September 6th, 2010

The old cliché of the greatest hits album; it’s the death knell for most musicians’ careers. Everyone knows that once the sales dry up then it’s time to repackage and restock whatever you sold in the first place and milk it like a cow producing iPads instead of dairy products. Madonna’s had four of such compilations in twenty years, with barely six records in the same time.

Paul McGuinness, manager of Irish supergroup U2, has said he believes Internet Service Providers (ISPs) need to do more to help stop the illegal downloading of music.

A preacher casts a spell on the band whilst they are recording at the studio. Have a look for yourselves:

Local Natives are currently hard at work on the hotly-anticipated follow up to their brilliant debut ‘Gorilla Manor‘, but have said the writing is a ‘slow process’ due to the collaborative efforts of the group.

A wise old head among the many youthful acts which dominate this year’s shortlist, Paul Weller was initially seen as nothing more that an outsider for this year’s Mercury Music Prize. Things have been steadily changing over recent weeks however, and now bookies have dramatically cut the odds on Weller taking home the award after what they call an “unprecedented” rush of bets backing the former Jam legend to win.

Nottingham’s Headstock festival will take place this Saturday (11/9) and tickets remain available for the event which boats an eclectic line-up catered for all music tastes, topped by Irish band Ash.

Start your week right here as Live4ever’s very own music collection offers you all the weekend chart news, updates of brand new tours recently announced and our pick of the week’s new tracks. You can also plan your next seven days with our UK Gig Guide which will show you where tickets are still available for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain.