NME — Gigs set to take place in London and Manchester more info

Guardian Music — Baron Cohen has the ethnic elasticity to make this Freddie Mercury biopic work. And if you needed a further good omen, it's roped in the screenwriter of The QueenE-lo-ley-ley. You suspect that the decision to make a film about the lead-up to Queen's ... more info

Altsounds — In 1977, after hearing The Damned, Motorhead and The Clash, guitarist Denise Mercedes returned from London and decided to start her own band. She recruited LES poet Patrick Mack on guitar and vocals, artist and fashionista Nick Marden on bass and... more info

Totally Fuzzy — strahinja said... PERCY SLEDGE – The Essential Collection NEIL YOUNG – Rust Never Sleeps PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC – Are You Ready CHEAP TRICK – At Budokan RARE EARTH – Fil Your Head MICHAEL JACKSON – Off The Wall ERIC BURDON – Startrack ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Another lovely email arrived from deepest darkest cyberspace the other day:-My name is Vivek. From the States near DC and Baltimore. 2nd Gen Indian-American.Anyway found that your blog posted a Buzzcocks song.I was trying to find "Harmony in my Head... more info

Metal Injection — Haven't been paying attention to all the releases from the first half of 2010? No problem! I've got you covered with my list of Top 20 of 2010 So Far in podcast format below. So crack open a bottle of booze, break out your bong, and check out some ne... more info

NME - The Video Blog — With their highly-anticipated and massively-delayed second album due for release next month – and the band on the cover of NME this week – Klaxons talk us through some of the weird and wonderful influences on the album, those bands and tracks the... more info

NME — He joins The Damned, Sandie Shaw and The Bees at the bash more info

Idolator — Patrick Stump is doing his solo thing, and Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley are off in heavy metal group The Damned Things—so what’s Pete Wentz been up to during Fall Out Boy’s indefinite hiatus? Besides directing music videos and helping raise fund... more info

Thrash Hits — How awesome is Keith Buckley’s mullet? Triple-awesome, that’s how much. He doesn’t look like a Spanish schoolkid on tour at all. The Damned Things @ Download Festival 2010 photo gallery by Ben Gibson more info