NME — Blink-182, Cypress Hill, Queens Of The Stone Age are also on the bill for French bash more info

Guardian Music — Who's playing, where, and when? All you need to know about this summer's British festival seasonWhat? Isle of Wight festivalWhen? 11-13 JuneWhere? Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of WightWho? Friday sees Jay-Z return to the festival scene after a triump... more info

Guardian Music — A preening but provocative frontman; a prodigious work rate; swaggeringly baroque music: a new documentary has reminded me why I can't fall out of love with the DoorsThere's some footage of Jim Morrison that makes me chuckle every time I even think o... more info

ContactMusic — Queens Of The Stone Age said the band has no reason to be at Reading other than to "kick a*s".The 'Sick, Sick, Sick' group's lead guitarist and frontman, Josh... more info

Stereogum — The 2010 bill-sharing Reading & Leeds Festivals, scheduled for 8/27-29 in those respective cities, will feature Guns N’ Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 as headliners, along with QOTSA, Paramore, Modest Mouse, Phoenix, NOFX, Lostprophets, Limp Bizk... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonImagine Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Heston Blumenthal jockeying for position around a stove. This captures the essence of Them Crooked Vultures, the part-time supergroup comprised of three alpha males who have thrived in ... more info

Unreality Music — One suspects there's a touch of viral intent behind this video of Dave Grohl going a little bit loopy in the studio after one too many cups of coffee. But seriously, how many coffees is too many? Well, probably however many Dave just drunk. Here's a ... more info

NME Radio — I love getting people talking about music and last night on the show I decided I'd get the collective NME Radio mind to help me create an Indie Family Tree. I'd been inspired by tracks from Monsters of Folk and Broken Bells on our playlist at the mom... more info

Guardian Music — Kylie wants to work with them. Kraftwerk already have. Hot Chip are becoming superstars – and they're horrifiedAlexis Taylor is sitting in a London gastropub, staring at his lunch. He looks a little crestfallen, but then Taylor always looks a ... more info

Live Daily — British alt-rockers Arctic Monkeys [ tickets ] will return to the US this spring for a fresh slate of headlining dates in support of their latest studio album, last fall's "Humbug." The group kicks off the 11-city trek April 1 in Miami, FL, and wr... more info