AC/DC have been confirmed as the first headline act of Download Festival 2010. Also confirmed on the line-up are Them Crooked Vultures, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet For My Valentine, Megadeth, Motorhead, Wolfmother and Volbeat. Read more >>

Arctic Monkeys lead the list of nominees at this year's NME Awards with seven nods – including worst album. The Sheffield outfit will compete against Kasabian in five categories - Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album, Best Video and a new category, the Giving It Back Fan Award. Read more >>

Robbie Williams, Take That and Kylie Minogue join the growing list of music stars lending their vocals to Simon Cowell's charity single for Haiti. Williams is set to reunite with Take That to record their lines from R.E.M's 1993 anthem 'Everybody Hurts' together in Los Angeles. Read more >>

Radiohead's gig in Los Angeles on Sunday night raised more than $500,000 (£307,650) for the relief effort in earthquake hit Haiti. Entrance to the Oxford band's one-off show at The Music Box Theater on Hollywood Boulevard was only available to the highest bidders in an online auction in a bid to make as much money as possible for the blighted country. Read more >>

Liars have announced details of a one-off London show this spring. Following the release of their fifth studio album 'Sisterworld' on March 8th, Angus Andrew and co. will take to London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on May 27th. Read more >>

Florence & The Machine has announced details of a new UK and Ireland jaunt titled 'The Cosmic Love Tour'. Having spent a second week at number one with 'Lungs' at the weekend, Florence will play 11 shows this May including a three-night residency at London's Hammersmith Apollo. Read more >>

Crowded House have lined up a nine date UK tour for this summer. Neil Finn and co. will be airing their as-yet-untitled sixth studio album at the shows alongside all the classics. Read more >>

Blur's manager Chris Morrison has hit out at Duffy's Diet Coke advert calling it “abysmal.” Morrison was speaking at the MIDEM music conference in Cannes about how musicians should think carefully before associating themselves with brands. Read more >>

The National have announced details of their fifth studio album and a very special one-off show in London. The Brooklyn band are currently mixing the as-yet-untitled record in the studio ahead of its release in May 2010. Read more >>

Lostprophets have been forced to cancel their March 1st show at Afan Lido in Port Talbot after it was devastated by fire in December. The Welsh rockers, who hit number three on Sunday with their new album 'The Betrayed', will now play the much larger Cardiff International Arena two months later on May 1st instead. Read more >>

Spiritualized are the latest addition to Matt Groening's ATP where they will perform 'Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' in its entirety. The European festival exclusive follows their rapturously-received four-night residency at London's Royal Festival Hall and Barbican last October. Read more >>

AC/DC's music is set to feature on the soundtrack to the new movie Iron Man 2, it's been confirmed today. The rock legends, who headline Download Festival this June, haven't recorded any new music for the album, however, via a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records a selection of their classic songs will be used instead. Read more >>