Altsounds — Renowned artist, Peter Blake, has joined forces with the National Trust for this year's Glastonbury Festival (23 – 27 June). Best-known for his design for the Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper' album cover, Peter Blake has created a unique artwo... more info

Undercover, Australia — Sir Paul McCartney has commented that many movies about The Beatles including the recent Nowhere Boy are not accurate. more info

NME — Covers band in jokey mood for Acoustic Tent gig more info

Guardian Music — Vinyl may have been overtaken by CDs and downloads but it still has passionate fans, with the last major plant in the UK pressing about 25,000 records a week on its 40-year-old pressesForty-year-old record presses, installed by EMI in the 70s vinyl h... more info

The Telegraph — John Preston reviews the week on TV including BBC Four documentary A Century of Fatherhood, Lennon Naked - the BBC Four drama about a pivotal period in the Beatles star John Lennon's life - and the new BBC Three adult puppet comedy Mongrels. more info

Guardian Music — Kinks bass player who influenced a generation of rock musiciansPete Quaife, who has died of kidney failure, aged 66, was the bass guitarist of the Kinks during the group's glory years of the 1960s. He made a vital contribution to the dynamics of the ... more info

ContactMusic — A doodle drawn by late BEATLES star JOHN LENNON has raised nearly $56,000 (37,250) at auction.The caricature was scribbled by the musician during one of his famous... more info

Perez Hilton — There's a lot of money to be made in selling this, but we guess there is more to be made by keeping. Let's get real - that's what it will always boil down to: money! Sources close to the executors of Michael Jackson’s estate reveal that they intend... more info

Reuters — DETROIT (Billboard) - Carlos Santana was initially intimidated by mentor Clive Davis' pitch for his next album -- another "Supernatural"-style all-star collaboration, but this time on a collection of iconic rock songs by the likes of the Beatles, the... more info

Guardian Music — Giles Oakley writes: It was good to see recognition given to the contribution of the pianist Johnny Parker (obituary, 22 June) on Humphrey Lyttelton's 1956 hit single Bad Penny Blues, a significant record that played a key role in creating a widespre... more info