Guardian Music — As a section of the nation's youth prepares to decamp to university, we celebrate the monsters of college rockChris MartinAlma mater: University College London.Degree: Ancient world studies (first-class honours in Greek and Latin), 1998.Martin's univ... more info

Guardian Music — Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of WightBestival tries to cover all the bases: it is a festival for music aficionados but there is a lot of silliness going on. The fancy dress theme was "Rock Stars, Pop Stars & Divas", an excuse for dozens of young men... more info

KEXP Seattle — Last week, New Order announced two charity benefit shows for band friend Michael Schamberg, who produced a number of the band’s early videos. The band also noted the absence of their long-suffering bassist Peter Hook, an exclusion that Hook has res... more info

NME — Guitarist says he 'didn't want to live' after singer passed away more info

Guardian Music — Last year, Vittorio Grigolo gave the Royal Opera one of the most dazzling debuts it has ever seen. The tenor that Italy calls the 'little Pavarotti' is no stranger to performing under pressure: his career has taken him from the papal choir to duet... more info

NME - The Video Blog — Google seem to one-up themselves every time they create a new mind-blowingly awesome interactive homepage logo. And who could be more deserving of something mind-blowingly awesome than the fabulous Freddie Mercury? [...] Read more! more info

NME — Katy Perry, Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan also pay tribute to the late singer. more info

NME — Guitarist pays tribute to singer on what would have been his 65th birthday more info

Guardian Music — So you've survived three days of Reading and Leeds – but were the bruises worth it? Were Pulp as good as we said? And who rocked the most – Muse, Deftones or My Chemical Romance?It takes a brave soul to survive an entire day of torrential rain an... more info

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