My Old Kentucky — Sitting in the back room of Gerstle's – Backyard Tire Fire's bar room home of choice this particular evening – singer/guitarist Ed Anderson, bassist Matt Anderson, and drummer Tim Kramp are sucking on cigarettes, drinking some beer, and... more info

MTV.com News — Black Eyed Peas, Vampire Weekend and John Mayer also set to perform at Ireland's largest music festival.By Jayson Rodriguez Eminem and Jay-Z (file) Photo: Activision Eminem and Jay-Z will be among the marquee acts participating at the Oxeg... more info

Guardian Music — We all know that tweets are the most disposable form of writing that ever existed – so how about a hand-typed, oak-bound box set of 1,000 Twitter reviews for $75?Music criticism looks like it's on its last legs – so I've built it a love... more info

Rolling Stone — When Brooklyn baroque-pop group the National released Boxer in 2007, it was a left-field critical and commercial success that helped them score them an opening slot for R.E.M. Even Barack Obama used the stately piano ballad “Fake Empire” on his c... more info

MTV.co.uk News —   The Helping Haiti single has gone straight to number one on the official singles chart selling nearly half a million copies in a week.   The cover of R.E.M’s Everybody Hurts... more info

ContactMusic — SIMON COWELL's all-star remake of R.E.M. song EVERYBODY HURTS has stormed to the top of the U.K. singles chart, making it the fastest-selling charity single this... more info

I Like Music — The cover of REM's Everybody Hurts tops charts and breaks charity single records. Plus Glee, Alicia Keys more info

NME — All-star charity cover of REM's 'Everybody Hurts' tops UK charts more info

MTV.co.uk News — The Simon Cowell organised Helping Haiti track is certain to hit the number one spot this Sunday. The cover of R.E.M’s Everybody Hurts features Robbie Williams, Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis,... more info

The Newsroom — Behind the scenes footage from Simon Cowell's star-studded re-make of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" featuring Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle and more more info