News of The World — Take That stars record together - and band reunion is CERTAIN! more info

Guardian Music — (ECM)It might be 40 years old now, but Germany's ECM label still keeps turning up the kind of mavericks the mainstream industry mostly shrugs perplexedly at. Solo singer/keyboardist Berkson is an absorbing one-off – touching on Jewish liturgical mu... more info

Guardian Music — Spending on live music up 4% this year as fans show 'insatiable appetite' for gigs and festivals, says industry bodyThis summer, while festival revellers listen to their favourite bands in muddy fields, they are more likely to be thinking about where... more info

Guardian Music — Mel B, Kerry Katona or Lee Ryan? The C-list is endless. But who would you choose?Everyone wants to be an X Factor judge. Why wouldn't they? All you need to do is roll your eyes a lot and tell people how monumentally worthless they are, and you're rew... more info

Guardian Music — Noisy Berliners put their "girl gang" vocalists to the fore. And now they're backWhen shouty techno noiseniks Atari Teenage Riot were originally around in the first half of the 1990s, they didn't sound like anyone else. Pop loved Take That and indie ... more info

Guardian Music — So how late did you stay up last night? Our political future may be as confused as our fuzzy heads, but there were at least some pop stars happy to show their true colours yesterday. Lily Allen tweeted a picture of herself at the polling station with... more info

The Mirror — So the election’s over, and something brilliant/awful/confusing (delete as applicable) has happened. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — The Titanic theme My Heart Will Go On has been named the best film song of all time, according to a new poll. Celine Dion's ballad, which won the Best Original Song Oscar in 1997, saw off competition from Rule The World by British pop stars Take That... more info

Dlisted — I finally know why Lady Gaga exists! She was put on this planet to write "Telephone" and record it so that these U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan could spread the glitter to it in the video above. My favorite is the ginger thrusting his eve... more info

Guardian Music — It appears that Russell Brand's new film is loosely based on Robbie Williams's rise to stardom. After all, his story is more rock'n'roll than that of most rock bandsFrom the same stable as Knocked Up and Superbad, Get Him to the Greek is set to be on... more info