ContactMusic — Rocker Duff Mckagan's new band Loaded are making a movie inspired by the Beatles' A Hard Days Night. The group's The Taking revolves around bandmates' efforts to free drummer Isaac Carpenter from jail while intoxicated after drinking a mystery Peruvi... more info

Guardian Music — This skate-punk raised on vintage rock, blues and R&B is keeping the spirit of 76 alive with his primal raunch'n'rollHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Hanni El Khatib (voice, instruments), Nicky Fleming-Yaryan (drums).The background: It's an oft-aske... more info

VH1 Blog — Last month the Red Hot Chili Peppers premiered “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie,” the lead single from the forthcoming I’m With You. Later this week, they’ll be premiering the single’s video exclusively on our site and MTV.com, but we�... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Tracks from the likes of Oasis, The Beatles and Radiohead will be re-worked into orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus at a weekend-long concert to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Abbey Road ... more info

Guardian Music — Film of 1969 bed-in with John Lennon posted online by Ono to help bring about world peaceIn an attempt to "give encouragement and inspiration to the activists of today", Yoko Ono has posted online a 70-minute documentary she made with John Lennon in ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The setlist from Beady Ey's apperance at the Summer Sonic Festival In Tokyo, Japan earlier today.Four Letter WordBeatles And StonesMillionaireThe RollerBring The LightStanding On The Edge Of The NoiseKill For A DreamThe Beat Goes OnThe Ring CircusMan... more info

Guardian Music — A study of 1970, filtered through the music of the timeWe live in turbulent times, our distrust of institutions seemingly at a peak. Yet between January 1969 and the spring of 1970, according to the author of Fire and Rain, borrowing figures quoted ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Andy Bell may be in Stockholm but his thoughts remain focused on Japan. The guitarist's new band, Beady Eye, consists of the former members of Oasis who were left standing following Noel Gallagher's acrimonious departure two years ago. The quartet we... more info

Scotsman.com — HE SAW himself as the Statue of Liberty, and doodled a human foot and balloon faces blowing in the breeze. These remarkable sketches by John Lennon are to be shown for the fir more info

Perez Hilton — Well, we're not gonna lie - this wouldn't surprise us in the LEAST! During his appearance last night on Conan, Piers Morgan addressed the recent reports that Paul McCartney had his phone hacked by News of the World, and despite the Beatles' member's ... more info