MTV.com News — Musician lost a two-year battle with cancer.By Kara Warner Big Star's Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, Andy Hummel and Alex Chilton in 1972 Photo: Charlie Gillett/ Redferns More sad news for Big Star fans. Almost four months to the day since Alex... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Teenage Fanclub have added another NYC show to their schedule. Tickets are still on sale for the show they open for Belle & Sebastian at Williamsburg Waterfront on September 30th, and tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-15 Tønsberg, Norway - Slottsfjell Festival07-17 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival07-23 Santander, Spain - Santander Music Festival07-25 Arezzo, Italy - Play Art Festival07-30 Seoul, South Korea - Jusan Valley Rock Festival08-01 Niigata... more info

NME — Scottish group will play HMV Forum on December 8 more info

Guardian Music — After 21 years, Teenage Fanclub's fans have grown up with them knowing exactly what to expect. And that suits this thoughtful band just fineIt's early evening in Leeds and a group of men in their 40s are heading towards the stage of the Cockpit club,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said... Yet another tropical weather system threatens to dump more rain on the 30 Days Out ranch, so what do we do? We prepare our survival kit of tasty hurricane/storm/rain songs! Who cares if it's raining, we have Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren,... more info

Guardian Music — Scouting For Girls, Idlewild, Doves and Frightened Rabbit are among the myriad musical flavours at Ben & Jerry's Sundae On The Common (24 & 25 Jul) on London's Clapham Common ... Truck Festival now offers single day tickets, so you can see the likes ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-31 St. Louis, MO - Firebird #09-01 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club #09-02 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall #09-03 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #09-04 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo #09-06 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo #09-07 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's #... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-22 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern 09-23 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern 09-24 Montreal, Quebec - Le National 09-25 Boston, MA - Royale09-30 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront % 10-01 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero 10-02 Washington,... more info

NME — The gig-run will begin on September 22 in Toronto more info