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Prince was a surprise late addition to this year’s Coachella bill, announced last week a few months after this lot. What should also probably come as a surprise is the $4.8m (£2,417,101) pay cheque organisers have handed the diminutive singer for the pleasure of his company in LA later this month»
Wolf Parade’s new cub will spring forth from Montrealer loins this summer, the ultrasound revealing it’ll probably have a dangerous name and weigh in at a light nine songs»
Grace Jones will headline this year’s Secret Garden Party»
CSS have been reduced to a five-piece for the time being after bass player Ira Trevisan quit the band because she cares more about fashion and the environment than so-so disco music»
After all the conjecture back and forth, it’s good to finally have someone wade in and take the situation by the scruff of the neck: let’s face it, hip-hop and Glastonbury make about as much sense as mixed-race marriages and that Aerosmith/Run DMC collaboration»
The skip in our step»
Albert Hammond Junior has finished his second album»
Kraftwerk are threatening to sue kraut-prog outfit Kling Klang, DrownedinSound has learned»
Calexico have been announced as headliners for the distant End of the Road festival»
Santogold has the big, big sound – her pop will be everywhere this summer, more ubiquitous than that irritating advert for hair gel. Her self-titled debut album will arrive next month, preceded by a second single»
BBC 6 Music’s George Lamb has been nominated for an award in this year’s Sony Radio Awards»
Anton Newcombe will emerge from his bunker this summer to take Brian Jonestown Massacre round the regions»
A beat on 14-year-old boy has done what the British media has long dreamed of doing and filed a law suit against 50 Cent, Universal Music Group and several of its subsidiaries for promoting a “gansta lifestlye”»
Eminem will apparently make his return to the live stage at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party, held in London’s Hyde Park this summer»
Coldplay’s new album is released on the 16th of June. Intrigued?»
Exclusive shit - The Night Marchers, the new band from John ‘Speedo’ Reis (Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes) will play their first London shows this summer»
The Kills (pictured), Billy Bragg, Jason Molina and Can’s Irmin Schmidt are among those who’ll be turning out next weekend for Record Store Day»
Doctors believe that the dead body of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is likely to prove as valuable to society as the reams of great blues rock riffs he’ll eventually leave behind»
The Raconteurs will appear live at a pair of UK shows next month»
The Magnetic Fields have announced a brace of UK dates – their first for four years»
The Raconteurs' Jack White was always good and potentially great enough to get here, in the rockist comfort zone. But it's a shame he got here so quickly, Consolers of the Lonely hurrying the process»
Interpol will begin recording new material in the autumn, according to drummer Sam Fogarino»
Cue hoots of disbelief, G’n’R fans crawling bleary-eyed from the closet, panic buying of Dr. Pepper – ‘cause those ripe wretches are going out business - Chinese Democracy is finished, according to reports in the US»
The final addition to our Great Escape line-up revealed»
It takes a lot to make rock music sound good these days, so it’s a wonder White Denim make it sound so effortless. The blue-collar band reveal the full extent of their toil on debut album Workout Holiday this summer»
Much admired photographer Steve Gullick is currently exhibiting his work at Rough Trade East, but on a more serious note The Quietus are finding out whether it's David Yow or Eugene Robinson who has the more impressive penis»
The Fall's Mark E Smith faces prosecution after shocking confession»
Slug and Ant will be bringing Atmosphere to a number of clubs across the UK and Ireland in June»
More acts have been announced for this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender – including the five acts who’ll make up DrownedinSound’s stage»
If I could describe something as ‘puntastic’ without hacking out my own tongue, Islands ‘puntastically’-titled second album Arm’s Way will be out on the 19th of May. That much we knew, but what we didn’t know is that the comedy would extend to the record’s cover art»
