John Woo's imperial war epic, set in third-century China

Clash drummer selling £10 tickets for to help Strummerville

The Libertine has landed, with a proper solo debut

When I went off on my annual start-of-year rant about hotly-tipped new bands in January (and Lord, I’ve been forced to rethink my opinions about Florence And The Machine after seeing her shocking performance with Glasvegas at the NME Awards), I mentioned that, in the midst of so much electropop, “Maybe even Peaches might get a bit more love as the result of all this, which would be great.”

Jerry Dammers secretly recorded new track with Specials members in 2003

Charity covers record available to hear before release next week

Ex Clash man to exhibit accumulated 'stuff' collected over the years

Paul McCartney backed charity album features Elbow, Beck, Franz Ferdinand and the Hold Steady amongst others

Fairly predictably, I suppose, I’ve been watching the unravelling Best New Bands Of 2009 business with some bafflement. Not that my taste was ever going to chime completely with this sort of thing, of course (in my ballot for the BBC poll, I did actually include Florence & The Machine, alongside Telepathe and Crystal Antlers, for what it’s worth).

Strummerville Foundation fundraiser to take place on eve of anniversary of death