July 8th, 2010

Today in Soundbites Tom Meighan states the obvious regarding England’s short snooker-playing holiday to South Africa, there’s groundhog day for Richard Ashcroft, Elbow’s Guy Garvey talks about being away from his day job, we also look at Arcade Fire’s return to the UK, and The View discuss having their hands tied by their record label.

Roger Daltrey has told Billboard.com he plans to return to the live scene with bandmate Pete Townshend in the near future.

Alex Turner penned the score for a new British movie directed by his friend and IT Crowd actor Richard Ayoade . The Daily Mirror reports that the film Submarine is a drama based on the debut novel by stand-up comedian Joe Dunthorne.

Ringo Starr was joined by his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney at a gig in New York last night to celebrate the legendary drummer’s 70th birthday.

In the week of the release of their third studio album ‘Serotonin‘, London five-piece Mystery Jets have been discussing their confidence in the new material, saying they believe the new record is their best to date.

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has once again distanced himself from earlier comments that his latest studio record ‘This Is Happening‘ would be the last, but has said he would like to work on other projects before he returns, stating that producing a record by Arcade Fire in the future is top of his wish list.

Queens Of The Stone Age mainman Josh Homme has revealed he has found room in his busy schedule to begin work on a new album.