Guardian Music — From the Clash to Boy George to Ian Dury, musical creativity and squat culture are inseparable – which is why this new law is such a bad ideaThis weekend a new law came into force that makes squatting – the occupation of empty buildings by otherw... more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)The second album from London four-piece the Vaccines starts off promisingly enough, the infectious No Hope recalling the Libertines jangle of If You Wanna from last year's over-hyped debut, with the twist that frontman Justin Young appears ... more info

Starpulse — Troubled rocker Pete Doherty returned to the stage in his native U.K. on Thursday for the first time since he was thrown out of a rehab center in Thailand. The former Libertines frontman, who has ... more info

ContactMusic — Troubled rocker Pete Doherty returned to the stage in his native U K on Thursday 16Aug12 for the first time since he was thrown out of a rehab centre in Thailand The former Libertines frontman who has battled substance abuse issues for a deca... more info

Topix — The Libertines drummer Gary Powell has launched a broadside against controversial rocker Morrissey, branding the outspoken star a "p**ck" and a "k**b". The cult band played on the same bill as the former The Smiths frontman after shooting to fame in ... more info

ContactMusic — The Libertines drummer Gary Powell has launched a broadside against controversial rocker Morrissey branding the outspoken star a pck and a kb The cult British band played on the same bill as the former The Smiths frontm... more info

Guardian Music — They began the year hyped to the rafters and hungry for fame, but are Spector already resigned to failure?You could, if you were so minded, infer a lot from the title of Spector's debut album. The east London quintet began the year on the BBC Sound... more info

ContactMusic — Pete Doherty and Carl Barat are writing together again The Libertines rockers - who reformed the group for a handful of shows in 2010 five years after they split due to Petes drug addiction - are planning to head to Thailand to work on new material..... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Pete Doherty is eyeing another movie role - in French The former Libertines frontman made his big screen debut earlier this year 12 alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg in Confession of a Child of the Century but his acting skills were widel... more info

ContactMusic — Pete Doherty - the former frontman of The Libertines and Babyshambles - has been chucked out of rehab A report from the Daily Mail reveals that the notoriously troublesome rocker has been asked to leave the 7k per month Thai institute because he was ... more info