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

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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

Guardian Music — Journalist known for his softly ruthless interview techniqueTom Hibbert, a former Observer columnist and mainstay of both Smash Hits and Q magazines, has died aged 59, from complications brought about by diabetes. His cavalier humour and softly ruthl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Oh Land / Sia Sia played Webster Hall last night (7/26) with Oh Land and Ximena Sarinana. Sia played material mainly off of her last two albums, including Madonna's "Oh Father," and Ray Davies' "I Go... more info

Guardian Music — Mojo editor hails 'remarkable' year for Rumer, while Arctic Monkeys, John Grant and Primal Scream also win awardsAfter chasing a record deal for more than a decade, Sarah Joyce – otherwise known as the singer-songwriter Rumer – has taken home the... more info

Guardian Music — Hyde Park, London"Just think, all those people at Glastonbury are covered in mud," said Adam Ant on Sunday afternoon, spelling out the chief advantage of this oddly faceless festival over its more atmospheric rival: each year, it somehow escapes the ... more info