Guardian Music — A biography of the ever-fractious KinksIn the course of this book, Kinks frontman Ray Davies comes in for quite a battering. His brother and guitarist Dave Davies says he has "vampire qualities … it's like having a big sucker on you". His ex Chriss... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The German edition of the Rolling Stone magazine has given Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds a five star review in the current edition.Below is a translation of the review with thanks to boardie.Finally: Noel's best album since Morning GloryThat Bea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Furthur are going on a tour that hits MSG on November 10th. Tickets are on sale now. The after party is at BB King's. As previously mentioned, Ray Davies is going back out on tour. Tickets to the Beacon... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ray Davies hits the road in November for a tour that starts in New Orleans, passes through Chicago and lands in the NYC-area for shows at the Paramount Theater (on sale now) Wellmont Theater (on sale 9/9 at noon)... more info

Guardian Music — Eight of the 12 nominees for Tuesday night's Mercury prize have visited the Guardian studios to play – watch them hereIn the two years since we started our How I wrote… live music sessions, we've looked at the Mercury prize shortlist and thought:... more info

Topix — Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a school musical. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a school musical. more info

NME — Production to make its debut in London this weekend more info

ContactMusic — Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a school musical. The British star has been working on Child's Play, which chronicles the last 60 years of cult... more info

Guardian Music — Outnumbered | Wogan On Wodehouse | When Rock Goes Acoustic | Treme | Comedy Showcase: Chickens | Comedy Lab: Anna & KatyOutnumbered9pm, BBC1The show that's given family sitcoms a good name returns for a fourth series. Tonight's plot centres on a fam... more info