Rockers Metallica have launched their own music festival. The Orion Music + More event will be staged at Bader Field in New Jersey on June 23rd - 24th and the band will headline. A post on the ...

British singers Adele and Jessie J are leading this year's Q Awards with three nominations each. The Chasing Pavements hit-maker and Jessie J will battle it out for the coveted Best Female Artist...

British pop star Jessie J broke her hiatus from music on Saturday to perform a homecoming show at V Festival in her native Essex, England. The singer scrapped a number of concerts this summer aft...

British rockers Arctic Monkeys' new album Suck It And See has fallen victim to U.S. censorship - bosses at several major retailers have objected to the disc's title, insisting it's too "rude" to di...

Radiohead's third album OK Computer has been hailed as the greatest record of the last 25 years. The 1997 release - which features iconic hits Paranoid Android and Karma Police - saw off competit...

Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson has been voted the best dressed man in showbiz by style bible GQ. The Remember Me star topped the list by the British edition of the magazine, seeing off competit...

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle is celebrating after her album "I Dreamed A Dream" was named the best-selling debut in U.K. history on Sunday. The 48 year old, who took the world by stor...

The Strokes' hit record Is This It has been named the best album of the last decade in a new magazine poll. A panel of musicians, producers, writers and record label bosses voted the New York ...

British rockers Artic Monkeys' live comeback was marred when they were forced to abandon the stage for ten minutes after their speakers blew up. The band has spent much of the last year holed up...

Michael Jackson's classic Thriller album has been voted the greatest record of all time. The poll, organized by MTV, places the 1982 hit in first place - seeing off competition from Guns N' Roses' ...

MGMT, Muse, Kings of Leon and Oasis were among the winners at the Shockwaves NME Awards in London on Wednesday night. Brooklyn, New York duo MGMT grabbed two prizes - they were named Best New Band ...

Sometimes the music doesn't matter. A band that channels the combined genius of John Lennon, Strauss and The Spice Girls can still fall flat with the wrong name. After all, who wants to tell people...

"I made love to a few songs. "Love You Gently" is one of my favorites. Make her call you 'Daddy' when you put that one on." R&B star Usher likes getting intimate to his own songs. "I think kno...

Supergrass is back. A fantastic new album entitled Diamond Hoo Ha, a brand new home on Astralwerks, an extensive summer tour with Foo Fighters and a sixth studio album showcasing the youthful energ...

Legendary rockers Led Zeppelin were honored for their one-off reunion at Britain's Mojo Magazine Awards on Monday. The group, which reformed for a sold-out show last December at London's O2 We...

It was announced yesterday that "Footprints In The Sand," from Leona Lewis' record-breaking debut album "Spirit " is the official single of the UK Charity effort Sport Relief 2008. Leona's massive...

In the interest of keeping our readers' fingers on the pulse of the latest British wave, Starpulse gives you the 411 on the newest batch of hot songwriters from across the pond. Joss Stone's e...

March 2008 will see the release of Ashlee Simpson's third album "Bittersweet World", which she described to Cosmo Girl as a, "fun party album," that's, "silly and quirky". But what does Simpson lis...

Reformed boy band Take That and singers Leona Lewis and Mika have each scooped four Brit Awards nominations in London. All three artists will go head-to-head in the Best British Album and Best Brit...

Radiohead's In Rainbows has topped a list naming the best albums of 2007 in British music magazine Mojo. The band, who stunned the recording industry when they announced "In Rainbows" would be avai...

Shirley Bassey is scared to travel to London after she was the victim of a robbery while shopping in the British capital. The singer, 70, was shopping with her daughter in Knightsbridge when a thie...

British rockers the Arctic Monkeys have been named the Best Act In The World at the Q Awards on Monday. The ceremony, which took place at London's Grosvenor House, also honored Paul McCartney and K...

Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme broke the habit of a lifetime by snubbing alcohol during a gig in Texas this week - because he wanted to enjoy a surprise slot by Arctic Monkeys. Th...

With the January release of Myths of the Near Future, The Klaxons have caught the eye of listeners and press alike, winning Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next" competition and the Mercury Prize. In a...

Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher and Gwen Stefani are among the musicians set to become radio DJs as part of BBC Radio 1's 40th anniversary celebrations. Each star will play songs that inspired them ...

Arctic Monkeys fans used one of England's most famous cricket grounds as a toilet during one of their gigs. One hundred thousand fans who packed into the Old Trafford ground in Lancashire used...

After an alleged "department store confession," rapper Foxy Brown is rumored to be engaged. New York Post columnist Cindy Adams reports the hip-hop star, real name Inga Marchand, told customers at ...

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and The Rascals rocker Miles Kane are teaming up to record an album together in France later this month. The British stars have been friends since Kane's fo...