Guardian Music — Academy, NewcastleAlong with the BBC's Sound of the Year poll, the annual NME awards tour is a useful barometer of where pop is headed. Last year's bash gave White Lies and Friendly Fires a springboard while Florence and the Machine ­predicted th... more info

NME — Plus Drums and Big Pink play first night of gig run more info

NME — Bands set for acoustic gigs and signing sessions more info

NME — Bombay Bicycle Club, Mr Hudson also set for gig more info

Guardian Music — Ellie Goulding, London, CardiffMusic-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval politics: even before the public know who she is, they are told that the year's pop queen has already been crowned. Following the successes of Adele i... more info

NME — February event also features Kate Nash, The Maccabees and Zero 7 more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: With the Bombay Bicycle ClubAfter selling out their own winter tour in December, Bombay Bicycle Club will release live favourite ‘Evening/Morning' on February 22nd. The single will be a super limited edition 7” (only 400... more info

Altsounds — After selling out their own winter tour in December, Bombay Bicycle Club will release live favourite ‘Evening/Morning’ on February 22nd. The single will be a super limited edition 7” (only 400 copies) with the band doing th... more info

NME — Band set to make 400 copies of single available more info

Stereogum — Over the past year, Brooklyn duo Tanlines have been role models for the remix route to launching a new project, letting expectations for their own material take shape around the outlines of their redo-resume. They've turned in some great ones, tweaki... more info