George Harrison's widow Olivia has halted a campaign to erect a statue of the late Beatle near his Oxfordshire home. James Lambert, from Henley-on-Thames, where Harrisson lived until his death in 2001, wrote to Olivia Harrison about his campaign to erect a bronze statue in her late husband's honour. She replied stating that she would prefer a community project instead.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs debuted a clutch of new songs last night (January 11) at a show at the Glass House in Pomona, California. Arriving onstage in a glittery headband and zebra print cape over a red fringed jacket, frontwoman Karen O opened up the set with a brand new track which included the lyrics "it's good to sing/it's good to cry".

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks has promised that the legendary group won't just be going through the motions when they hit the road this year. The band are set to embark on a world tour, kicking off with a 34-date US tour in April, but have assured fans that, unlike last time around, they'll be seeing a group enjoying themselves onstage.

Black Sabbath have announced that their new album will be titled 13. The album, which is the first original band members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler have recorded together since 1978's Never Say Die!, will be released in June. The Birmingham rock legends made the album primarily in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin and features Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk, who replaces original sticksman Bill Ward on drums.

David Bowie has secured his first official UK Top 10 single in over two decades with "Where Are We Now?". The comeback track, which has finished the week at Number Six, is the first to be taken from his forthcoming new album The Next Day and sold 30,000 copies in the five day's since it's surprise release. It's his first Top 10 hit since 1986's "Absolute Beginners", reports the Official Charts Company.

New details of the forthcoming documentary on 2012's Stone Roses reunion filmed and directed by acclaimed British filmmaker Shane Meadows have been revealed. Speaking exclusively to NME, producer Mark Herbert (This Is England) said that Meadows was currently in the process of editing more than 350 hours of footage covering the period from October 2011 when the band announced their comeback to August 2012 when they ceased touring.

I don’t have any tattoos, for many reasons, but one of the best I can think of is that I don’t trust my aesthetic tastes to remain constant. I don’t feel confident that the art I like now will all, necessarily, be the same things that I like a few years down the line.

New Orleans soul prince revisits his doo-wop youth. Keith Richards and Don Was co-produce...

Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed as the latest headliner for this year's Benicàssim festival. The Sheffield band join The Killers and Queens Of The Stone Age on the line-up after they were confirmed to appear late last year. The Sheffield band join The Killers and Queens Of The Stone Age on the line-up after they were confirmed to appear late last year. The other acts confirmed to appear at the Spanish festival between Jul 18-21 today are Azealia Banks, Jake Bugg, Palma Violets, Echo Lake, Splashh and Swim Deep.

Earl Slick, David Bowie's guitarist, has revealed details of The Next Day, the artist's first album in ten years.