John Lennon's primary school has banned Beatles fans from taking pictures of its playground to prevent pupils being captured in photographs. more info

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MTV.com News — Guest judge Kristen Chenoweth helped hand out 31 golden tickets.By James Montgomery Seth Rollins tries out for "American Idol" Wednesday Photo: Fox After Wednesday night's rather listless Chicago auditions, "American Idol" headed to the Su... more info

MTV.com News — MTV News names the tart-yet-tangy Florida band Rock Week Artists to Watch. We the Kings Photo: S-Curve Records Who: We The Kings, a sunny, impressive quartet from Bradenton, Florida (birthplace of the Tropicana orange juice empire!), with ... more info

Guardian Music — These good-looking, good ole boys with beards have been described as the unplugged Kings of LeonHometown: Concord, North Carolina.The lineup: Scott Avett (vocals, banjo, drums), Seth Avett (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums), Bob Crawford (vocals, bas... more info

Guardian Music — 'Rock's not all carnal glamour. You spend a lot of time sitting around backstage, fiddling with bits of cheese'What got you started?Being brought up in a very unusual way. My mother was an artist and my father an obsessive classical music fan. We wer... more info

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film is reportedly to be remade for 3D with hopes that Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will add their voices to the project. more info

Guardian Music — She's pop's precious princess – and one of its richest – but Mariah Carey is now getting rave reviews for her role as a dowdy social worker in one of the most talked-about films of the year. It's her coolest career move yet. Elizabeth D... more info

XFM.co.uk — Disappointing sales for The Beatles: Rock Band follows news that music video games have plunged in popularity. more info

Guardian Music — Best known for his pioneering work with the Pirates, Green, who died this week, was the original British guitar heroThe roll call of great British guitar players has for too long missed out the name of the late Mick Green, who died this week aged 65.... more info