ContactMusic — Yoko Ono, Lou Reed and Sonic Youth are to perform at special fundraising gigs to boost aid efforts in tsunami-hit Japan. The Japanese widow of John Lennon will be joined by their son Sean Lennon, rockers Sonic Youth and other acts for a concert at... more info

NME — Two New York fundraiser gigs are in the pipeline more info

Guardian Music — I took this in Toronto in 1977. I'd known Debbie Harry for a couple of years. I remember the first time I got a call telling me to go and take pictures of a band called Blondie because the singer was an unbelievably beautiful girl and they were goin... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — In August it'll be 20 years since Gallagher and his brother Noel first took the stage as Oasis. It'll be almost two since they broke up backstage in Paris in a shower of guitar splinters. As in a proper divorce, Noel cited Liam's "verbal and violent ... more info

Impose Magazine — He was a ballet dancer, sound engineer for the Grateful Dead, and the guy who provided Lennon with a "lifetime supply" of his wonderfully pure acid. His father was a congressman and governor of Kentucky who hated Prohibition. He ate nothing but red m... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonPerhaps taking its cue from the US's recently revived, all-female festival Lilith Fair, comes the inaugural WOW (Women of the World) conference at London's Southbank centre. Alongside three days of discussions spanning the ... more info

Guardian Music — Troxy, LondonExpectations surrounding the arrival of Beady Eye were low in one respect but mega in two others: forget their record, because any incarnation of latter-day Oasis minus their chief songwriter was scarcely likely to ring the sonic changes... more info

Guardian Music — Pop stars singing catchy little ditties about date rape is nothing new, but it's high time we stopped humming along. Plus, the upside to celebrity bigotryIn Britain's tabloids, there are spidergrams of awfulness that extend flickeringly from a centra... more info

ContactMusic — Yoko Ono feels "guilty" about being a dance star. The 78-year-old musician - widow of Beatles legend John Lennon - has just scored her sixth consecutive number one track in the US dance charts with 'Move on Fast' and admits beating the likes of La... more info

Guardian Music — Michael, as John Lennon did before him, has fallen into the trap of thinking karma is instant. He'll have to wait until another lifeGeorge Michael's self-castigating comments on Radio 2's Chris Evans show on Monday appeared to convey genuine remorse ... more info