Here Comes The Flood — The Velvet Underground have sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to stop using the iconic banana for commercial purposes such iPad covers and such. From Pitchfork: The Velvet Underground today sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for th... more info

ContactMusic — Velvet Underground founders Lou Reed and John Cale have filed a lawsuit against officials at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the iconic banana image the pop artist created for their debut album The rockers claim foundation bosses ... more info

Guardian Music — New York band launch lawsuit after reading Andy Warhol Foundation had agreed to license design for Apple productsNew York rock group, the Velvet Underground, took legal actionon Wednesday to stop its famous Andy Warhol-designed banana being used on c... more info

411 Mania — Are we interested in a 3D Metallica movie? Should Adele have to "sex up" her image? Will we check out Van Halen on tour? 411's Adam Hill and Jeremy Thomas debate these topics and more in this week's 411 Fact or Fiction: Music! more info

Guardian Music — Chuck Rowell and Hollie Cook's synth-pop noir is inspired by San Diego's seedy side – with a dollop of David LynchHometowns: London and San Diego.The lineup: Chuck Rowell and Hollie Cook.The background: Psychic Dancehall are a recommendation by a f... more info

411 Mania — Was Metallica working with Lou Reed the biggest surprise of the year? Was Amy Winehouse's death the biggest news story? Which album was more annoying, Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne or Rihanna's Talk That Talk? The 411 staff takes a look ... more info

Metal Injection — Metallica love giving quotes to the press hyping up their upcoming music. Remember when Lars said that Lulu,their collaboration with Lou Reed, would blow …And Justice For All out of the water? Yea, ridiculous. Now, they've gone and put their f... more info

Gigwise — After collaborative album with Lou Reed... more info

Guardian Music — The week's highlights from planet pop and beyond, starring Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Sinead O'Connor, KT Tunstall and more more info

ContactMusic — Stars including Lou Reed Rufus Wainwright actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and fashion king Calvin Klein attended a New York church on Thursday 05Jan12 for a memorial service for three girls killed in an inferno on Christmas Day 25Dec11 The daughters an.... more info