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Blur To Be Honored At Brit Awards

Blur

British rockers Blur will be honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music trophy at next year's Brit Awards. The Parklife hit-makers returned to the music scene in 2009 after a six-year hia...


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Paul Weller Slams Facebook

Paul Weller

Rocker Paul Weller will not be joining Facebook any time soon - he's blasted social networking websites as "distracting" and a waste of time. The former The Jam frontman's representatives have se...


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Muse And Kasabian Triumph At NME Awards

Muse

Rockers Muse and Kasabian were the toast of the British music industry on Wednesday when they landed the top honors at the NME Awards in London. "Fire" hitmakers Kasabian won Best Album and B...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 25

Ian McKellen

Happy Birthday to "Batman Begins" bad guy Cillian Murphy (1976), Fugees singer Lauryn Hill (1975), "Undeclared" actress Monica Keena (1974), "Ghost Whisperer" actor Jamie Kennedy (1970), "Volcano" ...


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Kings Of Leon & Duffy Reign At The Brit Awards

Kings Of Leon

U.S. rockers Kings Of Leon and Welsh singer Duffy were the big winners at the Brit Awards in London on Wednesday night. Click here for pictures of the beautiful women at the Brit Awards ...


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Steve Winwood Celebrates The New Year With String Of East Coast Concerts

Steve Winwood

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steve Winwood, recently named one of Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time," will ring in the New Year with a series of East Coast concert performance...


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Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson Nominated For Vodafone Awards

Jay-Z

Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and the Foo Fighters are among the artists to be nominated for the 2008 Vodafone Live Music Awards. Rapper Jay-Z and Dave Grohl's band Foo Fighters are battli...


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Led Zeppelin Reunion Honored At Mojo Awards

Led Zeppelin

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...


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Oasis Set To Receive Top Accolade At Silver Clef Awards

Oasis

British rockers Oasis are to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the annual Silver Clef Awards in London next month. The "Wonderwall" stars will receive the award in recognition of thei...


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Notes & Quotes: McCartney, McCartney, Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

"It's in my laundry room in a big cardboard box with a straw and I have to swaddle it, like a baby, lie it backwards and feed it with a bottle. It's absolutely divine." British model and actress El...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 25

Anne Heche

Happy Birthday to "Batman Begins" bad guy Cillian Murphy (1976), Fugees singer Lauryn Hill (1975), "Undeclared" actress Monica Keena (1974), "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" actor Jamie Kenne...


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David Bowie And Paul Weller Finally End Feud

David Bowie

David Bowie has finally ended his long-running feud with fellow British rocker Paul Weller. Former The Jam frontman Weller has publicly criticized Bowie in the past, once branding his music "p...


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Legendary Superstar Steve Winwood To Release 'Nine Lives' April 29

Steve Winwood

The legendary singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood has signed a new deal with Columbia Records who will release the artist's highly-anticipated new major label album, "Nine Lives,"...


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Thievery Corporation Producer Rob Garza Releases 'Dust Galaxy'

Dust Galaxy

Having spent over the past ten years creating, producing, remixing and touring, Rob Garza has been influenced by an endless list of diverse artists. Some surprising, some not. In fact, for Dust G...


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Razorlight Frontman Flouts U.K. Smoking Ban

Razorlight

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has joined The Rolling Stones and Paul Weller in the latest act of rock 'n' roll defiance - smoking on stage. The Golden Touch hitmaker, 27, infuriated orga...


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Stars Get BBC Radio Guest Presenter Slots

Paul McCartney

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 ...


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Mark Ronson Snubs Bob Dylan For Amy Winehouse

Mark Ronson

British super-producer Mark Ronson has turned down the opportunity to work with Bob Dylan and Paul Weller to ensure he has enough studio time with Amy Winehouse. The New York-based star has been of...


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Notable Quotables

Victoria Beckham

"I love America. What better place to bring up children?" Posh Spice Victoria Beckham can't wait to start her new life in Los Angeles. "It'll be sent to me the night it's released, so I won't ...


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Weller Awarded Top Prize At Silver Clef Awards

Paul Weller

Paul Weller took home the prestigious Silver Clef lifetime achievement award at the annual O2 Silver Clef Luncheon this week at London's Park Lane Hilton. The British songwriter/guitarist was honor...


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Giant Guitars Hand-Painted By Stars Go On Display

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne, Noel Gallagher and Rod Stewart are among the 30 musicians whose hand-painted designs are currently adorning giant guitars in an outdoor London art exhibition. Thirty 10-foot high rep...


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Paul Weller To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Paul Weller

British musician Paul Weller is set to receive the Silver Clef lifetime achievement award. The songwriter/guitarist is being honored for his 30 year career, during which he formed The Jam and The ...


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Paul Weller And Graham Coxon Record Legend-Filled Single

Graham Coxon

Veteran British rocker Paul Weller has teamed up with ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon to record a new limited edition single. The pair have taped This Old Town with Oasis and The Who drummer Zak Sta...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 25

Ian McKellen

Happy Birthday to "Batman Begins" bad guy Cillian Murphy (1976), Baltimore Oriole Miguel Tejada (1976), Fugees singer Lauryn Hill (1975), "Undeclared" actress Monica Keena (1974), "Harold and Kuma...


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Scissors For Lefty To Release Their Debut Album, 'Underhanded Romance,' June 12

Scissors for Lefty

Voted "best up-and-coming indie band" by SF Weekly, San Francisco's Scissors for Lefty has been setting off radars in both the US and UK, inciting NME to boast: "ambitious, sarcastic sophisto-pop; ...


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The Jam: 'Paul Weller Would Approve Of Reformation'

The Jam

Founding members of The Jam are inviting former frontman Paul Weller to join them on stage when they tour the UK this month and think he'd approve of how they play the original songs. The British m...


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Musicians Design Guitars For Charity

Ozzy

Rockers Noel Gallagher, Ozzy Osbourne and Rod Stewart will be among 30 musicians designing their own guitars to raise money for charity. The stars will team up with different artists to have their ...


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Paul Weller Not Fond Of Sting

Paul Weller

Paul Weller has launched an astonishing attack on fellow British rocker Sting, reportedly spitting at a picture of him backstage at a gig. Weller performed alongside Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher ...


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Notable Quotables

Pete Wentz

"I try to wear clothes where people are like, 'Wow, that looks weird.'" Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz on his penchant for crazy clothing. "There's only two types of music: great music and ru...


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Foo Fighters Singer Dave Grohl Isn't Dead-- Again

Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was left shocked earlier this week , when he was listed online as having passed away. The incident marks the second time Grohl has been pronounced dead by int...


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Robert Plant To Revamp Classic Zeppelin On Exclusive Starbucks CD

Robert Plant

Paul Weller has tackled Rose Royce's Wishing On A Star and The Magic Numbers attempt Beyonce Knowles' Crazy In Love on a quirky new covers compilation. They're joined by artists like R.E.M., D...


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