The king's ransom of influential and diverse U.K.-based indie pop & rock acts that emerged from Great Britain in the broad wake of '80s post-punk has never been chronicled with serious attention --...

The B-52's, pioneering dance-rock stars, are exploding on the scene once again with the February 26th, 2008 release of 'Funplex', the band's first studio album in 16 years and the first with the As...

The Tarantino Flicks Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction When Quentin Tarantino, alongside Robert Rodriguez, was promoting Grindhouse, he explained that he always finds the beat of hi...

Music stars have paid tribute to Tony Wilson, who died on Friday. The Factory Records co-founder, who managed groups like Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, had been battling kidney cancer....

Tony Wilson, the man behind Manchester, England's musical heyday, has died following a heart attack. He was 57. The Factory Records co-founder, who managed groups like Joy Division, New Order and H...

"Nah, man, she's done. I hate to say it, but I seen the Devil in her eyes, man." Gym Class Heroes star Travis McCoy isn't fond of troubled pop star Britney Spears. "Why would I want to listen...

Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder is using the group's comeback to help fund mentor Tony Wilson's cancer treatment. Music mogul Wilson, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2006, gave Ryder and h...

Former Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder was at the center of a police swoop by the New York Police Department after they thought he was directing a plot to kill them. The British star was shooting ...

The Happy Mondays have been forced to cancel their upcoming show as part of New York's In The City festival due to visa issues. The reformed British group was forced to perform at April's Coachella...

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has no regrets about his lengthy addictions to heroin and crack cocaine, despite not being able to remember most of the last 30 years. The 44-year-old, who has no...

"There's all sort of stories about me. I've stopped listening to them. You've got to laugh at them really." Happy Mondays hellraiser and recovering heroin addict Shaun Ryder ponders his notorious p...

Happy Mondays have become the latest reformed act to be added to the upcoming Coachella Festival line-up in Indio, California. The group's performance at the end of the month will be their first in...

Fresh off opening the 48th Annual Grammy Awards alongside Madonna and taking home the Pop Collaboration with Vocals award, Gorillaz will now receive yet another Stateside honor: the U.S. production...