Guardian Music — As the outdoor music season kicks off, Chris Salmon investigates the first two big events' online coverageThe festival season kicked off in earnest last weekend, with two of the biggest events of the summer, the Isle of Wight festival and Download.... more info

ContactMusic — Foo Fighters have shown off their sense of humour in a tour rider packed full of jokes as well as a colouring book and activity guide to amuse bored production staff. The rider, produced for the band's 2011 tour and obtained by The Smoking Gun, featu... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — It's great to see rock stars who don't take themselves too seriously.  This week, the Foo Fighters tour rider was leaked to the internet.  For those who don't know, a tour rider gives venues specifics on what artists want in their dressing room whe... more info

VH1 Blog — Foo Fighters are noted fans of The Smoking Gun‘s collection of tour riders, nodding in their humorous 2008 rider to Iggy Pop‘s extraordinarily entertaining 2006 rider. For their 2011 tour (taking them across Europe this summer and across the Unit... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Foo Fighters Full Live Performance @ Pinkpop 2011 Read more » more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Speaking of musicians with books, Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) is releasing his autobiography See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody on June 15. The autobiography was written with Michael Azerrad (Our Band Could Be Your... more info

NME - Festivals — Have you dried out yet? What a weekend. We got sunburned on Saturday and then almost got swept away in the never-ending rain on Sunday. Legends Pulp, Foo Fighters and the big man Tom Jones played on an Isle Of Wight Festival 2011 bill on Friday to Su... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Every Monday we deliver our verdict on the new single releases. Here Mark Beaumont takes apart this week's offerings, including the latest tracks from Beyonce, Foo Fighters and Calvin Harris... [...] Read more! more info

The Telegraph — Rock festivals like the Isle of Wight are beginning to feel oddly like heritage events. Rating: * * more info

Guardian Music — Seaclose Park, NewportWhile the metal mayhem of Download strains to start the festival season with a bang, Isle Of Wight, a decade after its resurrection, eases us in with some gentle nostalgia. Joan Jett, Iggy and the Stooges, ABC, Boy George, Tom J... more info