Guardian Music — Laura Barton's writing on music ('The problem I have with classical music…', 14 July) is some of the most beautiful and sensitive in all journalism. At over 80, it's not surprising that I can't share her enthusiasm for rock music – largely short-... more info

Guardian Music — Hyde Park noise curfew silences Bruce Springsteen and Sir Paul McCartney as they attempt to thank fans after two-song duetBruce Springsteen and Sir Paul McCartney had their microphones switched off as they defied a noise curfew at the Hard Rock Calli... more info

Guardian Music — In his centenary year, the songs of the father of protest live on in the music of Dylan and Springsteen. But his radical approach to life provides arguably an even greater legacyWoody Guthrie was, as his daughter Nora told me yesterday, "the last of ... more info

Guardian Music — Festival organisers baulk at local politician's demand for an admissions tax for the event in Indio, CaliforniaThe Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival may relocate from Indio, California, its site since 1999. Organisers have threatened to move t... more info

Guardian Music — The drum'n'bass warrior turned dubstep hitmaker empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I always play to rescue a dancefloor Dead Prez: Hip Hop (DJ Fresh & Adam F remix) We persuaded Dead Prez to let us make and release our own versio... more info

Guardian Music — Mark Ruffalo among stars calling for tax of less than 1% on Wall St transactions because the 'government is robbing our people'Actor Mark Ruffalo and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello have launched a new US campaign for a "Robin Hood tax", a sma... more info

Guardian Music — Advice on how to make the most of your festival experience from Katy B, Toddla T, Friendly Fires, Justice, Little Dragon, tUnE-YaRdS, Azari & III, Richard Hawley, Robert Glasper and Ruth WallKaty B"Take sun cream even if it's cold. Being outside all ... more info

Metalsucks — If you were a teenager during pretty much any part of the ’90s and you were into heavy music, Rage Against the Machine were at some point really important to you. I realize this is lost on today’s younger generation, maybe because RATM haven’t... more info

Chicago Tribune — Tom Morello says he rarely gets nervous anymore before he performs, in part because he’s done just about everything from rocking stadiums with Rage Against the Machine to participating in protest rallies around the world as a guitar-thrashing activ... more info

Starpulse — Rocker Tom Morello has been honored for his political and social activism efforts. The Rage Against The Machine star has been one of the most fervent supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement... more info