Guardian Music — A mixed assortment of musical links from the last seven daysGuardianmusic.tumblr.com is the place where our writers post songs, videos, pictures and other music-related odds and ends they come across during their web trawling.Here's our top five Tumb... more info

Guardian Music — 2008: Coldplay's record label cautioned against releasing Viva La Vida as a single yet they needn't have worried – it's since become a fan favouriteThe frustrating truth for anyone hellbent on writing a hit record is that, ultimately, there's no fo... more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonBranches and fairy lights flank the stage like Titania's grotto. The mic stands are festooned with winter foliage and rams' skulls. We're about to witness either a midsummer night's dream of a gig or the ritual sacrifice of... more info

ContactMusic — Ricky Gervais has been proffering his opinions on music in a recent edition of Q Magazine and made his love of Bruce Springsteen explicitly obvious by dressing up as the great man for the photo shoot Msn reports that the British funny man was clad in... more info

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Perez Hilton — The European leg of Coldplay's world tour for the album Mylo Xyloto has begun and it looks marvellous! The band recorded and released this sweet footage (above) from their first arena stop, which features them goofing around before show time and rock... more info

Guardian Music — Dionne Warwick, Coldplay and Kyla La Grange are among the shows our writers will be reviewing this week. Take a look at the full list and tell us about live music you've seen recentlyEach week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be coverin... more info

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