ContactMusic — Campaigners in Ringo Starr's hometown have failed in their bid to preserve the Beatles drummer's birthplace - local authorities are pressing ahead with plans to demolish the house where he was born. The musician's former family home... more info

Guardian Music — The Kinks singer, who is curating this year's Southbank-based festival, has ambitious plans for the programme of diverse actsRay Davies has revealed his lineup for the 2011 Meltdown festival and said the bill is "about Britain – we're trying to cov... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Any Major Dude said... STEP BACK TO 1978 - PART 3 John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air Clout – Substitute Supermax – Love Machine Umberto Tozzi – Tu Robert Palmer – Best Of Both Worlds Nina Hagen Band – TV-Glotzer Status Quo – Again And... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — We All Want Someone To Shout For does have a meaning. It stands for those artists and heroes that make a difference in our lives. Music matters. It sucks that our generation doesn’t have that one band that we all love. There will probably never be ... more info

Guardian Music — Russian president realises childhood dream by having tea with members of Deep Purple at his Moscow residenceDmitry Medvedev, a big heavy metal fan, has fulfilled a lifelong dream by getting to meet his favourite rock band, Deep Purple.Classic rock ba... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Salmon finds some great coverage of this year's SXSW festival, plus a couple of terrific new online music projectsIt's been a while since the BBC's website last offered extensive coverage of Austin's South By South West festival, as interest in... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Suburban Home / 2008PopMatters (8/10)Great great album. Visions of a modern-day Beatles.1 part MU, download more info

ContactMusic — John Lennon's Imagine Peace Tower is lighting up the skies over Iceland again - to celebrate the former Beatles star's marriage to Yoko Ono. The beam-of-light art installation on Vioey Island in Reykjavik was launched by Ono last... more info

Guardian Music — Staff Benda Bilili's success in the west has obscured the reality of blinged-up stars and adoring fans in the dancehalls of KinshasaIn cinemas now is the film Benda Bilili, a documentary telling the extraordinary story of Staff Benda Bilili. If you h... more info

Popdose — The very ubiquitousness of the Beatles can make for difficult wading when you’re trying to remember what made them great in the first place. Well, the movement you need is tucked away inside the Fab catalog. In Vol. 2 of a series from SomethingElse... more info