Guardian Music — Brandon Flowers is a very rare thing: a rock'n'roll superstar with killer charisma - and no bad habits. Interview by Alexis PetridisBrandon Flowers ditches the feathered epaulettes for a more streamlined look in our fashion shootBrandon Flowers sits ... more info

Rolling Stone — As previews for Julie Taymor’s musical with U2’s Bono and the Edge draw nearer, the production is releasing more behind-the-scenes video explaining how the unique collaboration is developing. The Los Angeles Times pointed us to a chat with direct... more info

The Newsroom — After a breakthrough performance in Glastonbury, Australian band The Temper Trap have their sights set on the UK. more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Coldplay, 50 Cent, Beck • McCartney Stuns NY With Letterman Set • U2 Post Backstage Tour Pics on Twitter • Madonna “Devastated” by Deadly Collapse • Pepsi Responds to Jackson Ad Leak • Mariah Finishes Off Eminem in “O... more info

PopSugar UK — BBC1 has new series As Seen on TV plus Hotel Babylon and Friday Night With Jonathan Ross with U2, Anjelica Huston and Dame Edna Everage BBC2 has BBC Proms 2009: First Night of the Proms and T in the Park: Highlights BBC4 has Glastonbury: 2009 Sessio... more info

411 Mania — Band posting candid pics from their 360 tour... more info

Rolling Stone — U2 have joined the masses on Twitter, establishing @U2_360Tour to give fans a look at life on the road and backstage on their 360 Tour, which is currently in Europe. So far, the Twitter feed has only hosted photos from the band but no text, so Bono h... more info

411 Mania — Would Kanye open for Kings of Leon and Peter Gabriel? I don't think so... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bono, U2 and the Crisis of World CapitalismShuffling out from U2’s Popmart tour — the one with the McDonalds-style Golden Arch — at Lansdowne Road 10 years ago, I chanced on Philip King, singer, songwriter, television producer an... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis prove impossible to resist at Wembley Arena. Rating * * * * I have seen some big gigs recently, by some of the greatest rock stars of our time: Bruce Springsteen, U2, Blur. But I have never seen anything quite like a crowd of 50,000 in the pour... more info