Visit SoundCloud to listen to PJ Harvey reading 'The Guest Room' for The New Yorker, a poem taken from her first book, The Hollow Of The Hand.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has entered a plea of not guilty to charges of threatening to kill and possession of drugs.

U2 performed a special concert in New York’s Times Square last night, with Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin filling in for frontman Bono, who is recovering from a cycling accident.

Hey, here are my 154 favourite albums of 2014. As usual, I haven't aimed for a fixed number; just listed everything, in a loose order, that I've enjoyed these past 12 months.

Wilco release two collections today [December 1] on Nonesuch Records. What's Your 20?: Essential Tracks 1994-2014 is a 2-CD/digital compilation of songs culled from the band’s previously released studio recordings, while Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 is a 4-CD/4-LP/digital-box-set of rare studio and live recordings collected from the band’s extensive audio archives.

Pete Townshend has announced details of a new orchestral version of The Who’s 1973 album, Quadrophenia. The classical version of the rock opera has been orchestrated by Rachel Fuller and will be released by Deutsche Grammophon in June 2015, with a world premiere concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on July 5. Tickets are on sale at 9am on December 5, priced at £35.00, plus fees, and will be available here.

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Musician collaborates with photographer Seamus Murphy after securing deal with publisher Bloomsbury...

Singer also criticised meat eaters at O2 Arena gig...

“We were trying to sound like Kraftwerk…”