The three detailed members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot told a court yesterday that is was the Russian government on trial, and not them.
Their case, which has been seen as a watermark of the Vladimir Putin's desire to crack down on dissent in Russia, has attracted global attention, with Madonna throwing her weight behind the three women at her concert in Moscow this week, and a host of artists including Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, Jarvis Cocker, St Vincent, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers backing their plight.
The surviving members of The Monkees have announced that they will be reuniting for a new tour.
The tour, which begins in November, will mark the band's first live dates since their frontman Davy Jones passed away in February and is their first full run of shows for over 15 years.
The band's surviving members Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork will join with Michael Nesmith for the tour, who hasn't performed with the band since 1997.
The family of Radiohead drum technician Scott Johnson, who died after a stage collapse in Toronto, have set up a charity in his memory.
The Scott Johnson Bursary will fund musical equipment in Johnson's hometown of Rotherham.
Beck is set to release his brand new album in the form of individual pieces of sheet music.
Song Reader will be put out by publishers Faber and Faber in December and will consist of the notation for 20 unrecorded and unreleased songs.
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has layed into the way the music industry works, saying it "operates on a dumbing down principle".
The singer, whose band released their new studio album Oceania in June, has said that he believes few bands get to keep their intelligence if they want to be successful, but did name Radiohead as a notable exception.
MIA has described her forthcoming new album as sounding like Paul Simon "on acid".
The singer made the comment on Twitter, after telling fans she would answer 10 questions about the follow-up to 2010's Maya. She also explained that the record would be released in December, alongside a book, documentary and art exhibition. Some of the tweets have subsequently been deleted.
Cat Power has announced a north American tour to coincide with the September release of her new album, Sun.
She plays:
Thursday, October 11 – Miami, Florida – Grand Central
Saturday, 13 – Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital Music Festival
Friday, 19 – Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
Saturday, 20 – Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus
Monday, 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Tuesday, 23 – New York, New York – Hammerstein Ballroom
Wednesday, 24 – Boston, Massachusetts – House Of Blues
Thursday, 25 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Electric Factory
A remix of Kate Bush track "Running Up That Hill" which appeared on Amazon yesterday has sparked rumours that the singer may be performing at the Olympic closing ceremony.
The page on Amazon, which has since been deleted, showed a 2012 remix of the track listed for Sunday [August 12] to coincide with the Olympic closing ceremony. You can see the artwork for the track above.
Bon Iver is releasing the stems of his songs for fans to remix, according to a report on music-news.com.
The Bon Iver: Stems Project will see Justin Vernon release the original instrumental stems for all ten songs on his self-titled album.
These will be available via http://www.indabamusic.com/. All you need to do is sign up to Indaba Music, download the stems, do your remix and upload them by August 29.
The remixes will be voted on by members of the Indaba Music community and the winners will then be announced in the third week of September.
