Guardian Music — Prize-winning work by 10-year-old future Beatle contained hint of band's trademark logoThe developing imagination of Sir Paul McCartney has been revealed by the chance find of a schoolboy essay which won him a regional prize at the age of 10.The youn... more info

Guardian Music — How will the girl group survive without any of its founder members?On the 2007 Sugababes tour, an official T-shirt bore the names of all its members, past and present: "Keisha & Mutya & Siobhan & Heidi & Amelle." In an amusing – if perhaps tel... more info

Live Daily — Squeeze co-frontman Glen Tilbrook will embark on a late-summer and fall solo tour of the US behind his recently released album, "Pandemonium Ensues." The British singer/songwriter will begin the journey with a Sept. 10 show in Philadelphia to bene... more info

Thrash Hits — Our favourite Canadian hardcore merchants Cancer Bats have been added to the already great lineup at Hellfire Festival 2009 along with Swedish metal fiends Katatonia, British mentallists Ted Maul and Japanese silly buggers Electric Eel Shock. Saxon a... more info

Rolling Stone — Whitney Houston has granted Oprah Winfrey what the show is billing as “the most anticipated music interview of the decade” — the singer’s first sit-down in nearly seven years. The episode airs September 14th, two weeks after the release of I ... more info

Thrash Hits — Saxon @ Bloodstock Open Air 2009 photos courtesy of Gary Wolstenholme —– more info

Billy has formed a new group with ex-husband of former bandmate Arcy Wretzky. Corgan debuted Spirits In The Sky tribute concert for late Sky Saxon, and now he's keen to make sure it wasn't a one-off.. more info

Live Daily — Billy Corgan is gearing up for a series of concerts, during which he'll hit the stage without his Smashing Pumpkins [ tickets ] cohorts. Dates and venues for the trek--which is billed as "Billy Corgan with special guests Spirits in the Sky"--will ... more info

The Music Fix — Gig Review: Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Mastodon and the rest at Sonisphere on Sunday. more info

A planned music festival in Iowa featuring classic rock acts like SAXON, TWISTED SISTER and GREAT WHITE has been scrapped after a bust up between organisers and venue bosses more info