ContactMusic — Elbow frontman Guy Garvey is struggling to sleep at night after his home was targeted by a thief The rocker ordered workmen to fit new locks and improve the alarm system at his house in the U K after the raid earlier this year 11 when a crook reached... more info

BBC 6 Music — Band play special show at Manchester Cathedral more info

Guardian Music — Other acts to be honoured include U2, Adele, Coldplay, and Take That's Gary Barlow for two decades of classic songwritingPioneering punk Siouxsie Sioux, pictured above left with fashion designer Pam Hogg, has been rewarded for her outstanding contrib... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Sales of vinyl albums have risen 40% in 2011, thanks to the likes of Beady Eye, Adele and Radiohead.More than 240,000 albums have been sold so far this year, compared to the 234,000 purchased in all 52 weeks of 2010, the Official Charts Company said.... more info

NME — Singer says playing gigs wouldn't be the same sober more info

ContactMusic — Elbow star Guy Garvey refuses to go on stage without having a drink as the one gig he performed sober didnt work The British rockers have launched their own charity beer with profits going to Oxfam and Garvey reveals the bandmembers insist on drinki.... more info

Altsounds — Fans will also be able to catch *Example* in the more intimate setting of the* Jo Whiley's Little Noise Sessions *next month alongside Elbow, Goldfrapp and Sinead O'Connor, with more exciting announcements to come. A *No.1 album*, two consecutive *No... more info

Guardian Music — After Take That split, Gary Barlow retreated to his Cheshire mansion, driven to despair by his failure to write new hits. Now he's back and more popular than ever. He talks to Barbara Ellen about family, feuds and stepping into Simon Cowell's shoesGa... more info

Guardian Music — Elbow, Marina And The Diamonds, Example, Goldfrapp and Sinead O'Connor are on board for Mencap's Little Noise Sessions (22-27 Nov, St John-at-Hackney, E5) …Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers guitarist Walter Lure will show young punks he's still... more info

Guardian Music — (Virgin)Where last year's Scratch My Back saw Peter Gabriel remodelling some of his favourite songs by other artists with just voice and orchestra, New Blood – as its title implies – sees his own back catalogue getting the same treatment. Tense, ... more info