Spiritualized, Wilco and Field Music are among the first acts to be confirmed for this summer's Wilderness Festival. The festival, which made its debut last year, takes place on August 10-12 in Oxfordshire's Cornbury Park. Also confirmed to play at this year's event are Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Stornoway, Lianne La Havas, London Folk Guild, Cloud Control, Grant Lee Buffalo and a host of others.

Grandaddy have announced that they have reformed and will be headlining this summer's End Of The Road festival.

Peter Hook has branded 'Aerial', a track that surfaced online this week that purported to be an unreleased song from Joy Division's seminal album 'Unknown Pleasures' as a "bloody awful hoax".

Hot Chip have announced that they will release their new studio album, titled 'In Our Heads', in June.

The money raised by Led Zeppelin's 2007 comeback show at London's O2 Arena has helped to fund a £26 million donation to Oxford University.

Bez has revealed that he will not be performing with the Happy Mondays on their comeback tour this May and for their festival dates this summer.

The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach has said that people who argue that rock'n'roll is dying are "stupid".

The Monkees' singer Davy Jones has died at the age of 66.

Dexys Midnight Runners have announced full details of their new album 'One Day I'm Going To Soar', their first studio album for over 27 years.

Former guitarist with Hole, Eric Erlandson, has written a book about the suicide of his friend, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.