USA Today Music — USA TODAY's music staff offers a weekend tip sheet of sound recommendations: more info

Guardian Music — Bootsy Collins is one of the last men standing from the wild early days of funk. He tells Rob Fitzpatrick about his misadventures in LSD and orgies – and why Hendrix is still GodIf you have ever suspected that, just perhaps, modern popular music ha... more info

ContactMusic — John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' are set to make 122,000 at auction. The lyric sheet features the song's third verse and the opening lines of 'She's Leaving Home' - another track from the... more info

NME — Songsheet is expected to fetch $200,000 (£122,000) in US more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - The words to 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' penned by John Lennon will go under the hammer... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" are up for auction, in the latest episode for a storied Beatles classic. more info

ContactMusic — John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to classic Beatles tune Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds are to be auctioned off in Los Angeles next month (May11). Bosses at auction house Profiles in History expect the Fab Four treasure to fetch up to $300,000... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — When Noel Gallagher left Oasis, fans eagerly waited to see what would appear from the void left by the break-up.What emerged was simply Oasis minus Noel. Guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell, drummer Chris Sharrock and frontman Liam Gallagher beca... more info

Guardian Music — Iggy shows his softer side with covers of Serge Gainsbourg, Fred Neil and the Beatles. No wonder the American Idol team considered him as a potential guest judge ...Iggy Pop is to release an album of soft-rock covers, featuring ballads in English and... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — "Liam, Liam, Liam," bellow the sold-out Rock City masses, hours before the last Gallagher standing even steps a foot on stage.The man that once promised a generation that they'd live forever now returns to the fray under a new guise, but can the mout... more info