Over 50 independent record shops around the UK are releasing limited edition CDs and vinyls by bands like the Smiths and New Order next month to celebrate World Record Store Day. more info

ContactMusic — Hollywood superstar WILL SMITH is to open another school with his wife JADA - following the success of the couple's new Leadership Academy in California. The pair launched ... more info

ContactMusic — Former THE SMITHS frontman MORRISSEY has scrapped yet more dates on his massive world tour - sparking fears a large chunk of the jaunt will be axed. The British singer was ... more info

ContactMusic — Lawyers for ANNA NICOLE SMITH have stepped up the ongoing battle over the late star's inheritance from her dead husband - asking the U.S. Supreme Court to finally resolve ... more info

Music Mule — What? Butcher Boy A rare London show from Glasgow based orchestral indie 8-piece Butcher Boy. Head on down to Brixton Road this Saturday to hear John Blain Hunt and co’s poetic musings. For Fans Of: The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Tindersticks, Felt... more info

NME — The Courteeners were joined by The Last Shadow Puppets and The Rascals' Miles Kane on Saturday night (March 7) when they played a show at the O2 Academy Liverpool. more info

Guardian Music — Tony Naylor cocks an ear as dance music's finest pick their final final songsChoosing music for your funeral is, arguably, the most pointless thing you'll ever do. Did the mourners sit there, as planned, in awestruck silence? Did they dissolve into w... more info

Stereogum — The trailer for the Mark Webb-directed (500) Days Of Summer opens with Zooey Deschanel (as Summer) telling a guy listening to "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" loudly on his earphones that she, too, loves the Smiths. She sings a couple lines ... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker MORRISSEY has cancelled the opening dates of his world tour due to illness. The former Smiths frontman was due to begin a string of live shows across the ... more info

NME — London band Flashguns have had the honour of being among the last bands to record at the legendary Olympic Studios thanks to Blur and The Smiths' producer. more info