The ‘No Surprises’ stars were setting up for a performance at Downsview Park in Toronto on June 16 when the event’s entire stage roof collapsed, killing their 33-year-old crew member Scott Johnson.

“All the dubstep stuff that’s around, we’re loving it, but that’s not our game. We won’t go near it. We’ve always had respect for the masters who do their game, those boys who do that sound [dubstep], that’s what they do. We know what we do, and when any Prodigy record hits it’ll still feel fresh.”

While many a musician is often asked about the tunes that have influenced their songwriting, it is not a question Paul McCartney ordinarily gets to answer – until now. Paul is about to offer a glimpse into “the songs which inspired the songs” with the upcoming release of a brand new album of those standards he grew up listening to in his childhood—plus two brand new McCartney compositions: the album, which is currently untitled, will be released on Hear Music/Concord Records on February 6th 2012.

In October, The Stone Roses officially announced their reunion at a press conference in London. The legendary four-piece today announce that they will play at Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Thursday 5th July as part of their extensive reunion tour.

Entering the new year armed with a sold out UK tour, several sold out European live sorties and numerous festival appearances, two UK radio hits and a third album ‘Money And Celebrity’ under their collective arm, The Subways have confirmed a Spring tour kicking off with dates in Belfast and Dublin.

Radiohead will release two previously unavailable tracks, “The Daily Mail” and “Staircase” on December 19th. Both tracks were recorded as part of the “From The Basement” session, filmed earlier this year.

The ‘Baggy Trousers’ ska-pop heroes, who are set to perform at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals, will release a brand new record in 2012 and frontman Suggs told Digital Spy that despite setbacks caused by perfectionism, they aim to finish working on it before the year ends:

Fast-rising rapper Yelawolf has announced that he will release his upcoming full-length studio album, Radioactive, on October 25th, 2011, via Ghet-O-Vision/Shady Records/DGC/Interscope.

BOOTLEG VOL. 3 – LIVE AROUND THE WORLD is a treasure trove of rare tracks spanning nearly a quarter-century of Johnny Cash performances. The shows date from 1956 (the Big “D” Jamboree in Dallas, Texas) to 1979 (the Exit Inn in Nashville). Along the way, this deluxe double-CD package of 50 musical

The UK-based quartet (Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu, Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo created Gravity The Seducer to operate like a book, with tracks acting as chapters that hold the album together.   The new album was recorded in the Kent countryside with co-producer Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, K

The Los Angeles-based sibling duo of the Belle Brigade is currently on tour promoting their forthcoming self-titled debut album. Members Barbara and Ethan Gruska transport listeners to the peace and love era of the late ’60s and early ’70s while adding a modern twist to each sound. While doing a lim