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The Verve closed this year's Glastonbury festival by criticising organiser Michael Eavis, who they suggested opposed their booking. Lead....

Read news story: VERVE CLOSE GLASTONBURY WITH ATTACK ON EAVIS




Rising British star Adele has signed a deal for her debut album to be released in the United States. The 19-year-old singer will attempt to....

Read news story: RISING UK SENSATION ADELE SIGNS DEAL TO CRACK AMERICA




Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album has moved into the Top 10 list of best-selling UK albums of the 21st century. Since it was released in....

Read news story: WINEHOUSE ENTERS BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF 21ST CENTURY




Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album has moved into the Top 10 list of best-selling UK albums of the 21st century. Since it was released in....

Read news story: WINEHOUSE ENTERS BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF 21ST CENTURY




Definitely Maybe, the debut album from Oasis, has been the voted the best British album of all time in a new poll. Some 11,000 people cast....

Read news story: OASIS DEFINITELY MAYBE TOPS BEST BRITISH ALBUM LIST




Two records by OASIS have been voted the best British albums ever in a new poll. The Manchester five-piece's debut release DEFINATELY MAYBE....

Read news story: OASIS TOP POLL OF BEST BRITISH ALBUMS




Nineteen-year-old soul sensation Adele has topped the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll to find the most promising new music talent in the UK. The....

Read news story: ADELE HEADS NEW TALENT LIST




British rockers KEANE have recorded a cover version of a GWEN STEFANI track, to give to their fans as a special Christmas treat. The band's acoustic....

Read news story: KEANE GIVE FANS A STEFANI-INSPIRED TREAT




Rock band BIFFY CLYRO surprised fans when they sang FOLDING STARS a song they had vowed never to play live, at a London gig. The Scottish....

Read news story: BIFFY CLYRO TREAT FANS TO BANNED SONG




Singer NICOLE SCHERZINGER is such a fan of British rockers KEANE, she demanded the band's songwriter TIM RICE-OXLEY pen a track with her. The....

Read news story: SCHERZINGER DEMANDS KEANE COLLABORATION




WILL YOUNG, KEANE and KATE NASH are among the acts who have signed up for a series of charity concerts in London. The Little Noise sessions have....

Read news story: BRITISH MUSIC STARS LINE UP FOR CHARITY GIGS




Natasha Bedingfield has been awarded the best pop artist prize at the BT Digital Music Awards in north London. The Unwritten star picked up....

Read news story: BEDINGFIELD WINS AT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARDS




Radios signed by some of the biggest artists in recent years are to be auctioned for charity. Both Liam and Noel Gallagher have put their....

Read news story: OASIS-SIGNED RADIOS UP FOR GRABS




Manchester United legend and Sunderland manager ROY KEANE has slammed Wags for their intrusion into the world of football. The fiery....

Read news story: KEANO SLAMS INTERFERING WAGS




Swansea's Fflam music festival has been cancelled after scheduling problems prevented a rearranged date for the event being....

Read news story: FFLAM FESTIVAL CANCELLED




Before rockers KEANE found success, frontman TOM CHAPLIN worked in a care home and keyboardist TIM RICE-OXLEY underwent medical trials for....

Read news story: KEANE PAIRS DEAD-END JOBS




KEANE star TOM CHAPLIN is still struggling to overcome his drug addictions and has suffered a number of relapses since quitting rehab. The singer....

Read news story: KEANE STAR STILL BATTLING DRUGS




British band KEANE have credited AL GORE with their decision to "go exclusively green" on their next album. The rockers, who played at Saturday's....

Read news story: KEANE TO GO GREEN




LATEST: British rockers KASABIAN insist they have ended an ongoing feud with fellow musicians KEANE - thanks to Live Earth. Earlier this year (07),....

Read news story: KASABIAN CALL AN END TO KEANE FEUD




Al Gore's Live Earth concerts are taking place around the world today, drawing attention to the global crisis of climate change. The former....

Read news story: LIVE EARTH CONCERTS HIGHLIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE




Wales' Fflam festival has been postponed due to "consistently bad weather conditions" threatening to turn the event into a mud....

Read news story: FFLAM FESTIVAL POSTPONED




British soul singer Joss Stone is reportedly becoming something of a musical diva, with a tabloid newspaper claiming that the star has issued an....

Read news story: JOSS STONES DIVA DEMANDS




Metallica, Kasabian and Pussycat Dolls have been added to the line-up for London's Live Earth concert. They will be joined by Terra Naomi,....

Read news story: METALLICA AND KASABIAN ADDED TO LONDON LIVE EARTH




METALLICA have been added to the packed bill at London's Live Earth global-warming awareness concert on 7 July (07). The star studded concert - one....

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Knowsley Hall festival has been given the green light after being granted its event licence for June 23rd and 24th. The festival will....

Read news story: KNOWSLEY HALL FESTIVAL GETS LICENCE




British band KEANE were close to splitting after frontman TOM CHAPLIN sought help for alcohol and drug addiction in rehab. Chaplin checked into....

Read news story: KEANE NEARLY SPLIT OVER CHAPLIN




British band KASABIAN have reignited their war of words with fellow rockers KEANE, maintaining frontman TOM CHAPLIN "lives on a diet of pies". ....

Read news story: KEANE VERSUS KASABIAN FEUD REIGNITED




Far from being a peaceful sing-along on the Isle of Wight, the summer festival has turned into another round of rock 'n' roll....

Read news story: ROCK BANDS SQUARE UP ON ISLE OF FIGHT




The Rolling Stones entertained a 60,000-strong crowd at the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday night in what was their first performance at a festival....

Read news story: ROLLING STONES TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL




Organisers of this summer's Live Earth concerts have confirmed that rapper SNOOP DOGG has signed up for the global event. Rather than....

Read news story: SNOOP SET FOR LIVE EARTH











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