Guardian Music — Len Blavatnik poised to pay $1.5bn for the last major British record label, home to the Beatles and ColdplayEMI, the record label that signed the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Coldplay, is likely to be broken up this week and sold to a Russian-born billion... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay tackled Rihannas latest dance hit We Found Love during their appearance on Bbc Radio 1s Live Lounge this week The British rockers who released new album Mylo Xyloto on Monday 24th October 2011 wowed with a unique version of the track despite... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — After Oasis ended in a flurry of kung-fu kicks and punches, Noel Gallagher went away and quietly made a solo record, which could just be his finest collection of songs yet. In a revealing interview with Stuart Clark, he talks about new beginnings, ma... more info

VH1 Blog — With Coldplay‘s cover of Rihanna‘s “We Found Love” currently going viral online, we’ve taken the spirit of the song to heart and revisited our favorite covers of RiRi’s songs. And yes, we’ve found love in hopeless places, falling head o... more info

Impose Magazine — At a time of great output by our beloved up and coming indie artists and groups, the lamestream corporate music media is on an agenda of pushing the same old faces in the same way that Rolling Stone keeps questionable rock legends in print. Normally ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live Performance is from Coldplay performing in Madrid, on October 26, 2011. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Part of UNSTAGED -- an original music series from American Express in partnership with VEVO and YouTube. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Readers leave tributes on the seventh anniversary of the DJ's deathThis is the newsJohn Fogerty considers Creedence Clearwater Revival revivalJustin Bieber hires Kanye West and Drake for next albumMike Skinner on his new, post-Streets projectMorrisse... more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring lots of stuff from the year 2000, including At The Drive-in, Coldplay, Outkast, Deftones and Eels. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Len Blavatnik-owned group likely to buy recorded music division, while Bertelsmann/KKR venture will snap up publishing armThe $3bn-plus sale of EMI is close to completion, with Warner Music and BMG Music Rights Management expected to split the spoils... more info

Gigwise — At Madrid show... more info