U2 rocker Bono has bucked the trend of celebrities criticizing TV talent shows by throwing his support behind American Idol.

Happy Birthday to: Former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer Robbie Williams (1974) Actress Kelly Hu (1968) Star Wars Episode I and II actress Pernilla August (1958) ...

Happy Birthday to English singer Robbie Williams (1974), actress Kelly Hu (1968), Star Wars Episode I and II actress Pernilla August (1958), New Order bassist Peter Hook (1956), former Genesis sing...

After forming in 1980, New Order went on to develop a groundbreaking sound that mixed synthesizer-driven pop with electronic dance beats on a series of acclaimed and influential albums. The 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...

British singer Dido has been named Songwriter of The Year at the 28th annual ASCAP Awards in London. The Wednesday night American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards also ho...

The B-52s have announced a special tour of select clubs and theaters to celebrate the release of their much-anticipated new album, 'Funplex' (3/25, Astralwerks). The "Worlds Greatest Party Band," p...

Happy Birthday to English singer Robbie Williams (1974), Swedish hockey player Mats Sundin (1971), actress Kelly Hu (1968), Star Wars Episode I and II actress Pernilla August (1958), New Order bass...

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...

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...

Former New Order bassist Peter Hook is set to reform his band Monaco for a one-off charity concert. Hook, 51, will revive his group with David Potts for an Oxfam show in Manchester, England on Octo...

English rockers Joy Division have been honored at London's Diesel:U:Music Awards for their contributions to the pop industry. The surviving members of the band - Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bern...

Oasis will release their first ever digital only single on October 21, when 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' becomes available to download. The track, and accompanying video is taken from the eagerly anti...

New Order will reunite for a one-off concert in memory of Tony Wilson, according to former bassist Peter Hook. The rocker quit the band in May citing front man Bernard Sumner's work with dance act ...

New York, NY - It's not often you hear about a band like zerobridge. Lead singer/guitarist and songwriter Mubashir "Din" Mohi-ud-Din and drummer Mohsin "Mo" Mohi-ud-Din are two brothers whose paren...

A galaxy of legendary musicians including Brian Wilson, Tom Waits, Ray Davies, Nelly Furtado, Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn and Frank Black are the judges of this year's International Songwriting C...

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...

New Order rocker Stephen Morris has been unemployed since the band split last year, because he isn't qualified to do anything else. The 49-year-old keyboardist fears he has been left on the employm...

New Order's split was due to personal reasons - according to the band's former bassist Peter Hook. The legendary musician announced the split last month, but it's only now that he has given the fir...

"This one's about a heist." George Clooney ruins the premise of new sequel Ocean's Thirteen on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. "I do have a lot of interests, and retiring isn't one of them." P...

Former New Order star Peter Hook is relieved the world knows about the band's split because he was finding the "awful secret" increasingly difficult to bear. Hook - who is now working on a solo pro...

2006 Grammy® nominee K.T. Tunstall became one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters in the world in one giant step, with the amazing two-year global journey of her multi-million selling debut al...

British rock band New Order have split, according to bassist Peter Hook. Hook - who is now working on a solo project with Jane's Addiction front man Perry Farrell - made the admission during a radi...

New Order, Bono and Depeche Mode are tipped to give next month's Cannes Film Festival in France a musical boost by performing at a party following the premiere of Ian Curtis biopic Control. Th...

New Order frontman Bernard Sumner's life is about to be exposed in a new book by celebrated investigative journalist David Nolan. The music biographer has spent the past few years digging up inform...

Happy Birthday to English singer Robbie Williams (1974), Swedish hockey player Mats Sundin (1971), actress Kelly Hu (1968), Star Wars Episode I and II actress Pernilla August (1958), New Order bass...

Rockers Primal Scream will be handed the Godlike Genius Award at next month's NME Music Awards. Previous recipients of the prize include The Clash, Ozzy Osbourne, New Order and Ian Brown - an...

Rock legend Jim Morrison is helping the fight against global warming from beyond the grave, with the release of a song he wrote. Environmental campaigners have taken a poem, "Woman In The Wi...