March 28, 2011
Adele is back at the top spot in the UK singes chart after knocking Nicole Scherzinger off the number one position. The London singer's single 'Somebody Like You' climbed back to number one on the UK chart after slipping to number two last week.
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March 28, 2011
The Cribs, Charlatans, Badly Drawn Boy and The Fall have all been announced for this year's Manchester's Friend Of Mine festival.
The event, which takes place at the Capethorne Hall, Manchester from May 20-22, will see The Cribs headline. A Certain Ratio, Cherry Ghost, Young Knives, Wild Palms, The Heartbreaks, Mr Scruff and The Phantom Band will also perform.
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March 28, 2011
Foo Fighters have been praised for helping the recent flood victims in Australia. The band played a charity concert in Brisbane last night (March 27) to help raise money for the victims of the Quuensland flooding.
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March 28, 2011
Fenech Soler have announced their rescheduled tour dates, set to take place in September. The band postponed their original April tour due after singer Ben Duffy was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
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March 28, 2011
Nicki Minaj is amongst the stars to pay tribute to New York hip-hop DJ Megatron. Megatron, real name Corey McGriff, was shot dead while heading to a local store in New York in the early hours of Saturday morning (March 27), reports Billboard.
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March 28, 2011
Coldplay and U2's Bono were amongst the stars to praise radio DJ Jo Whiley. The DJ was given a celebrity-packed send-off as she left Radio 1 after seventeen years. "Thanks for the messages. To be part of people's lives is all you can ask for as a DJ," Whiley told radio listeners.
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March 28, 2011
Arcade Fire won big at this year's Juno Awards in Canada. The Montreal-based band picked up four awards including album of the year for 'The Suburbs'.
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March 28, 2011
Adele, Eminem, Foo Fighters are among the acts set to feature on the 'Songs For Japan' charity album. The 39-track album will also feature John Lennon, Madonna, Rihanna with all profits going to the Japanese Red Cross for the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami.
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March 28, 2011
Liam Gallagher has admitted that he thinks Twitter is rubbish. The Beady Eye frontman, who has 200,000 followers on Twitter, said that he doesn't see the point in it.
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March 28, 2011
Snoop Dogg, The Game and Warren G joined 2,000 mourners at Nate Dogg's funeral on Saturday (March 26). The ceremony, held at Long Beach, was attended by family, friends and fans, reports MTV.
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March 28, 2011
British Sea Power, Frank Turner and Bellowhead will play at this year's Port Eliot festival. The event, which takes place at the Port Eliot Estate in Cornwall on July 21-24 will also feature performances from Caitlin Rose, Sea Of Bees and The Jim Jones Revue.
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March 28, 2011
Radiohead have given away their free newspaper 'The Universal Sigh' to fans today (March 28). The newspaper is available globally with fans already posting pictures of their copy online.
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March 28, 2011
Beastie Boys, Tinie Tempah and Gorillaz are among the acts who will release singles for Record Store Day in April. Beastie Boys will release the first single from their new album 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2', as a limited-edition vinyl.
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March 28, 2011
Lady Gaga has become the first person to reach 9 million followers on Twitter. The singer, who only started Tweeting in 2008, has now overtaken Justin Bieber and Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter.
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March 28, 2011
Radiohead's Thom Yorke has been hitting the streets of London handing out the band's free newspaper 'The Universal Sigh'. The frontman was seen in London's Brick Lane outside Rough Trade handing out copies of the free newspaper.
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March 28, 2011
Adele has equaled Madonna's album chart record with new album '21'. The London singer's '21' spent a ninth consecutive week at number one which is the longest for any female solo artist.
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