Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has paid tribute to the late Bo Diddley – calling the guitarist an "enormous force in music". Diddley, who was famous for his square guitar and glasses, died from heart failure at his home in Florida on Monday (June 2nd). He was 79. Read more >>

Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, has lost a court battle to prevent a song by her late husband from appearing in film that challenges the theory of evolution. Ono and Lennon’s two sons, who were named as plaintiffs, had sued the makers of Expelled: 'No Intelligence Allowed’, saying that they had used Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ without permission. Read more >>

Lily Allen will temporarily leave music later this year so that she can make a cameo appearance in a new movie called Lesbian Vampire Killers, its been claimed. The singer, who is currently recording her second album, has been personally invited by the films directors, and stars of Gavin and Stacey, James Corden and Matthew Horne. Read more >>

Amy Winehouse arrived at court late yesterday (June 2nd) to support her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, who faces charges of perverting the course of justice and assault. The singer exchanged smiles and a mouthed conversation with Fielder-Civil as she sat in the front row of Snaresbrook Crown Court in East London. Read more >>

Weezer have revealed that they plan to release their future material along the lines of recent releases from Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. Both bands released their latest albums as downloads where fans could choose what price they paid for the record. Read more >>

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has described the death of rock’n’roll pioneer Bo Diddley as “a great loss”. Diddley passed away yesterday (June 2nd) at his home in Florida. The 79-year-old was surrounded by family and loved ones, his spokeswoman said. Read more >>

Green Day have revealed that they plan to bring their new side-project, the Foxboro Hot Tubs, to the United Kingdom. The band, who recently played a number of intimate states in the US, announced their plans to tour in a message on their Myspace page. Read more >>

Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty has paid £5,000 for a painting of his former supermodel girlfriend Kate Moss, it’s been reported. The singer is also believed to have purchased pictures of Amy Winehouse and a portrait of him and Sir Paul McCartney following an impromptu gig in London last night (June 2nd). Read more >>

Radiohead’s seven studio albums are now all available to download from Apple’s iTunes music store for the first time. Until today (June 3rd), the band were one of the few remaining British acts whose songs hadn’t been licensed to the digital store. Read more >>

Uniting the countries of Africa in a similar way to the shared relationships between states in America would help reduce Africa’s tribal conflicts, according to U2 frontman Bono. Writing in a special edition of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Bono said that the creation of a United States of Africa "would be the dream" in the long term. Read more >>

Pete Doherty and M.I.A are among the artists scheduled to appear on the debut album of Andy Nicholson, the former bassist in the Arctic Monkeys. Nicholson’s new band, Mongrel, will also feature Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, Jon McClure from Reverend and the Makers and Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell. Read more >>