After the sad news of Charlton Heston's death yesterday morning, I had hoped that the rest of my Sunday would pan out in a more genteel manner -- The Archers omnibus, a mooch round Borders, maybe a pint, that kind of thing. That was until an email from our web queen, Farah, pinged into my inbox.

Mark Ronson, Hot Chip and Roisin Murphy all set to support

Award winning Omid Djalili also added to comedy arena line-up

Brilliant cover version of 'Such Great Heights' includes THREE drummers!

Nick Cave’s baddass side project, Grinderman have been confirmed to play this year’s Latitude Festival, sponsored by Uncut.

A couple of weeks ago, I was writing here about the excellent new No Age album, and about indie orthodoxy masquerading as somehow adventurous in the world of shoegazing. Without going over the whole argument again, I think the gist was that early ‘90s shoegazing - which mainly sounds so bland now - acted as a gateway for me into a whole world of ambient, avant-garde music.

This year's festival, headlined by Jay Z, still not sold out after 24 hours

29 dates, 11 in Spain, but no sign of UK shows?

The band's first album in four years knocks Duffy off the top spot

Find out who the latest to join the singer and Primal Scream in Kent is