Unreality Music — Veteran rock stars QUEEN led performances at a royal charity concert in London on Wednesday night (17Nov10), taking to the stage with KEANE frontman TOM CHAPLIN and MIDGE URE. The band thri... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Chase And Status Feat Tempa T Hypest Hype (Mercury) One of the joys of being a music critic in his dotage is that, every now and then, you receive something that is almost certainly rubbish, that sounds like genius to your doddering,... more info

Guardian Music — Ultravox's Midge Ure thinks he can help struggling musicans with a site that merges social networking and downloadsThe advent of the world wide web promised to give artists a more level playing field, with the opportunity to bypass the record label s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Belle & Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010) Review - It’s pretty, simple, and deadly effective. There is no artistic leap forward here, but rather a return to the basics, reminiscent of early Belle & Sebasti... more info

Altsounds — Recently launched by Midge Ure of Live Aid and Ultravox fame, Tunited is a new online social network for lovers and makers of independent music. Dreamt up by Midge Ure, Tunited is set to make the independent music industry a better place, a fairly... more info

Guardian Music — From witty rap and songs filled with extreme emotion to mesmeric electro-pop, we profile five young acts set to make their mark on the music world HURTSWho Hurts, aka 23-year-old Theo Hutchcraft on vocals and 26-year-old Adam Anderson on keyboar... more info

Guardian Music — When Bob Met Harvey is the 'deeply moving' story of Geldof's relationship with pop promoter Harvey GoldsmithBBC2 is to mark the 25th anniversary of Live Aid by screening a drama about the relationship between Bob Geldof and pop promoter Harvey Goldsm... more info

MTV.com News — We remember the charity concert that broke the mold on July 13, 1985.By Kyle Anderson and Gil Kaufman Elton John performs at Live Aid on July 13, 1985 Photo: Georges De Keerle/ Getty Images Live Aid was hardly the first internationally mind... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about getting fresh at the weekend. Now, we're heading south of the border ...There was a surprising amount of antipathy towards the weekend, and not just as a topic on this blog. British songwriters in particular seemed to have no ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — waves said... POPTOPIA ! powerpop from the 70ies,80ties and 90ties, ripped to wave with full bookletscans http://thewavesblog.blogspot.com jeffen said... Y'all remember Billy Idol don't ya? Had a string of massive hits back in the eighties and, more... more info