British pop star Will Young is the top role model for gay youngsters in Britain, according to a new survey. The singer 'came out' shortly after he won U.K. reality contest Pop Idol in 2002 and vo...

The Jonas Brothers, Fall Out Boy and Tokio Hotel have been nominated for Worst Band by the British NME Awards. Meanwhile, British rockers Oasis are the toast of the British music scene after landi...

The Ting Tings are set to headline a national tour of North America this spring. The 22 city tour will kick off in New York, NY on March 16th at Webster Hall and run through April 15th in San Fran...

Snow Patrol will release A Hundred Million Suns (Polydor/Fiction/Geffen Records) on October 28th 2008. The album is preceded by the fantastic single "Take Back The City", which comes with a video s...

Welsh rocker Gruff Rhys has backed up allegations John Lydon was involved in an assault on Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke. Rhys, frontman of cult bands the Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon, ...

Punk legend John Lydon has furiously denied allegations he was involved in a racist attack on Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke. Okereke has alleged he was in a fracas with Sex Pistols singer Lydon ...

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has accused Sex Pistols singer John Lydon of involvement in a racist attack at a Spanish music festival. Okereke claims the incident took place backstage at th...

Bloc Party bass player Gordon Moakes has taken a leave of absence from the band - so he can care for his new baby. The rocker and his wife are currently expecting their first child together an...

The Futureheads debuted in 2004 along with other post-punk revivalists Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. Each band has had varying degrees of success over the last four years. The Futureheads, who we...

R.E.M. -- which is singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills -- are counting down the time to the release of Accelerate, their 14th studio album, on a website, www.ninetyni...

The actor-musician hybrid is a tricky thing. It's a road peppered with the long-decomposed carcasses of Russell Crowe, Eddie Murphy and heaven forbid, David Hasselhoff. Thomas Ian Nicholas...

Stardust, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty are among the nominees for the 2008 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards. The Matthew Vaughn-direc...

It's irrelevant what you may think of Steve Aoki…. Fanatic or foe, what you cannot deny is how instrumental Steve has been in helping define the emerging music and nightlife culture in the US today...

Over the past month, MOJO HD's fans have been voting online to determine the play-list for the channel's second annual New Year's Eve special: London Live New Year's Eve Countdown which airs Decem...

Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are to be honored with British music magazine NME's highest accolade - the Godlike Genius Award. The band follow in the footsteps of Primal Scream, Ian B...

Rockers Funeral For A Friend have scooped the top prize at the BT Digital Music Awards - fending off fierce competition from Rihanna, Razorlight and Bloc Party. The Welsh band was honored fo...

This Is NEXT is a new compilation series showcasing today's best independent artists. Based on the model of the popular NOW That's What I Call Music series and inspired by the success of 2004's Gar...

This October, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is bringing the sounds of skate culture to life like never before in Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground -- the deepest, most customizable skateboarding game ev...

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has a secret confession to his army of supporters - he doesn't like music festivals because they remind him of when he was at school. The British rocker's band per...

LONDON (June 19, 2007) – Metallica, Kasabian, Pussycat Dolls, and Terra Naomi are the final acts to be added to the Live Earth London line-up performing at Wembley Stadium as part of the 24-hour, 7...

New York, NY—The new Editors album, An End Has A Start, is set for release through Epic/Fader Records on July 17. Recorded in Ireland at Grouse Lodge with the acclaimed Garrett 'Jacknife' Lee (Sno...

Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke remains defiant over his frank approach to cocaine and ecstasy on the band's latest album, because he believes drug-taking isn't "a big deal". The British rocker...

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl wants to party with singer Madonna when they appear at the UK leg of the Live Earth concert in July. The rocker will be playing alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers,...

British rockers Bloc Party nearly turned down the opportunity to play at this year's Live Earth concert, because they are wary of charity gigs. Bassist Gordon Moakes says the decision to play at th...

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is desperate to work with hip-hop super producer Timbaland. The English singer admits he's been impressed by Timbaland's latest production efforts, include the high...

Seventeen year-old Texan, Dan Hunter is the 'poptronica' genius behind PlayRadioPlay (PRP), which has already hit one million plays on MySpace and opened for Fall Out Boy all in the space of a sing...

Rock legend Keith Richards has attacked the current crop of British guitar bands, dubbing them a "load of crap". The Rolling Stone insists his band of sixty-somethings face no threat from modern ro...

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has experimented with drugs and hails ecstasy for giving him "orgasmic" and "sensual" feelings. The British rocker admits the group's new album A Weekend In The Cit...

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has branded rockers Oasis as "over-rated" and claims the band have "made stupidity hip". Okereke has hit back at the Manchester group after Noel Gallagher made disp...

Pop newcomer Calvin Harris has slammed British rockers Bloc Party for being "rubbish" and "boring the s**t out" of fans. Harris - who is working on Kylie Minogue's forthcoming album - is dis...