USA Today Music — Ronnie Wood says the Rolling Stones will meet in a recording studio later this month "to just throw some ideas around." more info

Guardian Music — How a band from smalltown Alabama made a big noise and attracted fans from Bon Iver to Russell Crowe along the wayIn Athens, Alabama, Tony the tiny taxi driver is showing me his gun. It says in the big book of cliche that a Guardian writer in the Ame... more info

Guardian Music — Stanley Booth's 1984 book about the Rolling Stones, reissued this month, gives a glimpse of the group in their heyday to those doomed to know them only as the biggest heritage actThe small man with carefully brushed long hair and tinted glasses sat q... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Rolling Stones have released another live concert. L.A. Friday captures the final night of five nights run at the Los Angeles Forum in July 1975. Although the concert actually took place on a Sunday, July 13, they kept the (incorrect) popular ... more info

Guardian Music — What does a rock critic really know about being in a band? Guardian reviewer and part-time drummer Dave Simpson found out the hard wayThe bombshell arrived on a Monday morning. "Dear all," began the lead guitarist's email. "I'm afraid I've come ... more info

Guardian Music — Don Draper spends tonight's Mad Men (Sky Atlantic) on a mission to track down the Rolling Stones in order to persuade the rockers to sing "Heinz is on my side" to the tune of their hit Time is on my Side. "They did one for cereal in England three yea... more info

Perez Hilton — On last night's Mad Men, the super masculine, super sexy Don Draper and evening sidekick Harry Crane attempted to sign The Rolling Stones for a Heinz Beans commercial jingle. The duo failed, of course, but check out the video (above) to see a REAL c... more info

ContactMusic — Rock pensioner Sir Mick Jagger has a novel way to ensure he can still wow fans live - he performs karaoke sets of Rolling Stones songs in his spare time Fellow rocker Lenny Kravitz has revealed he was once left stunned when Jagger deserted him during... more info

Guardian Music — It's easy now to see that when rock and disco clashed, disco won. But records like this suggest we should have realised a whole lot earlier It happened earlier this month as I piloted a tiny rented car across Lanzarote, regaled by the awful playlist ... more info

Guardian Music — A band featuring three sisters, who combine the wafty whimsy of folk with R&B beats. It shouldn't really work. It doesHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Danielle Haim (vocals, lead guitar), Alana Haim (vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion), Es... more info