonlimelight.com/2012/01/18/video-adam-lambert-performs-better-than-i-know-m... more info

Gigwise — To talk about friendship with Freddie Mercury... more info

Guardian Music — How are ping-pong and violin-playing similar? If the tension at the starting line was a tune, what would it sound like? Tom Service talks to the musicians trying to bridge sport and art for 2012's Cultural OlympiadMusic and sport go together like …... more info

Guardian Music — Charity singles tell us about changing concerns and how society responds to need, says historianDr Lucy Robinson describes herself as a contemporary historian. But rather than poring over parchment dredged from dusty archives, she's more likely to be... more info

Here Comes The Flood — We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well. Freddie Mercury more info

Perez Hilton — Yes, yes, yes. Perfect casting. Sacha Baron Cohen will begin shooting the Freddie Mercury biopic starting next year, which will be produced by Gangs of New York's Graham King. King, who is also working with the actor on Martin Scorsese's Hugo, says: ... more info