Guardian Music — Singer returns to UK for first time since record-breaking residency at O2 arena in 2007Prince is to headline the Hop Farm Music festival in July. It will be the singer's only UK show of 2011, and comes as a surprise after he had been tipped to play G... more info

NME — New production about legendary New York club is on the way more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday, the Strokes singer covers the rock'n'roll anthem Holly made his ownCee Lo Green, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith. The Black Keys, Kid Rock, Nick Lowe. These are just some of the names behind a new Budd... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Escape to New York, an art, music and interactive performance party from the creator of the Secret Garden Party UK is pleased to confirm their Friday and Saturday line-ups: Patti Smith, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, The Vaccines, Best... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Think Nico and Velvet Underground, think early days Patti Smith, think Siouxsie Sioux, think the Jesus and Mary Chain, think Raveonettes, think The Kills, then forget everything you've ever thought and heard before. BBC Tyne Introducing: Retrie... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon Patti Smith has been selected to receive Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The rocker will share the honour, which is handed out by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, with the Kronos Quartet. The prize committee which selected.... more info

ContactMusic — Cee Lo Green, Florence Welch and Patti Smith are among a group of musicians who are contributing to a Buddy Holly tribute album. The 'Peggy Sue' singer - who died in 1959 at the age of just 22 in a plane crash - is being commemorated in a... more info

NME — Paul McCartney and My Morning Jacket also get involved with the new release more info

LargeHeartedBoy — I generally don't read books by celebrities, but the past couple of years have seen outstanding memoirs by Patti Smith, Kristin Hersh, and Rosanne Cash, so I decided to take a chance Tina Fey's book Bossypants. I am a... more info

Guardian Music — Long revered as one of England's finest songwriters, Ray Davies, curator of this year's Meltdown festival, remains shy, insecure and steadfastly old-fashioned. And his biggest regret? The family life he never had…Ray Davies has now been famous for ... more info