July 24th, 2012

The 45th anniversary of The Velvet Underground‘s seminal debut album ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico‘ is to be celebrated with a comprehensive, 6-disc re-release, it has been confirmed today.

A new compilation which claims to bring together some of The Beatles‘ ‘most powerful rock songs’ has been released exclusively to iTunes today (July 24th).

High profile members of the music industry including surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, Robert Plant and Queen guitarist Brian May have put their names to a letter published today by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) which urges the UK government to do more to curb illegal online downloading.

Noel Gallagher has insisted he will never perform on same bill as his brother Liam as the pair gear up for appearances at the Fuji Rock festival in Japan this weekend.

Roger Waters brought his lengthy The Wall tour to an end last weekend with a gig in Quebec City in front of 75,000 people.

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives will play their ‘last ever’ British gig in September.

New Order have confirmed six US gigs for this coming October – their first run of live dates in the States for seven years.