Topix — You would think that after many years in the business you must have gone through everything that can possibly happen to you on the road, but for veteran group The Drifters they found that isn't always so after their tour bus was raided by thieves. more info

ContactMusic — Veteran soul group The Drifters have called in police after thieves raided their tour bus and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment.The... more info

The Independent — US soul group The Drifters have had some £8,000 worth of equipment stolen from their tour bus. more info

Guardian Music — The Shads' No 1 hit from 1960 conjures up the twang of the west … and a time before the Beatles ruled the airwavesThere was a time in the early 60s when an English guitarist and former skiffle player who looked rather like Buddy Holly seemed the ep... more info

ContactMusic — Country group The Dirt Drifters have apologised to fans after calling off their upcoming summer 12 tour The five-piece was due to hit the road for a U S trek to promote debut album This Is My Blood but theyve axed all their concerts citing personal..... more info

Song, by Toad —  Lungs, Dirt and Dreams is pretty well described by its title actually, and has a kind of thunderously epic quality which constantly kicks back against the kind of defeatism this kind of music tends to evoke. You could easily compare a lot of this t... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThere's a splendid moment, 20 minutes into his set, when Paul Weller looks surprised at himself, even a bit coy. It comes at the beginning of Study in Blue, a duet with his wife Hannah, when he picks up a melodica and plays a few ... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThere's a splendid moment, 20 minutes into his set, when Paul Weller looks surprised at himself, even a bit coy. It comes at the beginning of Study in Blue, a duet with his wife Hannah, when he picks up a melodica and plays a few te... more info

Guardian Music — Born into something approaching soul music royalty, Whitney Houston had a dazzling voice and a troubled personal lifeAt the outset of her record-breaking career, Whitney Houston did not seem like the kind of artist whose life would end prematurely in... more info

Guardian Music — Put Pomus and Shuman together with Lieber and Stoller. Add the Drifters. And you end up with a classicSave the Last Dance for Me by the Drifters was a joint enterprise by the two greatest songwriting teams of the early rock era: it was written by Pom... more info