ContactMusic — British funnyman Eddie Izzard has embarked on a tour of Africa in a bid to raise awareness of humanitarian issues The Cars 2 star jetted off last week ends25Sep11 to help Unicef and he kept his Twitter com fans updated on his daily activities Iz... more info

Guardian Music — Band display social consciousness with a touch of humour on hour-long special of US show"If you were real fans, you'd be watching this on vinyl … Prepare yourself, Radiohead – you're about to meet Televisionface!"With that introduction, Stephen C... more info

VH1 Blog — Last night, Dave Grohl used part of the Foo Fighters‘ Best Rock Video VMA speech as a call to “look a little harder” but “Never lose faith in real rock n’ roll music.” Just thirty-odd hours earlier, The Strokes, arguably one of the higher... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Jarvis Cocker joined co-headliners the Strokes during their Is This It-heavy set at Reading Festival for a cover of The Cars’ “Just What I Needed.” Lots of bro-hugs abound. The setlist: 01 “Is This It” 02 “New York City Cops�... more info

ContactMusic — Pulp's Jarvis Cocker joined The Strokes during their co-headlining set at Reading last night (27. 08. 11). 'Common People' singer Jarvis appeared with the New York band to perform a version of The Cars' 'Just What I Needed' toward the end of their pe... more info

The Telegraph — Country singer Kris Delmhorst does a fine cover version album of songs by The Cars. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Zach Pollack, photos by Grant MacAllister Sorry for the delay of our third and final installmet of Lollapalooza 2011 coverage, but here it is! Due to the major downpour on the Sunday of the fest, Grant's pictures were... more info

Topix — Elton John qualifies as an oldie if time is the only yardstick. AP For music lovers who are old but not that old, there's a shock that comes with hearing The Cars and John Mellencamp on an oldies radio station for the first time. more info

Altsounds — *THE CARS RELEASE "FREE" - THE NEW VIDEO + SINGLE FROM THEIR CELEBRATED ALBUM MOVE LIKE THIS * The Cars Make Their Lollapalooza Debut Sunday, August 9th in Chicago - Watch it Streamed Live on YouTube! Check out "Free", The Cars' new video and si... more info

Stereogum — Weezer, who we last heard covering “Paranoid Android” for no apparent reason are serving up another cover song for the soundtrack to Cars 2. The song, appropriately enough, is a Cars cover, specifically “You Might Think” (their ’84 hit with... more info