May 18th, 2012

Ireland’s Titanic Lockdown festival, which was set to host the likes of New Order and Happy Mondays next month, has become the latest event to be cancelled due to poor tickets sales.

New York has paid tribute to its native Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 47 after losing his battle with the cancer he was first diagnosed with in 2009.

The human voice. It’s said to be the world’s best musical instrument.

The same medium that allows us to converse also allows us to escape the limits of language. An appreciation of which could not be avoided on first listen to ‘The House You Made‘ by The Walkmen.

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has revealed Adele turned down the chance to headline the festival in 2013 as she felt the gig would be ‘too daunting’.

Black Sabbath have confirmed they are rehearsing with a substitute drummer after Bill Ward revealed he will play no part in the recently reunited band’s comeback shows.

Guns N Roses kicked off their UK and Ireland tour in Dublin last night (May 17th) with the city’s O2 Arena crowd affording Axl Rose and co. a far warmer reception than when the band last visited in 2010.

U2 frontman Bono is expected to become the richest musician in the world today (May 18th) as Facebook prepares for one of the biggest flotations in recent stock market history.