Brett Anderson has said that if the new Suede album isn't "amazing", then it will never see the light of day.

Before the rampant egomania, before the bloated double albums, before the mass band purgings and the hagiographic documentary in which Billy Corgan, saintly in white bathrobe, sits in a hotel room writing songs about Nazi Germany and receiving a pair of fans who present him with a huge plaster model of his own head… yeah, it’s easy to forget that before all that stuff, the Smashing Pumpkins used to be a pretty great rock band.

The Cure have announced three festival headline shows for this summer.

Paul McCartney wants to start his own sightseeing business, according to reports.

Glastonbury festival organiser Michael Eavis has revealed he is considering introducing a new microchipped wristband system in 2013.

One of my favourite labels at the moment is probably RVNG INTL, thanks mostly to the Blues Control & Laraaji album I fixated on at the end of last year, and to the forthcoming collaboration between Sun Araw, M Geddes Gengras and The Congos.

Tom Petty has announced a short UK and Ireland tour for June. The singer, along with his band The Heartbreakers, will play gigs in Dublin, Cork and London in June. All three shows precede his headline slot at the Isle Of Wight Festival. Petty will first play Dublin's O2 Arena on June 7, then Cork's 'Live At The Marquee' event on June 8 and finally London's Royal Albert Hall on June 20.

The Stranglers have announced details of their first studio album for six years.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has issued a statement after he revealed earlier this week that he has been diagnosed with cancer.

Martin Scorsese was a special guest last night at the Critics' Choice Awards in Hollywood last night, where he picked up the Best Documentary Feature prize for his George Harrison documentary, Living In The Material World and was further honoured with the Critics' Choice Music And Film Award.