Apple has made iTunes Festival shows available to watch live with iPhones and iPads free - although no app will ever capture the inimitable power of Arctic Monkeys on stage... more
Oscar-winning Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails isn't the only rock musician moving into the movies - Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood both have film scores out this month... more
Alexa Chung is everyone's favourite quirky girl next door, so how does she do it? With a quick flick of eyeliner and directional nail varnish. Eveie Longdon gets her beauty buyography... more
Sheffield quartet Arctic Monkeys have a challenging new sound for their third album — but by taking risks they could soon be in a league of their own.... more
Rock veteran Robert Plant, 59, faces Alex Turner, 22, and his Last Shadow Puppets in the battle for this year's £20,000 Nationwide Mercury Prize for album of the year... more
Celebrities were among the 200,000 revellers who descended on Glastonbury today for the start of Britain's biggest music festival. The stars were spotted getting into the festival spirit with a drink in the backstage area today.... more
Among this week's pop offerings: Sigur Ros create a world of their own, Donna Summer shows off her floaty moans and The Rascals sound just a little too similar to the Arctic Monkeys. ... more
A ‘sound-tasting’ event at Abbey Road proves to be an ear-opening experience for David Smyth. Also, find out what Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher have been up to.... more
Diva Peaches Geldof was left fuming when she was placed on a table with members of indie band The Enemy at the O2 last night. Unknown to the organisers of the Shockwaves NME Awards, Sir Bob's daughter and the band are long-standing rivals, and apparently Peaches is in the process of suing them... more
The Brit Awards were embroiled in controversy today following complaints from viewers about foul language and rowdy behaviour on the part of the show's winners. A spokesman for Ofcom confirmed that ITV viewers had complained about some of the footage aired last night, which included host Sharon Osbourne using foul language right at the start of the show... more
The Fratellis certainly look the part. They had the music, too, even if occasionally these Glaswegians threatened to turn into Arctic McMonkeys.... more
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