Guardian Music — Britain is celebrating Music is Great week with a DVD of iconic live moments. But why has the campaign ignored the melting pot that makes British music special?Did you know this week is Music is Great week in Britain? You may think it's Music is Grea... more info

Time — American Idol’s wildest runner-up delves into "existential pop" on Trespassing, out May 15 more info

Gigwise — Brian May reveals plans for West End 'effects' to bring music legend back to the stage more info

Gigwise — Brian May reveals plans for West End 'effects' to bring legend back to the stage more info

411 Mania — More on the project… more info

ContactMusic — The first half of last nights American Idol episode April 25 2012 was a Queen-themed affair with the contestants brushing off their finest Freddie Mercury impressions The remaining six performers knew that they had to bring their A-game to last night... more info

Guardian Music — Influential musician who inspired millions of budding guitarists to 'play in a day'The manual Play in a Day was the bible for generations of budding guitarists in the 1950s and 1960s. Its author was Bert Weedon, an unassuming dance-band musician whos... more info

ContactMusic — Bert Weedon has died The 91-year-old guitarist - whose popular tutorial manual Play In A Day taught the likes of Eric Clapton Sir Paul McCartney and Brian May how to play - passed away at his home in Beaconsfield this morning 20 04 12 in South... more info

ContactMusic — Pioneering guitarist Bert Weedon who was credited as a major influence on a generation of rockers including John Lennon Eric Clapton and Brian May has died at the age of 91 Weedon was the first British guitarist to have a hit on the U K singles chart... more info

The World Forgot — The latest album from Nate Ruess’ latest effort, Some Nights (amazon) (itunes), is very easy to summarize.  Just imagine if Freddie Mercury and Paul Simon had a baby that grew up in the eighties.  Then that baby mined their collective database of... more info