Paste Magazine — Every so often, a tiny shred of news is all it takes for fans of an artist to rejoice, breathe in the air and hold their heads a little higher. This is one of those times for Strokes fans, as drummer Fabrizio Moretti told BBC 6 Music, the band's thr... more info

PopSugar UK — Albert Hammond Jr was sporting the latest fashionable must-have — the furry hat — out in New York with his lady Agyness Deyn earlier this week. We've seen a couple of different ones on Lily Allen, and now Albert is taking some of the at... more info

Undercover, Australia — The Stokes are back together and working on a new album. more info

ContactMusic — The Strokes are to begin working on their first album in three years next month, according to drummer Fabrizio Moretti.Speaking after a concert with his side ... more info

AngryApe — With plans to record the record in the studio next month more info

NME — The Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas and guitarist Nick Valensi have started writing new material for their band's forthcoming new album, which they are set to start work on next month. more info

NME — The Strokes' frontman Julian Cassablancas and bassist Nick Valensi have started writing new material for their band's forthcoming new album, which they are set to start work on next month. more info

Silent Uproar — As reported, The Strokes will enter the studio in February to begin writing the follow up to 2005's First Impressions of Earth. Albert Hammond Jr. recently told Rolling Stone that session will happen on "February 11th at 2 o'clock." more info

PopSugar UK — Sharon Osbourne has accepted libel damages from The Sun newspaper after it claimed she was driving her husband Ozzy "to destruction". — BBC Famed London venue the Astoria closed it's doors for the final time early this morning. It has been h... more info

Time Out, London — Fans of The Stokes will be interested to hear the latest project of drummer Fab Moretti, who plays here with his three LA mates, favouring slightly dusty and downbeat, yet sweetly tinkling country-folkish pop with... more info