Stereogum — Last night, the Smashing Pumpkins kicked off their Shiny And Oh So Bright reunion tour properly in Glendale, Arizona, after a warm-up show last month in Los Angeles. The setlist featured a number of notable inclusions, including the first performance... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They also covered David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' and played tons of classics. Continue reading… more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Six days before he died in a car crash in 1977, a review of George Lucas’ new film Star Wars was published by Marc Bolan of T. Rex in his weekly column for Record Mirror. Praising the space opera as a “classic,” he noted, “Now ... more info

USA Today Music — Operatic quartet Il Divo's first concert-going experiences include David Bowie and Michael Jackson. (July 9)             more info

Perez Hilton — Teenage love affairs! In Carrie Fisher's new biography penned by film historians Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, we learn that it's believed the late actress had affairs with David Bowie and Freddie Mercury in 1973 when she was just 17 — and whi... more info

NME — The claims are detailed in a new biography David Bowie, Carrie Fisher and Freddie Mercury Carrie Fisher reportedly had low-key affairs with David Bowie and Freddie Mercury when she was just 17, a new biography has claimed. According to film hist... more info

NME — Nine Inch Nails toured with the star in 1995 Trent Reznor and David Bowie Trent Reznor has explained how David Bowie helped him to see “the light at the end of the tunnel” in the mid-90s. Nine Inch Nails, who released their new album ‘Bad ... more info

Rock Sound — The frontman finished off a recent Cannes show in serious style. Green Day and The Longshot frontman Billie Joe Armstrong pulled off a classic rock star move at a recent show in France, throwing his £5000 guitar into a swimming pool. Page S... more info

Guardian Music — Archive of photographer Brian Duffy donates print to museum that held record-breaking showA photograph from the photo session for David Bowie’s 1973 album Aladdin Sane has been gifted to the V&A as it announced record visitor figures for its w... more info

NME — "Our tour manager didn't even realise" Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner and David Bowie Arctic Monkeys have shared a story of an instance when they unwittingly asked David Bowie to leave his table while he was attending one of their gigs. Buy Arctic ... more info